Elaine Bowler
@elainebowler.bsky.social
Cyclist, feminist, teenage mammy, migrant, and MH carer / advocate with all my heart
Brighton via Longford 🇮🇪
Brighton via Longford 🇮🇪
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AI is the future and you all need to get on board with this specific version of the future or else your just a no good technophobe stick in the mud
January 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
AI is the future and you all need to get on board with this specific version of the future or else your just a no good technophobe stick in the mud
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This just in: calculator has apologized for saying BOOBS
“Upside down calculator says ‘BOOBS’”
January 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This just in: calculator has apologized for saying BOOBS
We're never going back to this control over our bodies ✊️
Officials feared Irish women travelling for abortion could be prosecuted on return
Officials feared Irish women travelling for abortion could be prosecuted on return
In wake of X case and 1992 referendum, fresh restrictions - including injunctions on travel - caused concern
www.irishtimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We're never going back to this control over our bodies ✊️
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In 2025, the US launched strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, al-Shabab in Somalia, ISIS in Syria, alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, plus Iran’s nuclear program. Now some into Nigeria.
All killed people and damaged things, but none appear to have achieved anything lasting.
All killed people and damaged things, but none appear to have achieved anything lasting.
Opinion | The logic isn't apparent in Trump's strikes in Nigeria
Nicholas Grossman: Add Nigeria to the list of countries Trump has bombed this year
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In 2025, the US launched strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, al-Shabab in Somalia, ISIS in Syria, alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, plus Iran’s nuclear program. Now some into Nigeria.
All killed people and damaged things, but none appear to have achieved anything lasting.
All killed people and damaged things, but none appear to have achieved anything lasting.
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It has been a full year since Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was taken from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza by Israeli forces. He’s still being held in administrative detention.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It has been a full year since Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya was taken from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza by Israeli forces. He’s still being held in administrative detention.
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Teenage boy sexually assaulted in train
Teenage boy sexually assaulted in train
Police are trying to trace a man suspected of sexually assaulting a teenage boy on a train. The British Transport Police (BTP) have published a security camera picture of a man they want to interview. The BTP said: “Officers investigating the sexual assault of a teenager on a train in Sussex have released an image […]
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Teenage boy sexually assaulted in train
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for all the women remembering holiday stuff they forgot to do because they were too busy carrying everything else 🫡
It’s become conventional wisdom that America’s young men are in crisis. The reality is more complicated than that. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
for all the women remembering holiday stuff they forgot to do because they were too busy carrying everything else 🫡
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You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
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ICYMI: Inspectors flag up safety concerns at Brighton hospital
Inspectors flag up safety concerns at Brighton hospital
Inspectors have upgraded the maternity services at a Brighton hospital from inadequate to requires improvement, with the publication of a new report today (Wednesday 17 December). But they downgraded the safety of urgent and emergency care services from “requires improvement” to inadequate, citing six incidents that “resulted in fatal harm” and five that caused “severe […]
dlvr.it
December 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
ICYMI: Inspectors flag up safety concerns at Brighton hospital
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time after time we are presented with the same tableau: a five-foot-five roadrunner effortlessly escapes the clutches of a 20 stone coyote, denounces him with a "meep meep" and dispatches him with a malfunctioning ACME product. little wonder then that coyotes are turning to Nick Fuentes
December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
time after time we are presented with the same tableau: a five-foot-five roadrunner effortlessly escapes the clutches of a 20 stone coyote, denounces him with a "meep meep" and dispatches him with a malfunctioning ACME product. little wonder then that coyotes are turning to Nick Fuentes
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Richard Madeley "How realistic is it for any profession to expect to be paid in real terms what they were paid in 2008?"
The UK is the 6th largest economy in the world & the rich have never been richer, but Madeley thinks the rest of us should just accept being poorer #GMB
The UK is the 6th largest economy in the world & the rich have never been richer, but Madeley thinks the rest of us should just accept being poorer #GMB
December 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Richard Madeley "How realistic is it for any profession to expect to be paid in real terms what they were paid in 2008?"
The UK is the 6th largest economy in the world & the rich have never been richer, but Madeley thinks the rest of us should just accept being poorer #GMB
The UK is the 6th largest economy in the world & the rich have never been richer, but Madeley thinks the rest of us should just accept being poorer #GMB
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Judge Kerr said he accepted that this was not a terrorist case but that the pipe bombs had been left to "cause fear and distress and in order to achieve a sectarian aim of stopping the GAA using public pitches".
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
Man who left pipe bombs at Down sports ground jailed
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
www.rte.ie
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Judge Kerr said he accepted that this was not a terrorist case but that the pipe bombs had been left to "cause fear and distress and in order to achieve a sectarian aim of stopping the GAA using public pitches".
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
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Kneecap waving a flag thrown onto the stage at a gig is terrorism, heavily reported in Britain and debated in the Commons.
Loyalists putting * live pipe bombs * on people's cars to terrorise a sport club into shutting down is not terrorism, and ignored in Britain.
And he'll only do 18 months.
Loyalists putting * live pipe bombs * on people's cars to terrorise a sport club into shutting down is not terrorism, and ignored in Britain.
And he'll only do 18 months.
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
Man who left pipe bombs at Down sports ground jailed
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
www.rte.ie
December 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Kneecap waving a flag thrown onto the stage at a gig is terrorism, heavily reported in Britain and debated in the Commons.
Loyalists putting * live pipe bombs * on people's cars to terrorise a sport club into shutting down is not terrorism, and ignored in Britain.
And he'll only do 18 months.
Loyalists putting * live pipe bombs * on people's cars to terrorise a sport club into shutting down is not terrorism, and ignored in Britain.
And he'll only do 18 months.
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The exact people now saying "Nigel Farage was young and foolish at school" (to excuse his racism, bullying and harassment of fellow pupils at Dulwich College) are the same people who said "Shamima Begum was old enough to know what she was doing".
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The exact people now saying "Nigel Farage was young and foolish at school" (to excuse his racism, bullying and harassment of fellow pupils at Dulwich College) are the same people who said "Shamima Begum was old enough to know what she was doing".
So much unwarranted free air time was given to this awful character this year (Sheridan specifically, but hey 🤷🏼♀️). There's no need for Irish media to go down this path
Former presidential hopeful Gareth Sheridan pictured at Tucker Carlson’s Christmas party
Former presidential hopeful Gareth Sheridan pictured at Tucker Carlson’s Christmas party
Former Irish presidential election hopeful Gareth Sheridan has been pictured alongside celebrities and right-wing activists at Tucker Carlson’s recent Christmas party.
www.independent.ie
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So much unwarranted free air time was given to this awful character this year (Sheridan specifically, but hey 🤷🏼♀️). There's no need for Irish media to go down this path
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The ban on foreign journalists entering Gaza was just extended today — almost two months into the ceasefire. International reporters still aren’t allowed to talk to Palestinians on the ground and report on what’s happening. (1/2)
High Court lets government delay response on bid to allow foreign journalists into Gaza, for the 9th time
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www.timesofisrael.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The ban on foreign journalists entering Gaza was just extended today — almost two months into the ceasefire. International reporters still aren’t allowed to talk to Palestinians on the ground and report on what’s happening. (1/2)
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Last year his estate donated the royalties for Last Christmas to his charity that offers funding for LGBTQIA+ orgs and they said they'd do it again this year. Listen to it loads!
Listening to Last Christmas because it is an all-time banger and George didn't die on Christmas Day for you to disrespect his memory by participating in Whamageddon
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Last year his estate donated the royalties for Last Christmas to his charity that offers funding for LGBTQIA+ orgs and they said they'd do it again this year. Listen to it loads!
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Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
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A fact being ignored even more than usual: 70% of the money from abolishing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work (via @ippr.org).
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A fact being ignored even more than usual: 70% of the money from abolishing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work (via @ippr.org).
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Removing the two-child limit accounts for less than 1 per cent of social security bill. To remove 450,000 children out of poverty, that's pretty good return on investment.
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
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Myers Briggs test for Irish men:
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Myers Briggs test for Irish men: