Lesley
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
This night 26 years ago was the lowest point in my adult life. After six months in Sweden I had no job, no prospects and about three euro in my pocket. I didn't want to be here any more.
In truth, I didn't want to be anywhere any more.
I was a total failure.
This night 26 years ago was the lowest point in my adult life. After six months in Sweden I had no job, no prospects and about three euro in my pocket. I didn't want to be here any more.
In truth, I didn't want to be anywhere any more.
I was a total failure.
December 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
This night 26 years ago was the lowest point in my adult life. After six months in Sweden I had no job, no prospects and about three euro in my pocket. I didn't want to be here any more.
In truth, I didn't want to be anywhere any more.
I was a total failure.
This night 26 years ago was the lowest point in my adult life. After six months in Sweden I had no job, no prospects and about three euro in my pocket. I didn't want to be here any more.
In truth, I didn't want to be anywhere any more.
I was a total failure.
14 years is not enough
WARNING: Distressing Content
A woman stabbed over 50 times by her ex boyfriend says she fears him and will “have eyes in the back of her head” when Josh O’Brien is released. He was jailed for 14 years for attempted murder.
#VMNews
A woman stabbed over 50 times by her ex boyfriend says she fears him and will “have eyes in the back of her head” when Josh O’Brien is released. He was jailed for 14 years for attempted murder.
#VMNews
October 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
14 years is not enough
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Call this shit out immediately and shut it the fuck down. Show them that we don't operate on the US/UK rules where you can say any old bollocks without consequences.
It's the only thing that will stop them getting a foothold.
It's the only thing that will stop them getting a foothold.
Speaking in the Dáil yesterday evening, during a private members' motion on special education school places, Independent TD Danny Healy Rae questioned whether autism is linked to a lack of vitamins.
http://jrnl.ie/6820553t
http://jrnl.ie/6820553t
TDs write to Ceann Comhairle to ask that Danny Healy Rae withdraw remarks about autism
The comments from Healy Rae have also been criticised as “unhelpful” and “misinformed” by the autism charity AsIAm.
jrnl.ie
September 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Call this shit out immediately and shut it the fuck down. Show them that we don't operate on the US/UK rules where you can say any old bollocks without consequences.
It's the only thing that will stop them getting a foothold.
It's the only thing that will stop them getting a foothold.
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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Wow, what a horrific typo. Right on the cover.
May 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wow, what a horrific typo. Right on the cover.
I’m a shell of a woman after that episode #TheLastofUs
April 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I’m a shell of a woman after that episode #TheLastofUs
Don’t stop believing and sweet Caroline
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
March 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Don’t stop believing and sweet Caroline
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Dear Trans folk of America, and particularly trans youth of America, I know things must feel pretty hopeless now.
Stay strong.
You are loved.
Your identity is valid & real.
Your voice matters.
You have a place in this world.
Stay strong.
You are loved.
Your identity is valid & real.
Your voice matters.
You have a place in this world.
January 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Dear Trans folk of America, and particularly trans youth of America, I know things must feel pretty hopeless now.
Stay strong.
You are loved.
Your identity is valid & real.
Your voice matters.
You have a place in this world.
Stay strong.
You are loved.
Your identity is valid & real.
Your voice matters.
You have a place in this world.
That last episode of season 2 of Shrinking!! I’m a mess. Brilliant. What an all round brilliant show. #Shrinking
December 27, 2024 at 1:01 PM
That last episode of season 2 of Shrinking!! I’m a mess. Brilliant. What an all round brilliant show. #Shrinking
Howling laughing at a show called Shrinking on Apple TV. Absolutely gas. Harrison Ford is a howl. 😄
November 19, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Howling laughing at a show called Shrinking on Apple TV. Absolutely gas. Harrison Ford is a howl. 😄
😂 love it
Snow is falling in London (son sent us a video!) so thought you might like a reminder that here in Scotland we name the gritting machines and there’s a site that tracks where they all are!
My favs are Gritty Gritty Bang Bang and Spready Mercury ☃️😂
#writingcommunity #scotland
My favs are Gritty Gritty Bang Bang and Spready Mercury ☃️😂
#writingcommunity #scotland
November 19, 2024 at 5:50 PM
😂 love it