Aoife Martin
@lockdownbookclub.bsky.social
You know, from the other place.
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rip to one of the coolest software engineers who ever lived
October 7, 2026 at 9:26 PM
rip to one of the coolest software engineers who ever lived
@cethanleahy.com you are now an artifact in the Museum of Twitter.
October 7, 2026 at 6:21 AM
@cethanleahy.com you are now an artifact in the Museum of Twitter.
Slow Horses is heading in this direction.
What TV show got so bad it effectively destroyed your appreciation for the show when it was was good?
October 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Slow Horses is heading in this direction.
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As ever, and for the last time in connection with lying shit Jeffrey Archer, we remember Monica Coghlan, whose life he destroyed.
October 6, 2026 at 6:37 AM
As ever, and for the last time in connection with lying shit Jeffrey Archer, we remember Monica Coghlan, whose life he destroyed.
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The sindo forced to publish a decision about being found to be transphobic towards trans women by... referring to us as transgender men. Jesus fucking Christ!
This is written to fly under the radar, from today’s Sunday Independent (Ireland).
The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision.
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The press council upheld a complaint about an offensive and transphobic opinion column by Brenda Power. Sindo was required to publish the decision.
@mams4transrights.bsky.social @jesalady.bsky.social
![A half page article from the Sunday independent with the headline OMB2590 A woman and the Sunday independent.
The article outlines the complaint, the appeal and the decision.
The complaint relates to an opinion column deploring the fact that an unnamed td provided a character reference for a man convicted of sexual violence against children. A sentence in the column argued that this case threw light on the possibility that a man would “identify as a woman” in order to commit sexual violence.
The press council concluded that “a reference to a protected group [trans people] in this context should have been extremely carefully scrutinised”. It found that the Sunday independent was in violation of principle 8 of the press council code of practice.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n2qmeigsng3rhkgmqihius4g/bafkreia7cdisf6qfj6fetyejhbmojfdwomrxs6pib6za3zu377t6pfypry)
October 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM
The sindo forced to publish a decision about being found to be transphobic towards trans women by... referring to us as transgender men. Jesus fucking Christ!
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Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
October 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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And of course this will never be reported in the newspapers and on the tv news stations which turned this monster into a martyr for free speech
Graham Linehan is calling the people who murdered a trans man in cold blood, heroes.
October 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
And of course this will never be reported in the newspapers and on the tv news stations which turned this monster into a martyr for free speech
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So I get on the L train at 14th at 2am after a very nice party in Manhattan. Train is clean, bright, plenty of people but still plenty of space. There's a young woman stretched out fast asleep on one of the rows of seats. I think hey, good for her, and sit down nearby.
October 2, 2026 at 6:48 AM
So I get on the L train at 14th at 2am after a very nice party in Manhattan. Train is clean, bright, plenty of people but still plenty of space. There's a young woman stretched out fast asleep on one of the rows of seats. I think hey, good for her, and sit down nearby.
Books read in September. My favourite was a tie between China Mountain Zhang and The Yiddish Policemen’s Union.
October 1, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Books read in September. My favourite was a tie between China Mountain Zhang and The Yiddish Policemen’s Union.
The death penalty is a stain on all countries that use it. Absolutely barbaric.
A woman in Tennessee was taken to hospital after a failed attempt to carry out her execution, her lawyers said, with witnesses reporting the convicted murderer was breathing despite the injections intended to kill her.
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Tennessee woman taken to hospital after failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection
The US Supreme Court rejected an application for a stay of execution on Tuesday.
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October 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
The death penalty is a stain on all countries that use it. Absolutely barbaric.
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Wendy Carlos should be on the 20 dollar bill. There should be a 50-foot-tall, solid-gold statue of her in Pawtucket. You should be able to buy all her albums in any format you want and a line of custom branded synths. She should be a household name along with Bob Moog.
September 30, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Wendy Carlos should be on the 20 dollar bill. There should be a 50-foot-tall, solid-gold statue of her in Pawtucket. You should be able to buy all her albums in any format you want and a line of custom branded synths. She should be a household name along with Bob Moog.
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I’m so proud of Gavin Bazunu. He’s provided a yardstick for courage that his so-called teammates will eternally be judged as failing to live up to
September 26, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I’m so proud of Gavin Bazunu. He’s provided a yardstick for courage that his so-called teammates will eternally be judged as failing to live up to
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Let's splash in the dark
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September 26, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Let's splash in the dark
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Shameful.
🚨 Israel v Republic of Ireland game goes ahead, FAI’s David Courell confirms, at delayed press conference in Debrecen
Fresh meeting this morning followed one player (goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu) saying they wanted to withdraw from the squad
Squad voted after that meeting to establish the view
Fresh meeting this morning followed one player (goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu) saying they wanted to withdraw from the squad
Squad voted after that meeting to establish the view
September 26, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Shameful.
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Feminism doesn't require women to see trans+ people as the enemy.
For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense.
That's our feminism too.
For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense.
That's our feminism too.
September 26, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Feminism doesn't require women to see trans+ people as the enemy.
For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense.
That's our feminism too.
For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense.
That's our feminism too.
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Almost 65,000 children in Gaza have been killed or injured by Israel since October 2023. Children also face forced famine, displacement, and denial of humanitarian aid. You don't get to annihilate a generation and then play a game of football, as if it never happened, as if it isn't still happening.
September 26, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Almost 65,000 children in Gaza have been killed or injured by Israel since October 2023. Children also face forced famine, displacement, and denial of humanitarian aid. You don't get to annihilate a generation and then play a game of football, as if it never happened, as if it isn't still happening.
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Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
September 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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He imposed Shania Law
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
September 26, 2026 at 8:56 AM
He imposed Shania Law
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Blue Velvet (1986)
September 26, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Blue Velvet (1986)
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I know the FAI (and Govt) have left the players hanging. But if the players have their meeting tomorrow and, even after this, decide to play the fixture, they can all get fucked. There is NO excuse.
The story of Natalie Abudayyeh (21) a journalism student and member of the Palestine Women's Football Team.
She played in Dublin against @bfcdublin.bsky.social in 2024.
Today, she's in an Israeli jail. Her family and teammates say she was taken at gunpoint from university without charge.
She played in Dublin against @bfcdublin.bsky.social in 2024.
Today, she's in an Israeli jail. Her family and teammates say she was taken at gunpoint from university without charge.
September 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I know the FAI (and Govt) have left the players hanging. But if the players have their meeting tomorrow and, even after this, decide to play the fixture, they can all get fucked. There is NO excuse.
That greatness from grass ad playing in cinemas. Jesus Christ.
September 21, 2026 at 5:41 PM
That greatness from grass ad playing in cinemas. Jesus Christ.
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Anyone who has been following the build-up of establishment transphobia over the last 15 years or so will know that it is in part a wedge to homophobia, misogyny, ableism, racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia xenophobia etc.
Transphobes are never just bigoted against trans people.
Transphobes are never just bigoted against trans people.
September 20, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Anyone who has been following the build-up of establishment transphobia over the last 15 years or so will know that it is in part a wedge to homophobia, misogyny, ableism, racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia xenophobia etc.
Transphobes are never just bigoted against trans people.
Transphobes are never just bigoted against trans people.
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She said, at various points during the court case, she regretted coming forward.
“Nearly every day sitting in that chair, I regretted it ... It was horrendous ... I was very frightened.”
Amazing woman.
“Nearly every day sitting in that chair, I regretted it ... It was horrendous ... I was very frightened.”
Amazing woman.
‘I still get panic attacks’: Nikita Hand on impact of Conor McGregor trial
‘I still get panic attacks’: Nikita Hand on impact of Conor McGregor trial
Hand, who recently gave birth to her second daughter, said there is no such thing as a ‘perfect victim’
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September 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM
She said, at various points during the court case, she regretted coming forward.
“Nearly every day sitting in that chair, I regretted it ... It was horrendous ... I was very frightened.”
Amazing woman.
“Nearly every day sitting in that chair, I regretted it ... It was horrendous ... I was very frightened.”
Amazing woman.
I absolutely loved this book.
Before we leave September behind, make sure to read the best book I've ever read about it
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The Fortnight in September (Classic edition)
The Fortnight in September by RC Sherriff, published by Persephone Books
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September 19, 2026 at 12:50 PM
I absolutely loved this book.