An Frúidíneach

@froodie.bsky.social

Bespectacled, not respectable Merseyside via Shannonside GenAI Luddite

My brother sent us a pic of his two girls (3 and 1.5) in THE most stylish summer coords. (Casual stripes, wide legged trousers peplum top) Their dodies MATCHED THEIR OUTFITS. i am shook at the sheer style i have never looked as put together in my LIFE

People who want you to speak kindly about dead abusers wouldn’t have wanted you to say it when he was alive either. Hearing about abuse is uncomfortable, they don’t know how to feel or respond and so they prefer the culture of silence that allows abusers to operate.

The same people that moan about school closures during Covid were also the ones moaning about how an increased number of young people are on sickness and incapacity benefits. And they won’t see any connection in those two things, because journalists apparently don’t do that sort of thing now.

I know one person. Rose knows at least one person. Another friend knows one person. That's already way too many people. My friend was pre mobile phone so her experience is different to Rose's friends but the core is the same. If you didn't know before now that's ok. Not everyone hears stuff.

Rose 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸@anaemicroyalty.bsky.social · 4d ago

Fuck it. I am sick to the back teeth of people today saying they never heard Glen Hansard was a groomer so therefore those of us who did hear it shouldn't talk about it. He groomed teenage girls. He was well known for it in certain circles. He would give out burner phones for them to text him from.

Strolling to the pharmacy. Passed the barmaid in the local parking the car with her new squeeze, who inherited her nickname from her day. The man in the antique shop performing for an older lady wearing a red beret who has stopped to chat, a toddler and her dads

Isn't it weird how alleging dodgy behaviour when someone is alive is met with threats of defamation lawyers and doing it when they're dead is undignified and unfair. It's almost as if, stay with me on this, people just don't want to know.

Stop giving family members of disabled people a platform over disabled voices. Family members are important but we should not be prioritizing them in media stories about issues affecting disabled people. If you can't find a direct link, find a DPO. Find an advocate with the same disability.

Rowling: ssso irelandsss biggesssst artss festival thinkss it can take on jk rowling, britainsss mosst beloved national treassure?? Rowling: we'll sssseee about that!! [later] Rowling: damn feile en phobail got handss

It’s ok to feel torn when someone dies whose art meant a lot to you but who was accused of predatory behaviour during their lifetime. I have those feels about Bowie. It’s collaborationist to try to shut up people who don’t have your nostalgic view of the deceased and care more about the behaviours.

Decided to wait a few days to give an Uber driver a low rating so he wouldn't know it was me. Opened Uber today and automatically rated 5* and left a tip 😭😭😭 Dude didn't even pull over, just stopped in the middle of the road.