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  1. Wow Sally Rooney. Fair play.

    โ€˜I feel obliged to state once more thatโ€ฆ I too support Palestine Action. โ€ฆ If the British state considers this "terrorism", then perhaps it should investigate the shady organisations that continue to promote my work and fund my activities, such as WH Smith and the BBC.โ€™

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In this context I feel obliged to state once more that - like the hundreds of protesters arrested last weekend - I too support Palestine Action. If this makes me a "supporter of terror" un-
der UK law, so be it. My books, at least for now, are still published in Britain, and are widely available in bookshops and even supermarkets. In recent years the UK's state broadcaster has also televised two fine adaptations of my novels, and therefore regularly pays me residual fees. I want to be clear that I intend to use these pro-ceeds of my work, as well as my public platform generally, to go on support-ing Palestine Action and direct action against genocide in whatever way I can. If the British state considers this
"terrorism", then perhaps it should investigate the shady organisations that continue to promote my work and fund my activities, such as WH Smith
and the BBC.
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  2. People looking to hold incompetent, incapable and inept politicians accountable for their actions risks driving our best and brightest out of politics | latest by me in tomorrowโ€™s Sunday Independent

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  3. One thing that keeps pissing me off about people who believe trans women have an inherent advantage in sports is that itโ€™s still reliant on the idea that menโ€” regardless of skill levelโ€” are inherently superior to the most well trained woman athlete and that is incorrect.

    Since the IOC has created a rule for trans athletes to compete in 2003, over 81,000 people have become Olympians. Out of those 81,000 Olympians a total of 2 have been trans women & one came dead last the other came 37th out of 42. Neither were from the๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง or ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

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  4. Since the IOC has created a rule for trans athletes to compete in 2003, over 81,000 people have become Olympians. Out of those 81,000 Olympians a total of 2 have been trans women & one came dead last the other came 37th out of 42. Neither were from the๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง or ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

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  5. Press Release: Migrant sex workers reveal the discrimination they face in new research by the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland

    sexworkersallianceireland.org/2025/08/pres...

    New ground-breaking research by the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland reveals the precarity and marginalisation that migrant sex workers experience when trying to access housing. Almi Modjeska,โ€ฆ

    Press release: Migrant sex workers reveal the discrimination they face in new research by SWAI

    New ground-breaking research by the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland reveals the precarity and marginalisation that migrant sex workers experience when trying to access housing. Almi Modjeska,โ€ฆ

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