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Aisling Leyden

@Ashbashmacrash

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Belfast, Northern Ireland انضم Şubat 2013
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Aisling Leyden@Ashbashmacrash·
@whatbunnysaid Why do I feel like he intentionally took a photo next to those horses aka stallions like that? He’ll never stop being a loser like
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Anish Moonka
Anish Moonka@anishmoonka·
She was supposed to attend a Daniel Craig film premiere in London that weekend. Instead, she was in a Belfast hospital with 39 separate injuries. She was 29 years old. Winnie M Li was a Harvard graduate and a George Mitchell Scholar who had co-produced a short film shortlisted for an Oscar. She flew to Belfast for a conference. The day before she was supposed to fly home, she decided to squeeze in a solo hike through a forest park on the western edge of the city. A 15-year-old boy followed her in and raped her in broad daylight. She later said she went from being a confident woman to a ghost, with PTSD and depression so severe she had to give up her film career. Her attacker was sentenced to 8 years. He was out in 4. Hiking had been one of her great joys before the attack. It took years before she could do it alone again. In 2009, she forced herself to backpack through Southeast Asia for three months, trying to find the person she used to be. Five and a half years after the assault, she sat down and started writing about what happened to her. Her novel Dark Chapter, built from her own experience, won a major literary prize. Her second novel was fought over by five US publishers and picked by The New York Times for their book club. She co-founded a festival in London dedicated to conversations about sexual violence, and earned a PhD from the London School of Economics studying how survivors use their voices to reclaim their stories. And every year, on the exact anniversary of the worst day of her life, she goes on a solo hike. In her own words: to remind herself that beauty still exists, and she can enjoy it. This year was year 18. She walked the Southwest Coast Path along England's coastline, and the photos show her smiling on a cliff in Cornwall. After 17 years of doing this, she said the nausea and anxiety on the anniversary are finally gone. That took 17 years, but she got there. I have nothing to add to her story except this. If you are in the middle of your own recovery and it feels like it will never end, her 18 years of annual walks say otherwise.
Winnie M Li@winniemli

18 yrs ago, I was violently assaulted & raped while walking alone. Every year on the anniversary of that day, I go on a solo hike to remind myself that there is still beauty in this world & I can enjoy it. This yr, I pushed myself & did a few days of the Southwest Coast Path…

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Dylan Ali
Dylan Ali@dylanali_·
None of the bipolar ppl I kno have ever had a kkk or Hitler phase for what it’s worth
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Pastor Ben
Pastor Ben@BenjaminPDixon·
"Death Death to the IDF" artists Bob Vylan- Canceled everywhere Kanye "Heil Hitler Nigga" West is headlining all three nights of Wireless Festival 2026 in London Wild stuff, innit?
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brecht apologist
brecht apologist@madisontayt_·
manifest with me… 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 netanyahu 🕯 🕯️ dead 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯
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Queens R. Made
Queens R. Made@QueenRMade1·
And, just like that, no one is talking about Prince Andrew. And, y’all wonder why BBC allowed two black men being called a racial slur on the global stage to be broadcast.
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Hoops
Hoops@Hoopss·
Latto says being rich is boring: “I became a millionaire at 21. When you’re broke, you chase money — but once you have it, you’re like, ‘Now what?’” 👀🤔
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autist
autist@litteralyme0·
>America leaves the World Health Organisation >Rest of the world literally cures every form of cancer within a month
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Brendan May
Brendan May@bmay·
This sign language version of the King being heckled deserves at least 10 BAFTAs and a Knighthood.
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James🔻
James🔻@GoodVibePolitik·
The Cuban revolutionary project is facing a life or death moment as the Trump administration intensifies an already decades long effort by the U.S. to cause a collapse of the island’s government.
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Not Tyrese or Taye Diggs
Not Tyrese or Taye Diggs@Younglordsean·
The worst part about seeing grown ppl turning them themselves into AI cartoons is they want us to be impressed for some reason?
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❤️‍🔥 G A W D ❤️‍🔥
i think imma start losing my mind soon. cause why doesn’t anyone care about this epstein file thing? like that’s a big deal. idk. there should be an uprising or something
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taha
taha@KhanStopMe·
more people need to feel like this about this whole situation
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Katya
Katya@katya_zamo·
There is so much disturbing evil shit going on, as it always has through time. I suppose I’m naive to assume history doesn’t have to repeat itself. But it’s so grim to live through this. As a species we are so advanced, the technology we’ve created is so impressive, the resources we have are staggering. But to see this power used to protect those who are actively committing genocide and who’ve perpetrated the rape of countless children. It’s so inhuman. It’s so dark. It’s so devoid of any of the beautiful qualities that so many human being do possess. I have never understood this and i never will.
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Tony Annett
Tony Annett@tonyannett·
Martin Wolf, the chief economics correspondent for the Financial Times, refers to the tech oligarchs who control AI as psychopaths. I repeat: the Financial Times. Not some lefty outfit.
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