ChoosingtheGreen

Author of Petticoats, Patriots & Partition. Irish herstory nerd. Activist, Rebel, Dreamer, Witch.

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

It seems that I will never be able to stop writing about Derry. New post alert‼️ #Derry #OnThisDay #IrishHistory

https://t.co/ThGGbOxcQY

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

1000 days of Irish…and it’s still impossible but at least Tá cúpla focal agam.
#AsGaeilge #IrishLanguageLearners

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

I'm so much happier when I write. Here's a new one for you about the mutiny at Kildare...AKA the day the new Irish police turned on itself.
#MayMutiny #IrishCivilWar https://t.co/9KcCdmLapH

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

well guess who wrote a thing for the 1st time in absolute ages? This person right here. If you want to read it, you can find it here:
https://t.co/QO28oJZDyF

#IrishHistory #OnThisDay #Irishwomen

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

Happy “Thatcher Died 13 Years Ago Today” day to all who observe and/or celebrate.
#OnThisDay #OnThisDayInHistory #OnThisDate #DailyHistory

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

So the #NationalGuard has been deployed in #Minneapolis & all my historian brain can think is this.

Ask the people in the #NorthofIreland how it worked out for them when the #soldiers were called in to protect them from a corrupt police force.

Go on. Ask.
#COYBAT

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

An oldie but a goodie

https://t.co/QYPxTwpmPZ A Demonstrator’s Guide to Understanding Riot Munitions : And How to Defend against Them

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

My favorite pub in Dublin is pissing off the fash & good for them. That’s what you’re supposed to do.
It’s amazing how easily #communityservice, active anti-racism, & #humanrights support can piss off the bigots. Support #PeadarBrowns today & every day!! #SmashtheFash

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

KNEECAP STATEMENT:

They want you to believe words are more harmful than genocide.

Establishment figures, desperate to silence us, have combed through hundreds of hours of footage and interviews, extracting a handful of words from months or years ago to manufacture moral hysteria.

Let us be unequivocal: we do not, and have never, supported Hamas or Hezbollah. We condemn all attacks on civilians, always. It is never okay. We know this more than anyone, given our nation's history.

We also reject any suggestion that we would seek to incite violence against any MP or individual. Ever. An extract of footage, deliberately taken out of all context, is now being exploited and weaponised, as if it were a call to action.

This distortion is not only absurd - it is a transparent effort to derail the real conversation.

All two million Palestinian people in Gaza are currently being starved to death by Israel.

At least 20,000 children in Gaza have been killed. The British government continues to supply arms to Israel, even after scores of NHS doctors warned Keir Starmer in August that children were being systematically executed with sniper shots to the head.

Instead of defending innocent people or the principles of international law, the powerful in Britain have abetted slaughter and famine.

This is where real anger and outrage should be directed towards.

To the Amess and Cox families, we send our heartfelt apologies, we never intended to cause you hurt.

Kneecap’s message has always been — and remains — one of love, inclusion, and hope. This is why our music resonates across generations, countries, classes and cultures and has brought hundreds of thousands of people to our gigs.

No smear campaign will change that.

Suddenly, days after calling out the US administration at Coachella to applause and solidarity, there is an avalanche of outrage and condemnation by the political classes of Britain.

The real crimes are not in our performances; the real crimes are the silence and complicity of those in power.

Shame on them.

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

I can’t say anything about #SinnersMovie except that you must go see it in the theater and immediately.

We’re going back tomorrow to see it again & that won’t be the last time either.

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

On this day in 2013, Margaret Thatcher died.

It never gets old either.

#MargaretThatcher #OnThisDay #History #ShesStillDead

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

This one never fails.
#StPatricksDay #StPatricksDay2025

https://t.co/3Tc2HucZ0j

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

Reminder that even though Elon is getting off on his temporary “power,” he could not get in (nor buy his way in) to Berghain.

Is this the origin story?

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

Despite the rumors of its untimely demise, #Duo still reminded me to do my #Irish lesson today.
#DuoRip #Duolingo

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

Not a fan of organized religion, but I am a huge fan of speaking truth to power.
#BishopBudde is a treasure.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

Putting it out into the universe again:
Ireland, will you marry me? Or will you start accepting Americans as refugees?
Asking for me, not a friend.
#AmericaIsOver #GetMeOut

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

It may be sunny and warm today but boy it’s #Stormy out here, innit?
#ThankYouStormy #ConvictedFelon

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

Sláinte abú!
#Oakland #OaklandIrish #BayAreaIrishCommunity

[Sláinte Oakland @SlainteOakland]

The Town pub is rising from the ashes! A few of our oldest friends & staff have joined together to bring the pub back. Our doors reopen 12/15/23 at 5pm. We’re starting w/a very limited menu & limited hours but stay tuned for updates. We can’t wait to see you all THIS WEEKEND!! ☘️

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

A #funeralmass for the books...an astonishing outpouring of music & love. You were truly one of a kind Mr. MacGowan. If you all want to see the service for yourselves, here you are. #ShaneMacGowan #Shane #IrishPoets #Music

https://t.co/cvmYfRgpfI

[ChoosingtheGreen @lightandthunder]

Two of the greatest #Irish musicians and poets of my lifetime are now both gone. I hope #SineadOConnor was waiting for you on the other side #ShaneMacGowan.
#ShaneMacGowanRIP