The Author, Séamas O'Reilly

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ah, another day of not changing the language settings on this keyboard and getting the é for my own name by googling beyoncé

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IQ is a great indicator of intelligence, in that the second you see someone obsessing over it online, you can usually conclude they’re dumb as rocks. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Séamas O'Reilly: Yes, an obsession with IQ is 'astrology for racists'www.irishexaminer.com "There are several entirely useful applications for IQ tests... but fetishising their results only really provides comfort to the type of person who wishes to make themselves feel superior by genetic ...

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*now, four

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This was written last week but in the end, I did take my son with me when I voted. He misunderstood the word "party" in my rushed explanation of who people vote for, and asked the poll workers if they had any snacks. He also declared who I voted for out loud to the entire room.

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On parenting, politics, and sometimes wishing I had the kind of child I could mine for inspiring quotes around election time. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I’m hoping my son, aged five, has the makings of a political commentator | Séamas O'Reillywww.theguardian.com We’ve tried to instil values, but he has no awareness of the political system – does that matter?

On parenting, politics, and sometimes wishing I had the kind of child I could mine for inspiring quotes around election time. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

IQ is a great indicator of intelligence, in that the second you see someone obsessing over it online, you can usually conclude they’re dumb as rocks. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Got my days wrong and ended up-

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My da's just asked me who Loopa Dewa is so I can confirm this news has broken through.

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Thank you to DUA LIPA (!!) for recommending my book. If you'd like to see why everyone is raving about my award-winning, and very cool memoir, you can grab a copy anywhere excellent books are sold or choose from a selection of retailers over at mammybook.com

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you expect ME to pay bills? me. a former baby. you sound insane right now.

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The wild thing about this is that Starmer, once the top lawyer in the UK, is just plain wrong about this. The equality act is clear about this and there are multiple examples of case law stating exactly that trans women have the right to use single-sex spaces aligning with their gender identity.

I’m losing human rights Ned

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My letter in today’s Herald about the political establishment pandering to JK Rowling and her anti trans obsession while ignoring the majority of women and women’s issues www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2442...

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success is just luck + preparation

Thinking again about how Al Pacino filmed the entirety of his Shakespeare documentary, Looking For Richard, while wearing, backwards, a baseball cap he got from the set of Scent Of A Woman.

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You know, the two big events.

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For a fuller view of the debacle, you can find my original precis here. bsky.app/profile/seam...

So, this has been extremely strange. Yesterday I published this column about my son's thin grasp on the merits of Father's Day. It was - I thought - a fairly sweet piece, and initial reaction from readers was very positive. And then things got weird... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

My son is suspicious of the idea of Father’s Day. Why would he want to celebrate the lesser of his two parents? | Seamas O'Reillywww.theguardian.com I’m aware of sounding a bit desperate as I explain the concept to him

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Two weeks ago, I became the centre of a baffling panic among the online Men's Rights community. I wrote this to say how weird, stupid and depressing that was, but also that I haven't given up on people just yet. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

My rather sweet Father’s Day joke got the men’s rights activists raging | Séamas O'Reillywww.theguardian.com It seems I’m a misandrist…

Every time I see Americans start back on the 'gifted student' discourse, I count myself lucky that my schooling in Derry exclusively involved teachers who would've sooner guzzled a yard of their own shite than tell a smartarse they were special.

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Thoroughly enjoying one of my favourites, Mr David Tennant, being extremely relaxed about saying things which are true.

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There are a few slots free for Fence #21 (September) and we want on-the-ground snapshots of unexplored subcultures and fizzy scandals from underreported industries. If that sounds like something you've got in your back pocket, PITCH. [email protected] the-fence.com/pitch-guide

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Who says there's no such thing as a bad idea? For the past week we've been asking dozens of journalists the worst pitch they ever sent. Their answers did not disappoint. www.the-fence.com/cooking-in-p...

Cooking in Prisonwww.the-fence.com We asked another squadron of journalists to tell us about the most excruciating pitches they’ve ever sent. JOE BISHOP I spent about a year trying to convince VICE to let me spend an entire working day...

The fact that we only see internal videos of IDF war crimes because the soldiers involved think they're funny and share them too widely, and that this happens so often that we end up seeing dozens of these videos every month without fail, makes me feel completely insane.

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My all-time fave Fence piece might be MONKEY TENNIS, in which journalists told us the worst pitches they ever pitched. As you can read below, it was a massive success, so I'm delighted to say WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN. So. JOURNALISTS. What's your worst ever pitch? www.the-fence.com/monkey-tennis/

Monkey Tenniswww.the-fence.com Hi there, would you be interested in a piece on the ‘joy of bullying’?

On the delights of suddenly having no childcare, and resenting my toddler for wanting to spend more time with me than her new nursery. (Since this was filed before all of last week's palaver, I also refer to the last column as "sappy". Little did I know.) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Working from home is all very well – unless your daughter is there toowww.theguardian.com It seems my little girl is happy to forgo toys, paints and cuddles at nursery, so long as it means she can stop me getting down to work

just learned there's a baseball player called Jhostynxon Garcia who fans call "the password", and I think it's the best nickname I've ever heard