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Irish 🇮🇪 | Psychologist 🧠 | Dubliner, now Londoner | Massive geek 🚀 | Probably planning my next trip to Japan ✈️🇯🇵 | A big old gay 🏳️‍🌈 ✏️ https://www.macpsych.blog | 📸 https://pixelfed.social/macpsych | 👤 https://macpsy.ch
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Zelenskyy welcomed to No10 with a hug from Keir Starmer.

BREAKING: King Charles will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tomorrow, the BBC understands www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

Clay Bennett nails it.

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

it’s probably been less than 24 hours since Trump said he didn’t remember calling Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ to yelling at him in The White House, give it 24 hours & he won’t remember that either

EXCL: Anneliese Dodds, the international development minister, has quit her post over Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the international aid budget by almost half to pay for a generational increase in defence spending.

Yesterday's visit to the always reliable Ippudo in Ginza. Delicious ramen accompanied by some very more-ish gyoza. All in all, just what I needed. 🍜 #Ginza #Ramen #Tokyo #Ippudo #Japan #TokyoTrip #SoloTravel #JapaneseFood #FoodPorn

Right. A final bit of gift buying in #Ginza and now it's time to head back to Shinjuku and finish packing. 😭 #TokyoTrip

Words To Live By Number 193

A few more pics from yesterday's walk around the absolutely gorgeous Shinjuku Gyoen national garden. #Shinjuku #Tokyo #TokyoTrip #Japan

Love this from Denmark

Many will be heartened to read Marks & Spencer's bold statement that "We only work with suppliers who share our values": www.marksandspencer.com/c/integrity Many will be puzzled that they are advertising with GB News, a channel accused of "demonising trans people at every opportunity".

Getting up close and personal with nature here in Shinjuku Gyoen. #ShinjukuGyoen #Blossom #Shinjuku #NationalGarden #Tokyo #Japan #SoloTravel #WinterSun #BlueSkies

This is becoming quite the habit. Coffee and matcha cake, this time sitting outside in the sunshine in #Kagurazaka. ☕️ #TokyoTrip #Japan

Enjoyed a fab dinner with a local friend at Aburi Tora down in Jiyugaoka last night. A very different take on #sushi 🍣 Delicious though! #TokyoTrip #Tokyo #Japan

Went for yet another #onsen soaking session, this time at the gorgeous Tokyo Somei Onsen Sakura, in Sugamo. No pics of the interior obviously, but take it from me, it's worth a visit. Absolutely gorgeous. Also had lunch there and it was perfect. #TokyoTrip #Japan

Had a gorgeous morning wandering around Rikugien Gardens here in #Tokyo. Stopped to enjoy some matcha tea and soak up the sunshine. A definite highlight of my visit. #TokyoTrip #Japan

It's another beautifully sunny day here in Tokyo! ☀️ Thanks to some Night Nurse tablets, I had 10hrs of sleep last night. Feeling marginally better but missing my own bed 😫 Before exploring, some quite necessary coffee and matcha cake to start my day. #Tokyo #TokyoTrip

Gorgeous sunshine and blue skies over the Isetan Department Store in Shinjuku, Tokyo earlier this morning. No filter or edits - not needed when the weather is this great. #Shinjuku #Tokyo #Japan #TokyoTrip #VisitTokyo #IsetanShinjuku #BlueSkies #WinterSun #ShotOniPhone

A game of two halves here in #Tokyo today. Enjoyed some wonderful blue skies and sunshine and a trip down to Shimokitazawa. Sadly I've been hit with a nasty dose of something, including temperature, chills, sweats and sneezes. Having an early night tonight. Gutted to be ill while in Japan! 🤒

A few snaps of the incredible street art I saw on shop frton shutters in Shimokitazawa this morning. The upside of arriving before anything is open LOL #TokyoTrip #Tokyo #Japan

Beautiful blue skies over #Tokyo this morning! #TokyoTrip #Japan

Navigating #Shinjuku station on this little sleep is not what I needed this morning. LOL. Still, I managed to find the right platform and I'm on the right train. A win! #TokyoTrip #Japan

Some much-needed coffee and a journaling session to start my morning in #Tokyo. I've been awake since before 4am so today is going to be taken at a more relaxed pace. And with extra coffee ☕️ Heading down to #Shimokatazawa for a mooch about once I'm feeling a bit more awake. #TokyoTrip #Japan

A cute little pink van, nestled in a #Shinjuku alleyway. Spotted it when I stepped out of the onsen earlier and it stopped me in my tracks. Had to take a snap. #Tokyo #TokyoTrip #Japan

I'm halfway through an epic onsen session in #Shinjuku. ♨️ What's the only thing to do after soaking in a wonderful outdoor bath? Pop downstairs to the onsen's in-house restaurant for some curry! #TokyoTrip

Just enjoyed a nice long soak in my hotel's baths. A notification on bedroom TVs tells you how busy it is so you can plan your visit. So smart. ♨️ #TokyoTrip

Be still my beating heart! 🐷 #TokyoTrip

📸 Random #Tokyo pics from the last two days. Need to take more! #TokyoTrip

♨️ Just had an amazing few hours soaking and sweating in the baths/sauna here in Shinjuku. Now it's time for a quick break for some curry before doing it all over again. There is nothing finer than an outdoor bath on a day like this. ☀️ #TokyoTrip

Had an absolutely wonderful flight with JAL and ate all the food they had to offer. Now on the train, heading for Shinjuku and a long soak and sauna #TokyoTrip

All boarded. Next stop: Tokyo! ✈️ #TokyoTrip

After two more coffees, my face is beginning to wake up. Looking forward to a long sleep once airborne. ✈️ #TokyoTrip

A lovely check-in experience with JAL. Then made it through T3 security in record time! Now relaxing in the Cathay Pacific lounge with some much needed coffee ☕️ #TokyoTrip

In my Uber and en route to Heathrow. Two coffees has been insufficient for brain activation, so I'm already looking forward to more caffeine in the lounge ✈️ #TokyoTrip

Whelp. I have a 5am Uber booked for tomorrow's early morning flight to #Tokyo. ⏰☕️☕️☕️✈️

📸 Loved how the sunshine was coming through into the living room earlier.

Still internalising the Vance Munich speech. A sitting Vice President goes to Europe, barely says a word about the despotic murderous regime which has invaded its neighbour, and instead lectures his allies about freedom of speech. It’d be funny if it weren’t so serious.

Hundreds of drag queens, activists & LGBTQ+ allies converge on Kennedy Center to protest Trump’s takeover www.advocate.com/news/kennedy... @advocate.com “We’re not going to let people steal our joy,” D.C. drag queen Tara Hoot said.

Just had the most wonderful run in the sunshine. Cold, but clear - perfect for #running. A smiling, but sweaty, mess! LOL #strava #RunningLondon

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a reminder of why we need to record our own history, and hold it in our own archives

It's been such a grey, damp and cold Monday. It was a welcome break to hit the gym and the post-workout hot shower was pure bliss.

Wrapped up work a little earlier than planned - it has been a very Monday-ish Monday thus far. So I'm going to head downstairs to the gym and catch up on #Severance while I work out on the elliptical machine.

Ireland is now at 84.91% of it's threshold to count as one of the seven #EU countries to get this initiave to ban LGBT conversion "therapy" which means we need 1,383 more signatures here.....#Spéirgorm