blood in the water now. Starmer won't need a 2027 calendar for No. 10. probably won't get much use of his 2026 one either

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no honestly I do not care two flying fucks what Emerald Fennell did with some stale English story that has been presented on the silver screen a million times already. get het up about better things

- oh, you used an apostrophe in the wrong place - oh you didn't adapt my favourite period drama faithfully to the original - oh the natives have not adapted to Mother England's white Protestant edicts - oh heaven forfend - oh fuck off

- Will the film of Wuthering Heights be faithful to the book? - No, I was hoping it might be good.

An opinion I pretty firmly hold is that everyone should make a song, paint a painting, act in something, and write a book even if all of those things end up being objectively terrible

The Pitt is good, if you want ER rehashed with no plot. A guy conks out and they zap him back alive and he goes 'what happened?' don't worry bro, you didn't miss anything important

@pottedhistory.bsky.social you have to make these

It is so so grim to realise we are probably stuck with this government for another four years. The most hapless, ineffective, “do-nothing and blame everyone else” group of wasters we have probably ever had. #speirghorm

A self-driving car

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is occasionally giving strong early Electric Picnic vibes

imagine voting for a government which continued to post on a platform which actively disrespected them this much #speirgorm

Why is Micheál Martin even Taoiseach? He has no goals, he has no plans. He doesn’t want to do anything

Lá Fhéile Bríde sona daoibh go léir! Here’s ‘St Brigid Receiving the Veil from St. Mel’, St Brigid’s Church, Killester, 1952. Painted by George Collie, who was known for the realism of his figures. His daughter was the model of St Brigid, & local parishioners modelled for other figures! #speirgorm

They are going to make propaganda for low information voters so atrocious they know no self-respecting actor would go near it

There was a major incident down the road from me, helicopters, multiple ambulances, road blocks, the works and may as well have happened on the far side of the moon since Twitter died and local media was cannibalised by Facebook #speirgorm

To be honest, I don't care how many go or what they say, so long as at least one of them goes to Minneapolis. That would be statement enough, I think #speirgorm

France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.

In 2023 the UK government legislated that veterans who, like US ICE officers, shot their fellow citizens dead, on camera - for protesting, would never answer in any court - Civil, Criminal or even Coroners. With no pushback from the left or electorate. In case you think it couldn’t happen here

Timely news as it's St Manchan's Day tomorrow! Lemanaghan was founded by Manchan in the 7th century. It's a highly significant early monastery. Well worth a visit if you're in the midlands.

iyky #davos

iyky #davos

“The storm that exposed the burials struck on St Manchán’s feast day, still marked every year by local people who go on pilgrimage to the holy well, visit St Mella’s Cell and attend Mass, continuing traditions that stretch back more than 1,000 years.” www.offalyexpress.ie/news/midland...

any sign of this guy in Davos

hi, famous comedian expert here! this is not funny, famous comedians only become children's authors when they're in extreme distress.

big 'secret plan to fight inflation' vibe

I’m not seeing all the US polling data on the 2028 Dem candidates, but I would think Mark Carney must be the front-runner.

If the Irish government won't do anything about this then we may as well just disband the dail and allow ourselves be governed directly by the US chamber of commerce

Our entire regulatory framework has proved to be no more than a painted balsa wood front. The AG here confirms it is illegal to generate CSAM. We also gave CnaM the power to act on any material which was not illegal, but was offensive. Turns out they don’t wanna. www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...

Actually Blue Monday is a Die Hard movie.

It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰

It pleases me that, whether due to Covid or a maniac President, every Patrick's Day visit has been a bit of a nightmare for Micheál Martin

sometimes you just have to read your hot French boyfriend's texts and go about your day

“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."  Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...

slow clap for Martin and the rest of the FFFG government who have let this happen #speirgorm

Question in Copenhagen: why is Trump focussed on a Russian threat that doesn't exist (in Greenland) as opposed to one where it does (Ukraine)?

says a lot about the state of FG that Ward would drop this while his leader Harris is over in Silicon Valley spouting guff about AI #speirgorm

Law enforcement is meant to be proactive. The fact civil society is having to beg the state to uphold its own laws is a small yellow bird struggling to breathe in a gas-filled mineshaft. #speirgorm

We're at a stage internationally where laws don't exist anywhere other than paper. The Irish government/state visibly refusing to enforce laws protecting children is the onset of rot in the whole system. Laws & norms are going to die the same way they're dying in the US. #speirgorm

I think the #twitter CSAM fiasco is the first time the government has so visibly ceded an area of law to big business. Of course it's been happening quietly for years but this marks a turning point of something so obviously illegal just being ignored by lawmakers in case it upsets the US. #speirgorm

In retrospect a global order that relied on endless American military hegemony and Chinese economic growth was not sustainable

What Trump is threatening to do on tariffs -- what he has already done! -- is completely illegal under the GATT/WTO. By signing the disgraceful Turnberry deal which was also illegal, the EU was helping to destroy the rule-based order. For that reason alone it should not be allowed to resurface.

what you got there buddy, is one of them chicken-and-egg type of problems

I will not vote, nor give a preference to ANY candidate who personally remains or is a member of a party that uses the child sex abuse image generator also known as X/twitter. Pass it on.

don't tell me these fellas aren't brothers from another mother

Meath getting Italy is just 🤌 #speirgorm

I ain't no big city geopolitics expert but nothing I have seen from von der Leyen thus far would tell me that she has any intention of doing anything bolder than waiting for Trump to die

This has been completely normalized. Once upon a time when it happened, there was days of press coverage and vigils.

Genuinely would love to see polling on how the public think Martin & Harris have handled the Grok/CSAM issue #speirgorm

idea for childrens' book shop website: option to exclude books by celebrity 'authors'