It's just not the #LateLateToyShow if a 9 year old doesn't sing with the voice of a 94 year old pub singer who looks like they're made out of turf.

It's giving ... #LateLateToyShow

They’re making all the kids cry tonight!! #Toyshow #LateLateToyShow

Advent calendar Day one.

I remember John Major's government. If you told me that in 2025 he'd be a voice of sanity I'd have hurt myself laughing, and yet here we are.

Panel time at the #LDIConference25. So many excellent insights from the panel, Daniel Susskind, Sinead Farrelly @ Broadlake, Mairéad Dunne @ Enterprise Ireland & Sharon Doyle Bord na Móna #LandDInstitute #LDI

One sporty president and we're suddenly good at football, Catherine Connolly the representative that you are

Oreoboros

Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new. This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The rain has arrived and a wet and windy 24 hours ahead. Latest rainfall totals forecast are a little lower for parts of South but still very high in East and Southeast and flooding sadly is likely.

The Catherine Connolly campaign has reignited my urge to learn Irish. I have the Now You're Talking book and tapes from 25 odd years ago, but of course no tape player. Someone has handily converted the tapes to audio files you can listen to here: www.tripswithkevin.com/irish-on-you... #speirgorm

I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is." Kurt Vonnegut

Your timeline is hereby thoroughly cleansed.

Great shot from Edward. And my hawk moth version from 2005.

So that's it then. The biggest fish kill in the history of the State, and we're just going to move on, with no idea who or what caused it? It would be better to label it a river kill. Some major polluter is today breathing a sign of relief, while the river Blackwater remains half dead. 🧵

Oh man. I miss when propaganda felt a little inspirational 💀

Wouldn't it be great if we could hand experienced, expert investigators large pots of money (congrats!) and let them focus their efforts on that study rather than expecting them to immediately start looking for more money? Do funders really believe the FTEs they are told? What are we doing?

Well I never... a rainbow appeared before sunrise, created just by the light of an orange and red glow in the east. There's a first time for everything. I've certainly never see such a thing before.

I'm trialling a new work schedule: I'll be working compressed hours in September, i.e. an hour longer Mon-Thu, and half-day on Fridays. Let's see how it goes. If you have any experience with this kind of work schedule, please share. What are common pitfalls/benefits & how well does it work for you?

If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal. Follow me for more recipes.

Wrote this about flags and patriotism in 2021 (in The Decade In Tory). Stand by every word now.

Absolutely brilliant 👇😀😀😀

There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

I'm thinking 1 decent #LemaRanch pic deserves another. Here's a #cloudscape #reflection for #WetWednesday #nature #outdoors #ponds #sunset

This is my education & training starter pack. Let me know if I’ve missed you or another a/c & I’ll edit the pack go.bsky.app/2UEaY6G #Education #Training #StarterPack #LearningAndDevelopment #LandD

"Hi, Momma... Hello, my dear. Mom, I'll come home and protect you, take care of you. Try to forget all the bad things, please..." — the first call of a #Ukrainian Defender returned from Russian captivity to his mother. 📹: Ombudsman of Ukraine

❗️⚡️Ukrainian Defenders return from Russian captivity!

If the Union is incapable of wielding such hard power as it has - and it’s strongest in trade and regulation - it has no shadow of hope of developing or wielding other more traditional tools of hard power in the defence of itself and its member states.

Seems like if you have as much money as Chan and Zuckerberg do, more money than thousands of people could spend in all their lifetimes, you should probably be able to find a way to make the world a better place rather than screwing over children who are already struggling I am so over billionaires

I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.

Trump Wants to Cut the Kind of Cancer Research that Saved My Life open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

A glorious morning here but you can see the fog in the distance from the drone. It will clear to a warm sunny day for most.

"No no no you don't understand. I told the racists where all the immigrants were BEFORE they went and set that place on fire.".

In honor of Brian Wilson's passing, here are the four categories of Beach Boys songs: 1. surfing is great, you should try it 2. I have a good vehicle 3. I reach beyond myself into the ineffable, and that's where I find you, my love 4. sloop john b

If you like him, there’s a whole evening of Bruce Springsteen on BBC2 this evening. I’ve it on record 🎸🎤🎶

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again theonion.com/a-shatt...

The Pride Window unveiled earlier today at Belfast City Hall (made by Alpha Stained Glass in Derry)

Thinking of all the people who travelled home to vote #OnThisDay ten years ago for the Marriage Referendum! 📝 [IMAGE: #hometovote pen, ink and watercolour drawing of the Marriage Equality Referendum by @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social, 2015; catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...

The Hiroshima city government has been training "memory keepers" — individuals who learn and pass on the testimonies of hibakusha, or atomic bombing survivors, along with their hopes for peace.

I'm going to say it. I think it's not going to be popular—especially with mainstream Dems—but I'm going to say it. In the history of politics since I've been alive, no premise has come closer to "trying to make 'fetch' happen" than the effort by media and some pols to say Biden had dementia as POTUS

(📣) In light of the horrifying racism and antisemitism being perpetrated by Grok—which xAI cagily will not link to any specific high-access employee, but that Grok itself speculates might have been caused by Elon Musk—I am making free my report on how a bigoted Musk conned rich liberals for decades:

I’m taking on the Mayday Mile to support RNLI lifesavers during their busiest time of year. Will you help me fundraise and make a lifesaving difference? fundraise.rnli.org/s/17346/1839...