My mother's hearing aids seem to have gone on holiday!! Wish I was them.

Celebrity Sewing Bee.... Brilliant. 😂

Bloody Hell! I'm not very good at word type games, so I am impressed with my getting this today and so soon! Wordle 1,647 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The longest night is almost over. Newgrange Winter Solstice live stream stats in five minutes here: www.youtube.com/live/lRgumO6...

Wondering how to watch the Winter Solstice livestream from Newgrange? Our short how-to video guides you step by step. 📅 21 Dec ⏰ 8.40am 🌅 Live from inside the chamber Save the link and tune in: gov.ie/solstice #WinterSolstice #Newgrange #ShareTheSolstice #OPW

Watch: Live coverage of the Winter Solstice sunrise at Newgrange

Loving the coverage of #NewgrangeSoltice

There's been a significant surge in interest in learning the Irish language in Britain, according to those involved in teaching it. One of the largest online education providers in the UK, City Lit, says that Irish is its second fastest growing course

Today is #CarersRightsDay and we want all unpaid carers to know and use their rights These can help you: ▪️ Access support ▪️ Juggle care and work ▪️ Look after your health and wellbeing ▪️ When the person you care for is coming out of hospital https://go.carersuk.org/CRD

Damn. Not getting any nice Christmas Cards from Etsy this year. Stupid B-word.

Do pickles go on beef? I was going to have a jambon beurre, but I think I should use the beef before I open the ham.... What about cheese (just cheddar)? Does that go with beef?

Search for Halloween in iplayer to watch (live) the carnival in Derry.

Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh 👻🎃🐈‍⬛

Connections Puzzle #873 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Not sure this sums up my general knowledge level!!! Easy one for me today! 🤣

Taking the seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to protect yourself and the person you care for from flu As a carer you are entitled to free flu jabs, book yours today: https://www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/your-health-and-wellbeing/flu-jabs

Did you know that unpaid carers save the UK over £184 billion a year? This #InternationalDayOfCare we're calling for better support to recognise the enormous contribution millions of unpaid carers provide to family and friends across the UK every day.

Couldn't find the witches this year, so we went with clowns!

Connections Puzzle #851 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

I know its not a big deal to most people, but I donated blood today. 🎉

“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division,” AMEN www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Self-care isn't selfish - you can't pour from an empty cup. Join us for #SelfCareSeptember and find ways to be kinder to yourself as well as others 🙏💕🌍 actionforhappiness.org/self-care-se...

Connections Puzzle #810 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

There are literally dozens of landmark cases where Brits relied on the ECHR: ⚠️Gay soldiers ⚠️Children beaten in schools ⚠️Women punished for fleeing domestic abuse ⚠️Journalists fined for protecting sources ⚠️Activists sued by McDonald All defended by the ECHR when Britain failed them.

Tomorrow @EdDavey.libdems.org.uk is stepping in for @MrJamesOB.bsky.social as host on @LBC.co.uk. Tune in from 10am to 1pm. Join the conversation 🔽 📱 0345 60 60 973 💬 84850

Irish classes starting mid September in the Skainos Centre. Register below: turasbelfast.com/classes/

Don't get me started! *growl* I voted for the Good Friday Agreement. Not in a million years would I vote for that *add your own 'noun'*

If the UK left the ECHR, we wouldn’t just lose workplace rights like pensions, minimum wage, holiday & sick pay. We’d also lose fundamental protections that cut across everyday life. We’d lose the right to privacy from government surveillance. 1/3

No, we are not going to rip up and 'renegotiate' the Good Friday Agreement nor leave the ECHR. *growl* Don't f*** us up again. What an idiot.

Was doing some shopping in our Eurospar. Guy next to me, as he was leaving (the self checkouts), said to me "I love your bag". It was one of the old Tesco Star Wars bags 😁 They are also the perfect dimensions. We had a nice, brief, chat. It was very nice indeed. I needed a bit of cheering up.

Some thoughts on the news that 48% of those arrested over Belfast race riots had been reported to police for domestic violence. With McGr*g*r losing his appeal & definitively found to be a rapist in a court of law it is important we call out the hypocrisy at the heart of the far right movement.

Furthest I've been: N: Santa Claus Village, Finland S: Bluff, New Zealand E: Tikitki, New Zealand or there abouts. W: Kicking Horse, Canada Did roadtrip in NZ. If there was something resembling a road/track, I probably drove down it. Was nearly crushed by a tank as it came round a blind corner!

Louder. LOUDER. Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness

We're operating heritage trains this Saturday using our 450 class "Derry Girls" diesel railcar set. Trains depart from our Downpatrick station at: 13:00, 13:45, 14:30, 15:15, 16:00. You can book online or pay on the day in our ticket office. www.downrail.co.uk/event/summer...

I've received a quite fascinating email. This person claims they've singlehandedly blocked 33 sales of my books. Any chance I can get 34 books sold off this to annoy them? Please RT! UK: www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=sophia+m... or US: www.amazon.com/s?k=sophia+m...

Tiberius— "There has never been a better time to watch this video"

Today I learned that NI's libraries have an out-of-hours access service in certain branches, where people can get into the library outside opening hours as part of a programme to enable computer access in rural areas. That's pretty cool.

Just 2 weeks until the Jurassic Express pulls into Downpatrick. We have some spaces left, so make a booking for your little dinosaur fans now before they become extinct. The event runs on Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th July. Trains and dinosaurs, what's not to like? www.downrail.co.uk/event/jurass...

Just last year in a pretty horrifying incident a crossfitter, one of the best in the world, died during the Crossfit Games' first event - less than 50m from shore. Organisers didn't go looking for him until everyone else had finished the race - over the water where he had just disappeared.

The Liberal Democrats have called on the UK Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary to formally recognise a Palestinian state as a matter of urgency. All 72 LD MPs have signed.

First strawberry (Flamenco)

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

childrensheartbeattrust.enthuse.com/pf/helen-mar... Please donate to this wonderful charity. They have given a lot of support to a friend of mine, whose daughter has had a really tough start to her life. She want to give something back. It's not much, but we could booster her expectations. Ta

I have a friend who's wee daughter has been (mostly) in hospital since she was born. She has congenital heart condition. She is just about 1 now & there are more issues. Very rough start to life. Her parents are doing a mile walk/jog a day in May to raise some money for the

How many seats are left to be called?

*sighs* Trying to buy a basic mobile phone. Found one that I think will do the job. Try to buy online. Says something wrong with my postcode. Find out I have to buy from Ireland site not uk. Out of stock on Ireland site. In fact, looks like Ireland site is the only Europe site that doesn't have it!

My watch is quite accusatory...

My friend's son is 9. He is an avid reader & I suspect has a 'high reading age'. I've suggested The Hobbit and also The Wizard of Earthsea, but what other fantasy books (dragons are very good as are wizards), could I recommend?

Anyone know of a really good pizza steel that is made in GB or EU and will ship to N.Ireland? Roughly, 40cmx35cmx6mm. Seasoned carbonised steel.

I may have dug up 14 raspberry plants that a bird had seeded last year! (from 1 raspberry I guess). Potted them. Don't know if any will survive the potting. But they definitely did not belong in the flower bed! Though, I suspect I'll be finding them in the flowerbed forever! I'm knackered now!