*spoiler Turns out the kid(s) are alright. It’s the adults we need to worry about.

YT (as an example) Downloads is a first world problems godsend.

On the show today: Comics playing Saudi Arabia; Reading dirty stories; Talking to dead relatives; Using an autopen; Showbiz news; @jeansmullen.bsky.social with wine; @brianmlloyd.bsky.social reviews 'One Battle After Another' & 'The Dead Of Winter'...

Your 'alternative media' will never deliver quality journalism like this.

On the show today: what middle-class Israelis think about Gaza; No shoes in the house; Why don't we have more heat pumps?; Limerick's new fashion museum; Does each generation judge younger people; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; Trump & the UN building..

On the show today: Should you have a smaller bed?; @deshocks.bsky.social on grief; Free cloth nappies; Culture night, every night; @michbar.bsky.social on queer activism; World news; harry Styles is good at running

On the show today: Homeschooling in Ireland; Checking for rostate cancer; International road bowling; Growing up in Gaza; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'Black Rabbit' 'Gen V' & 'Dark City: The Cleaner'; How to save local restaurants..

Yeah

I didn't/don't road rage but.... There was one time another driver pulled a stroke so imbecilically dangerous I hit the klaxon so hard it jammed to On.

It takes a lot less energy to be nice. I nearly got knocked down recently on a pedestrian crossing by a van taking an illegal right turn through a red light and HE shouted abuse at me!

"owner of small tank" feels outraged. Buy cars that you can fit into in standard parking space (Cars getting wider) www.thejournal.ie/car-width-pa... #SUVskam #TaxByWgt #Speirgorm

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... (This article originally contained a different word to 'jerks')

On the show today: Does booze make you better at languages?; Adults-only hotels; VR movies; Tourist in Venice canals; Showbiz news; @beermessiah.bsky.social with beer; reviews of 'Girls & Boys' & 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey'

On the show today: What are the basics of cooking?; Having a 'bad' passport; On-line conveyancing; Mary McEvoy and @declanbuckley.bsky.social have had quite enough; why are young people so scared of causing offence?; The dance of Titan & Saturn...

On the show today: @peterthorne.bsky.social on climate change deaths; TikTok & haemorrhoids; @conorpope.bsky.social on corporate break-ups; The death of Steve Biko; Trump suing everybody; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; The Claw Shoe..

On the show today: @laurcah.bsky.social on activist presidents; @elkeeganphoto.bsky.social on photographing adults in their child bedrooms; Coth nappies; Mobility assistance dogs; World news; Swimming the Liffey 55 times..

On the show today: What now for the Occupied Territories Bill?; @henrymckean.bsky.social on early days in school; Love in the workplace; @kristin-hannah.bsky.social ; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'The Girlfriend' 'Task' & 'The Paper'; @barryhoulihan.bsky.social on a Long Kesh journal...

Children are a ‘problem’ worth having.* *I don’t have kids, unfortunately, but when I was younger I used to imagine myself as a parent and all the trials and tribulations. Aww Brian 😞

On the show today: Phil Jupitus; Shrekking; @seanfj.bsky.social on possible life on Mars; The world jigsaw championships; Showbiz news; velvet red wines; @toxicolly.bsky.social reviews 'Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues' & 'The Wrong Paris'...

Dad joke of the day

On the show today: Legal support for the Gaza flotilla; Can we improve Dublin?; @jokerrigan1.bsky.social on the Cork scoop on Abraham Lincoln; being passive aggressive; @barbarascully.bsky.social & @declanbuckley.bsky.social have heard it all before; Making outdoor art; Getting a robot massage..

I appeared on the @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social radio show yesterday on @newstalkfm.bsky.social to highlight the concerns I have about the proposed #EUChatControl regulation. You can listen back to it on the below link www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

On the show today: @georgiosvarouxakis.bsky.social on 'The West'; Why all the balconies?; Renting kids parties; @nicolapierce.bsky.social on great Irish wives; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; @carlowweather.bsky.social on pond-building...

On the show today: @brianhonan.bsky.social on hacking WhatsApp; The September divorce spike; The revelation of Ireland; Retrofitting your home; World news; @mylesoreilly.bsky.social on making an album with Michael D...

Pod of today's extended interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on NewsTalk to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND is now online www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

On the show today: @thinkorswim.bsky.social on the Lie of the land; @henrymckean.bsky.social on restaurant screens; Can TikTik give you haemorrhoids?; Housing anxiety; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'Educating Yorkshire' 'The Inheritance' & 'Invasion'; Trump's architecture

Warning?? What's he going to do? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I can imagine that the infant me, learning to speak, might have used “labubu” for ambulance.

On the show today: Are false memories bad?; the thing that listened; The Oldest black hole; Putin's Eurovision; @brianmlloyd.bsky.social reviews 'Honey Don’t!' & 'Sanatorium' Showbiz News; Italian wine..

The Israeli occupation authorities violently arrested 10 activists and savagely assaulted them during the brutal crackdown on a rally supporting Gaza and denouncing starvation and Israeli genocide.

On the show today: A history of stupidity; European cryopreservation; @henrymckean.bsky.social on how to break up with someone; @barbarascully.bsky.social & @declanbuckley.bsky.social try not to sneer; Revenge quitting; AI psychosis...

On the show today: ‪@karsugrue.bsky.social‬‪ on parenting a trans child; can you have fun at work?; Growing german militarism; A message in a bottle; Performative kitchens; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; Oysters and jazz..

On the show today: 'Spoofing' GPS signals; Why our teens aren't doing so well; the world toe-wrestling champ; The portable espresso machine; The Hungarian husband killers; World news; Liverpool's ban on The Sun..

Beyond Dystopian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

I was on @newstalkfm.bsky.social this afternoon to discuss my @researchireland.ie -funded research @dublincityuni.bsky.social on the Catholic Standard newspaper and the 1935 Public Dance Halls Act. Thanks to @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social for the chat www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

On the show today: @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social on the gift of birdshit; @henrymckean.bsky.social on friend-flation; Can evolution explain politics?; Shrinking restaurant menus; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'The Traitors Ireland' 'Atomic' & 'Women wearing Shoulder Pads'; Evil dancing..

Balking at walking and talking.

That article could be written for us, tho it’s himself talking to me from two rooms away. Usually I’m in the kitchen with noise from any combination of the kettle, washing machine, TV and something sizzling on the cooker. I’ve learned not to go “wha?” and he’ll eventually come back into the room.