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Still no front page obituary. Maybe tomorrow.

I am really hoping for some proper "Send the chopper, comrade!" energy in Budapest tonight.

- Call Mam - Allow it to ring 47 times - Hang up - Immediate callback "Mind for you'd give me a chance to answer!"

My body's innate threat-detection systems would like to speak to the manager please. We did not order an all-you-can-eat buffet.

My asking price is now €3,000. No timewasters please.

Another two-week reprieve on nuclear armageddon from our glorious overlords? Guess I'll plant some spuds so.

And some people gave us shit for Don’t Look Up being too over the top. Man oh man do I wish it was.

today sure feels like one of the all time ‘so i still just gotta go and do my little job during all this?!’ moments

Damage from climate change extensive across Ireland in 2025, advisory council says www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Pond life

You can dance on the breeze Over houses and trees With your fist holding tight To the string of your kite

Everyone should have a home Yet 17,308 human beings are now in emergency accommodation Yet the CSO announced this week there were over 70,000 homes vacant which could be compulsory rented This is a broken social contract This is down to government policy This is #DerelictIreland #speirghorm

I'm just surprised the Lotto results weren't presented live from Prague this evening.

RTÉ are never beating the allegations. Seems like half the staff have gone to Prague on a jolly.

I'm pretty sure all of Ireland's peacekeepers are (usually) positioned south of this river, in an area which looks like it is about to be completely annexed by Israel.

I mean, if I was his Russian handler and could see how quickly he was running out of road, I would also hit the Civil War Speedrun button at this point.

How are these off-grid gas-powered data centres looking now? Gas prices doing ok, yeah?

The preload ads on digital radio stations really boil my piss, especially on RTÉ stations. Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff.

Fuel-free lawnmower for sale. €1,500. Serious offers only. (I know what I've got.)

I still think this is a strong contender for the funniest video ever uploaded. Absolutely unbeatable comedic rhythm

Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies. www.ft.com/content/ac77...

His mate Vlad, who knows exactly how large legacy warships fare against modern naval drones, has asked Don to call the NATO boys over for a warship rendez-vous in a narrow, hostile water body next to a country which shares drone tech with Russia. What could go wrong?

Superbugs resistant to antibiotics are rising fast. I tested water at Lough Neagh (40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water) & found high levels of antibiotic-resistant genes from human & livestock poo. If we treat waterways like sewers, this is what we get. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gas. It runs on gas. Fuck these monstrosities.

📣 New Research just published. Adoption of EVs, solar PV, and heat pumps in Ireland is driven by affluence. Current grants favour high-income groups, risking a "green divide." Policies must focus on equity and lower upfront costs. Open access: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

This is the cloud of oil currently hovering over Tehran, released when the US bombed the city's oil depots. A stew of particulate matter, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, heavy metals & volatile organic compounds is raining down into the city right now. 1/2

These monsters are acting with a confidence which suggests that - if things go wrong for them - there's an apartment with their name on it waiting in a quiet Moscow suburb.

Oil: Gouged Rent: Gouged Electricity: Gouged Food: Gouged "Cost of Living": Gouged It's a gouger's world, and we're merely existing in it.

they’re just begging for a car chase

125 social housing apartments in Antwerp. Created from a wonderfully refurbished 1930’s courtyard block, with some new infill buildings. By Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven… a thread 🧵

I see that refugees from war-torn countries are getting very favourable coverage in the Irish news media today. Like they're real human beings, with lives and hopes and backstories. Next week it'll be back to quoting Big Jim while announces deportation "numbers."

I'm begging the small local community groups in Ireland to please consider reframing their use of AI design work this way. The amount of drama and theatre groups in my sphere that I see using AI posters now just makes me sad.

Mayo continuing its streak of having more people winning the Lotto than women getting elected to public office.

Trying not to be too cynical, but in the wake of the Ireland v Israel draw, this government really didn't waste any time in trying to put the FAI - and its upstart clubs - back in its box. Imagine such a swift government response to, say, a genocide?

Subsidising. We're *subsidising* data centres with sky-high residential energy charges.

We have a decent gloop of frog spawn in our little pond 🐸

Only 4% of newly-built homes in Dublin last year ended up on the open market for sale. This is bonkers. The market is completely rigged in favour of "investors" (hoarders). jrnl.ie/6957916

Boomer Irish Dad whatsaap is going shtone wild with not-prince andrew memes.

Trump Suffers Setback Unrelated To Child Rape

Hey I wonder if all this stress-testing and depleting of US military resources in places that aren't Ukraine is beneficial to anyone in particular?

Did you know that Norovirus can be spread through the air? It occurs when infected people 🤮 There is a surge in noroviral infections in Ireland right now, so we've published this blog with tips on how to avoid #airborne transmission of Norovirus. www.cleanairadvocacyireland.org/clean-air-bl...

An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.

People who send voicenotes in to radio stations. They're going on my list.

Love that an English hotel chain sets up in Dublin and five minutes later is going to the courts to try and shut down a long-running staple of our nightlife. Hoxton? More like Poxton, amirite?

Is the Covid-19 pandemic over, or did we just stop mentioning it by name?

Our 18-month-old learned the word bodhrán before wheelbarrow, so she calls it a wheel-bodhrán and I'll probably never correct her on it.

Historically, all of the best tools have reached widespread adoption through force.

HARMONIE model continues to show up to 80mm on Wicklow mountains by 6pm Friday with up to 50mm falling in 24 hours. Over 30mm at lower levels in Southeast too. Sadly this will cause further flooding if it verifies.