16-year old Caoimhe Bray got a hat trick in this game. It was split over two overs, so it took a minute for players to realise. Here’s a 2-minute video summary of her bowling spell: https://youtu.be/-yfC3J7evko I wonder if she’s eligible to play for Ireland 😊 #cricket #wbbl […]

Sydney Sixers versus Sydney Thunder WBBL highlights. This has two of the plumbest LBWs you’ll ever see in the first innings. The batters should have walked they were so plumb! 10-minute video: https://youtu.be/FPHmyuXgwUc #cricket #wbbl

I haven’t been listening to all episodes of ATP podcast. Did John Siracusa get loaned a Vision Pro?

Damn. #cricket https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cwy7z7xjep1o

Here comes the rain again. As in chucking it down. Not The Eurythmics song. #weather

Today I realised that McKenna Grace who plays Paige, a maths prodigy and rival of Sheldon in Young Sheldon, also played the young maths prodigy in the film Gifted. She’s fantastic in both. #youngsheldon

2025 Hey Siri Songs - Day 314 "Hey Siri. Play Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle." #nite #homepod #music #crystalgale Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/dont-it-make-my-brown-eyes-blue/1445959773?i=1445959943 Spotify […]

The Mary Cooper religious stuff in Young Sheldon Season 5 is very cloying. I hope it is dialled back a bit in S6&7. Ian (who declared himself as an atheist aged 8).

I wrote a thing recently, and a human reviewer put dozens of em dashes into it. I’ve never used them. https://mastodon.social/@Sarahp/115549507449291050

Jesus wept! My Mac has now completely lost contact with UCL's Microshite Outlook Calendar server and all my central booked meetings have vanished from the Apple Calendar. I've tried everything but cannot find the old Calendar .plist and cache files that could be deleted to solve the problem […]

Kyle MacLachlan is one of my favourite people. He has been since Twin Pesks and Dune in the 1980s. He’s brill in his podcast. https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115549465635257505

Walked about 500 m in the wind. My eyes are streaming like I just watched A Monster Calls film. 😭 I gurned my lamps out in the cinema when I saw that film. My god. Then ending 😳 https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115549377195908698

Listening to What Are We Even Doing? with Kyle MacLachlan (What is Julian Shapiro-Barnum Even Doing?): https://omny.fm/shows/what-are-we-even-doing-with-kyle-maclachlan/what-is-julian-shapiro-barnum-even-doing Enlivening the pod stu today is Recess Therapy and Celebrity Substitute creator […]

70 kph wind gusts forecast for the next 12 hours at Belfast. With sustained winds of about 40 kph. #weather

Filming has wrapped on Season 5 of Trying. Seasons 1-4 are available now on Apple TV. Season 1 is also on BBC iPlayer. It’s superb. #comedy #trying

The Devil Wears Prada 2 Teaser Trailer. In cinemas May 1st 2026. https://youtu.be/9c-DrMe8o5Q #film #devilwearsprada

Good grief. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/14/thames-water-court-mp-pay-legal-bills-charlie-maynard

Watching the recording of this week’s Met Office Weather Studio Live. Annie Shuttleworth is back presenting after a year of maternity leave. 57-minute video: https://www.youtube.com/live/LhPbL44GSY4 #weather #metoffice

Windy. #weather #onewordweather

Good grief. I wonder how much someone got paid for this defence? “Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court.” #openai #chatgpt […]

A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...

For all the fight about ACA subsidies, remember - the ACA is a legit dream come true giveaway for insurance and healthcare and pharmaceutical profits. It means millions and millions more people buy into their marketplace plans, AND, the amount they can charge gets subsidized by the feds. So […]

Healthcare In America: Doctor - I see that your gscsttigom isn't working as well as I'd like. I'd like to start you on pjehhdntpf instead. Patient - Okay, do you know how much that's going to cost? Doctor - Sorry I've got no idea. Patient - What do you mean? Like give me a ballpark. Is this […]

England are playing a middle net game as prep for the Ashes. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #cricket

‘This is one of the things that this fixation on “both sides” achieves over time - it keeps that war going and teaches people that no issue is ever truly settled, that the door to some people’s rights must always be left on the latch, just in case someone wants to reargue your humanity for no […]

As far as innings defeats go, it could have been worse... Result Ireland vs Bangladesh, 1st Test Ireland tour of Bangladesh IRE 286 & 254/10 BAN 587/8d Bangladesh won by an innings and 47 runs […]

82 new music releases dropped at midnight from artists already in my music library.

2025 Hey Siri Songs - Day 313 "Hey Siri. Play Weekend Wars by Management." #nite #homepod #music #mgmt Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/weekend-wars/264720008?i=264720070 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/19K3lUMJmOdeuOBTrbLm19

Cleaned my kitchen worktops.

Fallout S2 starts streaming on December 17th. Aces. #fallout #amazonprime https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fallout-season-2-trailer-prime-video-1236426278/

Here’s an 8-minute Met Office video about the upcoming rain. Amber warnings issued for a slice of the Midlands and A part of Wales. https://youtu.be/hZwTywsSF_A #weather #stormclaudia #metoffice https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/115542997449530449

It’s going to be very rainy over southern England, Wales, and Ireland on Friday. Details at https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2025/storm-claudia-to-bring-heavy-and-disruptive-rain-for-many #weather #stormclaudia

Dreich! #weather #onewordweather

The G1 Glider service has lots of delays today. Is there something happening in Belfast? #northernireland

Send Fionn. Or The Beaches 😊 https://mastodon.world/@davidnjoku/115538662773954770

I finished watching Young Sheldon Season 4. #comedy #youngsheldon

Someone in charge has to be spectacularly bad at governing if it’s come to this after year after year of getting elected with a huge majority. Governing is different from campaigning. It needs different skills and usually different people. So disappointing. #ukpolitics […]

2025 Hey Siri Songs - Day 312 "Hey Siri. Play Black Hole by Griff." #nite #homepod #music #griff Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/black-hole/1558154782?i=1558154783 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0vnKE8ukNmF641XhnEyZJD

Emptying! #weather #onewordweather

There will be highlights of the Ashes Test series on BBC iPlayer. From the description in the latest Test Match Special podcast episode: “The BBC will be providing 24/7 coverage of The Ashes, with full audio commentary on Test Match Special and 5 Live Breakfast at the Ashes, a live text service […]

Almost finished S3 of Young Sheldon. The production team and writers don’t shy away from depicting Sheldon as a selfish jerk in many situations. Overall, I’d classify the show as an ensemble dramady with a lean towards the comedy side of the scale. The other family members and ancillary […]

Installing macOS 26.1

Regretting You is still showing 3 times a day in my local OmniPlex this week and next. It must still be doing good numbers. I must go and see it. #film

New Jay Rayner book and tour for 2026. #books #cooking #food https://bsky.app/profile/jayrayner1.bsky.social/post/3m5gfbsvbuc2t

Listening to A Question of Science (Can We Repair The Ageing Brain?): https://omny.fm/shows/a-question-of-science/can-we-repair-the-ageing-brain Professor Brian Cox and our expert panel explore the science of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other conditions that cause dementia. More than 55 […]

Listening to Better Offline - Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron on Enshittification and the Rot Economy: https://omny.fm/shows/better-offline/cory-doctorow-and-ed-zitron-on-enshittification-and-the-rot-economy This week’s Better Offline is a recording of a panel held by Clarion West in Seattle […]

AYFKM??? And some Democrats actually voted for this?! Deal to end #shutdown would also allow some #republicans to sue the #us government for #jan6 investigation Legislation moving through #congress that would end the longest government shutdown in US history would also allow 8 Republican […]

The most interesting part of this article for me is that V for Vendetta film is returning to cinemas next year. #film https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/v-for-vendetta-tv-series-hbo-1236572917/

Cricket Ireland has today welcomed the announcement that final planning permission has been granted for the development of the first phase of the National Cricket Centre on the Sport Ireland Campus. #Cricket #ireland#crickethttps://cricketireland.ie/news/planning-approval-granted/

Penny and Sheldon discuss String Theory. Never gets old 😊 5-minute video: https://youtu.be/ZEhxKiSFcw8 #comedy #thebigbangtheory