Toy fads by @conorpope.bsky.social I still have a (working) Tickle Me Elmo from 1999, I think. It was a present from an ex; it now lives in the pile of toys on my eight year old’s bed. www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Why yes, my Spotify Wrapped/Apple Music Replay *is* an absolute dumpster fire of tween favourites, thank you for asking.

Toy Show: This is Child 1 Ireland: I would die for Child 1 Toy Show: Goodbye Child 1. Now welcome Child 2 Ireland: Never mind, Child 1 is dead to me. I love Child 2 now. #Toyshow #LateLateToyShow

Jo Jo Dullard: Family and gardaí make renewed appeal to public on 30th anniversary of Kilkenny woman’s disappearance

New addition to the house.

😶😶😶😶😶😶

To the people saying it’s undemocratic that their preferred candidate didn’t get a nomination for president: local and national elections are and always have been an option for them. And arguably more effective than the role of president when it comes to deciding policy and affecting daily lives.

On @antonsavage.bsky.social NewsTalk Radio this morning: We warned Helen McEntee (then Minister for Justice) five years ago about Data Protection Commission's refusal to stop the flow of data about Irish people to data brokers - as now exposed by RTE Prime Time. www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-wa...

How Irish restaurants are changing to stay afloat: ‘Less people are going out. Thursday is the new Friday’ www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/09...

Interesting. iPhone Air is eSIM only. Will this push Irish networks into wider adoption? #appleevent

Lovely new design for the iPhone Air. Which I’ll immediately slap a case on. #appleevent

Why did An Garda Síochána give money to Cognyte, an Israeli surveillance company? www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Mary Robinson: "The entire Israeli cabinet should be sanctioned." She contrasts the positive role of the EU and US in bringing a settlement to the north of Ireland with their posture here. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Petition to Irish journalists NOT to report on the cringeworthy utterances of every nucking futcase who declares an *intention* to run for the Irish presidency until they can show a viable, or even remotely possible, path to nomination. There's more important things out there to be writing about.

Guess who's back... open.spotify.com/episode/3803...

Secretaries and caretakers at schools are on another day of strike action, looking for pension parity. So far, lots of support at our local school.

Didn’t have “cat doorman” on my future occupations bingo card when I was younger, but here we are.

Gardaí issue new appeal for information a year after Kyran Durnin reported missing

More details of the UK’s incredible attempt to compromise the private files and passwords of literally all iPhone users worldwide. www.ft.com/content/fe2c...

This week’s #tech review: the Izzpresso portable coffee maker. Sold through Cork’s Izz Cafe. www.irishtimes.com/technology/c...

Watching The Lemonheads at the Academy. I’m not sure what the hell is going on, but this is … not great.

First time I saw #Oasis was Slane in 2009. It was … not great. The past two days have exorcised that particular demon.

The other penguins pretending they’re not with her.

Apple will close a store in northeastern China in August, the first time it has shuttered one of its retail locations since it opened its first outlet in the country in 2008.

Work starts now.

Also Harvey Norman Ireland might have missed the deadline for registering with Comreg’s Sender ID registry. Considering the delivery update I got from them (legit update for a product I bought) came tagged like this.

I have lied repeatedly to my kids today about the existence of a Switch 2 in my house. No that’s not a Switch 2, it’s a regular old Switch. No that’s not the new Mario Kart, that’s the old one that you have on your Switch Lite. It’s self preservation.

The least surprising thing about this whole story is that behind Tattle was a man making money off it.

Just did a piece on RTE about screen time for kids, locked in a hotel bathroom, while the kids were bribed to stay quiet. With iPads.

Hello Boston.

How different are my two kids travelling? The older one is a nervous wreck about taking off and landing, practising her deep breathing. The other is wandering back from the bathroom loudly wondering “imagine if this plane just fell out of the sky.”

Speaking of cats, the magpie alarm tells me that mine is back.

I’m at that stage of holiday packing where I think I have everything but I’ve probably forgotten 30 things that I definitelydefinitely need.

Well that’s…. Unsettling.

School report time! The sentence that every Irish parents dreads: “she has committed to the tin whistle.” I know. I live this. Every. Sodding. Day. Have you ever heard my Heart Will Go On played on a tin whistle? I have. How about Mamma Mia? Repeatedly.

No, CoPilot. Just… no.

I asked AI about Conor McGregor’s expertise on immigration matters. AI doesnt rate him either. www.instagram.com/reel/DHWgvCk...

Seems legit. (The last email I got from anything to do with musk had a 💩 emoji in it)

In the list of “things we could see coming” ….

McGregor at the White House pontificating has people raging. But kudos to the Instagram commenter who summed it up by asking “who put 20 cent in the gobshite?”

What. What. This isn’t yoghurt.

Early trip to London to see Andre & Co in @hadestownmusical.bsky.social. Now on the way home.

Things I didn’t expect to read today.

The Washington Post complaining that Messi isn’t playing the media game.

So many thoughts right now.

It’s February, and he’s been in power for less than a month.

For context, in 2023 it sent out emails to 141 artists saying they had been approved for €25000 grants, only to withdraw the approval a few minutes later. Had they paid out, that would have cost it €3.5 million.

€6 million. Jesus.

That video of Elon Musk in the Oval Office talking about unelected bureaucrats is next level.