It's a damp and misty start here in South Tipperary, but that can be beautiful too

My primary memories of milking were a) always tying up a shitty tail before milking, and b) getting a slap from the same tail if got loose, and c) the cow shitting everywhere while I was tugging on the teats. Never been fond of the raw stuff myself

eavesdropping on a couple of english lit academics in st. john, i overheard confirmation of what is surely going to be the biggest literary news story of the year

Risk that more survivors of torture wil be denied asylum in Ireland, as a vital service is frozen. While the pace of the asylum process has picked up for many applicants, the services helping them to make their cases have lacked the resourcing to keep up. www.dublininquirer.com/risk-that-mo...

Pure weasel-words from Peter Burke, at least an eighth of the alumina smelted in Russia came via Shannon. It's a fungible product, so there'll never be a paper trail to the apartment block that gets hit in the middle of the night. Imagine hiding that behind 'paperwork' www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

If lawns were an invention of the English aristocracy, could we make 'No Mow May' an act of decolonisation? Biodiversity as an act of patriotic nationalist expression? The great unlawning..... And, like, less work.

Happy Pride month you buncha queers

Wife: No, I don't want to go to a Star Wars themed sex party. Ew Me: First off it's Star TREK and secondly it's called a Borgy

The Telegraph is at it again (surprise surprise) but even still... Official stats have GB issuance of Visa to Russians at almost 12k for the first three months of the year. They have definitely admitted more than 14k Russians since Christmas, with a 6.4% refusal rate - source: shorturl.at/VEdqT

Says the country with “Lord Lebedev of Siberia” awarded a life peerage by the PM who went against the advice of security services when appointing him 😆

When I was little and sitting on my grandad John-Joe's lap, he told me about going to collect his Mamó's first pension for her when he was my size. Later, I found out that Caitríona was born in 1830/1. She was old enough to remember an oíche na gaoithe mór, and survived the famine as a teenager.

So many amazing scenes. Absolute necessity to watch if you want to have a sense of how it country got to where it is today

This lad's only move is saying "No". Famous within the civil service for it. All that'd ever come out of Finance in his time was "Robert Watt says 'No'." In Health, regardless of the business case, for every single new clinical hire the answer was "No". What does Shakespeare not want to happen?

Hey John! This is your lawyer talking. Keep posting your way through it - it's really important that you keep posting. Definitely do a podcast without taking advice first, you're golden!

The biggest mistake occurred when the Captain got notions during the boom and thought it was a restaurant instead of a place for cheap cocktails that were accompanied by a substantial €9 meal.

the collective noun for homophones is a heard

One of the nicest parts of the summer last year was watching dragonflies zoom about the Royal Canal in the evening. Crazy, pretty, shiny murder machines. Glorious!

I don’t usually say watch videos but the payoff is worth it.

A circa €30K salary requirement for Ukrainians wishing to stay in Ireland after the end of Temporary Protection will lead to thousands of new asylum applications. A system that is already teetering on the brink of collapse. Congrats, lads. You've done it again. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Many forget, like Tom did here, that there's quite the difference between asking and receiving.

There are two types of candidate on every ballot. First, there are the people you vote for. Then, there are the people you vote against.

I’m imagining all the people trying to stay in their cars so they won’t have to wear hi-viz as if they’re Oisín trying not to touch the ground when he returns from Tír na nÓg…

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Lilac-Breasted Roller native to Africa and is is a national bird of Kenya 📷: Praveen Siddannavar #birds

Could this record of 0 votes be equalled on either by-election tomorrow?

Whether it's this, or yer man in cork that had the 44 convictions and went viral for the aggressive close pass, it's mad. People literally get a licence to drive - there's no right to drive. You have to be permitted to drive. The default shouldn't be that you will be back on the road.

The guy who runs the kids chess club had a car issue so I had to run a chess club on my own... with no chess boards. Apologies to the guy we beat online by having 10 kids collectively voting on the moves to play against him.

Cartoon against Children going to Liverpool during the 1913 Lockout.

There's been one idea I've come across through Haidt that didn't seem to be immediately false - it is that the disgust response transposes onto our 'moral' judgements. When I read it, it taught me to analyse my repulse response, whereever I encountered it, and ask if it is only a habit of mind.

The Papershop, Salford, painting by Steven Scholes.

Fresh new American dystopia headline just dropped www.thegamer.com/grammacracke...

A real country would Akhenaten the fucker:- bury his legacy in the desert, make the utterance of his name a taboo, and erase him so thoroughly from memory that people wouldn't even remember to loot the tomb of his heir.

remember when Google offered unlimited digital storage to colleges and universities and then when adoption reached the right levels rescinded that promise, capped everything, and started pricing those services without the subsidies? idk man just something I think about a lot

Razorbills have the slickest design in the animal kingdom. They look like they were made by Yves Saint Laurent

On top of the being the main source of aluminium for the russian aerospace industry (i.e. all them missiles and drones heading for Kyiv) Aughinish Alumina is also the biggest single consumer of fossil gas in Ireland - about 11% of total use in 2021, more now. www.irishexaminer.com/business/com...

#speirgorm please help make the first cavan pride happen! spread the word & chip in if you can 🏳️‍🌈 gofund.me/ee41cf0cb

This is horrific. Due to the incompetence and inattention of prison staff a man died a horrible, lonely and very preventable death. But as ever, the traditional public service refrain after the tragedy, lessons have been learned. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Vote early! Vote often!

Still hurt by Bertie Ahern singling out Congolese people, loss of a community member opened a fresh wound, they say. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/still-hurt-b...

I'm reminded of Sir Humphrey in Yes Prime Minister telling Bernard how to get the survey response you want when I see RedC underlining one particular issue within a particular question, when most questions don't have any underlining at all. @redcceo.bsky.social @irishcycle.com

ACAB includes The Famous Five

If you’re in or around Dublin, do yourself a favour and get a subscription to the Dublin Inquirer. Very good journalism, and really good way of getting and staying informed. 🦊

Happy 78th birthday to the scariest woman on the planet, Grace Jones #SpéirGhorm

A heartening tale of a scummy litigant and their equally scummy AI grifting lawyers getting their comeuppance.

A few months ago I was asked to give one recommendation on how to improve the American media ecosystem, and my response was; "seed funding for a Dublin Inquirer style newspaper in as many cities as possible". If you are in Dublin and can afford it, subscribe to the @dublininquirer.com

@chrisormikey.bsky.social man, I loved your talk, well done you were great, and was very disappointed to hear the taco truck was in Clare. Where in Clare does it be?

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One of the big post-repeal projects of this lot has been an attempt to see to it that women in a crisis pregnancy are forced to set out their reasons for seeking abortion in writing first. Why? Because they think they're meant to be the ones deciding.