Hard day carpenting. But the new outside store is done. Bikes in the summer. Logs in the winter. And the screw guns and the mitre saw I used kill fascists. So that’s a good day done.

Baby Peregrines. 🪶

My sis is retiring tomorrow so she can paint more. And I’m so here for that.

Perfect photo, no notes.

Other professional sport organizations might fine an athlete for smearing Michelle Obama like Josh Hokit did -- but the UFC has an "anti-woke" reputation to protect that allows its stars to praise Hitler and spout homophobic hate.

Original post seems to have disappeared, so here’s a picture of my new axe

🎶Low fat yoghurt's healthy but it tastes of willow bark Feta cheese is cubeable but no tastier than quark Cottage cheese is flowable but so is engine oil Tomorrow I will kill again, this time in Donegal🎶 Quoting this banger to say this beautiful instrument currently in Donegal now belongs to me

Thanks all. Sold for €200 which I’ll make up to £200. It’s off to Norway 😃

This is a solemn warning to all of you who partake in salty, potato-based snacks. Keogh’s Honey Barbecue crisps contain heroin and crack cocaine and you should definitely not buy a pack because the want will become a need very quickly. There are addiction support groups out there.

It will also see far too many lowered Lexus wankers, drink driving, car chases, tyre donuts everywhere, public disorder, far too many arrests and the folk who live here driven insane by the constant vroom vroom, if we haven’t left the county.

If you see this, post a picture of you in glasses 🤓 Oiche mhaith

Fairy pre-soak spray? Nah, we don’t need that in this house.

Know what? The kids are mostly alright. No less or more alright than previous generations. It was rock and roll and then TV and then films and then video nasties and then space invaders and then PlayStations and then the internet and then AI and mostly, the kids are alright. Adults not so much.

A truncated notification appears… Still looking for a father… I had an adopted one, a biological one, an in-law and a step, all dead now. So yes and no, I guess.

Our lovely next door neighbours got their house jet washed a month or so ago, lovely job too. I do feel I should have said something though. Today the builders are back to finish the blocks on neighbour’s garage and they are sawing concrete. The dust is everywhere. I can taste it. Ah well.

People like this have been making me ashamed of who I was and how I spoke all my academic life, and are why I now have a ridiculous public accent that I use to avoid their helpful advice.

Friends of ours in the States have relaunched the Ko-Fi fund I started for my parents, to help Dad in his retirement.👑 I have also opened membership for Carthy HQ, a Patreon where you can meet him in the online flesh! Www.ko-fi.com/elizacarthy Www.patreon.com/cw/CarthyHQ #transformmethenintoafish 🐟

Ah damn. OK Go is on the speaker and I can’t see the video. Disappointment.

Breaking: The Blueshirts have a Blueprint.

Oh man. The hip don’t lie, ‘cos it’s telling me I need a new one. And folks, listen to an old fellah, hip pain starts at ‘Sweet Jesus’ and after a few months it gets to the *breathless silence* stage.

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It’s writing a procedural crime novel now.

What’s with hotel adverts? They look amazing in the videos but you know the room will be too hot, too noisy and you’ll find that stain on the carpet somewhere. You also know the bathroom extractor fan will be dying noisily, the tile grout will be filthy and the miniature soap will give you a rash.

We’ve three dogs (a short 🧵) If you came into our house uninvited, the Beagle would bark the roof off in declaring that you were her new bestest friend. The pups (now nearly 4, big and fast) would probably take a leg each and you’d need plastic surgery and antibiotics for a week or so.

The first iphone was released in 2007 but so was the Dacia Sandero. Could it be that a Romanian-built, small, inexpensive car is to blame too?

Ah bless the Shinners for jumping on another orchestra-trailer. It’s like they’ve no idea who they are after the GFA. Fuel protests. Woohoo. Immigration. Oooh bad. Trans folk. Doubly bad except when they’re our relatives. Abortion. Oh yeah, we supported that old thing way before you did.

And the trillionaire and the billionaires? Where did they go, daddy? Ah my dear child, they went to Mars to live. And did they live happily ever after, daddy? No idea. We all got together and decided not to answer their phone calls. That and sabotaging their spaceships. SAD.

When this ends on Monday or Tuesday we are likely to have some money left. Would people who donated be OK with us passing it on to one of the amazing groups that work in this area day to day, if that's the case?

I know it's a way for writers to make a living in a world that no longer rewards them like it used to, but your Substack subscription really isn't any kind of value for money.

I swear, I just wish for all of this to end one day. To just be here among you, sharing laughs and stories, with no links attached 😕💔 ​But until that day comes, my children’s future forces me to keep fighting. Please help me close this chapter 🙏✨ Support 👇🏼🫂

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I’ve a vague memory of Mexico 1970 mostly because of my football mad cousin and his sticker books. 1974 I remember clearly… you could hardly forget Gerd Müller. Since then I’ve dipped into every edition, some with more interest than others… 1990, oh man. But I ain’t watching this one.

Look at what you all helped do All our drivers are out delivering, and we have people out getting more essentials, clothing and electronics.

This dude… music.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj6B...

That chef’s kiss gif that I can’t find.

Oh we know, we know.

Apparently I thirst-trapped today. That’s a first. Jesus, you’d need your eyes examined.

Moving the Ireland-Israel game to a neutral venue isn't a solution. It's cowardice. A neutral venue does not make a neutral game. FF in government have prevented football matches going ahead before, like in 1999. They have a chance to do the right thing again. It’s not too late. Stop the game.

The FAI proving once again that the last people who should be administering football are football administrators.

How do we explain it to the kids? Hey kids, you know how mum snores like a feckin’ train every night and your dad always looks utterly knackered? Yeah. We can hear her too, Dad. Ok, so I love her very much but… Can we come and sleep in the shed too? *FYI my OH has apnoea.

Ah David. I liked your pictures. Wherever you’re going, I hope it will be colourful and full of joy.

Me on a local link bus to Carrigans. I like bus. Nice vibe. Lots of locals chatting plus a few Ukrainians listening in who seem to enjoy it all too. It very multicultural and very chilled.

Was there a two for one offer on bags of maize this year? Never seen so much sweetcorn. Here in Donegal and across the Foyle in Derry. Covered in compostable plastic. Looks like the fields are flooded from a distance. Maybe there’s worldwide shortage? Maybe we angered the jolly Green Giant?

Gruup Chatt: Woohoo. This amazing really is was. Group Jhat: Yeah. Now we can talkspeak at same time. Grooup Schat: Who dis? Grope Shite: Look at my porn poem. Groooop Jatts: Big porn cock person wants meet you. Goop Shatter: Buy my AI cryptoporn spangles. Gruuuupt Clat: I like Hitler.

I drove from St Johnston in Donegal to Strabane in Northern Ireland today to pick up parcels. Then I drove to Derry to get a couple of things. Then I drove home. Crossed the border twice. The world was normal, folk just doing what they do. Nobody throwing petrol bombs, no rubber bullets.

My gf has roped a load of churches into getting their members to collect a load of food that can then be distributed to those who need it across Belfast. Many are afraid to leave their houses, even to get food. People have been delivering food to strangers since this started.

Perfect. Oiche mhaith.

You’re going out on pen-ul-ties.