A thousand word article afraid to say “They’re arseholes and don’t care” https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0717/1540979-headphone-dodgers-bare-beating-sodcasting-people-not-using-headphones-on-public-transport/

Is it petty of me to cheer on a Spain win just to see Trump lose his 💩 and maybe throw a tantrum at the awarding of the cup?

One of the hardest things we do when writing code is naming things. All the beautiful code architecture can do nothing if the naming is bad. Read this book. It is one of the best ways to step up your coding game. It’s the book I re-read the most in my dev life. https://www.namingthings.co/

This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.

Less than 15 hours since #farage announced the #Clacton by-election ... and already the #binface graphics are great. ❤ This lot are all stolen from Twitter. ~20 of them, in multiple posts #ukpol

If England barely fights off the Norwegians, but then is too exhausted to resist France, you do realize we’re getting a tapestry about it

Our national bloody broadcaster, the supposed gold standard news for the country of Ireland, doesn’t know the difference between an asteroid and a comet. #rte #idiots #comet #asteroid #ScienceJournalism https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0624/1580135-asteroid-visible-stargazers/

This is the perfect example of one photo being worth a thousand words.

When Brits exercise power, always watch for the #BigLie. Here the Chief Justice of England & Wales, Lady Carr, sets out the Big Lie used to suppress Palestine Action. These people are not idiots. They are clever people, highly educated, and trained for years […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

Everyone be talking about retribution against billionaires but tbf unix users have been running `kill %1` for over 50 years. :linus:

And then he'll post about it on a website rigged to help Nazis and post non-consensual pornography.

RE: https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt/116703400170866171 The nesting seagulls Dive-bomb me and my poor dog Every June, the pests. #dailyhaikuprompt

Fedizens! Please send me your favourite meme which shows something important about the #fediverse I'll go first:

RE: https://aus.social/@peemee/116669962395579930 The rarely spotted Double Whammy Dad Joke

RE: https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt/116663455696948669 It is refreshing To drink green tea, I admit, Just not to my taste… #dailyhaikuprompt

Please, for the love of god, stop calling mass surveillance bills "lawful access". There is no such thing as "lawful access" - once the backdoor is there, it will be used without oversight the second it's in place. There is literally not one example in all of (recent) history of "lawful access" […]

“How do I get off this bloody thing” 🐌

If Jack White met Jack Black, would they annihilate each other? #showerthoughts

There is a way out of our political spiral, and it is thrilling and inspiring. We could have a very different country. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gvwilson/116478617847043157 Creepy as fuck

One of my app keeps hounding me for a review. Ok then, one star. Now feck off.

Perhaps those "skeptics", like the "climate skeptics" we have also endired over 20 years, weren't actually "skeptical" at all. They were just fossil fuel industry talking heads and plants, paid or brain washed or both to ensure Fossil Fuels were never without a cheerleader. "A new large‑scale […]

Massive love out to @kentbeck . You are an inspiration and so much of what I believe about #programming comes from your work. https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/parkinsons #extremeprogramming #xp

Langer being interviewed on #RTEradio1 let the mask slip referring to the “working citizens” of the country

Good luck with your election today, Hungary! 🇭🇺 (And please don’t re-elect the fascist. 🙏)

The point of expressing user needs as stories is: • Stories are human, and so are we. We relate to stories because we are human and stories are how we are human. • Stories can be simple, and conceal lots of complexity. “I booked a flight on my phone” is a simple story. Allowing a user to book a […]

BREAKING NEWS New details, leaked audio show Hungary coordinating with Kremlin to stall Ukraine's EU accession. "Sometimes good-willed direct blackmailing is the best option," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tells his Hungarian counterpart in one call as the EU convened to open […]

Alright, Dave

What were once seedlings Burst their way out of the soil Colouring our world #dailyhaikuprompt

The blatant interference by the US in European elections is getting worse - J D Vance now announcing that he will visit Hungary just before the upcoming election. https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/vance-ungarn-besuch-parlamentswahl-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de […]

Hey lawyers, how close is this to an outright kickback? Musk demands that investment banks spend tens of millions on Grok's craptastic "AI" if they want to be in on the SpaceX IPO. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/business/spacex-ipo-grok-elon-musk.html

I went of Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats. The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping! (I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)

You Don't Get To Be Racist And Irish #imeldamay Full words in replies. #racism #irish #ireland >>

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@sleepyfox/116339933052897890 Oh wow, it’s actually there in the TOU and not a late April Fools 🤣. #copilot #microsoft

#EnochBurke is in orison solely for repeatedly defying a court order to stop trespassing. Nothing else. Not for his beliefs, or for what he says, or doesn't say. Just for trespassing. When Enoch Burke agrees to stop trespassing, he will be released from prison […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

when you mistype the sudo password too many times this is who the report gets filed with

The vast majority of people who will be impacted by trans bans in sports will be little girls with short hair or arms that are "too muscular." It will also mean that when a woman is good at her sport the disgusting grumbling and whispering about "may she is he" gets taken more seriously. This […]

As we thought: that 'family voting' complaint about the Gorton and Denton by-election was baseless. Everything we know as police probe into by-election 'family voting' claims concludes - Manchester Evening News […]

This powerful piece discusses how the U.S. military ended up killing almost 180 schoolchildren. We’ve been discussing this as an AI problem. It’s not. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying “Someone decided that […]

NEW: I’ve found an opaque financial vehicle owns a large chunk of the Observer. And neither it or the Guardian will say who it is. Why? Well there is a clue. Which goes by way of Saudi Arabia… 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Who needs physical reality anyway? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“Researchers measured autistic people against neurotypical expectations and called every difference a deficit. They tested empathy by measuring in-group preference and missed commitment to universal fairness. They measured creativity by counting the number of ideas and missed originality. They […]

Oh. So they want Obama’s nuclear deal minus Obama’s signature. Got it.