"In The IT, @patrickfreyne.bsky.social reviewed a dating show "Meeting the contestants is also an opportunity to see job descriptions that the labor economist Richard Scarry never dreamed of … Fake tan and the Spice Girls are, of course, Britain’s main industries since Brexit.” tinyurl.com/yzfpx2hz

What was Jesus in for?

Ever wonder what the single most important moment in all of all history ever was? Well, wonder no more!

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

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Every time I'm in a restaurant I remember Kevin McAleer's reply to a waiter who told him the Soup Of The Day. "Where there any other contenders?" "Um, no?" "A hollow victory, then".

On the seventh anniversary of THIS image, here's a funny story about the elephants, Naomi Wolf and the absurdity of online nostalgia.

This is Ranger. He has picked you as the chosen one for this dinner party. Or as he calls it, the weakest link. 13/10 an honor (TT: sunnycorina)

Data centres are being marketed as 'vital cogs in the energy transition', but the metaphor is wrong. They're black holes, sucking up time, light, matter and energy from the decarbonisation space and redeploying it to protecting big tech's profits. www.businessinsider.com/ford-data-ce...

Went to Belfast for a weekend away with my wife. Saw a parade going past and assumed it would a great Gay Pride event. It turns out I know very little about Northern Ireland and the orange people don't want to be joined by lesbians. That said, we had a lovely weekend.

*bangs on table* Grand Stretch! Grand Stretch! Grand Stretch!

Photograph of Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair (1995).

It’s the simple things in life #CalvinandHobbes

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

The Nobel committee have just launched a football prize and made Diana Ross their first recipient.

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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

No wonder she walked away. #CalvinandHobbes #SnowmanDrama

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle #SpeirGorm

President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina are preparing to leave Áras an Uachtaráin for the final time this evening as his term comes to an end. Catherine Connolly will be inaugurated tomorrow as Ireland’s next president. #VMNews

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A few people asked about this Tie: President Higgins nearly always wears a variety of ties with Aboriginal designs, this was one of them. And yes he wears a FitBit

Andrew, you have been evicted. It's time to leave your big brother's house

Otd in 2012 Savita Halappanavar died after being refused a life-saving abortion in Ireland. Her death led to huge demonstrations and helped put Ireland on the road to legalisation of abortion in a referendum in 2018. This is the story of that movement: isj.org.uk/irelands-abo...

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Calvin’s prayer for snow might just be the most passionate of all time. #CalvinandHobbes #LetItSnow #WinterVibes

We are a f***ing class country, let it be said.

The poem 'Dangerous Coats' by contemporary Irish writer Sharon Owens #womensart Home Office surveillance photograph of suffragette Olive Beamish, 1914 #WomensArt

Seems like I’ve blown my chance with Jason Momoa When will I ever hold onto a man?! 😞

#ruralpursuits Hunting down the fella who failed to salute you on the road five years ago

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Catherine Connolly built the RTÉ Player #Smearthebejaysus

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

One of my favorite moments from Nobel Prize history: The Nobel Committee couldn’t reach Stanford professor Paul Milgrom to let him know that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, so his fellow winner, Robert Wilson, went over to his house in the middle of the night to wake him up!

This video on trees and forests by the brilliant @thewildgees.bsky.social isn't only great craic, it's jam packed with truth bombs. Give it a watch! youtu.be/sIqJ0rl1hE0?...

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚 #amindofmyown

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔