Any military is happy to be let off the leash imposed by pencil-necked civilians. We only have to look at the twitter rantings of some of our own former military folk to see that, let alone look North.

Any dodgy posts over the next few days will be blamed on the after effects of the dual booster vaccination today.

And now someone (a grown adult) is watching videos on their phone..

I'm waiting in a consultant's ante-room and every person who arrives has their full details* announced. *Name, email, DOB, address, Dr.

It has been a long time since I've even thought of the Playbook. Nicely built device but close to useless. #Speirgorm

Lots of public transport operators out there whose websites expect you to have knowledge that locals learned at school rather than just explaining the ticket you need. "To get from A to B buy a Zuny pass. If it's a wet Monday you need a Zuny+- unless it's the first wet Monday of the Mayan year".

There were fears (just asking questions) that the Marina would be empty once the pandemic eased and things opened back up but they were proved to be totally unfounded.

If this is what harassment does to a man who has received intensive training in self-protection and dealing with violence imagine what it does to someone whose training was in how to assist customers find suitable reading material and, oftentimes, be a supportive listener to people ?

This would be a great reg for the plane that operates Finnair Flight 666 to HEL. #Speirgorm

I remember getting lectured once for tweeting a screenshot of Flightradar which showed UK RAF planes. Bad for national security and all that jazz. Obviously the Taliban hadn't heard about the app. #Speirgorm

Watched "Death in Venice" earlier and the disenfection scenes reminded me of that time in the pandemic when the Talking Heads realised that the rules also applied to them. "What do you mean I can't go jogging in Cadiz without papers ?" "Why can't I take my children on a foreign holiday ?" #Speirgorm

"Berlin Calling" is still a great film with a banger of a soundtrack.

This shows how so much "news" (even in the respectable much-loved broadsheets) is often just the regurgitation of PR.

This is fabulous.

09:00 Buongiorno Bolzano. 12 hours & 600km after leaving Rome ‘Espresso Monaco’ is still 6hrs from Munich Oktoberfest 🍻🎡 Fab to wake up climbing the line to Brenner. Bfst ☕️ 🥐 🗺️ Follow route: www.polarsteps.com/ChristopherO...

We must stop victim blaming after road deaths - Ciaran Cannon www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

The ideal Xmas gift for German rail fans 😉

Tomorrow, Saturday Vibes & Scribes Alt text #spéirghorm #Cork

There was a time in recent history (long after the last of the Nazis had died off) when "at platform" connections could be made between German trains. My interrail trips last year were partially scuppered by late/cancelled DB trains & the Swiss regularly turn back late running trains at Basel-Bad.

A song for the ages..

That video of the ICE guy who fumbles the arrest, sticks his gun down his waist band*, falls down, drops his gun, somehow releases the magazine, gets up, leaves the mag on the ground, and still keeps his glasses on top of his head, is mad. #Speirgorm

A huge thank you to the ~50 people who have signed this so far. I'll write up a background doc for elected officials in the coming days and they can take this further with City Hall hopefully. 📸 Daybreak this morning on the safer side of the N22.

Last night, as I lay in bed with the thoughts of the day gently swirling around my head, I suddenly twigged the hot dog joke.

In other news my sojourn in Turkey for the purposes of Netflix has abruptly ended. It was a good four years.

Watched the original "Naked Gun" again. Such a classic. "Boy meets girl...girl dies in a tragic Blimp accident" "Goodyear?" "No, the worst year". So much better than the remake.

"We're taking <large company with own fleet of vans> to court over parking". Seems laudable, let's have a look at their timeline. Oh. #Speirgorm

Maybe, just maybe, if they'd come down hard on them back when they were harassing library workers ....

There's no need to share the videos or the adverts. Why give them free advertising ? And in any case the clickometer can't hear you tut-tutting or sighing cynically. #Speorgorm

BlindBoy is on BBC6 with his mockya Limerick accent.

Ooh, that looks like a big number. Let's not add context in case it turns out to be a reasonable number.

Intending 202/202A passengers please see route changes on the southside:

Appears there has been a crash between a car and a bus in Beaumont. Emergency services are on the scene.

This tree on St. Patrick's St. disappeared sometime between 2011 and 2014 (and the slab has never been straightened-up). #Speirgorm

It does strike me as strange that a PR person for a public organisation is permitted to post negative commentary aimed at particular politicians on their personal account.

While the NAFO larpers were crowing about a few drones causing slight disruption to airports in Moscow, Copenhagen airport had to shut down due to drone activity.

Golden hour indeed. #Cork

This is a weird article. Not sure what point it's trying to make. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Every now and then I see a hagiographic article about a particular minor celebrity and it always reminds me of a "they were a scab" comment from someone who shared employer with them in their previous career.

Time for the bus home to Cork . Had booked the train but due to engineering works it would have involved changing to a bus for the section from Thurles to Cork so why pay more... #Speirgorm

Interesting National Library exhibition about Séamus Heaney just off College Green. #Speirgorm

Tram and bus sandwich. #Speirgorm

Serious escort for the E2. (Also Pearse Doherty is a very tall man). #Speirgorm

We were lucky to have a Blue Book voucher so lunch yesterday was at Dax and today at Glover's Alley. Both were really good with excellent service and different atmosphere. #Speirgorm

The Oasis merch shop is doing a rapid pivot. #Speirgorm

Luas. #Speirgorm

Westmoreland Street. #Speirgorm

Central Bank Plaza. Dublin is hopping. #Speirgorm

That was a fabulous gig my Michael Rother. Great music, incredible energy and non-stop. #Speirgorm

Silberstreif (I think). Michael Rother. #Speirgorm

Michael Rother. #Speirgorm