Thought I'd be all organised and get my Christmas pressies bought early. Now I am chasing parcels in limbo in what I can only assume was a Fastway delivery gone AWOL. Endless automated chatbot conversations later and still no parcels. Kill me now.

Physics student: 'What's the point in poetry anyway? I'm never going to use it.' www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/superno...

It's wild to see Irish and British commenters smugly congratulating themselves for not sliding down the same slippery political slope as the Americans. As if they consider such stupidity beneath us. They can't see we're already standing at the top of the slide, eager to jump on.

And this, right here, is why I hate flying with an allergic child. Why do people laugh at parents trying to inform others of their child's life-threatening medical condition? Why don't they believe food allergy is real?

This also got a 9/10 from the 11 year old. A little more teenage but it hit a chord with him, I think. It is a quirky, beautiful look at the exquisite horror of social anxiety.

My eldest is 11 and reading for pleasure has dropped off massively in the past year. I still read to him and his little brother at night and we listen to audiobooks on car journeys which he loves. Recently he picked this up in Waterstones and has devoured it, cover to cover in a matter of days.

“Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. Books are proof that humans are capable of working magic." Carl Sagan

The government make endless comments about the housing crisis and the need to build family homes but do they ever consider the need for small, safe, quiet, accessible bungalows surrounded by good infrastructure so the elderly can move out of the giant 4 bed mansion they no longer need or want?

Ollie Bearman's had his Weetabix 😲 #F1 #SaoPaolo #BrazilianGP

Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve. I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.

Who are these people telling us it's 'pro-rural' to be in favour of being allowed to keep on turning our rivers and lakes into stinking, dying, open sewers for private profit? Oh, just a Fianna Fáil MEP. share.google/tBQc70fFRQIW...

That eejit who gave the interview about the meteor strike on Portmarnock beach must have left Dublin because of all the slagging and moved to Clare. share.google/jdGU4cyx1awr...

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance. The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income. They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive. Wanna fix fraud and abuse? Fix that.

If anyone is shopping for a bike for ages 9-12 this Christmas, can I recommend the Rockrider 26" EXPL 500. We bought two from Decathlon last year and they've seen endless use both on and off road contributing to, 'the best summer ever.' www.decathlon.ie/p/327187-343...

We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing! A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO! Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien! @kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026

I know The Roses is a dark comedy but that's not how EpiPens work. 😬 You don't inject them in the arm. They don't always work. And you still need to go to hospital for 24hours of observation due to the risk of secondary anaphylaxis. 🗣️📣 In the thigh people! You inject into the thigh!

Very disturbing interaction with a trick or treater last night - a man accompanying his young daughter- started giving out about the 'fucking Ukrainians' coming behind them and suggested I should hand them out laxatives. They were two little girls aged 5 or 6. What the hell is wrong with people?

Just had the most innocent little witch call to my door who danced with joy when I gave her a glowstick. I hadn't even given her any sweets yet. 🥰

When you'd rather die than talk on the phone #IntrovertProblems www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Watching with interest. share.google/n8q0yPOBYWUG...

Prepping for tomorrow's zombie apoca-choca-lolly-pse 🧟‍♀️

A productive afternoon 🎃

There's an incredible irony in a white African, rich from the spoils of subjugation and land theft, lecturing others on the dangers of people coming to your land to steal, rape and murder.

Why is it always men who go trawling through your bio for a personal attack as a means to 'winning' their argument (which you only ever considered a conversation)? It's such odd and creepy behaviour.

Oh, I hear ya Emma!

There's a lot of chatter on here about Ireland's presidential election results - unprecedented numbers of spoiled votes, resounding victory for the left, a bloody nose for the establishment etc. Is anyone going to talk about...

I've been looking at buying an mp3 player for music and audiobooks for a child for Christmas and it is maddening how difficult it is to simply buy artists' work without being railroaded into some shitty subscription. It's akin to being followed around the bookshop by a beggar.

There is something so healing in spending time amongst the trees. It's almost impossible to be in bad form after walking in a place like this.

Had a lovely visit to Wild Ireland this morning with the weans. If you've never been, you should check it out. Beautiful way to while away a morning. #Donegal #Ireland

@louiestowell.bsky.social Last night I came dangerously close to being squished to death by an 11 year old and a 9 year old attempting to make me the bread in their open sandwich because I stopped reading Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Ruling the World on the Day 17 cliffhanger 😱

When you pop round the neighbour's with some food for the wake.

A brazen museum heist. The world's most expensive jewels stolen. Unknown thieves. Authorities flummoxed. The Louvre? Yeah, that. But all this is in The Misfits books!!!! @dansantat.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social #Louvre #Heist #MiddleGrade #Misfits #KidLit #jewelry #booksbooksbooks

If you work in obstetrics it's Wombscrolling.

Me reading this: 'Why would you want to be a self-styled Doctor Who? 🤦🏼‍♀️

5 movies to get to know me 📽️🍿 Empire of the Sun The English Patient The Mission Raging Bull Point Break

No such thing as "parental rights." Kids have rights. Parents have obligations.

The head of a company should only be allowed to earn a maximum of four times the amount of the lowest paid employee. Wage theft is immoral.

I pity the child with a pushy parent who won't allow failure. Making decisions for them. Mandating participation. Insinuating themselves into every meeting or committee to ensure their child is picked. Waiting to catch them before they fall. My greatest lessons have come from my greatest mistakes.

The day University Degrees jumped the shark www.bbc.com/news/article...

There is is again! The weird belief that food allergies are a political statement by the left-leaning. A sign of moral weakness. The comments on this article are appalling. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

If you care about the future of books and publishing, I highly recommend you get behind this initiative with your whole hearts - (for what it's worth I think the whole of publishing should do this) www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...

Had a friend at school, he asked me to phone him and when I asked him what the number was, he just said "It's in the phone book." I know it's in the phone book, asshole, just tell me the fucking number. He was eaten by a dinosaur the next day. Karma's a bitch

This is possibly the saddest article I have ever read news.sky.com/story/simple...

On a hen in Berlin and totally looking forward to going three whole days without anyone asking me to find their underwear.

Someone at surfer.com needs a geography lesson.

So there we have it. We're now left with two candidates with names worthy of the Marvel universe - Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly. #Áras2025

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Foraging to make a spot of dinner for the in-laws

Amy is a wild child

The textbooks produced for this will be rubbish because modern textbooks are rubbish. If there’s a children’s publisher out there who wants to capitalise on this when it launches, get in touch and I’ll write you an actually good book about it.