As someone with crohns who’s dealt with the kind of thing during extreme flare ups, this is all extremely valid information. This isn’t your body purging something that doesn’t agree with it or a 24 hr bug. Don’t do it to yourself. It fucks with your body AND your mind.

I have this preordered and am waiting (im)patiently for publication day.

It’s a fact universally acknowledged that if someone mentions a book on here, chances are good I will library reserve it. Case in point: EVERYTHING WILL SWALLOW YOU by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social that I collected this morning…

What’s this now? RTÉ News: Murder investigation into death of ex-UK minister Ann Widdecombe www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026...

the actual humiliation comes from knowing you’re not going to make the toilet in time when you’re a grown adult hoping that today you will get a break & go out like everyone else and do your shopping & not have fecal incontinence. Before I got my stoma I stopped going out anywhere that wasn’t a…

This is a good question but as someone with crohns & a stoma, if I’m in a shop or business & I realise something is going wrong with me urgently, I do not have the time to go looking for the closest public toilet & why should I when there is a toilet in the actual building I’m in.

RIP my sleep cycle but this Argentina V Cabo Verde match has me hooked

This & placing damp cloths on your arms and neck (arterial cooling) are what @deeholloway.bsky.social taught me when I messaged her in 2013 in Croatia absolutely roasting at night. It came in handy in a 1st aid capacity too so I am grateful for that tip!

Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC

If you’re being misogynistic about this film and anything in general, then fix your heart because you’re probably a prick.

I saw this movie. I enjoyed it. A lot. It says a lot that a film that has human trafficking & a mission to save a dog is getting slammed by certain folk. John Wick shot everyone in his way to avenge his dead dog but Supergirl can’t kick the shit out of evil brigands to save hers?…

The teams who handle the day to day running of the Oireachtas do not seem to be the quickest thinkers or even aware of implications of things. When they talk about echo chambers and bubbles, this lot seem to be in the most sealed one possible.

Spare us from the self important ramblings of hideously ignorant adult converts to Catholicism. Also which version of the Nicene Creed? The long or the short one? Because in a sense that thing is already “butchered” depending on how attached you are to the long version

I’m going to say that there’s a least half a dozen people, probably women, who sit on Catholic Church committee/pastoral councils/finance committees and are more powerful American catholics than aul JD.

This is one of my favourite episodes. After reading this I think a rewatch is in order.

I’m curious as to what they budgeted for this and how much the final invoice was. Because when something is this bad in this admin, someone is siphoning money

Hey everyone, Google is trying to turn YouTube into a social network. If you post a link (especially if you don't get rid of tracking), it will display your YouTube account and name when it's opened. I don't want that, and you probably don't. Turn this shit off!

@bandherbooks.bsky.social we need one for guinea pigs!

Went to see Supergirl tonight. As a dog owner I found it extremely relatable! Enjoyed it a lot because it’s good to see a woman get to be super powered and kick the shit out of things while on a quest for her puppy!

Which I think is absolutely terrible. I’ve no connection to publishing but buying someone a book & saying to the writer “but YOU have to sell it” is baffling. And insulting that publishers aren’t better at their jobs. (No, I don’t care if you think it’s an okay business practice)

This was my appointment tv when it aired. One of the great things about RTE growing up was that they bought a wide variety of US shows which TV buff me would have heard about & eagerly waiting for. Gary Cole was stellar as Sherif Buck

Oh this takes me back. They would do crossovers with Profiler but Pretender was on Sky and Profiler on MSNBC here so they never synced up. I miss when we had 20 or so episodes of imaginative shows that lasted more than one season.

What’s that? Oh this little thing, yes it came together quite easily. Well I myself do not pretend to be an expert but my friends say I have quite the eye. [/1996 Emma Mrs Elton tones] Wordle 1,825 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Sometimes when I do strands, I’m not quite sure exactly what I’m supposed to be looking for? Animals? Machines? Am I being too literal? Still enjoy it though. Strands #836 “In the barnyard” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵

My current library loans. Please hold my calls, I have some scheduling to do…

Wordle 1,823 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My cousin and I used to do Wordle every day & text each other about it. She died last October very suddenly & I fell out of the habit. But I think it’s time I got back into it again for myself.

I have so much respect for people who learn these sewing & embroidery skills and then think to do something this much fun and memorable with them.

I’m by no means a sports thing person but I do love when people burst into spontaneous songs of joy because their team has won or advanced. And this many people? Thrilling!

If this guy wants to summon the vengeful ghost of Ian Paisley, he’s going the right way about it. Ask any of those rioting about a United Ireland & being Irish and see where it gets you.

Nothing to learn or gain for yourself by just being in another place. By having gotten there despite any travel pitfalls. By seeing the sunrise from a different window. Nothing to learn about yourself. Nothing to learn for yourself. What a soulless way to live. Such a pitiful man.

If you’re a bored white woman, you’re a menace. And if you’re a bored white woman with money? God help us. (As seems to be proven by Joanne who made money & now just stirs up shit between mediocre books. I said what I said).

Who asked for this?

It’s my birthday month. It’s also Pride Month which fits b/c (the better kind of) Gemini is well aware of how damaging it is to be expected to conform so people can say you are THIS & nothing else. We contain multitudes. Trans Rights are Human Rights. Anyone who thinks otherwise can go to hell

Holocaust survivor and campaigner Tomi Reichental has died aged 90

Today at my writing workshop l, after the facilitator spoke briefly about form, we read our work & politely critiqued each other & honestly seeing work be shaped & ideas formed over past 4 weeks though feedback & conversations with other humans is outstanding…

So much of AI could be beneficial to the disabled and elderly, the vulnerable to improve their quality of life. And I say this as someone with a hidden disability. Instead it’s just a bunch of wankers making the worst decisions.

Whatever about how that will work in Irish workplaces, am happy to bring it up in conversation a lot esp with AI lovin’ folk in my volunteer role, friends & family members. Momo thought John Paul 2 was the bees knees. Am about to enter my Leo era (on this one matter).

Every Irish social media feed right now.

My feelings exactly. Linear time is a scam.

“She becomes the Drowning Girl meme…Strangers discussing her online and approaching her in public to find out if she is that girl. This is most definitely not a story about someone capitalising on notoriety.” I wrote about Denise William’s The Re-Do List, a book I enjoyed very much.

if there's one thing that doesn't get old it's seeing your work out in the world 🌞

About twenty years ago when I was unwell and housebound mostly this book was recommended to me by online forum posters and I read it and it is a brilliant book.

This is going to be the 4th year in a row that I bring my girl guides camping and the weather goes from nice to rain right before it. I’m taking it personally at this point.

And preordered!

While times of crisis such as the Covid pandemic aren’t good for big sweeping changes as knee jerk reactions I do think that was an opportunity for government to look at how to make improvements that’d be helpful for what’s happening right now. But they were too busy “both side-ing” to step up...

It’s all about the aesthetics. Thomas Magnum in shorts cannot merely be reduced to a “sex object”. To do this is pedestrian, narrow minded, uncomprehending. Some men don the shorter shorts, reveal an expanse of limb and become ART to be applauded, considered thoughtfully, and above Encouraged.

The amount of times I got called a control freak for not letting Dora off leash on walks & for making sure I could always spot her if off leash in an appropriate place. She’s my dog & she’s excitable/nervy. If I’m not in charge/control then who is? No chaos on my walk thanks!

I went to see You, Me & Tuscany and I wrote about it b/c I’ve seen some online reviews & I get the impression they’re not big on the genre so maybe don’t review them? Anyway here’s the link: librarypatroncaro.com/2026/04/15/y...

I’ve started a book blog b/c I like to write & share thoughts about books. If you don’t like my writing that’s cool. It’ll evolve anyway. The point is that I’m doing it. All mistakes & turns of phrase are me. Not anything assisted. None of it is… librarypatroncaro.com

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for