The Turnip Wars began in Spring* 2026 when a row started on an Old Internet ‘social media platform’. Within weeks riots broke out between 3 marauding gangs known as Rutabagas, JackOs and Swedish Chefs 1/… *in the dark nations it was still considered winter under the pre-climate collapse calendar

I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

I love this. I’m pretty much fluent as far as Chaucer and I can semi-understand the Norman cos I did read a few books about Old English years ago (helps if you know the 2 signs for th) but Anglo Saxon has too many germanic words for me…

I apologise in advance but… “Nobody does it better. Hitler wows brown shirt faithful with dramatic annual spectacle at Nuremberg.”

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

1. There’s only one Stephen Braaaadleeeey 2. Has anyone explained the history of his own name to Ben Boycott, the irony…

When the CCPC refers to regulatory barriers and the need for more competition and innovation in the taxi sector - what it is really talking about is reducing security and wages for taxi drivers and lifting regulations that provide a measure of safety for customers.

There needs to be a day for single people when everyone is forced to pay us tribute and buy us flowers and do all our chores for us.

Whether it’s Barack Obama, putting Dijon mustard on a hotdog or RFK Jr. snorting cocaine off a toilet seat, both men made some curious decisions.

Handed Cillian Murphy his coat (he smiled, swoon) when volunteering in cloakroom at Dub Theatre Fest c. 25 yrs ago. Jonathan Rhys Myers bumped into me & nearly spilled my pints (he apologised charmingly) in 4 Dame Lane prob also 20+yrs ago… Eyes (both) as hypnotic in real life as you’d imagine.

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We made history today - the #EU is finally taking poverty seriously. We just passed a report calling for Europe’s first-ever anti-poverty strategy to include €20 billion to combat child poverty. #Poverty is not inevitable - and these are the political choices that will end it. #dublin

Just saying…

Because they are essentially Tories.

And every time I see some AI output that's about a subject I'm conversant in, it is *at best* sloppy and incomplete. About the equivalent, interestingly enough, of an article in a tabloid newspaper written a non-specialist reporter.

I’d say about 12-15 years ago I was at a seminar about climate change and social justice and someone from (I think) the EPA said we knew all the things we needed to do in Ireland to combat climate change, but there was just no political will. Seems nothing has changed.

Sorry I can’t do anything useful today. It is absolutely imperative that I observe obscure skiing disciplines that I have never heard of before to ensure they proceed accordingly. ⛷️⛷️⛷️🏂🏂🏂

What do you call someone whose instinct, confronted by evidence that their policies are contributing to a massive increase in deaths, is to cover it up? And should that person be a Labour Minister? Or in prison?

It’s already in the folder. On Sharepoint/the Intranet. Where all the other ones have been for the last five years. Yes, you have access.

what drivers see when you're wearing hi-viz vs when you're not

Ha ha ha ha ha ha 🤣

This is kind of mental. Pretty sure I remember imagery invoking the French Revolution in the Paris 2024 opening ceremony… One rule for the European colonial power, a different rule for the people that stood up to them?

Despicable behaviour from DHS.

Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care. Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/

🚨 This evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇

This is not just a problem in Westminster.

Intelligence my arse. This is literally an error message “does not compute”…

😢 At least it’s before I’m halfway there on the Luas this time…

We should assume the rain over the last few weeks is the absolute baseline as a country we need to be prepared for. And we need to plan for the 526.9mm Spain recorded in 24hrs the other day. That level of rain here is both unthinkable and inevitable.

Stop. Buying. Shit. From. Amazon.

I wouldn’t normally repost anything emanating from the libertarian Cato Institute but facts is facts.

Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition. TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’ www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

Culture and Politics 1750 to 1900 (dates might be a bit off…) Portrayal of ‘the nation’ in film (or something like that) Histoire du moyen âge: Les Vikings at les croisades. Oui, en français. International immigration Modernism and mass culture (or something along those lines…)

Simon Harris wants you to believe homelessness is about immigration. It’s a disgusting lie to distract from the scandal of 3883 Dublin children in homelessness under his Government’s watch. We will never tolerate those figures. Or cesspit politics. #housinghousinghousing #ForTheLoveOfDublin

Blaming the weather man for the weather while spending the last 4 decades willfully ignoring climate science to the extent we face billions in fines because of EU emissions rules. A government of out and out grifters and clowns.

Unless you stipulate that you'll have AT LEAST ONE HOOK on every public toilet door you should be denied planning permission. I don't understand why so many Irish cafes etc don't have bloody hooks? It's winter, I have a coat, bag & an umbrella & I don't want to put any of it on a dirty toilet floor

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Sign! For ECIs to be considered by the European Commission, each country must meet its threshold, for Ireland that's 10,080. We are currently at just under 6,000, approx 58%, so we need a big push! Belgium, Finland, France and Spain are there, let's get there too! eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...

And another declaration from a medical doctor who was on scene and attempted to treat the man who was shot. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.

‘Of course AI will have loads of uses in the health sector, it’s not all about chat bots’ 🫠

One court decision, two different headlines. Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?

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This seems a bit em… totalitarian?

One of mine posted on 22 Dec only made it to the other side of Dublin yesterday… www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

go.bsky.app/4naJbid Here's a list of Dublin City Council accounts on Blue Sky