I again urge you to ask which is more likely: that millions of members of the public have gone insane, or that a comparatively tiny number of people at the heart of media and politics - who all know each other and often work together - have driven *themselves and each other* crazy.

they should introduce a new thing for stephen’s day sales where the people who queue up for shops like brown thomas fall down a trap door into a pit once they step inside the shop

using the virgin media player for the first time and my god the amount of gambling ads is actually outrageous

No longer calling for a one sided grown up mature debate around emptying the public purse to the military industrial complex now the overwhelming majority of Irish people who oppose are pussies.

staying hydrated because every glass of water i have is one that chatgpt can’t have

my italian coworker just dropped the words "mussolini's granddaughter blocked me on twitter" into a casual sentence and moved on from it without seeing any need to offer an explanation for that story

British Quakers are refusing room bookings from terfs as policy. If you were waiting for an org to stand up for LGBTQIA+ rights, and unflinchingly withstand bullying and lawfare, here you go, friends. Good luck to the raging bigots, they'll get nowhere with threats.

are we supposed to believe Marty Supreme was happening in the same timeline as Carol

if the government are not going to do anything about the housing crisis can they please at least introduce a special type of statutory leave for people in dire situations w/ housing insecurity

often when i listen to the irish times politics podcast (masochism) i hear them frame the housing crisis as somehow linked to immigration, too the housing crisis is one of ff&fg for *decades* treating houses as investments for the rich to squeeze money from, not homes for people to comfortably live

#speirgorm if you are in the Clonliffe Road area please keep an eye out for our lovely former foster boy Ernie

Guys Ernie is still missing, he's the sweetest little boy who enjoys the company of humans. If you see him around Richmond Road/Clonliffe Road, please call his mam on 0892533727🙏🏽

drag name: Ivy F let's get (morning) sickening

You've heard of Secret Santa but @earley.bsky.social's sister is a Sneaky Santa! 🎅🏻 Thanks Karen for helping @elaineburke.bsky.social bring a bit of a trick or treat spirit to Christmas. 😆

i got played

Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.

If you're considering getting some games for yourself, friends or family over the festive season - particularly with the steam winter sale happening in a couple of days - this is a great resource for checking out games from Ireland #SpéirGorm store.steampowered.com/curator/4145...

OPINION | Kelly Earley: 'What would happen if a Wingstop opened in Shannon Airport?'

I want to be paid money to write fanfiction in the paper of record about Russia invading Ireland

Cullinane stood up in the Dáil and said some stuff that indicated that he doesn't support trans healthcare for adolescents or informed consent so it's not all great what's coming from him. SFs record on trans healthcare in the north is abysmal

The financial hit to Israel each year would be less than the cost of the infamous Leinster House bike shed. #Spéirgorm We can't let this slide.

I was v lucky to be involved in the Catherine Connolly campaign and left struck by the impact made by queer & trans volunteers from all sorts of backgrounds (tech, unions, social media), so I spoke to just a couple of them for this month's GCN print mag! Read here: magazine.gcn.ie/magazine/rea...

i cannot believe this is real this is the stupidest thing i've ever seen in my life

you should all play more indie games made by 1 to 4 gay people in their bedrooms

In what seems like an awesome but terrifying portent, Weird Al has added a straight cover of “Killing in the Name of” to his set list

I would appreciate any help people can offer with this: Has anyone ever dealt with a housemate moving out and a large-scale landlord refusing to consent to any new housemate joining the property as a tenant?

it's getting to that time of day where i wish that PE was part of the work day

🔮 2026 tech predictions... Get the full forecast from @elaineburke.bsky.social and @earley.bsky.social right here: pod.fo/e/35f947

interesting that they'd choose to say this from an account with a profile picture that is the ultimate symbol of take take take take take take take

the most pathetic thing is that candace owens likely had no fucking idea who he was and he had to be like "excuse me is it ok if we get a picture"

I see Elon Musk is personally suing (along with X Holdings Corp) the Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán, in High Court proceedings filed yesterday. Hearing is due January 23rd.

It's disgraceful that disabled people have to gather outside the Dáil to demand that the government makes an emergency winter payment to avoid desperate poverty. The budget took over €1400 from disabled people. An emergency winter payment is the very minimum necessary.

i'd love to see the government acknowledge how many adults are stuck in homes with emotionally/physically abusive parents bc of the housing crisis. when we talk about adults living in box rooms there's very little recognition that these aren't all box rooms in homes with perfect family dynamics

"[forced Irish speakers] to translate into English & then search for definitions in English dictionaries. This tedious process not only created unnecessary barriers to learning but also shaped how Irish speakers understood the world – through the lens of English." www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...

Doing end year numbers and total we'll give this year between the 3% to good causes and 1% to staff on top of salary/bonus will be just shy of €76,000. We're a company of 6 people and whilst this is a drop in the ocean, if a big corporate adopted a similar financial model it'd make a big difference.

Kelly's never steered us wrong

i KNEW it

cmat is beginning very early… wouldn’t be surprised if she is going to make a toy show appearance

going on someone’s instagram and trying to have a nose while not accidentally liking a photograph is probably what it feels like to be a bomb squad person trying to disarm a bomb and not cut the wrong wire

looking forward to seeing everyone i have ever known and everyone i will ever know at CMAT

everyone needs to start pirating movies and TV shows again NOW

Crazy that Mia Goth has to put on a normal voice when she's acting to make it believable

the theme of tonight’s Late Late Toy Show will be NATO

my entire bluesky feed: Wow credit where credit is due to Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, you've got to hand it to her for giving a reasonable response and not propagating moral panic for votes my trans friends on whatsapp:

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Russia not attacking Ireland is undeniable proof that Russia will attack Ireland

wait until you hear about the military equipment entering shannon airport

this is factually incorrect. he actually got given the death sentence