The NRA have been particularly quiet on the whole tyrannical government coming after its own citizens thing….

Not entirely sure Maga voted to give tax dollars to the oil companies

Lovely to see Dublin Port featured on Nationwide @rteone.rte.ie I had experience of the customs searches along with the dogs when I was researching The Honeymoon Affair. It was so interesting!

It might be icy but the “grand stretch” has started 🤩

@restispoliticsus.bsky.social just listening to you guys suggest that after Trump’s invasion of Venezuela the country might be less corrupt. WTF - America is run by a felon and oligarchs who are lining their pockets ever day. How are they going to “run” Venezuela in a less corrupt way?!?

Do all Customer Service phone lines begin with 'we are experiencing an exceptionally high volume of calls' as if they don't expect customers to be calling?

In the past maniacal empire builders were constrained by geography and the fact that they had to lead their armies into battle. Sadly that’s no longer the case and old men sit in their palatial “homes” while they watch others die on screen

In a world of chaos it’s lovely to be back with The Great pottery Throwdown

So now that America has illegally invaded another country do we talk about economic sanctions?

Wordle 1,659 2/6* 🟨🟨⬛🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Taking joy where I can right now

Solo recordar que el 6 de enero de hace cinco años Trump ya instigó un golpe de estado en su propio país y, luego, indultó a los golpistas que asaltaron el Capitolio. Los golpes de estado a principios de año ya son una tradición para él.

So look, I’m not American. But I did always think that American troops capturing the leader of a foreign country needed approval from Congress at least. Or is he following his leader Putin’s playbook on invasions. Btw - if this was a unilateral decision surely they are illegal orders?

FIFA will be wanting their peace prize back

I'm fed up of my social media being a giant billboard for corporations

Wishing you all good things for 2026 🎆

Artists doing what politicians and billionaires fail to do (of course the tech bros want to replace creative people with AI slop)

Men: you need us to protect you Afghani women: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Watching Independence Day. Everyone thrilled Americans are organising a counter offensive. Lol. These days they’d be welcoming the aliens and trying to cut a deal to enrich the president and his toadies

Watching Raiders of the lost Ark. a movie in which the Nazis were the bad guys. Now the man JD Vance called America!s Hitler is president and Vance is his cheerleader

Wishing all of my readers, wherever you are and however you celebrate, the happiest and most peaceful Christmas and holiday season. Nollaig faoi shéan is faoi mhaise daoibh - a happy and a healthy Christmas to you all from Ireland love Sheila

I’m watching Pearl Harbour on TV. A hospital has been bombed. It’s carnage. That’s what Putin is doing to Ukraine right now. Trump wants them to surrender. It’d be a whole different movie if the Americans had surrendered. Just saying….

Santa waiting for the bus on the Malahide Road this morning. Obviously the reindeers are resting up ahead of Christmas Eve 😂🎄

except from A Dream of Solstice by Seamus Heaney #WinterSolstice2021 #WinterSolstice

Watching an episode of Star Trek. There’s an alternate timeline. In it the White House is flying Swastikas….

The same in the UK where people watch dramas set in 50s/60s and think that life was so much better then. It wasn’t. Every era had real problems but entertainment shows don’t focus on that. Same in Ireland where people who weren’t born then talk as tho 50 years ago was utopian. It wasn’t

Brilliant cartoon by Glen Le Lievre

So AI is drinking all our water and using energy we need ourselves in order to generate fake people so that billionaires get richer

I don't live in the USA but as a gesture of support to those who are protesting the current regime, have switched my default typing font to Calibri

Vanity Fair finding The Picture of Dorian Grey in the WH attic @vanityfair.com

There is nothing in America not for sale. Will these new US citizens have to produce their papers like current citizens who are not billionaires have to do?

The Estonian Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Tallinn, dedicated to victims of the Soviet Union's regime between 1940 and 1991. People murdered, imprisoned, or deported. One of the most moving monuments I’ve ever seen. And Russia continues its reign of war and terror in Ukraine 🇺🇦

Sorry to hear only now of the death of Joanna Trollope. The Rector’s Wife, so brilliantly written, is one of my favourite novels #RIP

Grab a deal in the Kindle countdown to Christmas with a festive book set right here in Dublin! 🎄

For my whole life the USA understood that Europe’s safety also ensured America’s safety. But now that Russia has bought American politicians they care more about the money than the morality of being aligned with them

Truly never thought I’d love to see the day when USA and Russia became allies against Europe

Enjoyed a lovely early Christmas present out for dinner with my youngest Nephew the other evening, Christmas lights in Dublin looking very festive 🎄🥰

All these Emperor’s New Clothes fools. Pretending that this is normal. Giving him fake prizes. Pandering to his volatile moods. If it wasn’t that he’s a dangerous narcissist it would be both pathetic and funny

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The Christmas season begins when Patricia Scanlan feeds me with mince pies and Baileys 😂 some reminiscences of the old days of publishing, complaints that we’re not as young as we once were but also joy and happiness in an enduring friendship 🎄🎄🎄

Reading another book written in the 1940s. This time a 50 year old female character is referred to as a “dowdy elderly woman” (meanwhile a 49 year old man is about to marry a 22 year old girl)

It’s that time of year again and as we countdown to the 25th why not enjoy some of the magic in Christmas With You all for only 99p on Kindle!

Culture matters. Arts matter. Seeing things differentlly changes lives. This is amazing and wonderful (as indeed was Tom Stoppard)

Not sure how Arlene Foster, the star of the Cash Fo Ash scandal in NI, can talk about Winter Fuel with a straight face @skynews paper review

Smashed it on Only Connect thanks to the Jane Austen characters on the Wall @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social (also the missing vowels is always a good one for me 😂)

Always such a positive vibe on @rteone.rte.ie Nationwide. Especially important in these dark days

No AI - I do not need you to write my emails using the knowledge you gained by illegally scraping my work. Also, I’m more than capable of writing my own emails in my own words

Wordle 1,625 4/6* huh! ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Is there nobody in America brave enough to stop this demented dangerous fool

Im so fed up with the Sky ad for The a death of Bunny Munroe I will only watch an episode if he’s fed into a woodchipper

Better at the Spanish than English version today Wordle Español ilimitado. Solucionado en 2 intentos de 6 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Jugar ahora => wordleespanol.org