What are we even doing here

FF’s Mary Fitzpatrick has ruled herself out of the Dublin Central by-election. The senator, who has run in that constituency for the last five general elections, has written to FF members saying she wants to see out her term in the Seanad. Cabra-Glasnevin councillor John Stephens now likely to run.

I know I've said before multiple times that this government isn't interested in governing but holy shit. This is next-level allergy to responsibility

Tragically while my screen recording crashed during the launch, I am pleased to announce that the Korok Yeeter 5000 has undergone successful trials and will move forward for full military procurement More in alt text

The Japanese election, my God

Just unlocked the bits to make catapults in Tears of the Kingdom which, if you're me, is great fun, and if you're a korok, is a mass-extinction level event

On the one hand, if we don't do anything to stop climate change, Blackrock will be wiped off the map On the other hand, if we don't do anything to stop climate change, Blackrock will be wiped off the map

Minor interesting thing about the visual propaganda being churned out by the US "department of war" - the AI they are using to generate this slop keeps putting Shahed-136s/Geran-2s in the images

Leave aside that government blaming everything on judicially reviews has reached auto-parodic levels Let's say they do heavily restrict or even ban them, yet everything remains fucked, because they know as well as the rest of us that JRs aren't to blame. Then what?

These look like awful numbers for the government, and in many ways they are, but they also kind of aren't? I should probably write something longer on this. But we are nowhere near the levels of anger at gov (and crucially, support for SF) on housing we were at in '22-'23

Actually mad that there are randos on YT with barely 1000 subs doing the most incredible work preserving and/or remastering old videogame music while the companies just lob out copyright strike after copyright strike.

Exporting crops during a famine

Mandatory hi-viz and helmets for cyclists and scooters while killing someone with your car doesn't always result in a lifetime driving ban Yeah okay man

Every time I see guides to art (be they drawing, colours, anatomy, pixel, 3d render, or whatever else) in the feed I am always blown away at the craft even in the most "simple" things. It's genuinely magic to me

NEW: Cllr Janet Horner selected by the Greens to contest the Dublin Central by-election. Orla Nugent selected by Aontú to contest the Galway West by-election.

Today I prepared a batch of pickled cabbage, and later on made truffle and nduja pasta for dinner The smell in my kitchen probably qualifies as a chemical weapon

THAT'S MY PRESIDENT 🫡🫡🫡

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Elon Musk (claims to have) given a million dollars to a random nazi under the guise of an essay competition. Why are any of his businesses allowed to operate

The most bluesky thing imaginable is that the first reply to this is from someone saying "but they should also close their Twitter accounts" They are literally raiding their offices, but there's only one thing you care about This site's brainworms are beautiful

Two things here: 1. In the abstract, everyone wants housing, but once again nobody wants it near them 2. The point about infrastructure/amenities isn't unreasonable, it just sounds daft because golf. Large-scale housing development needs schools, doctors, green space etc etc

Publisher: You get that new cover for the Grundrisse by Karl Marx done and sent to the printer? Designer: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. Publisher: what

Trying (and failing) to start a culture war over Brigid and Imbolc, is it? These old men need their phones taken off them for their own good. Thoroughly embarrassing

I think some introspection as to why people desperately want this to be true about Alan Shatter is due. He has rotten views, sure, but he's also a completely insignificant figure in the modern day. Yet he's obsessed over far more than people with actual influence

Got to the point of Tears of the Kingdom madness where I am attaching flame emitters to every part of Link's equipment and hurling myself at bokoblins until one of us burns to death I have completed precisely zero dungeons

Okay I know it is deeply wrong to laugh at any part of the Epstein emails but have you SEEN the shit Elon Musk was sending begging to be included? Truly the most pathetic man on earth

Zaytoon Camden Street has passed away. RIP u will live on forever. Cant believe it. I wanna run to u. Really cant believe this. @

Genuinely love how many slutty little outfits Link has in Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild. He even paints his nails in some of them. Very female-gaze coded game!

1. Wild to see this response to reforms that are broadly perceived as pro-industry. Private sector cannot be trusted with housing 2. Wonder if this counts as the legal action that holds back progress on housing, the type the government are so keen to blame for everything

I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.

The Met Éireann stuff is, just as when the inverse was claimed, so stupid

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If you want an image for the Taoiseach prostrating himself before fascists again in six weeks time, here's one I made last year

The devil on my shoulder: you should get high and make a spice bag The angel on my shoulder:

One thing I love about Tears of the Kingdom's design philosophy (that is carried over from Breath of the Wild) is that the game goes "you want to wander over there instead of doing the intro quests? alright i wont stop you" and then a sentient rock punches you in the head and you die

This evening, I said, okay just a little bit of Tears of the Kingdom, just to see what it's like It is nearly 2am and I have been dicking around in the tutorial area seeing how many sticks I can attach to eachother for five hours

Trends from end of last year continue; Sinn Féin eroding the government but by relatively small amounts Btw if the Social Democrats were to actually get 10% in a general election with the other parties on these support levels, we would see some truly wacky shit

POLL/POBALBHREITH - Dáil Éireann: SF: 24% (+2) FG: 18% (+1) FF: 15% (-3) SD: 10% (+2) LAB: 5% (+1) AON: 5% (-1) INDIRL: 4% PBP-S: 3% GP: 2% (-1) INDs & Others: 14% (-1) +/- vs. November/Samhain 2025 Via @REDCResearch/@BusinessPostHQ D: January/Eanáir 2026 S: - #Ireland #Poll

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Aesthetically deeply weird and unsettling, which is brilliant, but has aged awfully in many respects. Really great dungeon design, but the rest is a total slog. It's not a long game (100% completion in 33hrs) but it feels slow and is far too easy. 7/10

Not sure what a funnier outcome: the Ukrainians *actually* obtained The Contraption and Havana Syndrome is real, or that the Americans have paid the Ukrainians tens of millions of dollars for a toilet roll wrapped in tinfoil

The great power behind the lies from government and assorted racists is imo that they appeal to our great national sense of begrudgery - someone out there is getting something for free and you aren't

Something sad about the fact that Lara Croft has been portrayed in movies by three incredibly beautiful women and yet some men are furious every time, because humans don't look like a pile of low res triangles from 1996

Microsoft waking up one day and deciding to make the Windows 11 start menu absolutely shit, what is wrong with this company istg

Not significant in the grand scheme of things with the X situation, but Fine Gael are extremely lucky that their attempts to ingrain US-style attack ads into Ireland have repeatedly failed. If they'd succeed, imagine what the opposition would be saying about multiple ministers right now

This is typical of this government - issue an outraged, personally affronted denial of the ascribed motivation, but don't actually explain what your motivation is The Minister does not seem, of course, to realise that the ascribed motivation he's denying is actually the kinder explanation

What's interesting to me about this is that people's perception are on average relatively accurate, but you can see the bigger misses on topics where there have been active misinformation campaigns - particularly employment and social housing

Anyone making excuses for the Iranian regime can, quite frankly, die for all I care

“So now you have the Gardaí, the AI Minister and multiple legal experts including @iccl.bsky.social saying the legislation is all there already - it’s going to be increasingly difficult for the Government not to take a position on this”.

The CEOs of Microsoft and Nvidia bawling and throwing fits over people being mean about AI is so undignified. "P-pwease stop cawwing ouw pwoduct wude names 👉👈🥺" shut the fuck up man you have more money than god