I always know what to say when I don't know what to say. And you?

Avoiding the male default in translated texts is not really that difficult – if you’re using Fairslator. www.fairslator.com

After webshits wreck everything, apptards come in and make the rubble bounce. UI design has steadily deteriorated since the browser was invented.

While Rome falls, all that the Barbarians want is to speak like native Romans.

The number of users is growing but is *my* French getting any better? Je ne sais pas…

☘️ Cúrsaí ar líne ag Oideas Gael i mí Feabhra… 📖 Upcoming online courses this February… www.oideasgael.ie/en/online/ca...

Istigh i ngach Gael tá dhá spiorad.

How would you say this in Czech? > There has been an accident. > S____ s_ n_____. Answer: www.nativedialogs.com/czech/emerge...

I wouldn’t mind paying a subscription to read paywalled sites. But I do mind having to sign up on many different sites separately. Why hasn’t anyone invented a service yet that aggregates multiple subscriptions into one, with single sign-on and all that? Don’t tell me I have to build it myself!

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” ― Frank Herbert, _Dune_

🎵 Pócaí folamh is cloigeann tinn...

What’s the best way to say “you look X” in Irish, eg. “you look tired”? 👎 Wrong: “Féachann tú tuirseach”: seriously, don’t do this. 😐 Not wrong but meh: “Tá cuma thuirseach ort”: not great, not terrible. 🎩 Like a boss: “Tá cuma na tuirse ort”: beautiful!

Who doesn't?

'Sugar is crucial for healthy teeth,' said Harris, after his visit to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

Déan PhD san áit is fearr ar domhan don Ghaeilge mar theanga chomhaimseartha dhigiteach!

Sin sampla den bhealach mícheart chun leas a bhaint as an intleacht shaorga. Seo sampla den bhealach ceart [dar liom (toisc gur mise a rinne)]: www.nativedialogs.com/irish

“64K Ram system, 38911 Basic Bytes free. Ready.” Má cheannaím é seo, ní don reitreo-chluichíocht a bheidh sé agam ach don reitreo-ríomhchláraitheoireacht.

"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%." www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...

How would you say this in Irish? I’ll be back soon! B···· m· a· a·· a· b···! Answer: www.nativedialogs.com/irish/quiz?a...

Neam neam, crainn bheaga ghlasa!

Cad é an scéal leis an nGaeilge? The Irish language may be having a revival, but Gaeilgeoirí have some issues they'd like to raise. DCU's Dr Úna Bhreathnach @unaeb.bsky.social joins the @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social podcast to discuss. Listen: launch.dcu.ie/4qbwKGA @researchireland.ie

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Use your #Gaeilge to tell Ciara about that embarrassing nickname you had when you were a child.

Chomh luath is a ghlanann tú an sneachta amach, titeann tuilleadh.

How would you say this in Irish? What’s wrong? C·· a·· c····? Answer: www.nativedialogs.com/irish/quiz?a...

Use your #Gaeilge to tell Tadhg how your children like their new school.

How would you say this in Irish? It will be ready in ten minutes. B···· s· r···· i g····· d···· n······. Answer: www.nativedialogs.com/irish/quiz?a...

Is áthas liom a fhógairt go bhfuil mé chomh saibhir nach gá dom bheith ag obair níos mó go deireadh na bliana.

Fun fact: most phrases like ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ have two translations in #Irish, depending on whether you’re saying it to one person or several. www.fairslator.com

Bliain mhór a bhí in 2025 in oifigí Gaois ar neart bealaí. Seo iad cuid de na rudaí a rinneadh, agus na himeachtaí a raibh baint againn leo. www.gaois.ie/ga/blog/tuai...

Performative Irish speaking.

Coinnígí cuimhne ar na haghaidheanna seo. Seo na daoine a thug an chéad mhórfhoclóir aonteangach Gaeilge ar an saol. www.focloir.ie/ga

What fascinates me about this noble lady is how late in her life she was discovered and turned into a rock star. She could have died in obscurity if it had not been for nosey folklore collectors at the time. Ní déanach an mhaith aon uair!

Bronntanas na Nollag.

Dea-scéal faoi mhaoiniú do Gaois, agus cuid de na forbairtí atá beartaithe againn as seo go ceann cúpla bliain: www.gaois.ie/ga/blog/dea-.... Tá muid ar bís le tosú!

If you don't want people coming to Britain, maybe start telling the whole world it's a fucking shithole.

Striapach rugbaí.

Tá @kscanne.bsky.social romhainn anois ag trácht ar theic nua ghramadaí agus an chéad ghlúin eile díbh. Fág freagra na ceiste thíos!

If you learn a new language every year you can even reverse aging!

I gceann seachtaine. 4 spás don Cheardlann le @lexiconista.bsky.social @momeachair.bsky.social is Martin Wynne (CLARIN/Oxford) agus spásanna don Chomhdháil le @kscanne.bsky.social @megajoules137.bsky.social is neart eile. Raymond Hickey an aoichainteoir. www.eventbrite.ie/e/an-teangeo...

The problem is a poorly regulated market which encourages property owners towards exploitative behaviour. The presence or absence of asylum seekers in the country is about as relevant as mún dreoilín san fharraige.

An baol nó deis atá san Intleacht Shaorga do mhionteangacha dála na Gaeilge? Tar linn ag comhdháil PyCon i mí na Samhna go bplé muid an cheist le chéile. python.ie/pycon-2025/ @python-ireland.bsky.social

We've updated our "AI and its impact" panel discussion - welcome Mihai to the panel! Tickets are still on sale for PyCon Ireland 2025: python.ie #PyConIE #PythonIE #PyCon #Python

Lascaine cánach má dhéanann tú do ghnó leis an stát trí Ghaeilge.

Beidh cás na Gaeilge i ré na hintleachta saorga á chardáil ag comhdháil Pycon i mBaile Átha Cliath an mhí seo chugainn. B’fhéidir go bhfeicfidh muid a chéile ann? python.ie/pycon-2025/

Dorn san aer do na daoine breaca!

Agus an tuairim phoiblí mar atá, cé agaibh atá ag machnamh cur isteach ar an uachtaránacht an chéad uair eile?

- Ar mhaith leat damhsa? - Níor mhaith. - Ná liomsa. - Go maith.

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