This is such an important question. It is baffling to me that every newspaper – including ones here in Ireland – saw fit to publish ill-informed swill from a total gobshite. Rich people's opinions on things outside of their area of expertise are of no more value than anyone else's.

Alan Partridge: It *really* encapsulates the frustration of a mid-term break. The kids running around, packing everyone off to the beach, no parking anywhere- Seamus Heaney: I really hate to do this to you Alan

Am still home-hunting but now also job-hunting on top of it. This is no fun so if you happen to know of something that might suit please let me know! #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm #JobFairy

Getting kicked out of the smokey basement for calling Russian Roulette "Extreme Spin the Bottle"

Good morning from me and my live-in massage therapist

One of my firm beliefs is that if Kamala Harris had won in 2024, that's how all Dem presidential candidates would be decided going forward.

palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.

So the landlord govt just voted to raise our rents. Only a few days after announcing "cutting red tape" to allow corps even more control. They also made massive payouts to semi-state CEOs. And voted to allow foreign corps sue us if our rights infringed on their profits. Who do they serve?

10 years ago they told us AI and self-driving cars were going to wipe out up to half of all jobs. They didn’t. But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.

Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Lowry lackeys just voted through the Rent Hikes Bill. The average tenant will see a €3,000 a year rent increase as a result. It's shameful that landlord TDs who will personally benefit cast the deciding vote. It's a landlords' government!

I'm just curious so looked it up and still not clear so asking if anyone here can explain like I'm a child: Since the TikTok US thing, is the Euro version a totally different company? But they have the same videos? So, how does the structure work and should Euro posters worry about same things?

It's literally the perfect movie. It's got everything.

"A cyclist…driven over twice by a woman taking an illegal right-hand turn…“still tortured by the sound of my breaking bones”" Govt take note: He had hi-vis & a helmet Weather & road conditions were good Cyclists aren't the problem - drivers are #SpéirGhorm #cycling www.thejournal.ie/courts-cycli...

i'm sorry but if i say "male influencers using smart glasses to record themselves harassing women should get the glasses smacked off their face" and you jump in to say "what about autistic people using them to read facial expressions?" i don't even know what to say to you

James Van Der Beek spent the last year of his life fundraising for cancer treatment. He auctioned off Dawson’s Creek memorabilia. Costars launched Cameos to raise money for his care. A serious diagnosis in the US can financially destroy you. Universal healthcare saves lives.

If a court wants to try and tell me I can't call Oat Milk milk, they can go ahead and try. I will never have my vocabulary, let alone the ontology it describes, be defined by a judge in a silly wig. Watch this: Cow water.

SHE REMOVED THEIR WEDDING PHOTO LMAOOOOOO Oh she HATED his guts

Lol

Very sad, so young. And I think I remember that he had to sell off a lot of his memorabilia to pay for treatments which is also a sad indictment of the US healthcare system

Couldn't agree more, also the prioritisation of Greenway reveals the official view that cycling is a recreational activity to be monetised and not a routine mode of transport

King Knut to hold plebiscite on whether to allow tides to come in.

I’m seeking photos and videos of drones used by ICE, like these. Please send any you have my way - trying to better understand the patterns.

I did not know we had woodpeckers in Ireland, tbh.

Oh, dear. When careless punctuation reveals the truth.

I did some music editing for a performer at this, the clown scene in Dublin is very much alive and well.

the memes write themselves now

Another media darling and insider coming out with the nastiest laziest “joke” he can make about a mass shooting of kids.

‘Tödlein’, Death as an archer. Made from pear wood. Dated to before 1519; artist: Hans Leinberger www.khm.at/kunstwerke/t...

“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?” There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.

I will admit these photos do make it seem like I kicked the baby offstage

There’s a house on our block with a camera that actually talks at you, every time you pass by, to remind you that you’re being recorded, and that family is sitting on the world’s largest archive of my wife’s middle finger, in case anyone is looking for an art project

i thought i understood Athlete Brain pretty well but Cold Athlete Brain is proving to be next level

Congrats to Ray-Ban for ensuring most articles about creeps filming women without their consent will now be accompanied by a photo of their product and logo.

Irish uncles desperately writing down this joke for the next family gathering

Ok, so what can the housing tsar do that the housing minister can't? Are we going to have to wait for a housing emperor to see actual change on the issue?

This can be the site for breaking news, if journalists choose to break news on it. It is as simple as that. And that is not utopian. It is precisely what has happened the last week or so. If you weren't on BlueSky, you were late to each development.

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

Several Irish citizens have sought official help after being arrested and detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), according to the Irish Government. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that the treatment of people in Ice facilities was a “concern www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...

Two completely unrelated headlines…

This is what the new animal farm movie should have looked like and I'm not even joking

Today is Safer Internet Day. Still no sign of a Garda visit to the grok child abuse factory.

The lesson here folks is, if enough pressure is applied over a controversial issue a decision will eventually be taken out of the hands of the local authority and ruled on directly by Cabinet. A great day for local democracy in our country

Hurdles = real time Long jump = turn based

hello i have a ticket for maria somerville that i need to sell! this friday 13th at whelan’s! please someone take it off me hands! #ticketfairy

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