Merry Christmas to the best the now deceased Irish Twitter had to offer. #Speirgorm

I hope this doesn't sound sanctimonious, but I honestly believe that being able to go to the pub or a party without drinking* is a great life hack that's especially useful over Christmas. *even if you only abstain occasionally

And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, and will return in Avengers: Doomsday

Beautiful story.

Some people say Wake up Dead Man is an unrealistic portrayal of the Catholic Church, but it opens with a priest committing assault and then quietly being moved to another parish. So that's authentic, in fairness.

I love that nobody that brings this shit up as a news story will ever bring up the Why She Was Fired. She was fired for being trans in Oklahoma so that a white woman that wears a foundation two shades darker than her skin can have a job as a hatefluencer. Malpractice from the chicken shit media

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What genre is Emily in Paris?

This plant will look great in the window of the little shop where I work.

via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon

Time for my own seasonal tradition. Gather round now to bear witness to an artefact from 2006, long before bad copywriting could be blamed on a computer. Behold, if ye dare, a corporate brochure that attempts to describe the wonder that is Riverdance. (Goes well with a painkiller.)

I'm sure everyone feels safer when the police arrest a teenager for holding a piece of cardboard. Excellent use of their finite time and resources.

Man, that Odyssey trailer is so historically inaccurate. Everyone knows there wasn't a cyclops until the middle ages.

Epic thread!

They should invent tiny speakers that can fit inside a person’s ear so that person can watch videos without other people having to hear everything.

the government should not be forcing state agencies to have "an AI component" to anything, generative AI is an unreliable and unproven new technology, there's literally no justification whatosever for a whole-of-government embrace of its use

I know everyone gives out about nepo babies, but I do think there's something historic and poetic about a having a Chaplin blockbuster for the first time in about a century. (Oona Chaplin in Avatar 3.)

Escalate any disagreement by saying “here we go” whenever someone starts talking

As a disabled guy, I don't care that much about a few abled people faking disabilities. My concern lies with the myriad disabled people who have talked themselves into thinking they aren't disabled and hurt themselves over and over trying to stay invisible.

When that Adrian Mole reboot airs, younger viewers might think Pandora is an Avatar reference.

started / going

I think box office expectations have gotten completely out of control. Avatar 3 opened to $345 million (probably more!) and is being written off as a flop.

Aw the poor wee colonial soldiers!

Mr. Beast, all my friends and I were saying how good at boxing you’d be

Let us all take comfort in the fact that it’s the shortest day of the year. (Long-suffering wife here.)

"Hah, the truth teller strikes again! Weird he didn't tell us about Russell Brand or David Walliams but that Golden Globes speech really got those Hollywood hypocrites!"

My puns are like tour buses to Newgrange: they'll drive you to an early grave.

Not a very popular post. I can take solstace in the two likes.

Newgrange? More like Old Grange.

Over the past generation we've made great strides in reducing school bullying. But some social milestones have unexpected consequences...

If you ever get the chance to have a pint with @darach.bsky.social I highly recommend it.

3yo: “daddy’s phone is in his pocket!” me: “that’s true!” 3yo: “why isn’t mummy’s phone in her pocket?” me: “… buckle up, kiddo, we’re gonna discuss five hundred years of fashion and misogyny”

CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year theonion.com/cia-realizes...

Woah! Always the ones you most suspect.

On the left, this week at Bondi, refugee faces deportation after tackling the gunman and getting shot by police for his efforts On the right, at Bondi last April, French guy given residency

Very good week overall.

I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons

@rebelalliance77.bsky.social hey man, i might be in town today. Drop me a dm if you're around.

"Weirdo makes robot who ends up hating him" is one of my favourite sci fi tropes.

Your periodic reminder that Robin has always been useless ...

"My daughter opposes genocide and also sexual abuse. Where did I go wrong?"

(Guy in HAZMAT suit runs Geiger counter over me resulting in wild and dense flurry of clicking noises) Me: sick beat, mind if I sample it?

New authors, please, PLEASE, you don't need AI to "improve" your writing. Rough edges, weird word choices, these are the quirks that make human prose interesting. I'd read someone's fever-dream of a 1st novel any day over an AI book that reads like the hideous amalgam of peppy corporate PR. #booksky

You in a million years would not guess correctly who directed the 90s remake of Christmas in Connecticut.

Fair play to Ryanair for making every experience as bad as possible from as early as possible. The headaches begin the moment you visit their website; a kafkaesque nightmare of confusing extras, intrusive pop-ups and eye-burning yellows. One false move and you're paying €100 extra for a bag.

[Superintendent Chalmers voice]