... at Christmas, children experiencing homelessness, living in Direct Provision, children in hospital, domestic abuse shelters and many other routes. I hope you can find a way to make whatever donation you can between now and Christmas Eve. Shares are great too! Thank you x www.idonate.ie/rick

Oddly, this game and the news quiz are quite fun.

From markets to mind games — stay sharp with Alphadots, Bloomberg’s daily word puzzle. Solve today’s 👇

Playing in wigmore hall tonight. Annoyingly I’m not in london today. Should be a great concert.

I worked in a few a “field organisations” of companies. Nothing about pastures but many sales people taking blank receipts to get an extra 20 bucks. Sheesh.

It’s all gone a bit sideways on the south east distress way this morning. Seemingly, the driver swerved hard to avoid a NAT gateway exit toll fee… (for @quinnypig.com) #hpc #cloud

Happy Diwali !

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Don't know if you have come across the OnlyPosts feed yet. Take people you follow and just shows you their posts not things they share. Handy. bsky.app/profile/did:...

"clarity, focus, intent" and a willingness to do your part in getting things done. well worth reading this week's article.

Happy Paddy’s Day! ☘️☘️

My valentine’s discovery for you all. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ cover of “Heartattack and Vine”. youtu.be/hNpynLVxJas?...

Currently playing - “it’s time”, Jackie McLean. 1964: McLean, Hancock, Haynes, Tolliver. Great transitory time for jazz. What’s not to like?

Britain's public services are already behaving like a start-up: running out of money and struggling to find viable ways of raising it.

Glad to see all we imagine as light in london now. www.curzon.com/films/all-we...

joe biden pardoning his son isn’t enough. he needs to get him drafted by the lakers

I feel like Oasis Morning has given me Ticketmaster PTSD but tix for Down The Rabbit Hole 2025 SECURED. Line-up is banging this year. downtherabbithole.nl/programma

Grant Green, idle moments sort of day. Really busy, by the “take a minute to think” vibe is great.

Happy thanksgiving to my American friends snd family.

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Watching the racist loons in the UK talking about how they aim to save the British Isles, it seems particularly timely to repeat a simple fact you may not be aware of. Ireland is not a British isle. medium.com/o6o-internat...

There’s an unholy thing that happens when you cross excel, user stories, and pmp qualified project manager (err I mean scrum master).

Wishing everyone a very happy Vasakhi !

Stumbled on this, aired last month on the beeb. The story of microdisney. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Twenty years of gmail. Wow. I’m still not inbox zero though but have half a dozen email accounts. www.theverge.com/24113616/gma...

Is there a more British way to spend a Friday night? Bingo at a pta fundraiser.

@sarahkocianski.bsky.social bumped into some of the fintech wales people at the insurerqch conference today. Good buzz here.

Happy St Patrick’s Day! Céad míle beannacht‬! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

The King of England lies dying and one of his sons has been exiled. A princess has vanished. Plague stalks the land and the Treasury has been plundered. NOW is the time for strange women lying in ponds to distribute swords to form the basis of government.

sad news that Wallinger has passed away. . Such a thoughtful songwriter and musician. Goodbye Jumbo is a wonderful album. But here’s “is it like today?” A performance from a decade ago youtu.be/tGs69iqRmGI?...

England Shakes era interview with PJ Harvey. Missed it when it came out but well worth a listen. music.apple.com/gb/album/itu...

Is there anything as soul destroying as a raci matrix ?

So us highways banning humour and quirkiness which would kill move lien LA Story boingboing.net/2024/01/17/f... via @BoingBoing

I’m exploring getting a home espresso machine but they are out of my price range. But dig this, domestic marzocco worth 5x a costa commercial machine. Says it all.

Typed punk it the WhatsApp gift thing. Lots of billy idol. Huh?

100 years, he witnessed the election of Hitler and was a singular figure in American foreign policy. Saw the big picture. And the devastation his actions produced in Asia, central and South America, have left the world in no better a place.

I’ve been enjoying Redman’s blue note debut. The comments in this review are fair - the commercial sameness of the singing style is muting opportunity for more inventiveness. But worth a listen and I hope he tours with it. www.allaboutjazz.com/where-are-we...

Happy Diwali everyone! May the light of goodness dispel all dark forces in your life.