The first thing on President Maria Steen’s to do list will be pardoning Enoch Burke

Irish government policy is influenced by statements from the Áras like the temperature in my house is influenced by whether or not the toaster is being used

The question is not whether the president’s utterances have any affect on anything, it’s whether government policy over the coming years will be significantly different with CC, Gavin or HH in the Áras. The answer is clearly no.

The notion that the Irish president exerts real influence on governments and helps shape political power in Ireland is a denial that the symbolic and ceremonial have any value

God I despise these gobshites

We’ve had 14 years of a Labour president… the politics of the president have zero influence on the politics of the parliament

This got me looking at the age at which people became President... Hyde 78 O'Kelly 63 De Valera 76 Childers 67 O'Dálaigh 63 Hillery 54 Robinson 46 McAleese 46 Higgins 70 Until Michael D, the pattern was for getting younger and younger...

I deny everything

Huh, I would have guessed Kimmel had already got to “fuck you money”, but maybe he just gives a lot of it to charity

Does Maria Steen have a stated position on Gaza?

Ready to preorder the small press short story collection with this cover RIGHT NOW.

Michael D may be an old-fashioned lefty, but he is also a people person and a man who understands the power of words. A candidate who is only one of the three is NOT the same!

It's disgusting that a man can he prevented from running for President just because nobody has heard of him and he's never done anything or filed the required paperwork

The thing that is so insane about this is, these books are entirely unpolitical in content. They’re just about a little black girl doing things like going to the library or visiting a beekeeper and learning about bees. Swap it for a white face and nobody could come up with a reason to ban them.

This is one of those everybody problems, in that even if you are a highly literate individual, you absolutely do not want to live in a world of illiteracy. And even if you’re not in America, you’re going to have to share the internet with illiterate Americans, and live with their political outcomes.

“The reading skills of American high school seniors are the worst they have been in three decades, according to new federal testing data, a worrying sign for teenagers as they face an uncertain job market and information landscape challenged by A.I.“

Ganley used to put on this respectable level-headed common-sense conservative act, but now look at him.

Little Island Books suddenly disappears "Goldy Moley and The Lonely Shiny Fur" off the website.

I never claimed this, just for the record

I want this on a poster, on my desktop wallpaper, on a T-shirt and on a duvet cover @louiestowell.bsky.social

Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements." Really meant, "For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

This is another form of censorship

the internet has never been more real life than it is now and tpot's dumbest poster is in charge

I overheard a Young Person at the lights say their taste in music was anything with autotune: “if it has it, I like it”

Anna’s Lola books listed as “banned in classrooms” in one US county – purely because they feature a black character

This was brilliant

The latest in “No, companies currently headquartered in Ireland are not going to relocate to the US while Trump is in power”

It’s been an up-and-down sort of day but it’s been greatly enhanced by my friend sending me WhatsApp voice messages of him holding his phone up to a speaker playing bits from the audiobook of I, Partridge: We Need to Talk about Alan

Black Rabbit on Netflix: Uncut Gems x The Bear x The Big Lebowski

I will repost this EVERY TIME I SEE IT 🐅❤️

A murder has been committed…… and it’s very very funny

Incredible historic building on Dublin’s North King St for sale. Absolutely no problems with this property at all.

Rainspotting was right there.

Have joined a crowd of 100s of rain fans to watch rain fall on a patch of grass for the day. Great conditions today for “rainies” as we call ourselves. Many have travelled from England to check out the Irish rain and I’m pleased to say it’s put on a good show for the visitors.

I’ll be boring for a minute. Take the faffing at face value. The UK publisher should have made Suspicious Activity Report. Then they probably should carry on making the payments routinely to avoid a tipping-off offence.

Aris finally hit on a good take @marwoodlennox.bsky.social

I have finally blocked obnoxious know-it-all reply guy “the angel of history”

She should make a movie of herself driving just over the border, sitting down in a deckchair with a flask of tea, and calling the police on herself

Still wondering what the implications for her earrning from books published by a UK publisher might be

Top author barred from UK because non-violent advocacy news.sky.com/story/sally-...

"Irish creatives are in the limelight and rightly being celebrated. But children’s authors and illustrators in Ireland too often fly under the radar." Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people! ✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

How many of these guys are there

Do you know a young reader (16-24) who could help us select the next Laureate na nÓg? Applications close next Friday - we'd particularly love to hear from young people from underrepresented backgrounds or communities. More information + application form childrenslaureate.ie/young-reader...

This remains one of the underappreciated transformations of our lifetime:

Marcus Rashford is out of his depth in the Barcelona team. Why did they sign him??

Call this shit out immediately and shut it the fuck down. Show them that we don't operate on the US/UK rules where you can say any old bollocks without consequences. It's the only thing that will stop them getting a foothold.

God bless the purity of a small boy “reading” a bedtime story to his teddies. Just a privilege to get to watch this stuff happen.

It's wild that the WH has been cooking up a second invasion of Afghanistan and nobody leaked it until the President blurted it out today. *WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN PUSHING TO RETAKE BAGRAM FOR MONTHS: CNN