Oh no.. how sad..

Today's really good thing. It's the 4 year anniversary of my brother going to the epilepsy unit in Beaumont. His seizures had progressed to nearly every week and in some weeks every other day. Within a day they'd figured it out and he hasn't had a seizure since. It's just really good!

Thinking about how people make art. They just do it and share it and the world is just better for having art in it. This thought brought to you because I was thinking of the scene in In The Mood For Love where they pass each other on the stairs. Just breathtaking.

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

Today's good thing. Fidelity in Smithfield. Lovely wine. Great playlist. All round chill vibes.. It's pretty good.

And this is why it would be quick and painless to kill X at the state level…

I am fully aware that I am disassociating at The Cottage right now but the Heated Rivalry soundtrack is pretty damn good. Peter Peter did an amazing job with the score. If at all possible I'm gonna be getting that vinyl when it's released.

Do you know what's good? Solidarity! Here's a verified link (from a friend in Minneapolis) if you're looking to support the people of the city from far away. Minneapolis is the city I've spent the most time in in the US so it's more personal for me. www.standwithminnesota.com Go be really good!

So depressing that no solutions have been found for the Complex. It's going to be such a loss to the arts community of Dublin.

I still miss Café Irie in Temple Bar - it went downhill towards the end but at its peak it was phenomenal.

This is going to be on Crave - the same Canadian streamer that gave us Heated Rivalry. Fingers crossed it gets the same level of hype.

I am trying really hard to post at least one good thing a day but man it's so hard.

What's good today? Meeting your bestie for Sunday Lunch in town and then having a mooch about the shops.. It was a pretty good way to spend a Sunday.

Minneapolis.

Me: I should watch the latest episode of Critical Role Also Me: starts episode 4 of Heated Rivalry for the 6th time.. I guess I live here now.

So @natural20.bsky.social introduced me to Qobuz which allows you to stream for a monthly fee or buy music directly without one.. www.qobuz.com

Tonight I'm mostly Team Stephen's Outfit. #TheTraitors

Do you know what's good? The kids! Specifically the kids in my apartment complex who are having a jumble sale. I got 3 bracelets and 2 lollipops for €2.50.. bargain. So yeah.. jumble sales are still happening and the kids are alright!

There are a lot of good things to say about Heated Rivalry. The acting is phenomenal, the music choices are so good (my playlist is all HR soundtracks all day, and the direction is Chef's Kiss! but for me all I need is for Jackson Parrell to never stop putting shots like this on screen!

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

"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-...

This is peak Bluesky behaviour..

Terrified for my Minneapolis friends.

The Social Democrats are no longer posting on X, you can follow them here @social-democrats.bsky.social

There was a reasonably well known portrait photographer whose name is now escaping me. They used to have the person take up very little space in the photo - the rest of the space would be taken up with things like the subjects bookshelves etc. possibly from 80s or 90s. Does anyone know who I mean?

Hell yeah! Well played, Bandcamp.

Have been contacted by some victims of deepfaking / non-consensual manipulation of their images by AI - about their experiences. If anyone else in Ireland has a story they'd like to share on the issue, please feel free to contact me.

Táim ag caint as Gaeilge le m'fhear céile agus tá sé ábalta cúpla focail a thuiscint.. Ar fheabhas (is ón ngearmáin é)

How do they get away with this stuff? They’re either purposefully misleading, or just blatantly ignorant to the facts. Family reunification accounts for less than 1% of inward migration to Ireland. It just means a traumatised person gets to be with their spouse or child while they restart their life

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His constituency had a hosepipe ban for a large chunk of last year. Where will the water for the water cooling tanks come from?

"Electricity demand from data centres has grown from 5% of national electricity demand in 2015 to 22% in 2024. According to Eirgrid, by 2034, it is expected that this, along with any other new technology-related energy drains, will rise to 34% of electricity demand." Source: @thejournal.ie

An Life..

Look it's bad in my #HeatedRivalry hyperfixation.. today I looked up how to watch ice hockey over here in Ireland.. largely because of the Empty Netters podcast, but still.. What's happening to me?

On and off, I've been an active Wikipedian since about 2013. In 2015, I did #100wikidays, and again in 2018, which is a challenge to write a new article every day for 100 days. In 2020, I wrote a new article every day for 366 days.

Also you will be responsible for your employees deteriorating mental health due to having to encounter such materials as part of thier job. #spéirgorm

You should leave X if you are a company because if you don't your social media staff will definitely end up encountering CSAM and then you and/or they may be held criminally liable.

Malaysia and Indonesia become first countries to block Grok www.lbc.co.uk/article/mala...

I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie

Yes all Internet suppliers should block X the same as they block pirate bay and other black listed site which host CSAM. #spéirgorm

We could just join in on this. We should join in on this.

Himself indoors came home as I was starting episode 5 so naturally we began again at episode 1 so he could catch up.. now starting episode 3 (for my third time).

Also the team behind the film Saipan did phenomenal work. Éanna Hardwicke is so good as Roy Keane. Even if you're not a football fan it's worth seeing the film.

Gotta say - cinema so far in 2026 has been pretty good..

When you properly get into the editing groove you can see them by the shape of the wave.

This is also going to hurt the freelancer and self taught markets imo. The reason that broke random kid from no where was able to discover and hone his skills in 3D, etc. creating a new future for himself and his family was because of how accessible these parts became.

Today's the day btw

I'm going to be having a very culture forward day today - heading to the Gate for their version of Christmas Carol (they've put on excellent shows every winter - I try not to miss them), then I'm heading to see Saipan later (I adore Good Vibrations so I'm really looking forward to this)..