Attempting to drown out (very loud) #NYE noise with (very loud) sofiane pamart through earphones and my head is wonderfully full of gorgeous pianoness now. Like I’m sitting beside him, au piano day @arteconcertfr.bsky.social

That’s it! I may start a new book tomorrow but I won’t finish it so I’m calling it at 66. Loved 25, Liked 25, Meh’d 12, Disliked 4. I’ll take that. A thoroughly subjective, highly unscientific, and entirely biased list to follow 😆 #booksky #readbooks #personalgoals

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Can I finish #66 in time to count it on the 2025 list??? (Not really into it tbqh so probably not) #booksky

The best thing about the festive derby games is listening to the local radio commentary. Especially Live95 when MUN score, even though they insist they are as "impartial as possible". Haha, yeh right #CONvULS #MUNvLEI #URC

I’ll tell ya my “price”… I never went home again #speirgorm

V.happy to be ignoring the day that’s in it and LOVED swimming at my favourite spot by meself at dawn this morning. Apart from a bunch of these lads 🦀☺️

Nollaig Shona ó TG4 🎅🏻 Sheasfá sa sneachta ag éisteacht le Séamus & Caoimhe ✨

☠️MORTIFYING CHRISTMAS STORY TIME Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/

I didn't know I needed this so much today! Thank you Squidge!!

‘There are young people dying in ­British jails again’ — Kneecap say what the world is ignoring m.independent.ie/opinion/naoi...

If you missed out on the Newgrange solstice livestream this morning you can find it here. Really worth it for the authoritative, evocative commentary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgu...

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

This story brought me into an actual red mist. Concreting over Wood Quay, in the teeth of mass popular protest AND THEN GOING NAH, ITS NO GOOD, LET’S MOVE‽

The Gaza Strip is less than one tenth the size of County Tipperary. There are about 2 million people crammed in there. Blockaded. With little food, shelter or medicine. Imagine a narrow strip of land from Thurles to Clonmel. That is the size of Gaza.

🚨 THE FINAL FOUR 🚨 We’re nearly at the end! 32 candidates have been narrowed down to a nefarious final four. But who will move on to the finals? You must decide! 🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-semif...

❤️🎄🇵🇸 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊: Buy “Lullaby” by Together for Palestine for £1.98 *right now* to make it the UK Christmas # 1. All profits go to Palestinian-led aid orgs. Together for Palestine are: Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, Celeste, Mabel & more. Please buy it & repost this! xx linktr.ee/T4Plive

Yet again, the giving circle is crumbling and unable to do a weekly distribution to the six families & team that facilitates a displacement camp. Every day there is an emergency, critical need—and record low support. Click "weekly" on a coffee, it helps: chuffed.org/project/hope...

Best Christmas song ever! Just saying! Also the cheekiest song title ever! #zigandzag #christmasno1

Cursed is right!!! 🫣🫣🫣

I worked at Apple and a guy seriously asked me why his iPod did not get any heavier when he filled it with music.

I worked in an IKEA restaurant where customers struggled to find the trays. We made a sign using a tray, suspended vertically from the ceiling on a pair of hooks, which only read: ⬇️ TRAYS ⬇️ Every day, someone would stare at this sign for a moment, then they'd unhook it and walk off with it.

Working as a Photoshopper in Snappy Snaps (yeah, it was a thing around 2001), someone asked to have a hat taken off a person in a picture. I asked if they had other pictures we could use for the top of his head, the customer replied "well you'll see that when you take the hat off"

Ospreys, Cardiff & Dragons all win. Scarlets give reigning champions Bordeaux a proper game. All four in position right now to potentially get out of their groups. Welsh rugby is class right now let's add a fifth region

Well worth reading this essay

TG4, BBC NI & S4C are about to screen the first ever animated short Xmas movie, created through a tri-nation co-pro supported by Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund (ILBF), Screen Fund and Coimisiún na Meán. Nollaí will be on screens 14th December! www.tg4.ie/en/informati...

After a Sinn Féin MEP criticised Israeli lobbyists in the European Parliament the state of Israel spent thousands seeking to sue her. Israel tried to take action against Martina Anderson and investigated it with law firm Van Bael and Bellis.  www.ontheditch.com/israeli-gove...

I did not know this

"It’s harder to date. Harder to think about having children. It’s harder to come to your own conclusions about what you earnestly want from life. It’s harder to realise who you are. It’s impossible to feel as though you are meeting your potential." This week's column, more personal than usual.

I agree, but look: let’s compare the avalanche of scalding hatred that was tipped over Gary Lineker for saying the IDF should stop mass-murdering civilians against the treatment of Nigel Farage for *actually being a Nazi*. It will always be like this, for as long as this behaviour is tolerated.

People began queuing for Christmas vouchers from a Dublin charity last night at 10pm, over eight hours before the vouchers were given out this morning. jrnl.ie/6901623

First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

Oh hahahahahaha 😭

The Govt have announced they plan to pass the Facial Recognition Technology Bill through the Dáil on the last sitting day before Christmas. They’ve also removed most of the safeguards the legislation had at earlier stages and widened the scope of use. Basically stuffing coal down all our chimneys

This is… just… nope, don’t have the words…

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year. We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar. We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.

Look guys, if the gays can boycott the Eurovision, the very very very least you can do is boycott FIFA

This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year. Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.

Israel’s ally the EU ignores its own laws and looks the other way.

C’mon! Why are “we” letting this happen?

This is horrendous. WTF are we all doing? Spineless behaviour by Europe

OMG! Did you all see that?

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

"O’Brien has just come from his position as Minister for Housing, so in fairness to him, he hasn’t got a clue what hitting a target looks like. You might as well ask a medieval Irish monk to paint you a picture of an elephant." This week's column is about the Metrolink.

Israel has violated the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire at least 497 times in 44 days, killing at least 342 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office. 🔗: aje.io/65ptdp| #Infograph

Sin bin upgraded to sin skip due to space requirements.

GLOBAL CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE SPRINGBOKS DEEPENS

WTAFISGOINGON?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? #IREvSA