I expect the new Bohs away jersey with the Kneecap sponsorship is going to be a big hit.

Went to Belfast for a weekend away with my wife. Saw a parade going past and assumed it would a great Gay Pride event. It turns out I know very little about Northern Ireland and the orange people don't want to be joined by lesbians. That said, we had a lovely weekend.

Some good news in Sweden - a judge issued an order today stopping a planned wolf hunt, stating that it would "hinder maintaining a healthy conservation status for the wolf population." More ⬇️ www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...

One of my fondest memories: Friend: This is X's wife. 5yo: How can a lady have a wife? Friend: Sometimes ladies marry ladies and sometimes men marry men, and that's nice because there's more love in the world. 5yo: Oh. You know what I think? *adults tense* 5yo: I'm gonna play Teen Titans ALL DAY.

This entire weekend

I decided to color this drawing I made of red rhinoceros beetle sitting okn a gopher skull Ink pen #sciart #beetles #skulls #inverts

If Britain's Most Upright Man could get down with Fleischerei, so can you. Delighted to be among Ray's picks of 2025.

As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson. Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa! [BIG ASS THREAD]

When you have the plague but you want to keep it festive…

Julia Hartley-Brewer: Why is colonialism bad? Me: “When Britain arrived in 1700s, India had 27% of global GDP. After 200 years of theft and millions starved to death, by 1947 India had 3% of global GDP, 90% living below the poverty line, a literacy rate of 17% and life expectancy of 27”

“A universal system of human rights was built to make sure that we could never end up in that nightmare scenario [of hierarchisation of rights in the Nazi era] again. We have to be very cautious and careful about the ultimate consequences of the paths we might embark on.”

“SEND is not a framework for inclusion, but an administrative construct created to manage difference without requiring the education system itself to change. A way of locating the problem in the child, while protecting the structure that excludes them.” TY @kieranrose.bsky.social #SEND #inclusion

Ireland just saw its all-time wind power record broken twice in the past 8 days 🥇🥈 Prior to December, we hadn't seen a new record for more than 18 months. Unusual to see it broken over the weekend when demand is lowest and has already started to tail off before Christmas. #SpeirGorm

Speaking of You might enjoy knowing there is a one man version of A Christmas Carol where Patrick Stewar plays everyone I don’t think it was commicalky recorded so it’s only avilable in the national archives, but there might be a television recording.

CBP and ICE need to be demolished. If we aren't going to have open borders (which I don't have a problem with) we will need something like ICE, but if we rebuild it NO ONE who worked for them, in any capacity, can be allowed back in. The rot goes to the marrow.

😂 From the Carmelite church in Kildare, Ireland. (Apologies, I have no video credit, as it was a WhatsApp forward). #SpeirGorm

The most important photo of Dick Van Dyke you’ll see today:

Another Christmas card from the archives.

Just for those who may be a little confused: “Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students being college sophomores this year.

Annual reminder: Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders. Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.

Oh wow, I did not expect to see Le Guin topping this list, but respect to the membership of Seattle Public Library.

Brennan eventually acknowledges that gynecologists and obstetricians have determined mifepristone is safe — but then demands again to know why the government isn’t launching a study to crack down on its usage. We are watching a storied news organization deteriorate steadily, day after day.

When I am sighing even more heavily than usual, my youngest cheers me with this: “If you ever think you’re a bad parent, remember quokkas exist.” When threatened, these adorable marsupials, throw their babies at the threat and run for their lives. I’ve never done that. I’m a good parent.

Gelatinous invertebrates can't catch a break around the octopuses in Argonautoidea. Argonauts and football octopuses hitchhike on salps and jellyfish. Meanwhile seven-armed and blanket octopuses steal jellyfish stingers to use for self-defense. I'd stay away from them if I were a jellyfish.

A Christmas elf’s candy cane stripes represent their achievements in battle. Red indicates an elf has drawn blood, while green is reserved for those with confirmed kills. More exotic colors designate elves who take a particular pleasure in dismemberment

Grand Canal Greenway from Adamstown to Hazelhatch is now fully open

This was too good not to have alt text. So here you go. Credit to O.P. here as well.

Good mornin', good mornin'... (I may have watched Singing in the Rain last night). Let's open Day 13 on #BobsRandomAdventCalendar ... Ah, it's an Estonian museum sign.

I don't think a lot of people get quite how bad the situation has got with targeted attacks on the migrants rights and refugee sector. My wife would be very happy if I left the sector I know that for sure. It's also just getting worse, stoked in no small part by government rhetoric and policies.

Cat comforts crying puppy while mom takes a break

"If you won't support our sisters, we won't run your units"

Transcript of the Minnesota-mad man being interviewed about ICE.

A religious display that shows Jesus being harassed by the govt? This is unprecedented

i love "Terracotta mask in the shape of the head of a fox, dog, or bat ca. 600–480 BCE" so much he's so perfect

This is why we cannot and must not rely on US tech giants. Amazon is among the worst but none of them is safe. They are all instruments of the Trump regime.

Ireland’s pension system works on the assumption that people have essentially zero ongoing housing costs by the time they retire. Once that no longer holds true, the whole system is at risk of falling apart, writes Paul O'Donoghue. jrnl.ie/6902208

Francesca Albanese: "The last 2 years have demonstrated the majority of western govts are very fine with the continuous trashing of intl law.. Gaza & Palestine have put [us] in front of the mirror & are telling us who we are as individuals and societies"

Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.

They commit so many sexual offences anyway, they hardly need specialist teams. 🙄 Oh wait, you meant ……

Zelensky arrived in Kupyansk, which Putin claims is "under Russian control."

I've often been critical of violent, racist, tax dodging, would be Mayor of London Ant Middleton, but you have to applaud someone who, having said that people who are "anti British culture... [should] Leave," has moved to Dubai. 👋

This is good news, but I confess I misread it as tree hugging hippies in Hackney. I was surprised there was an international comparison of boroughs’ electricity sourcing, to be fair to me.

Fact of the Day: Transition is possible! Uruguay at 98% renewable, and been that way for several years. www.npr.org/2023/10/06/1...

Those tree hugging hippies in Hungary now lead the world in the share of electricity generated from solar with almost 25% of their electricity coming from solar in 2024. A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.

Does anyone want bar work in central Hackney? My friend really needs good staff at The Globe, just off Mare Street/near Hackney Central station

This piece is so much fun, despite and indeed because of Liz Truss’s stated intention of making everything as un-fun as possible. Here’s a new link www.ft.com/content/6aad...

I have posted this before but it bears repeating. This film made by French leftists in Derry in 1969-72 is really astonishing. Seeing the early days of the insurrection against British forces filmed documentary style rather than by TV news journos makes a huge difference. youtu.be/fsoPVuTjKOo?...

Listen. Even if you disagree with their politics, it's NOT okay to celebrate a racist falling to his death while putting up a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in an attempt to make people who aren't white feel intimidated We should show compassion, and encourage more racists to climb ladders leant precariously against lampposts