I just heard about the Cloudflare outage. I hope those of you who don't have a morning routine of offline habits like a sunrise jog, daily hour of meditation, sit-down home-cooked organic family breakfast, and rigorous Bible study are doing okay, without your neopets or newgrounds flash animations.

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

I pay my motor tax in installments as I often have to prioritise other expenses month to month, and this charge drives me mad every time. This is nothing less than a tax on poor people.

"I'll just say you're lying." - my girlfriend when I threaten to put the things she says to me in private on Bluesky.

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

The Lion you ordered on Temu. Vs. The Lion that arrived in the post.

I listen to pretty much anything music-wise, and I'm a big fan of ingenious lyrics, but there's something about the simplicity, delivery, and melancholic humour of Elbow's "I've been working on a cocktail called 'Grounds For Divorce'." that has always made it an S-tier opening line for me. Adore it.

Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.

OK, we're going to need to know how the "fireworks" line made it out into the media, when it very much appears that this is a clear-cut case of arson.

Watching old episodes of NMTB and how has this man looked exactly the same for 30 years

Horrifying. It's 2025 lads...

Man tests vow of silence by speaking

“Are you wearing the-“ “The poorly but enthusiastically sculpted Samhain turnip earrings I made a few years ago? Yeah, I am.”

Absolutely mind-blowing* that big parties pander to the right after a left-wing candidate won by a gigantic margin. "The public clearly asked for this thing, which is why we're offering the other thing." *and predictable

Any Op Ed insisting that Ireland should integrate militarily with the EU, and that avoids confronting EU complicity in genocide in Palestine, can only be seen as propaganda. Look out for it. #neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

Danya was a huge part of me getting back into chess, which is a thing I now truly love. I think the fact that it's something subjectively silly like chess made this hit me extra hard...

As I'm sure we all predicted, they are absolutely having a bog standard normal one over on Twitter:

I wonder if he managed find time to spoil his vote in between physically assaulting a woman, screaming "c**t" multiple times in front of a small child, and getting arrested

If Labour truly want to use today's victory as a rallying cry for a united left, then they need to have a serious conversation with themselves about what role Alan Kelly could possibly play in it. #PresidentialElection

They say a week is a long time in Politics.

Hey @cethanleahy.com, where do we stand on the word "scarifying"? It'd be straight to the gallows if it was up to me personally.

Wild that she was even considered by FG to be a suitable candidate. 🤯

Heather Humphreys was the guest speaker at a unionist meeting during a general election campaign for an Orange Order member – and former UDR soldier – who caused controversy when he said he wouldn’t attend GAA matches or pride events.  www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...

Catherine Connolly: the outspoken leftwinger set to be Ireland’s next president

take away kr*mnik's gm title and his world championships and all of his world cup and olympiad medals drop his elo rating to 0 ban him from fide remove him from the list of world #1 and then create the Danya Award for excellence in chess communication nowhere near enough but its a start

You can tell that Sarah McInerney just *hated* having to even*say* the word "TikTok" there. And actually I agree, it is beneath her. ❤️ #rtept #Áras25

Heather Humphres going to the Gaeltacht for a week expecting to be fluent in Irish afterwards is sending me #rtept #Aras25 #Primetime

This is the best debate by far. Both candidates being pushed. Even the repetitive questions are at least occasionally being framed in a relevant, new life. #rtept #Áras25

Heather Humphreys is worryingly comfortable making her INCREDIBLE lack of knowledge about how the law works very, very public... #rtept #Áras25

Humphreys rambling like Trump now. "The foxes! You see they love the foxes. Rural pursuits they call it! They've got a LOT of regulations. The regulations... They love their regulations. It's a rural pursuit. I'm a rural people..."

Humphreys crumbling here when asked if she's ever had a criticism for the EU. Rambling around the topic, millimeters from just bringing up Catherine Connolly being a barrister again... #rtept #Áras25

Kind of obsessed with RTÉ News going live on insta with the Presidential debate. #Áras25

Scrutiny grows over Trump competence – but can an unfit president be removed?

Daniel Kinahan is one of the most powerful cocaine traffickers in the world—but he lives a strikingly public life in Dubai, shopping at malls and consorting with famous boxers like Tyson Fury.

"Ideally, there would be a more ­representative choice, but we are where we are..." What the insular Irish media belligerently refuses to accept is the fact that Connolly IS the most representative choice. She represents the aspirations of the VAST majority of our citizens, just not them.

I'm actually fine that Alan Kelly not voting for Catherine Connolly. It's only fair really. He's a Labour politician in my very right leaning rural home constituency, and I have never voted for him. Ideology will only get you so far before somebody's moral standards are tested. 🤷‍♂️

A lot of people seem to be very comfortable revealing on live television that they simply DO NOT UNDERSTAND how barristers work. #TonightVMTV #TheBigInterview

ALSO, (and it will come as a surprise to absolutely f**king nobody to learn, but,) there wasn't a single question about the North asked tonight. 🙄#TheBigInterview #TonightVMTV

I made a meme. Graphic design is my passion

If Alan Kelly's opinion meant anything, he'd still be Labour leader. It's easy to forget but he only *became* Labour leader 5 years ago, and it's only 3 years ago since he was Iain Duncan Smithed out of leadership. #aras25

Ladies and gentlemen, the Labour Party www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

I've finally figured out how to solve this annoying little f**k.

“I can’t stop the world burning and civilisation’s collapse, as it is hard.”

Just sayin

The funniest thing about the Catherine Connolly smear campaign is that the establishment seems to be following Ivan Yates' advice, despite his impressive record of getting things spectacularly wrong, as highlighted on this old but evergreen tweet from @prayforpatrick.bsky.social

100%

An outstanding appointment. 👏👏👏

Really minor in the grand scheme of things, but Heather Humphreys claiming credit for hot school meals must come as news to Pauline O'Reilly and the Green Party

"Mother Jones has substantially more paid subscribers than Bari Weiss’ The Free Press, so perhaps someone should put us in charge of a TV network." The latest from @monikab.bsky.social: