Ed Sheeran staying out of politics there. I've never liked his music much and it's clear today he prefers money over ethics but really it wasn't that hard Ed, fucking hell. Even if he'd cancelled the tour he'd still be worth hundreds of millions. What a dick.

I'm trying to learn Dutch, and I utterly suck at it. Which makes the whole process demoralizing. Any tips from my multilingual friends on how to make this less of a slog when you're not good at memorizing anything? Or is it possible to just be so dumb, that it's impossible?

I just got an email purportedly from an AI that read one of our reporters' articles, and has sent a rewrite. How weird. Also, why would we need a (worse) rewrite of one of our own, months'-old published articles? www.dublininquirer.com/in-ballymun-...

That’s why I’m easy: Damp but pleasant roll out to Kilcock. You know the way, it’s supposed to be dry, the weather app said, it promised, but it lets you down again. Haven’t had time to get out much recently. Notables; Used the trail running hydration backpack (fiddly, successful) and > 1/2

Statement from President Connolly: We are in a world facing the existential threat posed by war and climate change, both of which are inextricably interlinked. I conveyed the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.

Have used these with some success in the past - junction of Ballymun Rd / Griffith Ave: www.glasnevinappliances.ie

We were supposed to be pooling our collective psychic energies to make him have a stroke and you let him distract you with his United Ireland line, you idiots, you absolute rubes

We have to learn to separate the WordPress from the Mullenweg

I think we'll need a term in English for "person that had a positive impact on me with their message/ideas at first and while they were a key aspect in my personal growth to who I am today, and I feel the advice is still valid, I do not stand by nor endorse what they have themselves since become."

I don't want to do software stuff any more. I want a herd of oats. I want to tend a herd of oats in a field.

For what it's worth, I can't help but think that Darragh O'Brien is the Irish Government distraction right now for things that are a lot worse than what he's doing or saying but he's drawing our attention (and anger). They'll get rolled back in the budget. By then we'll have missed the anger window.

I don't say this lightly or flippantly: I honestly think this is the most incompetent government we've had in my lifetime and this is a really bad time for it. None of these guys are *anywhere near* qualified for their important ministerial portfolios. An embarrassing shambles of a cabinet

As of Cabinet yesterday, one now needs the ability to communicate in order to be considered a citizen. Yet in the first three months of 2026, not a single child in ten counties was given a plan on how the State would deliver them with speech and language therapy. This week’s column @thejournal.ie:

Gavan Reilly: Six months by law. 24.3 months in reality. Ireland's disability numbers don't add up

The eye-watering numbers of children waiting for Assessment of Need in this country expose a broken system offering little hope to families.

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Only 71,850 people have registered to vote in the new Higher Education constituency for the Seanad, despite a potential electorate of between 800,000 and 1,000,000 graduates. The unified 6-seater is open to graduates of over 80 higher level institutions, not just the historic TCD and NUI.

I was just reflecting this morning on the push to integrate LLMs into the software development process. Thanks to LLMs, everything now is much more expensive (devices, energy, food), as well as the code. Every unit of code now costs many multiples of what it used to, and there is more of it.

Cycled 8km across Dublin this morning from Goatstown to Grangegorman & I experienced motorists running red lights and illegally blocking junctions EVERY time the opportunity arose. Busses couldn't move, cars were frozen at green lights, everyone was endangered. There's no law on the road anymore.

They should use AI to figure out how to make the phones cheaper

I can take a break from watching the news. I can take a break from Bluesky. I can’t take a break from having my human rights removed.

Caroline Litman@alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 6d ago

Fuck every single cis person who still says, “my solution is to not listen to the news” after I tell them how upset I am about what cis people are doing to trans people.

guys I was looking at the story on the journal .ie about the drone sighting last night and then the site went down I think there might be something going down guys

Subsidies for the road blockers and slop server farms. Increased public transport and electricity costs for everyone else. Great little country.

Looking for book and graphic novel suggestions for a 14-year-old who: A) Loves the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels and books like World War Z & Project Hail Mary. B) Isn't into superheroes/harry potter/fantasy (working on getting him into Pratchett).

In the olden days, having been to the doctor and received a prescription to collect in the village, it would be time to buy cake in the Super Valu, because.

In 2017 I wrote a script to generate UI and supporting assets using a data file. It could get you up and running in a day. Now we can do it using a data centre to get you up and running with different results each time. That’s progress.

it's good that the fancy poshos that get the buses are supporting the poor, hardworking, trodden down people who drive around in 70k jeeps and ridiculously big pickup trucks

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 2w ago

Commuter groups have described increases in public transport fares as "absolutely unacceptable", accusing the Government of asking bus, rail and tram users to "in effect" cover the "astounding cost" of an extension in cuts to Excise Duty on petrol and diesel

The internet was absolutely a mistake but this is one of like five admissible pieces of evidence that it’s good actually

So maintain fuel excise cuts to subsidise driving more, and raise public transport fares -- is that where we are at with transport policy atm

Sam Tranum@samtranum.bsky.social · 2w ago

NTA announcing public transport fare increases tomorrow?

Some people say that Bluesky has become sanitised and safe, but here’s a real, live pornography thread happening right now

Cethan Leahy@cethanleahy.com · 2w ago

This may get the whole of Bluesky mad at me but... it's the 2nd of September and I am eating a mince pie.

Dead Teenager Launch! If you are in Cork, come along! @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

This talking bird has an excellent idea on dealing with these kinds of situations. Just start responding as if you were doing an ad. Say the words you'd hear if you were looking at an ad. "This video is sponsored by..." etc. Also, and in the alternative, respond by playing The Beatles.

Regular Car Reviews@regularcars.bsky.social · 2w ago

How to stop Content Harassers and get them to leave you alone. You say these music words and it ruins their ability to make money off the video they shot.

this racist self hating pedo shit stain spent ONE day in ICE custody before being deported back to the UK & running to press for a pity party? meanwhile countless Black & brown folks have been sitting in & DYING IN detention centers for months & even years? tell me how white privilege doesn’t exist?