Sean O'Mara. We did not send them our best.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterday

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Listening to the lovely lovely sound of rain.

It is not Autumn. I am sticking to my guns on this.

Katherine Nolan@dochara.com · 6mo ago

I don't call it #Spring today because I stick to a 4-2-4-2 season calendar which makes perfect sense and should be widely adopted. Winter: November, December, January, February. Spring: March, April. Summer: May, June, July, August. Autumn: September, October

dataset haylage beurre blanc tandoori by the seat of one's pants kind of covers most of the various "mes"

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d ago

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

It amazes me that there are still enough people paying for online ads to fill up the many, many, many slots on almost every website. My default assumption is that all ads are scams.

Where as @amnestyuk.bsky.social chickened out.

Aidan Comerford@aidancomerford.bsky.social · 6d ago

JK Rowling offered to bankroll legal action against Féile Belfast, because JK Rowling is the GCs legal "heavy" when it comes to threatening organisations. "We're backed by a billionaire," is a very scary threat to most orgs, which is why Rowling was so snide and confident here. But, they lost.

Referring to pets as fur babies.

Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 6d ago

What is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?

The teeniest of teeny complaints. I wish things like nice bread bins, cookie jars, tea caddies etc didn't always have Bread, Cookies and Tea written on them. Seems redundant and they are useful for so many other things.

Ireland Thinks poll. Why are kids cycling less? Um, the answer I want to give isn't there.

Now and then for no special reason I watch this. Amazing choreography (Bob Fosse) and an extraordinary talent. But I only learned today that JFK asked Sammy Davis Jr not to attend his inauguration because seeing a black man with a white wife would offend southerners. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKSA...

Rhythm of Life - Sammy Davis Jr.

YouTube video by The Official Sammy Davis Jr.

youtube.com

I'm just within earshot of a series of summer camps that run though July/August. From what I can hear their primary purpose seems to be to teach kids to chant Uggy uggy uggy etc. They practice it diligently, all day, every day.

🎶LOW LIE THE FIELDS OF ATHENRY🎶 Top volume. Permissible in this emergency situation only.

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

What drives me absolutely mad, is that gobshite billionaires will do anything to avoid contributing fairly, offshoring accounts etc, and then still get column inches to spout shite about how society needs to be fixed.

Long way from winning at the Young Scientist exhibition. Once upon a time it was possible to be proud of what these brothers were doing. Now they're just typical selfish and myopic tech billionaires.

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last wk.

Irish entrepreneur Patrick Collison donated $7m to group opposing California wealth tax

I'll never understand how some random guy from Boston is repeatedly sought out by Irish media as a talking head, to bestow his predictable and banal opinions upon us.

Not every day you see a rat joining a sinking ship..

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.

Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.

Stopped for a sausage on the way to the train and bumped into a friend.

Good grief, this hits home.

Cleaning up in the kitchen. Is there anything less aptly named than a stainless steel sink? Even water stains the stupid things.

How is business this Summer at the bug hotels? High occupancy rates for July but still decent capacity.

"By... anyone in the economy". Not by "any citizen", not by "anyone in the country". We are all just little economic tokens to him, to be moved around the money board.

Cathal Malone@cathalmalone.bsky.social · 2w ago

And:

Lovely stroll through the wild parts of @jollymuffin.bsky.social's gorgeous garden.

Late 90s, lunchtime, pub in Tralee. Brad Pitt walked in with his parents. It was like he was surrounded by some sort of aura that elevated him above ordinary humans. Electrifying presence.

Jeremy Dauber@jeremydauber.bsky.social · 2w ago

Random question: what celebrity have you met in real life who was dramatically better looking than ypu thought they were based on on screen appearance?

Why didn't she ask "You are the richest man in the world, have you stepped in? And if not why not?" Woke in the middle of the night and this is the first thing I see! Sweet dreams.

Jonathan Harris@jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social · 2w ago

He's quite possibly one of the worst people to have ever lived.

I spent all day today thinking it was Friday. Just a couple of hours to go and I realise it is in fact Thursday. Don't know whether I've missed a day or gained one!

I used to overhear my son talking to people online while playing games. I would know the nationality of the person he was speaking to by HIS accent! He emulated the person he was speaking to without having a clue he was doing it.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2w ago

People are making fun of AOC for having a slight southern accent while speaking in Memphis but they clearly don’t know the pain of habitually and unconsciously imitating the speaking style of the people around you

We owe Catherine Corless such a debt both for her tenacity and for her courage in the face of people who ridiculed her work and belittled her personally. They know who they are and I hope they’re deeply ashamed.

Investigators confirm 99 sets of infant remains uncovered in Tuam after year of excavation

The 22 most recently discovered infants were found in coffins outside the memorial garden at the site.

thejournal.ie

They call me William the Pleaser I sold opium, fireworks and lead

Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago

You sometimes see Government TDs pointing out that Ireland isn’t unique in the world in having a housing crisis. But this graph in today’s Financial Times shows just how extreme ours is compared to the places elsewhere, which also describe themselves as a in a housing crisis.

There has to be better packaging than these infernal things. Either there is no starter corner (this one), there is but it doesn't work or breaks off. It's a complete surprise when the occasional one works as "designed".