Taking my time to really listen and learn from the very valid concerns of the MAHA movement:

Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙@mementomorty.bsky.social · 3h ago

we should hear MAHA out about this they might be onto something

So she's the head on an AI body..

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 3h ago

Government appoints chairwoman and board of new AI body

This! 👇 #SpéirGorm

Aidan Fitzmaurice@fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 3h ago

I lose it a bit when I try figure out what the Gardaí are telling us with their Bank Holiday operation stats. Yes, we know people are driving recklessly, instead of patting yourselves on the back for a few days enforcement, you've just broadcast how little is being done the rest of the time

This is an astounding loss for the US if it comes to fruition. One of the biggest strategic losses the US has ever endured—perhaps biggest?—and all from a war the US chose to start for no reason, illegally.

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4h ago

Iran and Oman have reportedly agreed that all ships transiting Hormuz have to go through an Iran-controlled corridor, and are finalizing tolls of 3, 5, or 7%. This would close off the path outside Iranian waters the US encouraged ships to use during the MOU, then started bombing again to keep open.

The Odyssey (2026, Dir. Christopher Nolan)

My daughter is watching Cruella, or as I like to call it, 'The Devil Wears Madra'.

A friend's grandmother in Derry was stopped in her brand new car and the vehicle commandeered in the name of the Provi... "I will NOT get out, I have just paid f... ARE YOU PEGGY MCGUINNESS'S YOUNG LAD?!" "Erm, carry on Madam, enjoy your evening."

When Herschel reached EOM, 1 proposal for disposition was to impact it into the lunar south pole to get an estimation of how much water is there. Sadly, the option picked was to put it into a graveyard orbit: I liked the thought of it going out in a blaze of glory, doing a little science on the way

Brian O'Halloran@playingwithdust.bsky.social · 12h ago

Things smack into the Moon every day, and have so for the last 4.5 billion years. Mostly by accident, very occasionally by design. Not a big deal: the failure by SpaceX to put their third stage into a graveyard orbit is far more of an issue.

Wait until you find out about the poo Neil Armstrong left on the Moon.

Darach Ó Séaghdha@darach.bsky.social · 13h ago

It should be illegal to damage the moon. If you stick a flag in it but you don't protect it, you're not a peaceful visitor.

got a text today from an unknown number asking me if I'd seen Christopher Nolan's Odyssey and if I had any thoughts on it ... it turned out to be from a friend's new number, but for a while I really thought it was a devious new scam targeted at heterosexual men

Things smack into the Moon every day, and have so for the last 4.5 billion years. Mostly by accident, very occasionally by design. Not a big deal: the failure by SpaceX to put their third stage into a graveyard orbit is far more of an issue.

Mamdani: universal childcare; faster buses, 5 state-run grocery stores El Sayed: healthcare for all; corporate money out of politics Opposition to both made it about Israel. Even if people voted for multiple reasons, these were two massive referendums on "blind support for Israel" in the US.

That harm to women and girls in general is not taken seriously, combined with multiple high-profile men continuing to get passes based on power, talent, or activism with other causes, creates a very worrying landscape for women. Tolerance is still way too high. It needs to start actually mattering.

That "men should be allowed, without judgement or consequence, to do an amount of harm to women and girls that I personally deem acceptable" seems to be a genuine opinion still held by too many people in the year two thousand and twenty six is incredibly grim

www.irishtimes.com/news/science...

The Irishman who brought the humane drop to hanging

Samuel Haughton discovered a method in which the neck is broken by the drop

irishtimes.com

Oh good no, I have to start caring about/being continually disappointed by QPR now, aren't I.

Carsten Kjaer@kjaertravel.bsky.social · yesterday

The number 8 and 9 shirts are still available. A coincidence? 😜💙🤍 #QPR

Erm, ok

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · yesterday

Tour de France Femmes cyclists face checks after claims padded bras aid aerodynamics

This 'bubble' shite in pure Yank Brain binary thinking - that people can ONLY be 'libs' or 'conservatives' - woke or chuds - ignores nuance and those who can - for instance - both show empathy AND want to give Toni a slap around the chops.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

I really appreciate every share on this episode - I’ve known Cindi for over a decade and this is her first time ever speaking publicly about what happened to her in Bessborough.

Deirdre O'Shaughnessy@deshocks.bsky.social · 2d ago

Ireland’s notorious mother and baby institutions operated until the late 1990s. Zoei Bonny was the last baby to die under the care of Bessborough, in Cork, in 1994. Her mother Cindi shared her story with me a few days ago. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...

Something similar in terms of impact to when the Saturn V S4Bs (the third stage of the Saturn) were deliberately impacted into the Moon? (They were done so in order to generate Moon quakes that would be picked up by the seismometers left by earlier Apollo flights)

Bleddyn Bowen@bleddb.bsky.social · 2d ago

That SpaceX Falcon 9 debris that will impact Einstein crater on 5th August: 4 metric tonnes mass 8,000 kph velocity 17 meter impact radius 100km altitude ejecta Equivalent to 3 tonnes of TNT

It's no surprise I disagreed with his opinions, but he was actually that bad at writing that it was painfully clear that anyone who liked his work simply agreed with those opinions - or hated the people they'd annoy - and thus found it perfectly delicious someone had finally typed them up.

Haters focusing on Liddle's violence toward his pregnant partner, his galloping racism, or his repeated defences of paedophilia, should remember to mention he was also one of the worst writers to ever do it. A calorie-free hack of the first water. Just absolute dogshit, back to front.

I recognise the specific context here but “Please, I need my car to meet criminals” is a very funny plea for leniency.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2d ago

Author Lynda La Plante banned from driving for six months

Part 2 of the double bill was quite enjoyable. (And add Jon Bernthal to that actor list in both movies). Telemachus could have done with the Spidey-sense in film #1, to be honest.

Brian O'Halloran@playingwithdust.bsky.social · 2d ago

Part 1 of a Tom Holland/Zendaya double bill today: just finished watching The Odyssey. Twas a decent movie.

It occurred to me that I didn't know anything about that story so perhaps Dunphy was being unfai-

People also don't understand thermodynamics.

Dan🌹🔵🌊🇺🇸@arepublic86.bsky.social · 2d ago

The next time a climate change denier comes at you with that excuse:

Aside from the Eamon Dunphy quote from the gods about him, let us not forget that Rod Liddle was too racist even for Millwall supporters.

Folks, you'll never guess who's birthday it is todya

Conor@ernekid.bsky.social · 2d ago

Rod Liddle? I'll tell you about Rod Liddle He's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one and also he's Dead

Part 1 of a Tom Holland/Zendaya double bill today: just finished watching The Odyssey. Twas a decent movie.