Ciarán Bradley

It's unlikely that his namesake Charles I ever skateboarded in his youth, but he did do one very famous faceplant.

I'm just back from three weeks in Ireland. What did I miss?

(I know Ireland has BSKY, I just avoid social media where I can when home).

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I've a Union Jack shower curtain.
I've a Kingdom of Wessex flag on the ceiling of the bedroom.
I've one of every overseas territory hanging along the hall.
I've Jolly Roger bunting along the front lawn.
No please, please, let me finish...

There are two sorts of people who want to tamper with the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2

Late Irish entries? (Was big in Ireland) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoDD... N.B. Focal is Irish for "word".

That's really fantastic.

White Wednesday

I recently looked at some folk songs about WW1, one about an underage enlist, the other a (famous) song about Anzac at Gallipoli. I'm Irish so I don't tend to wear a poppy. It's striking how WW1 cuts so deep into the psyche. And as long as stories are told and songs are sung, they are not forgotten.

Made another one for the literal films challenge on B3ta

Please have your Gronda Gronda at hand before you cross the border.

"This is Radio 4, and you're listening to the Moral Maze with me, Michael Buerk. Rabbi Lionel Blue, a quandary for you..."

Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?

England's Chloe Kelly being interviewed after their Euros win, in front of an advertising hoarding displaying dozens of oblong tiles for different brands.

Not saying my 7yo son has been terminally tech-poisoned, but he's watching the English victory celebrations and has just said, in full seriousness, "look how many apps she has".

I think I was in the very same establishment a few weeks ago, which is a bit out of town, so you have to drive there to experience it. I believe to Michelin that means it's two stars?

"You know the sound the TARDIS makes? That groaning, plopping?"

"I wouldn't go in there for a couple of regenerations if I were you."

An version of the distracted boyfriend meme, where the girlfriend holding his hand has the words "Verifying Myself on Bsky", the boyfriend marked "Me" is looking towards the girl walking past marked "Setting my VPN to Holland"

Me today

A still image from Marvel's The Avengers movie. Nick Fury speaking in a meeting with the "World Security Council" to several shadowy figures on large screens.

"No, you're still on mute. Press the one that looks like a microphone."

I assume the costume was maybe a nod to the incident where he nicked a dress to go out on the piss & then got arrested peeing on the Alamo? Or possibly it was his much lauded Tammy Wynette tribute phase where he sang "Satan by Your Man".

Picture of a left/right cropped image that bluesky previews when uploading. Text states, bsky.social - 7m, "loss of respect" from the posting, and shows a heart indicating 69 likes.

When uploading the image for this reply, the preview was *chef's kiss*

A screenshot of the replied to post, with likes at the number 69.

NICE

YouTube video by carlsagandotcom Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change

Anyone who agrees with Jenkyns should be made to watch this testimony from Carl Sagan from 40 YEARS AGO and then be grilled hard on how they find find flaws in his arguments. Perhaps with a side of how they're more qualified than Carl Sagan. Forever and always. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp-W...

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Who called it Brexit and not "Splendid Arseholation"?

#Brexit

I made this about petty people* that get annoyed when there are other people sitting on the bench they wanted

*me

#ThingsIJustSawOnline

The greatest action sequence ever committed to celluloid.

Seeing a lot of “I saw Zohran Mamdani with the Devil” recently

The us government is working for us tech companies and us tech companies are working for the us government. Every country should be examining how much of their critical infrastructure now relies on us tech systems and whether they should start disentangling themselves from it.

A list of "Proscribed Organisations" as presented on the original Terrorism Act 2000. The organisations are The Irish Republican Army, Cumann na mBan, Fianna na hÉireann, The Red Hand Commando, Saor Éire, The Ulster Freedom Fighters, The Ulster Volunteer Force, The Irish National Liberation Army, The Irish People's Liberation Organisation, The Ulster Defence Association, The Loyalist Volunteer Force, The Continuity army Council, The Orange Volunteers and The Red Hand Defenders.

The orgs list originally proscribed in the Terrorism Act 2000 is interesting. All Irish/British conflict from early 1900s through The Troubles.

And funny to imagine a Home Sec who argues that the military they had deployed there now needs protecting from Palestine Action throwing a bit of paint.