Frank McGrath

A red looking sun this morning thanks to some Saharan Dust over Ireland.

A few bright sunny days ahead with plenty of sunshine tomorrow Wednesday and Thursday and also many areas having sunny spells Friday. It will be cool at night though under clear skies so frosty. Enjoy the sunshine but for those still without power still it’s sadly more cold nights ahead.

Jim Acosta Abruptly Departs CNN With Fiery Warning About Bowing Down To A 'Tyrant' Well said, sir 👏🏼

Perfectly said.

30,000,045 to be exact!

30 Million users! Congrats, Bluesky!

Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!

This is great!

Saw them live in Lisdoonvarna in the late 70’s BRILLLIANT!
Snuck backstage and cadged pints in the green room (tent)
BP Fallon was hanging out with them. MEMORABLE

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Last month, Sen. Deb Fischer's (R-NE) husband refused to shake the Vice President's hand.

Yesterday, he tried to shake Doug Emhoff's hand. The Second Gentleman replied: "Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?”

REPOST if you love Doug Emhoff!

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

Hero.

My point exactly 👍

And… sorry for being pedantic but I’m fairly sure you need a permit for otter blessings and consecrations. Check the Waterways Ireland website for a link.

VAT rate for bread is 0% but biscuits is 13.5% - you need to appeal this with customs. DON’T mention “unconsecrated” or they’ll class the wafers as ingredients for further processing & frvk knows what they charge you. If they’re going to transubstantiate & be the body of Christ - do you have visas?

Dementia risk, higher than thought, requires a national strategy The risk of developing dementia may be double what was previously thought. But there are things the U.S. can do to help fight that — like turning to the arts.

"There are many causes of loneliness and social isolation. One of the biggest is hearing loss. Two-thirds of adults 71 years and older have it, but only one-third use hearing aids. One reason is Medicare doesn’t cover hearing aids. Congress could correct this." From: www.statnews.com/2025/01/18/d...

#speirgorm, our friend, Brian, was kind enough to give me some time to think about this. Typically I would have answered with the first thing that popped into my head and moved on, but this really struck me and I thought it deserved a more serious, considered response. So, here goes.

Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı

Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.

Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.

Hup the whistleblowers!

LETS DO THIS: Close your Threads, Instagram and Facebook accounts … at high noon on 20 Jan 2025 right after you do it to X.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.

Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.

While Trump is trolling Canada about annexing them, Canadians are in Los Angeles tonight dropping water on the Palisades fire.

He’s a disgrace.

-Hoodlum

Yesssss

Threads deleted. Facebook deleted a long time ago. Insta will probably be harder to delete but I guess it’s inevitable.

Good for you. I keep peeping back into Twitter - it’s shocking and getting worse by the day.

You just have to take a chance. AI is changing everything and all platforms need to be anticipated as potentially toxic. You ain’t seen nuttin’ yet boyo- I’m tellin’ ya!

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Good for you Canada 🇨🇦

Maureen Cleave describing the Rolling Stones to Evening Standard readers in 1964. I think this is my favourite passage in all music writing. It's packed with detail and tension, but nothing is unnecessary.

With gratitude I am overwhelmed by the response

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RTÉ marks 50 years of ISL news programming Today marks the 50th anniversary of the broadcast of the first-ever broadcast of an Irish Sign Language news programme on RTÉ.

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the broadcast of the first-ever broadcast of an Irish Sign Language news programme on RTÉ.

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO Bob Dylan - The Man in Me (Official Audio)

Timothee Chalamet is 29, but he´s a child. I consider him to be a child and when I look at him he´s a child. But Bob Dylan recorded this song when he was 29, and this is a song made by an elderly old man www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6oB...