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Semi-retired journalist. Now mostly comms, copywriting & content design. Former bylines include @irishtimes @TJ_investigates He/ him πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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The face of a man who knows he’s FUCKED

19.02.2026 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I recently discovered that when you're an adult, you can eat pancakes any time you like.

17.02.2026 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 2

How to make pancakes the british way:
Step 1: remember it's pancake day
Step 2: work all day because you are a cog in the capitalism nightmare machine
Step 3: Too tired to make pancakes
Step 4: no pancakes for you

17.02.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 325    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
Cat with a plate of pancakes.

Cat with a plate of pancakes.

When puss comes to shrove...

17.02.2026 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
Tom Jones in the video to Sex Bomb, singing on the screen of an old fashioned TV.

Tom Jones in the video to Sex Bomb, singing on the screen of an old fashioned TV.

Pancakes
Pancakes
Day of Pancakes
Eat some tasty treats
Even if you think god is fake

17.02.2026 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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So funny for him to travel down to Enniscorthy just to be like 'now of course as you know, I can't do anything about this'

02.02.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her

30.01.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 13086    πŸ” 2174    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 54
Bilbo looking at his phone top

on bottom is ChatGPT

After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?

You're absolutely right β€” you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.

Bilbo looking at his phone top on bottom is ChatGPT After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? You're absolutely right β€” you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.

28.01.2026 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 25433    πŸ” 6957    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 155

A reminder to the news media: β€œconflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

25.01.2026 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 47544    πŸ” 14323    πŸ’¬ 523    πŸ“Œ 600
Don’t shoot the messenger, but am I alone in wondering whether The Traitors has fallen victim to its own success? Whether the bubble has burst?

I’m genuinely worried that what started off as the real-life version of a cheery family board game has segued into one of those joyless, bloodshot Monopoly all-nighters where it’s all come down to screwing your favourite rellies for rent and counting up the cash.

Don’t shoot the messenger, but am I alone in wondering whether The Traitors has fallen victim to its own success? Whether the bubble has burst? I’m genuinely worried that what started off as the real-life version of a cheery family board game has segued into one of those joyless, bloodshot Monopoly all-nighters where it’s all come down to screwing your favourite rellies for rent and counting up the cash.

Series 1 involved voting off a woman because she only had one hand and a Scottish guy making several people cry by yelling at them. What are you talking about.

#TheTraitors #TraitorsUK

24.01.2026 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Stephen won them the final, but Rachel won them the game. Masterclass, really deserved victory #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK #traitors

23.01.2026 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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two players made Traitors in the first episode winning the game together is honestly incredible game play #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK #Traitors

23.01.2026 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 558    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4
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I LOVE YOU, YOU LABRADOR THAT GOT CURSED WITH THE WEIGHT OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS. #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK #Traitors

23.01.2026 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 470    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
Traitors winners Rachel & Steven, with Claudia, standing over a crock of gold

Traitors winners Rachel & Steven, with Claudia, standing over a crock of gold

Transphobia exists to break the powerful queer & women alliance. But when we stick together and have each other’s backs, we win #TraitorsUK #TheTraitors

23.01.2026 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeeeeees! This is why gays and girls are the greatest alliance ever #TraitorsUK #TheTraitors

23.01.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WOW! WHAT AN INCREDIBLE BOARD OF PEACE!

22.01.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1022    πŸ” 306    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 29
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Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...

Some thoughts:

1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.

2. History professors are qualified nominators.

3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.

4. He would be so mad.

22.01.2026 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1853    πŸ” 687    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 84

Those secret relationships added nothing to the game at all. But a good future twist on secret relationships would be to get a couple who are genuinely friends and in love and make them both traitors #TraitorsUK #TheTraitors

22.01.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Faraaz doing 2 turns on the carousel and coming out the other end a mastermind <3 #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK #Traitors

21.01.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

FFS they cut Roxy finding out how wrong she was in order to make time for people I’ve already forgotten opening an envelope to react to utterly irrelevant family connections #TraitorsUK #TheTraitors #Uncloaked

22.01.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now it's as good a time as any to start working out how to transfer your digital services away from Google or Azure towards something based in Europe. If you run a business do you want to risk your office infrastructure being severed by a trade war?

20.01.2026 15:25 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6

This is the thing isn't it? Can you imagine any other Taoiseach in our history saying "I accept these people are publishing CSAM but I will continue to avail of their services" out loud for everybody to hear

16.01.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to

14.01.2026 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3404    πŸ” 1163    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 92

🚨 Breaking

GardaΓ­ say investigations are underway following Grok scandal.

"We have received reports and referrals of content on that platform that is under investigation... the process takes some time... it has to be assessed to make sure it's criminal... the people responsible have to be ID'd"

14.01.2026 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 227    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 22

NEW: "Given Ireland's very significant history of deference to institutions... We don't want to allow a similar level of deference to large corporations to lead us into the same failure."

@conorom.bsky.social on X and Grok and Ireland's response on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 12.30

09.01.2026 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

There is no reason the Irish Gov departments can't do simular.

Run it's own server here in the country.

ec.social-network.europa.eu/about

10.01.2026 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Excellent Gist.

I had forgotten about the Garda visit to Today FM about the Brian Cowen painting.

#IrishPol

10.01.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Lots of abusive and misogynistic far-right posts on X are the first replies to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Lots of abusive and misogynistic far-right posts on X are the first replies to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.

09.01.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 351    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 10

I know we are all the frogs being boiled but, when it really hits you, the question of 'should the world's largest producer of CSAM be banned' and the governments response is to just flop around. This situation is absolutely crazy.

11.01.2026 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3