staring at a dead kettle is the official sport of the midlands. hope the grid survives 2026

Its time for me to reaffirm my dislike and distrust of hairdressers.

Hopefully, they had too many blackouts last year!

Experiencing a scheduled no power day in Meath... seemingly repairs are taking place. Hopefully this means won't have as many unscheduled no power days as last year.

Lovely to hear Simon Napier Bell on BBC5 now. I interviewed him a few years ago, my teenage self is still ecstatic.

Full page, Examiner 14.02.2026 on Ireland's support for US deportation flights.

Valentine's Day edition of the Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social has a full page feature on Ireland fuelling ICE deportation flights.
By @colinivan.bsky.social with due credit to @gbrockell.bsky.social

Rode Wireless Go vs DJI Mic Mini 3.. which has should I get? Yes, I need the onboard recording?

Andy Burnham. Best news today!

Yup

We could have done so much to celebrate digital radio for the centenary on RTE today. Such a pity.

I need a holiday

That was a tough day.

I have a bunch of old routers. Are they worth keeping for anything?

Real feel -8.. brrr

Imagine if your house was burgled and you had to pay €100,000 to bring the perpetrator to justice. Nobody would think this is right.

This is exactly what the state wants to do when it breaks the law relating to the environment.

If you think this is unfair or wrong then read on ⬇

A photo of Remembering Pt 1. by Thin Lizzy and Cowboy Song: The Authorised Biography of Philip Lynott

Remembering the great Philip Lynott, who died 40 years ago today, aged just 36. This archive piece from the Guardian is an attempt to measure his considerable reach as a songwriter, recording artist and performer in just 10 tracks: www.theguardian.com/music/musicb...

a little girl in a blue sweater is crying and saying i 'm okay . ALT: a little girl in a blue sweater is crying and saying i 'm okay .

Oh happy back to the grind day to everyone who's holiday runs from Jan 1st to Dec 31st.

Boo!

What an absolute waste.. nothing more than a memory now.. new music needs a platform..

Oh yes

Thanks, hope you're well. Happy New Year x

Shirley fecking Lewis is singing with him..

First NYE in our new gaff.. a lot less fireworks than SE London..

Best thing about New Years Eve? Ripping the piss out of Ronan Keating.

Could turn this into a hobby.

Hey BBC, I'd like to report a murder, Ronan Keating just savaged George Michael's Faith on the telly

The last episode of The London Ear is on RTE 2xm right now. You can listen here 2xm.rte.ie

I can't listen, I'm going out to the garden.

Always ❤️

The Irish/Gaeilge word for 'solstice' is 'grianstad' which can be translated literally as 'sun stop'.

Which is very nice.

Directly reflecting the Latin 'Solstitium' - 'sun stopped'.

(17thC sun image - BM)

TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by Al 29 Apr 2025 - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that 20% to 30% of code inside the company's repositories was "written by software" - meaning... Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com Microsoft admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken 1 day ago - Except it's not totally terrible. What makes it terrible is the privacy invasions and the consent issues Microsoft has with its users, along ...

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Photo of a Xmas tree ornament in the shape of a green postbox marked with "P&T"

A little bit of Ireland on the Xmas tree in Stoke Newington 🎄☘️