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Belfast - musing on tech, politics and other minutia. Centrist Dad.

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Enabled WiFi for a full seven hour flight and getting consistently above 15MB down - game changer.

02.02.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never not relevant.

09.12.2025 21:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Quiet, piggy!"

In the current climate it's very easy to forget this level of nastiness from a person in his position should be unconscionable. What a pathetic boor he is.

20.11.2025 09:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A lil tiny mic

A lil tiny mic

Can anyone tell me why the entire influencer class now all hold lil tiny mics?

19.11.2025 08:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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XL bully killed nine-month-old baby boy in Rogiet home Gwent Police said the dog involved was a six-year-old XL bully that had been officially registered.

XL Bully dogs account for less than 3% of the dog population but are responsible for about half of all attacks in the UK.

Every single one should be culled, without exception.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.11.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You gotta give credit where it's due - not a vote to his name but Jamie Bryson is the undisputed leader of unionism. What he wants.. he gets.

05.11.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Increasingly.. sorry, wha?

29.10.2025 10:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's been a very long time since I've finished a book in a weekend - a fascinating format and a fascinating read. So refreshing to hear a depth of argument that has up until this point been missing in pretty much all mainstream debate. Looking forward to the Lyric launch πŸ‘πŸ»

24.10.2025 10:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What remarkable difference will this make to anyone's lives?

17.10.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Book: For and Against a United Ireland - by Sam McBride and Fintan O'Toole

Book: For and Against a United Ireland - by Sam McBride and Fintan O'Toole

Weekend reading has arrived @sjamcbride.bsky.social

17.10.2025 10:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning from a non-descript chain hotel off a ring road near Heathrow - today we try again to reach the aul sod ✈️

04.10.2025 08:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching Belfast cancel everything this evening due to an incoming storm knowing I'm due to fly into City Airport at 6pm πŸ™ˆ

03.10.2025 13:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Irish Home of The Year looks like it sits off a city centre ring road.

30.09.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, as an Irish citizen living in BΓ©al Feirste, I'll be 100% giving my vote to Ca... oh, shit - right.

29.09.2025 22:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So.. what are you saying? Rowling shouldn't communicate or acknowledge any child actors of Potter after they become adults?

29.09.2025 22:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Emma Watson is now a grown woman, 5 years off 40. Are you saying Rowling should still be treating her like a child?

29.09.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

...and promoted, surely?

29.09.2025 21:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Jamie Duffy - Solas (Official Video)
Jamie Duffy - Solas (Official Video) YouTube video by Jamie Duffy

My good wife got us tickets to Jamie Duffy in the Ulster Hall on Saturday night past and I'm ashamed to say I didn't actually know anything about him prior, despite him growing 3 miles away from where I grew up. Anyway - he's fantastic and has a huge future.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT0a...

29.09.2025 21:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yet another reason to always use Remix.

29.09.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Just spitballin' but .. maybe the maths work out if you factor in exposure via TV coverage in the states? Drone shots of Croker over Dublin? Vox pops during the breaks etc? I assume someone somewhere has sat down somewhere with the bag of a fag packet and concluded, 'this math works' πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

29.09.2025 12:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Massive orange bake of Donald J Trump - Clown in Chief

Massive orange bake of Donald J Trump - Clown in Chief

Checking the news every morning: "What has this fucking clown said now?"

23.09.2025 08:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

99.5% of that convention centre would send ICE to his family home without blinking.

23.09.2025 06:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

is losing?

23.09.2025 06:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every headline talking about Kimmel being suspended for his β€œKirk comments” is journalistic malpractice. He was suspended for comments about MAGA opportunists exploiting Kirk’s death, after the FCC chair issued a Mafioso threat.

18.09.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 2438 πŸ” 644 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 15

Yeah, I realised a while back that I instinctively believe at that, at some level, logic and reason will prevail and equilibrium will restore. It's a bit head-melty to accept that may not be the case.

18.09.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The ten steps in the Classic Coup Playbook - highlighting step 9: Change the rules (referencing latest Trump move to cancel mainstream comedians)

The ten steps in the Classic Coup Playbook - highlighting step 9: Change the rules (referencing latest Trump move to cancel mainstream comedians)

Hey USA.. you are here.

18.09.2025 11:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Eighty years of peace and relative prosperity also lulled Europe into the utterly perilous position of needing to subservient to America on everything from security to economic prosperity.

18.09.2025 11:04 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Insanely ironic that gun-toting yanks have argued for years they need their guns to keep the government in check in case it tries to over-reach or crack down on shit it doesn't like... the argument can now longer be heard as they're out of breath cheering and whooping for Trump.

18.09.2025 10:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended indefinitely after host’s Charlie Kirk comments ABC says late-night show will not air for foreseeable future after Kimmel accused Republicans of β€˜doing everything they can to score political points’ from Kirk’s killing

MAGA Free Speech update: "I disapprove of what you say, and I will defend to the death our right to make you not say it"

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

18.09.2025 09:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fix notification indicator appearing behind navigation text by barrymcgee Β· Pull Request #9035 Β· bluesky-social/social-app Summary Fixes the issue where blue notification dots appear behind navigation menu text instead of on top when user is already on the main feed. Problem Notification indicators (blue dots) were re...

Can someone pls review my bugfix here?

github.com/bluesky-soci...

17.09.2025 19:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0