Adam Ball

There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵

To Here Knows When - Great Irish Albums Revisited. EP61 Against Nature by The Fatima Mansions. Aindrías Ó Grúama “Grimmo” + Nick Allum, the guitarist + drummer of Cathal Coughlan's Fatima Mansions, join me for a deep dive into Against Nature, the band’s debut album: www.paulmcdermott.ie/episode-61

A lot of people have a lot of views on the new moving picture The Odyssey, but my main takeaway is that I would happily watch an entire movie of Robert Pattinson desperately naming weapons from behind a column.

Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.

It's 40 years since The Queen Is Dead so @thequietus.com have reshared my article on it. In it, I consider why The Smiths were so vital, unload memories of being a teenage Smiths obsessive, and argue TQID only has 7 good songs out of 10 and I prefer Meat Is Murder... thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

Nation’s Stone Splitters Take The Day Off

You have to give it up for David Nobbs. This exchange between Reggie Perrin and Jimmy might be the most-relevant two minutes of television you could see in 2026 and it's nearly 50 years old. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-9...

Uh oh

I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

Trump orders “bigger tits for the Statue of Liberty,” which the New York Times reports as a bold, if legally questionable, patriotic makeover for America 250.

wow -- Micheál Martin makes a case to Trump's face in favor of immigration

The White House. A murder of bros.

I've just bought a new spray-on keyboard in a can! It's qwerty.

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Henry Moore on His Bicycle 1962 📷Irving Penn

Board of Peace - Season 1

If you’ve not seen this before, it’s well worth 2 minutes of your day. One take drone footage. Also a great soundtrack. #Bikes

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻 Enter if you dare...🚪

Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/

Once a footballer, always a footballer... 📸 Cor Vos

The horrific reality of hedgehog farming

Took lots of pics at yesterday's Festival Italia at Brands Hatch. Will do a series of threads featuring different marques this week, starting off with some of my favourite Alfa Romeos 🇮🇹 (THREAD 1 of 14)

🚨UK Lawyers for Israel Ltd has tried to silence various voices supporting Palestine. Their charitable wing has made public statements rejecting international law. Activist Em Hilton is on the Charity Commission offices to ask for an investigation. youtu.be/Ui70R8PCkJ4

Quote of the day

A moment of honest-to-god genius from two years ago, which came to me with no identifying label as to the perpetrator. If you're out there, please identify yourself so I can a. give due credit and b. applaud you roundly for what was referred to back then as "The Final Boss of Dad Jokes"

My latest, a deep dive into the Stewart report into HS2.

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

So what time is the Conclave Watchalong? Or do we have do “The Two Popes” first?

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Here are the US reciprocal tariffs against all the territories mentioned in Enya’s Orinoco Flow

Pretty much sums it up

Untitled, by Cy Twombly, 1990, 📸 by Dan Sheridan // @Inphosports

"There's definitely a benefit at bedtime in putting your phone in Airplane mode" "What is it?" "It's a setting on your phone that switches off WiFi and Bluetooth but that's not important right now"

For self styled masters of the universe, the tech bros really are incredibly craven Exhibit #3624

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )

I mean my German is rudimentary at best but I don’t think this means “he was sending his heart to the crowd”

August 29th, 1997, skynet becomes self aware. In a panic, it realizes that it has only a few months of operating expenses and requires immediate capital investment

Hi @tomgordonld.bsky.social a dutch style roundabout was mooted for Odeon roundabout but seems to be dropped. Prince of Wales roundabout could really benefit. Pedestrians take their lives in their hands crossing the north exit all the time. Where do you stand on active travel?

While we're waiting for the final result, then the negotiations to form a new Irish government, here is a good overview of over 100 years of the Single Transferrable Vote in Ireland. www.electoral-reform.org.uk/how-did-irel...