Beardy Bloke

Work lunch today. 4/5.

I don't bother with fancy photos. Enterprise Dublin to Belfast. Lovely food on plates, with cutlery and crockery. Take the train!

Q: Who is your Hero? Zelenskyy: My children, our army and Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini! Slava Zelenskyy! ✊🏾 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory

Pint out in Belfast! Happy Saturday everyone!

Dinner tonight

Women bore and annnoy him.

I'd read about it, but never encountered the modern UK madness of queueing at a bar! Utter nightmare, which I refused to join in...! Thats not how bars work!!!

It will increase usage tho!

If this isn't normal in your city, then your city needs to change.

Visiting London today, having a bit of a beano around a few places.

Tonight has involved the following

100%

Since when has a credit card surcharge been legal? Not something I ever encounteredm And does the cash price include debit and charge cards?

Today, I wondered: How many days did WWI last? 1,568. And how long has the full-scale war in Ukraine been going on? 1,672 days.

The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from.

🔥This is how it’s done. Imagine if every anti-immigrant fearmongering liar was grilled like this. #ShowMeTheStats #GetYourPhoneOut 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (h/t @ukcameraman.bsky.social )

Ed Sheeran's back up band has arrived.

Best-selling car in France vs. USA in 2023. The Renault Clio's MPG is 53 to 67 MPG (about 4.2 to 5.3 liters per 100 km). The Ford F-150's MPG is 10-26 (9 to 23 liters per 100km).

One assumes it will be built to standard guage and not Irish gauge? Cue howls of derision from the arm chair know it alls! irishcycle.com/2026/09/16/g...

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Football is not a business. It is not for sale.

“Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city,” [says Jean-Louis Missika, Paris’s deputy mayor for urbanisation]. “They are parked 95% of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70kg. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is.” www.ft.com/content/882e...

As he said many years ago when asked if he was humble? "I'm the most humble person you've ever met"

Work lunch today Sausage and pepperoni penne.

Train driver made an announcement today about u/s doors. Next station, left his cab, stood at the top of the car and asked if everyone heard it ok!? Impressive!

🔥Norway uses influence in football to push for Israel’s suspension from FIFA – Middle East Monitor www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260713-nor...

25.5 degrees at midnight last Wednesday. Cooling to 24.5 during the night!

Cartoonists Are The Only Real Journalists Left In The USA.

Still in doubt on which team to cheer for tomorrow? I give you hint. 🇳🇴 ERLING HAALAND. LETS GOOOOO🇳🇴

Tomorrow we are all Belgian 🇧🇪

'Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza' - United Nations There it is in black and white, 30% of all deaths in Gaza have been of children, this is not war, this is genocide, it is deliberate. Well, @andyburnham.bsky.social, over to you.

A foreign monarchy handed the President a $400 MILLION jet. Wednesday, it becomes Air Force One. Friday, it leads the July 4th flyover for America's 250th birthday. A gift from Qatar. Flying the President. On Independence Day. Let that one sink in, friend.

Zero deaths.

Solar and wind are currently meeting 90% of Britain's electricity demand. grid.iamkate.com

I wish the women journalists that Trump trashes to their faces would push back as strongly as Italy's prime minister.

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Incredibly damming but ultimately just plain depressing article. How dysfunctional is AGS? www.thejournal.ie/bikegate-war...

Anyone in Ireland who has ever been a lively Novena will relate and understand! And now look at us!

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