I spoke to Mitch McConnell today and he said "Jesus Christ it burns why is there so much fire it's fucking hot why is Nancy Reagan here?"
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I hate myself enough to be a Systems Engineer / SRE but not enough to return to academia. I care about reliability in all walks of life.
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In reality, plants are actually farming us by giving us oxygen daily until we eventually decompose so they can consume us.
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There have been nine weekends this year.
22% of this year's weekends have had U.S. invasions.
From a President wanting the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who formed a council for peace.
Ireland has 14,529 Gardai¹.
Ireland has 17,477 homeless people.
Ireland could fill 267 primary school classrooms with the amount of homeless children it has. No one to teach them though, as 42% of teachers said it's highly unlikely that they will remain in the profession.
Remember this next time someone says the lads in charge are doing a good job 👍
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¹ Police
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Make no mistake. These two invasions are about oil.
Venezuela holds 17% of the world's oil reserves.
30% of the world's oil travels via Iranian territory.
Western oil supply is already constrained by the Ukraine war.
Oil sets the price for everything. Not just the petrol for your car, but the food on your table.
Inflation is going to go even more insane.
Yesterday I learnt that Brazilian term for handyman is "marido de aluguel", which means "husband for rent".
Love learning about this culture
Saw a vending machine the other day and it had a huge screen on it, with the visual representation of its contents.
Instead of being shown what's inside, like a normal machine where you can assess its contents, you are shown an idealised concept of the perfect Twix. One that's not broken or smashed.
The iPadification of an impulse purchase.
I didn't get anything in the end. Not because I didn't want anything - because I didn't know what was real anymore.
They usually make him wait until Friday to restart the war.
Trump is cutting off all trade with Spain. Fuck knows why.
Trump said the "Islamic Republic of Japan" has been attacking US ships.
Oil is up 5% and the Dow dropped 500 points
Happy Wednesday
#USPol
Wish me luck tomorrow Masto 🥰
A while ago I got custom bug screens made for the windows and doors.
Metal mesh. Held on with velcro. Stiff af. The door screens have magnets on them so you don't have to faff about with sticking them back to the frame.
Fierce notions but jayus they are mighty
I'm a sucker for a 99 with two flakes. #Sensoria
Cheeseboards are life
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It seems that editing this post causes MULTIPLE notifications to be sent out every time I edit it.
Can someone confirm?
At a friend's birthday B¹BBQ.
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¹ The extra B is for BYOBB
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The ceasefire barely lasted 24 hours.
Iran is not the problem here
Move over Barack Obama Plaza and JFK Industrial Park, there's a new random piece of Irish infrastructure named after a politician... Mary O'Rourke Bridge.
Naming a bridge after a woman people were once afraid to cross is a bold choice
Spent a few hours with a steam cleaner on the grout in my tiles and OMFG the amount of shite that came out is obscene
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"Another of Kellogg's health innovations, developed to clean out one's guts of impure materials, was an enema machine that ran water through the bowel and then followed it with a pint of yogurt-half delivered through the mouth and the other half through the anus.
Unlike his granola, this invention didn't really catch on."
Iran is charging toll fees to ships wanting to travel through the Strait of Hormuz. Up to $2m each to pass.
There's no published rate card. Prices are based on vibes alone... Sounds like a McKinsey analyst's fever dream.
The media need to stop using the term "aborted takeoff" in the ongoing court case involving a passenger on a Ryanair flight from DUB to AMS.
An aborted or rejected takeoff means they were already barreling down the runway. And, for whatever reason in a split second, decided it was safer to *NOT* take off.
It's a specific term for a specific event.
This was a delayed departure.
Charters Surveyors Ireland said today that a Garda and a Nurse (combined gross €113,000) are not able to afford a new build 3 bed semi-D in the Dublin commuter belt (the standard Irish house).
Just about able to afford Cork. Likely won't by years end.
Mind you, we don't have the sewage, water, or electrical grid capacity regardless.
I never thought I'd live to watch people being sent to the moon.
What a fucking time to be alive!
Down to my last pair of the, discontinued, Transitions contact lenses.
Gonna miss my eyes looking like I took a hape of ecstasy pellets
Sweet mother of divine Jesus the amount of hail
Relationships matter far more than grades or performance reviews.
Effort and output are only part of your success - how well you play with others is the rest.
A 2 bed 2 bath in Finglas should not cost €350,000+
Good thing I stocked up on toilet paper again.
6 day weekend starting today 😎
I firmly believe that anyone wearing Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones is at least a little neurospicy
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At the start of the year I assumed that the ECB would have done, at least, two rate cuts of 25 bips (0.25% to you and me) each by the end of the year.
Now? I'm gonna say three rate increases of 25 bips each.
What does this mean, in real world terms? An extra €160 per month on a €400k mortgage - €40 for every €100k borrowed.
Happy last day of Q1 to all who celebrate.
Q2 is in the air, and with it comes rebirth and a chance to REALLY hit our KPIs.
Lads. The food in BAH33 is :chefkiss:
Mickey Bubbles is playing Ireland!!!
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@kestral Look, with the cost of living crisis what it is, it is only right and proper that one consumes their own milk
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Had a very nerdy chat with them.
The activated charcoal / carbon filter is (as expected) only really good for odours, so I'm gonna stick to the HEPA filter.
Bit spendy for a 3 pack of filters on their site mind you.
My approach of blasting each room for a day or two, followed by setting the humidity to 50% - 55%, is confirmed as the best for Ireland.
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@vgarzareyna@mstdn.mx Only if they give me free stuff.
Don't think they want a cantankerous autistic as their spokesperson tho
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@CorvidCrone @beeoproblem Was it Kellogg who had ghosts speak to him or was that only the chiropractor guy?
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@vgarzareyna@mstdn.mx They are VERY good.
I'd avoid the XM5 as they have build quality issues. The XM6 I'm not sure about - they would be the next logical upgrade from my XM4.
The price savings on the XM4s right now make them a very good option for people looking to buy good quality ANC headphones