Alan Johnston
@alanmacseain.bsky.social
Electronics Engineer. Tá beagán Gaeilge agam.
Damn! Move off clouds.
There's colour in the clouds (that's a 5sec exposure - it's pitch black outside) so the aurora is probably doing its thing.
There's colour in the clouds (that's a 5sec exposure - it's pitch black outside) so the aurora is probably doing its thing.
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Damn! Move off clouds.
There's colour in the clouds (that's a 5sec exposure - it's pitch black outside) so the aurora is probably doing its thing.
There's colour in the clouds (that's a 5sec exposure - it's pitch black outside) so the aurora is probably doing its thing.
My daughter's latest oil painting. "Tlachtga", druidess of The Hill of Ward. Prints available.
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7qWxWDLn2
#speirgorm
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7qWxWDLn2
#speirgorm
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My daughter's latest oil painting. "Tlachtga", druidess of The Hill of Ward. Prints available.
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7qWxWDLn2
#speirgorm
www.instagram.com/p/DQ7qWxWDLn2
#speirgorm
The next plane that Aer Lingus registers will have the registration EI-EIO.
Will passengers be obliged to sing "Old MacDonald had a farm" on takeoff?
#speirgorm #aerlingus
Will passengers be obliged to sing "Old MacDonald had a farm" on takeoff?
#speirgorm #aerlingus
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The next plane that Aer Lingus registers will have the registration EI-EIO.
Will passengers be obliged to sing "Old MacDonald had a farm" on takeoff?
#speirgorm #aerlingus
Will passengers be obliged to sing "Old MacDonald had a farm" on takeoff?
#speirgorm #aerlingus
Tonight is "Oíche idir dhá Uachtarán", a rare event rumoured to occur every seven years*, where the former Taoisigh have free reign to haunt the halls of the Áras.
*or multiples of 7.
*or multiples of 7.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Tonight is "Oíche idir dhá Uachtarán", a rare event rumoured to occur every seven years*, where the former Taoisigh have free reign to haunt the halls of the Áras.
*or multiples of 7.
*or multiples of 7.
You can stop looking at me, I'm NOT paying the cheese tax on Cashel Blue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
You can stop looking at me, I'm NOT paying the cheese tax on Cashel Blue.
Have you dug your divination hole yet?
Dig a hole in the ground and if there's a worm in it in the morning, you'll be in for a good year.
More of a Scottish thing, but we're cousins, right?
Dig a hole in the ground and if there's a worm in it in the morning, you'll be in for a good year.
More of a Scottish thing, but we're cousins, right?
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Have you dug your divination hole yet?
Dig a hole in the ground and if there's a worm in it in the morning, you'll be in for a good year.
More of a Scottish thing, but we're cousins, right?
Dig a hole in the ground and if there's a worm in it in the morning, you'll be in for a good year.
More of a Scottish thing, but we're cousins, right?
There are Hallowe'en feels to the Moon this evening.
October 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There are Hallowe'en feels to the Moon this evening.
There was a 75% turnout in the Johnston household today. One registered voter is in London and another couldn't make it in time. Some made considerable effort.
Unanimous in our choice.
Unanimous in our choice.
October 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
There was a 75% turnout in the Johnston household today. One registered voter is in London and another couldn't make it in time. Some made considerable effort.
Unanimous in our choice.
Unanimous in our choice.
Rx Tx wrong. Again!
October 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Rx Tx wrong. Again!
My daughter came home from London for the weekend. When she headed back tonight, she took some of my wife's apple tart wrapped in tinfoil wirh her.
It tested positive three times for nitroglycerin at security.
I knew her cooking was good, but didn't realise it's the bomb-diddley!
It tested positive three times for nitroglycerin at security.
I knew her cooking was good, but didn't realise it's the bomb-diddley!
October 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My daughter came home from London for the weekend. When she headed back tonight, she took some of my wife's apple tart wrapped in tinfoil wirh her.
It tested positive three times for nitroglycerin at security.
I knew her cooking was good, but didn't realise it's the bomb-diddley!
It tested positive three times for nitroglycerin at security.
I knew her cooking was good, but didn't realise it's the bomb-diddley!
I was talking to the postman this morning. He's only delighted that Jim Gavin withdrew before his campaign cards were to be delivered.
October 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I was talking to the postman this morning. He's only delighted that Jim Gavin withdrew before his campaign cards were to be delivered.
Here's a totally useless fact: on a very sunny day, the island of Ireland weighs, at most, 50 tonnes heavier, due to the pressure exerted by the photons hitting it from the sun.
I told you, it's useless.
I mean, what can you do with that information?
I told you, it's useless.
I mean, what can you do with that information?
October 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Here's a totally useless fact: on a very sunny day, the island of Ireland weighs, at most, 50 tonnes heavier, due to the pressure exerted by the photons hitting it from the sun.
I told you, it's useless.
I mean, what can you do with that information?
I told you, it's useless.
I mean, what can you do with that information?
I'll have them all home next weekend. It's like Christmas, I'm excited and delighted.
Oh, btw, I've six kids and five have flown the nest this long while.
Oh, btw, I've six kids and five have flown the nest this long while.
October 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'll have them all home next weekend. It's like Christmas, I'm excited and delighted.
Oh, btw, I've six kids and five have flown the nest this long while.
Oh, btw, I've six kids and five have flown the nest this long while.
I remembered a song my mother used to sing when I was a tot, bouncing on her knee.
I Googled the lyrics and got this, but *I* didn't misremember the words. I noticed the song is from 1907 and realised that that was WAY before her time, so her mother must have sang it to her, bouncing on her knee.
I Googled the lyrics and got this, but *I* didn't misremember the words. I noticed the song is from 1907 and realised that that was WAY before her time, so her mother must have sang it to her, bouncing on her knee.
September 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I remembered a song my mother used to sing when I was a tot, bouncing on her knee.
I Googled the lyrics and got this, but *I* didn't misremember the words. I noticed the song is from 1907 and realised that that was WAY before her time, so her mother must have sang it to her, bouncing on her knee.
I Googled the lyrics and got this, but *I* didn't misremember the words. I noticed the song is from 1907 and realised that that was WAY before her time, so her mother must have sang it to her, bouncing on her knee.
I just found out there is an Irish version of "Eenie meanie miney mo":
Íne míne maighne mó
Tá na ba istigh sa chró
Má tá said ag géimneach, scaoiligí leo
Íne míne maighne mó
Íne míne maighne mó
Tá na ba istigh sa chró
Má tá said ag géimneach, scaoiligí leo
Íne míne maighne mó
September 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I just found out there is an Irish version of "Eenie meanie miney mo":
Íne míne maighne mó
Tá na ba istigh sa chró
Má tá said ag géimneach, scaoiligí leo
Íne míne maighne mó
Íne míne maighne mó
Tá na ba istigh sa chró
Má tá said ag géimneach, scaoiligí leo
Íne míne maighne mó
Reposted by Alan Johnston
If you remember one thing today, remember that Greta Thunberg and all the other people on the Flotilla are brave enough to risk death to oppose Israel.
Your Politicians wouldn't even speak up because their paychecks would get stopped.
Your Politicians wouldn't even speak up because their paychecks would get stopped.
September 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If you remember one thing today, remember that Greta Thunberg and all the other people on the Flotilla are brave enough to risk death to oppose Israel.
Your Politicians wouldn't even speak up because their paychecks would get stopped.
Your Politicians wouldn't even speak up because their paychecks would get stopped.
Níl ní ar bith níos áille ná 'n ghealach os cionn 'n tsáile.
September 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Níl ní ar bith níos áille ná 'n ghealach os cionn 'n tsáile.
There's a glut of sloes here at the moment, so I tried my hand at Sloe and Apple Jelly.
100% recommend it. It has a unique taste and just a hint of tannins like a nice red wine. Yum!
100% recommend it. It has a unique taste and just a hint of tannins like a nice red wine. Yum!
September 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
There's a glut of sloes here at the moment, so I tried my hand at Sloe and Apple Jelly.
100% recommend it. It has a unique taste and just a hint of tannins like a nice red wine. Yum!
100% recommend it. It has a unique taste and just a hint of tannins like a nice red wine. Yum!
These guys are taste explosions! "Sunburst", ripe when orange. (Most are a bit larger than this wee guy.)
September 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
These guys are taste explosions! "Sunburst", ripe when orange. (Most are a bit larger than this wee guy.)
Ruin any book better by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title.
Tom Clancy's Táin Bó Chúailgne: One man stood alone against her army.
Tom Clancy's Táin Bó Chúailgne: One man stood alone against her army.
Ruin any book better by adding “Tom Clancy’s” to the title
Tom Clancy’s Silent Spring
Tom Clancy’s Silent Spring
Ruin any book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
Tom Clancy’s Remembrance of Things Past
Tom Clancy’s Remembrance of Things Past
August 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ruin any book better by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title.
Tom Clancy's Táin Bó Chúailgne: One man stood alone against her army.
Tom Clancy's Táin Bó Chúailgne: One man stood alone against her army.
I found out tonight (thanks to Cedrusk on Instagram) that historically east was up on maps.
In Irish deas/right and deisceart are from the same root. Also, iarthar (west) derives from 'iar' 'thar' "behind beyond", and east (oirthear) from 'air' 'thar' "front beyond".
Ireland IS dog-shaped!
In Irish deas/right and deisceart are from the same root. Also, iarthar (west) derives from 'iar' 'thar' "behind beyond", and east (oirthear) from 'air' 'thar' "front beyond".
Ireland IS dog-shaped!
August 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I found out tonight (thanks to Cedrusk on Instagram) that historically east was up on maps.
In Irish deas/right and deisceart are from the same root. Also, iarthar (west) derives from 'iar' 'thar' "behind beyond", and east (oirthear) from 'air' 'thar' "front beyond".
Ireland IS dog-shaped!
In Irish deas/right and deisceart are from the same root. Also, iarthar (west) derives from 'iar' 'thar' "behind beyond", and east (oirthear) from 'air' 'thar' "front beyond".
Ireland IS dog-shaped!
Reposted by Alan Johnston
Three, four, five or more Bloody Sundays committed every single day at the US mercenary run food sites. Barely registers now as the world has been frog boiled into accepting it with a shrug.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
UN human rights body says Palestinians seeking food continue to be killed by Israeli military
The United Nations human rights office said today that Israel is not letting enough aid into Gaza to avert widespread starvation. For more on this spokesperson for the UN human rights office
Thameen ...
www.rte.ie
August 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Three, four, five or more Bloody Sundays committed every single day at the US mercenary run food sites. Barely registers now as the world has been frog boiled into accepting it with a shrug.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
No, Nathaniel, no. There must be something worth living for. There has to be a way that we can restore to life the love we used to kn
No, Nathaniel, no...
No, Nathaniel, no...
August 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
No, Nathaniel, no. There must be something worth living for. There has to be a way that we can restore to life the love we used to kn
No, Nathaniel, no...
No, Nathaniel, no...
Reposted by Alan Johnston
Doctors and staff are fainting on duty from hunger in Gaza as growing numbers suffer malnutrition
Ursula von der Leyen says images of civilians killed during the distribution of aid were "unbearable".
She is somehow bearing them. The EU continues to support Israeli genocide.
Ursula von der Leyen says images of civilians killed during the distribution of aid were "unbearable".
She is somehow bearing them. The EU continues to support Israeli genocide.
July 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Doctors and staff are fainting on duty from hunger in Gaza as growing numbers suffer malnutrition
Ursula von der Leyen says images of civilians killed during the distribution of aid were "unbearable".
She is somehow bearing them. The EU continues to support Israeli genocide.
Ursula von der Leyen says images of civilians killed during the distribution of aid were "unbearable".
She is somehow bearing them. The EU continues to support Israeli genocide.
I'm clearing years of accumulated crud from my garage. I have one of these, with all its bits and pieces. Thunder Tiger Raptor 50. Was working when last parked up many years ago.
I don't suppose anyone wants it? Do I just lay it to rest in the skip?
I don't suppose anyone wants it? Do I just lay it to rest in the skip?
July 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm clearing years of accumulated crud from my garage. I have one of these, with all its bits and pieces. Thunder Tiger Raptor 50. Was working when last parked up many years ago.
I don't suppose anyone wants it? Do I just lay it to rest in the skip?
I don't suppose anyone wants it? Do I just lay it to rest in the skip?