David Toms
@daithitoms.bsky.social
Writer. Pacemaker (Banshee Press, 2022). Arts Council Ireland Literature Bursary Award 2023. Maddock Fellow at Marsh's Library, 2024. New work coming soon. 🇮🇪 living in 🇳🇴.
https://davidtoms.substack.com
https://davidtoms.substack.com
The photo hardly does it justice, but the moon is full and bright tonight, and is making the mountains visible
January 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The photo hardly does it justice, but the moon is full and bright tonight, and is making the mountains visible
Our old two hob cooker at the cabin has the most baffling number range for the heat. 1200 seems like A LOT
January 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Our old two hob cooker at the cabin has the most baffling number range for the heat. 1200 seems like A LOT
2025 has been a life-changing year. It started with the birth of our daughter right at the very end of 2024 (she turned 1 yesterday). In summer, we moved from the small village of Dokka that had been home for 5 years to Kongsberg.
December 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
2025 has been a life-changing year. It started with the birth of our daughter right at the very end of 2024 (she turned 1 yesterday). In summer, we moved from the small village of Dokka that had been home for 5 years to Kongsberg.
Has there been a revised OBEV since the 1999 Ricks??? It's about time!
One interesting use of anthologies like The Oxford Book of English Verse is as a barometer of changing reputations. In the revised 1939 edition John Clare is afforded but a single poem, “Written in Northampton County Asylum.” Maybe it’s just the circles I run in, but he’d surely get more now?
December 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Has there been a revised OBEV since the 1999 Ricks??? It's about time!
Reposted by David Toms
I am here for the impassioned poetry nerdery of the replies
One interesting use of anthologies like The Oxford Book of English Verse is as a barometer of changing reputations. In the revised 1939 edition John Clare is afforded but a single poem, “Written in Northampton County Asylum.” Maybe it’s just the circles I run in, but he’d surely get more now?
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I am here for the impassioned poetry nerdery of the replies
I'm "a gravy boat for Christmas" years old. God jul / nollaig Shona, a chairde!
December 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I'm "a gravy boat for Christmas" years old. God jul / nollaig Shona, a chairde!
Cooking something up for you all.
December 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Cooking something up for you all.
Time to start soaking the pinnekjøtt for julaften 🤤
December 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Time to start soaking the pinnekjøtt for julaften 🤤
As a man from the land of the large bottle, I feel able to say that this lovely light Christmas beer (Sunturn) is in fact a *very* large bottle, so we're sharing. Happy midwinter!
December 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As a man from the land of the large bottle, I feel able to say that this lovely light Christmas beer (Sunturn) is in fact a *very* large bottle, so we're sharing. Happy midwinter!
Reposted by David Toms
Tis the year's midnight. You've made it through the dark. Mehr licht!
December 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Tis the year's midnight. You've made it through the dark. Mehr licht!
Sorry, but I find it very hard to make this headline make sense. Is it just me?
December 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Sorry, but I find it very hard to make this headline make sense. Is it just me?
Happy Christmas! Or as the case may be, Happy Hannukah!
December 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Happy Christmas! Or as the case may be, Happy Hannukah!
The people who want to make AI a part of every aspect of our lives, will never ever want us to have more leisure or time to think. Life only on their terms, not our own:
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
December 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The people who want to make AI a part of every aspect of our lives, will never ever want us to have more leisure or time to think. Life only on their terms, not our own:
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Reposted by David Toms
'Best wishes for the Season in Hell!’ — Crimbaud
December 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
'Best wishes for the Season in Hell!’ — Crimbaud
Det er en hel uke til jul men allerede er toget redusert fra to till ett togsett. Hvorfor? Folk står i gangen fortsatt. Hva er vitsen med det altså, Vy?
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Det er en hel uke til jul men allerede er toget redusert fra to till ett togsett. Hvorfor? Folk står i gangen fortsatt. Hva er vitsen med det altså, Vy?
Any way, I am more concerned not about the motivations of what happened the other eveninfz but about the fact that these people are dead for no good reason.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Holocaust survivor, London-born rabbi and 10-year-old girl among victims of Bondi beach terror attack
At least 16 people including one of the alleged gunmen died at the shooting in Sydney on Sunday, aged between 10 and 87
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Any way, I am more concerned not about the motivations of what happened the other eveninfz but about the fact that these people are dead for no good reason.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We all know review culture has gone mental but when an authentication code app is asking me to rate my experience, I really do despair. What do they want? 5 stars for generating random sequences of numbers? Feedback? "Could be more Kabbalistic"
December 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We all know review culture has gone mental but when an authentication code app is asking me to rate my experience, I really do despair. What do they want? 5 stars for generating random sequences of numbers? Feedback? "Could be more Kabbalistic"
€80 for the new Waterford FC home jersey? Would you be well.
December 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
€80 for the new Waterford FC home jersey? Would you be well.
Well, can't wait to bring my child through security later to celebrate Chanuka because that's completely normal for a reason.
December 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Well, can't wait to bring my child through security later to celebrate Chanuka because that's completely normal for a reason.
The worst thing about moving to a new town is always finding a barber. I feel like they make a big production of it here sometimes so I'm delighted I've found a fella who'll give you a good cut in about 15 minutes and not charge an arm and a leg!
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The worst thing about moving to a new town is always finding a barber. I feel like they make a big production of it here sometimes so I'm delighted I've found a fella who'll give you a good cut in about 15 minutes and not charge an arm and a leg!
Reader, he was in fact not after buying...
December 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Reader, he was in fact not after buying...
The alarming way in which people are making plans for Q1 and using that term unironically. What's wrong with "in the New Year"?
December 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The alarming way in which people are making plans for Q1 and using that term unironically. What's wrong with "in the New Year"?