Nick Daly
@nickdaly.bsky.social
Cat valet, etc. Awaiting the sixth extinction in Dublin. Here for the witty aperçus and cat photos.
For vintage crime fans my Oxford World's Classics edition of E.W. Hornung's _Raffles_ :
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tv5pf
For vintage crime fans my Oxford World's Classics edition of E.W. Hornung's _Raffles_ :
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tv5pf
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Now THIS is an extremely worthy boycott target.
Punishing a hotel for not housing the Gestapo.
Punishing a hotel for not housing the Gestapo.
Hilton said Tuesday that it is removing an independently owned Minnesota hotel from its system after a location denied rooms to ICE employees.
Hilton says it is removing a Minnesota hotel from its system over ICE controversy
Hilton said Tuesday that it is removing an independently owned Minnesota hotel from its system after a location denied rooms to ICE employees.
www.businessinsider.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Now THIS is an extremely worthy boycott target.
Punishing a hotel for not housing the Gestapo.
Punishing a hotel for not housing the Gestapo.
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No matter what you’re currently doing you should stop and (try to) read this. A contender for the worst-written article I’ve ever seen and also just barking mad! Does the Irish Mirror have no sub-editors?! #speirgorm (and hat-tip to @apiln.bsky.social)
Musician Camille O’Sullivan tells of encounters with Graham Dwyer
Camille O’Sullivan worked for a number of years as an architect in an office alongside killer Dwyer
www.irishmirror.ie
January 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
No matter what you’re currently doing you should stop and (try to) read this. A contender for the worst-written article I’ve ever seen and also just barking mad! Does the Irish Mirror have no sub-editors?! #speirgorm (and hat-tip to @apiln.bsky.social)
Ireland’s EU presidency will be expensive, no doubt, but think of the opportunities it will offer us for kidnapping foreign heads of state! It will pay for itself.
January 6, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Ireland’s EU presidency will be expensive, no doubt, but think of the opportunities it will offer us for kidnapping foreign heads of state! It will pay for itself.
I love the "may". If the US justice system can swallow this "self-defence" rubbish, it can swallow anything. Something for US citizens to be concerned about, maybe even newspaper owners like Jeff.
![US capture of Maduro may be illegal; that likely won't matter in court [Washington Post headline]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:snyfeai675ll3sctdwb3k566/bafkreihbs56hfka7xmf7tpk645uiwf6rf36dp7bzbnxtmaw4aet2w7hxjy@jpeg)
January 4, 2026 at 10:13 AM
I love the "may". If the US justice system can swallow this "self-defence" rubbish, it can swallow anything. Something for US citizens to be concerned about, maybe even newspaper owners like Jeff.
It’s perfectly clear that there is none. This is just robber-baron thuggery
January 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
It’s perfectly clear that there is none. This is just robber-baron thuggery
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i'm sorry, i know it'll be inconvenient, but it's probably time for everyone else to enforce a massive blockade of this country, hopefully just for a bit; again, sorry to impose
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
i'm sorry, i know it'll be inconvenient, but it's probably time for everyone else to enforce a massive blockade of this country, hopefully just for a bit; again, sorry to impose
You'd think he'd have more respect for a fellow election-stealer
January 3, 2026 at 11:44 AM
You'd think he'd have more respect for a fellow election-stealer
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Genuinely wonder how European and Irish leaders do respond to this.
How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?
How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?
January 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Genuinely wonder how European and Irish leaders do respond to this.
How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?
How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?
I see the American dictator has kidnapped the Venezuelan dictator
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I see the American dictator has kidnapped the Venezuelan dictator
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I've gone blind with preemptive rage at the absolute void of consequences the world, our government included, will impose on the bloodthirsty yanks for kidnapping the leader of another country
January 3, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I've gone blind with preemptive rage at the absolute void of consequences the world, our government included, will impose on the bloodthirsty yanks for kidnapping the leader of another country
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“Let’s not call it deregistration, let’s call it a death sentence — that is exactly what it would be for the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, MSF Executive Director, as Israel moves to bar nearly 40 aid groups under new registration rules.
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
Oxfam-Québec surprised to be among aid groups Israel bars from Gaza
Nearly 40 organizations supplying aid in Gaza are scheduled to be barred as of Thursday for not complying with new registration requirements.
montrealgazette.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
“Let’s not call it deregistration, let’s call it a death sentence — that is exactly what it would be for the Palestinian people,” says @sana.msf.ca, MSF Executive Director, as Israel moves to bar nearly 40 aid groups under new registration rules.
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...
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Of all the famous figures on Paul McCartney's "Band on the Run" album cover, only boxer John Conteh and musician Paul McCartney himself are still alive. All the others have sadly passed away now. #PaulMcCartney #Bandontherun
December 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Of all the famous figures on Paul McCartney's "Band on the Run" album cover, only boxer John Conteh and musician Paul McCartney himself are still alive. All the others have sadly passed away now. #PaulMcCartney #Bandontherun
Doonbeg
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Doonbeg
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Ah, 28 December: 146th anniversary of the Tay Bridge disaster, which tragically took the lives of 59 people – and rather more happily gave the world ‘Sir’ William Topaz McGonagall’s most famous work
December 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Ah, 28 December: 146th anniversary of the Tay Bridge disaster, which tragically took the lives of 59 people – and rather more happily gave the world ‘Sir’ William Topaz McGonagall’s most famous work
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My Xmas present to you all. The book cover that shows the most mistaken assumptions about the content of all time, I believe.
December 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My Xmas present to you all. The book cover that shows the most mistaken assumptions about the content of all time, I believe.
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The greatest trick that Santa ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist
December 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The greatest trick that Santa ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist
The greatest trick that Santa ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist
December 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The greatest trick that Santa ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist
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Quite a few more sleeps to Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Quite a few more sleeps to Christmas
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La plupart des parents ont bien un enfant préféré (c’est la science qui le dit)
La plupart des parents ont bien un enfant préféré (c’est la science qui le dit)
Bien qu’ils s’en défendent, la grande majorité des parents ont bien un enfant favori, montrent plusieurs études. Et ce n’est pas sans impact sur la santé mentale pour leur descendance.
www.liberation.fr
December 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
La plupart des parents ont bien un enfant préféré (c’est la science qui le dit)
Quite a few more sleeps to Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Quite a few more sleeps to Christmas
Now downgraded to a Category 4 Good-Sized Hole
The shropshire canal 'sinkhole', the most exciting natural event of shropshire's year/decade, has been recategorised "giant hole". This often happens shortly after big hole appears and everyone denies responsibility. Not definitive. Developing...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man describes narrow escape after boats pulled into giant hole on Shropshire canal
Major incident declared as 50-metre-long breach opens up in waterway previously flagged as ‘amber risk’
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Now downgraded to a Category 4 Good-Sized Hole
We have decided to take over our next-door neighbour's house for security reasons. From their back garden burglars can get into ours, and it's just not an acceptable risk. Also we want their trampoline.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We have decided to take over our next-door neighbour's house for security reasons. From their back garden burglars can get into ours, and it's just not an acceptable risk. Also we want their trampoline.