Paddy
@paddyde.bsky.social
Scientist (Ag chem), astronomer (very casual), Ulster rugby fan (because maybe I like the misery?).
Wind woke me up at 4am. Ten minutes later two bright blue flashes lit up the bedroom as the housing development behind us lost power.
Im awake now 😅
#StormChandra
Im awake now 😅
#StormChandra
January 27, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Wind woke me up at 4am. Ten minutes later two bright blue flashes lit up the bedroom as the housing development behind us lost power.
Im awake now 😅
#StormChandra
Im awake now 😅
#StormChandra
Sympa la version londonienne des p'tits poèmes du métro
January 24, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Can't help but feel the quote marks are in the wrong place
January 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Can't help but feel the quote marks are in the wrong place
@wandrme.paxex.aero Long time follower with an oddity I've just spotted on FR24:
A Dash 8, halfway through a 7.5 hour flight from Sri Lanka to Australia? Pootling along at 350mph and FL250?
A Dash 8, halfway through a 7.5 hour flight from Sri Lanka to Australia? Pootling along at 350mph and FL250?
January 21, 2026 at 7:46 PM
@wandrme.paxex.aero Long time follower with an oddity I've just spotted on FR24:
A Dash 8, halfway through a 7.5 hour flight from Sri Lanka to Australia? Pootling along at 350mph and FL250?
A Dash 8, halfway through a 7.5 hour flight from Sri Lanka to Australia? Pootling along at 350mph and FL250?
1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall
2026 - The fall of the Atlantic Wall
2026 - The fall of the Atlantic Wall
January 20, 2026 at 9:14 PM
1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall
2026 - The fall of the Atlantic Wall
2026 - The fall of the Atlantic Wall
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when you realize that the American unipolar global order was suppressing long-forgotten levels of public Frenchness
January 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM
when you realize that the American unipolar global order was suppressing long-forgotten levels of public Frenchness
Jesus. This is some low energy Hitler stuff.
January 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Jesus. This is some low energy Hitler stuff.
In years to come these few weeks at the start of 2026 will be referred to in the same way we speak of 1989 when the Berlin wall fell.
The transition point from one world order to another.
The transition point from one world order to another.
January 20, 2026 at 5:20 PM
In years to come these few weeks at the start of 2026 will be referred to in the same way we speak of 1989 when the Berlin wall fell.
The transition point from one world order to another.
The transition point from one world order to another.
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
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Didn’t believe this was true but have checked and am told it was sent to the Norwegian government yesterday.
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Didn’t believe this was true but have checked and am told it was sent to the Norwegian government yesterday.
On the cusp of a record breaking Ulstering
😭
😭
January 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
On the cusp of a record breaking Ulstering
😭
😭
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Abolish ICE
January 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Abolish ICE
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Travel Advisory - Level 4 reads exactly like all the reasons not to go to America.
“US citizens should leave Venezuela immediately” … Checking in on the country President Trump executed a coup against a week ago
January 11, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Travel Advisory - Level 4 reads exactly like all the reasons not to go to America.
January 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM
First time at a game in a long time.
Took my seven year old girl for her first time and my brother came up from Dublin for it.
What a night. Magical snow and good performance from Ulster.
SUFTUM
Took my seven year old girl for her first time and my brother came up from Dublin for it.
What a night. Magical snow and good performance from Ulster.
SUFTUM
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
First time at a game in a long time.
Took my seven year old girl for her first time and my brother came up from Dublin for it.
What a night. Magical snow and good performance from Ulster.
SUFTUM
Took my seven year old girl for her first time and my brother came up from Dublin for it.
What a night. Magical snow and good performance from Ulster.
SUFTUM
Sigh...
....I hope the Ulster players take some real anger from this game and determination to do better. They've been ok/decent and good in patches.
Leinster.... jaysus, some grit. Well done.
....I hope the Ulster players take some real anger from this game and determination to do better. They've been ok/decent and good in patches.
Leinster.... jaysus, some grit. Well done.
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Sigh...
....I hope the Ulster players take some real anger from this game and determination to do better. They've been ok/decent and good in patches.
Leinster.... jaysus, some grit. Well done.
....I hope the Ulster players take some real anger from this game and determination to do better. They've been ok/decent and good in patches.
Leinster.... jaysus, some grit. Well done.
Ethan Mcllroy... I am yet to see an above average game from this lad
December 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ethan Mcllroy... I am yet to see an above average game from this lad
Ahhhh finally the Ulstering we'd all been waiting for.
😂
😂
December 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Ahhhh finally the Ulstering we'd all been waiting for.
😂
😂
I now know that Welsh for "defensive set" is "defensive set"
December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I now know that Welsh for "defensive set" is "defensive set"
Well in all these years I confess I had no idea you can knock it forward off your chest
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Well in all these years I confess I had no idea you can knock it forward off your chest
People.... how do I watch the Ulster game tonight?
Seemingly it's not on premier sports
Seemingly it's not on premier sports
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
People.... how do I watch the Ulster game tonight?
Seemingly it's not on premier sports
Seemingly it's not on premier sports
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM