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Almost better than winning the Division, is beating the Packers and them losing final weekend! www.nfl.com/news/bears-c...
Bears clinch first NFC North title since 2018 thanks to Packers' loss
The Chicago Bears clinched the NFC North title on Saturday following the Packers' loss to the Ravens.
www.nfl.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Almost better than winning the Division, is beating the Packers and them losing final weekend! www.nfl.com/news/bears-c...
Being in Aus (and lazy) didn’t see it live but I wonder, did Munster come alive once they realised Leinster were there for the taking or was it Leinster ran out of steam and let Munster back in. Either way to TRKs point Munster should be far happier of the two
Not too downbeat about that loss. I've been to enough dour losses to Leinster in Thomond Park over the years. This one felt different. Like a few different calls in the last ten minutes turn it into four points, rather than one.
December 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Being in Aus (and lazy) didn’t see it live but I wonder, did Munster come alive once they realised Leinster were there for the taking or was it Leinster ran out of steam and let Munster back in. Either way to TRKs point Munster should be far happier of the two
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Everyone that uses "refugee" and "immigrant" as if they're interchangeable is a massive racist, thanks for coming to my TED talk
December 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Everyone that uses "refugee" and "immigrant" as if they're interchangeable is a massive racist, thanks for coming to my TED talk
Spent to long searching then realising it’s released 24th(!) Dec 6am in Aus <sets alarm clock>
2025. An incredible year for rugby union. We count down every moment that made it special, silly, strange and so much more.
Live. TOMORROW. 23rd December.
7pm UK
9pm SA
12-2pm USA
8am NZ
6am Australia
8pm France/Italy/Spain/etc
youtu.be/7hVloJg_FsE
Live. TOMORROW. 23rd December.
7pm UK
9pm SA
12-2pm USA
8am NZ
6am Australia
8pm France/Italy/Spain/etc
youtu.be/7hVloJg_FsE
The 288 Greatest Rugby Moments of 2025
YouTube video by Squidge Rugby
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Spent to long searching then realising it’s released 24th(!) Dec 6am in Aus <sets alarm clock>
To me this smacks of a child saying ‘I have a plan to clean my room’. Me the parent in this analogy is shouting ‘just clean the damn room!’
Govt to speed up delivery of housing and infrastructure
The Government has published a plan which aims to speed up the delivery of housing, roads, water and energy infrastructure.
www.rte.ie
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
To me this smacks of a child saying ‘I have a plan to clean my room’. Me the parent in this analogy is shouting ‘just clean the damn room!’
It will get to a point for player safety that attacking players will learn to stand up bolt upright to avoid injury (or risk mitigating potential cards) which will mean less scores but it is seemingly the only safe way out of this situation
I'll just say I'd rather watch a game where there are red cards every week for high shots than one where, with everything we know about CTE, early-onset dementia and potentially even MND, the players' safety is rated below entertainment as a refereeing priority.
If you didn’t see the game, watch the genuinely insane leaps of common sense, physics and duty of care that all four officials are fully in agreement in making to class a dynamic, avoidable shoulder direct to the head as a rugby incident.
Angus O’Brien is all of us here. It’s genuinely shameful.
Angus O’Brien is all of us here. It’s genuinely shameful.
November 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
It will get to a point for player safety that attacking players will learn to stand up bolt upright to avoid injury (or risk mitigating potential cards) which will mean less scores but it is seemingly the only safe way out of this situation
Want the real headline behind the headline? If we processed applications within normal ranges like most countries can, asylum would likely be manageable. We are literally fixing the effect not the cause
This is neither an overhaul or tighten. Asylum seekers make up a small proportion of inward migration. They’re also the worst off. Making their situation more painful to appease a few morons who believe refugees make their own lives worse, it’s brutal
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Want the real headline behind the headline? If we processed applications within normal ranges like most countries can, asylum would likely be manageable. We are literally fixing the effect not the cause
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This is neither an overhaul or tighten. Asylum seekers make up a small proportion of inward migration. They’re also the worst off. Making their situation more painful to appease a few morons who believe refugees make their own lives worse, it’s brutal
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This is neither an overhaul or tighten. Asylum seekers make up a small proportion of inward migration. They’re also the worst off. Making their situation more painful to appease a few morons who believe refugees make their own lives worse, it’s brutal
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why has the term Big Irish Head become so ubiquitous when 'Gael Skull' was right there all along
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
why has the term Big Irish Head become so ubiquitous when 'Gael Skull' was right there all along
Last time America went after Oil, Operation Iraqi liberation and ‘OIL’ was the joke title; for this maybe Venezuelan Industrial Liberation & Encirclement and VILE could be used?
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Last time America went after Oil, Operation Iraqi liberation and ‘OIL’ was the joke title; for this maybe Venezuelan Industrial Liberation & Encirclement and VILE could be used?
Have only watched Highlights #IREvRSA did Ireland just not learn lessons or prepare for Carley as ref? Like did Carley wake up this morning and think ‘Fuck it lets create a new game called cardball’ or did he ref as he always does and one of the teams just didn’t prepare.
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Have only watched Highlights #IREvRSA did Ireland just not learn lessons or prepare for Carley as ref? Like did Carley wake up this morning and think ‘Fuck it lets create a new game called cardball’ or did he ref as he always does and one of the teams just didn’t prepare.
www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/...
Potts mentions [Ireland] have one of the smallest stadiums in the six nations. What he didn’t mention was its also one of the newest; cant imagine forecasting for the stadium at that time didn’t include value projections including projections for a bigger stadium.
Potts mentions [Ireland] have one of the smallest stadiums in the six nations. What he didn’t mention was its also one of the newest; cant imagine forecasting for the stadium at that time didn’t include value projections including projections for a bigger stadium.
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/...
Potts mentions [Ireland] have one of the smallest stadiums in the six nations. What he didn’t mention was its also one of the newest; cant imagine forecasting for the stadium at that time didn’t include value projections including projections for a bigger stadium.
Potts mentions [Ireland] have one of the smallest stadiums in the six nations. What he didn’t mention was its also one of the newest; cant imagine forecasting for the stadium at that time didn’t include value projections including projections for a bigger stadium.
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When House Republicans' greatest achievement is called "recess."
Mike Johnson claims House Republicans did "some of the best work of their careers" during the govt shutdown
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
When House Republicans' greatest achievement is called "recess."
Lots of talks about the age profile of the current Irish squad and the age of last generation retired at. Biggest difference is last generation had something to prove at biggest stage. Current players have won grand slams, Heineken Cups etc and perhaps nothing to prove.
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Lots of talks about the age profile of the current Irish squad and the age of last generation retired at. Biggest difference is last generation had something to prove at biggest stage. Current players have won grand slams, Heineken Cups etc and perhaps nothing to prove.
Today I found out the Aussie version of ´(British) Countdown’ is called ´Letters and Numbers´. I knew the music show known as Countdown but not about ‘Letters and Numbers’
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Today I found out the Aussie version of ´(British) Countdown’ is called ´Letters and Numbers´. I knew the music show known as Countdown but not about ‘Letters and Numbers’
Two things the Irish opposition could do right now (and a third it could have in its pocket for later).
1) call on government to make a suppression order under Offences Against the state Act. A suppression order makes a group an ‘unlawful organisation’ under that Act. 🧵
1) call on government to make a suppression order under Offences Against the state Act. A suppression order makes a group an ‘unlawful organisation’ under that Act. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Two things the Irish opposition could do right now (and a third it could have in its pocket for later).
1) call on government to make a suppression order under Offences Against the state Act. A suppression order makes a group an ‘unlawful organisation’ under that Act. 🧵
1) call on government to make a suppression order under Offences Against the state Act. A suppression order makes a group an ‘unlawful organisation’ under that Act. 🧵
The article states almost emphatically that it’s down to injuries to Aki and Henshaw; maybe Farrell disagrees for me he deserves a shot regardless of injuries. Same for some of the other centres www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/...
Farrell: McCloskey deserves his shot against All Blacks
Andy Farrell says Stuart McCloskey's start against New Zealand on Saturday is a long-overdue reward for the Ulster centre's patience.
www.rte.ie
October 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The article states almost emphatically that it’s down to injuries to Aki and Henshaw; maybe Farrell disagrees for me he deserves a shot regardless of injuries. Same for some of the other centres www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/...
According to recently published RTE article ‘[the Boomtown rats] went on to become the first Irish rock group to reach No.1 in the UK singles chart with Rat Trap in 1978.’
The only part that makes this accurate is the term rock group but they weren’t the first irish people with a Uk number one. A 🧵
The only part that makes this accurate is the term rock group but they weren’t the first irish people with a Uk number one. A 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
According to recently published RTE article ‘[the Boomtown rats] went on to become the first Irish rock group to reach No.1 in the UK singles chart with Rat Trap in 1978.’
The only part that makes this accurate is the term rock group but they weren’t the first irish people with a Uk number one. A 🧵
The only part that makes this accurate is the term rock group but they weren’t the first irish people with a Uk number one. A 🧵
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Was wondering why the name was familiar; I’ve had a hardback of ‘Secret History’ on my bookshelf since it was released
Was wondering why the name was familiar; I’ve had a hardback of ‘Secret History’ on my bookshelf since it was released
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Was wondering why the name was familiar; I’ve had a hardback of ‘Secret History’ on my bookshelf since it was released
Was wondering why the name was familiar; I’ve had a hardback of ‘Secret History’ on my bookshelf since it was released
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
Aki is kinda the proof that there is a way blood players and keep results; Henshaw, Ringrose was the centre partnership until injury forced a change, Ali then came in and prevailed so much,hard to imagine him not at 12
The easiest way to fix the housing market is to build new houses, but doing that lowers the value of homes.
The easiest way to fix Ireland's ageing core is to try out new combinations in full, in proper Category A games, over the next year, but doing that risks losses, which make it untenable.
The easiest way to fix Ireland's ageing core is to try out new combinations in full, in proper Category A games, over the next year, but doing that risks losses, which make it untenable.
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Aki is kinda the proof that there is a way blood players and keep results; Henshaw, Ringrose was the centre partnership until injury forced a change, Ali then came in and prevailed so much,hard to imagine him not at 12
The guitar is back in Ireland!!! Just need to bring it to Cork now www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
October 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The guitar is back in Ireland!!! Just need to bring it to Cork now www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
The town named ‘Youghal’. It does not rhyme with the name Dougal but pronounced like the phrase Y’all.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The town named ‘Youghal’. It does not rhyme with the name Dougal but pronounced like the phrase Y’all.
Never heard of this method but if nobody has decided a name, I propose ‘Irish Oreo’
Everyone surely knows the secret to eating digestive biscuits is to use two, but with Kerrygold butter between.
October 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Never heard of this method but if nobody has decided a name, I propose ‘Irish Oreo’
Bill Hicks, Relentless 1993;
Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again. Here. Here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. . . Here is 56 channels of it! . . . Here you go, America! You are free to do as we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!
Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again. Here. Here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. . . Here is 56 channels of it! . . . Here you go, America! You are free to do as we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!
Trump: "On June 14 next year we're gonna have a big UFC fight at the White House, right at the White House, on the grounds of the White House."
October 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Bill Hicks, Relentless 1993;
Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again. Here. Here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. . . Here is 56 channels of it! . . . Here you go, America! You are free to do as we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!
Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again. Here. Here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. . . Here is 56 channels of it! . . . Here you go, America! You are free to do as we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!