Karl McDonald
@karlusss.bsky.social
For if I triumph I must make men mad. Occasional columnist
She can't be stopped
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
She can't be stopped
Is this Combat Jack's son??? What a time to be alive
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Is this Combat Jack's son??? What a time to be alive
Fundamentally the answer to this is that most people do their most formative reading at a certain age and either stop or don't challenge themselves much for the rest of their lives. This is well established with music taste.
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fundamentally the answer to this is that most people do their most formative reading at a certain age and either stop or don't challenge themselves much for the rest of their lives. This is well established with music taste.
Joyce Carol Oates scything down well-meaning midwits once again. A true poster.
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Joyce Carol Oates scything down well-meaning midwits once again. A true poster.
Nóinín - Little noon (thing)
(Daisy)
(Daisy)
October 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Nóinín - Little noon (thing)
(Daisy)
(Daisy)
Searbh na muc - Bitter (thing) of the pigs
(Mouse-ear hawkweed)
(Mouse-ear hawkweed)
October 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Searbh na muc - Bitter (thing) of the pigs
(Mouse-ear hawkweed)
(Mouse-ear hawkweed)
Eireaball rí - King's tail
(Little Robin, a wild geranium)
(Little Robin, a wild geranium)
October 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Eireaball rí - King's tail
(Little Robin, a wild geranium)
(Little Robin, a wild geranium)
Lus an Ghaill - Foreigner's herb
(Sea purslane)
(Sea purslane)
October 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Lus an Ghaill - Foreigner's herb
(Sea purslane)
(Sea purslane)
Gearr nimhe - Short poisonous (thing)
(Petty spurge)
(Petty spurge)
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Gearr nimhe - Short poisonous (thing)
(Petty spurge)
(Petty spurge)
Luibh na seacht ngabh - Herb of seven complaints
(Wall rue)
(Wall rue)
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Luibh na seacht ngabh - Herb of seven complaints
(Wall rue)
(Wall rue)
Athair talúin - Father of the soil
(Yarrow)
(Yarrow)
October 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Athair talúin - Father of the soil
(Yarrow)
(Yarrow)
In the same way that wasps and so on are important to the ecosystem, English fellas on the internet sometimes perform an important common sense role
October 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In the same way that wasps and so on are important to the ecosystem, English fellas on the internet sometimes perform an important common sense role
Nodding along to this going "quite, quite"
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Nodding along to this going "quite, quite"
The concept of restoring the Forum does not even really make sense, are you restoring the Forum exactly as it was on some particular date? Which god does the temple venerate? Which emperor is in power? Is this like a suburban tradslopbrain misunderstanding of what a city is?
October 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The concept of restoring the Forum does not even really make sense, are you restoring the Forum exactly as it was on some particular date? Which god does the temple venerate? Which emperor is in power? Is this like a suburban tradslopbrain misunderstanding of what a city is?
The last thing we need is a president in multiple parts
October 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The last thing we need is a president in multiple parts
Combative priest named Lar Dowling featuring in the US news? We'll mark that down as an "Ireland mentioned"
October 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Combative priest named Lar Dowling featuring in the US news? We'll mark that down as an "Ireland mentioned"
A fella on Irish personal finance Reddit is trying to foment a general strike over the way investment profits are taxed
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A fella on Irish personal finance Reddit is trying to foment a general strike over the way investment profits are taxed
President Xi another fella authentic in his desire to kick a ball when available
October 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
President Xi another fella authentic in his desire to kick a ball when available
Wouldn't normally be one to hand it to the Princess of Wales but she loves having a go at sports when the opportunity arises.
October 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Wouldn't normally be one to hand it to the Princess of Wales but she loves having a go at sports when the opportunity arises.
Very funny to claim Americans eat 50 billion burgers daily. 147 burgers per person per day
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Very funny to claim Americans eat 50 billion burgers daily. 147 burgers per person per day
I mean in the long period when they weren't buying fighter jets they also weren't investing in climate adaptation and, vitally, when they were, it was often in the form of filling Leitrim with commercial forestry of the sort that has been falling on power lines
October 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I mean in the long period when they weren't buying fighter jets they also weren't investing in climate adaptation and, vitally, when they were, it was often in the form of filling Leitrim with commercial forestry of the sort that has been falling on power lines
I bet the Labour leadership are glad they did not boot Angela Rayner for something related to tax planning for which "I followed the advice I was given" was her defence!
September 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I bet the Labour leadership are glad they did not boot Angela Rayner for something related to tax planning for which "I followed the advice I was given" was her defence!
There are people who spend all day every day criticising the New York Times for what they think it is, which is wrong. This is what the New York Times is.
September 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
There are people who spend all day every day criticising the New York Times for what they think it is, which is wrong. This is what the New York Times is.
Fun thing about classical music is that some composers have one piece way more popular than the rest so if you type them in on Spotify and hit play on the top track, you will wind up just listening to eight different recordings of the same thing.
September 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Fun thing about classical music is that some composers have one piece way more popular than the rest so if you type them in on Spotify and hit play on the top track, you will wind up just listening to eight different recordings of the same thing.