Kate Bielinski
@katebielinski.bsky.social
Book lover, food lover, wine lover but also partial to a good g&t, pedant, cynic. Personal account - mostly lighthearted, occasionally serious.
This seems like a remarkably inefficient way to deliver food tbh.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This seems like a remarkably inefficient way to deliver food tbh.
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Great reaction to my piece on moving from Spotify to Qobuz and why I did it.
nialler9.com/why-qobuz-ha...
nialler9.com/why-qobuz-ha...
Why Qobuz has replaced Spotify as my streaming service of choice | Nialler9
So far, Deezer is the only streaming service to have introduced an AI detection and tagging system this past June, as other streaming services including Qobuz
nialler9.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Great reaction to my piece on moving from Spotify to Qobuz and why I did it.
nialler9.com/why-qobuz-ha...
nialler9.com/why-qobuz-ha...
Put your phones DOWN when driving. Your call/text/witty social media post can wait.
I'm all for road safety but you could have every cyclist in the land wearing a full suit of Christmas lights and drivers fucking around on their phones will still knock them down
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Put your phones DOWN when driving. Your call/text/witty social media post can wait.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year when I get to read this story again.
Read this thread. I promise you won’t regret it.
Read this thread. I promise you won’t regret it.
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year when I get to read this story again.
Read this thread. I promise you won’t regret it.
Read this thread. I promise you won’t regret it.
The comments and quote posts are hilarious.
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The comments and quote posts are hilarious.
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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Apologies to the Lemass family for this comment, but all names applied to public utilities should be vetted for their 'tabloid headline' potential. Do we want to risk 'More disruption at Lame-ass airport'?
A bill to officially rename Dublin Airport after former taoiseach Seán Lemass has been moved to a second stage.
TD introduces bill to rename Dublin Airport after Lemass
A bill to officially rename Dublin Airport after former taoiseach Seán Lemass has been moved to a second stage.
www.rte.ie
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Apologies to the Lemass family for this comment, but all names applied to public utilities should be vetted for their 'tabloid headline' potential. Do we want to risk 'More disruption at Lame-ass airport'?
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A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏
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It's amazing how often I have cause to post this cartoon of mine. Two armchairs vulgarly roasting each other.
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's amazing how often I have cause to post this cartoon of mine. Two armchairs vulgarly roasting each other.
Trust me when I say this is absolutely not the way to chat up women.
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trust me when I say this is absolutely not the way to chat up women.
Bit of a long shot here but would anyone (Dublin based) have use for these new/almost new junior cycle text books? Seems such waste to put them into the recycling. #speirgorm
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Bit of a long shot here but would anyone (Dublin based) have use for these new/almost new junior cycle text books? Seems such waste to put them into the recycling. #speirgorm
‘Emotionally, I’m shattered’: How an Irish professor lost his €1m retirement nest egg to scammers
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Awful story.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Awful story.
‘Emotionally, I’m shattered’: How an Irish professor lost his €1m retirement nest egg to scammers
Retired academic believes fake recommendation on WhatsApp lured him into scam amid growing trend of criminals infiltrating chat groups
www.irishtimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
‘Emotionally, I’m shattered’: How an Irish professor lost his €1m retirement nest egg to scammers
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Awful story.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
Awful story.
Saturday afternoon on a perfect winter day
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Saturday afternoon on a perfect winter day
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is there a way of changing the *world* format from American?
is there a way of changing the date format from American?
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
is there a way of changing the *world* format from American?
Shop local. Put money into the local economy not the pockets of billionaires.
My specific recommendation is www.rainbowkidsboutique.ie but really, go spend your money at any small business or there won't be any left.
#SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm
#SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm
I have just heard an advert for Amazon Black Friday WEEK.
How in God's name are small businesses meant to compete with this crap?
Will you all do me a favour and support a small business today. Share the love.
#SLATED #Boycottamazon
Slated.ie
How in God's name are small businesses meant to compete with this crap?
Will you all do me a favour and support a small business today. Share the love.
#SLATED #Boycottamazon
Slated.ie
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Shop local. Put money into the local economy not the pockets of billionaires.
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Sunday looking rather windy so if you were planning to put up Christmas decorations then maybe hold off. Not because of the weather but because it’s still November 😆
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sunday looking rather windy so if you were planning to put up Christmas decorations then maybe hold off. Not because of the weather but because it’s still November 😆
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As much as I love this ad, November 20th is too early for it. #speirgorm
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
As much as I love this ad, November 20th is too early for it. #speirgorm
I’m an eejit for paying it but €9.15 for a takeaway panini seems very steep
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I’m an eejit for paying it but €9.15 for a takeaway panini seems very steep
Inspired by @darach.bsky.social to share two of my favourite poems for #nationalpoetryday
The second one is fiendishly hard to find online but is by Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock.
Saw it years ago on the London Underground and was immediately captivated.
The second one is fiendishly hard to find online but is by Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock.
Saw it years ago on the London Underground and was immediately captivated.
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Inspired by @darach.bsky.social to share two of my favourite poems for #nationalpoetryday
The second one is fiendishly hard to find online but is by Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock.
Saw it years ago on the London Underground and was immediately captivated.
The second one is fiendishly hard to find online but is by Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock.
Saw it years ago on the London Underground and was immediately captivated.
Related (and a long shot) - if anyone has tickets for the @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social Dublin shows that they can no longer use please let me know! #ticketfairy #speirgorm
I know it’s only November but I’ll make an exception for this lovely and festive song from @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
youtu.be/bd8tyszMgTk
youtu.be/bd8tyszMgTk
The Divine Comedy - All the Pretty Lights
YouTube video by The Divine Comedy (Official)
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Related (and a long shot) - if anyone has tickets for the @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social Dublin shows that they can no longer use please let me know! #ticketfairy #speirgorm
I know it’s only November but I’ll make an exception for this lovely and festive song from @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
youtu.be/bd8tyszMgTk
youtu.be/bd8tyszMgTk
The Divine Comedy - All the Pretty Lights
YouTube video by The Divine Comedy (Official)
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I know it’s only November but I’ll make an exception for this lovely and festive song from @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
youtu.be/bd8tyszMgTk
youtu.be/bd8tyszMgTk
“Doing our best that this doesn’t happen again”
What??
What??
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“Doing our best that this doesn’t happen again”
What??
What??
Weren’t bedsits abolished a number of years back? “Splitting homes into flats” sounds awfully like a return to bedsits.
The Housing Minister's reported plan to push for older people to split their homes into flats in an effort to boost supply has been defended by the Minister for Older People.
'What we’re looking to provide is choice for older people,' Kieran O'Donnell said today jrnl.ie/6876584
'What we’re looking to provide is choice for older people,' Kieran O'Donnell said today jrnl.ie/6876584
Minister for Older People defends plan to encourage older people to split homes into flats
The Housing Minister is reportedly drafting a policy to enable older people to split their homes into separate flats in a new approach to downsizing.
jrnl.ie
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Weren’t bedsits abolished a number of years back? “Splitting homes into flats” sounds awfully like a return to bedsits.