Mr. Dependable
@mrdependable.bsky.social
Ex-Durmite now enjoying retirement on the south coast of Ireland
Red skies at morning . . .
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Red skies at morning . . .
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Found my tribe. #stlukescross #corkcity
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Found my tribe. #stlukescross #corkcity
Maybe they can just be required to donate a kidney or volunteer for a medical experiment?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Maybe they can just be required to donate a kidney or volunteer for a medical experiment?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Before and after
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Before and after
Fortunately I'm not a gambling man. Any money I might have made wagering on Senate Democrats, I would have lost quickly betting on the Supreme Court. Maybe I could make that up with a punt on Mike Johnson finding a way to avoid swearing in Adelita Grijalva when the House eventually reconvenes
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Fortunately I'm not a gambling man. Any money I might have made wagering on Senate Democrats, I would have lost quickly betting on the Supreme Court. Maybe I could make that up with a punt on Mike Johnson finding a way to avoid swearing in Adelita Grijalva when the House eventually reconvenes
This Vonnegut quote popped up earlier: "And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"
If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This Vonnegut quote popped up earlier: "And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"
If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
If Subway doesn't offer free footlongs tomorrow, they need to fire their entire marketing department
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If Subway doesn't offer free footlongs tomorrow, they need to fire their entire marketing department
Here's another bit of good news today: "The Spanish government has granted citizenship to 170 descendants of volunteers in the International Brigades in recognition of their fight against fascism during the Franco dictatorship that followed the civil war."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades
About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here's another bit of good news today: "The Spanish government has granted citizenship to 170 descendants of volunteers in the International Brigades in recognition of their fight against fascism during the Franco dictatorship that followed the civil war."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I'm so old I remember when Bill Clinton reformed the welfare system in the US so we'd never have to listen to Republicans making up their lazy welfare queen lies again
November 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I'm so old I remember when Bill Clinton reformed the welfare system in the US so we'd never have to listen to Republicans making up their lazy welfare queen lies again
The clock says daylight savings time is over, but my body hasn't adjusted yet. So I was awake for the sunrise this morning
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The clock says daylight savings time is over, but my body hasn't adjusted yet. So I was awake for the sunrise this morning
Rainbow over Youghal lighthouse
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Rainbow over Youghal lighthouse
Sitting in the Wishing Chair at the Fairy Bridges on Tullan Strand in Bundoran, making a wish. What else could I have been wishing for?
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Sitting in the Wishing Chair at the Fairy Bridges on Tullan Strand in Bundoran, making a wish. What else could I have been wishing for?
Waiting for Obama to pop into my feed with "can you imagine what Republicans would say if I started tearing down the White House?" And dude, that's not the question. The question is "can you imagine what Democrats will say when Trump starts tearing down the White House?"
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Waiting for Obama to pop into my feed with "can you imagine what Republicans would say if I started tearing down the White House?" And dude, that's not the question. The question is "can you imagine what Democrats will say when Trump starts tearing down the White House?"
If everybody had an ocean . . .
October 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
If everybody had an ocean . . .
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
October 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
Sloganeering as economics easily digested by lay people is never good, but as slogans go, this is awful: "We must uphold the mechanisms that underlie creative destruction, so that we do not fall back into stagnation,” said John Hassler, the chair of the committee for the prize in economic sciences.
October 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sloganeering as economics easily digested by lay people is never good, but as slogans go, this is awful: "We must uphold the mechanisms that underlie creative destruction, so that we do not fall back into stagnation,” said John Hassler, the chair of the committee for the prize in economic sciences.
Living room view
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Living room view
I've been playing this game for about 20 years. I think once, 10-15 years ago, I was in first place for a week as late as November. Let's see how long this one lasts
October 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I've been playing this game for about 20 years. I think once, 10-15 years ago, I was in first place for a week as late as November. Let's see how long this one lasts
If Newsom, Pritzker, et al were actually as media savvy as everyone thinks, they'd be all over my feed this morning offering their National Guard to Trump and Miller to fight out of control right wing terrorism in South Carolina
October 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If Newsom, Pritzker, et al were actually as media savvy as everyone thinks, they'd be all over my feed this morning offering their National Guard to Trump and Miller to fight out of control right wing terrorism in South Carolina