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Always worth remembering his primary role is the maximise shareholder returns, not to give us an objective reality

Can't imagine getting granola in your urethra is pleasant

You know those micro pod hotels where it's essentially a bed in a cubby? I stayed in one in Tokyo and I loved it so much, I barely left my pod the whole time I was there.

I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...

Like to think that Cork's is simply the word Cork

They've just made that into a parking area now, disgraceful use of a beautiful area

Schoolhouse Lane and Little Barrington Street used to have a group that did this kind of work, but it has all fallen into disrepair or been removed in the last twelve months

Spring in Dublin. The auld stretch grows longer, the leaves on trees return, proud seagulls are teaching their young how to catch fresh packs of Tayto from the Spar, and the lampposts begin flowering a fresh crop of German football stickers.

I love the Stone Roses but asking Gary Neville to pick the music for Old Trafford is like asking Davey Havok which wing-back you should invert

World peace would be nice but my first wish would be for US bands to stop referring to "Europe + UK" when touring

As a pre-teen in the eighties I would go in the bath and my younger sisters would gather round chanting "bring out the Branston" from the popular advert. I would then proceed to squeeze out a teeny tiny poo to much applause. What can I say, the black & white TV was on the blink.

I once worked at a job where the new managing director asked me if "net sales" meant tax was included or excluded

There should be one set of melodies for phone alarms and another for ringtones. I don't want to feel like I'm hearing my alarm from inside a dream every time somebody's phone rings.

Aldi has their finger on the pulse of government policy in Ireland

RTÉ Sport I am begging you, if you are going to talk about the amazing atmosphere at Anfield, don't talk over the entirety of You'll Never Walk Alone

@dankackroyd.bsky.social is this about up the arse?

I can't think of a worse team to support than Huddersfield, they are truly awful. Surely they are a relegation candidate

That France jersey is incredible, keep it please

I enjoy rugby union, but there's a breed of supporters that only watch during the Six Nations whose levels of Referee Respect is such that they'd happily see each ref given a handjob between the national anthems and kick-off

That lad from Future Islands just looks like a manager from the legal team who geared up at the Christmas party