So happy to hear you guys reference Professor I.S. Robinson in this episode. He lectured me in University and gave me my love of Papal history. An absolute gent of a man as well!
Just need everyone to Google the name "Rosalind Franklin" at this moment.
Rosalind Franklin at her microscope
Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
A pair of silver aluminum barbecue tongs on a white background .
everyone automatically clacks these twice upon picking them up because deep down we all know we’re crabs
I'll never tire of re-reading that thread. Worthy of a Booker Prize!
100%. This is the clear path for Trump to ensure he holds on to power past the mid-terms. I'd be shocked at this stage if there is something close to a free and fair election next year.
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
See also, rhotacism.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of my favourite novels.
A very well-worn copy of The Count of Monte Cristo.
Things I tell myself...
Exceptional work!
I've a joke about Ariadne
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Amateur hour...
When they say transparency they mean secrecy.
When they say efficiency they mean corruption.
When they say gold standard science they mean grifter quackery.
When they say Make America Healthy Again they mean they don’t give a fuck if you live or die as long as they retain power and profit.
one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason
A storm is a great time to steal a trampoline from a garden.
They'll assume it blew away.
But they won't look in case it killed someone.
Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.
For those who don't know this story, which I first shared six years ago today....
This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.
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My head hurts reading the Israeli interpretations of Irish history. It’s disturbing to see so much pseudohistory deployed in order to [as our president noted] declare everyone Irish, everywhere, ‘antisemitic’.
I feel seen...
3 Irish astronauts 🚀
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Listen, as a professional storyteller myself I would be HONOURED to share a stage with Leo #LateLateToyShow
Over €2.5m raised in about an hour. Yis are all legends! #latelatetoyshow
Let's get Brian Óg presenting the whole thing next year! #latelatetoyshow
Trad AC/DC is the combo I didn't know I needed #latelatetoyshow
Definitely better than trying to do it in the bad place!
Is everyone ready?
It’s ALMOST tiiiiiime 🎄🎄🎄
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