Headline from The Guardian newspaper. "Cornichon shortage leaves British sandwich shops in a pickle". Article says this caused Pret.a.Manger to pull it's jambon buerre from shelves.
Crisis for the middle class, a cornichon shortage.
Pic of wild garlic or ransom having flowered with white multiple posies showing.
It's that time of year again when you can smell wild garlic or ransom in the air
A social media site. For ai bots. I mean, it's got better content than some sites I can think of but it's also slightly disturbing. www.moltbook.com
Woman selling eggs at her stall in Mercado de la Boqueria in Barcelona. Great attention to detail and a wonderful display.
A display of various coloured strawberries at a stall in Mercado de la Boqueria in Barcelona.
A display of various coloured fruit and veg including strawberries at a stall in Mercado de la Boqueria in Barcelona.
A display of various coloured fruit at a stall in Mercado de la Boqueria in Barcelona.
Some colourful stalls in Mercado de la Boqueria in Barcelona. Great attention to detail and eye catching colours.
They look good. Might be onto something...
Excuse the poor photos but I was today old before I enjoyed my very first "snake fruit“. The outside looks like snake scales. Inside looked like sweet chestnut flesh but tasted like a strawberry pineapple. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salak
Looks more like he's getting a prostate check
Sinéad is bang on the money with this article but can you imagine the furore if taxis were stopped from using bus lanes or what about if they had properly invested in park and ride ( and without getting scalped for the "park" bit).
I agree, La Rochelle were largely the architect of their own loss there, even allowing for the couple of conversions left behind by Leinster.
Useful reporting from Translucent. When we’ve suggested that trans women don’t pose a risk, people have argued that’s because of under reporting. These FOI requests suggest that might not be the case
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/almo...
Sure, yes, points well made, etc, but I still think De Gaulle hit the nail on the head and it still applies today - are the British *really* committed to Europe? I mean, really? What has changed since Brexit? All I see are.economic arguments, but Europe is more than that.
Ok, we need to get a bunch of pride & trans flags, anarchist flags, Nigerian flags, Indian & Travellers flags, anything cool you can think of flags that would piss off the fash and put them all beside these flags then
Weather forecast for Dublin on Saturday 29th November saying "Snow continuing for about 3 hours"
You'll either jump for joy with thoughts of snowball fights and building snowmen, or, you'll realize it's Saturday, the dog can wait, the bed is warm, and you could just take another wee snooze.
I just can't stand the way Cthulhumas has been commercialised these days
Ah, Friday. Welcome. Stay a while.
Ireland ... dare I say it ... undercooked??
Why would anyone want to smuggle helium 🤷
An election leaflet for Cncllr. Phillip Sutcliffe with wording about "protecting our borders"
A photo posted to Phillip Sutcliffe' s Instagram of a ballot paper for the Presidential election filled with racism and homophobia
What it looks like on an election leaflet Vs what it looks like in practice
Over the last few days the Taoiseach and one of his Ministers have made speeches showing that theh think the President as a mere symbol : indeed the Minister said that the Constitution plainly prevented him from being anything more. The Constitution says no such thing; on thr contrary Article 12.8 obliges the President to swear , on taking up his office "that I will dedicate my abilities to the service and welfare of the people of Ireland." I think it would be intolerable if a President were, for example, to behave with open hostility towards a Government, but I do not accept that (apart from the special Presidential Message to the Nation: Article 13.7) his right of free speech should be thought more limited than that of any other citizen and, as I have already written to yoy, he should feel free to take constructive initiatives of his own jn the interest of the nation ans society. The President should be an office for an activebrave and imaginative man, npt a socket fpr a totem pole.
J.M. Kelly, original author of the keading Irish constitutional law textbook and later Fine Gael Minister and Attorney General, advocating an active presidency in 1966.
Whenever Godot's not on stage, all the other characters should be singing, "Where's Godot?"
Looks like the Monkey’s out of the bag. I’m delighted to finally reveal that this December I’ll be taking a trip to the House of Ideas and teaming up with the incredibly talented @marsisanartist.bsky.social for an all-new Hit-Monkey story in Marvel: Black, White & Blood and Guts #3!
Catherine Connolly indicates right when going straight ahead at roundabouts #SmearTheBejaysis
Catherine Connolly doesn’t even have a dog, she has *cats*
#SmearTheBejaysis
I saw Catherine Connolly putting a plastic bottle in her black bin #smearthebejaysis
Very saddened to hear of Manchán Magan's death from prostate cancer. He always struck me as having a deep connection with being Irish, a mythological Irish HighKing, displaced in time. A gentle man and a scholar. A noble man. RIP.
Brilliant 😍 😂
