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kevin@beirne· 16d

If you’re looking for something easy for dinner, just get one of these (or whatever flavour you prefer) and throw some random vegetables in with the chicken (tonight I had mushrooms, courgette and tenderstem broccoli) and do up some mashed potatoes while they cook Hits every time

kevin@beirne· 17d

I think this is my favourite meme simply because to use it is to also reveal yourself as someone it applies to. No young person is using this meme and I think that’s beautiful

kevin@beirne· 25d

“Penalty only. No yellow card”

kevin@beirne· 26d

Beira’s Place is a confidential support service, except for the times where one of the most famous people in the entire world decides to share the details of your phone call with her 13.7m followers on a social media site run by Nazi

A screenshot from the Beira’s Place website which reads: How to Access Support

Beira’s Place is a free and confidential support service for women aged 16+ across the Lothians who have experienced any kind of sexual violence, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation, no matter when it occurred.

A screenshot of a tweet from JK Rowling sent on May 25, 2026 at 12.07am UTC which reads: We had it when we set up Beira's Place, too. ‘I am a woman with PCOS and have a full beard, will you still let me come for rape
counselling?’ one man told a support worker over the phone, in his bass baritone. Strangely, on learning he was being recorded, he hung up.

kevin@beirne· 27d

kevin@beirne· Jul 11

Sorry I was wrong. The best part is the AI picture calling itself lazy

kevin@beirne· Jul 11

Shout out to the guy who sent me this angry reply and then blocked me before I actually saw it. Didn’t realise Count Binface had shooters

A screenshot of a notification from Bluesky which reads: Record Guy Jay replied
18m ago
He does, but then I wouldn't expect you to have watched more than a few seconds of him before coming to this conclusion x

kevin@beirne· Jul 11

World Rugby’s reasoning for no longer considering homefield advantage when calculating their rankings is extremely weak It’s not like home teams win less than they used to. It’s just tournament hosts felt disadvantaged in the rankings (while ignoring their on-field advantages)

With effect from 1 July, 2026 the ‘home weighting’ aspect of the World Rugby Rankings will be removed to reflect an evolving competition landscape in the international game.

When the rankings were introduced in October 2003 (men’s) and February 2016 (women’s), the calculations included a ‘home weighting’ to recognise home advantage in a traditional home and away match hosting model.

This weighting saw the home team receiving an additional three rating points for calculation purposes, effectively cancelling out the advantage of playing at home and meaning winning at home often has a smaller impact on the rankings than winning away.

This also applied to host unions for major competitions, including men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups, Pacific Nations Cup, WXV Global Series and regional competitions.

However, the international competition landscape has changed significantly in recent years and many tournaments are now played in centralised or out of country locations for strategic, commercial or financial reasons, meaning the home weighting often disadvantages the host team from a rankings perspective.

For example, Fiji will play three ‘home’ Nations Championship matches in the UK and Japan their match with Ireland in Australia in July, while the World Rugby Nations Cup teams will play in cluster locations and the WXV Global Series Challenger will be played in a central location in Hong Kong.

At present some 20 matches across internationals competitions are scheduled to take place in neutral locations before the end of 2026, including the final test between South Africa and New Zealand in their Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series in Baltimore, USA, in September.

Regional tournaments in 2026 also took place under various models, including home or away and a final days (Europe), home or away (Asia and North America) and one location (Africa, Asia and Oceania women’s competitions).

kevin@beirne· Jul 8

DON’T TALK

kevin@beirne· Jul 5

Currently in Vienna, which means I can go to O’Tacos if I want What’s that, you’ve never heard of O’Tacos? Based on the name, obviously it’s a French taco shop that puts chicken cordon bleu in all its meat tacos But the real gem is the veggie option: a French taco with falafel and spicy Thai sauce

The Falafel Taco
from € 9,50
Vegetarian, but never boring! Spicy falafel chickpea balls meet golden fries, creamy cheese sauce, fiery chili Thai sauce, and crunchy fried onions. Veggie power deluxe in every bite!

kevin@beirne· Jul 4

Watching Fiji

Logan Roy from Succession saying: “I love you, but you are not serious people”

kevin@beirne· Jul 4

A really excellent look at 250 years of American myth-making by @joshcaress.bsky.social

Enter the “Founding Fathers.” The men responsible for the American Revolution and the invention of the United States had a number of converging interests that stemmed from their position as land-owning (and slave-owning) capitalists. As we know, capitalism requires continual growth, and the colonies were not growing fast enough for them. They needed more land and more production. Here was an entire continent wide open for the taking—more land than they ever could have imagined. Why should their British overlords hold them back?

Many of these men, including George Washington, were already heavily invested in speculating on Indigenous lands that British treaties forbade them from settling. Moreover, the Somerset case back in England had threatened the basis of slavery under British law. These were two of the driving factors behind the founders’ push for independence.

kevin@beirne· Jul 3

Georgia Stanway confirmed 🙌

kevin@beirne· Jul 1

A Far Side Gallery cartoon in which a dog hides behind a tumble dryer saying “oh please, oh please…” while a cat considers climbing into a washing machine with various arrows pointing towards it promising “cat fud” inside

kevin@beirne· Jul 1

Seeing English people on the TL go heavy on cheering for their team against DR Congo

kevin@beirne· Jun 29

On today’s episode of What If It’s Good?:

An extremely cursed flavour of Pringles: Burger King Chicken Royale

kevin@beirne· Jun 28

Find me a single left-wing issue with the support of only one-third of voters that would get this same treatment. Hey look, some research suggests a plurality of Irish people support universal basic income, yet this isn’t even on the table politically

Text which reads: Nevertheless, there is some indication of what Irish people think of the idea of introducing a basic income through the European Social Survey round 8 results. In it, respondents were asked if they would welcome the idea of a basic income here. 13.3% were strongly against and 31% against, with 46.2% in favour and 9.5% strongly in favour.
Applied to the whole of the population, this figure suggests that a majority of Irish people would welcome the idea of a basic income. Perhaps then, it's an idea whose time has come.

kevin@beirne· Jun 24

I fear they are not sending their best and their brightest. Genuinely don’t know how I am supposed to even have a discussion about foreign policy with someone at this starting point. It’s ok to just say no thanks and move on

A screenshot of a post with the username cropped out which reads: What kind of (Western or even specifically American, I presume) imperialism is hindering the development of e.g. Somalia or DRC?

kevin@beirne· Jun 21

Looks nothing like him

kevin@beirne· Jun 20

That thing is HEAVY

kevin@beirne· Jun 19

Sometimes working on a Friday night ain’t so bad

kevin@beirne· Jun 19

Very funny that the Washington Post’s shitty rich people apologia/propaganda is done by someone who looks exactly like the guy who does the shitty rich people apologia/propaganda in Severance

kevin@beirne· Jun 18

Kazakhstan probably the easiest round 1 opponent we could have got but Poland/Belgium probably the toughest round 2 match up to face the winner from Still, we’ve beaten them before and we can do it again!

kevin@beirne· Jun 17

Interesting that a giant loser’s idea of male acceptance is being openly bullied

kevin@beirne· Jun 13

Whoever is responsible for putting vanilla ice cream in Feasts and changing the core should be sent to The Hague

kevin@beirne· Jun 5

Amber Barrett saying she was probably offside in her post-match interview #IRLNED #COYGIG

A surprisingly shiny hand placing a cherry on top of a cake

kevin@beirne· Jun 5

Me cheering on Katie McCabe for Ireland tonight #IRENED

kevin@beirne· Jun 5

RIP to Anthony Stewart Head. Giles is one of the greatest “found father” figures in TV history and that’s down to his warmth. I’ll never hear his name without thinking of the kindness he showed to a trans fan of his. A true ally to the cause

Two pictures of Anthony Stewart Head with a young trans man. They are smiling and laughing in the photos. Beneath them, text reads: If you EVER think Anthony Head is anything less than an angel then you'd best remember that I have always been a huge fan of his and we've always had a little contact over the years and he heard I'd come out as Trans and was having a hard time and that I was kind of sad that the photos i had from conventions with him were of me with long hair and no binder and they were all signed to "Sarah" and so he invited me to spend the day with him at his farm and he picked me up from the station and we just hung out and had lunch and he insisted on paying and took loads of photos and had them printed on photo paper the same day so he could sign them to Jay, along with other photos of him as Giles and Uther and he literally spent five hours chatting with me and got all of the pronoun stuff right every time and then he dropped me off at the station, gave me a final massive hug, waved me through the ticket barrier and insisted I message him when I got home so he knew I got back safe.

kevin@beirne· Jun 3

Can’t believe this is how I find out I have a kid