Alan
@apertum.ie
Moved to Ireland from the UK, I do technology stuff (web, 3d printing, electronics) and a bit of tourism hosting on the side.
This is incredibly stupid, but mandating a proprietary font face in this way is a sneaky mandate for the operating system that includes it. It is $442 for the full font license unbundled.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is incredibly stupid, but mandating a proprietary font face in this way is a sneaky mandate for the operating system that includes it. It is $442 for the full font license unbundled.
#stormbram is arriving in County Clare. Bit breezy, and the chickens have decided to hide inside.
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#stormbram is arriving in County Clare. Bit breezy, and the chickens have decided to hide inside.
There is absolutely no way women should be served smaller portions in restaurants, or I wouldn't be able to help finish her chips.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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www.dailymail.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There is absolutely no way women should be served smaller portions in restaurants, or I wouldn't be able to help finish her chips.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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#StormBram
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#StormBram
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
‘The waves were so great that in their troughs the shallows of the shore were almost visible, and the schooner, with all sails set, was rushing with such speed that, in the words of one old salt, "she must fetch up somewhere, if it was only in hell".’
#Dracula #SpéirGhorm
"WWJD" isn't the legal basis I was expecting them to reach for.
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"WWJD" isn't the legal basis I was expecting them to reach for.
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It's just insane that no pilot thought of this route before AI brilliantly came up with it!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It's just insane that no pilot thought of this route before AI brilliantly came up with it!!!!!!!!
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Yellow Weather warning issued by met.ie
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Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
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Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
December 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Yellow Weather warning issued by met.ie
🟡 🍃 🌀
Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
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Wind warning for Ireland
From 09/12/2025 03:00 to 09/12/2025 21:00
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Harry McGee, on the IT politics podcast, just asserted that the recent drones seen around Zelenskyy’s visit were military grade weapons launched from within the Irish state by foreign agents. There’s no evidence for any of this, it’s absolutely unhinged.
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Harry McGee, on the IT politics podcast, just asserted that the recent drones seen around Zelenskyy’s visit were military grade weapons launched from within the Irish state by foreign agents. There’s no evidence for any of this, it’s absolutely unhinged.
My guess is that this story is going to go quiet when they work out what was going on. My bet is they were "friendly" but being slightly naughty inside the 12 mile limit. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Investigation into drone activity during Zelensky arrival
Gardaí have launched an investigation after several drones were spotted operating off Howth as the Ukrainian president arrived in Dublin earlier this week.
www.rte.ie
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My guess is that this story is going to go quiet when they work out what was going on. My bet is they were "friendly" but being slightly naughty inside the 12 mile limit. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
#LateLateToyShow I am not old enough to form opinions on the best tractors for slurry purposes.
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
#LateLateToyShow I am not old enough to form opinions on the best tractors for slurry purposes.
#LateLateToyShow Nyla showing Patrick how presenting is done
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
#LateLateToyShow Nyla showing Patrick how presenting is done
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GWAN SAOIRSE UP THE BANNER #ToyShow #LateLateToyShow
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
GWAN SAOIRSE UP THE BANNER #ToyShow #LateLateToyShow
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Ok that’s it, no sleeping tonight after seeing Paddy in the labubu fursuit.
#latelatetoyshow
#latelatetoyshow
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ok that’s it, no sleeping tonight after seeing Paddy in the labubu fursuit.
#latelatetoyshow
#latelatetoyshow
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December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
#LateLateToyShow child Jenga seems ... inadvisable!
December 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
#LateLateToyShow child Jenga seems ... inadvisable!
#LateLateToyShow tilt the thing and name a different way of cooking a potato. Hours of fun!
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
#LateLateToyShow tilt the thing and name a different way of cooking a potato. Hours of fun!
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"Lauren, I hear you like spies so, just backstage, we have Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, suspects in the 2018 Salisbury nerve agent attack, who claimed that they were just tourists visiting Salisbury Cathedral"
#LateLateToyShow #ToyShow
#LateLateToyShow #ToyShow
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Lauren, I hear you like spies so, just backstage, we have Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, suspects in the 2018 Salisbury nerve agent attack, who claimed that they were just tourists visiting Salisbury Cathedral"
#LateLateToyShow #ToyShow
#LateLateToyShow #ToyShow
#latelatetoyshow APT as first song WAP up next.
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#latelatetoyshow APT as first song WAP up next.
Declan gets the potty shot under pressure! #latelatetoyshow
December 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Declan gets the potty shot under pressure! #latelatetoyshow
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Patrick Kielty has revealed that the Christmas classic The Grinch will be the theme for tonight's Late Late Toy Show, as he prepares to for his third time hosting the eagerly-awaited annual extravaganza
Patrick Kielty reveals The Grinch as Toy Show theme
Patrick Kielty has revealed that the Christmas classic The Grinch will be the theme for tonight's Late Late Toy Show, as he prepares to for his third time hosting the annual extravaganza.
www.rte.ie
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Patrick Kielty has revealed that the Christmas classic The Grinch will be the theme for tonight's Late Late Toy Show, as he prepares to for his third time hosting the eagerly-awaited annual extravaganza
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Electric quadcopters flying for 2 hours is fairly unlikely. Not quite impossible, with ideal conditions and no payload. Fixed wing things are better at loitering. The whole concept of attempting to put a drone in the path of an airliner seems unlikely to achieve anything.
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Electric quadcopters flying for 2 hours is fairly unlikely. Not quite impossible, with ideal conditions and no payload. Fixed wing things are better at loitering. The whole concept of attempting to put a drone in the path of an airliner seems unlikely to achieve anything.
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The star atop the tree of Capita ineptitude
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The star atop the tree of Capita ineptitude
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Architect and television presenter Hugh Wallace, best known to RTÉ audiences as a long-serving judge on Home of the Year, has died at the age of 68.
Home of the Year judge Hugh Wallace has died aged 68
Architect and television presenter Hugh Wallace, best known to RTÉ audiences as a long-serving judge on Home of the Year, has died at the age of 68.
www.rte.ie
December 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Architect and television presenter Hugh Wallace, best known to RTÉ audiences as a long-serving judge on Home of the Year, has died at the age of 68.
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Opened my Instagram stories and there’s Willow Smith over in Los Angeles lip synching a middle aged Limerick mans experience of maintaining friendships while being autistic
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Opened my Instagram stories and there’s Willow Smith over in Los Angeles lip synching a middle aged Limerick mans experience of maintaining friendships while being autistic