Ian Byrne
@byrno.bsky.social
Football, food, wine, music, stuff. There’s too much A.I. And too much protein.
@barryglendenning.bsky.social I think you were thinking of Matt Jansen on the radio earlier. Quite sad how it could have been such a different story. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ja...
Matt Jansen - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 18, 2026 at 12:58 PM
@barryglendenning.bsky.social I think you were thinking of Matt Jansen on the radio earlier. Quite sad how it could have been such a different story. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Ja...
Reposted by Ian Byrne
If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
For no reason in particular, what do you think the record number of memes birthed by a single occasion is?
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
For no reason in particular, what do you think the record number of memes birthed by a single occasion is?
Woke up at 0530, turned TV on to see Brooks getting dismissed with England 160/6 then collapse to 172 all-out. Despair. Did school runs, made coffee and sat down to hear Aus collapse to 123/9. Elation. Test cricket, bloody hell.
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Woke up at 0530, turned TV on to see Brooks getting dismissed with England 160/6 then collapse to 172 all-out. Despair. Did school runs, made coffee and sat down to hear Aus collapse to 123/9. Elation. Test cricket, bloody hell.
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif
November 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A movie you’ve seen more than 7 times with a gif
Reposted by Ian Byrne
losing my mind on this. she was murdered. she didn't die of a social media overdose.
Most of us have pathologically useless parents who don't care to learn about protecting us properly, but this dogshit really takes the cake.
October 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
losing my mind on this. she was murdered. she didn't die of a social media overdose.
Had great fun at the @petefirman.bsky.social show last night. He put a sword through my neck! If you like saying the words “but how!?”, then get to one of his shows. Incredible talent.
Thanks Bury St Edmunds!
A beautiful theatre with a beautiful audience. See you next time.
A beautiful theatre with a beautiful audience. See you next time.
September 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Had great fun at the @petefirman.bsky.social show last night. He put a sword through my neck! If you like saying the words “but how!?”, then get to one of his shows. Incredible talent.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
There were times this summer when “doing a Diarra” looked set to join “on a Bosman” in football’s phrasebook. But when the window shut, no player had used Lassana Diarra’s 2024 ECJ win to get a move. Nobody except Lucas Ribeiro, that is.
Who?!? This guy 👇
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...
Who?!? This guy 👇
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...
The most important transfer of the summer window (that you’ve never heard about)
Lucas Ribeiro's move from Mamelodi Sundowns to Cultural Leonesa took advantage of a ruling that could be crucial for global football
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
There were times this summer when “doing a Diarra” looked set to join “on a Bosman” in football’s phrasebook. But when the window shut, no player had used Lassana Diarra’s 2024 ECJ win to get a move. Nobody except Lucas Ribeiro, that is.
Who?!? This guy 👇
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...
Who?!? This guy 👇
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...
Reposted by Ian Byrne
Good morning. On love, life and loss. Frienship and football. Ty is so impressive, an honor to speak to him www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Maybe I’m the way I am because I lost Jeremy’: Espanyol’s unexpected Englishman Tyrhys Dolan
As he prepares to take on Real Madrid, the former Blackburn forward talks emotionally to Sid Lowe about the pain of his close friend’s death and why football has to change
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Good morning. On love, life and loss. Frienship and football. Ty is so impressive, an honor to speak to him www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Reposted by Ian Byrne
This whole thing is so, so depressingly basic. If Farage’s clear and persistent bigotry had ever been taken seriously we would never have heard of him, but now we have to sit and wait for millions of voters - including his own - to realise that his bigotry will be a disaster for them too.
August 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This whole thing is so, so depressingly basic. If Farage’s clear and persistent bigotry had ever been taken seriously we would never have heard of him, but now we have to sit and wait for millions of voters - including his own - to realise that his bigotry will be a disaster for them too.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
It is just SO tiresome, never to hear this even mentioned, let alone explored. You don't like immigrants. You don't like the state supporting people having lots of kids. You don't like your retirement age increasing or your pension decreasing. It's a simple equation - not quantum physics FFS.
August 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It is just SO tiresome, never to hear this even mentioned, let alone explored. You don't like immigrants. You don't like the state supporting people having lots of kids. You don't like your retirement age increasing or your pension decreasing. It's a simple equation - not quantum physics FFS.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
Harry brook and the most fun anyone has ever had playing for England www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Brook’s hoodlum hundred deserves to sit in its own brilliant square of light
An England victory on the final day against India would probably nudge his 111 as the greatest at the Oval in the modern age
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Harry brook and the most fun anyone has ever had playing for England www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...
Reposted by Ian Byrne
This whole arguement about whether it's doing them harm. I mean, maybe? It's definitely fucking doing adults harm. But no-one seems interested in getting all draconian about that.
July 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This whole arguement about whether it's doing them harm. I mean, maybe? It's definitely fucking doing adults harm. But no-one seems interested in getting all draconian about that.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
I think I'd probably find the whole notion of banning kids from social media easier to swallow if adults accepted that it is also obviously driving them mad.
July 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I think I'd probably find the whole notion of banning kids from social media easier to swallow if adults accepted that it is also obviously driving them mad.
If I had the money I’d personally fund a statue of Chloe Kelly in her one-legged, pre-penalty pose. England legend.
July 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If I had the money I’d personally fund a statue of Chloe Kelly in her one-legged, pre-penalty pose. England legend.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
Oh thank God, another workplace.
Mercedes-Benz is teaming up with Microsoft to turn your cabin into a productivity zone, with Teams meetings on your dashboard, voice-activated AI for email summaries and seamless access to business logins and calendars.
They call it your third workplace.
#mercedesbenz #microsoft #cartech
They call it your third workplace.
#mercedesbenz #microsoft #cartech
July 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Oh thank God, another workplace.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
Not for the first time I am begging angry people to put the phone down, walk through actual streets, go to actual pubs, stand on the touch line at local sports clubs, browse Saturday markets, chat with ramblers on footpaths and rediscover beauty & contentedness.
Lionel Shriver tells those of us who live here what our country looks like if you leave it + rely on the media ecosystem of the very online right as a proxy for reality
July 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Not for the first time I am begging angry people to put the phone down, walk through actual streets, go to actual pubs, stand on the touch line at local sports clubs, browse Saturday markets, chat with ramblers on footpaths and rediscover beauty & contentedness.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
there is always something fascinating about seeing how other places stereotype your own culture
July 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
there is always something fascinating about seeing how other places stereotype your own culture
Reposted by Ian Byrne
Really sad to hear that my colleague of 20+ years, the legendary golf commentator, Bob Bubka, has signed his final scorecard. Bob had huge enthusiasm for golf, and life, and a voice that was just perfect for radio. Honey poured into your ears. Loved working with him.
July 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Really sad to hear that my colleague of 20+ years, the legendary golf commentator, Bob Bubka, has signed his final scorecard. Bob had huge enthusiasm for golf, and life, and a voice that was just perfect for radio. Honey poured into your ears. Loved working with him.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
It’s Damien Delaney’s birthday today. You remember him.
That’s one hell of a guest list, son…
That’s one hell of a guest list, son…
July 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
It’s Damien Delaney’s birthday today. You remember him.
That’s one hell of a guest list, son…
That’s one hell of a guest list, son…
Reposted by Ian Byrne
Imagine your wife leaving you and all your friends finding out you’re a Coldplay fan on the same day. Brutal.
July 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine your wife leaving you and all your friends finding out you’re a Coldplay fan on the same day. Brutal.
Reposted by Ian Byrne
I think about this constantly
July 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I think about this constantly
Reposted by Ian Byrne
I see the people on the local Facebook group are confusing "This town's not what it used to be" with "Life was easier when I was a child" again.
July 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I see the people on the local Facebook group are confusing "This town's not what it used to be" with "Life was easier when I was a child" again.