PhonsIOM
@phonsiom.bsky.social
Analog guy in a digital world
Dad
Rugby 🏉
Dad
Rugby 🏉
Damn it...
Just agreed for a family event on 21st Feb at 3:30, not realising it's a clash with the ENGvIRE 6 Nations game.
Just agreed for a family event on 21st Feb at 3:30, not realising it's a clash with the ENGvIRE 6 Nations game.
February 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Damn it...
Just agreed for a family event on 21st Feb at 3:30, not realising it's a clash with the ENGvIRE 6 Nations game.
Just agreed for a family event on 21st Feb at 3:30, not realising it's a clash with the ENGvIRE 6 Nations game.
It's just occurred to me that I haven't yet received *any* messages prompts or emails from the Guinness 6 Nations app telling me that Fantasy #M6N is now live... 🤔
February 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
It's just occurred to me that I haven't yet received *any* messages prompts or emails from the Guinness 6 Nations app telling me that Fantasy #M6N is now live... 🤔
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Your Sunday morning #longread
Mick Clifford in the Irish Examiner expertly reports on another scandal in An Garda Siochana
#SpeirGorm #mustread
Mick Clifford in the Irish Examiner expertly reports on another scandal in An Garda Siochana
#SpeirGorm #mustread
February 1, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Your Sunday morning #longread
Mick Clifford in the Irish Examiner expertly reports on another scandal in An Garda Siochana
#SpeirGorm #mustread
Mick Clifford in the Irish Examiner expertly reports on another scandal in An Garda Siochana
#SpeirGorm #mustread
A v good article about Ultra Processed Foods from @irishtimes.com
It should be a Public Health announcement but a shame it's subscriber-only.
A bit like the affordability issue where diets low in UPFs are mostly only affordable to those that are better off.
#UPF
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
It should be a Public Health announcement but a shame it's subscriber-only.
A bit like the affordability issue where diets low in UPFs are mostly only affordable to those that are better off.
#UPF
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
How Ireland got hooked on ultra-processed foods – and the only viable solution
Reformulating ultra-processed food as effective as low-tar cigarettes or guns with fewer bullets
www.irishtimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:08 PM
A v good article about Ultra Processed Foods from @irishtimes.com
It should be a Public Health announcement but a shame it's subscriber-only.
A bit like the affordability issue where diets low in UPFs are mostly only affordable to those that are better off.
#UPF
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
It should be a Public Health announcement but a shame it's subscriber-only.
A bit like the affordability issue where diets low in UPFs are mostly only affordable to those that are better off.
#UPF
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
This is a bizarre story from @irishtimes.com this morning.
8 years after he finishes school, a guy in loving relationship with his former teacher.
Everyone else is a nosey busybody with a mentality from the 1950s.
I wish them all the best.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
8 years after he finishes school, a guy in loving relationship with his former teacher.
Everyone else is a nosey busybody with a mentality from the 1950s.
I wish them all the best.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Teacher admits lying about romantic relationship with former student at fitness-to-teach hearing
Woman confirmed that she and ex-pupil are in a relationship, approximately six years in length, and that she loves him
www.irishtimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:12 AM
This is a bizarre story from @irishtimes.com this morning.
8 years after he finishes school, a guy in loving relationship with his former teacher.
Everyone else is a nosey busybody with a mentality from the 1950s.
I wish them all the best.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
8 years after he finishes school, a guy in loving relationship with his former teacher.
Everyone else is a nosey busybody with a mentality from the 1950s.
I wish them all the best.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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Hard to see Benetton holding onto this lead against Scarlets. Equally hard to see Scarlets coming back against Benetton. Also hard to see a draw between Benetton and Scarlets.
What I'm saying is the game is generally hard to see at the moment.
I cannot express this any clearer.
#BENvSCA
What I'm saying is the game is generally hard to see at the moment.
I cannot express this any clearer.
#BENvSCA
January 30, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Hard to see Benetton holding onto this lead against Scarlets. Equally hard to see Scarlets coming back against Benetton. Also hard to see a draw between Benetton and Scarlets.
What I'm saying is the game is generally hard to see at the moment.
I cannot express this any clearer.
#BENvSCA
What I'm saying is the game is generally hard to see at the moment.
I cannot express this any clearer.
#BENvSCA
The Far Side
- Chickens in the Mist
- Chickens in the Mist
January 30, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The Far Side
- Chickens in the Mist
- Chickens in the Mist
The more you learn about the dignity of [rugby], the more you want to avoid [the tackle].
- Dian Fossey, [Rugby] in the Mist
#BENvSCA #URC #spottheball
- Dian Fossey, [Rugby] in the Mist
#BENvSCA #URC #spottheball
January 30, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The more you learn about the dignity of [rugby], the more you want to avoid [the tackle].
- Dian Fossey, [Rugby] in the Mist
#BENvSCA #URC #spottheball
- Dian Fossey, [Rugby] in the Mist
#BENvSCA #URC #spottheball
Ahh Cleaver Greene & Harry Sorrydavid go way back!
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
#rake #talkingpicstv
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
#rake #talkingpicstv
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Ahh Cleaver Greene & Harry Sorrydavid go way back!
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
#rake #talkingpicstv
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
#rake #talkingpicstv
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Tonight's TV pick.
January 24, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Tonight's TV pick.
Probably because it's #BurnsNight I see ITV4 is showing An Audience with Billy Connolly. Again.
I'll never complain though, it's always worth a watch. But I can't help but notice how many more audience members have died since I watched it last year.
I'll never complain though, it's always worth a watch. But I can't help but notice how many more audience members have died since I watched it last year.
January 25, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Probably because it's #BurnsNight I see ITV4 is showing An Audience with Billy Connolly. Again.
I'll never complain though, it's always worth a watch. But I can't help but notice how many more audience members have died since I watched it last year.
I'll never complain though, it's always worth a watch. But I can't help but notice how many more audience members have died since I watched it last year.
We had a family birthday this weekend, which has led to Xmas levels of overeating.
A meal out last night, followed by a gathering today for long buffet lunch with sandwiches, party food, cakes, sweets, biscuits, sandwiches..
But these arranged leftover cake letters reminds me of Fawlty Towers 😄
A meal out last night, followed by a gathering today for long buffet lunch with sandwiches, party food, cakes, sweets, biscuits, sandwiches..
But these arranged leftover cake letters reminds me of Fawlty Towers 😄
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM
We had a family birthday this weekend, which has led to Xmas levels of overeating.
A meal out last night, followed by a gathering today for long buffet lunch with sandwiches, party food, cakes, sweets, biscuits, sandwiches..
But these arranged leftover cake letters reminds me of Fawlty Towers 😄
A meal out last night, followed by a gathering today for long buffet lunch with sandwiches, party food, cakes, sweets, biscuits, sandwiches..
But these arranged leftover cake letters reminds me of Fawlty Towers 😄
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I'm torn between:
'Pay no attention to this, you'll only encourage him'
and
'The man is a tyrant & must be stopped'.
'Pay no attention to this, you'll only encourage him'
and
'The man is a tyrant & must be stopped'.
January 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I'm torn between:
'Pay no attention to this, you'll only encourage him'
and
'The man is a tyrant & must be stopped'.
'Pay no attention to this, you'll only encourage him'
and
'The man is a tyrant & must be stopped'.
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Caught my car odometer at 88888 recently.
Just watched it click over from 88999 to 89000 on our current trip.
Wonder if I'll be so lucky to catch it hit 90000?
Just watched it click over from 88999 to 89000 on our current trip.
Wonder if I'll be so lucky to catch it hit 90000?
January 17, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Caught my car odometer at 88888 recently.
Just watched it click over from 88999 to 89000 on our current trip.
Wonder if I'll be so lucky to catch it hit 90000?
Just watched it click over from 88999 to 89000 on our current trip.
Wonder if I'll be so lucky to catch it hit 90000?
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Millions of euro worth of international aid meant for people starving in Gaza is expiring in warehouses in Jordan.
At the Al-Ghabawi facility, aid workers have described the situation as “death by bureaucracy”, with lifesaving supplies sitting unused.
jrnl.ie/6927034
At the Al-Ghabawi facility, aid workers have described the situation as “death by bureaucracy”, with lifesaving supplies sitting unused.
jrnl.ie/6927034
January 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Millions of euro worth of international aid meant for people starving in Gaza is expiring in warehouses in Jordan.
At the Al-Ghabawi facility, aid workers have described the situation as “death by bureaucracy”, with lifesaving supplies sitting unused.
jrnl.ie/6927034
At the Al-Ghabawi facility, aid workers have described the situation as “death by bureaucracy”, with lifesaving supplies sitting unused.
jrnl.ie/6927034
A team of workers managed to save a huge consignment of live crabs which escaped from a truck into a Co Donegal field after it ditched yesterday morning.
A haul of up to 15,000 crabs worth around €60,000 were rescued after they spilled from containers jrnl.ie/6925475
A haul of up to 15,000 crabs worth around €60,000 were rescued after they spilled from containers jrnl.ie/6925475
15,000 crabs who escaped from truck in Donegal fail in ‘bid for freedom’
The crab were bound for shops and restaurants in Portugal.
jrnl.ie
January 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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The proprietor of The Other Place has been cozying up to white supremacism.
I want to make sure we’re clear on that as he tries to get back in Trump’s favor and his companies become even more closely meshed with the Pentagon.
I want to make sure we’re clear on that as he tries to get back in Trump’s favor and his companies become even more closely meshed with the Pentagon.
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The proprietor of The Other Place has been cozying up to white supremacism.
I want to make sure we’re clear on that as he tries to get back in Trump’s favor and his companies become even more closely meshed with the Pentagon.
I want to make sure we’re clear on that as he tries to get back in Trump’s favor and his companies become even more closely meshed with the Pentagon.
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Manchester United To Be Sold For Scrap https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/01/12/manchester-united-to-be-sold-for-scrap/
Manchester United To Be Sold For Scrap
IN THE WAKE of recent events the decision has been made to strip Manchester United football club down to its constituent parts, assess each asset's value and sell them to the highest bidder as the …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Manchester United To Be Sold For Scrap https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/01/12/manchester-united-to-be-sold-for-scrap/