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@apertum.ie
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Moved to Ireland from the UK, I do technology stuff (web, 3d printing, electronics) and a bit of tourism hosting on the side.

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Alan @apertum.ie · 29/09/2026
I say we nuke the entire site from orbit. It is the only way to be sure.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 28/09/2026
Something quite odd going on with this story. www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
bbc.com
RAF Fairford suspects released on bail, head of counter-terror police says
Laurence Taylor says the five men arrested on Sunday are still under investigation as police consider multiple lines of inquiry, including the possible involvement of a foreign state.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 26/09/2026
Aussiemaxing www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
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Aussie man lost at sea for a month rescued after drinking his last beer
After a freak wave off the coast of Timor-Leste in July destroyed Digby Campbell's navigational equipment and much of his rations, what was supposed to be a six-day voyage to Darwin turned into a week...
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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026
What happens to the Parades Commission in the event of a United Ireland? #speirgorm Who would appoint members?
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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026
Mapping out where my underfloor heating goes.
Picture from a thermal camera showing glowing red lines on the floor where the pipes go
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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/09/2026
I got myself a thermal camera, which is great fun to point at all sorts of things. I now know why my underfloor heating is a bit pants. The thermostats don't appear to control the pipes in their own rooms. All good prep for a heat pump next year. #speirgorm
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Alan @apertum.ie · 22/09/2026
Checking my own zombie apocalypse plan against the one the government just sent me. #speirghorm
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Alan @apertum.ie · 20/09/2026
Big news for makers of golden ghillie suits. Snipers don't normally inform you which building they are going to be on in advance. Probably never in history has a snipers position been revealed before the building existed.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 20/09/2026
Has anyone done the song from her point of view? She just had an average Friday, met an unremarkable English lad who couldn't play pool and was a danger at darts. Had a bit of a shift and a couple of drinks but didn't give him her number. #speirgorm
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Dave Mathieson @tinydbass.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@irishtimes.com Can you please learn to distinguish between e-bikes (legal, safe, convenient, limited to 25km/h, you have to pedal) and electric motorbikes. The picture is of the first type, the story is about the second www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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Man and teenager arrested after reports of e-bikes being driven dangerously in Belfast
Police chief commends actions of officers that ‘prevented further immediate danger to road users’
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Alan @apertum.ie · 19/09/2026
I imagine this would be like the jelly donut scene in full metal jacket.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 19/09/2026
First use of my new chainsaw today. I counted my fingers out, and I counted them all back.
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Mags @magnumificent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A lorry carrying a shipment of Worcestershire sauce from a brewery in Leicestershire was driving through Loughborough when it ploughed head-on into a Lamborghini Murciélago. 1/7
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Alan @apertum.ie · 18/09/2026
Terrible that range anxiety you get when driving a diesel. Can't just plug in anywhere, you have to go to a petrol station which might be closed. #speirgorm #EV clarechampion.ie/bridget-lowr...
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Bridget Lowry's lucky Clare encounter driving home after her son's Irish Open win - The Clare Champion
Shane Lowry’s mother had a lucky encounter on the road back from Doonbeg to County Offaly after her son won the Irish Open in Doonbeg last Sunday. Bridget Lowry was driving home to Clara with her daug...
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Alan @apertum.ie · 17/09/2026
Don't think we had quite that many in Dorney Lake for London 2012. Fairly sure the assessment for that didn't consider the crocodiles either, so this is consistent with existing policy. www.bbc.com/sport/olympi...
bbc.com
River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events
A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 14/09/2026
This new attempt is much more surgical. AirBnB original concept is now basically untouched. You can let out rooms in your principle private residence, or your entire principle private residence for up to 90 days a year. Rural tiny home cottage restorations are going to be OK.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 13/09/2026
Just done a drop-off at Shannon. So much security. Saw the Qatari bribe jet, Air Force One, and Trump force one. There is a slightly limp protest, but the gobshite will never see it. #speirgorm
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Alan @apertum.ie · 12/09/2026
He was 36. The British were not the ones who took over the islands.
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reminder: The US President says anything that pops into his head and intends none of it.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 12/09/2026
Did a bunch of folk coming from Rome get dumped in *Belfast* due to Trump? Why not divert to Kerry or Knock of Dublin?
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 12/09/2026
🆕 Five of the 15 Cabinet members have communicated that they will not be able to attend the U.S. President’s reception at the Ambassador’s residence this lunchtime. Jack Chambers, Norma Foley, James Browne, Dara Calleary and Patrick O’Donovan have sent their regrets for not attending.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 11/09/2026
The keys to an understairs cupboard where guns were held at the station were stored in a press in the public office and were "readily accessible to all garda members or any other person who may have had access to Kildare Garda Station, with no control mechanisms in place". www.rte.ie/news/investi...
rte.ie
Secret report says gun could have been stolen from Kildare gardaí
Gardaí suspected that a pump-action shotgun seized from criminals in 2023 was stolen from Kildare gardaí.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 10/09/2026
I know this isn't the main point but: The Transformers are famously undocumented immigrants hiding in America (among other places) having fled the consequences of a civil war. Do these chuds think Megatron was in the US on an O-1 talent visa?
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Alan @apertum.ie · 10/09/2026
Cool and normal. Brent Crude is at $105, which means 1000l of heating oil in County Clare is €1,529. The dickhead who did it is coming to visit this weekend. #speirgorm
graph of the Brent Crude oil price, rising to the current price of $105.03
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Alan @apertum.ie · 09/09/2026
It takes two or three days.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 09/09/2026
Repacking a slide is not a small task. Would be surprised if bribe force one is ready to go to Ireland this week. #speirgorm
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/09/2026
Jeanine Pirro: "The president is very much aware of the cryptocurrency fraud that is being literally imposed upon Americans, and he is well aware of the danger to Americans"
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 09/09/2026
If you have the time, Ed Miliband's speech in the House of Commons is worth reading in full. It literally includes the words: "Holding British Jews responsible for the actions of the Israeli Government is antisemitism, plain and simple." www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Foreign Secretary Oral Statement on Israel-Palestine
Foreign Secretary's oral statement to the House of Commons on Israel-Palestine as delivered.
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sharkastic.bsky.social @sharkastic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If people keep reporting suspicious drones for the next couple of days, will Trump have to cancel his visit?
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Alan @apertum.ie · 09/09/2026
"hybrid warfare" has replaced "aliens coming to stick things up us" as the default explanation for unidentified flying objects.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 07/09/2026
Tour operator Paddywagon fined over rogue service to Cliffs of Moher
irishtimes.com
Tour operator Paddywagon fined over rogue service to Cliffs of Moher
Solicitor for National Transport Authority sought maximum fine as coach operator admits repeat offence
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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
But this isn't the weird bit. The weird bit is that NYT, CNN, CBS, and Wash Post etc treat this as if it were still within the ordinary bounds, and not are saying every day that the President is obviously a cream-faced loon.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 06/09/2026
That doesn't look very wheelchair accessible. How is it in any way designed as a taxi? Bet you can't even sit in it wearing a top hat.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026
Farage champions the wrong values, lies about them, and fails every test of competence delivering on them would require. This scandal gives us an opportunity and the evidence to say so, and we should. dmitryopines.substack.com/p/on-farage-...
dmitryopines.substack.com
On Farage, Values, Authenticity, and Judgement
Surprised my computer let me type his name and those nouns in the same line.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 04/09/2026
Dunno about that, but President Kamala Harris would be doing a cycle tour with President Catherine Connolly around a fully open Phoenix Park #speirgorm
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Apparently it’s because this popped up behind Tice on a timer while he was speaking. So, now they are checking for other protests.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026
So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 04/09/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article... Reform have denied any wrongdoing and have immediately sacked two of the people who did the wrongdoing that they didn't do.
bbc.com
Two Reform UK officials step down after undercover report on party donations
Reform says Dan Jukes and James Orr have left their roles as it launches an investigation into the report.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 02/09/2026
Bumped into this chap a few times back on the London tech scene when he was a fairly influential journalist. Bit of a tosser, but we had no idea what he would become. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump
British far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was ‘really, really terrified’
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My annual reminder that pumpkin spice is a collection of common household spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, mace (which is kind of a lie as mace is just the outside of a nutmeg), ginger, and sometimes allspice. There is no pumpkin or actual pumpkin flavor in anything labelled PUMPKIN SPICE.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is some absolute nonsense impacting one of my favourite sandwich places in Belfast
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Alan @apertum.ie · 01/09/2026
Met.ie will be updating their list of storm names today, but their website still shows last years article #speirgorm www.met.ie/forecasts/st...
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Alan @apertum.ie · 29/08/2026
This is a fun and interesting hobby project, but lets not pretend it generates a meaningful amount of power for a domestic property #speirgorm
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Alan @apertum.ie · 27/08/2026
nope. Not getting up early to look at disappointing clouds.
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Alan @apertum.ie · 27/08/2026
It happens when it appears likely to the secretary of state for Northern Ireland (Chris Bryant) that the result would be a change of status. Andy Burnham is the boss of Chris Bryant. There is also that 7 year lockout that really doesn't need triggering by a premature plebiscite. #speigorm.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/08/2026
a post from President Trump: "I don't think the GOP fully grasp how badly they are fucking up right now"
cap of a Trump reports on Truth Social of Matt Van Swol dragging Republicans
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Alan @apertum.ie · 25/08/2026
Sad to hear about the passing of Dolly Parton. A lovely person.
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 23/08/2026
I’m still shocked that a UK government agency conducted an AI “security” test which had such lax controls that they ended up launching a cyberattack on GitHub and nobody seems to have been held responsible. Also their website has a very non-standard design www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...
aisi.gov.uk
Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing | AISI Work
During a routine cyber evaluation, AISI identified an incident in which AI agents took sustained, unsanctioned action directed at real people and organisations. We are disclosing what we found, what i...
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