kevinteljeur

kevinteljeur, 6 days ago to random

I’m in the hospital waiting for my six week ear check-up. Bandages out, find out what’s happening in there. Resigned to bad news, but nervous all the same.

kevinteljeur, 7 days ago to random

Fine Gael Councillor candidate Steve O’Reilly has today both posted and had hand-delivered the same grovelling appeal letter to give him my no. 1 vote, highlighted in yellow on the page and a patronising graphic on the other side to show how to do this. He should get a free seat just for effort.

kevinteljeur, 8 days ago to random

WHY ARE LOCAL ELECTION CANDIDATES RUNNING ON WHERE THEY STAND ON IMMIGRATION, YOU GET TO DECIDE THE PARKS BUDGET AND ZONING, NOT PASSPORT CONTROL

(This is rhetorical, Ireland has lost its marbles)

kevinteljeur, 12 days ago to random

I have put a cast collection of small child footwear in the washing machine and it sounds like there’s demolition going on, what have I done (it’s a very slow, practically dormant cycle, don’t worry)

kevinteljeur, 12 days ago to random

Chief Rabbi Yoni Wieder in Ireland going for an astonishingly divisive and tone-deaf take. Does he know where he is and the cultural context? https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41405738.html

kevinteljeur, 14 days ago to random

On day one of his presidency Trump intends to discard democracy in the USA (who knows in what way, but he has said that he intends to). And Biden is guaranteeing that this can happen, because he has been sponsored to enable genocide of Palestinians. That's quite a choice to make.

kevinteljeur, 14 days ago to random

Marky Mark is tough cop, but even more he’s from Boston where the toughest cops are from and he’s more Boston than all the cops. On the mean streets that’s what matters. If you’re as Boston as him then you have the guns but you don’t need them because you’ve got tough Boston fists and a tough case

kevinteljeur, 20 days ago to random

Why are the Far Right so bad at graphic and information design? Like, they've got the funding, presumably from Putin, but it's usually terrible. That's a good thing, but it's just odd how they provide their own handicaps.

kevinteljeur, 20 days ago to random

DuckDuckGo, the search engine I use as my reliable alternative to Google, is down.

In other news, I've discovered that I know absolutely nothing about anything. I don't even know how socks work, or what air does. I'm lost.

kevinteljeur, 21 days ago to random

Norma Foley (Ireland's Minister for Education) is talking about banning smartphones for primary school pupils. I wasn't keen on my kid getting a smartphone before 13, but... Isn't the Minister straying from her lane a bit here? What's really going on? https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41400511.html

kevinteljeur, 21 days ago to random

It’s great that Ireland, Spain, and Norway have stepped forward (and joined most of the rest of the world) in recognising Palestine. I hope it starts a process in the EU.

I think that the Irish Government has ulterior motives here but that’s a story for another day. A win is a win.

kevinteljeur, 23 days ago to random

PSA: I am doggedly getting through my Mastodon timeline, not creeping. So some of you have high post frequency at certain times so you’ll suddenly see a load of likes from me, and replies to stuff that stop being relevant half a week ago.

kevinteljeur, 24 days ago to random

The kid had us watching ‘Next Goal Wins’ last night, a 2023 Taika Waititi soccer movie that’s simultaneously a funny underdog sports movie that’s also about trans acceptance and inclusivity. It’s a bit weak, very Waititi, and Fassbender… is good but can’t do accents? So, a comedy with a message.

kevinteljeur, 25 days ago to random

Sold the kid’s bike, it was painless (after a slow start, a low-key bidding war broke out and I sold to a reasonable bidder who collected almost immediately. Frog Bikes are highly desirable and hard to come by (Brexit). I could have waited to see if they met or surpassed asking, but this was good.

kevinteljeur, 27 days ago to random

New estate just launched in Dublin 15, Wilkingtons Brookshirely, it's an opportunity not to be missed and I have my heart set on the Cholmondely Guistevere. I bet everything around there is verdant. Only a madman would build a house in a place that isn't verdant

kevinteljeur, 27 days ago to random

A quick jaunt to the shops. In the nice weather.

I can’t get my ear wet.

kevinteljeur, 27 days ago to random

It's a beautiful day, it's bird nesting season, and all the pesticide spray guys are out! Yayyyyyyyyy

kevinteljeur, 29 days ago to random

This is addressing the elephant in the room in a number of recent fatal car accidents: https://www.thejournal.ie/seatbelt-silencers-ireland-6367290-May2024/ - Mick's Garage specifically getting called out here. If you're doing less than Amazon for buyer safety, you need to take a look at yourself.

kevinteljeur, 30 days ago to random

I found the screen grabs of my old car ad conversation from adverts ie, and I had remembered it as hilarious repartee but actually I was quite vicious to the doofus that was trying to get me to sell my car for a third of its value (although not mean) and I'm not as amused by it now as I was.

kevinteljeur, 1 month ago to random

Turns out the ‘incident’ was another example of why a bear is a safer bet in the woods. Shocking stuff.
https://mastodon.online/@kevinteljeur/112425430908345831

kevinteljeur, 1 month ago to random

I know, I will use Likewise's AI search assistant to recommend some murder mystery series for my girlfriend and I to watch together on Disney Mouse:

kevinteljeur, 1 month ago to random

Young miscreants tearing through Blanch village on unlicensed scramblers, on the way to the hospital. They can do that because they know that there’s no enforcement. You can actually do whatever you want now, because the dream of a policeless society has been achieved. Have at it.

kevinteljeur, 1 month ago to random

Strongly suspecting that the eardrum repair has failed and now I’ll be sitting out the next five weeks knowing it was a massive waste of time and effort.

kevinteljeur, 1 month ago to random

I don’t know what I’d do if I was in the USA right now, but Biden would rather see through the genocide of Palestinians than win the next election. He’s absolutely clear about this. If there wasn’t an election coming he would be sending in US troops to help.
https://mastodon.online/@kevinteljeur/112359949474802835

kevinteljeur, 1 month ago to random

In dev nerd news, I discovered that in Node.js a CommonJS application can load ESM code through Worker Threads, and it doesn't care in advance which type it is. Yes, exciting, I know.