Martin McGrath
@martinmcgrath.bsky.social
Tries to be funny, often fails. Irish, Labour, LFC, NUJ & CIPR. Has a PhD, isn't afraid to use it. University lecturer in PR, branding & design, also sometime journalist, writer & editor. Will work for karma. "He's not angry, he always sounds like that."
The weird Tory woman on #Gogglebox is crying because The Sound of Music reminded her of when people were nice.
It's a story about a posh wanker who can't stand his kids being kids and ACTUAL FECKING NAZIS.
NAZIS!!!
It's a story about a posh wanker who can't stand his kids being kids and ACTUAL FECKING NAZIS.
NAZIS!!!
December 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The weird Tory woman on #Gogglebox is crying because The Sound of Music reminded her of when people were nice.
It's a story about a posh wanker who can't stand his kids being kids and ACTUAL FECKING NAZIS.
NAZIS!!!
It's a story about a posh wanker who can't stand his kids being kids and ACTUAL FECKING NAZIS.
NAZIS!!!
MS Teams to track employees location...
...that can pish right off.
Microsoft Teams is getting a new location tracking feature that lets bosses snoop on staff – research shows it could cause workforce pushback | IT Pro share.google/oKQeNd3ha98f...
...that can pish right off.
Microsoft Teams is getting a new location tracking feature that lets bosses snoop on staff – research shows it could cause workforce pushback | IT Pro share.google/oKQeNd3ha98f...
Microsoft Teams is getting a new location tracking feature that lets bosses snoop on staff – research shows it could cause workforce pushback
The new Microsoft Teams feature aims to improve office coordination by automatically updating location based on Wi-Fi
share.google
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
MS Teams to track employees location...
...that can pish right off.
Microsoft Teams is getting a new location tracking feature that lets bosses snoop on staff – research shows it could cause workforce pushback | IT Pro share.google/oKQeNd3ha98f...
...that can pish right off.
Microsoft Teams is getting a new location tracking feature that lets bosses snoop on staff – research shows it could cause workforce pushback | IT Pro share.google/oKQeNd3ha98f...
I like that in this picture it looks like Dr Sam Beckett has just leapt into Badenoch's body.
"Oh boy!"
[Also, Ireland? Northern Irish people with Republic passports?]
"Oh boy!"
[Also, Ireland? Northern Irish people with Republic passports?]
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I like that in this picture it looks like Dr Sam Beckett has just leapt into Badenoch's body.
"Oh boy!"
[Also, Ireland? Northern Irish people with Republic passports?]
"Oh boy!"
[Also, Ireland? Northern Irish people with Republic passports?]
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I mean, where do I even start?
Let's go with one I watched today:
"12:45. Restate my assumptions. One: mathematics is the language of nature..."
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Let's go with one I watched today:
"12:45. Restate my assumptions. One: mathematics is the language of nature..."
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I mean, where do I even start?
Let's go with one I watched today:
"12:45. Restate my assumptions. One: mathematics is the language of nature..."
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Let's go with one I watched today:
"12:45. Restate my assumptions. One: mathematics is the language of nature..."
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Watching The Sea Devils re-edit.
It is abundantly clear that modern Who just doesn't have enough fencing and (KAI-YA!!) karate.
It is abundantly clear that modern Who just doesn't have enough fencing and (KAI-YA!!) karate.
December 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Watching The Sea Devils re-edit.
It is abundantly clear that modern Who just doesn't have enough fencing and (KAI-YA!!) karate.
It is abundantly clear that modern Who just doesn't have enough fencing and (KAI-YA!!) karate.
The irony is that if the statue had shown two women, instead of a woman and a goose, the assumption would almost certainly have been that they were just good friends.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Ancient figurine may show sexual encounter between woman and goose
A 12,000-year-old clay sculpture found in Israel depicts a goose on the back of a woman, and archaeologists suggest it may be a depiction of an animistic mythological scene
www.newscientist.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The irony is that if the statue had shown two women, instead of a woman and a goose, the assumption would almost certainly have been that they were just good friends.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Let's get ready, ready
Let's get ready, ready
Let's get ready to crumble
Watch us wreck the reich
Watch us wreck the reich
Watch us wreck the reich
Psyche!
Let's get ready, ready
Let's get ready to crumble
Watch us wreck the reich
Watch us wreck the reich
Watch us wreck the reich
Psyche!
December 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Let's get ready, ready
Let's get ready, ready
Let's get ready to crumble
Watch us wreck the reich
Watch us wreck the reich
Watch us wreck the reich
Psyche!
Let's get ready, ready
Let's get ready to crumble
Watch us wreck the reich
Watch us wreck the reich
Watch us wreck the reich
Psyche!
Please god, let it be Condiment Man.
Or The Human Flea.
Or The Human Flea.
Scarlett Johansson joining the Batverse is good news for the franchise – but who will she play?
Scarlett Johansson joining the Batverse is good news for the franchise – but who will she play?
The actor who marries box office ratings with Wes Anderson cool should revive the Batman series, but trying to guess who she might play is a thankless task
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Please god, let it be Condiment Man.
Or The Human Flea.
Or The Human Flea.
FIFA has always been a bin fire, but Infantino's FIFA is one of those tire dump fires that burns for years - shitty and toxic and stinking.
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
FIFA has always been a bin fire, but Infantino's FIFA is one of those tire dump fires that burns for years - shitty and toxic and stinking.
Good coverage of the National Emergency Briefing that took place in London on 27 November in the New Scientist podcast (after the sperm).
One of the most shocking claims was about the impact of the North Atlantic Drift collapse and the end of UK agriculture.
youtu.be/HoQgW-KKbr0?...
One of the most shocking claims was about the impact of the North Atlantic Drift collapse and the end of UK agriculture.
youtu.be/HoQgW-KKbr0?...
Did Sperm Come BEFORE Animals?
YouTube video by New Scientist
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Good coverage of the National Emergency Briefing that took place in London on 27 November in the New Scientist podcast (after the sperm).
One of the most shocking claims was about the impact of the North Atlantic Drift collapse and the end of UK agriculture.
youtu.be/HoQgW-KKbr0?...
One of the most shocking claims was about the impact of the North Atlantic Drift collapse and the end of UK agriculture.
youtu.be/HoQgW-KKbr0?...
Has anyone asked Irving Fisher about this *permanently high plateau"?
Nine major banks have released their forecasts for 2026 and the outlook is ... surprisingly bullish. Despite recent jitters over a potential AI bubble, analysts predict another year of double digit gains from US stocks — and not just in Big Tech.
Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/448JxjY
Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/448JxjY
December 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Has anyone asked Irving Fisher about this *permanently high plateau"?
"It's time to fight for the west"?
Ah now, catch a hold of yourself there, Liz.
I like a daytrip to Bundoran as much as any good Dungannon man, but I'm not getting into a clash of civilizations about it...
...and them Gaeltacht ones are well able to look after themselves.
Ah now, catch a hold of yourself there, Liz.
I like a daytrip to Bundoran as much as any good Dungannon man, but I'm not getting into a clash of civilizations about it...
...and them Gaeltacht ones are well able to look after themselves.
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"It's time to fight for the west"?
Ah now, catch a hold of yourself there, Liz.
I like a daytrip to Bundoran as much as any good Dungannon man, but I'm not getting into a clash of civilizations about it...
...and them Gaeltacht ones are well able to look after themselves.
Ah now, catch a hold of yourself there, Liz.
I like a daytrip to Bundoran as much as any good Dungannon man, but I'm not getting into a clash of civilizations about it...
...and them Gaeltacht ones are well able to look after themselves.
Watching Sanjuro, which in my favourite Kurosawa/Mifune samurai movie (maybe not the best, but my favourite).
Weird that it never got a Western remake. There'd be a load of fun to have with the story and character.
Weird that it never got a Western remake. There'd be a load of fun to have with the story and character.
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Watching Sanjuro, which in my favourite Kurosawa/Mifune samurai movie (maybe not the best, but my favourite).
Weird that it never got a Western remake. There'd be a load of fun to have with the story and character.
Weird that it never got a Western remake. There'd be a load of fun to have with the story and character.
Nerdy enough to be genuinely excited by the promise of a new Total War: Medieval.
Old enough for my blood to run cold at the promise/threat of a “bold revolution” an "exciting new era"...
Total War: Medieval 3 Announced as the 'Rebirth of Historical Total War' - IGN share.google/lpqG85zeNwzU...
Old enough for my blood to run cold at the promise/threat of a “bold revolution” an "exciting new era"...
Total War: Medieval 3 Announced as the 'Rebirth of Historical Total War' - IGN share.google/lpqG85zeNwzU...
Total War: Medieval 3 Announced as the 'Rebirth of Historical Total War,' New Total War Game to Be Revealed at The Game Awards - IGN
Creative Assembly has announced Total War: Medieval 3, the next mainline game in its strategy series.
share.google
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Nerdy enough to be genuinely excited by the promise of a new Total War: Medieval.
Old enough for my blood to run cold at the promise/threat of a “bold revolution” an "exciting new era"...
Total War: Medieval 3 Announced as the 'Rebirth of Historical Total War' - IGN share.google/lpqG85zeNwzU...
Old enough for my blood to run cold at the promise/threat of a “bold revolution” an "exciting new era"...
Total War: Medieval 3 Announced as the 'Rebirth of Historical Total War' - IGN share.google/lpqG85zeNwzU...
My top five Spotify tunes this year have a theme, can you spot it?
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My top five Spotify tunes this year have a theme, can you spot it?
Reposted by Martin McGrath
Two men? But I heard sources saying there were tree fellers.
May 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Two men? But I heard sources saying there were tree fellers.
Two things:
1. This story has, hands down (or up?), the best "disappointed councillor meets pothole picture ever"; and
2. You can take the hole out of Coalisland, but you can never take Coalisland out of the hole
"NI's 'worst road' fixed as new scheme tackles potholes"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
1. This story has, hands down (or up?), the best "disappointed councillor meets pothole picture ever"; and
2. You can take the hole out of Coalisland, but you can never take Coalisland out of the hole
"NI's 'worst road' fixed as new scheme tackles potholes"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Potholes: NI's 'worst road' fixed as new scheme aims to tackle potholes
Northern Ireland's road network will become the "most understood in the world" the company behind the scheme says.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two things:
1. This story has, hands down (or up?), the best "disappointed councillor meets pothole picture ever"; and
2. You can take the hole out of Coalisland, but you can never take Coalisland out of the hole
"NI's 'worst road' fixed as new scheme tackles potholes"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
1. This story has, hands down (or up?), the best "disappointed councillor meets pothole picture ever"; and
2. You can take the hole out of Coalisland, but you can never take Coalisland out of the hole
"NI's 'worst road' fixed as new scheme tackles potholes"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
You know you've read too many X-Men books when your first reaction to this headline is "that's a strangely mundane plot twist for Scott (or Hope or Nate... but not Alex)"
Summers banned for life from prestigious economics group
Summers banned for life from prestigious economics group
Summers has retreated from public life following the release of emails showing that he sought advice on a romantic matter from Epstein.
dlvr.it
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
You know you've read too many X-Men books when your first reaction to this headline is "that's a strangely mundane plot twist for Scott (or Hope or Nate... but not Alex)"
The dialogue of two of the Derry Girls on World's Most Dangerous Roads has mostly been:
"Jesus Christ!"
"Fuck!"
"Jesus Christ!"
"Fuck!"
"This ky-ar is great!"
"Jesus Christ!"
"Fuck!"
"Jesus Christ!"
"Fuck!"
"This ky-ar is great!"
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The dialogue of two of the Derry Girls on World's Most Dangerous Roads has mostly been:
"Jesus Christ!"
"Fuck!"
"Jesus Christ!"
"Fuck!"
"This ky-ar is great!"
"Jesus Christ!"
"Fuck!"
"Jesus Christ!"
"Fuck!"
"This ky-ar is great!"
Something ludicrous about Putin's corrupt regime (that has spent nearly four years failing to defeat one medium-sized Eastern European nation, and almost fell apart in a coup because of internal pressures) acting like Billy-big-bollocks to the rest of Europe
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says as peace talks with US begin
Russian president accuses European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine as he meets with Witkoff and Kushner
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Something ludicrous about Putin's corrupt regime (that has spent nearly four years failing to defeat one medium-sized Eastern European nation, and almost fell apart in a coup because of internal pressures) acting like Billy-big-bollocks to the rest of Europe
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Counterpoint: the last time anyone could say "prices haven't increased" for any significant length of time in the UK was 1920-1940, and almost no one was having a good time back then, and the longstanding Tory/Liberal political balance was overthrown.
👇 This is a) obviously correct b) resisted by most in the political class because it makes so much of what we do redundant.
My extremely simple heuristic for the current political system is that until you can go food shopping and think prices haven’t increased / things aren’t expensive etc don’t expect any material political continuity.
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Counterpoint: the last time anyone could say "prices haven't increased" for any significant length of time in the UK was 1920-1940, and almost no one was having a good time back then, and the longstanding Tory/Liberal political balance was overthrown.
Watching the Sky Arts three-part documentary "Greatest Basslines" (a good follow up to "The Art of Drumming").
The highlight has been following three brief minutes devoted to slapping and Mark King with Mani's heartfelt "Cut his thumb off!"
Rest in bass, Mani.
The highlight has been following three brief minutes devoted to slapping and Mark King with Mani's heartfelt "Cut his thumb off!"
Rest in bass, Mani.
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Watching the Sky Arts three-part documentary "Greatest Basslines" (a good follow up to "The Art of Drumming").
The highlight has been following three brief minutes devoted to slapping and Mark King with Mani's heartfelt "Cut his thumb off!"
Rest in bass, Mani.
The highlight has been following three brief minutes devoted to slapping and Mark King with Mani's heartfelt "Cut his thumb off!"
Rest in bass, Mani.
This is ridiculous.
The Norwegians would never do such a thing.
Everyone knows all the EU's nefarious plans for world domination are overseen by the Dutch, who are wickedness incarnate.
The Norwegians would never do such a thing.
Everyone knows all the EU's nefarious plans for world domination are overseen by the Dutch, who are wickedness incarnate.
First time I’ve seen a post complaining about (((Norwegians)))
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is ridiculous.
The Norwegians would never do such a thing.
Everyone knows all the EU's nefarious plans for world domination are overseen by the Dutch, who are wickedness incarnate.
The Norwegians would never do such a thing.
Everyone knows all the EU's nefarious plans for world domination are overseen by the Dutch, who are wickedness incarnate.