Richard Dalton
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Richard Dalton
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I've been reading Code The Classics
magpi.raspberrypi.com/books/code-t...
Volume 2 is now also available.
I've started work on a new version of my favourite Atari 2600 game. Combat.
Maybe I'll be done in time for the 50th Anniversay in 2027
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_...
magpi.raspberrypi.com/books/code-t...
Volume 2 is now also available.
I've started work on a new version of my favourite Atari 2600 game. Combat.
Maybe I'll be done in time for the 50th Anniversay in 2027
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_...
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I'm just gonna say it: you wouldn't need to ban the kids if you just made the platforms responsible for moderation in the first fucking place.
Good luck papering over that chasm and calling it protection. ✌🏻
Good luck papering over that chasm and calling it protection. ✌🏻
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm just gonna say it: you wouldn't need to ban the kids if you just made the platforms responsible for moderation in the first fucking place.
Good luck papering over that chasm and calling it protection. ✌🏻
Good luck papering over that chasm and calling it protection. ✌🏻
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Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, & homelessness is now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if political ideology doesn’t stand in the way.
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
Homelessness on the Rise in Finland - Y-Säätiö
Asunnottomien ihmisten määrä on kääntynyt kasvuun. Nyt asunnottomien määrä kasvoi Helsingissä, vaikka asunnottomia asutettiin vuoden aikana vaikuttava määrä.
ysaatio.fi
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, & homelessness is now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if political ideology doesn’t stand in the way.
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
Oh fuck off you stupid cunts.
You haven’t had an income tax increase for 50 years.
Your country is broke and your economy is broken.
You’ve tried austerity, self imposed sanctions, a lifetime of “low” tax.
Pay your tax. Start fixing your public services and infrastructure.
Grow the fuck up.
You haven’t had an income tax increase for 50 years.
Your country is broke and your economy is broken.
You’ve tried austerity, self imposed sanctions, a lifetime of “low” tax.
Pay your tax. Start fixing your public services and infrastructure.
Grow the fuck up.
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oh fuck off you stupid cunts.
You haven’t had an income tax increase for 50 years.
Your country is broke and your economy is broken.
You’ve tried austerity, self imposed sanctions, a lifetime of “low” tax.
Pay your tax. Start fixing your public services and infrastructure.
Grow the fuck up.
You haven’t had an income tax increase for 50 years.
Your country is broke and your economy is broken.
You’ve tried austerity, self imposed sanctions, a lifetime of “low” tax.
Pay your tax. Start fixing your public services and infrastructure.
Grow the fuck up.
Not only that. If you give them little badges that say “Kicked Out Of Britain”
They’ll be super popular too.
They’ll be super popular too.
Swear to GAWD Ireland should be taking out ads, inviting any doctors etc no longer welcome in UK to come here
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Not only that. If you give them little badges that say “Kicked Out Of Britain”
They’ll be super popular too.
They’ll be super popular too.
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When it opens with "I am Irish-American and planning to move to Ireland" you brace yourself for A Comment And A Half.
Then you add "the Quora factor" - you are not expecting sensible chat here.
... and somehow, he still manages to shock us.
Then you add "the Quora factor" - you are not expecting sensible chat here.
... and somehow, he still manages to shock us.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When it opens with "I am Irish-American and planning to move to Ireland" you brace yourself for A Comment And A Half.
Then you add "the Quora factor" - you are not expecting sensible chat here.
... and somehow, he still manages to shock us.
Then you add "the Quora factor" - you are not expecting sensible chat here.
... and somehow, he still manages to shock us.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
Imagine fucking up your whole country.
For a Lie.
For a Lie.
"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Imagine fucking up your whole country.
For a Lie.
For a Lie.
The electricity market in Ireland is designed in such a way that you HAVE TO change provider every year for the best price.
Which means you HAVE TO set up online accounts and install apps every year.
Which means your data is scattered across numerous providers with no continuity.
Which means you HAVE TO set up online accounts and install apps every year.
Which means your data is scattered across numerous providers with no continuity.
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The electricity market in Ireland is designed in such a way that you HAVE TO change provider every year for the best price.
Which means you HAVE TO set up online accounts and install apps every year.
Which means your data is scattered across numerous providers with no continuity.
Which means you HAVE TO set up online accounts and install apps every year.
Which means your data is scattered across numerous providers with no continuity.
I need Youtube to add a new button.
[He Played Riyadh Comedy Festival. No need to keep showing me clips. I'm not interested any more.]
I need to make the caption a bit more pithy, but I need that button.
[He Played Riyadh Comedy Festival. No need to keep showing me clips. I'm not interested any more.]
I need to make the caption a bit more pithy, but I need that button.
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I need Youtube to add a new button.
[He Played Riyadh Comedy Festival. No need to keep showing me clips. I'm not interested any more.]
I need to make the caption a bit more pithy, but I need that button.
[He Played Riyadh Comedy Festival. No need to keep showing me clips. I'm not interested any more.]
I need to make the caption a bit more pithy, but I need that button.
We'll prepare and we'll go, and we'll do our best
We'll put 'em under pressure (Ooh ahh! Ooh ahh!)
The game is about being effective
Being aggressive winning the ball
Getting on with the play
We'll put 'em under pressure
We'll put 'em under pressure (Ooh ahh! Ooh ahh!)
The game is about being effective
Being aggressive winning the ball
Getting on with the play
We'll put 'em under pressure
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We'll prepare and we'll go, and we'll do our best
We'll put 'em under pressure (Ooh ahh! Ooh ahh!)
The game is about being effective
Being aggressive winning the ball
Getting on with the play
We'll put 'em under pressure
We'll put 'em under pressure (Ooh ahh! Ooh ahh!)
The game is about being effective
Being aggressive winning the ball
Getting on with the play
We'll put 'em under pressure
Watching the movie Drop. And it was going so well. Really smart.
And then there's the horrible CGI scene that take you completely out of the movie.
And then there's the horrible CGI scene that take you completely out of the movie.
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Watching the movie Drop. And it was going so well. Really smart.
And then there's the horrible CGI scene that take you completely out of the movie.
And then there's the horrible CGI scene that take you completely out of the movie.
Had occasion to visit Barretstown yesterday. Will be back today. The kids are playing music there today.
It’s the kind of place you know about but you are very lucky if the universe doesn’t make you need it.
It’s an amazing place but government funding covers less than 4% of its costs.
It’s the kind of place you know about but you are very lucky if the universe doesn’t make you need it.
It’s an amazing place but government funding covers less than 4% of its costs.
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Had occasion to visit Barretstown yesterday. Will be back today. The kids are playing music there today.
It’s the kind of place you know about but you are very lucky if the universe doesn’t make you need it.
It’s an amazing place but government funding covers less than 4% of its costs.
It’s the kind of place you know about but you are very lucky if the universe doesn’t make you need it.
It’s an amazing place but government funding covers less than 4% of its costs.
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Religious folk never can tolerate a level playing field can they?
E-action on religious observance in schools in Scotland - humanist.eaction.org.uk/religious-ob...
The new bill allows children to opt-in to religious observance if removed by their parents but not to opt out, giving one right to religious children and denying that same right to those without faith
The new bill allows children to opt-in to religious observance if removed by their parents but not to opt out, giving one right to religious children and denying that same right to those without faith
Tell your MSP why school pupils deserve the right to opt out of religious worship
humanist.eaction.org.uk
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Religious folk never can tolerate a level playing field can they?
I keep telling my kids. If you turn off the XBox and put a bit of work in, you can get 500 points in your leaving cert, a first class honours degree.
And a career standing outside schools harassing kids and playing the victim.
And a career standing outside schools harassing kids and playing the victim.
The academic success of the Burkes could hardly be rivalled by any family in Ireland
They're highly educated but some are hugely controversial: How the 10 Burke siblings are making their way in the world
The academic success of the Burkes could hardly be rivalled by any family in Ireland.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I keep telling my kids. If you turn off the XBox and put a bit of work in, you can get 500 points in your leaving cert, a first class honours degree.
And a career standing outside schools harassing kids and playing the victim.
And a career standing outside schools harassing kids and playing the victim.
I see Trump is still attracted to people 40-50 years younger than him.
Just like he was in his 50’s
Just like he was in his 50’s
Trump is jealous of Zohran Mamdani because he knows how popular Zohran is.
Trump is hoping some of that popularity will rub off on him if he poses with Zohran.
Trump is hoping some of that popularity will rub off on him if he poses with Zohran.
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I see Trump is still attracted to people 40-50 years younger than him.
Just like he was in his 50’s
Just like he was in his 50’s
10 years since Brexit next Summer.
When it happened I remember thinking best case scenario for rejoin it’ll take decades.
The first of those decades went a lot quicker than I thought.
Maybe 50!years of ever increasing misery won’t be so bad for them.
When it happened I remember thinking best case scenario for rejoin it’ll take decades.
The first of those decades went a lot quicker than I thought.
Maybe 50!years of ever increasing misery won’t be so bad for them.
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
10 years since Brexit next Summer.
When it happened I remember thinking best case scenario for rejoin it’ll take decades.
The first of those decades went a lot quicker than I thought.
Maybe 50!years of ever increasing misery won’t be so bad for them.
When it happened I remember thinking best case scenario for rejoin it’ll take decades.
The first of those decades went a lot quicker than I thought.
Maybe 50!years of ever increasing misery won’t be so bad for them.
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At the very least every non-american government should be fining the ever living fuck out of all the US companies involved who opperate on their soil.
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
At the very least every non-american government should be fining the ever living fuck out of all the US companies involved who opperate on their soil.
This is nice and all but people can choose not to go to an event. And the people Labour should be helping aren’t going to these events.
They’re going to food banks.
And they’re soon going to be living under a Reform government because Labour are so bad at politics.
They’re going to food banks.
And they’re soon going to be living under a Reform government because Labour are so bad at politics.
I am delighted to see that after 15 years of campaigning for this and 14 years since former MPs Philip Davies and Sajid Javid talked out my Private Members Bill in 2011 that would have capped resale, that it is this Labour Government that is going to fix this broken resale market. 🎟️🌹
Government bans ticket touting to protect fans from rip-off prices
Music and sport fans will no longer be ripped off on the ticket resale market thanks to new measures making it illegal to resell tickets for live events above original cost
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This is nice and all but people can choose not to go to an event. And the people Labour should be helping aren’t going to these events.
They’re going to food banks.
And they’re soon going to be living under a Reform government because Labour are so bad at politics.
They’re going to food banks.
And they’re soon going to be living under a Reform government because Labour are so bad at politics.
Please tell me all you customers of Starbucks everywhere are also out on strike by not buying from them.
It’s a lot easier to boycott as a consumer than strike as an employee.
It’s a lot easier to boycott as a consumer than strike as an employee.
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Please tell me all you customers of Starbucks everywhere are also out on strike by not buying from them.
It’s a lot easier to boycott as a consumer than strike as an employee.
It’s a lot easier to boycott as a consumer than strike as an employee.
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It's consistently remarkable to me that Ireland - surely just as strategically and economically fucked as Iceland if the gulf stream collapses - has a government that barely even things about this, let alone mention it, God forbid do anything.
Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It's consistently remarkable to me that Ireland - surely just as strategically and economically fucked as Iceland if the gulf stream collapses - has a government that barely even things about this, let alone mention it, God forbid do anything.
Starmer: OK Listen. I've an idea.
Lammy: This'll be good.
Starmer: Refugees right? While waiting for leave to remain. Are only allowed to vote for Reform.
Mahmood: That'll be 20 years? Won't that be good for Reform and bad for Labour?
Starmer: Will it?
Mahmood: Oh 4d Chess. Nice one Gaffer.
Lammy: This'll be good.
Starmer: Refugees right? While waiting for leave to remain. Are only allowed to vote for Reform.
Mahmood: That'll be 20 years? Won't that be good for Reform and bad for Labour?
Starmer: Will it?
Mahmood: Oh 4d Chess. Nice one Gaffer.
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Starmer: OK Listen. I've an idea.
Lammy: This'll be good.
Starmer: Refugees right? While waiting for leave to remain. Are only allowed to vote for Reform.
Mahmood: That'll be 20 years? Won't that be good for Reform and bad for Labour?
Starmer: Will it?
Mahmood: Oh 4d Chess. Nice one Gaffer.
Lammy: This'll be good.
Starmer: Refugees right? While waiting for leave to remain. Are only allowed to vote for Reform.
Mahmood: That'll be 20 years? Won't that be good for Reform and bad for Labour?
Starmer: Will it?
Mahmood: Oh 4d Chess. Nice one Gaffer.
I think we can all agree that pouring soup on a painting behind some protective glass is exactly equivalent to pouring hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the see, killing wildlife and destroying livelihoods.
So the just stop oil criminals should be punished like oil CEOs
Give them $$$$$$$
So the just stop oil criminals should be punished like oil CEOs
Give them $$$$$$$
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I think we can all agree that pouring soup on a painting behind some protective glass is exactly equivalent to pouring hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the see, killing wildlife and destroying livelihoods.
So the just stop oil criminals should be punished like oil CEOs
Give them $$$$$$$
So the just stop oil criminals should be punished like oil CEOs
Give them $$$$$$$
People wondering what has caused this sudden change in fortunes for the Irish football team.
What's changed?
Well.....
youtube.com/shorts/IvDXJ...
What's changed?
Well.....
youtube.com/shorts/IvDXJ...
Catherine Connolly's keepie-uppies and basketball skills
YouTube video by The Journal
youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
People wondering what has caused this sudden change in fortunes for the Irish football team.
What's changed?
Well.....
youtube.com/shorts/IvDXJ...
What's changed?
Well.....
youtube.com/shorts/IvDXJ...
Britain:
Oh Labour, please rid us of these evil Tories.
To
Labour are evil but at least they’re not Reform.
To
Labour are evil, they might as well be Reform.
To
Oh Reform, please rid us of this evil Labour.
Oh Labour, please rid us of these evil Tories.
To
Labour are evil but at least they’re not Reform.
To
Labour are evil, they might as well be Reform.
To
Oh Reform, please rid us of this evil Labour.
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Britain:
Oh Labour, please rid us of these evil Tories.
To
Labour are evil but at least they’re not Reform.
To
Labour are evil, they might as well be Reform.
To
Oh Reform, please rid us of this evil Labour.
Oh Labour, please rid us of these evil Tories.
To
Labour are evil but at least they’re not Reform.
To
Labour are evil, they might as well be Reform.
To
Oh Reform, please rid us of this evil Labour.