. South East Technological University lecturers seeking to sever ties with IDF client meet with college bosses today… thejournal.ie/red-hat-israel…

Passion, straight talking and bravery in the Dáil, a rare thing. It’s well worth listening to what Thomas Gould TD has to say…. #freepalestine

Dervla Dekker sold, shifted and settled into her new home overlooking Galway Bay and The Burren. We’re very happy that she’s in safe hands with sound heads. Thanks everyone for helping us spread the word. Now all we have to do is finish Desmond!? 😳 #busconversion

It’s official. We’re hitting the road for a long spell come the new year, so I’m clearing out the home studio. A few more bits of gear up on DoneDeal, including the hub of the home studio, the Solid State Logic Nucleus2. Some bargains in there… donedeal.ie/all?userId=413…

Great to see so many people turn out on The Prom this evening for the IPSC South East gathering #freepalestine #tramore #waterford IPSC

I love this book by Marie Power. It helps identify different types of edible seaweed, best times to gather & how to prepare, and some beautiful images & nuggets of local history from the #waterford coast in there too. Can’t recommend it highly enough theseagardener.com/book/

It makes me very happy that there is a public toilet in Tramore Co. Waterford that is specifically designated for people who identify as a Bee Gee circa 1977 #stayingalive #shitefever

They’ve diversified from the rains in Africa so.

First shots fired! Presented the first research paper from my music industry PhD research at the Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism Newcastle University this morning. Lovely folks, and I got to sleep outside St. James’s Park. Thanks Newcastle. @setuireland #SCOS2024

Howye Scotland. You’re lookin’ well.

Well done to the hurlers and mentors of Clare & Cork, and the ref and team. What a game of hurling. Outstanding. It’d be a shame to see either team lose. Best game in the world #GAA

As we gear up for our round-the-world bicycle trip (gulp!), meself & Ellie O'Byrne have started posting words, photos & videos about past, present and future bicycle adventures. All subscriptions, shares and eyeballs are gratefully received. Thanks 😊 spokeyokes.substack.com

30 years ago today was some craic. Cypress Hill followed by Rage Against the Machine is still one of my favourite festival gigs ever. Epic. Well into auld lad territory when one of your favourite gigs was 30 years ago!?

As we prepare for our round-the-world cycle starting Spring 2025, meself & Ellie have revisited five of our favourite spins in and strung together footage & words about them. Here’s the first of them. All eyeballs and interactions gratefully received. spokeyokes.substack.com/p/route-malin-…

An interesting music industry development. The first AI act has been signed by Irish and U.K. record labels. The beginning of end times or an inevitable music technology milestone? hotpress.com/music/klem-kol…

If you were otherwise engaged at the weekend you may have missed the front page and four page feature that our pedal pushing got in The Irish Times. Fret ye not, ye can follow all of our missives from the saddle at spokeyokes.substack.com *tring tring #bicycle #bicycletouring

This weeks post on Spoke Yokes is as much a warning as it is a hopeful origin story. A tale of the many mistakes and gargantuan naivety of bus conversion. Read and subscribe for free. We don’t believe in putting these kinda things behind paywalls. open.substack.com/pub/spokeyokes…

My tuppence worth on the #oasis #ticketmaster kerfuffle in the The Irish Times today. As part of my PhD research South East Technological University I presented on this topic at a conference in Newcastle in July, and I’m currently neck deep in the subsequent paper. It was impossible to keep schtum.

This and other character building bus renovation mistakes discussed this week in the online home for all our bicycle and bus related adventures. Read and subscribe to Spoke Yokes for free - tinyurl.com/37y8yb2n

As we gear up for our round-the-world cycle we’ve started writing about spins past, present and future. This edition from Ellie is a winter cycle we took from Pisa to Rome to heckle the Pope at Christmas mass. Be careful, it has viagra ice-cream in it! open.substack.com/pub/spokeyokes…