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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 1h

I've watched this video six times already tonight. Lisa O'Neill is one of the best, and this is some of her best work.

youtu.be/Nbm-pNGPuo8?...

Lisa O'Neill - The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right

YouTube video by Lisa O'Neill

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 7h

The gamemaster's VPN has gone kaput. We won't find out how today's vote went until tomorrow. The suspense is unbearable, I hope it lasts.

Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 8h

Absolute SCENES today in the office Werewolf game.

Betrayal, subterfuge, counterfeit emails, brother turned on brother.

I'll know in a few minutes if I've been successful, or if I'm chopped meat.

Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 11h

There has honestly been too much drama today. I've identified the leak, the Seer-killer. Moves are being made, plays are being played. Countermeasures are being deployed.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 11h

There has honestly been too much drama today. I've identified the leak, the Seer-killer. Moves are being made, plays are being played. Countermeasures are being deployed.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 13h

Olympus has fallen, we've lost the Seer. Diva down, diva down!

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 15h

I have been taken into the Inner Sanctum of the Seer's trust. However, I have reasons to believe our citadel has been breached. An enemy within. I *need* to talk to the Seer before the gamemaster announces who got eaten last night. I haven't been this stressed out in work since I went for promotion.

Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 2d

Werewolf update: We got our first wolf!

Things had begun to look hopeless for the villagers, very soon we would hit a tipping point after which we couldn't stop the monsters if we tried. But eventually the Seer - who can once per day see on person's role - FINALLY decided to do something useful.

Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 7d

I am extremely sus. I have a 100% unbroken record of voting for innocent villagers. I would vote for me.

But I am not a werewolf.

So I have been slinging mud left, right and centre, deploying every countermeasure at my disposal to stay in the game.

The harder I fight, the worse I look.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 15h

I think one of the trainers at the gym fixed my shoulder. Months of pain, hundreds in physio fees, and he just fixes it. I've not felt this good in weeks.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 1d

On the one hand, Catherine Connolly has very different views than I do on Europe, Ukraine, and our place in the world.

On the other hand, Heather Humphreys would like to kill my dog.

Decisions, decisions.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 1d

Laaaaads. How stacked is this lineup? Get hyup out and vote.

A poster for the Ceol for Connolly gig, featuring the Mary Wallopers, Christy Moore, Madra Salach (my sweet boys), Emmett Kirwan, Cable Boy, Huartan (check out their tradtronic version of Dúlamán it's ace), Shampain and SexyTadgh.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 1d

That's legit precious.

Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 1d

(It was John Gormley, btw)

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 1d

That video has been political gold dust. How often do you see kids running up to high-five a politician?

I did it when I was in Primary School, but I'm weird.

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the Naas kids were delighted to meet the woman from the keepie-uppies video.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 2d

I love spooky season, but also can never do anything on Halloween night because I have to stay home trying to convince my dogs that the world isn't ending. Fireworks in Dublin are genuinely insane.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 2d

At least, thats the story we are being told. Who knows if its true.
There is also a Lone Wolf who is probably doing a lot of plotting regarding how to off their fellow wolves. Could this be their play?
The important part is that we have shown the beasts can be beaten, they are not untouchable.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 2d

Werewolf update: We got our first wolf!

Things had begun to look hopeless for the villagers, very soon we would hit a tipping point after which we couldn't stop the monsters if we tried. But eventually the Seer - who can once per day see on person's role - FINALLY decided to do something useful.

Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 7d

I am extremely sus. I have a 100% unbroken record of voting for innocent villagers. I would vote for me.

But I am not a werewolf.

So I have been slinging mud left, right and centre, deploying every countermeasure at my disposal to stay in the game.

The harder I fight, the worse I look.

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be in Galway later this month talking about Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). I'll be particularly talking about an MPA for Galway Bay - what would it look like? How would it work? What could we expect from it in terms of wildlife recovery?

Register here ⤵️

www.eventbrite.ie/e/a-marine-p...

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 2d

Motown Sounds..............Space Dance

Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 2d

Not that I've seen.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 2d

Crimes like this make me lose hope.

As much as I have dreams of retiring some place where I can have a bit of land to return to nature, I will never have resources enough to balance out this kind of wanton destruction.

Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 3d

Another significant environmental crime

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

jrnl.ie/6805578

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

jrnl.ie

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 2d

The worst outcome is that malcontents use Jim Gavin as a means of getting a new election, so I'll be picking one and two between the two ladies.

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 3d

Another significant environmental crime

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

jrnl.ie/6805578

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

jrnl.ie

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 3d

Bose again. They're pricey tho, so we're holding off in case they're on sale for Black Friday.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 3d

My husband is buying new headphones. He bought his current ones when we first started going out, 16 years ago. For something that are used pretty much every day, those Bose have put in a good stint. You don't often say that for modern electronics.

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 3d

He admit it!

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Cormac @cormacos.bsky.social · 4d

Breathtaking.

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