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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 1d

People go to bars/restaurants that have ESPN on. People discover F1 because there's a race on while they're in there. That's not gonna happen anymore because nobody plays random Apple TV stuff in restaurants/bars.

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Jesus.... I had tried to put the Motortrend stuff out of my head. Or MavTV or whatever else they tried to stream on.

Those were just the years I didn't watch Le Mans :(

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 1d

I dropped my F1TV sub in 2023 because races weren't entertaining anymore. I knew every weekend, Max would get Grand Chelem and DOTD. Then last year after my favorite driver (at the time) called Trump his "good luck charm".... I was done.

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 1d

I am personally feeling VERY glad I gave up F1 a few years ago. I think it sounds like a deal that will ultimately make things worse for American viewers, because any time a new entity that has to find a way to extract THEIR value from a deal is introduced, things get worse for consumers.

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 1d

Sure fucking glad I stopped watching F1 a few years ago instead of having Apple make the decision to stop for me.

Seriously, fuck EVERYTHING about this deal.

Apple and Formula 1 Ink Five-Year Exclusive U.S. Streaming Deal Worth About $750 Million

Apple and Formula 1 announced a five-year agreement under which all F1 races will be available exclusively on Apple TV in the U.S. beginning in 2026.

variety.com

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 1d

Top lad!!

www.reddit.com/r/kneecap/co...

Mo Chara feeding people in need in 2017

www.reddit.com

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 2d

It's remakes all the way down....

Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 2d

Hey here's a joke that no one under the age of 50 (maybe 45) is gonna get.......

Me when I started listening to ACOTAR

a bald man in a police uniform and tie is sitting at a desk .

ALT: a bald man in a police uniform and tie is sitting at a desk .

media.tenor.com

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 2d

The day the "AI first" companies go bankrupt will be the happiest day of my life. PayPal was down earlier .. took money from my account, didn't send it here it should, and now I have to dispute it via an AI that doesn't work. Fucking grand!

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 2d

MY GOD! This plan keeps getting better and better!

Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 3d

Life hack discovered. Writing a novel means you get all the joy of TTRPG worldbuilding without the hassle of trying to schedule people. I can kinda dig this!

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 4d

Imagine that..... Republicans say and do racist shit.... how shocking and unexpected!

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah.... Gaslighting has become the core platform of the GOP. Well that and performative assholery. And protection of pedos.

Among the core platform of the GOP is "gaslighting".

#spanishinquisition

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 7d

Hitting cones in autocross is fine because that run just won't count. Hitting cones in Rallycross is BAD because they ALL do. That was drilled into my head at the only Rallycross I ever did ..... DON'T HIT CONES!

But hey... Winning is winning whether it's a sticker or a beer glass right? Congrats!

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 8d

I have managed a thing I never expected, a bad pun in a language not native to me.

Got a new cat. Looks identical to another of our cats. I know "buachaillí dona" is "bad boys" because of a Kneecap song.

But since it's cats....

boopailli dona

#gaeilge

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 9d

My Steam "update queue" looks almost as if there was some sort of critical bug in a game engine a few days ago or something....

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 9d

I've seen the news that Slammed Enuff's host city has had enuff. I'm gonna go ahead and make the prediction that this is the last year for Tougefest due to some dumb shit.

Why has the car community become such absolute shite?

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 9d

NASA can't even get imperial to metric conversions right and you think AI will do it?

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 9d

You know someone TRULY deserves the Nobel Peace Prize when a country has to brace for the inevitable backlash when he doesn't get it. Nothing says "peace" quite like an expectation of retaliation.

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 11d

I mean, I was going back to consider reactivating my account. However being first greeted by a screen calling me "naughty" for attempting to access my old (private) campaign, and then the flood of ads.

Nah.... I'm good. I'll save my money.

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 12d

This is him writing on Israeli artillery about to be fired at Gaza

Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 12d

I'm not sure which revolution you think he's dedicated to, but it's one that most of us want NOTHING to do with.

Rock Feed 🎸 on X: "Disturbed frontman David Draiman signs Israeli artillery and writes 'fuck hamas' on it during visit to Israel. https://t.co/IiardQOjbG" / X

Disturbed frontman David Draiman signs Israeli artillery and writes 'fuck hamas' on it during visit to Israel. https://t.co/IiardQOjbG

x.com

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 12d

And the ads don't even make sense "ACTIVATE ACCOUNT!" or "INSTALL PLUGIN!"

What account? What plugin?

"Bro just click the scam link bro. Please bro just click it so we can get a few cents off of you getting scammed! Bro PLEASE bro!!"

Didn't even make it TO looking at subs again....

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 12d

Holy shit. I went back to @worldanvil.com to look at something, having cancelled my sub a few months back for not using it. The site is WHOLLY unusable without an adblock.

Guess I'll go back to Obsidian for my notes

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Fionn mac Uncool @fionnmacuncool.bsky.social · 15d

Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool. Thanks Discord