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Phil Dore

Phil Dore

@philjdore.bsky.social

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Mental health nurse. Green Party supporter. Wales. He/him. Pro-EU. Pro-Ukraine. Pro-Eurovision. Dysgu Cymraeg. Check out my podcast Eurovision Wars on Spotify. It's about Eurovision and war. https://open.spotify.com/show/54g8SpIFc1ZX0Btb9rIRo3?si=C2m-nX5d

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 5h

BANGERS AND MONSTER MASH

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 5h

Seriously, RTE at Samhain is a fever dream.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 5h

This being RTE breakfast telly, they've now segued effortlessly from exploring the veil between the living and the dead to showcasing some lovely pleather skirts.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 5h

Harvey: The Revenge

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 5h

I'm watching RTE breakfast telly, and a lovely old man is sitting on the sofa telling RTE's equivalent of Lorraine Kelly that Samhain is a time where the living think of the dead and we find light in the darkness, and it's the most RTE moment ever.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 5h

Ireland has so much Samhain game.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 6h

It's the Puca - a shape-shifting trickster from Irish and British mythology.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 6h

It's worth a visit, and you can also explore archaeological sites like Newgrange, the Hill of Tara and the Battle of the Boyne battlefield as they're all within driving distance.

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Joe England @joeengland.bsky.social · 7h

The land of my people! By which I mean, these things I made!
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Joe England @joeengland.bsky.social · Jun 25

It's high time I started a thread here for my Pook Portraits. If you want to know more about these creeps, check out pook.thecomicseries.com!

pook.thecomicseries.com

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 17h

I know it's a cliche to say it, but a pint of Guinness definitely tastes a lot better in Ireland than the version they sell in the UK.

Pint of Guinness

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 18h

We've all been in social occasions where we felt like that.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 18h

Okay, clearly you guys love pictures of the Puca Festival so here's a few more.

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Kyree Anansi @kyreeanansi.bsky.social · 19h

I'm pretty sure it's still fun and games.

Just, y'know, for the hare now.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 1d

Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.

It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.

I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 20h

Also, wait what? 1400 likes? You lot just love a shapeshifting trickster being, don't you?

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 20h

Yeah kinda. The Puca is a shapeshifting trickster being that's neither good nor evil. He's just a chaos edgelord.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 21h

Incidentally, the mythical Puca (after which the festival is named) is said to shape-shift into a horse. If anyone then jumps on his back, he carries them away to hundreds of miles from where they're supposed to be. Kind of like a pre-modern Google Maps.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think the film makers have explicitly said so, but there's definitely people who make that interpretation.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 1d

No plan survives contact with the giant demonic hare

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 1d

Didn’t know I needed to
see a giant, demonic hare parading down a wet and windy Irish street, to restore my faith in humanity, but there you go.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 1d

Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.

It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 1d

Calm down everyone. It just wants to be friends. At least that's what he told my mate Dave. I haven't seen Dave since though.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 1d

Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland.

It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 2d

Plus a round of interviews with a couple of Gen Z podcast bros, all of whom come across like the most insufferable guy you went to school with.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 2d

I'm old enough to remember when the media was talking about young people flocking to Reform, because I'm over a month old.

Green Elects @greenelects.world · 2d

🚨 @greenparty.org.uk are absolutely soaring among the youth, polling at an incredible 40%, according to YouGov. 📈

The Greens are 19 points above Labour, the governing party. 💚💥

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 2d

I'm at the airport waiting to fly to Dublin. There's a stag party with one of them dressed as a leprechaun.

Congratulations mate. You are going to get judged by literally everybody you walk past when you get to Dublin.