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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 1d

Táimid ar ais!

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 1d

Hopefully Catherine Connolly as President is going to be as if Mary Robinson and Michael D Higgins went in the Star Trek Transporter and got Tuvixed

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 1d

"CIA? God no, but when a good looking woman talks to me??! Si, Aye, Yay!" *Salacious laughter*

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Jennifer O'Meara @jenniferomeara5.bsky.social · 1d

Catherine Connolly's liquor cabinet is full of expensive bottles that have been refilled with cheap liquor. That 12 year old Redbreast she gave you was Paddy.
#SmearTheBejaysus
#SmearTheBejaysis

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Marina @sand-badger.bsky.social · 1d

David Draiman, lead singer of Disturbed, is scheduled to play Dublin’s 3Arena on Oct 22.
He has publicly supported the IOF and was photographed signing missiles used in attacks on Gaza.
This is not who Ireland is. #CancelDisturbedDublin

David Draiman, singer of metal band Disturbed signs missiles bound for Gaza

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 1d

Dave Matthews Band's Tour Bus has the chance to do the funniest thing ever.

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 2d

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 1d

Not for the first time, Connollyites stalk the land.

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 1d

Some fruits won't just run away and get married, cantaloupe for example.

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 1d

You can just do things.

Confirmed: Your booking in Navan is confirmed.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 1d

Anyhoo the sky in Kerry was Good this morning

Photograph of sunlight streaming through low clouds over the mountains

#SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm #Ireland

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Siobhán M @nocontextsiobhan.bsky.social · 1d

I went to Baile na gCailleach and everyone knew you

Conchúr Mag Eacháin @mageachain.bsky.social · 1d

Tobar Cholm Cille, Baile na gCailleach, An Mhí
An chéad tobar le tamall is bhí sé tirim 🫣 Is cuma, bhuail mé leis an leaid bhreá sin. Ceaptar nach Colm atá ann is go mbaineann sé leis an 14ú haois. Seans maith gur dealbh a bhí ag clochar ann tráth (cailleach, 'nun'). Duine de na 3 Ríthe b'fhéidir...

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday!

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Kieran @hangable.bsky.social · 3d

"No touching!"

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 3d

The only way you could improve the original Jurassic Park film is by having Muldoon being unambiguously Rhodesian.

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 3d

"Clever... girl..."

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 3d

What's your favourite stupid quote from a TV show or film you constantly spout?

"The Rat Man forgive you, this time"

- The Stand Miniseries (1994)

youtu.be/OoIh32P-dCg?...

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Trish Byrne @trishyb.bsky.social · 4d

One of my very favourite films.

Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 4d

The Big Snit is also on YouTube in higher quality.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1S5...

The Big Snit

YouTube video by NFB

www.youtube.com

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 4d

Why do all the social media algorithms advertise Dublin to me?

Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 4d

Meet ya at the chess table in Griffith Park to discuss.

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 4d

I read it but I don't recall as much of the satirical element that is in abundance in WTWB.

Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 4d

Time moves on. I've thought about that a lot too. The wireless was all but ubiquitous in Ireland and Britain by 1960, TV by mid 1980s. I think in that particular film they're meant to be slightly out of the loop, a little bit behind at every juncture.

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 4d

The Big Snit is also on YouTube in higher quality.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1S5...

The Big Snit

YouTube video by NFB

www.youtube.com

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 4d

A low quality capture of WTWB is on Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zjJ...

When The Wind Blows (1986)

YouTube video by Apocatastasis Institute

www.youtube.com

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Big Monster Love @bigmonsterlove.bsky.social · 4d

Watched When The Wind Blows (1986) for the first time in many years the other night and man it is still so emotionally powerful. It's interesting what it has in common with the short Canadian animation, The Big Snit (1985), the latter being more off the wall.

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