Denise Breen 🖖
@denisebreen.bsky.social
Building Data Centres by day | On the wireless at the weekends | Writing about film | Love my Border Collie | Ride a Gold Wing everyday | Bigots get blocked | Trekker 🖖 LLAP, (she/her/hers), 🏳️⚧️ and hello to Jason Isaacs 👋
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Casablanca premiered at the Hollywood Theater in NYC on this day, 1942.
The film, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made and won three Academy Awards.
The film, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made and won three Academy Awards.
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Casablanca premiered at the Hollywood Theater in NYC on this day, 1942.
The film, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made and won three Academy Awards.
The film, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made and won three Academy Awards.
On this day in 1973, Samantha Mulder mysteriously disappeared from her home while playing a game of Stratego with her brother Fox. He was convinced that she was taken by aliens, sparking a lifelong quest to get to the truth behind the abduction. Did he ever truly get to the bottom of the mystery?
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
On this day in 1973, Samantha Mulder mysteriously disappeared from her home while playing a game of Stratego with her brother Fox. He was convinced that she was taken by aliens, sparking a lifelong quest to get to the truth behind the abduction. Did he ever truly get to the bottom of the mystery?
Insomnia has been a feature for a few nights now. I've popped in my ear buds and found these talks by Brian Cox soothing, informative and, he even admits this, designed to help you fall asleep
youtu.be/8E0Qy0rn5fE?...
youtu.be/8E0Qy0rn5fE?...
1+ Hour of Brian Cox on Mind-Blowing Facts About the Universe to Fall Asleep Fast
YouTube video by Brian Cox Sleepy Zone
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Insomnia has been a feature for a few nights now. I've popped in my ear buds and found these talks by Brian Cox soothing, informative and, he even admits this, designed to help you fall asleep
youtu.be/8E0Qy0rn5fE?...
youtu.be/8E0Qy0rn5fE?...
On this day in 1922, the tomb of the Boy King, Tutankhamen, was discovered in Egypt by Lord Carnarvon of England and Howard Carter of the U.S. It was called "the greatest archaeological find of all time"
a national geographic statue of a pharaoh 's face
ALT: a national geographic statue of a pharaoh 's face
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
On this day in 1922, the tomb of the Boy King, Tutankhamen, was discovered in Egypt by Lord Carnarvon of England and Howard Carter of the U.S. It was called "the greatest archaeological find of all time"
Very biased reporting by @news.rte.ie on 9pm News.
The victim was described as an "activist". Linehan is also an activist. The reporting portrayed linehan as a victim 🤦♀️
The victim was described as an "activist". Linehan is also an activist. The reporting portrayed linehan as a victim 🤦♀️
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Very biased reporting by @news.rte.ie on 9pm News.
The victim was described as an "activist". Linehan is also an activist. The reporting portrayed linehan as a victim 🤦♀️
The victim was described as an "activist". Linehan is also an activist. The reporting portrayed linehan as a victim 🤦♀️
Great Irish company, great service and, most of all, great craft products.
Check them out 👇
Check them out 👇
I took all of your advice.
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
The new boards are now live in the SLATED Landmark Collection.
Feel free to point out any errors. It was a bit of a rush job.
Reposts would be amazing.
Slated.ie
#SLATED #speirgorm
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Great Irish company, great service and, most of all, great craft products.
Check them out 👇
Check them out 👇
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I’ll be grand...I think
I’ll be grand...I think
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I’ll be grand...I think
I’ll be grand...I think
He was arrested while recording a video for his socials? 😂😂😂
Also, fair play to @news.rte.ie for only reporting why he was arrested and jailed and not using click bait headlines like other meeja
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Also, fair play to @news.rte.ie for only reporting why he was arrested and jailed and not using click bait headlines like other meeja
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Enoch Burke arrested and brought to Mountjoy Prison
Enoch Burke has been arrested and brought to Mountjoy Prison on foot of an order issued by the High Court last week which directed his imprisonment for contempt of court.
www.rte.ie
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
He was arrested while recording a video for his socials? 😂😂😂
Also, fair play to @news.rte.ie for only reporting why he was arrested and jailed and not using click bait headlines like other meeja
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Also, fair play to @news.rte.ie for only reporting why he was arrested and jailed and not using click bait headlines like other meeja
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
This 👇 The good doctor has nailed it. I read several "reports" earlier and they are all biased.
As a woman with a trans/intersex history, it's hard.
Thanks @pantibliss.bsky.social for expressing so eloquently what I felt
As a woman with a trans/intersex history, it's hard.
Thanks @pantibliss.bsky.social for expressing so eloquently what I felt
It looks like every Irish outlet (that I've seen so far) has just transcribed a wire services report about the Linehan trial that is *dripping* with anti trans bias, misgendering the victim, calling the teenage victim an "activist" but not Linehan, and eliding the fact that the victim was a child
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This 👇 The good doctor has nailed it. I read several "reports" earlier and they are all biased.
As a woman with a trans/intersex history, it's hard.
Thanks @pantibliss.bsky.social for expressing so eloquently what I felt
As a woman with a trans/intersex history, it's hard.
Thanks @pantibliss.bsky.social for expressing so eloquently what I felt
Post your warning label
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Post your warning label
“You’ll be visited by three spirits…”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits…”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
The Bodyguard, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, premiered nationwide on this day, November 25, 1992. The film was a massive commercial success, grossing over $411 million worldwide, and its soundtrack, featured Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You".
youtu.be/ke_oeTK288k?...
youtu.be/ke_oeTK288k?...
Official Trailer THE BODYGUARD (1992, Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston)
YouTube video by Trailer World
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The Bodyguard, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, premiered nationwide on this day, November 25, 1992. The film was a massive commercial success, grossing over $411 million worldwide, and its soundtrack, featured Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You".
youtu.be/ke_oeTK288k?...
youtu.be/ke_oeTK288k?...
On this day, November 25, 1984, the Band Aid "supergroup" recorded the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" at S.A.R.M. Studios in London. The song, written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, featured many British and Irish artists and was created to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
On this day, November 25, 1984, the Band Aid "supergroup" recorded the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" at S.A.R.M. Studios in London. The song, written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, featured many British and Irish artists and was created to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
Woody Woodpecker debuted in the 1940 Andy Panda cartoon, Knock Knock, released on this day, November 25, 1940. The character was created by animator Walter Lantz and was originally voiced by Mel Blanc
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Woody Woodpecker debuted in the 1940 Andy Panda cartoon, Knock Knock, released on this day, November 25, 1940. The character was created by animator Walter Lantz and was originally voiced by Mel Blanc
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
Holly, sitting in her (my) favourite chair this afternoon as I WFH.
Her ears prick up when she hears a car outside.
I hope you're having a good Monday
Her ears prick up when she hears a car outside.
I hope you're having a good Monday
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Holly, sitting in her (my) favourite chair this afternoon as I WFH.
Her ears prick up when she hears a car outside.
I hope you're having a good Monday
Her ears prick up when she hears a car outside.
I hope you're having a good Monday
Reposted by Denise Breen 🖖
Thirty years since the best reaction to losing a referendum was spoken! In 1995 one of No Divorce Campaign leaders Úna Bean Mhic Mhathúna,on leaving the RDS as the 15th amendment to allow divorce was passed,shouted to celebrating pro divorce campaigners,’Go way ye wife swappin' sodomites’!#speirgorm
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Thirty years since the best reaction to losing a referendum was spoken! In 1995 one of No Divorce Campaign leaders Úna Bean Mhic Mhathúna,on leaving the RDS as the 15th amendment to allow divorce was passed,shouted to celebrating pro divorce campaigners,’Go way ye wife swappin' sodomites’!#speirgorm
Ah no! The wonderful Jimmy Cliff has crossed the final river. RIP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
The musician was known for hits like You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Ah no! The wonderful Jimmy Cliff has crossed the final river. RIP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fascinating study 👇
New study suggests that just walking around dressed like Batman may make the world a better place.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Fascinating study 👇
On this, the 30th anniversary of the introduction of divorce in Ireland, I'm reflecting how my divorce came through in 2000 and our marriage was annulled by the Catholic Church.
I have committed a sin by divorcing someone I was never married to because they annulled the marriage 🤷♀️
Mental gymnastics
I have committed a sin by divorcing someone I was never married to because they annulled the marriage 🤷♀️
Mental gymnastics
a woman in a fur coat says divorce oh yeah in front of another woman
ALT: a woman in a fur coat says divorce oh yeah in front of another woman
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
On this, the 30th anniversary of the introduction of divorce in Ireland, I'm reflecting how my divorce came through in 2000 and our marriage was annulled by the Catholic Church.
I have committed a sin by divorcing someone I was never married to because they annulled the marriage 🤷♀️
Mental gymnastics
I have committed a sin by divorcing someone I was never married to because they annulled the marriage 🤷♀️
Mental gymnastics
Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar in 1946, died of AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia on this day in 1991 at the age of 45. He made a public statement about his illness the day before his death, and the announcement is credited with increasing public awareness of the disease.
a man in a yellow jacket and white pants is holding a microphone
Alt: Freddie Mercury in a yellow jacket and white pants singing into a microphone
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar in 1946, died of AIDS-related bronchial pneumonia on this day in 1991 at the age of 45. He made a public statement about his illness the day before his death, and the announcement is credited with increasing public awareness of the disease.
A 2003 poll for Q magazine saw a panel of music writers vote "Agadoo" as the worst song of all time, saying: "It sounded like the school disco you were forced to attend, your middle-aged relatives forming a conga at a wedding party, a travelling DJ act....every party cliche you ever heard."
a couple of men dressed as bananas are dancing
ALT: a couple of men dressed as bananas are dancing
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A 2003 poll for Q magazine saw a panel of music writers vote "Agadoo" as the worst song of all time, saying: "It sounded like the school disco you were forced to attend, your middle-aged relatives forming a conga at a wedding party, a travelling DJ act....every party cliche you ever heard."
On this day in 1995, Ireland narrowly voted to end its 70-year constitutional ban on divorce, with 50.28% in favour and 49.72% against. The referendum's close result, decided by a margin of just over 9,000 votes, reflected deep societal divisions on the issue.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
On this day in 1995, Ireland narrowly voted to end its 70-year constitutional ban on divorce, with 50.28% in favour and 49.72% against. The referendum's close result, decided by a margin of just over 9,000 votes, reflected deep societal divisions on the issue.
On this day in 1963, just two days after his assassination of JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald was shot dead by night club owner Jack Ruby
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
On this day in 1963, just two days after his assassination of JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald was shot dead by night club owner Jack Ruby
Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" opened on this day in 1952 in London. It's still running and I had the good fortune to go and see it in June this year, for the first time.
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" opened on this day in 1952 in London. It's still running and I had the good fortune to go and see it in June this year, for the first time.