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Tim O’Connor @maotsetim.bsky.social · 1d

Getting a touch of Stendahl syndrome looking at this particular painting

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 Edgar Ende (1901-65) was a German Surrealist who is barely known outside that country, but unlike many of the surrealists actually painted from his subconscious - rather than carefully creating fabricated imaginings. Thus his work has authenticity & is mesmerising [1]

Tim O’Connor @maotsetim.bsky.social · 4d

An incredibly satisfying article. I appreciate the GAA does a lot of good work but I cannot stand the sanctimony and hubris that so often accompanies the organisation.

Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 4d

GAA exceptionalism has definitely been due a peg-lowering.

The phrase "centrist rugby Dad" speaks to a fantasy where GAA is this benignly egalitarian, progressive and welcoming space. This is not everyone's experience but good luck to them if they say so.

www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...

Malachy Clerkin: The Jim Gavin fiasco was a long overdue humbling for GAA exceptionalism

Micheál Martin had his head turned by Gavin’s football success, forgetting it’s just a sport, no better or worse than the rest

www.irishtimes.com

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 7d

2/2 Chien de Rolin: Pretty chuffed about being invited to the big event.

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Rislandr 🇪🇺 🔰 @rislandr.bsky.social · 11d

Maybe a whitewasher of imperialist Russian aggression in the Áras, similar to Clare Daly, is exactly what Ireland needs to wean itself off Kremlin propaganda.

Damian Stack @damianstack.bsky.social · 13d

Tankie says what? More Putin talking points from Catherine Connolly

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Tim O’Connor @maotsetim.bsky.social · 13d

This is at its worst when you look up a restaurant and cannot find a menu.

Christie Golden @christiegolden.bsky.social · 13d

You know what I miss? Websites. Easy to navigate, with all the info in one place. They're vanishing, being replaced by Instagram (pretty pics that tell you NOTHING), Tik-Tok, FB, etc. Times are stressful, just give me your hours, rates, product info, product, etc. please don't drain my brain more.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 22d

ladies if he’s a matador that is a huge red flag

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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · Sep 15

Sir, a second Eoin Hayes has hit the Soc Dems.

George Bush 9/11 meme.
A second plane has hit the south tower, Bush looking shocked.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 12

Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
on.ft.com/3K05vhS

When a parrot wanted to connect with a distant friend, a touchscreen showed a selection of other birds available online. The parrots learned to activate the screen, designed specially for them, by touching it gently with their tongues rather than pecking aggressively with their beaks.
"We had 26 birds involved," said Hirskyj-Douglas. "They would use the system up to three hours a day, with each call lasting up to five minutes." The interactions ranged from preening and playing with toys to loud vocal exchanges.
"When we went through the data, we found that most of these parrots had favourite friends," said Hirskyj-Douglas.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · Sep 11

A heavenly glimpse of the nave through the west door at Beverley Minster #thread

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · Sep 10

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

A bear in the wild, smiling and posing coyly

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Sep 4

Lovely to hear Melvyn Bragg talking about the big idea behind "In Our Time": to get academics on the air, talking about the subjects they were most passionate & knowledgeable about, without worrying about whether they had "media training".

It's remarkable that this was (& remains) such an odd idea!

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Tim O’Connor @maotsetim.bsky.social · Jul 24

Particularly in the SW where last yesr I was at the chatting to a Tim O’Connor at the funeral of another Fr Tim O’Connor. Apparently we’d have all been Thadeus had another transliteration of Tadhgh not been more popular.

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Tim O’Connor @maotsetim.bsky.social · Jul 21

Not blaming you at all, I saw your comment and understand that you don’t choose the images. Regrettably though, this is a feature and not a bug of how a lot of British people imagine their country to look, including whoever generated the original image. It can be exasperating. That’s all.

Tim O’Connor @maotsetim.bsky.social · Jul 21

I’ve yet to see an image of Italy used in similar circumstances where they include the island of Corsica yet many of our neighbours seem to be either profoundly ignorant of the borders of their own country or subject to Russian style ambitions for re-expansion.

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · Jul 21

"The truly unnerving thing about the fall of Rome (yes, I’m going there again, sorry) was that most Romans probably didn’t notice it had happened."

Morning all!

The decline and fall of Great Britain

From the graffiti to the economy, a sense of terminal rot has set in.

www.newstatesman.com

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The Hills Have Eris @erislovesmovies.bsky.social · Jul 11

Catherine Connolly may be basically a well-meaning person who has good positions on various things, but she has showed very poor judgement in important situations and doesn't seem to have learned from her mistakes or pulled away from those people or positions

The Hills Have Eris @erislovesmovies.bsky.social · Jul 11

I have now learned who Catherine Connolly supported for President in 2018...

The Hills Have Eris @erislovesmovies.bsky.social · Jul 11

The answer to this is YES. Yes, we should be worried about Catherine Connolly being one leg of a triad with Mick Wallace and Claire Daly.

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𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · Jul 11

Catherine Connolly says “the Ukraine” in every speech on the war. She opposes Ireland providing Ukraine paltry combat medic and de-mining training, and objects to all EU arms funding for Ukraine.

She took part in a PR blitz for Bashar al-Assad in Syria, but wouldn’t clap for Zelenskyy in the Dáil.

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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · Jun 28

If you asked me to imagine 2025 as a kid I might have come up with flying cars, space travel... Never in a million years would I have foreseen a Fianna Fáil Taoiseach giving a speech at the Dublin Pride parade to mark the ten year anniversary of Ireland’s referendum to legalise gay marriage…

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · Jun 25

The entire discourse around Zohran is like this

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Tim O’Connor @maotsetim.bsky.social · Jun 24

I remember seeing a study before where you were only considered a millionaire if your assets, excluding your primary residence, amounted to over a million in worth. Might be something like that.

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