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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 · 10h

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.

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 10h

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

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 11h

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

Just, y'know, for the hare now.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 22h

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 · 13h

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.

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 12h

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

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 13h

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.

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 18h

No plan survives contact with the giant demonic hare

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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 22h

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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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 21h

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.

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 22h

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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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

🚨 @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. 💚💥

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 1d

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.

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 2d

Jeez, I think I became divorced just watching that, and I'm not even married!

Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 2d

Just prepping to go to Ireland tomorrow. I discovered today that postcodes in Ireland are called Eircodes. The landlord for the property messaged it to me, but he spelled it as "the aircode for the property is...."

I was like, "AIR codes? What's an air code? Air traffic controller are we?"

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 2d

As I recall, isn't the effect of a bombing a country that it usually shores up a regime, because angry people rally to the flag?

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Kimber Johnson @kimberjohnson.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone dressing up as Thursday for Halloween this year?

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 3d

You're so vague, you probably think this skeet is about, I dunno, something.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 3d

Andrew does still have a title.
Clue: it’s pretty close to mine.

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 3d

The Arsehole Formerly Known As A Prince.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew to be stripped of titles and move out of Royal Lodge

King’s brother will become known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, Buckingham Palace says, in latest fallout from Epstein scandal

www.theguardian.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4d

X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.

Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.

No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.

Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.

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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 3d

Much as I enjoy hearing from @edzitron.com on the AI financial bubble, I do think something may have gone wrong with the subtitles on his latest interview.

YouTube clip of an interview with Ed Zitron, the subtitle saying, "I'm super excited to be sitting down with Ed Sheeran."