Simon McGarr
@tupped.bsky.social
Solicitor, consultant, artist, writes TheGist.ie newsletter.
Visiting Lecturer. External Examiner in Data Protection law.
Visiting Lecturer. External Examiner in Data Protection law.
Boorman’s films are mesmerising.
Behold, the Sword of Power! Excalibur! For anyone waiting for things from me, this is why: my brain has been consumed by John Boorman and Excalibur, both of them dear to my heart. The restoration is stunning, and finally presents the film in the right aspect ratio on home video... 🧵1/8
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Boorman’s films are mesmerising.
Ancient Roman Empire had no state you say?
Novel thesis. May require further citations.
Novel thesis. May require further citations.
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Ancient Roman Empire had no state you say?
Novel thesis. May require further citations.
Novel thesis. May require further citations.
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Someone has never googled the etymology of the word "dole"
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Someone has never googled the etymology of the word "dole"
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Tomorrow and Sunday it's the Richmond Barracks Christmas fair! It was lovely last year, all Irish made stuff, some really interesting vendors, outdoor musical performances and lovely hot drinks truck. Highly recommend dropping in.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Tomorrow and Sunday it's the Richmond Barracks Christmas fair! It was lovely last year, all Irish made stuff, some really interesting vendors, outdoor musical performances and lovely hot drinks truck. Highly recommend dropping in.
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One could attend the "Kidz Filmz" series of the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival, not least because it features Glitch, which has a stellar cast!
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Proud daddy has seen his little girl plastered all over the news today!
Naomi, holding the dog, is played by herself.
Naomi, holding the dog, is played by herself.
This Saturday, a film festival in the Liberties is showcasing comedies by and for kids. “These films, short as they are, show a lot of imagination and talent,” writes Luke Maxwell.
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
One could attend the "Kidz Filmz" series of the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival, not least because it features Glitch, which has a stellar cast!
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November 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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If you've recently opened sweet vermouth (it uses a lot) a Martinez is lovey.
45ml gin, 45 ml sweet vermouth, barspoon maraschino liquor, 2 dash orange bitters. Stir and serve up
45ml gin, 45 ml sweet vermouth, barspoon maraschino liquor, 2 dash orange bitters. Stir and serve up
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
If you've recently opened sweet vermouth (it uses a lot) a Martinez is lovey.
45ml gin, 45 ml sweet vermouth, barspoon maraschino liquor, 2 dash orange bitters. Stir and serve up
45ml gin, 45 ml sweet vermouth, barspoon maraschino liquor, 2 dash orange bitters. Stir and serve up
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I bought some block printing inks and am going to try mono printing some Xmas cards with images of the Baltimore beacon. Make Xmas cards!
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I bought some block printing inks and am going to try mono printing some Xmas cards with images of the Baltimore beacon. Make Xmas cards!
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The 2015 film, ‘Lady in the Van’, for Maggie Smith’s brilliant performance.
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The Lady in the Van - Wikipedia
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November 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The 2015 film, ‘Lady in the Van’, for Maggie Smith’s brilliant performance.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lad...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lad...
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On books, 2 An Post Nominees:
- The Secret Life of Leinster House by @gavreilly.com - reminds you that politicians are human & gives you some empathy towards them.
- The Lie of The Land by @thinkorswim.bsky.social - Lays out how much needs to be done & you go back to being mad at the politicians.
- The Secret Life of Leinster House by @gavreilly.com - reminds you that politicians are human & gives you some empathy towards them.
- The Lie of The Land by @thinkorswim.bsky.social - Lays out how much needs to be done & you go back to being mad at the politicians.
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
On books, 2 An Post Nominees:
- The Secret Life of Leinster House by @gavreilly.com - reminds you that politicians are human & gives you some empathy towards them.
- The Lie of The Land by @thinkorswim.bsky.social - Lays out how much needs to be done & you go back to being mad at the politicians.
- The Secret Life of Leinster House by @gavreilly.com - reminds you that politicians are human & gives you some empathy towards them.
- The Lie of The Land by @thinkorswim.bsky.social - Lays out how much needs to be done & you go back to being mad at the politicians.
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It is Friday.
Let’s have some fun with it.
Send ideas for weekend wonders- outings, mini-projects, books, music or films.
Dinner recipes. Cocktails to make.
Let’s get ready for it.
Let’s have some fun with it.
Send ideas for weekend wonders- outings, mini-projects, books, music or films.
Dinner recipes. Cocktails to make.
Let’s get ready for it.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It is Friday.
Let’s have some fun with it.
Send ideas for weekend wonders- outings, mini-projects, books, music or films.
Dinner recipes. Cocktails to make.
Let’s get ready for it.
Let’s have some fun with it.
Send ideas for weekend wonders- outings, mini-projects, books, music or films.
Dinner recipes. Cocktails to make.
Let’s get ready for it.
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A visit to the Dublin Small Press Fair at Pearse St library! 📚
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A visit to the Dublin Small Press Fair at Pearse St library! 📚
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🚨🚨 Welcome news: #socialmedia giants including #Meta and #TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new EU rules agreed by @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu yesterday. www.politico.eu/article/soci...
Social media giants liable for financial scams under new EU law
The new rules set a dangerous precedent, big tech companies say.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🚨🚨 Welcome news: #socialmedia giants including #Meta and #TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new EU rules agreed by @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu yesterday. www.politico.eu/article/soci...
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to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
It is Friday.
Let’s have some fun with it.
Send ideas for weekend wonders- outings, mini-projects, books, music or films.
Dinner recipes. Cocktails to make.
Let’s get ready for it.
Let’s have some fun with it.
Send ideas for weekend wonders- outings, mini-projects, books, music or films.
Dinner recipes. Cocktails to make.
Let’s get ready for it.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It is Friday.
Let’s have some fun with it.
Send ideas for weekend wonders- outings, mini-projects, books, music or films.
Dinner recipes. Cocktails to make.
Let’s get ready for it.
Let’s have some fun with it.
Send ideas for weekend wonders- outings, mini-projects, books, music or films.
Dinner recipes. Cocktails to make.
Let’s get ready for it.
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Deee-Lite’s SUPA DJ DMITRY is here to celebrate the RSD Black Friday release of The Very Best Of Deee-Lite, and share tales of the group’s funkadelic encounters with Bootsy Collins, Q-Tip, and the JB horns.
The Record Store Day Podcast,
Wherever you get your podcasts or:
bit.ly/RSDPODCAST
The Record Store Day Podcast,
Wherever you get your podcasts or:
bit.ly/RSDPODCAST
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Deee-Lite’s SUPA DJ DMITRY is here to celebrate the RSD Black Friday release of The Very Best Of Deee-Lite, and share tales of the group’s funkadelic encounters with Bootsy Collins, Q-Tip, and the JB horns.
The Record Store Day Podcast,
Wherever you get your podcasts or:
bit.ly/RSDPODCAST
The Record Store Day Podcast,
Wherever you get your podcasts or:
bit.ly/RSDPODCAST
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I'm in an album club, like a book club but for records. I got to pick the topic this month: music you got into after you read a review. And one of the most musically experienced members said he always kept his eye out for music that got widely divergent reviews—love and hate—they're usually the best
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I'm in an album club, like a book club but for records. I got to pick the topic this month: music you got into after you read a review. And one of the most musically experienced members said he always kept his eye out for music that got widely divergent reviews—love and hate—they're usually the best
Britain, hearing stories about the British Empire from literally anywhere else on the planet.
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Britain, hearing stories about the British Empire from literally anywhere else on the planet.
This reminds me of the glee with which the ‘Dessie can do it’ slogan was seized upon in primary school. One of the tamer jokes involved him trying to hold closed a broken toilet stall closed while frantically screaming ‘Dessie is doing it’.
From the 1987 General Election a Leaflet for Helena McAuliffe-Ennis and Dan O’Sullivan who were running for The Progressive Democrats in Longford Westmeath. McAuliffe-Ennis was important to the PDs as she was the only Labour Parliamentary Party member to join them after they had been set up.
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
This reminds me of the glee with which the ‘Dessie can do it’ slogan was seized upon in primary school. One of the tamer jokes involved him trying to hold closed a broken toilet stall closed while frantically screaming ‘Dessie is doing it’.
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Well, if it’s dark - no. Bluntly, no.
High-visibility only works in light. At distance at night, it won’t even give as much warning as reflective materials, still less lights.
And that assumes the idiot drivers are even paying attention. One gets rather tired of the victim-blaming on the roads.
High-visibility only works in light. At distance at night, it won’t even give as much warning as reflective materials, still less lights.
And that assumes the idiot drivers are even paying attention. One gets rather tired of the victim-blaming on the roads.
👀 Can you see me now?
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Well, if it’s dark - no. Bluntly, no.
High-visibility only works in light. At distance at night, it won’t even give as much warning as reflective materials, still less lights.
And that assumes the idiot drivers are even paying attention. One gets rather tired of the victim-blaming on the roads.
High-visibility only works in light. At distance at night, it won’t even give as much warning as reflective materials, still less lights.
And that assumes the idiot drivers are even paying attention. One gets rather tired of the victim-blaming on the roads.
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Séamas O'Reilly Says You're "Insane" If You Don't Use O'ReillyCorp Dick Traps, Vomit Cubes And Arse Grenades To Do Literally Everything.
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Séamas O'Reilly Says You're "Insane" If You Don't Use O'ReillyCorp Dick Traps, Vomit Cubes And Arse Grenades To Do Literally Everything.
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I regret to inform you that the Brits are, once again, and this will not surprise you in the least, At It.
The lengths the British government will go to please the Israeli government.
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Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told
Normal People author Sally Rooney's books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to "uncertainty" caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the British High ...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I regret to inform you that the Brits are, once again, and this will not surprise you in the least, At It.
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Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...