Adrian
@adrian-h.bsky.social
Recovering middle-aged 🇦🇺 software engineer living in 🇮🇪. 🏳️🌈 he/him. Zero tolerance for racism. Let trans people be 🏳️⚧️. Free Palestine 🇵🇸.
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
The rules for our #ToyShow 🧑⚕️ drinking game so far:
A seriously ill or disabled child appears: DRINK!
An obviously gay child appears: DRINK!
A performatively culchie child appears: DRINK!
There’s a sponsor’s gift for everyone in the audience: DRINK!
A family gets a trip to Florida: DRINK!
…
A seriously ill or disabled child appears: DRINK!
An obviously gay child appears: DRINK!
A performatively culchie child appears: DRINK!
There’s a sponsor’s gift for everyone in the audience: DRINK!
A family gets a trip to Florida: DRINK!
…
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The rules for our #ToyShow 🧑⚕️ drinking game so far:
A seriously ill or disabled child appears: DRINK!
An obviously gay child appears: DRINK!
A performatively culchie child appears: DRINK!
There’s a sponsor’s gift for everyone in the audience: DRINK!
A family gets a trip to Florida: DRINK!
…
A seriously ill or disabled child appears: DRINK!
An obviously gay child appears: DRINK!
A performatively culchie child appears: DRINK!
There’s a sponsor’s gift for everyone in the audience: DRINK!
A family gets a trip to Florida: DRINK!
…
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Have a bunch of Irish music/media types following me I believe-with Lexi here love to see this become a reality
Anyone have connections with those to IPSC to see the logistics in getting something like this organised?
#speirgorm
Anyone have connections with those to IPSC to see the logistics in getting something like this organised?
#speirgorm
I know I have some people in the music industry following me. This is a great idea. A live aid type of concert benefitting Gaza on the same night that Eurovision airs, with hopefully all countries who are boycotting Eurovision participating here
I could see the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign trying to organise something like that in Ireland. It would be great if we could do something jointly with the other countries that are also boycotting. I see Zoe Lawlor sometimes - chair of the IPSC - so will sound her out.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Have a bunch of Irish music/media types following me I believe-with Lexi here love to see this become a reality
Anyone have connections with those to IPSC to see the logistics in getting something like this organised?
#speirgorm
Anyone have connections with those to IPSC to see the logistics in getting something like this organised?
#speirgorm
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I don't deny that dogs can sometimes be quite lovely but what I will say is I don't trust their opinions. If a cat recommended me an album it had bought, I'd totally check it out. If a dog did the same, I'd promise to listen to the album, out of politeness, with no intention of actually doing so
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I don't deny that dogs can sometimes be quite lovely but what I will say is I don't trust their opinions. If a cat recommended me an album it had bought, I'd totally check it out. If a dog did the same, I'd promise to listen to the album, out of politeness, with no intention of actually doing so
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unicorns are cool, but they'd be cooler if they were unioncorns (unicorns who formed a union)
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 AM
unicorns are cool, but they'd be cooler if they were unioncorns (unicorns who formed a union)
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We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
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Simon Harris is a coward and a bully who would rather scapegoat innocent communities of vulnerable people rather than face up to the failures of either his government or himself as a leader, a Cabinet minister and a human being. Couldn't think less of him and have no problem saying it.
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Simon Harris is a coward and a bully who would rather scapegoat innocent communities of vulnerable people rather than face up to the failures of either his government or himself as a leader, a Cabinet minister and a human being. Couldn't think less of him and have no problem saying it.
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I don't understand why when Hemingway decided to drink himself death in a house full of cats everyone was like "art" but when I do it it's "not healthy" and I "need to talk to someone"
November 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I don't understand why when Hemingway decided to drink himself death in a house full of cats everyone was like "art" but when I do it it's "not healthy" and I "need to talk to someone"
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how are we supposed to have anything besides a low-trust society when the media refers to airstrikes that kill 100 people as a 'threat' to a ceasefire, or offers the logic that a ceasefire is something that can be unilaterally paused whenever Israel gets the urge to kill.
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
how are we supposed to have anything besides a low-trust society when the media refers to airstrikes that kill 100 people as a 'threat' to a ceasefire, or offers the logic that a ceasefire is something that can be unilaterally paused whenever Israel gets the urge to kill.
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Fascinating how Rayner had to fall on a sword for receiving bad advice but Reeves gets the “yours blah blah blah” treatment
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Fascinating how Rayner had to fall on a sword for receiving bad advice but Reeves gets the “yours blah blah blah” treatment
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what stage of capitalism is this
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
what stage of capitalism is this
Just had an argument with an Irish woman being loudly racist on a Dublin Bus.
Everyone else went silent. Nobody backed me up.
If you let people think it’s acceptable to air these views in shared public spaces, then you’re giving over your country to the tiny minority who riot and stoke hatred.
Everyone else went silent. Nobody backed me up.
If you let people think it’s acceptable to air these views in shared public spaces, then you’re giving over your country to the tiny minority who riot and stoke hatred.
October 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Just had an argument with an Irish woman being loudly racist on a Dublin Bus.
Everyone else went silent. Nobody backed me up.
If you let people think it’s acceptable to air these views in shared public spaces, then you’re giving over your country to the tiny minority who riot and stoke hatred.
Everyone else went silent. Nobody backed me up.
If you let people think it’s acceptable to air these views in shared public spaces, then you’re giving over your country to the tiny minority who riot and stoke hatred.
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Can the old guard of politicians just f+^÷×ing die off already. Blair, Brown, Kinnock... If you're gonna retire on your millions, then do it and stfu, otherwise just f+÷÷ off and kick the bucket already.
Fuck÷n boomer men, jesusss... You've had your turn, you WON the fukin game, just fuuuuck off!
Fuck÷n boomer men, jesusss... You've had your turn, you WON the fukin game, just fuuuuck off!
October 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Can the old guard of politicians just f+^÷×ing die off already. Blair, Brown, Kinnock... If you're gonna retire on your millions, then do it and stfu, otherwise just f+÷÷ off and kick the bucket already.
Fuck÷n boomer men, jesusss... You've had your turn, you WON the fukin game, just fuuuuck off!
Fuck÷n boomer men, jesusss... You've had your turn, you WON the fukin game, just fuuuuck off!
I need to find another career to get me through the next decade.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I need to find another career to get me through the next decade.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
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The Basic Income for the Arts Scheme is €325 a week, similar to what they gave out during the pandemic. This is how much they've deemed one needs in order to live in Ireland. So why is disability benefit only €244? Why are disabled and sick people expected to live so far below the poverty line?
October 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Basic Income for the Arts Scheme is €325 a week, similar to what they gave out during the pandemic. This is how much they've deemed one needs in order to live in Ireland. So why is disability benefit only €244? Why are disabled and sick people expected to live so far below the poverty line?
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Can anyone explain to me why you have a debate of presidential candidates on substantive policy issues, when the Irish constitution gives the President no role to play in determining government policy?
September 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Can anyone explain to me why you have a debate of presidential candidates on substantive policy issues, when the Irish constitution gives the President no role to play in determining government policy?
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It's odd that Republicans can do the mental gymnastics to link Tylenol to autism, but not link gun deaths to guns.
September 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
It's odd that Republicans can do the mental gymnastics to link Tylenol to autism, but not link gun deaths to guns.
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
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I fear I’ve just radicalised a Disney+ customer service agent.
September 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I fear I’ve just radicalised a Disney+ customer service agent.