Richard Cantwell
@manaboutcouch.bsky.social
I make Maps from 1's and 0's. I have a Cochlear Implant, so I hear with them too.
An Rionn na bPionta Blasta
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An Rionn na bPionta Blasta
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That My Bloody Valentine gig was a curate's egg. Fully expected for what was billed (and charged for) as a rehearsal. When they clicked it was very powerful.
Saturday night is going to be incredible.
Saturday night is going to be incredible.
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
That My Bloody Valentine gig was a curate's egg. Fully expected for what was billed (and charged for) as a rehearsal. When they clicked it was very powerful.
Saturday night is going to be incredible.
Saturday night is going to be incredible.
I've seen 2 My Bloody Valentine gigs over the last 33 years, and now I'm going to see them twice more in the space of 4 days.
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I've seen 2 My Bloody Valentine gigs over the last 33 years, and now I'm going to see them twice more in the space of 4 days.
Truly the end of the best beer bar that Dublin ever had.
The community that Paddy built in Underdog over the last 8 years is something that the city will miss, but I'll miss it more...
The community that Paddy built in Underdog over the last 8 years is something that the city will miss, but I'll miss it more...
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Truly the end of the best beer bar that Dublin ever had.
The community that Paddy built in Underdog over the last 8 years is something that the city will miss, but I'll miss it more...
The community that Paddy built in Underdog over the last 8 years is something that the city will miss, but I'll miss it more...
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This wildly inaccurate take is going to get annoying very quickly.
The story of the election is that the Continuity Higgins candidate won at a canter.
#aras25 #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
The story of the election is that the Continuity Higgins candidate won at a canter.
#aras25 #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
A landslide for Connolly - but the story of this election is protest
Read, share and shape the news on TheJournal.ie - Breaking Irish and International News
www.thejournal.ie
October 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This wildly inaccurate take is going to get annoying very quickly.
The story of the election is that the Continuity Higgins candidate won at a canter.
#aras25 #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
The story of the election is that the Continuity Higgins candidate won at a canter.
#aras25 #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
October 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Saw this lovely map of Merrion Sq from 1764 in the Oscar Wilde house.
Interesting that the buildings are drawn in elevation. The yet to be built Fitzwilliam St. is called 'the intended new street', and there are numerous appearances of 'Stable Lane'
Interesting that the buildings are drawn in elevation. The yet to be built Fitzwilliam St. is called 'the intended new street', and there are numerous appearances of 'Stable Lane'
October 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Saw this lovely map of Merrion Sq from 1764 in the Oscar Wilde house.
Interesting that the buildings are drawn in elevation. The yet to be built Fitzwilliam St. is called 'the intended new street', and there are numerous appearances of 'Stable Lane'
Interesting that the buildings are drawn in elevation. The yet to be built Fitzwilliam St. is called 'the intended new street', and there are numerous appearances of 'Stable Lane'
I thought I was going to England for the day, not to the Nanny State.
October 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I thought I was going to England for the day, not to the Nanny State.
October 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I really hope this guide on how to spot AI writing on Wikipedia wasn't written by an AI: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I really hope this guide on how to spot AI writing on Wikipedia wasn't written by an AI: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
I'll be on @drivetime.bsky.social after 16:35, talking about the work we did on this
More than 100,000 properties along Irish coastline at risk of flooding
More than 100,000 properties along Irish coastline at risk of flooding
New analysis raises likelihood that thousands of properties will become uninsurable
www.irishtimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'll be on @drivetime.bsky.social after 16:35, talking about the work we did on this
The Wedding Present in Whelan's this evening. Great gig revisiting their 40 years, done in reverse chronological order.
That was probably the most middle-aged moshpit I've been in.
That was probably the most middle-aged moshpit I've been in.
September 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Wedding Present in Whelan's this evening. Great gig revisiting their 40 years, done in reverse chronological order.
That was probably the most middle-aged moshpit I've been in.
That was probably the most middle-aged moshpit I've been in.
Not an expert (I'll leave that to @greencollective.io) but the RESS 5 results look good to me.
Is the €99/MWhr price for this an all time low? It must be close.
Interesting that it's 860MW solar but only 219MW onshore wind.
Is the €99/MWhr price for this an all time low? It must be close.
Interesting that it's 860MW solar but only 219MW onshore wind.
State awards 23 renewables projects electricity contracts
State awards 23 renewables projects electricity contracts
Wind projects are in Mayo, Cork, Waterford, Wicklow and Tipperary, while solar projects clustered mainly in east, south-east and midland
www.irishtimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Not an expert (I'll leave that to @greencollective.io) but the RESS 5 results look good to me.
Is the €99/MWhr price for this an all time low? It must be close.
Interesting that it's 860MW solar but only 219MW onshore wind.
Is the €99/MWhr price for this an all time low? It must be close.
Interesting that it's 860MW solar but only 219MW onshore wind.
The 'Asian Hornet's Nest in Cork' story is doing the rounds. According to this Guardian article they arrived in Bordeaux in 2004 hidden in a shipment of pottery from China. There are now half a million nests in France.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The truth about Asian hornets: how terrified should humans and honeybees actually be?
Ever since this ‘killer’ species arrived in the UK in 2016, there have been horror stories about it – and they have picked up pace in recent months. So are these hornets nasty predators or just misund...
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The 'Asian Hornet's Nest in Cork' story is doing the rounds. According to this Guardian article they arrived in Bordeaux in 2004 hidden in a shipment of pottery from China. There are now half a million nests in France.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is a gig by a band called Adebisi Shank
August 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is a gig by a band called Adebisi Shank
Interesting evening last night at Gibby Haynes Plays Butthole Surfers. There were definite School Of Rock vibes from his teenaged backing band, but they were note perfect
Evicshen isn't to everyone's taste, she was like an atonal arhythmic Autechre delivering performance art. Personally, I loved it
Evicshen isn't to everyone's taste, she was like an atonal arhythmic Autechre delivering performance art. Personally, I loved it
August 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Interesting evening last night at Gibby Haynes Plays Butthole Surfers. There were definite School Of Rock vibes from his teenaged backing band, but they were note perfect
Evicshen isn't to everyone's taste, she was like an atonal arhythmic Autechre delivering performance art. Personally, I loved it
Evicshen isn't to everyone's taste, she was like an atonal arhythmic Autechre delivering performance art. Personally, I loved it
I'm walking down Francis St, miles away from the Oasis gig, and I think I can hear it fairly clearly.
So I pop into a pub and it dawns on me that they're playing Definitely Maybe on their PA.
So I pop into a pub and it dawns on me that they're playing Definitely Maybe on their PA.
August 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm walking down Francis St, miles away from the Oasis gig, and I think I can hear it fairly clearly.
So I pop into a pub and it dawns on me that they're playing Definitely Maybe on their PA.
So I pop into a pub and it dawns on me that they're playing Definitely Maybe on their PA.
Certainly made the right moves recently
August 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Certainly made the right moves recently
Mogwai in Vicar St this evening. I haven't seen them play My Father My King is a good while. Certainly blew the cobwebs out of the rafters.
July 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Mogwai in Vicar St this evening. I haven't seen them play My Father My King is a good while. Certainly blew the cobwebs out of the rafters.
The best band of brothers playing in Dublin this month. Next month too, probably. @sparksofficial.bsky.social at The National Stadium tonight.
July 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The best band of brothers playing in Dublin this month. Next month too, probably. @sparksofficial.bsky.social at The National Stadium tonight.
I'm still convinced that NI Electricity missed out on a gigantic source of renewable energy by not wrapping Ian Paisley's coffin in copper wire
Belfast City Council confirmed that a complaint is being investigated
'Save Sodomy from Ulster' slogan on City Hall window 'a provocation' say TUV
Belfast City Council confirmed that a complaint is being investigated
www.belfastlive.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I'm still convinced that NI Electricity missed out on a gigantic source of renewable energy by not wrapping Ian Paisley's coffin in copper wire
In London for the day, I'm reminded of the Thames Television ident.
July 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In London for the day, I'm reminded of the Thames Television ident.
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How many brits are laughing at what the yanks are doing to their country while they themselves sit in boiling water?
Sky News: UK police reviewing comments by two acts at Glastonbury
June 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
How many brits are laughing at what the yanks are doing to their country while they themselves sit in boiling water?
June 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
More bike friendliness in Freiburg. We're in a cafe atop a 2 storey bike parking garage. That's a bike bridge crossing the 11 platforms at the main train station.
Just out of shot is another bridge, for trams, and of course there's a stop on it for most of the tram services in the city.
Just out of shot is another bridge, for trams, and of course there's a stop on it for most of the tram services in the city.
June 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
More bike friendliness in Freiburg. We're in a cafe atop a 2 storey bike parking garage. That's a bike bridge crossing the 11 platforms at the main train station.
Just out of shot is another bridge, for trams, and of course there's a stop on it for most of the tram services in the city.
Just out of shot is another bridge, for trams, and of course there's a stop on it for most of the tram services in the city.