Gareth Kavanagh
@omegar24.bsky.social
I tweet about science fiction fandom and Ireland and other strange things. Last Worst hope for peace. He/Him
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Octocon is in Cork in the Clayton, membership booked, will have to look at where to stay later. Any suggestions?
January 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Octocon is in Cork in the Clayton, membership booked, will have to look at where to stay later. Any suggestions?
So just watched this episode. I did not realise how much my old apartment building was used. It was done by name and the interior and exterior are all from the building
I think the other one that I know of was spotted by my Parents because they had visited me and were watching the show, and spotted that it was filming in my old apartment building
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
So just watched this episode. I did not realise how much my old apartment building was used. It was done by name and the interior and exterior are all from the building
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The rules-based international order is being deliberately destroyed and yet an irresponsible number of column inches are about to be expended on the meaning of Macron's aviator shades.
January 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The rules-based international order is being deliberately destroyed and yet an irresponsible number of column inches are about to be expended on the meaning of Macron's aviator shades.
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Some more Northern Lights photos from Phoenix Park in Dublin. My first time seeing them. A real bucket list moment (and a bit weird standing in the dark with a load of randomers at the Papal Cross 😂) #SpeirGorm
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Some more Northern Lights photos from Phoenix Park in Dublin. My first time seeing them. A real bucket list moment (and a bit weird standing in the dark with a load of randomers at the Papal Cross 😂) #SpeirGorm
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From @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social , a few years in the future: Why the US Collapsed
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/why-the-us-c...
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/why-the-us-c...
Why the US Collapsed
I wrote this a few years from now…
Historians, political analysts, and much of the general public around the world have long discussed why the United States of America collapsed in the mid- to late 2...
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
From @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social , a few years in the future: Why the US Collapsed
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/why-the-us-c...
www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/why-the-us-c...
Rewatching Person of Interest, still a good show. Though it is very different watching it now after having lived in NYC.
January 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rewatching Person of Interest, still a good show. Though it is very different watching it now after having lived in NYC.
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Wrote to TDs about the govt. using the CSAM generator formerly known as X. Now I should probably go do the next necessary thing.
January 8, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Wrote to TDs about the govt. using the CSAM generator formerly known as X. Now I should probably go do the next necessary thing.
I am lucky in my current role that I often need to cross the Iveagh Gardens back and forth. It’s a nice quiet moment in an otherwise noisy day. This evening I was walking and had to take this photo. This picture does not do the moment justice.
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I am lucky in my current role that I often need to cross the Iveagh Gardens back and forth. It’s a nice quiet moment in an otherwise noisy day. This evening I was walking and had to take this photo. This picture does not do the moment justice.
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“Strange Stories by Irish Women” #NollaigNamBan
Anna Maria Hall
Lady Wilde
Charlotte Riddell
Rosa Mulholland
L. T. Meade
B. M. Croker
Lady Gregory
Katharine Tynan
Clotilde Graves
Ethna Carbery
Dora Sigerson Shorter
Beatrice Grimshaw
swanriverpress.ie/2019/02/stra...
Anna Maria Hall
Lady Wilde
Charlotte Riddell
Rosa Mulholland
L. T. Meade
B. M. Croker
Lady Gregory
Katharine Tynan
Clotilde Graves
Ethna Carbery
Dora Sigerson Shorter
Beatrice Grimshaw
swanriverpress.ie/2019/02/stra...
January 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
“Strange Stories by Irish Women” #NollaigNamBan
Anna Maria Hall
Lady Wilde
Charlotte Riddell
Rosa Mulholland
L. T. Meade
B. M. Croker
Lady Gregory
Katharine Tynan
Clotilde Graves
Ethna Carbery
Dora Sigerson Shorter
Beatrice Grimshaw
swanriverpress.ie/2019/02/stra...
Anna Maria Hall
Lady Wilde
Charlotte Riddell
Rosa Mulholland
L. T. Meade
B. M. Croker
Lady Gregory
Katharine Tynan
Clotilde Graves
Ethna Carbery
Dora Sigerson Shorter
Beatrice Grimshaw
swanriverpress.ie/2019/02/stra...
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If you see CSAM online there is a place for you to make a report.
Hotline.ie
#spéirgorm
CSAM stands for child sexual assault material.
Hotline.ie
#spéirgorm
CSAM stands for child sexual assault material.
Hotline
Hotline.ie
January 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
If you see CSAM online there is a place for you to make a report.
Hotline.ie
#spéirgorm
CSAM stands for child sexual assault material.
Hotline.ie
#spéirgorm
CSAM stands for child sexual assault material.
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Please remember that the Salvation Army is religious group which is Transphobic in policy and actions.
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
#Spéirgorm
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
#Spéirgorm
Salvation Army stages 'uplifting' Christmas concert in Dublin
The Salvation Army community in Dublin gathered for a special Christmas concert at Dublin’s Pepper Canister Church, with hope as […]
dublinpeople.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Please remember that the Salvation Army is religious group which is Transphobic in policy and actions.
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
#Spéirgorm
dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
#Spéirgorm
I had to let my Pharmacist know that I was moving to a new one next year. Except for the three years in NYC I have visited this pharmacy for 15 years. She was able to find medication for me that were super hard to find. In the end though it is just too far for me to travel About 75-90 min on the bus
December 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I had to let my Pharmacist know that I was moving to a new one next year. Except for the three years in NYC I have visited this pharmacy for 15 years. She was able to find medication for me that were super hard to find. In the end though it is just too far for me to travel About 75-90 min on the bus
Commuting on a Friday is very different than other days in the week… on Wednesday the bus is full no seats available. Today there are many empty rows.
December 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Commuting on a Friday is very different than other days in the week… on Wednesday the bus is full no seats available. Today there are many empty rows.
Liffey is quite high this evening, not that far below the boardwalk at all. I don’t think the tour boat could under all the bridges! I am presuming storm surge.
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Liffey is quite high this evening, not that far below the boardwalk at all. I don’t think the tour boat could under all the bridges! I am presuming storm surge.
The streets around Stephens Green are locking down. They have closed Cuff St towards the Green and the guards are redirecting traffic. They are taking the security of the visit seriously.
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The streets around Stephens Green are locking down. They have closed Cuff St towards the Green and the guards are redirecting traffic. They are taking the security of the visit seriously.
A miserable wet day, It is days like this that make a place look bad, as everything is wet and there is not a lot of light.
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A miserable wet day, It is days like this that make a place look bad, as everything is wet and there is not a lot of light.
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I use the tag #notallmenbutenoughofthem for mens voilence in Ireland.
To collate but also for people to block the posts which may cause them distress.
To collate but also for people to block the posts which may cause them distress.
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I use the tag #notallmenbutenoughofthem for mens voilence in Ireland.
To collate but also for people to block the posts which may cause them distress.
To collate but also for people to block the posts which may cause them distress.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Woke up and got moving early this morning. To the point I clocked in in the office earlier than I would have clocked in working from home…
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Woke up and got moving early this morning. To the point I clocked in in the office earlier than I would have clocked in working from home…
Looks like the Hoxton hotel, formerly the central hotel, is opening its bars this Thursday…. Must pop in and have a small drink in the Library Bar, it’s been a while and I have missed the place.
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Looks like the Hoxton hotel, formerly the central hotel, is opening its bars this Thursday…. Must pop in and have a small drink in the Library Bar, it’s been a while and I have missed the place.
Weather is miserable, and despite best efforts I spent a lot of time walking outside today. Now home and heating is turned on for the first time this winter.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Weather is miserable, and despite best efforts I spent a lot of time walking outside today. Now home and heating is turned on for the first time this winter.
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One of the stranger aspects of all this anger is the constant belief that people only have a different opinion to you because they are paid to; it is unthinkable that somebody might just disagree with you on their own dime.
The BBC paid me to say that, by the way.
The BBC paid me to say that, by the way.
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
One of the stranger aspects of all this anger is the constant belief that people only have a different opinion to you because they are paid to; it is unthinkable that somebody might just disagree with you on their own dime.
The BBC paid me to say that, by the way.
The BBC paid me to say that, by the way.
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Saw a news report yesterday about children as young as 9 being given weight loss jabs on the NHS, and I think it shows just how utterly bullshit the “lack of research into long term impacts” excuse for banning puberty blockers for trans kids really was. It’s purely ideological.
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Saw a news report yesterday about children as young as 9 being given weight loss jabs on the NHS, and I think it shows just how utterly bullshit the “lack of research into long term impacts” excuse for banning puberty blockers for trans kids really was. It’s purely ideological.
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This is the consequence of pandering to the far right - they feel untouchable. People could have died. They could literally have murdered people.
Justice Minister confirms arson attack on IPAS building in Drogheda last night.
"Fireworks were thrown into the building, causing a fire and putting lives at risk. This was a terrifying ordeal for the women and children living there, a number of whom were taken to hospital."
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"Fireworks were thrown into the building, causing a fire and putting lives at risk. This was a terrifying ordeal for the women and children living there, a number of whom were taken to hospital."
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November 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is the consequence of pandering to the far right - they feel untouchable. People could have died. They could literally have murdered people.