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Mícheál de Brún
@thriftonaut.bsky.social
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Charity shops, puns and Dad jokes. West-Cork-ish based. Interests; records, history, film and Vintage kitchenalia.
I’ve left behind my family, my friends-everything. The only thing for me is this-the battlefield.
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Books have started being decanted onto shelves after the move. Sunday morning #Shelfie #Books
A bookshelf containing a mix of English and Irish language books. A bookshelf containing a mix of history and hobby books.
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Local commemoration of this event from 105 years ago today. Quite a few versions of this song but this one with the bongo style percussion wins it for me. youtu.be/s-daxKbLU20?...
Diarmuid O'Neill, Barry's Column, Irish Trad/Folk
YouTube video by tunesnimages
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November 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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phonicunderground.bsky.social
Anyone know anything about these Echo discs? I think they are from the late 1910s to early 20s. They are 6 inch discs made for instant recordings. Zinc coated I think.
3 small silver discs on a flat wooden surface.
November 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
thriftonaut.bsky.social
Who wore it best?
Pope Leo standing up on a airplane holding a baseball bat. Robert de Niro as Al Capone holding a baseball bat about to cave somebody’s head in.
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
thriftonaut.bsky.social
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
Godmother from Wanderly Wagon cycling a tricycle.
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Scandalous untrue rumours going around that J Clarkson’s Hawkstone stout is McGregor’s Forged stout remainder stock rebranded. What an awful untruth to be spreading…
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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simonpegg.bsky.social
So, my home town is having a meltdown on social media because a 50 year old brick and concrete bus shelter is being taken down to make way for a modern replacement.

Facebook posts commenced. Several a day on the Community pages.

An online petition was started.

And now... This.
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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nickdaly.bsky.social
With 6.5 poets per acre, Ireland is especially vulnerable

www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
thriftonaut.bsky.social
Ooh remembers that bloke from Saw? useta ride that tiny bike? What were that all about?!
An Ozempic headed Peter Kay with crappy photoshopped red lipstick and spirals on his face.
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Roses are red
Robin eggs are teal
An online article headline that reads “try a ‘fart walk’ to ease the pressure after that big thanksgiving meal”.
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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When the IRA killed Santa.
astoldbynai.blacksky.app nai THEE black barbie 🦋 @astoldbynai.blacksky.app · Feb 7
1. What was the first major news story you remember as a child?
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I heard the follow up absolutely stank!
Picture sleeve for soundtrack to an Indian film called Shart.
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Prepping hard for the #Thanksgiving dinner.
So far I’ve made
- cheezwiz and smoked salmon dip
- sprouts in butterscotch Angel Delight
- candy floss soup
- mayonnaise gravy
I’ll let the turkey cool a little before I put on the 100’s and 1000’s coating

What classics am I missing?
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Couldn’t pass this up. #CharityShop #Vintage #Kitchenalia
A vintage cup, saucer and side plate. It’s pale yellow with a sort of folded blinds design.
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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In all seriousness Declan Flynn, RIP.
gavreilly.com Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 4d
The Dáil has heard a suggestion that Dublin Airport be named after the former Taoiseach Sean Lemass.

Any counteroffers?
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Don’t you know the hero can’t die until the last reel? RIP
Jimmy Cliff as Ivan in The Harder They Come. He is holding a pistol in each hand and looking like a bad ass.
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Geansaí bán dearg
Déanann fearg
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Chances of a white Christmas have been greatly reduced…
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Ghost Rider motorcycle hero
Hey baby, baby, baby he's a-screamin' the truth
America, America is killin' its youth
Hey baby, baby, baby he's a-screamin' away
America, America is killin' its youth
America, America is killin' its youth
Pope Leo on the microphone.
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.

The Met 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a three quarter profile of an ancient Egyptian figurine of a leaping dog facing left. Carved from ivory, now a warm caramel brown colour with glossy surface. The dogs eyes are outlined in black, the ears are floppy, the mouth is slightly ajar (the inside of the mouth is painted red - not sen in my photo). The front and back legs are outstretched as if running at full speed. A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth so that the dog looks as if it’s barking. Dimensions: L 18.2 cm × H 6.1 cm × W 3.6 cm. Dated to Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC, reign of Amenhotep III who was Tutankhamun’s grandfather. The dog is mounted on a thin metal rod in a display case. In the background in the same display case is a ‘galloping’ brown horse, which is the handle of an ancient Egyptian fly whisk or light whip.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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phonicunderground.bsky.social
Times are hard but at least I have enough for a pint.
A hand holding pre-Euro Irish coins totaling about £2.05.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Today’s solo find. I know they’re electronically enhanced to stereo but I’m still v pleased. Billy is scarce enough in #CharityShop these days. #Vinyl
The LP The World of Billy Fury. Billy is looking a the camera, he has the collar popped on his gold lame jacket.
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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panchoballard.bsky.social
Does anyone here, preferably an artist, use an Epson EcoTank printer?
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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22 January 1972
Barleycorn - 'The Men Behind The Wire': Troubles at mill irishnumberones.com/2025/11/20/b...
Barleycorn – ‘The Men Behind The Wire’
22 January 1972 This chart-topping original of ‘The Men Behind The Wire’ has a spoken-word introduction: On Monday the ninth of August 1971 at 4:30 a.m., Irish men from all over the six…
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November 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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New neighbours called over to introduce themselves to Ulfrick.
A cat looking at another cat climbing through a window, outside is another cat. On the window sill are cat ornaments and a ceramic pug dog.
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM