Stephen O’Shea
@architectgp.bsky.social
Architect + CPHD, now working in Sustainability. 🏃🏻♂️🚴♂️🏉⚽️ Multiple cats & kids. Born at 326 ppm so I got to see David Bowie, James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Prince live.
Header picture by @RiotGrlErin
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Stephen O’Shea
@architectgp.bsky.social
· Nov 24
*sits upright in bed* ‘CARBON OFFSETS ARE THE MODERN-DAY EQUIVALENT OF PLENARY INDULGENCES!’ 🤯
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So, to clarify, spray-painting a plane is terrorism, holding a sign to support the organisation those that spray-painted the plane were members of is terrorism, but taking a foreign head of state hostage needs to wait for a press conference from the hostage taker for nuance?
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
So, to clarify, spray-painting a plane is terrorism, holding a sign to support the organisation those that spray-painted the plane were members of is terrorism, but taking a foreign head of state hostage needs to wait for a press conference from the hostage taker for nuance?
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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It's Prince's birthday
This is my favourite story about him by a country mile
(Screenshot of interview)
Julia Stiles (co-star, Bourne' films): After The Bourne Ultimatum came out, there was a premiere in London. Prince actually came to it, then got tickets for the cast to come see him [perform]. We were summoned into a room to meet him [after the show]. Matt said, "So you live in Minnesota? I hear you live in Minnesota."
Damon: Prince said, "I live inside my own heart, Matt Damon."
1:26 PM 6/7/24](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k5zurjvwdwxqwpvd4ggk3w76/bafkreicnshno6zt3ycb5dr7xy3uxnfpyupb5uzaux3bafujtrph5mlrari@jpeg)
Well sheeeeit.
December 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Well sheeeeit.
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Share a 90s TV show that deserves more love
Northern Exposure (1990-1995)
Northern Exposure (1990-1995)
December 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Share a 90s TV show that deserves more love
Northern Exposure (1990-1995)
Northern Exposure (1990-1995)
Love this place - Freiburg in Germany. Vauban district maybe? It’s the quiet that struck me the hardest. Birdsong was the loudest thing you could hear most of the time.
fight climate change with this one neat trick:
ecodistricts + passivhaus + external solar protection + green facades + bike priority + public transit running on renewables + balkonkraft
ecodistricts + passivhaus + external solar protection + green facades + bike priority + public transit running on renewables + balkonkraft
December 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Love this place - Freiburg in Germany. Vauban district maybe? It’s the quiet that struck me the hardest. Birdsong was the loudest thing you could hear most of the time.
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It is time for us all to sit down with a winter milk coffee and read the greatest Christmas story that was ever told about Christmas… bsky.app/profile/rich...
The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.
December 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It is time for us all to sit down with a winter milk coffee and read the greatest Christmas story that was ever told about Christmas… bsky.app/profile/rich...
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Excellent piece by Professor Cathryn Costello @profccostello.bsky.social of @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social in today’s Irish Times: Ireland should resist cheap and tough talk on migration…
December 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Excellent piece by Professor Cathryn Costello @profccostello.bsky.social of @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social in today’s Irish Times: Ireland should resist cheap and tough talk on migration…
I am never going to watch this show, but highly recommend you read this thread that recommends you do.
I'm finally starting season 2 of "Finding Mr. Christmas," the Hallmark reality show where the most wholesome, non-toxic men in America compete for the chance to be a Christmas movie star (somehow a real job), judged by a gay man and Barbra Jean from "Reba"
it's the greatest show you're not watching
it's the greatest show you're not watching
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I am never going to watch this show, but highly recommend you read this thread that recommends you do.
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Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.
Joyous scenes here at Whelmed HQ: Daughter 1 is hate-helping her little sister with her JC CBA.
(Daughter 2 is cute enough to let the scolding wash over her in return for the help.)
(Daughter 2 is cute enough to let the scolding wash over her in return for the help.)
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Joyous scenes here at Whelmed HQ: Daughter 1 is hate-helping her little sister with her JC CBA.
(Daughter 2 is cute enough to let the scolding wash over her in return for the help.)
(Daughter 2 is cute enough to let the scolding wash over her in return for the help.)
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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Here he is taking the photo.
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Here he is taking the photo.
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I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
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#speirgorm if you are in the Clonliffe Road area please keep an eye out for our lovely former foster boy Ernie
December 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#speirgorm if you are in the Clonliffe Road area please keep an eye out for our lovely former foster boy Ernie
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This is how you speak to the racist political-class. No compromise, no attempt at understanding, instead you bring fire and rage and burn this shit down at source. An approach many south of the border could well do with heeding.
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This is how you speak to the racist political-class. No compromise, no attempt at understanding, instead you bring fire and rage and burn this shit down at source. An approach many south of the border could well do with heeding.
This thread is magnificent. Hilarious.
(And the best part is I got to enjoy the show without actually having to watch it!) HashtagChristmas HashtagHallmark HashtagWholesome
(And the best part is I got to enjoy the show without actually having to watch it!) HashtagChristmas HashtagHallmark HashtagWholesome
I'm finally starting season 2 of "Finding Mr. Christmas," the Hallmark reality show where the most wholesome, non-toxic men in America compete for the chance to be a Christmas movie star (somehow a real job), judged by a gay man and Barbra Jean from "Reba"
it's the greatest show you're not watching
it's the greatest show you're not watching
December 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This thread is magnificent. Hilarious.
(And the best part is I got to enjoy the show without actually having to watch it!) HashtagChristmas HashtagHallmark HashtagWholesome
(And the best part is I got to enjoy the show without actually having to watch it!) HashtagChristmas HashtagHallmark HashtagWholesome
What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What actor’s facial expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?
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My attempt to cut through some of the misinformation around farming and water quality as we approach decision time on Ireland’s nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Ireland's lax approach to inspecting farms and enforcing rules
The EU Nitrates Committee meets tomorrow and may extend Ireland's nitrates derogation by up to three years. At the same time we need to protect or restore water quality on a national scale writes ecol...
www.irishexaminer.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My attempt to cut through some of the misinformation around farming and water quality as we approach decision time on Ireland’s nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
Incredible.
Does anyone know of any other examples of where a video synchs perfectly to other audio, like the This Is America video clip set to Call Me Maybe?
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Incredible.