M I K E R Y A N
@bikecyan.bsky.social
Creative Gun For Hire
🎓 Currently lecturing in Cultural Policy
👷♂️ Former Artistic Director @ Briery Gap
🎭 Championing Artists.
📖 Telling Stories.
🧠 ADHD
📍 Moving Towards My Discomfort.
🎓 Currently lecturing in Cultural Policy
👷♂️ Former Artistic Director @ Briery Gap
🎭 Championing Artists.
📖 Telling Stories.
🧠 ADHD
📍 Moving Towards My Discomfort.
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I heard your mom stays here whenever she visits Youghal...
I just threw up in my mouth and it tasted like 2007...
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I just threw up in my mouth and it tasted like 2007...
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I just heard about the Cloudflare outage. I hope those of you who don't have a morning routine of offline habits like a sunrise jog, daily hour of meditation, sit-down home-cooked organic family breakfast, and rigorous Bible study are doing okay, without your neopets or newgrounds flash animations.
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I just heard about the Cloudflare outage. I hope those of you who don't have a morning routine of offline habits like a sunrise jog, daily hour of meditation, sit-down home-cooked organic family breakfast, and rigorous Bible study are doing okay, without your neopets or newgrounds flash animations.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
I pay my motor tax in installments as I often have to prioritise other expenses month to month, and this charge drives me mad every time. This is nothing less than a tax on poor people.
Drivers who paid motor tax in instalments spent €35 million more last year, a committee heard
€35 million collected in motor tax surcharges last year
Drivers who paid motor tax in instalments spent €35 million more last year, a committee heard.
www.rte.ie
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I pay my motor tax in installments as I often have to prioritise other expenses month to month, and this charge drives me mad every time. This is nothing less than a tax on poor people.
"I'll just say you're lying." - my girlfriend when I threaten to put the things she says to me in private on Bluesky.
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"I'll just say you're lying." - my girlfriend when I threaten to put the things she says to me in private on Bluesky.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
The Lion you ordered on Temu.
Vs.
The Lion that arrived in the post.
Vs.
The Lion that arrived in the post.
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Lion you ordered on Temu.
Vs.
The Lion that arrived in the post.
Vs.
The Lion that arrived in the post.
I listen to pretty much anything music-wise, and I'm a big fan of ingenious lyrics, but there's something about the simplicity, delivery, and melancholic humour of Elbow's "I've been working on a cocktail called 'Grounds For Divorce'." that has always made it an S-tier opening line for me. Adore it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I listen to pretty much anything music-wise, and I'm a big fan of ingenious lyrics, but there's something about the simplicity, delivery, and melancholic humour of Elbow's "I've been working on a cocktail called 'Grounds For Divorce'." that has always made it an S-tier opening line for me. Adore it.
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Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
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OK, we're going to need to know how the "fireworks" line made it out into the media, when it very much appears that this is a clear-cut case of arson.
So it wasn't fireworks. It was a calculated and deliberate attempt at the mass murder of men, women and children.
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
www.thetimes.com/article/0887...
CCTV catches moment intruder torched asylum centre housing children
Gardai have rebranded attack in Drogheda as a potential attempted murder after camera footage was released
www.thetimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
OK, we're going to need to know how the "fireworks" line made it out into the media, when it very much appears that this is a clear-cut case of arson.
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Watching old episodes of NMTB and how has this man looked exactly the same for 30 years
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Watching old episodes of NMTB and how has this man looked exactly the same for 30 years
Horrifying. It's 2025 lads...
A totally normal thing to be wearing at a Nazi-sponsored anti-immigration rally while a 16-year-old speaks on stage. City Hall, Cork. October. #LUMIX #LUMIXG9 #LUMIXPhotography #Photography #StreetPhotography #Immigration #Cork
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Horrifying. It's 2025 lads...
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Man tests vow of silence by speaking
Israel launches more strikes on Gaza overnight, testing fragile truce
Israel launches more strikes on Gaza overnight, testing fragile truce
One Palestinian killed by Israeli shelling, another shot dead by Israeli military
www.irishtimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Man tests vow of silence by speaking
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“Are you wearing the-“
“The poorly but enthusiastically sculpted Samhain turnip earrings I made a few years ago? Yeah, I am.”
“The poorly but enthusiastically sculpted Samhain turnip earrings I made a few years ago? Yeah, I am.”
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“Are you wearing the-“
“The poorly but enthusiastically sculpted Samhain turnip earrings I made a few years ago? Yeah, I am.”
“The poorly but enthusiastically sculpted Samhain turnip earrings I made a few years ago? Yeah, I am.”
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Absolutely mind-blowing* that big parties pander to the right after a left-wing candidate won by a gigantic margin.
"The public clearly asked for this thing, which is why we're offering the other thing."
*and predictable
"The public clearly asked for this thing, which is why we're offering the other thing."
*and predictable
Nazis aren't known for their intelligence, but they can tell the difference between a true believer vs a weak politician who is caving in.
This will not go well for Harris - not because online lefties are disgusted, but because the fash will never stop squeezing now.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
This will not go well for Harris - not because online lefties are disgusted, but because the fash will never stop squeezing now.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Govt should reconsider immigration policies, says Harris
Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said Ireland's asylum seeker system is not working and that the Government should reconsider existing policies "in a very serious way".
www.rte.ie
October 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Absolutely mind-blowing* that big parties pander to the right after a left-wing candidate won by a gigantic margin.
"The public clearly asked for this thing, which is why we're offering the other thing."
*and predictable
"The public clearly asked for this thing, which is why we're offering the other thing."
*and predictable
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Any Op Ed insisting that Ireland should integrate militarily with the EU, and that avoids confronting EU complicity in genocide in Palestine, can only be seen as propaganda.
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
October 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Any Op Ed insisting that Ireland should integrate militarily with the EU, and that avoids confronting EU complicity in genocide in Palestine, can only be seen as propaganda.
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
Look out for it.
#neutrality #TripleLock #Áras25
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Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
Danya was a huge part of me getting back into chess, which is a thing I now truly love. I think the fact that it's something subjectively silly like chess made this hit me extra hard...
The news that Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster, died this week stunned the chess world. As the investigation continues, his death has led to an outpouring of grief and bitter accusations that another elite player had bullied him.
Did Cheating Accusations Have Anything to Do With the Death of a Daniel Naroditsky?
Daniel Naroditsky, a top American player with an online following, was found dead in Charlotte, N.C., after talking about being accused of cheating by a former world champion.
nyti.ms
October 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Danya was a huge part of me getting back into chess, which is a thing I now truly love. I think the fact that it's something subjectively silly like chess made this hit me extra hard...
As I'm sure we all predicted, they are absolutely having a bog standard normal one over on Twitter:
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
As I'm sure we all predicted, they are absolutely having a bog standard normal one over on Twitter:
I wonder if he managed find time to spoil his vote in between physically assaulting a woman, screaming "c**t" multiple times in front of a small child, and getting arrested
A man (30s) has been arrested in relation to an alleged assault of two people while on a canvas with Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald yesterday.
A video circulating online shows canvassers standing between McDonald and a man who was verbally abusive.
jrnl.ie/6855516
A video circulating online shows canvassers standing between McDonald and a man who was verbally abusive.
jrnl.ie/6855516
Man arrested over alleged assault on two people canvassing with Mary Lou McDonald yesterday
A man in his 30s is detained at a garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region.
jrnl.ie
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I wonder if he managed find time to spoil his vote in between physically assaulting a woman, screaming "c**t" multiple times in front of a small child, and getting arrested
If Labour truly want to use today's victory as a rallying cry for a united left, then they need to have a serious conversation with themselves about what role Alan Kelly could possibly play in it. #PresidentialElection
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
If Labour truly want to use today's victory as a rallying cry for a united left, then they need to have a serious conversation with themselves about what role Alan Kelly could possibly play in it. #PresidentialElection
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They say a week is a long time in Politics.
11 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he brands 7 million Americans 'garbage'
www.mirror.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
They say a week is a long time in Politics.
Hey @cethanleahy.com, where do we stand on the word "scarifying"? It'd be straight to the gallows if it was up to me personally.
A ghostly and gothic Irish castle is among the most scarifying places to stay in the world
Ireland’s most haunted house among world’s top ten scariest Halloween locations
www.irishstar.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Hey @cethanleahy.com, where do we stand on the word "scarifying"? It'd be straight to the gallows if it was up to me personally.
Wild that she was even considered by FG to be a suitable candidate. 🤯
Heather Humphreys was the guest speaker at a unionist meeting during a general election campaign for an Orange Order member – and former UDR soldier – who caused controversy when he said he wouldn’t attend GAA matches or pride events.
www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...
www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...
Humphreys spoke at Orange Order member's event
It was a few months before his general election.
www.ontheditch.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Wild that she was even considered by FG to be a suitable candidate. 🤯