Colm Shanahan
@cwshanahan.bsky.social
Scientist, Researcher.
Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology.
Hobbies include a coffee addiction, a slight football obsession, gaming, photography and even Lego (good for stress!).
@cwshanahan on Twitter, colmshanahan on Instagram
He/Him 🇮🇪 (Cork!)
Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology.
Hobbies include a coffee addiction, a slight football obsession, gaming, photography and even Lego (good for stress!).
@cwshanahan on Twitter, colmshanahan on Instagram
He/Him 🇮🇪 (Cork!)
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Only took ten minutes of 5 a side football for my quads to blow up.
But what a great ten minutes it was...
But what a great ten minutes it was...
July 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Only took ten minutes of 5 a side football for my quads to blow up.
But what a great ten minutes it was...
But what a great ten minutes it was...
Incredible description of Cú Chulainn
July 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Incredible description of Cú Chulainn
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This is about all of us. Never forget that.
May 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
I got to the counter protest a little too late, had to hang out on the wrong side of the fence. Met some... Interesting characters
April 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I got to the counter protest a little too late, had to hang out on the wrong side of the fence. Met some... Interesting characters
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I'm very quick to dismiss any talk of "Dublin is much more dangerous than is used to be!" cause it's not backed up by any statistics, but also cause I've seen people who say that kinda thing get freaked out by a group of 10 year olds running past them in Stoneybatter.
March 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm very quick to dismiss any talk of "Dublin is much more dangerous than is used to be!" cause it's not backed up by any statistics, but also cause I've seen people who say that kinda thing get freaked out by a group of 10 year olds running past them in Stoneybatter.
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Having difficulty recording my podcast in silence because there’s a parade outside my window with lads dressed as me. I’m very grateful to have this as a complaint
March 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Having difficulty recording my podcast in silence because there’s a parade outside my window with lads dressed as me. I’m very grateful to have this as a complaint
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He attacked the EU.
Micheál said nothing.
He attacked immigrants.
Micheál said nothing.
He attacked trans folk.
Micheál said nothing.
He cheered a UFC fighter with a history of sexual abuse.
Micheál grinned like a gormless git.
And people will say "didn't Micheál do great"
Get ta fuck.
#speirgorm
Micheál said nothing.
He attacked immigrants.
Micheál said nothing.
He attacked trans folk.
Micheál said nothing.
He cheered a UFC fighter with a history of sexual abuse.
Micheál grinned like a gormless git.
And people will say "didn't Micheál do great"
Get ta fuck.
#speirgorm
March 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
He attacked the EU.
Micheál said nothing.
He attacked immigrants.
Micheál said nothing.
He attacked trans folk.
Micheál said nothing.
He cheered a UFC fighter with a history of sexual abuse.
Micheál grinned like a gormless git.
And people will say "didn't Micheál do great"
Get ta fuck.
#speirgorm
Micheál said nothing.
He attacked immigrants.
Micheál said nothing.
He attacked trans folk.
Micheál said nothing.
He cheered a UFC fighter with a history of sexual abuse.
Micheál grinned like a gormless git.
And people will say "didn't Micheál do great"
Get ta fuck.
#speirgorm
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This snake oil salesman has his kids vaccinated and the best health care that millions can buy.
Who needs vaccines or Medicaid when you can just pray? gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-touts...
RFK Jr. Touts 'Spirituality' as Fix for America's Health Problems
gizmodo.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This snake oil salesman has his kids vaccinated and the best health care that millions can buy.
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1. Masks are tools used to mitigate the risk of infection by airborne pathogens, including, of course, SARS-CoV-2. The politicisation and the consequent symbolisation of masking has, overall, reduced their use. This is true whether you are anti or pro masking.
February 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
1. Masks are tools used to mitigate the risk of infection by airborne pathogens, including, of course, SARS-CoV-2. The politicisation and the consequent symbolisation of masking has, overall, reduced their use. This is true whether you are anti or pro masking.
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can't deal with the fact that 75% of people in ireland support neutrality
desperate to send young irish people off to die on foreign battlefields, and spend money that should pay for irish hospitals and schools on bombs that would destroy them elsewhere
desperate to send young irish people off to die on foreign battlefields, and spend money that should pay for irish hospitals and schools on bombs that would destroy them elsewhere
Paywalled article about ending Irish neutrality in a British paper. Absolute freak shit. Fuck off.
February 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
can't deal with the fact that 75% of people in ireland support neutrality
desperate to send young irish people off to die on foreign battlefields, and spend money that should pay for irish hospitals and schools on bombs that would destroy them elsewhere
desperate to send young irish people off to die on foreign battlefields, and spend money that should pay for irish hospitals and schools on bombs that would destroy them elsewhere
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We went from Brat Summer to Nazi Winter.
February 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We went from Brat Summer to Nazi Winter.
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it says a lot about an industry if a free and open source alternative to every product on the market can destroy 1 trillion dollars of “value” in one day lol
January 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
it says a lot about an industry if a free and open source alternative to every product on the market can destroy 1 trillion dollars of “value” in one day lol
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Doesn't fill you with much confidence.
January 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Doesn't fill you with much confidence.
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If you need a sense of how resistant Irish people are to infrastructure changes just check out reaction to the renaming / rationalising of Dublin bus routes. Yes, its nice you first shifted your now wife/played a walkman/mitched off school on the 46A. No, its not a reason to keep the route.
January 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If you need a sense of how resistant Irish people are to infrastructure changes just check out reaction to the renaming / rationalising of Dublin bus routes. Yes, its nice you first shifted your now wife/played a walkman/mitched off school on the 46A. No, its not a reason to keep the route.
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A storm is a great time to steal a trampoline from a garden.
They'll assume it blew away.
But they won't look in case it killed someone.
They'll assume it blew away.
But they won't look in case it killed someone.
January 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A storm is a great time to steal a trampoline from a garden.
They'll assume it blew away.
But they won't look in case it killed someone.
They'll assume it blew away.
But they won't look in case it killed someone.
Wait, am I trans by this definition? Surely non-binary at least?
Given that every single person starts off closer to female than male. Male sex organs don't start to form until nearly two months after conception.
Given that every single person starts off closer to female than male. Male sex organs don't start to form until nearly two months after conception.
I'm no scientist, but I'm pretty sure that nobody has a sex (or, indeed, a gender) "at conception."
January 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Wait, am I trans by this definition? Surely non-binary at least?
Given that every single person starts off closer to female than male. Male sex organs don't start to form until nearly two months after conception.
Given that every single person starts off closer to female than male. Male sex organs don't start to form until nearly two months after conception.
Found an old PS3 Rock band keyboard controller in my cupboard. Figured out how to use it as a midi controller with Garageband on my MacBook
DIY Synth 😍
Now time to actually learn how to use the software or even how to play on a (very mini) keyboard...
DIY Synth 😍
Now time to actually learn how to use the software or even how to play on a (very mini) keyboard...
January 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Found an old PS3 Rock band keyboard controller in my cupboard. Figured out how to use it as a midi controller with Garageband on my MacBook
DIY Synth 😍
Now time to actually learn how to use the software or even how to play on a (very mini) keyboard...
DIY Synth 😍
Now time to actually learn how to use the software or even how to play on a (very mini) keyboard...
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Brave woman
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Brave woman
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Big Irish Head - BT Young Scientist Awards
The world is not ready for gen z. They are shitposters in real life.
The world is not ready for gen z. They are shitposters in real life.
January 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Big Irish Head - BT Young Scientist Awards
The world is not ready for gen z. They are shitposters in real life.
The world is not ready for gen z. They are shitposters in real life.
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We need to stop protecting land hoarders
We need homes not assets
#DerelictIrelan
Art by me & @judesherry.bsky.social
We need homes not assets
#DerelictIrelan
Art by me & @judesherry.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 7:44 PM
We need to stop protecting land hoarders
We need homes not assets
#DerelictIrelan
Art by me & @judesherry.bsky.social
We need homes not assets
#DerelictIrelan
Art by me & @judesherry.bsky.social
Tbf, "just a few [specific] mutations" is a huge distance to bridge before we have to seriously consider a new pandemic.
It's just the sense of unease won't be helped when we look at the incoming US admin and who's going to be watching the situation
It's just the sense of unease won't be helped when we look at the incoming US admin and who's going to be watching the situation
December 23, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Tbf, "just a few [specific] mutations" is a huge distance to bridge before we have to seriously consider a new pandemic.
It's just the sense of unease won't be helped when we look at the incoming US admin and who's going to be watching the situation
It's just the sense of unease won't be helped when we look at the incoming US admin and who's going to be watching the situation
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No. I literally refuse to go through another pandemic. I demand we enter a new timeline immediately.
December 23, 2024 at 11:25 AM
No. I literally refuse to go through another pandemic. I demand we enter a new timeline immediately.