Gráinne Lynch
@gronya.bsky.social
Cheese-lover and theatre-goer, living in Dublin 7.
www.gronya.com
www.gronya.com
Nobody's ever going to ask me to go on Strictly Come Dancing but if they did, I'd want every dance to have an Irish connection - a Riverdance theme (floaty, blue silk shirt and ringlets), a Normal People theme (GAA shorts and perfect fringe), I'd get a reference to Mary Robinson in there somewhere.
December 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Nobody's ever going to ask me to go on Strictly Come Dancing but if they did, I'd want every dance to have an Irish connection - a Riverdance theme (floaty, blue silk shirt and ringlets), a Normal People theme (GAA shorts and perfect fringe), I'd get a reference to Mary Robinson in there somewhere.
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By the way, the Australian age ban is stupid and doomed to fail from the start and was always a stunt.
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
Australia's social media ban… A looming implementation disaster
Australia’s world-first ban on social media for children under 16 takes effect in just over a month on December 10, 2025, yet nobody knows exactly how it will work.
The Online Safety Amendment (Social...
hey.paris
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
By the way, the Australian age ban is stupid and doomed to fail from the start and was always a stunt.
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
hey.paris/posts/ageass...
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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Have helped organise a Christmas party for Sun for the children in my building & the person who was meant to be Santy is sick, anyone know anyone with a dream of being Santa in the #Cork area 😂🎅
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Have helped organise a Christmas party for Sun for the children in my building & the person who was meant to be Santy is sick, anyone know anyone with a dream of being Santa in the #Cork area 😂🎅
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There’s 25% reductions for Interrail and Eurail tickets bought by 17th December, for use during almost all of 2026. Combined with advice from @seatsixtyone.bsky.social, it’s a great way to travel sustainably next year: www.interrail.eu/en/interrail...
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
There’s 25% reductions for Interrail and Eurail tickets bought by 17th December, for use during almost all of 2026. Combined with advice from @seatsixtyone.bsky.social, it’s a great way to travel sustainably next year: www.interrail.eu/en/interrail...
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"It’s harder to date. Harder to think about having children. It’s harder to come to your own conclusions about what you earnestly want from life. It’s harder to realise who you are. It’s impossible to feel as though you are meeting your potential."
This week's column, more personal than usual.
This week's column, more personal than usual.
Surrealing in the Years: 'How To Suffer Indignity' - a documentary by the Department of Housing
Narrated by Liam Neeson.
www.thejournal.ie
December 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"It’s harder to date. Harder to think about having children. It’s harder to come to your own conclusions about what you earnestly want from life. It’s harder to realise who you are. It’s impossible to feel as though you are meeting your potential."
This week's column, more personal than usual.
This week's column, more personal than usual.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark theatrical release, Dublin's Adelphi cinema, 1981.
Indy, faced with a sword-swinging opponent, shrugs and shoots him.
The entire audience loses its shit and spends the next five minutes standing on their seats and cheering, me among them.
Indy, faced with a sword-swinging opponent, shrugs and shoots him.
The entire audience loses its shit and spends the next five minutes standing on their seats and cheering, me among them.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Raiders of the Lost Ark theatrical release, Dublin's Adelphi cinema, 1981.
Indy, faced with a sword-swinging opponent, shrugs and shoots him.
The entire audience loses its shit and spends the next five minutes standing on their seats and cheering, me among them.
Indy, faced with a sword-swinging opponent, shrugs and shoots him.
The entire audience loses its shit and spends the next five minutes standing on their seats and cheering, me among them.
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Photograph of Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair (1995).
December 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Photograph of Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair (1995).
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Whether @robinince.bsky.social’s books are on sale or not on sale just go have a mooch and buy Robin’s books and support him in any way you can please
cosmicshambles.myshopify.com
cosmicshambles.myshopify.com
The Cosmic Shambles Network Shop
The online shop of the The Cosmic Shambles Network featuring merchandise and signed books from the worlds of science and comedy from our contributors including Robin Ince, Helen Czerski, Brian Cox, Ka...
cosmicshambles.myshopify.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Whether @robinince.bsky.social’s books are on sale or not on sale just go have a mooch and buy Robin’s books and support him in any way you can please
cosmicshambles.myshopify.com
cosmicshambles.myshopify.com
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It’s weird how there’s always moves to make fiction more “interactive” with different endings etc. It’s like these people have never seen the same film twice a few years apart and had a completely different reaction. All fiction is interactive. That there’s an audience is the interactive part.
December 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It’s weird how there’s always moves to make fiction more “interactive” with different endings etc. It’s like these people have never seen the same film twice a few years apart and had a completely different reaction. All fiction is interactive. That there’s an audience is the interactive part.
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From the people whose lobbying brought you Patrick O’Donovan’s recent unlawful age verification plans.
When the self-proclaimed champions of free speech become drivers of censorship. This is the real #cancelculture on women, queer people, people of colour, workers and human rights activists.
That’s why @socialistsanddemocrats.eu call for an inquiry committee on #BigTech in the European Parliament.
That’s why @socialistsanddemocrats.eu call for an inquiry committee on #BigTech in the European Parliament.
December 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
From the people whose lobbying brought you Patrick O’Donovan’s recent unlawful age verification plans.
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You could accuse these Christmas Puddini Bonbons of being a bit cutesy, a bit kitsch, and certainly the name I’ve bestowed upon them is more than a bit camp, but that’s just how the spirit of Christmas takes me! Plus they’re delish, and a most worthy #RecipeOfTheDay. www.nigella.com/recipes/chri...
Christmas Puddini Bonbons
These are delectable little bonbons made by mixing up cooked and cooled Christmas pudding (see Additional Information below), liquor, syrup and melted chocolate, rolling them into small balls, then dr...
www.nigella.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
You could accuse these Christmas Puddini Bonbons of being a bit cutesy, a bit kitsch, and certainly the name I’ve bestowed upon them is more than a bit camp, but that’s just how the spirit of Christmas takes me! Plus they’re delish, and a most worthy #RecipeOfTheDay. www.nigella.com/recipes/chri...
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This was from yesterday and really covers more like the past week or 9 days so if you read it today probably not that much has changed.
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This was from yesterday and really covers more like the past week or 9 days so if you read it today probably not that much has changed.
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It's very clear that unlimited wealth causes brain damage. That's not an exaggeration.
It's similar to other unnatural human conditions like solitary confinement (which is widely understood to cause mental deterioration) and other types of sensory deprivation.
It's similar to other unnatural human conditions like solitary confinement (which is widely understood to cause mental deterioration) and other types of sensory deprivation.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's very clear that unlimited wealth causes brain damage. That's not an exaggeration.
It's similar to other unnatural human conditions like solitary confinement (which is widely understood to cause mental deterioration) and other types of sensory deprivation.
It's similar to other unnatural human conditions like solitary confinement (which is widely understood to cause mental deterioration) and other types of sensory deprivation.
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
'The UK is letting these people die'
'The UK is letting these people die'
December 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Tomorrow's front page 📰
'The UK is letting these people die'
'The UK is letting these people die'
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"Patrick O’Donovan went out on the national airwaves with a half-baked, bad set of ideas about linking access to online spaces to our PPS numbers."
O'Donavan is on record as being lobbied by META. It's highly alarming lobbyists have so much power over our Ministers.
www.thegist.ie/mini-gist-po...
O'Donavan is on record as being lobbied by META. It's highly alarming lobbyists have so much power over our Ministers.
www.thegist.ie/mini-gist-po...
Mini-Gist: Power’s Walled City
Yesterday’s plan to control internet has already dwindled down to a pilot, with no MyGovID integration. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"Patrick O’Donovan went out on the national airwaves with a half-baked, bad set of ideas about linking access to online spaces to our PPS numbers."
O'Donavan is on record as being lobbied by META. It's highly alarming lobbyists have so much power over our Ministers.
www.thegist.ie/mini-gist-po...
O'Donavan is on record as being lobbied by META. It's highly alarming lobbyists have so much power over our Ministers.
www.thegist.ie/mini-gist-po...
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Look, a lil place where you can always get an emdash!
As always, my position on emdashes is use them they are wonderful. I even made a tool to get em. emdash.fan
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Look, a lil place where you can always get an emdash!
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This is very good and especially good at pointing out that the minister Patrick O'Donovan is doing exactly what Mark Zuckerberg wants him to do, under the guise of 'curbing' social media influence.
New Gist: Waving the Ban Hammer
Patrick O'Donovan has proposed a National ID system, a Meta-endorsed regulation model and a mass surveillance machine, all in one.
It's government by Dunning-Kruger.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
Patrick O'Donovan has proposed a National ID system, a Meta-endorsed regulation model and a mass surveillance machine, all in one.
It's government by Dunning-Kruger.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
The Gist: Waving the Ban Hammer
Patrick O'Donovan has proposed a National ID system, a Meta-endorsed regulation model and a mass surveillance machine, all in one. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is very good and especially good at pointing out that the minister Patrick O'Donovan is doing exactly what Mark Zuckerberg wants him to do, under the guise of 'curbing' social media influence.
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I would like to know what are the inhumane and degrading treatments the Minister believes should be legal.
European court interprets inhuman and degrading treatment too broadly, says O’Callaghan
European court interprets inhuman and degrading treatment too broadly, says O’Callaghan
Ireland shares concerns over challenges posed by convention on human rights in relation to migration and deporting criminals, Minister tells meeting
www.irishtimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I would like to know what are the inhumane and degrading treatments the Minister believes should be legal.
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Thanks once again to @buzzoneill.bsky.social for organising the annual Pantibar Xmas appeal for kids in emergency accommodation
This year we're only taking clothes (drop off Pantibar, Dec 20, 4-7pm) or €€ donations to the GoFundMe for toys:
gofund.me/dd16664ed
Your generosity every year is 🥰
This year we're only taking clothes (drop off Pantibar, Dec 20, 4-7pm) or €€ donations to the GoFundMe for toys:
gofund.me/dd16664ed
Your generosity every year is 🥰
December 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thanks once again to @buzzoneill.bsky.social for organising the annual Pantibar Xmas appeal for kids in emergency accommodation
This year we're only taking clothes (drop off Pantibar, Dec 20, 4-7pm) or €€ donations to the GoFundMe for toys:
gofund.me/dd16664ed
Your generosity every year is 🥰
This year we're only taking clothes (drop off Pantibar, Dec 20, 4-7pm) or €€ donations to the GoFundMe for toys:
gofund.me/dd16664ed
Your generosity every year is 🥰
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THIS.
EVERY FUCKING WORD OF THIS.
They caused measurable environmental damage, took twice as long as they would have done with actual humans, didn't give a legion of gifted creatives a payday (That we all always need all the time) and then have the fucking audacity to whine that people don't like it
EVERY FUCKING WORD OF THIS.
They caused measurable environmental damage, took twice as long as they would have done with actual humans, didn't give a legion of gifted creatives a payday (That we all always need all the time) and then have the fucking audacity to whine that people don't like it
I keep thinking about all of the people who were NOT hired as part of this exercise. All the real world production crew. The actors. The caterers supporting real world shoots. So many people with real skills not being paid. So. Many. Creative. People. Not. Being. Paid.
The company behind the mcdonalds ad:
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
December 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
THIS.
EVERY FUCKING WORD OF THIS.
They caused measurable environmental damage, took twice as long as they would have done with actual humans, didn't give a legion of gifted creatives a payday (That we all always need all the time) and then have the fucking audacity to whine that people don't like it
EVERY FUCKING WORD OF THIS.
They caused measurable environmental damage, took twice as long as they would have done with actual humans, didn't give a legion of gifted creatives a payday (That we all always need all the time) and then have the fucking audacity to whine that people don't like it
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It's fascinating and disgraceful at the same time, how there's a near blackout in the British media over the hungerstrike of a group of Palestine Action remand prisoners.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It's fascinating and disgraceful at the same time, how there's a near blackout in the British media over the hungerstrike of a group of Palestine Action remand prisoners.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
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21-year-old Palestinian detainee Abdul Rahman Al-Sabatine from Husan has died in Israel’s Shaare Zedek Hospital. Detained since June 24, 2025, he had no prior health issues. His death adds to growing reports of abuse and medical neglect in Israeli prisons.
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
21-year-old Palestinian detainee Abdul Rahman Al-Sabatine from Husan has died in Israel’s Shaare Zedek Hospital. Detained since June 24, 2025, he had no prior health issues. His death adds to growing reports of abuse and medical neglect in Israeli prisons.
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This is the world’s first steel made without burning fossil fuels. Steel is a massive emitter so this is hugely important!
We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy
We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is the world’s first steel made without burning fossil fuels. Steel is a massive emitter so this is hugely important!
We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy
We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy