Ultan O'Connell
@mangoultz.bsky.social
Video game enthusiast, but in like, a pleasant way. I go by MangoUltz in other places. Ireland.
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lion named Roarelai Gilmore. and her daughter Roary. obviously
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
lion named Roarelai Gilmore. and her daughter Roary. obviously
I say it every year but my favorite Christmas film, The Family Stone, is absolutely batshit insane. Unhinged things happening in that film but it's so well made and acted. The little choices they make are incredible.
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I say it every year but my favorite Christmas film, The Family Stone, is absolutely batshit insane. Unhinged things happening in that film but it's so well made and acted. The little choices they make are incredible.
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Not saying it’s a goodbye but man it sounds something like a goodbye
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Not saying it’s a goodbye but man it sounds something like a goodbye
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I am once again flashing back to the time when, shortly after George W. Bush was elected, I started being pressured by editors at the daily when I was a media columnist to "leave politics out of it" after five straight years of writing almost anything I wanted about Bill Clinton.
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I am once again flashing back to the time when, shortly after George W. Bush was elected, I started being pressured by editors at the daily when I was a media columnist to "leave politics out of it" after five straight years of writing almost anything I wanted about Bill Clinton.
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Catching up on @secondcaptains.bsky.social and absolutely roaring laughing at Branno asking an Irish lad in Budapest after the match "were you at the match?". Sensational.
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Catching up on @secondcaptains.bsky.social and absolutely roaring laughing at Branno asking an Irish lad in Budapest after the match "were you at the match?". Sensational.
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This is something I found so interesting in comparing the original Broadway run of Angels in America with the revival from a few years ago. The revival was good, but it was lacking the raw, wild grief that was an uncredited extra character on the stage at all times of the original.
November 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is something I found so interesting in comparing the original Broadway run of Angels in America with the revival from a few years ago. The revival was good, but it was lacking the raw, wild grief that was an uncredited extra character on the stage at all times of the original.
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This is a great point and raises something we should always remember: all movies are products of their age in ways we don’t always understand. Early 2020s cinema will be marked by COVID lockdowns and carry the echo of mass death even if we can’t easily see how.
For reasons I needed to watch Its a Wonderful Life again last night.
Will do a thread closer to Christmas about it, but next time you watch it, remember this:
Both Capra and Stewart had just come back from WW2. Consider every directing, script and acting decision with that context in mind.
Will do a thread closer to Christmas about it, but next time you watch it, remember this:
Both Capra and Stewart had just come back from WW2. Consider every directing, script and acting decision with that context in mind.
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is a great point and raises something we should always remember: all movies are products of their age in ways we don’t always understand. Early 2020s cinema will be marked by COVID lockdowns and carry the echo of mass death even if we can’t easily see how.
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Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
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Day Four of Basking in Ireland's daft few days. Here follows a thread of some gloriously happy content, beginning with my match report from a dumbstruck Budapest:
www.the42.ie/ireland-hung...
www.the42.ie/ireland-hung...
Parrott's magnificent hat-trick sends Ireland to play-offs in amazing comeback win
Ireland’s 3-2 win in Budapest sealed another night for the ages.
www.the42.ie
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Day Four of Basking in Ireland's daft few days. Here follows a thread of some gloriously happy content, beginning with my match report from a dumbstruck Budapest:
www.the42.ie/ireland-hung...
www.the42.ie/ireland-hung...
They have a serious plagiarism problem at Bungie wow
Bungie settles Destiny 2 copyright lawsuit with writer in undisclosed settlement
www.gamesindustry.biz/bungie-settl...
www.gamesindustry.biz/bungie-settl...
Bungie settles Destiny 2 copyright lawsuit with writer in undisclosed settlement
Bungie has settled a copyright lawsuit with a writer who'd alleged the story had lifted elements of Destiny 2's origina…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
They have a serious plagiarism problem at Bungie wow
My Dinner With Andre has really had such an outsized cultural impact
32 years ago today, we first witnessed the wonder of the My Dinner with Andre video game. “Boy-Scoutz ‘n the Hood” premiered November 18, 1993.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
My Dinner With Andre has really had such an outsized cultural impact
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Rebecca Heineman, known best for co-founding original Fallout developer Interplay alongside Brian Fargo, Jay Patel, and Troy Worrell in the early 1980s, has died aged 62. https://bit.ly/4oP8CJ7
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Rebecca Heineman, known best for co-founding original Fallout developer Interplay alongside Brian Fargo, Jay Patel, and Troy Worrell in the early 1980s, has died aged 62. https://bit.ly/4oP8CJ7
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And that’s a wrap. Now we wait to see what Trump’s incompetent scrub crew missed.
! Chuck @schumer.senate.gov asks unanimous consent that the Senate immediately read and pass the bill to release the Epstein files, un-amended, "as soon as it comes over from the House." No objections. Motion succeeds. Bill is deemed to the Senate unanimously, will go to Trump to become law.
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
And that’s a wrap. Now we wait to see what Trump’s incompetent scrub crew missed.
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The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
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“talking to Copilot in Windows 11 is an exercise in pure frustration — a stark reminder that the reality of AI is nowhere close to the hype.” www.theverge.com/report/82244...
Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent
Hey Copilot, are you useful yet?
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“talking to Copilot in Windows 11 is an exercise in pure frustration — a stark reminder that the reality of AI is nowhere close to the hype.” www.theverge.com/report/82244...
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RIP to the legend @burgerbecky.bsky.social <3
Please donate to her funeral costs: www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Please donate to her funeral costs: www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
RIP to the legend @burgerbecky.bsky.social <3
Please donate to her funeral costs: www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Please donate to her funeral costs: www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
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Markets are efficient. COIN CEO Armstrong made it loud and clear he was willing to offer thinly veiled bribes to a Trump administration in return for a favorable regulatory environment. The market added $36 billion in market cap to the stock in the one month after Trump’s election - 100 to 1 return
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Markets are efficient. COIN CEO Armstrong made it loud and clear he was willing to offer thinly veiled bribes to a Trump administration in return for a favorable regulatory environment. The market added $36 billion in market cap to the stock in the one month after Trump’s election - 100 to 1 return
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
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An interesting thing here, given the news, is that the secretary of education is the defendant in a suit accusing her of turning a blind eye to the operations of a child molestation ring that, there is no dispute, operated within her business from the 1970s to the 1990s
This is a direct attack on our children & our future.
At a time when we need to be doing more to prepare our kids to compete in the global economy, Trump is going after the agency that strengthens American education. Once again, he's helping our adversaries & competitors.
At a time when we need to be doing more to prepare our kids to compete in the global economy, Trump is going after the agency that strengthens American education. Once again, he's helping our adversaries & competitors.
Trump administration to announce dismantling of much of Education Dept.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
An interesting thing here, given the news, is that the secretary of education is the defendant in a suit accusing her of turning a blind eye to the operations of a child molestation ring that, there is no dispute, operated within her business from the 1970s to the 1990s
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'Chrono Cross' was released on the PlayStation 26 years ago today in Japan.
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
'Chrono Cross' was released on the PlayStation 26 years ago today in Japan.
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Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based