Mike McGrath-Bryan
@mikemcgb.bsky.social
A scribbling, squabbling, strácáiling eejit, that got blown along the N20 and out to Cork City, Ireland. Bestselling co-author. Foghlaimeoir, bleeding-heart, AuDHDer. Opinions my own. Check https://www.linktr.ee/mike_mcgb for latest scut-acting.
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Tashi Dorji, “low clouds hang, this land is on fire”
The Bhutan-born artist's latest record is openly presented as a meditation on openness and humanity in trying times.
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So distracted was I by the return of our kittens from cat hospital (always neuter and spay!) that I hadn't realised my latest for @bandcamp.com Daily was up: thoughts on improv guitarist Tashi Dorji's newest.
#music #media #reviews
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#music #media #reviews
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Invest our tax money into founding and reacquiring semi-states that provide essential infrastructure and generate employment, pensions, etc around the island.
Time to wean off FDI and build a domestic economy. Again.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Time to wean off FDI and build a domestic economy. Again.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Tánaiste Simon Harris told a party meeting tonight that Finance officials are working on proposals for a savings and investment strategy designed to create better financial opportunities for citizens who wish to invest.
February 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Invest our tax money into founding and reacquiring semi-states that provide essential infrastructure and generate employment, pensions, etc around the island.
Time to wean off FDI and build a domestic economy. Again.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Time to wean off FDI and build a domestic economy. Again.
#spéirghorm #ireland
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Why don’t you send back the foreign players so? Oh no, they’re “good immigrants”. It’s the ones who live two towns over that you never met who are bad
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Why don’t you send back the foreign players so? Oh no, they’re “good immigrants”. It’s the ones who live two towns over that you never met who are bad
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The plot of UC Gundam from CCA onwards is that enormous revelations happen that reveal the precarity and possibility for defeat of an unjust and contradictory political-economic order and then nobody does anything about it and then a couple years later it happens again. Wish it wasn't so believable
February 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The plot of UC Gundam from CCA onwards is that enormous revelations happen that reveal the precarity and possibility for defeat of an unjust and contradictory political-economic order and then nobody does anything about it and then a couple years later it happens again. Wish it wasn't so believable
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The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
I've said this before but I truly believe we could revitalize YA and kidlit overnight by switching to MMPB and paperback first. Kids want paperbacks! It is by far the biggest request I get from teen readers.
hello this is the official petition to bring back mass market paperbacks!! mmpbs are good actually and everyone should do them!! i think esp romantasy readers would really love that shit! and you can still spray those edges!!! bring back mass market paperbacks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)
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They’d really rather grant rights to AI before people of colour or any other visible minorities
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
They’d really rather grant rights to AI before people of colour or any other visible minorities
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🧛♂️☘️ Bleh! The alleged Vampiro-Gaelic roots of Dracula are EXPOSED in the latest episode of Folklore Fragments from Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann/ The National Folklore Collection!
👏🎧 @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
👏🎧 @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
🧛♂️☘️ Bleh! The alleged Vampiro-Gaelic roots of Dracula are EXPOSED in the latest episode of Folklore Fragments from Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann/ The National Folklore Collection!
👏🎧 @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
👏🎧 @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
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Afternoon. Added a few issues of Graphic to the archive. A very groovy mag, out of Dublin (I think) in the late 80s early 90s. Am missing a few issues, (3, 5 9, 10, not certain there were any more issues after 11) if anyone has them. See them at oldzinescene.com for free!
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Afternoon. Added a few issues of Graphic to the archive. A very groovy mag, out of Dublin (I think) in the late 80s early 90s. Am missing a few issues, (3, 5 9, 10, not certain there were any more issues after 11) if anyone has them. See them at oldzinescene.com for free!
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The problem with the David Quinn thing here is there are in fact many orders of nuns doing good work (in Cork, the Nano Nagle centre) and it is reported as such. The problem tis they are doing Woke things like helping migrants when what he wants is just to import culture wars.
February 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The problem with the David Quinn thing here is there are in fact many orders of nuns doing good work (in Cork, the Nano Nagle centre) and it is reported as such. The problem tis they are doing Woke things like helping migrants when what he wants is just to import culture wars.
Watching Leader's Questions. With each instalment of this charade, it's clear that Mícheál Martin has no ideas, no substance, just spite and cattiness.
Yet another reminder that Ireland will be mired in problems until such time as market ideology is shown the door.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Yet another reminder that Ireland will be mired in problems until such time as market ideology is shown the door.
#spéirghorm #ireland
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Watching Leader's Questions. With each instalment of this charade, it's clear that Mícheál Martin has no ideas, no substance, just spite and cattiness.
Yet another reminder that Ireland will be mired in problems until such time as market ideology is shown the door.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Yet another reminder that Ireland will be mired in problems until such time as market ideology is shown the door.
#spéirghorm #ireland
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As @carlkinsella.bsky.social and others have pointed out, this is becoming a habit for our Taoiseach. When challenged by the opposition in the Dáil about government policy, his comebacks are increasingly spiteful, personalised and utterly lacking in substance.
!['You couldn't care less': Taoiseach gets defensive as rent reforms face criticism
His outburst prompted the Ceann Comhairle to warn TDs to be "respectful".
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TAOISEACH MICHÉAL MARTIN was on the defensive today in the Dáil as his Government's incoming reforms to the rental market came in for sharp criticism from the opposition.
"You couldn't care less about whether we provide more houses for the young people in this country, he shot back at Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald after she accused him of being on the side of large landlords rather than renters.
"You're full of sound bites," the Taoiseach claimed, to protest from the Sinn Féin benches.
The exchange between the Taoiseach and the Sinn Féin leader prompted Ceann
Comhairle Verona Murphy to appeal for a "respectful" debate "with a mindfulness for our [visitors'] gallery being full".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:soimfvdqqoieabdpxtlt3mxz/bafkreiakqde5un4bozl3updzx6g64cyjirkhibcf7k3socfpslaifx7xpq@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 PM
As @carlkinsella.bsky.social and others have pointed out, this is becoming a habit for our Taoiseach. When challenged by the opposition in the Dáil about government policy, his comebacks are increasingly spiteful, personalised and utterly lacking in substance.
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Michéal Martin: "You hate private landlords!"
Dead 🇮🇪 Generations: "Yeah, we fucking do"
Dead 🇮🇪 Generations: "Yeah, we fucking do"
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Michéal Martin: "You hate private landlords!"
Dead 🇮🇪 Generations: "Yeah, we fucking do"
Dead 🇮🇪 Generations: "Yeah, we fucking do"
This thread. Just, this entire thread.
Hi @hannahsbee.bsky.social,
There will come a time when you will have to face up to what you've done because of this era of anti-trans hysteria.
Per an FOI request, Pogust Goodhead have ZERO cases against Tavistock, when 1000 were claimed three years ago.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/...
There will come a time when you will have to face up to what you've done because of this era of anti-trans hysteria.
Per an FOI request, Pogust Goodhead have ZERO cases against Tavistock, when 1000 were claimed three years ago.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/...
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised
A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This thread. Just, this entire thread.
Used work in an office in Cork.
One youngfella busking only had the first verse and chorus of Don't Look Back in Anger, and would wail into them for hours.
It wasn't so much that time would stop, as the white-hot, nuclear-fission rage would turn my living tissue to amber.
#spéirghorm #ireland
One youngfella busking only had the first verse and chorus of Don't Look Back in Anger, and would wail into them for hours.
It wasn't so much that time would stop, as the white-hot, nuclear-fission rage would turn my living tissue to amber.
#spéirghorm #ireland
John Cage’s landmark work “As Slow As Possible” was intended to be the longest and slowest musical piece ever performed, but I’m getting word that it’s just been beaten out by your local indie busker’s latest acoustic cover of “Can’t Help Falling in Love”
February 11, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Used work in an office in Cork.
One youngfella busking only had the first verse and chorus of Don't Look Back in Anger, and would wail into them for hours.
It wasn't so much that time would stop, as the white-hot, nuclear-fission rage would turn my living tissue to amber.
#spéirghorm #ireland
One youngfella busking only had the first verse and chorus of Don't Look Back in Anger, and would wail into them for hours.
It wasn't so much that time would stop, as the white-hot, nuclear-fission rage would turn my living tissue to amber.
#spéirghorm #ireland
No, because that means Bono gets elevated to party-political elder lemon, and Ireland has suffered enough
February 11, 2026 at 12:49 PM
No, because that means Bono gets elevated to party-political elder lemon, and Ireland has suffered enough
Shite-era Metallica, too. Like, they could have at least conjured up the Justice-era incarnation.
February 11, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Shite-era Metallica, too. Like, they could have at least conjured up the Justice-era incarnation.
A vapid PD fail-son continues to curb-stomp the bar closer to the Earth's core.
Another media darling and insider coming out with the nastiest laziest “joke” he can make about a mass shooting of kids.
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
A vapid PD fail-son continues to curb-stomp the bar closer to the Earth's core.
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absolutely not. we cannot let Tom Monaghan turn Mount Melleray into an Opus Dei finishing school for fascist tradcaths
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US Catholic college in bid to set up campus in Waterford
A Catholic university based in Florida, in the US, has claimed it is setting up a new campus in Co Waterford.
www.rte.ie
February 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
absolutely not. we cannot let Tom Monaghan turn Mount Melleray into an Opus Dei finishing school for fascist tradcaths
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The TNA Lib-Dems
🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT from Deputy Leader @LibDemDaisy.bsky.social
Dropping tomorrow at 9am.
Watch this space.
Dropping tomorrow at 9am.
Watch this space.
February 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The TNA Lib-Dems
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Why did the sink break up with the colander?
There was a strain on their relationship
There was a strain on their relationship
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Why did the sink break up with the colander?
There was a strain on their relationship
There was a strain on their relationship
They've been saying that for nearly 30 years.
Don Henley believes The Eagles’ “miraculous run” of more than five decades will “probably” at the end of 2026.
Don Henley Says 2026 Will "Probably" Be The Eagles' Final Year
Don Henley has suggested that 2026 will be The Eagles' final year as the band continues their Sphere residency in Las Vegas.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
They've been saying that for nearly 30 years.
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This is one to watch... #Gardageddon
Man in court accused of obtaining information from garda share.google/zWT1OoZR1YWu...
Man in court accused of obtaining information from garda share.google/zWT1OoZR1YWu...
Man in court accused of obtaining information from garda
A Wicklow man has been sent forward for trial accused of obtaining people's personal information from a garda and interfering with a prosecution.
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February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
This is one to watch... #Gardageddon
Man in court accused of obtaining information from garda share.google/zWT1OoZR1YWu...
Man in court accused of obtaining information from garda share.google/zWT1OoZR1YWu...
Is the point of the Labour not to legislate for nationalisation, as opposed to less privatisation? The softly-softly approach will never work!
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
If enacted, the Bill would see a total overhaul of how household bins are collected in Dublin and would move away from the current system whereby multiple private companies compete for business.
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Labour TD brings forward Bill to overhaul domestic waste collection in Dublin City
It comes as Panda Waste introduced further prices increases recently.
jrnl.ie
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Is the point of the Labour not to legislate for nationalisation, as opposed to less privatisation? The softly-softly approach will never work!
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
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We Didn’t Start the Fire (But it’s all the ways the EU has ruined environmental protection in the last three years) with @greenpeace.eu #ad
February 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
We Didn’t Start the Fire (But it’s all the ways the EU has ruined environmental protection in the last three years) with @greenpeace.eu #ad
That is NO way to talk about Football Special 🤬
A Dublin restaurant was issued with a closure order last month after a "bucket of brown unidentifiable" liquid was found beneath the sink in its bar.
Dublin business closed after bucket of brown liquid found
A Dublin restaurant was issued with a closure order last month after a "bucket of brown unidentifiable" liquid was found beneath the sink in its bar.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
That is NO way to talk about Football Special 🤬