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.
daily.bandcamp.com
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
daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the...
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.
consequence.net
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.
share.google
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.
jrnl.ie/6952611t
jrnl.ie/6952611t
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.
www.rte.ie
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
That is NO way to talk about Football Special 🤬
Is anime on Blu just becoming untenable now in the age where everything goes streaming first?
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Is anime on Blu just becoming untenable now in the age where everything goes streaming first?
Was pleased to find the ancient knowledge still applies when looking lately.
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Was pleased to find the ancient knowledge still applies when looking lately.
I'd rather take to the high seas, tbqh, and that would be a shame.
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
I'd rather take to the high seas, tbqh, and that would be a shame.
I have no earthly idea how the consoles' eShops - the consoles, once the most jealously guarded of any and all licences! - are now facilitating this current onslaught of dross, after dross, after dross.
This puts 2003-2005 PS1, or even Wii shovelware, in the ha'penny place. #spéirghorm #ireland
This puts 2003-2005 PS1, or even Wii shovelware, in the ha'penny place. #spéirghorm #ireland
February 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM
I have no earthly idea how the consoles' eShops - the consoles, once the most jealously guarded of any and all licences! - are now facilitating this current onslaught of dross, after dross, after dross.
This puts 2003-2005 PS1, or even Wii shovelware, in the ha'penny place. #spéirghorm #ireland
This puts 2003-2005 PS1, or even Wii shovelware, in the ha'penny place. #spéirghorm #ireland
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Human rights campaigners have called on the Irish government to ban ICE deportation flights from refuelling at Shannon Airport.
Ireland urged to ban ICE flights from Shannon Airport
Human rights campaigners have called on the Irish government to ban ICE deportation flights from refuelling at Shannon Airport.
www.irishlegal.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Human rights campaigners have called on the Irish government to ban ICE deportation flights from refuelling at Shannon Airport.
Ah, balls. Never had a problem with them a few years back. Been picking off their catalogue via the local HMV too.
February 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Ah, balls. Never had a problem with them a few years back. Been picking off their catalogue via the local HMV too.
Mark my words deep into the largest, and most cumbersome stone you can find: in the event of a United Ireland, the inevitable FG/DUP merger/alliance will present Irish society with heretofore unparalleled tedium.
February 10, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Mark my words deep into the largest, and most cumbersome stone you can find: in the event of a United Ireland, the inevitable FG/DUP merger/alliance will present Irish society with heretofore unparalleled tedium.
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Demand destruction scuttling the oil economy thesis.
Evidence item 2883
Evidence item 2883
More than half of the world’s new electric cars are now plugging into Chinese sockets instead of lining up at gas stations. By 2024, it is estimated that China’s EV sales were growing about 40% year on year, even as some Western markets stumbled.
www.ecoticias.com/en/china-sol...
www.ecoticias.com/en/china-sol...
China sold 11 million electric vehicles in one year, leaving less room for the oil it used to buy from Venezuela
But there is a basic question lurking behind the headlines. Who will actually need that oil in the years ahead? For years, China has been one of Venezuela’s
www.ecoticias.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Demand destruction scuttling the oil economy thesis.
Evidence item 2883
Evidence item 2883
"Optimublus robotings" has just been filed into my brain's permanent exhibit, sound
February 10, 2026 at 11:43 AM
"Optimublus robotings" has just been filed into my brain's permanent exhibit, sound
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Per RTÉ "The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said that she is aware of a small number of people in situations similar to Irish man Seamus Culleton" but she didn't say a dicky bird about them until the @klillington.bsky.social story ran.
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Per RTÉ "The Minister for Foreign Affairs has said that she is aware of a small number of people in situations similar to Irish man Seamus Culleton" but she didn't say a dicky bird about them until the @klillington.bsky.social story ran.
Another tenner a month, largely for back-catalogue stuff most of us already have somewhere on DVD, and more TERF Witch slop.
Yer grand, thanks. Also, LOL at TV3 for forking out for Friends repeats rights literally a few weeks ago.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Yer grand, thanks. Also, LOL at TV3 for forking out for Friends repeats rights literally a few weeks ago.
#spéirghorm #ireland
HBO Max is coming to Ireland next month and is taking the hit-show Friends with it in a bid to woo customers.
The service will be available directly through HBO, as well as via its launch partner Sky.
jrnl.ie/6952439
The service will be available directly through HBO, as well as via its launch partner Sky.
jrnl.ie/6952439
HBO Max is coming to Ireland next month and taking Friends with it
HBO Max will offer four plans, starting at €5.99 a month and rising to €15.99 a month.
jrnl.ie
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Another tenner a month, largely for back-catalogue stuff most of us already have somewhere on DVD, and more TERF Witch slop.
Yer grand, thanks. Also, LOL at TV3 for forking out for Friends repeats rights literally a few weeks ago.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Yer grand, thanks. Also, LOL at TV3 for forking out for Friends repeats rights literally a few weeks ago.
#spéirghorm #ireland
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Artist using their power in what can feel like a powerless time for women and girls. the ffffkin Epst£in files.
Chappell Roan drops Casey Wasserman talent agency after Epstein files revelations
Wasserman has apologised for communicating with Ghislaine Maxwell after flirtatious emails they exchanged more than 20 years ago were released in the Epstein files
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Artist using their power in what can feel like a powerless time for women and girls. the ffffkin Epst£in files.
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No bullshit, please watch “Who Killed Captain Alex”
It’s free on YouTube, when it really shouldn’t be. I bought the movie after watching the intro. Nothing but love and community is in this movie.
youtu.be/KEoGrbKAyKE?...
It’s free on YouTube, when it really shouldn’t be. I bought the movie after watching the intro. Nothing but love and community is in this movie.
youtu.be/KEoGrbKAyKE?...
July 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
No bullshit, please watch “Who Killed Captain Alex”
It’s free on YouTube, when it really shouldn’t be. I bought the movie after watching the intro. Nothing but love and community is in this movie.
youtu.be/KEoGrbKAyKE?...
It’s free on YouTube, when it really shouldn’t be. I bought the movie after watching the intro. Nothing but love and community is in this movie.
youtu.be/KEoGrbKAyKE?...
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CHAT PILE + special guests Ragana @ Button Factory Dublin August 19th. Tickets on sale Friday February 13th @ 10am. Pre sale Thursday 10am.
foggynotions.ie/concerts/dan...
@umackdublin.bsky.social
@chatpileband.bsky.social
@re370.bsky.social
foggynotions.ie/concerts/dan...
@umackdublin.bsky.social
@chatpileband.bsky.social
@re370.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 10:10 AM
CHAT PILE + special guests Ragana @ Button Factory Dublin August 19th. Tickets on sale Friday February 13th @ 10am. Pre sale Thursday 10am.
foggynotions.ie/concerts/dan...
@umackdublin.bsky.social
@chatpileband.bsky.social
@re370.bsky.social
foggynotions.ie/concerts/dan...
@umackdublin.bsky.social
@chatpileband.bsky.social
@re370.bsky.social
Turning Point Northern Ireland.
In case you didn't already suspect our democracy is under fire.
#spéirghorm #ireland
In case you didn't already suspect our democracy is under fire.
#spéirghorm #ireland
American conservative Erika Kirk is expected to visit Northern Ireland as part of a tour to recruit young people to Turning Point, the organisation founded by her murdered husband.
Widow of murdered US activist Charlie Kirk to recruit students on NI visit
Ex-DUP MP Ian Paisley backing plan to launch branch of Christian-right group Turning Point here
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Turning Point Northern Ireland.
In case you didn't already suspect our democracy is under fire.
#spéirghorm #ireland
In case you didn't already suspect our democracy is under fire.
#spéirghorm #ireland
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In Vitro runs at Bewley’s Café Theatre until February 21. Read 👉 buff.ly/Plbg4of #GCNnews
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
In Vitro runs at Bewley’s Café Theatre until February 21. Read 👉 buff.ly/Plbg4of #GCNnews
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The Times (owned by Murdoch, always a friend of Mandelson & Blairs New Labour ) helping kick-start Peter's rehabilitation.
The Scottish National -rightly angry & not pals with Petey...
The Scottish National -rightly angry & not pals with Petey...
February 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The Times (owned by Murdoch, always a friend of Mandelson & Blairs New Labour ) helping kick-start Peter's rehabilitation.
The Scottish National -rightly angry & not pals with Petey...
The Scottish National -rightly angry & not pals with Petey...
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Doing a bit of tidying and came across this map of the CIE network. How things have changed with lines closed and fine hotels sold off.
If I recall correctly this would have been in a MK2 "Supertrain" carriage. #Speirgorm
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If I recall correctly this would have been in a MK2 "Supertrain" carriage. #Speirgorm
ifiarchiveplayer.ie/cie-supertra...
February 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Doing a bit of tidying and came across this map of the CIE network. How things have changed with lines closed and fine hotels sold off.
If I recall correctly this would have been in a MK2 "Supertrain" carriage. #Speirgorm
ifiarchiveplayer.ie/cie-supertra...
If I recall correctly this would have been in a MK2 "Supertrain" carriage. #Speirgorm
ifiarchiveplayer.ie/cie-supertra...
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10th February 1988: The first issue of GCN is published. The issue celebrated the LGBTQ+ community while featuring hard-hitting topics, including Clause 28, the UK legislation prohibiting “promotion of homosexuality”. #OnThisDay #Queerstory 👉 buff.ly/9vxcobB
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
10th February 1988: The first issue of GCN is published. The issue celebrated the LGBTQ+ community while featuring hard-hitting topics, including Clause 28, the UK legislation prohibiting “promotion of homosexuality”. #OnThisDay #Queerstory 👉 buff.ly/9vxcobB
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Social media would be healthier if it fully shut down every evening after playing this, the Touch Grass video (Irish Edition)
February 10, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Social media would be healthier if it fully shut down every evening after playing this, the Touch Grass video (Irish Edition)