Lisa Carey
@msleedy.bsky.social
does words and music, though not at the same time. relax in a panic-free atmosphere.
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Miaow! I have updated the Dublin events listing spreadsheet! New gigs include concerts by Tinariwen, the UCD Composition Ensemble & the UCD Gamelan Orchestra (together at last!), and Bristol "trip hop" sensation Tricky
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#speirgorm #DublinListings #DublinGigs
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#speirgorm #DublinListings #DublinGigs
The Crackdown
docs.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Miaow! I have updated the Dublin events listing spreadsheet! New gigs include concerts by Tinariwen, the UCD Composition Ensemble & the UCD Gamelan Orchestra (together at last!), and Bristol "trip hop" sensation Tricky
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#speirgorm #DublinListings #DublinGigs
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#speirgorm #DublinListings #DublinGigs
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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It is journalistic malpractice to be within a city block of Vance and not read him this tweet through a bullhorn
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It is journalistic malpractice to be within a city block of Vance and not read him this tweet through a bullhorn
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Once again, the government is willing to do anything to fix the housing crisis, except for anything that will actually fix the housing crisis
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Once again, the government is willing to do anything to fix the housing crisis, except for anything that will actually fix the housing crisis
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The face off each other.
So what ARE you allowed to wear in Ireland?
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The face off each other.
I still wish I could remember what a friend of mine was wearing when he was greeted on Patrick St in Cork with "look at him there, Lord of the fucking Rings".
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I still wish I could remember what a friend of mine was wearing when he was greeted on Patrick St in Cork with "look at him there, Lord of the fucking Rings".
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Yesterday a man was spelling something using phonetic alphabet over the phone to me. He started to struggle at D:
”eh…Dick”
and when he came to a B
“[long silence]…I can only think of Balls because I said Dick”
”eh…Dick”
and when he came to a B
“[long silence]…I can only think of Balls because I said Dick”
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Yesterday a man was spelling something using phonetic alphabet over the phone to me. He started to struggle at D:
”eh…Dick”
and when he came to a B
“[long silence]…I can only think of Balls because I said Dick”
”eh…Dick”
and when he came to a B
“[long silence]…I can only think of Balls because I said Dick”
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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I like the Carry On films but the lore is too confusing, impossible for modern audiences to accept these people could play a major part in the French Revolution AND lose their bras on camping holidays
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I like the Carry On films but the lore is too confusing, impossible for modern audiences to accept these people could play a major part in the French Revolution AND lose their bras on camping holidays
Friend just described my fancy Italian orange blossom martini as "like alcoholic shampoo, but nice".
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Friend just described my fancy Italian orange blossom martini as "like alcoholic shampoo, but nice".
I am greatly enjoying this festival but the next person to hold a phone up in my eyeline and film half a song is getting their phone grabbed and flung into a random part of the crowd.
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I am greatly enjoying this festival but the next person to hold a phone up in my eyeline and film half a song is getting their phone grabbed and flung into a random part of the crowd.
Do you reckon they're going to be loud?
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Do you reckon they're going to be loud?
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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I see a lot of people mocking this. You're all just jealous you don't have the $2.99 it takes to pull it off.
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I see a lot of people mocking this. You're all just jealous you don't have the $2.99 it takes to pull it off.
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Lovely page from a kids' book from 1952 (title unknown, I'm afraid). 'How to sleep though the Winter (Hibernate)'. Double points for the most annoyed/delighted lynx ever.
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Lovely page from a kids' book from 1952 (title unknown, I'm afraid). 'How to sleep though the Winter (Hibernate)'. Double points for the most annoyed/delighted lynx ever.
This is quite, quite delightful. Tiny gadgets! Cardboard boxes! Harmonium! Daveed Diggs!
"What you're about to see has never been attempted at the Tiny Desk: small, MIDI-triggered robots strike and vibrate glass bottles, coffee mugs, plastic wrap and a pizza box to make futuristic music out of the present's refuse and rubbish."
clipping. — Tiny Desk Concert: www.npr.org/2025/10/31/g...
clipping. — Tiny Desk Concert: www.npr.org/2025/10/31/g...
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is quite, quite delightful. Tiny gadgets! Cardboard boxes! Harmonium! Daveed Diggs!
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
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So much of the centrist approach to politics has devolved into "How do we trick people into supporting us like the right has done?" where talking sincerely about policies that might help ordinary people's lives is for naïve schmucks who don't understand the glorious theatre of it all
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
So much of the centrist approach to politics has devolved into "How do we trick people into supporting us like the right has done?" where talking sincerely about policies that might help ordinary people's lives is for naïve schmucks who don't understand the glorious theatre of it all
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Asylum seekers did not cause the housing crisis. This man is fuelling hatred in a cynical attempt to deflect from his own party's catastrophic policy failures. The next time some racist tries to murder children in their beds, like in Drogheda a few days ago, let's remember who put them up to it.
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Asylum seekers did not cause the housing crisis. This man is fuelling hatred in a cynical attempt to deflect from his own party's catastrophic policy failures. The next time some racist tries to murder children in their beds, like in Drogheda a few days ago, let's remember who put them up to it.
Big Brave tonight were an absolute delight. At one point found myself actually clapping my hands with glee.
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Big Brave tonight were an absolute delight. At one point found myself actually clapping my hands with glee.
I do like selling/buying bits on Vinted, on the other hand I am currently being absolutely harried by a random Frenchman about the exact time I left a parcel in to the post office. "There are no updates yet!" CALMEZ VOUS.
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I do like selling/buying bits on Vinted, on the other hand I am currently being absolutely harried by a random Frenchman about the exact time I left a parcel in to the post office. "There are no updates yet!" CALMEZ VOUS.
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In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
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Pitching a show to RTE where Rorys Stories & DJ Carey manage the prison hurling team, & face a team from New York in a big exciting showdown.
The trip to New York will add a significant amount to the budget, so I'm asking you to donate kindly so we can see this exciting project come to fruition.
The trip to New York will add a significant amount to the budget, so I'm asking you to donate kindly so we can see this exciting project come to fruition.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Pitching a show to RTE where Rorys Stories & DJ Carey manage the prison hurling team, & face a team from New York in a big exciting showdown.
The trip to New York will add a significant amount to the budget, so I'm asking you to donate kindly so we can see this exciting project come to fruition.
The trip to New York will add a significant amount to the budget, so I'm asking you to donate kindly so we can see this exciting project come to fruition.
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I think in general I have a fairly high “politician forgiveness” threshold because I understand they face a firehose of shit everyday and also in a democracy they have to comprise all the time, but Simon Harris not standing up for immigrants in this moment feels like one that crosses that threshold
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I think in general I have a fairly high “politician forgiveness” threshold because I understand they face a firehose of shit everyday and also in a democracy they have to comprise all the time, but Simon Harris not standing up for immigrants in this moment feels like one that crosses that threshold
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“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social