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Solicitor, Coeliac, cider snob 🇮🇪 #paddystinian

Co. Roscommon
Probably not too impressed with Captain VonTrapp failing to take command of his boat in The Sound of Music as well.
Fox News is mad that Jack Nicholson's character was portrayed as the bad guy in "A Few Good Men," citing it as the start of the downfall of "masculinity" in America.

"They villified him! Right there's where Hollywood started this."

"Now there's too few good men! That's the problem!"
February 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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He had a joke in his stump speeches about how, if he were to walk on water, the headlines the next day would read “Jesse Jackson Can’t Swim”
How many of the media outlets eulogizing Rev. Jesse Jackson today spent decades trying to undermine his work & turn him into a punchline?
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I see Springsteen has named his new tour 'No Kings'.

And still there'll be lads in the comments telling him to ditch the politics.
February 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Hey @ianbetteridge.com somebody's breaking your law.

🚨🚨🚨
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I'm guessing Irish America will most likely just want ICE agents to be issued with one of these cards.

Otherwise 'meh'.
February 11, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Look, I know Neil has to follow his muse'n'all that but frankly the new CH stuff, all double tracked falsetto vocals etc can get in the sea.

*THIS* remains a mighty listen though.
February 10, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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😂
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Life comes at you fast.

Not, it would appear, as fast as some discarded phalluses though...
At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.

Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
February 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about.

Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.

From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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This amused me greatly 😂 especially the fox painting 😂

Thank yoooo @cheekybudgie.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
All politics is local.
Cork man Morgan McSweeney is embroiled in a scandal over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as UK Ambassador to the US
Who is Irish Starmer aide at centre of Mandelson scandal?
www.rte.ie
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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OK, first, the good news is that this was, with no exaggeration, just the most fun my entire family has had watching the telly together in an unmeasurable amount of time.

Also, a fully rat-danced rendition of Blinded By The Lights was something I never knew I needed.
‘The show delivers fulsomely, and it probably delivers even more if you’re not watching through the same lens as me (completely freaking out that if they mess this up, then I can kiss The Muppet Show goodbye for another 45 years).’

They let me review the new Muppets Show special-slash-pilot.
I asked if I could write a review of The Muppet Show 50th Anniversary Special and they said yes
It’s not easy being greenlit.
jrnl.ie
February 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
"chugging wine"

man needs to get in the fucking sea, post haste.
February 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Show me something more perfect. You can’t x
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 AM
"here we all are now, all the lads..."
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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It’s crazy how for 30 years, Disney has been trying to do something with the Muppets that clicks, and they finally realized “Hey, what if we just did The Muppet Show?” They really should just do one of these quarterly, surprise drop them, and make everyone happy.
February 5, 2026 at 9:29 AM
New Muppets is looking good.

Hoping there's some Veterinarian Hospital and Pigs in Space
February 5, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Six nights now. This is difficult

But hours spent with all *waves hands around* this going on, having it shunted to the back of my head is just lovely.
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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The United States, currently tear-gassing crowds, gerrymandering votes and putting children in concentration camps, has some thoughts about our election system. They can fuck off, and when they’ve done that they can fuck off a bit further.
February 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
In reality, of course, the leadership of Antifa be far closer to...
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
And exactly WHEN were you friggers going to tell me that my beloved YR sauce was now gluten free?

#speirgorm
February 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Gosh. In the wake of all this Epstein stuff, you'd wonder what Broadsheet.ie would have made of it all, wouldn't you

#speirgorm
Broadsheet.ie
January 31, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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My fave Kubrick anecdote: David Prowse on acting in A Clockwork Orange:
'So you want me to carry Patrick Magee, who weighs 17Olbs, plus the wheelchair, another 30lbs, so 200lbs, down the stairs & then do a dialogue scene?'
'Yeah, you can do it.'
'I know but your name isn't One Take Kubrick, is it?'
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM