Niall Glynn
@nglynn.bsky.social
Dublin. I suppose I should put more things here but I can think of nothing that isn’t embarrassingly trite.
AMKNOB-1 - first pharaoh of Dublin.
There were some great cryptonym lists in the JFK garbage that was declassified:
July 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
AMKNOB-1 - first pharaoh of Dublin.
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This is like if Starship Troopers was set in the Idiocracy universe.
This is what you’d expect in a dystopian film set in the near future. Shitty cyber-esque graphics, insanely dark fucking policy, unbelievably Bratz-ass Homeland Security secretary, maybe put some little flying cars in the background.
May 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is like if Starship Troopers was set in the Idiocracy universe.
I rummaged out the paper to start Saturday’s crossword only to be interrupted by an ad for www.purcellauctioneers.ie/catalogue/74... and now I’m staring bankruptcy in the face.
Sale of the Library of the Late Bruce Arnold (1936-2024... (23 Apr 25)
LIVE AUCTION - Sale of the Library of the Late Bruce Arnold (1936-2024). Part Two of the Bruce Arnold Library in... (Sale Date: 23 Apr 25 10:00AM) BID NOW at Purcell Auctioneers.
www.purcellauctioneers.ie
April 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I rummaged out the paper to start Saturday’s crossword only to be interrupted by an ad for www.purcellauctioneers.ie/catalogue/74... and now I’m staring bankruptcy in the face.
Out for a winter walk today.
January 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Out for a winter walk today.
2024 in books! I managed to get through 32, highest total since we had our first child 5 years back. I’ve felt weirdly guilty about the self-indulgence of some of what I’ve read this year (bizarre and fragile under examination as that may seem). Here we go (if I don’t run out of steam half way):
January 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
2024 in books! I managed to get through 32, highest total since we had our first child 5 years back. I’ve felt weirdly guilty about the self-indulgence of some of what I’ve read this year (bizarre and fragile under examination as that may seem). Here we go (if I don’t run out of steam half way):
This is getting like that episode of Peep Show where they all keep trying to section each other.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
South Korean lawmakers impeach acting president Han Duck-soo
Assembly approves motion days after parliament stripped President Yoon Suk Yeol of his powers over martial law order
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2024 at 11:54 AM
This is getting like that episode of Peep Show where they all keep trying to section each other.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
My brain had managed to mostly forget we still show the angelus before the news on RTÉ. Sweet jaysis.
December 1, 2024 at 6:03 PM
My brain had managed to mostly forget we still show the angelus before the news on RTÉ. Sweet jaysis.
How did I miss this at the time
November 30, 2024 at 5:37 PM
How did I miss this at the time
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Looking forward to tonight’s leaders debate Here’s the one with Charlie Haughey and Garret Fitzgerald chaired by Brian Farrell in the 1980s… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #leadersdebate @rtenews @RTE_PrimeTime #GE24 #Ireland #GE2024
November 26, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Looking forward to tonight’s leaders debate Here’s the one with Charlie Haughey and Garret Fitzgerald chaired by Brian Farrell in the 1980s… from my old negatives #35mmfilm #documentary #photography #leadersdebate @rtenews @RTE_PrimeTime #GE24 #Ireland #GE2024
Loving Michael Martin having to caveat all his “100 years” remarks to cover for the fact that Fianna Fáil also did everything in his list in that timeframe. #ge24
November 18, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Loving Michael Martin having to caveat all his “100 years” remarks to cover for the fact that Fianna Fáil also did everything in his list in that timeframe. #ge24
Unsurprisingly he didn’t manage to provide a particularly clear answer himself - shite hawker #ge24
Peadar Toibin of Aontú - "It's amazing, we're 10 minutes in and nobody has been able to provide a straight answer."
Leads to the first interuptions of the debate.
No interest in government with Fine Gael and Greens. Calls Fianna Fail 'transactional'. Not sure what SF stands for #GE24 #RTEUpfront
Leads to the first interuptions of the debate.
No interest in government with Fine Gael and Greens. Calls Fianna Fail 'transactional'. Not sure what SF stands for #GE24 #RTEUpfront
November 18, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Unsurprisingly he didn’t manage to provide a particularly clear answer himself - shite hawker #ge24