Oisín Breen
@oisinbreen.bsky.social
Poet, Financial Journalist (RIABiz), and occasional narratologist.
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Buy my work here: https://linktr.ee/OBreen
@Breen@mastodon.ie // @Breen
If my literary repute were even a tenth of that ascribed to me by the constant scam I receive, I'd be the youngest nobel literature winner in history, beating Kipling by a year!
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If my literary repute were even a tenth of that ascribed to me by the constant scam I receive, I'd be the youngest nobel literature winner in history, beating Kipling by a year!
Myrtle liquor....
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Myrtle liquor....
Buonoserra Napoli!
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Buonoserra Napoli!
There is a particular kind of group of travelling men. They move in a pack of no less than 20, dress like they never matured beyond five, their language is grunting and hyena cackles, and you can physically see the difficulty addition presents them.
How on earth do they sustain?
How on earth do they sustain?
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
There is a particular kind of group of travelling men. They move in a pack of no less than 20, dress like they never matured beyond five, their language is grunting and hyena cackles, and you can physically see the difficulty addition presents them.
How on earth do they sustain?
How on earth do they sustain?
Today's profligacy is 6.1 million on an unbuilt tea room. Aka 33 houses.
Ought to pass a law that only small businesses can apply to build small scale government projects...
A run of the mill garden building co. could have done this in a week.
Ought to pass a law that only small businesses can apply to build small scale government projects...
A run of the mill garden building co. could have done this in a week.
New €6.1m tearooms for Dublin's Merrion Square delayed amid ‘exceptionally high building inflation’
Cost of consultant architects rose from €246,000 in 2015 to €655,000 last year, audit finds
www.irishtimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today's profligacy is 6.1 million on an unbuilt tea room. Aka 33 houses.
Ought to pass a law that only small businesses can apply to build small scale government projects...
A run of the mill garden building co. could have done this in a week.
Ought to pass a law that only small businesses can apply to build small scale government projects...
A run of the mill garden building co. could have done this in a week.
After the 350k bike shed, the 1.4 million security hut, my homeland has done it again. Ireland's 750k ramp.
I get that there's extra tape for gov. building, but two of my cousins would do this in a week for a couple of grand plus materials.
I get that there's extra tape for gov. building, but two of my cousins would do this in a week for a couple of grand plus materials.
Renovation bill for entrance at south Dublin park exceeds €750,000
Work undertaken at Deer Park in Mount Merrion to improve accessibility, says county council
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
After the 350k bike shed, the 1.4 million security hut, my homeland has done it again. Ireland's 750k ramp.
I get that there's extra tape for gov. building, but two of my cousins would do this in a week for a couple of grand plus materials.
I get that there's extra tape for gov. building, but two of my cousins would do this in a week for a couple of grand plus materials.
At a table with lovely poets.
They start gym chat.
Why the fuck is everyone going to the gym? .
Everyone looks identical, except they can't move their shoulders properly.
They start gym chat.
Why the fuck is everyone going to the gym? .
Everyone looks identical, except they can't move their shoulders properly.
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
At a table with lovely poets.
They start gym chat.
Why the fuck is everyone going to the gym? .
Everyone looks identical, except they can't move their shoulders properly.
They start gym chat.
Why the fuck is everyone going to the gym? .
Everyone looks identical, except they can't move their shoulders properly.
I definitely feel that sci-fi was a major influence on my ethics. From Picard, Kirk & Sisko, to watching the wild plight of Londo Mollari... Huge influence.
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I definitely feel that sci-fi was a major influence on my ethics. From Picard, Kirk & Sisko, to watching the wild plight of Londo Mollari... Huge influence.
Five clothing items I would make illegal:
Jeans, white runners, bubble jackets, crocs, fisherman's vests on finance workers.
Jeans, white runners, bubble jackets, crocs, fisherman's vests on finance workers.
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Five clothing items I would make illegal:
Jeans, white runners, bubble jackets, crocs, fisherman's vests on finance workers.
Jeans, white runners, bubble jackets, crocs, fisherman's vests on finance workers.
Not enough people dress for the weather. Having season specific clothes makes everything better. 48 hours ago, I was sipping beer in 20c at midnight, shirtsleeves rolled up. Today it's 0c and frosty, I remain cozy.
Not only does normcore look awful, it's terribly non-adaptive.
Not only does normcore look awful, it's terribly non-adaptive.
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Not enough people dress for the weather. Having season specific clothes makes everything better. 48 hours ago, I was sipping beer in 20c at midnight, shirtsleeves rolled up. Today it's 0c and frosty, I remain cozy.
Not only does normcore look awful, it's terribly non-adaptive.
Not only does normcore look awful, it's terribly non-adaptive.
The true gatekeepers of art work in HR or admin positions. They have done for decades. They prioritize issues, and the emperor's new clothes conceit of authenticity.
Here's yet another case in point.
Here's yet another case in point.
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The true gatekeepers of art work in HR or admin positions. They have done for decades. They prioritize issues, and the emperor's new clothes conceit of authenticity.
Here's yet another case in point.
Here's yet another case in point.
The lady and I have slowly been working our way through Brideshead Revisited 1981 ITV. It's sumptuous.
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The lady and I have slowly been working our way through Brideshead Revisited 1981 ITV. It's sumptuous.
Ah I really did miss Istanbul.
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ah I really did miss Istanbul.
There really is some striking similarity between depictions of movement in Byzantine religious art and in Duchamp's early work.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
There really is some striking similarity between depictions of movement in Byzantine religious art and in Duchamp's early work.
Missed you Istanbul
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Missed you Istanbul
QR codes make everything worse.
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
QR codes make everything worse.
One day, everyone who expects normal people to interact with chatbots for service (when they certainly don't...) you're all going to spend eternity in a Kafka novel.
Do you get how much worse you've made all our lives? We hate this.
It's awful.
Do you get how much worse you've made all our lives? We hate this.
It's awful.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
One day, everyone who expects normal people to interact with chatbots for service (when they certainly don't...) you're all going to spend eternity in a Kafka novel.
Do you get how much worse you've made all our lives? We hate this.
It's awful.
Do you get how much worse you've made all our lives? We hate this.
It's awful.
Thank you Barcelona, you've been a hoot!
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Thank you Barcelona, you've been a hoot!
Reposted by Oisín Breen
"The slow beating heart of that singular shape, it opens unto spring in pink and white blossoms, yellows and hard-worn greens."
The Tender Ministry of Time, first pub. @interimpoetics 2023.
linktr.ee/OBreen
#poetry #writingcommunity #art #writing #literature #books
The Tender Ministry of Time, first pub. @interimpoetics 2023.
linktr.ee/OBreen
#poetry #writingcommunity #art #writing #literature #books
November 4, 2024 at 7:00 AM
"The slow beating heart of that singular shape, it opens unto spring in pink and white blossoms, yellows and hard-worn greens."
The Tender Ministry of Time, first pub. @interimpoetics 2023.
linktr.ee/OBreen
#poetry #writingcommunity #art #writing #literature #books
The Tender Ministry of Time, first pub. @interimpoetics 2023.
linktr.ee/OBreen
#poetry #writingcommunity #art #writing #literature #books
Quick jaunt to Barcelona here we go!
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Quick jaunt to Barcelona here we go!