Stephanie Rains 🪼
@acidrains.bsky.social
Mainly politics and cute animals, with occasional images from the archives. For the day job, follow the Irish Cultural and Media History blog at irishmediahistory.com
I actually didn’t realise O’Brien was this genuinely funny. I yelped with laughter at end!
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I actually didn’t realise O’Brien was this genuinely funny. I yelped with laughter at end!
Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988). I wouldn't have stayed to the end except I was there with other people and we were in the middle of a full row, so I just put up with it for what seemed like days.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988). I wouldn't have stayed to the end except I was there with other people and we were in the middle of a full row, so I just put up with it for what seemed like days.
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There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th.
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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This is brilliant. That box cover was SUCH a feature of my childhood and I always did wonder about it myself!
"If you put a kid on the cover, you’re telling buyers it’s a kid game. If you put adults on the cover, you’re telling kids it’s a gateway to adulthood. This is basic aspirational psychology. They’ll feel like tiny professors. Or tiny villains. Both sell."
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
- - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is brilliant. That box cover was SUCH a feature of my childhood and I always did wonder about it myself!
I notice we’re all giving tech examples. Another one for me is loading and using a 35mm slide carousel for showing images in lectures. And learning the hard way that if you didn’t put the lid on before using it the slides would fly out and hit people on the front row in the face 😱
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
While I'm hesitant to ever confine any skill of mine to the dustbin as Shit Does Come Up, I feel it is very unlikely that I will ever be asked to do column chemistry again. It remains useful knowledge however.
While I'm hesitant to ever confine any skill of mine to the dustbin as Shit Does Come Up, I feel it is very unlikely that I will ever be asked to do column chemistry again. It remains useful knowledge however.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
Summer of '95 I had a job assembling single-use film cameras, which I did enough that I can still perform the actions. I don't think they even sell them anymore, but even if they do I'm certainly never going to be making them again!
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I notice we’re all giving tech examples. Another one for me is loading and using a 35mm slide carousel for showing images in lectures. And learning the hard way that if you didn’t put the lid on before using it the slides would fly out and hit people on the front row in the face 😱
"The reduced-calorie meals could also be more appropriate for shorter men, who need to eat less than the average man". So waiters will have to do gender checks on women AND measure men's height before any of us get our dinner.
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"The reduced-calorie meals could also be more appropriate for shorter men, who need to eat less than the average man". So waiters will have to do gender checks on women AND measure men's height before any of us get our dinner.
having one of those days where it’s fortunate I’ve been doing this job for long enough to be more or less unembarrassable up on the podium in lecture theatres 🤦♀️
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
having one of those days where it’s fortunate I’ve been doing this job for long enough to be more or less unembarrassable up on the podium in lecture theatres 🤦♀️
Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The start of Christmas decorations (why yes I am a child of the 70s, why do you ask?)
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The start of Christmas decorations (why yes I am a child of the 70s, why do you ask?)
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Rare archival photo of Irish storyteller Peig Sayers
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Rare archival photo of Irish storyteller Peig Sayers
Am going to need complete lyrics of the Canticle of Indignation for any future disputes I have with my own employer.
By an extraordinary coincidence, I too have been kicked out of Bangor Cathedral.
Bangor Cathedral music boss sacked after 'inappropriate' choir song row
A protest at Bangor Cathedral came after it announced it was considering laying off two-thirds of its workforce.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Am going to need complete lyrics of the Canticle of Indignation for any future disputes I have with my own employer.
If you’re going to talk about a UK “deep state” and not focus on the monarchy, House of Lords and Church of England, then 🤷♀️
The Deep State is a conspiracy theory.
I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
If you’re going to talk about a UK “deep state” and not focus on the monarchy, House of Lords and Church of England, then 🤷♀️
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an intentionally funny Picasso painting before 🦞 🐈⬛
Lobster and Cat by Pablo Picasso, 1965
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137441
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137441
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an intentionally funny Picasso painting before 🦞 🐈⬛
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We don’t remember making a sitcom called ‘Hitler Was Right’, says BBC buff.ly/FF555yD
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We don’t remember making a sitcom called ‘Hitler Was Right’, says BBC buff.ly/FF555yD
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"This new piece is baroque in style and covers themes of misplaced loyalty and broken trust and it's called 'Concerto for An Empty Bowl'"
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"This new piece is baroque in style and covers themes of misplaced loyalty and broken trust and it's called 'Concerto for An Empty Bowl'"
RTÉ doing the right thing 🇵🇸
Ireland will not compete in Eurovision 2026 after Israel allowed to remain in competition
Spain and the Netherlands have also confirmed that they will not take part in the contest.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
RTÉ doing the right thing 🇵🇸
Dubliners, there’s the most AMAZING moon hanging in that clear sky right now #speirgorm
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Dubliners, there’s the most AMAZING moon hanging in that clear sky right now #speirgorm
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Toronyan, an apprentice river-boatman cat, is the mascot for Nagatoro Town in Saitama. His hat is decorated with the town’s flowers, cherry blossoms and wintersweet, and his eyes sparkle like the flowing Arakawa River.
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Toronyan, an apprentice river-boatman cat, is the mascot for Nagatoro Town in Saitama. His hat is decorated with the town’s flowers, cherry blossoms and wintersweet, and his eyes sparkle like the flowing Arakawa River.
Has there ever been an odder response to the experience of visiting Paris than his? First the shambolic military parade, now the Albert-Speer-rip-off of the Arc de Triomphe. Utterly bizarre.
‘We’re doing arch’ Trump says in update on latest construction project
Trump has previously said that he is building the arch for ‘me,’ when speaking to reporters
www.independent.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Has there ever been an odder response to the experience of visiting Paris than his? First the shambolic military parade, now the Albert-Speer-rip-off of the Arc de Triomphe. Utterly bizarre.
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Raleigh Vektar (1985)
Is it a bicycle? Is it a computer? The Raleigh Vectar folks, a pedalling ride with a microchip.
Sound synthesiser, Radio, POWER PACK, and more! It’s a biker’s dream!
Is it a bicycle? Is it a computer? The Raleigh Vectar folks, a pedalling ride with a microchip.
Sound synthesiser, Radio, POWER PACK, and more! It’s a biker’s dream!
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Raleigh Vektar (1985)
Is it a bicycle? Is it a computer? The Raleigh Vectar folks, a pedalling ride with a microchip.
Sound synthesiser, Radio, POWER PACK, and more! It’s a biker’s dream!
Is it a bicycle? Is it a computer? The Raleigh Vectar folks, a pedalling ride with a microchip.
Sound synthesiser, Radio, POWER PACK, and more! It’s a biker’s dream!
He can also cure scrofula and turn water into wine. Truly amazing stuff.
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
He can also cure scrofula and turn water into wine. Truly amazing stuff.
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The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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Tufted puffins Erika-chan and Erio-kun a Lee mascots from Japan’s Northern Territories.
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Tufted puffins Erika-chan and Erio-kun a Lee mascots from Japan’s Northern Territories.
Yeah, this request is going to go over a storm in my local Supervalu.
Swap plain cabbage for flavorful chrysanthemum greens the next time you prep a savory pancake.
In winter, spring chrysanthemum greens hit their peak
A favorite ingredient in savory pancakes and sukiyaki, these leafy vegetables offer a flavorful edge as well as a dose of antioxidants.
ebx.sh
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yeah, this request is going to go over a storm in my local Supervalu.