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Ciaran McGrath
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Writer of stuff, player of games, enjoyer of life. Living with cancer, trying to be a better person one day at a time.
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Went for a walk. Found a tree (or three).
A stand of three trees on a grassy bank, close enough to look like one, with strong sunlight from the left and a blue sky behind. Autumn leaves stain the bank brown and gold where the shadow of the trees does not hide them.
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The poignancy of the silent, fallen icon. What was it meant to represent?
An election poster featuring the smiling face of a bald man, with the text: ‘FOR PRESIDENT. GAVIN” It lies abandoned on a footpath, covered in a scattering of autumn leaves.
October 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Not a bad morning. #50
The Mourne Mountains, seen on the horizon, lit by the early morning sun, with fluffy clouds atop them in a blue sky. In the foreground are a slightly muddy field and a sand-and-stone beach, with a winding coastal road between the two.
September 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Sunset on the beach at Rossglass.
A low-level photo of a beach at sunset. Mountains are silhouetted on the horizon to the left, and the sky to the right of them is lit up with orange clouds. In the foreground, low waves roll in from the left, onto rippling sands, where pooling water reflects the sunset.
September 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Spotted a commuter in Phibsborough this evening. #suburbanfox
A fox walks down a railway track, balancing itself on one of the rails.
September 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Ah. That does seem to make more sense to me. Certainly hits more of my main preferences.
A list of five games and their purchase/activation dates (from most recent to oldest): Empire: Total War Retail The Orange Box Half-Life 2: Episode One Jade Empire (ROW) Half-Life 2 Retail Collectors
August 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Hmm. At least one title I’d completely forgotten I owned.
My first five Steam purchases: Gratuitous Space Battles, Portal 2, Endless Space, Crusader Kings II, and Mount & Blade.
August 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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The Mournes were wearing their winter blanket yesterday evening.
A view across field, shore, and sea to the Mourne Mountains, silhouetted on the horizon, girdled by low clouds. Wisps of high cloud hang in the sky above, and a housemartin dances in the middle air.
August 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Home provides the best sunsets. #Rossglass
Early sunset photo taken from a garden. The silhouette of the Mourne Mountains can be seen on the left, beyond a receding shoreline. On the right, the sun shines through clouds over farm buildings on the horizon.
August 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Happy arrivals in the post, courtesy of @danmcdaid.bsky.social - a particularly excellent DHII among them. #deathsheadII #DEGA
On a striped bedsheet sit two items: a hardback graphic novel entitled DEGA, and a colour drawing of the Marvel comics character Death’s Head II, saying “Expecting someone else, yes?”
August 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.
A comic book cover titled Death’s Head II, issue 3. Text on the page reads “On the run in the far future … Death’s Head and Tuck are partners in crime”. The cover image shows a skull-faced cyborg with and sword for a hand and a red headed woman leaning on a sword beside a tree.
August 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Moonrise over St John’s Point. (With apologies for the low-light quality.)
A grainy image of a headland seen across a stretch of water. In the centre is a yellow-and-black striped lighthouse. To its left, appearing almost the same height is the red moon, still touching the horizon.
July 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Spotted in the Thomas House, Dublin.
A sticker in the format of an old-style Guinness label, but it reads Palestine Original: Freedom & Justice, Equality & Return
June 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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And then, in half an instant, the blue light was everywhere, following every path of red lightning at once, up into the blue skies and deep into the ground, until there was nothing and nowhere, only a unified whole of light that was a little red and a little green but mostly blue.
June 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Really an excellent few weeks for comics. @ryannorth.ca @al-ewing.bsky.social @kierongillen.bsky.social @denizcamp.bsky.social
A selection of comics are resting on a bed, with a copy of The Wicked + The Divine compendium propped up on cushions behind them. The comics are issues of The New Gods, Fantastic Four, One World Under Doom, The Immortal Thor, The Ultimates, The Power Fantasy, and Assorted Crisis Events.
May 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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The BBC aren’t doing a great job of indicating they’re taking trans rights seriously.
A clipped headline from the BBC News front page: “Trans former judge plans to challenge gender ruling at European court”
April 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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A film that takes place where you’re from.
(Actually a short film, but it won an Oscar, so I think that balances out.)
A poster for the short film “The Shore,” showing the stars Ciarán Hinds and Kerry Condon.
April 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Rīga seems very keen that you know where you are at all times.
A view across a square towards an ornate brick building. In the forground, six feet-high white letters spell out “RĪGA”. A view of a pedestrian walkway. On the left are trees and in the distance is a monument. In front of the trees, six feet-high letters spell out “RĪGA”.
March 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Cafes in Tallinn don’t beat around the bush when it comes to their selling point.
A kiosk-style cafe surrounded by paving and trees. Standing on its roof, in bright, bold orange letters, is the word “CAFFEINE”.
March 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Helsinki heaven. (Couldn’t wait for the coffee to start on the croissant.)
On a wooden table, in front of a glass vase, from left to right: a slice of banana bread, a glass of coffee (flat white), and a semi-eaten croissant.
March 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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I ran into himself in Trieste last year. A pleasant place when the wind is right.
A life-size bronze statue of James Joyce stands on some pavement, affixed to which is a plaque honouring his name. Beyond him is a railing, and beyond that a stretch of water, where a kayaker is enjoying the sunny day.
March 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Always a light show in the evening here.
A view across green fields and a stone-studded beach. A road can be seen to the right, and in the distance, rays of light pierce through low clouds, concealing the mountains beyond.
March 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Out for a show this evening.
The proscenium of the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, showing “Dr. Strangelove”
February 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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A photo from the weekend. The Strangford-Portaferry ferry on its way from the former to the latter.
A stretch of open water, under a grey sky, with green hills beyond. In the foreground, an inflatable boat makes its way through the wake of a larger car ferry, which can be seen behind it, heading towards the far shore.
February 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Lovely. Did you catch the Trompe L’Oeil in your second photo? I almost missed it last year.
A photo of the walls of Carcassonne, taken from before one of the gates, so that a pattern of cleaning on the walls is revealed as a series of concentric circles, centred on the gate.
February 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM