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In better news, there was minimal phone use at the Baxter Dury gig, which was excellent. I took one bad photo as a keepsake.
Baxter Dury on stage at Vicar Street in Dublin, November 12th 2025.
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Topology
A headshot portrait presented in monochrome of a moustached shaved headed man, his head turned to the right and eyes looking slightly upwards.
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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OK I chuckled a bit Poker Face Season 2
A sign on top of a car saying “Yippie Ki-Yay Oystershucker”
August 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Scruffy orange T-shirt selfie experiments
An man in an orange Adidas T-shirt stands in front a painting and and graphic print A man in an orange Adidas T-shirt stares down the camera with various clutter behind him A man in an orange Adidas T-shirt looks to the right, with record shelves in the background, and sneaker boxes stacked on top. A man in an orange Adidas T-shirt looks directly at the camera while sitting on some stairs
July 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I hope the Lana crowd have their ponchos ready because I’ve never seen a blacker cloud than the one heading east over the city now! ⛈️🌧️☔️
A dark rain cloud on the horizon blacking out a patchy cloudy sky over Manor Place in Stoneybatter, Dublin.
June 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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It is kind of amazing just how clear the water is in Dublin Bay these days compared to when I was a kid. #goodnews
Clear water in Dublin Bay near Sandycove showing the seabed, rocks and seaweed.
June 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Avast!
People enjoying themselves at the forty foot swimming spot in Dublin, jumping into the sea off the rocks. A large three masted sailing ship is in the bay in the background.
May 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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A ship and its nemesis.
A large cruise ship on the horizon with a rock formation in the foreground, taken from the Forty Foot in Dublin
May 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Sandycove and ship (yesterday)
Sandycove in Dublin on a sunny day with a cruise ship in the background
May 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Disappointing. I changed for the same reason. The Assist AI stuff in DDG is supposed to be US only though so it might be confused about your location because of a VPN or something. I found where to turn it all off deep in the settings.
A screenshot of the AI settings for Duck Duck Go
April 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I deleted Instagram and Facebook, because fuck Zuck and Meta, so in the meantime photos go here I guess. 🤷‍♂️😅

Self-portraiture.
Side profile of of a man with a mullet against a paint speckled wall. Black and white photo of a man looking at his phone as he leans against a wall. A black and white portrait of a man with a moustache which a shadow falling across his eyes and nose. A side lit portrait of a man glancing down at something out of frame. The shadow cast by a window frame is visible on the wall beyond his face.
March 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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I’ve settled for the T-shirt rather than the full guitar outfit … 🤷‍♂️😅

Pic: End Clothing
A man wears a black T-shirt with the slogan “this machine kills fascists” on the front of it.
March 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Tried to make this photo look a bit like an old postcard image with some manual adjustments, and I like the results.

A view from Sandycove over Scotsman’s Bay towards the Poolbeg chimneys, visible just beyond Dun Laoghaire harbour’s east pier at sunset in spring.
A blue sky with fluffy clouds above Scotman’s Bay, with a distant view of the Poolbeg chimneys visible on the horizon past Dun Laoghaire harbour’s east pier. The rocky coast of the bay is visible at low tide, with a brown gold tinge to the rocks just before sunset.
March 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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God, they really don’t give a shit … 🤦‍♂️
Taoiseach signals end to Rent Pressure Zones by end of year - Irish Times headline and photo
February 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Saw what looked like armed Gardai wrestle someone to the ground on Manor Place earlier. Irish Times is reporting 4 people were stabbed in the area.
Gardai on Manor Place in Stoneybatter, Dublin
February 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Snapped two of the local tress in half already 😢
A big branch on the footpath blown off a tree by strong winds Another big branch on a footpath blown off a tree by strong winds
October 20, 2024 at 5:04 PM