Brian O'Halloran
@playingwithdust.bsky.social
Die hard Cruyffian. Ex astrophysicist. QPR devotee, for my multiple sins. Single parent.
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Time for a (re) introduction for my new followers! I'm Brian, a fallen astrophysicist living on the Copper Coast in Waterford, Ireland. Most of my feed will be photos of this gorgeous part of the world, plus my astrophotography.
Oh, plus terrible football takes.
Oh, plus terrible football takes.
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HAH! 😂
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
HAH! 😂
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I love how records-obsessed #astronomy is! One of my students selected a double star to measure which has no published observations in the last 150 years, and her images showed nothing there. Investigating a bit, I found scans of the original discovery article AND...
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I love how records-obsessed #astronomy is! One of my students selected a double star to measure which has no published observations in the last 150 years, and her images showed nothing there. Investigating a bit, I found scans of the original discovery article AND...
Only no 1 song ever to reference 70s Dutch winger René van de Kerkhof.
Scenes from an Italia '90 song. Billy Joel has had another no. 1 in Ireland, after a fashion: irishnumberones.com/2022/04/26/t...
The Memories – ‘The Game’
17 May 1990 “World Cup! English clubs! / Kevin Moran and the Dubs!” – that’s the one! This wasn’t the first sporting-themed single by Irish band The Memories; in 1974 …
irishnumberones.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Only no 1 song ever to reference 70s Dutch winger René van de Kerkhof.
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Remember her this way instead. Kirsty MacColl's own version of her fab 'They Don't Know': www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACa4...
They Don’t Know
YouTube video by Kirsty MacColl - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Remember her this way instead. Kirsty MacColl's own version of her fab 'They Don't Know': www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACa4...
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Your regular reminder that TERFery is just one of the culture war wedges funded by the Oiligarchy to derail progressive change in general and climate justice in particular.
Even in conversations about saving the planet from catastrophic destruction, regressive anti-trans voices are trying to derail things by demanding climate agencies collect data about 'biological sex' rather than gender 📊🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Your regular reminder that TERFery is just one of the culture war wedges funded by the Oiligarchy to derail progressive change in general and climate justice in particular.
So that's what happened to Eminem.
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So that's what happened to Eminem.
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On the subject of "illegal" immigration: I had this email from my cousin today. I also cannot imagine just casually going out the night before doing something so terrifying. It was their second attempt.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On the subject of "illegal" immigration: I had this email from my cousin today. I also cannot imagine just casually going out the night before doing something so terrifying. It was their second attempt.
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Wore a waistcoat while speaking in the Dáil. By the time I sat down, a certain Labour Party TD had sent me a number of pictures of famous snooker players.......
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Wore a waistcoat while speaking in the Dáil. By the time I sat down, a certain Labour Party TD had sent me a number of pictures of famous snooker players.......
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i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
Apt that it's the leader of Fianna Fáil who should open an exhibition on fossils
An exhibition of fossils, said to be the biggest of its kind in the country, has been opened at University College Cork by the Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Dinosaur exhibition opened by Taoiseach in Cork
An exhibition of fossils, said to be the biggest of its kind in the country, has been opened at University College Cork by the Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
www.rte.ie
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Apt that it's the leader of Fianna Fáil who should open an exhibition on fossils
At least it's stopped raining...
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
At least it's stopped raining...
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The Patron Saints of Wraparound Oakleys and Indictable Hard Drives are having one helluva time right now
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The Patron Saints of Wraparound Oakleys and Indictable Hard Drives are having one helluva time right now
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
It always amazes me that the last survivor of the Potemkin mutiny was the founder of Dublin's best known chipper.
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It always amazes me that the last survivor of the Potemkin mutiny was the founder of Dublin's best known chipper.
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In retrospect, “everyone gets a printing press” was a mistake.
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In retrospect, “everyone gets a printing press” was a mistake.
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Maybe nothing sums up the cultural vapidity of Tech like the fact they sprinted past doing Torment Nexus stuff that's *like* a Black Mirror episode, and straight to shit that's explicitly *from* Black Mirror episodes, promoted with ads which are lit, shot and set-designed like Black Mirror episodes.
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Maybe nothing sums up the cultural vapidity of Tech like the fact they sprinted past doing Torment Nexus stuff that's *like* a Black Mirror episode, and straight to shit that's explicitly *from* Black Mirror episodes, promoted with ads which are lit, shot and set-designed like Black Mirror episodes.
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Who would want to work in academia under these conditions?
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Who would want to work in academia under these conditions?
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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Bad week for ageing sex offenders
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Bad week for ageing sex offenders
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God, it's been too long since a night like this at Landsdowne.
Brilliant scenes.
Winner take all now in Budapest on Sunday.
Brilliant scenes.
Winner take all now in Budapest on Sunday.
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
God, it's been too long since a night like this at Landsdowne.
Brilliant scenes.
Winner take all now in Budapest on Sunday.
Brilliant scenes.
Winner take all now in Budapest on Sunday.
The Dundalk Cafu brought it home.
At left wing back, and all.
At left wing back, and all.
Delighted knowing that @playingwithdust.bsky.social highlight of this game is that there's a QPR man on the pitch
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Dundalk Cafu brought it home.
At left wing back, and all.
At left wing back, and all.