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William Hayes
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Presbyterian Minister in the Midlands of Ireland. Computer geek, guitarist, hoarder of books and obscure information. Love seeing the bizarre and beautiful in the world.
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This looks like a scene from A24's Civil War.
Photographer John Abernathy is being attacked by paramilitary immigration officers. He is throwing his camera to fellow photographer Pierre Lavie (not visible) so it won't be confiscated by federal officers
January 21, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Orion and the aurora from last night
A photograph a green streak of the aurora borealis as seen from Ireland with the constellation Orion in the background. In the front left corner foreground is the wall of a garage with a basketball hoop.
January 20, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Finally finished my Christmas jigsaw in time for my birthday

Happy Hogswatch to all those who celebrate! :-)
A finished 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle sitting on a wooden table. The puzzle image is of a larger number of characters from Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of books.
January 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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February 2025
The Burning Bush symbol from Tullamore Presbyterian Church removed during renovations.

The butterflies are the table cloth underneath and not some theological peculiarity of Midlands Presbyterianism.
A burning bush logo from an Irish Presbyterian Church. It is sitting on a table cloth that is decorated with butterflies.
December 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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January 2025
Tullamore
Rainbow over the Grand Canal
A photo of the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Ireland. There is a row of brightly painted Edwardian houses on the left bank, the canal in the middle of the shot proceeding from the bottom centre to the top right of the frame and in the middle background a partial rainbow.
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Tullamore looking dramatic tonight
A photograph of the Grand Canal in Tullamore taken from a pedestrian canal bridge and looking along the canal at a road bridge in the distance. The photo is taken in the post sunset evening light with bright streetlights contrasting with the dark of the canal, the mid-blue of the sky and dark clouds.
December 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The late Sir Terry Pratchett being topical again.
#magnets
#science
#Pratchett
#STP
#Trump
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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We picked up a great book a while back by Tom Reynolds about really popular songs whose lyrics should get the author a barring order*

*Or whatever the equivalent is in your jurisdiction
The cover of "Touch Me I'm Sick" by Tom Reynolds subtitled - the 52 creepiest love songs you've ever heard. The cover is a sketch of a badly dressed anxious looking young person holding a stereo system in the air with a dripping pink heart behind them.
October 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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O, wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion
July 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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At Abbey Royale de Fontevraud and this painting of the Resurrection of Jesus is giving me strong Thomas Jefferson from Hamilton vibes.

"What did I miss?!"
Detail of a wall painting of the resurrection of Jesus from the Abbeye Royale de Fontevraud in France. Jesus is wrapped in a billowing red cloak, carrying a staff and gesturing to his right with a two finger pointing gesture that looks strangely out of place in this type of art. Behind him there is a red orange glow and around him soldiers are falling to the ground in shock.
July 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Is it chicken curry or is it cake?

Spotted in the wild at SuperU Tours, France
A photo from a French supermarket of a cake that is chicken curry flavoured.
July 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Someone in the Mattel corporation, in a meeting about creating a suitable motto for a toy company, suggested this joyless imperialist sounding verbiage.

Weirdly the rest of the room didn't give them withering looks but thought, "That's good - let's go with that!"

We played Uno - we're empowered!
A photograph of the top of a Uno box that includes the Mattel company motto. It reads "Empowering the next generation through play"
July 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM