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Deborah Rose @deborahrosereeves.bsky.social · 10h

In solidarity with Sally Rooney’s commitment to a free Palestine, Books Upstairs in Dublin will be donating the rest of the weeks proceeds from the sale of all her books to Medical Aid Palestine #SpéirGhorm booksupstairs.ie/sally-rooney...

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 3h

I mentioned something on Monday about a Ryan Burke screamer being the twist this season needed?

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 15h

I’m very glad I saw it in the cinema because if I was streaming it at home there’s every chance I would have turned it off before I understood what was actually happening. Brave call by Iñarritu to stick to the conceit for that long, and to advertise it that way.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 15h

A weird feature of Digger is that if you’re thoroughly enjoying it after half an hour or so, then it’s probably not the film for you. If you’re thinking about leaving, you’re in the right place. Last night I thought it was tedious, then intriguing, then very good. Today I think it’s incredible.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Frankly, it was so subtle I missed it.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

The day before they got hacked and became a crypto account, the guards were circulated this AI slop poster that doesn’t happen to mention the role of car drivers in not breaking red lights.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

If only she had had a contact in that administration.

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Fergal @fergalc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

What I hate most about (gestures wildly at literally everything) *this* isn't even politics so much as the vile culture that goes with it. The "anti-woke" comedians, the Mar-a-Lago faces, the respectable transphobe columnists, the insane tech millionaires, the AI slop. It's like swimming in filth

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

There’s really only one way to mark the 99th anniversary of Roger Moore’s birth

Marc Haynes’ story: As a 7 year old in about 1983, … I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore Sitting at the departure gate, ... told my granddad i'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. …so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?" As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and signs the back of my plane ticket... I'm ecstatic, but …I glance down at the signature. … it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. ...I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, … so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore...
"he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. …he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone …and thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said.
I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now. Many years later, I was working on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him the story. He …had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely. And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld."
I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Only thing giving me hope is that the second half is often wildly different in this fixture. A Ryan Burke screamer to win it is the twist this season deserves.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I wish people understood how much of a choice it is by the politicians in Ireland and the UK. Outside of the major cities, many of them have never used public transport on a regular basis (if at all) and see it as being for poor people and parasites.

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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

In case anyone would like to join my work is holding a webinar on what trade unions are for and their role in influencing policy and working conditions. It's this very evening at 7pm (October 12th) We are super happy to have Dave Gibney to deliver it. Email admin@clareppn.ie before 6.30 for the link

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Sure, they certainly deserve a place ahead of City. But a fella can dream of a league with neither of them.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Completely agree. Yesterday felt extra weird because I found myself wondering if a City win would actually be the best thing for us, as it surely won’t count for them at the end of the season, but keeps Liverpool well behind us. The tragic part is that a City points deduction might keep Sp*r/s up.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Was in Singapore last month and brought home an abiding sense of sadness that Dublin will never have a remotely comparable public transit system in my lifetime.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Was in Singapore last month and brought home an abiding sense of sadness that Dublin will never have a remotely comparable public transit system in my lifetime.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Here’s the thing, your average politician is far too tech-illiterate to understand the implication, and will keep allowing this botspew to influence government policy, citing “legitimate concerns” and “strong evidence of public opinion.”

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yeah, I was never his biggest fan but something has gone horribly wrong for DJT in the last few months. I know some centre-forwards have a languid style, but he really is just constantly standing flat-footed in the box and his recent misses are the stuff of nightmares.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I imagine Chorazka will move on pretty quickly once the season is over, but Reynolds has dished out one hell of a collective punishment to the club and the fans.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

As it becomes increasingly clear that A.I. is an existential threat to all of us, I feel like I’m losing my mind when so many intelligent people I know and like are all “yeah, but funny pictures and quick emails!”

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Interesting that they’ve learned that people will react positively to socialism if it is defined correctly so they’ve had to stop doing that.

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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's absolutely fantastic that the country of Checks™ and Balances® seemingly has absolutely no rules about the most egregious insider trading for their president and his cronies.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Will look out for those, haven’t tried them. Ramen Co is my local. Last time I was there I sat outside with my golden retriever and tourists kept taking surreptitious photos, presumably because we fulfilled everything their guidebook told them about Stoneybatter.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Every media outlet describes it as a flop, and every Bluesky person I follow seems, at the very least, pretty stunned by it. Definitely going next week.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Musashi was the absolute business when it was only the one on Capel Street. Expansionism didn’t suit them. Like the Japanese Empire, I suppose.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good to see. The fact that it takes him six minutes to earn that €150k is the key point.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This asshole spent €150,000 to buy good publicity and the Irish Times and RTÉ have lapped it up. He’s even staggering the donations over two years so they can all cream themselves again this time next year.

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm so grateful for this pushback. I'm grateful to be seeing widespread pushback against AI because of the cost to the environment, our wallets, and our rights, but I'm worried that too few people are pushing back because it undermines our trust in expertise and experience. #spéirgorm

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is it exactly. People around the Ireland squad suddenly being appalled by racism, lies and general vileness from Israel is quite something

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It wasn’t half as babbling and deranged as this but I saw a clip on BBC earlier where he was asked about Scotland Yard and was all “Oh yeah, I think they’ll catch them, I really rate Scotland Yard, those guys know what they’re doing” and it’s clearly just because of some vague memory of a movie.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Do we not now have a growing body of compelling evidence that Surf Dracula is basically Lindelof’s whole thing?

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just eaten one in Dublin that easily ranks in my top three twixes of all time. Would throw you one, but I’m tired after the delicious combination of chocolate, biscuit and caramel, sorry.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That’s nice. My barista chats to people, gives treats to their dogs, and makes sure elderly people find a place to sit.

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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.

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Theo Beastly @theopriestley.net · 29/09/2026

Every AI CEO sounds like this.

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We don't want anything to do with them so they threaten to kill us. The nation equivalent of an Incel.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That was technically Israel’s “home” game. The next one will be in Serbia, serving as Ireland’s home base, even though they’ve long been an ally to Israel.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ordered! Looking forward to it

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 27/09/2026

“As an art critic, [Berger] had a unique ability to describe the great paintings of the past in a way which made his readers feel the canon belonged to them, that it was theirs to do what they wanted with.” – Tom Overton proteanmag.com/2026/09/23/t...

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Tom Overton on John Berger: From Life • Protean Magazine

Andrew Holter interviewed Tom Overton, author of a new biography, “John Berger: From Life,” out from Verso Books. In this fascinating discussion, Overton discusses his friendship with Berger, the biog...

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wishing a good night’s sleep to Gavin Bazunu, and everyone who didn’t do anything to legitimise a genocide this evening.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Well, Bazunu plays in England now too, but he still has strong links to Shamrock Rovers, where his younger brother still plays.

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Andy McDougall @anmcd90.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Solidarity with Gavin Bazunu, who is (I believe) the first European footballer to ever refuse to compete against the Israeli national team. 482 matches after the illegal occupation of the West Bank. 17 matches after the UN considers the current genocide began. 7 matches after the UN ruling.

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Andrew Clarke @andclarke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

League of Ireland clubs have been vehemently against this match, more or less across the board. The only current Ireland player to have been involved with a League of Ireland club in recent times is Gavin Bazunu. He has my respect for listening to people he trusts.

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