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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

To those that celebrate the great day. We always do here, and as of last year the kids are really into it now. #GroundhogDay

Still from the start of the movie Groundhog Day, of the main character, Phil, a weather man doing a weather report showing a cold front coming into the north east.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Particularly enjoyed this aspect from an FOI that the UK government asked genAI to estimate genAI jobs.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Huge finish by Glasgow, and they secure full match points, and maximum 20 points to claim number one seed. UBB shifted to the left of the bracket now hosting Bulls. #EPCR

Full bracket of the EPCR.
Glasgow v Leicester winner plays Toulouse v Bristol winner
Quins v Castres winner plays Bath v Saracen winner
And on the other side of the bracket.
UBB v Bulls winner plays Toulon v Stormers winner
Northampton v Sale winner plays Leinster v Edinburgh winner

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Huge huge final group match, after a stunning penultimate round of matches there that saw Quins dump Rochelais out of the comp!! I have the standings, and bracket up on a google sheet. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... The #EPCR as it stands.

European rugby round of 16 bracket as it stands.

UBB v Leicester
Toulouse v Bristol
Quins v Castres
Glasgow v Saracens

And on the other side of the bracket
Leinster v Bulls
Toulon v Stormers
Northampton v Sale
Bath v Edinburgh

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

This weekend I will mainly be drinking a Brazilian Boa Sopa, which the tasters from the great @imbibecoffee.bsky.social say has Chocolate, Hazelnut, and Apple notes. Enjoy your day as well, what is in your cup? #SpéirmGhorm

Label of a coffee from Imbibe coffee roasters.
It details that the coffee is named Brazil Boa Sopa.
A Mutual, Mondo Novo varietal.
Tasting notes of Chocolate, Hazelnut, and Apple.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Fun afternoon with the family, Odeon doing €5 tickets each including their fee, so we went to the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future, which was awesome to watch on the big screen.

Father and son waiting for the movie to start, hand in popcorn bag.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Wonderful day in Dublin Ink, getting my first tattoo, with my lovely wife also getting her first tattoo. A nerdy couple tattoo for us. #SpéirGorm #NewInk

Two new tattoos, on the left arm I love text under Jedi order symbol, and on the right arm, I know under Rebellion symbol.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Certainly in the view of the PR manager who wrote the blog post that was published by the Journal here.

screenshot from Gerard O'Shea's linkedin, stating my piece from the FINN Partners Ireland blog on the presidential election campaign is published on the Journal today...

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Sarah Carey whom has had two articles about McGuinness for Áras recently, & was fired by the Irish Times over the Moriarty Tribunal is not a friend of Mná na hÉireann, and is a kindred spirit of Steen given these opinion pieces in the last year. So was it McGuinness or Steen she wanted? #SpeirGorm

Google links to articles written by Sarah Carey.
1st link Eighth Amendment is gone, but we shouldn't fire doctors for refusing
2nd link Abolishing the waiting period for an abortion is wrong.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

So it isn't the TG4 game that is blacked out in Ireland, but Premier Sports have an exclusive game which will be blacked out for 90 minutes after finish. Very frustrating, we don't have the option to subscribe digitally directly to Premier Sports in Ireland. #URC #Rugby #SpeirGorm

List of URC rugby fixtures that will be restricted viewing in Ireland, that will not be on URC.tv live but 90 minutes after completion of the game.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Had a fun evening last night playing boardgames at work, not a great turnout but more jellies were consumed and the games were fun. Played Harmonies for the first time, and then played twice more. And then we finished our with two games of Railroad Ink.

Close up picture of end state of Harmonies boardgame, with coloured stacks representing different habitats.

Playing Harmonies boardgame, which involves collecting colourful discs representing habitats and then looking at animals cards to match into your collection for points.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Not my usual view for #Leinster but got the whole family along and this should be a cracker.

View from South Stand of Lansdowne Road ahead of start of match

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Taking the kids to see Leinster always a pleasure.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Date night with the good wife, Dara O Briain, Pitt Bros beforehand as well.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Wanted to improve the visualisation, and since this is all markdown, went and learnt how to do tables. www.codecademy.com/resources/do... Which allowed me to generate this magic item entry.

D&D magic item listing called Potion of Resonance, with its ability and the markdown generated table showing the variable effects.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Productive afternoon here. Going through various D&D pdfs I have bought over last 5 years, and I have created an Obsidian catalogue of magic items. #d&d #ttrpg

screenshot of Obsidian setup of TTRPG table of magic items, and their images.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Here are some more visuals from the game, this is my two Roman cities.

Close in view of Roman city design in Civilization 7

Civilization 7 screenshot, a higher view of another Roman city, showing architecture and sweep of land cities take up.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

had to do some work today, pah. but back into #Civ7 I have finished the first age, Age of Antiquity today, 7.5 hours play all told. Unfortunately Parsa was not captured, so on the final turn of the age, I burnt its hinterlands. I think visually the game is great, and I am enjoying the gameplay.

Screenshot from Civilization 7, showing roman units holding torches in the pillage action around the Persian city of Parsa.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Happy New Civ day all #civ7 is finally here.

Download screen from Steam showing download of Civilization VII has begun.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

What is this framing? And what is Ballymun getting as a replacement, nothing, surely nothing this is a disaster? Or are they getting the 46a replacement plus another 24 hour bus with 10 minutes gaps for most of the day, hmm, let's check? #busconnects

Irish Times headline, No More number 13 bus to Ballymun as route set to end at Mount joy Square

Busconnects infobox on changes to 13 route. Route 13 no longer runs north of Parnell Square - replaced by E1/E2, N2 and 19, . Diverted to Mountjoy Square.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

It's officially Christmas, Hans has taken his fall. #DieHard

Hans Gruber falling on TV screen with small Christmas tree in foreground.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This sure looks like the photo they have used to demonstrate "reckless" scooter use is a person swerving around an illegally parked car in a cycle lane.

Image is thumbnail for an article, the image is of a Busy road with e scooter having to swerve into main lanes due to car illegally parked in cycle lane.
The headline is the article is Italy puts brakes on 'reckless' e-scooter use with new helmet and insurance rules. Published in Financial Times.

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Brian @brianofarrell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Bluesky challenge: post a picture of you and your partner in crime. Me and Rachel, 13 years married now.

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