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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

None of what's in this article is surprising, unless you've been living under a rock for the last couple of years. But it's somehow still shocking. The dehumanisation of Palestinian people is deliberate and unforgiveable.

Screenshot of three paragraphs from the linked article.

“There’s no such thing as ‘means, intent and ability’ in Gaza,” Vilk says. “No soldier ever mentions ‘means, intent, and ability’. It’s just: a suspicion of walking where it’s not allowed. A man aged between 20 and 40.”

Another soldier, identified in the programme only as Eli, says: “Life and death isn’t determined by procedures or opening fire regulations. It’s the conscience of the commander on the ground that decides.”

In those circumstances, the designation of who is an enemy or terrorist becomes arbitrary, Eli says in the documentary. “If they’re walking too fast, they’re suspicious. If they’re walking too slow, they’re suspicious. They’re plotting something. If three men are walking and one of them lags behind, it’s a two-to-one infantry formation – it’s a military formation,” he says.

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Fun day 2 at #Warp1 - all the guests are wonderful 💜 Ed Speleers passionate cheerleading for #StarTrekLegacy is giving me renewed hope for a Picard spin off - he's already gotten Sean to hold this con after all 😆 @starfuryevents.bsky.social

Peyton List and Ed Speleers on stage at Warp 1. Ed is talking into a microphone, Peyton is looking out towards the audience, smiling.

Jess Bush sitting onstage talking into a microphone.

Nicole de Boer and Terry Farrell on stage. Nicole is speaking into a mic, Terry is looking at her.

The guests onstage at the opening ceremony for Warp 1, with the exception of Jess Bush.
From left to right: Jim Swallow, Lolita Fatjo, Peyton List, Ed Speleers, Nicole de Boer, Mia Kirshner, Terry Farrell.

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It's only September, Super Valu 🥲🥲 #spéirgorm

Two large pallets piled high with tubs of Roses, Quality Street, and Heroes in a brightly lit supermarket.

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Saw The Pillowman at @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social last night, it's absolutely brilliant. Fra Fee is phenomenal. The whole cast is fantastic, it's such a great production! 💜🎭 #spéirgorm

Hand holding the programme for The Pillowman in the foreground. Rows of seats and a red curtain over the stage in the background.

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Great night at the Bord Gáis seeing Little Shop of Horrors! It's such a good production, and the first one they've produced in-house. Would love to see that be a regular thing! 🎭🎶 #spéirgorm

Set of Little Shop of Horrors at the Bord Gáis theatre, lit in red & green.

Set of Little Shop of Horrors at the Bord Gáis theatre, lit in blue and green.

Bag of Little Shop of Horrors pick'n'mix sweets.

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Mini photodump from Dublin theatre over the last couple of weeks - Static and The Cave, both at The Abbey, and Kinky Boots at the Bord Gáis. All well worth seeing! 🎭 (That's unhelpful, because I think they're all finished now, but still 😅) #spéirgorm

The stage for Static, on the Peacock Stage in the Abbey Theatre. The set is largely made up of an array of radio and electronic equipment, with a lit up globe in the centre. An actor is sitting at a desk with his back to the audience in a wheelchair on the left of the image.

Programme for The Cave at the Abbey Theatre. The stage is visible in the background, with a dimly lit cave set.

End of show set of Kinky Boots at the Bord Gáis theatre. The stage is lit in red, and the set includes a catwalk with chairs on either side. There is a Pride flag draped over the end of the catwalk, and "Kinky Boots" written in lights hangs over the stage.

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Lovely, busy, joyous week on the #StarTrekCruise 💜🖖

Decoration on a lift in the LCARS design, which reads "You are aboard the aft turbolift"
Above that, there are system messages: "System calibration complete", "All systems functioning optimally", "Arrival at destination on schedule"
Below are the quotes "Warp me!" and "Let's fly!"

The entrance to a restaurant, with decor showing images of Strange New Worlds, with "Pike's Kitchen" at the bottom

A stone step pyramid, with a large "Cozumel" sign in brightly coloured letters in the foreground

Actual astronaut Dr. John Grunsfeld and astrophysicist & Star Trek science consultant Dr. Erin McDonald (both in Starfleet uniforms, Dr. Grunsfeld dressed as Spock) on a stage, in front of a screen with a starfield background and the words "Absolute Zero"

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I have to admit, this is not the weather I was hoping for 😅 #StarTrekCruise #StarTrekTheCruise

Lashing rain on the pool deck of a cruise ship

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Duolingo truly does not know us at all. #SpéirGorm

Screenshot from Duolingo of an Irish sentence translated into English. The Irish sentence is:
"Creidfidh mé an Taoiseach ach ní chreidfidh mé an t-uachtarán."
The English translation is:
"I will believe the Irish prime minister but I will not believe the president."

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The IMDB summaries of the last eps of #StarTrekLowerDecks are so very perfect in both their accuracy and their telling-you-absolutely-nothing-ness. 😄

Screenshot of the summaries of the last three episodes of Star Trek Lower Decks on IMDB.

Episode 8, "Upper Decks", with an image of Stevens with a padd, and Barnes with a monobrow and a musical instrument. Star rating: 7.7, released 5 Dec 2024, 24 minutes.
"The Lower Deckers have a pumpkin carving party."

Episode 9, "Fissure Quest", an image of multiple Harrys Kim. Star rating: 9.1, released 12 Dec 2024, 28 minutes.
"Fissures must be closed before they get inflamed."

Episode 10, "The New Next Generation", an image of two Klingons. Star rating: 9.1, released 19 Dec 2024, 34 minutes.
"Season finale where lots of wild stuff happens."

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Impressed with the Ice Museum at the #ChristmasSpectacular in Smithfield today - some pretty good stuff in there! (Also the Christmas market smells amazing 😋) I feel like we struggle to get good Christmas markets in Dublin, but I'm glad we keep trying 😆🎄

Christmas market in Smithfield, wooden hut-style stalls, a Christmas tree in the far background

Large ornate chair carved out of ice, with an ice tower behind it

A harp and a lady holding a bird, all carved out of ice

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Spending a cozy Sunday evening with a cup of tea and an old book 💙❤️ #books #reading

"Wordsworth Classics" publication of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (volume one) on a cushion. Beside it is a bookmark with yellow and red flowers, and the words "another day, another destiny" printed on it.

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

And from the Pyro Collective's show on the Saturday evening. #PucaFestival #Ireland

A wall of fire and sparks on a stage in front on Trim Castle, with a large crowd in the foreground watching.

A wall of flame on the stage, a large crowd watching, mostly holding up phones to take a photo/film the show

Various fire performers on stage in front of castle walls, a large crowd watching, illumimated by the flame

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Some pics from the Púca Procession on the Saturday #PucaFestival #Ireland

Crescent shaped float, with an someone hanging from it doing acrobatics

Huge sculpture/puppet of The Morrigan - with both a woman's face and a crow's head, and wings spanning most of the road

Float with the large head of an older woman (I think) followed by a tree sculpture

Several hooded figures in large spooky masks, walking through smoke, around an illuminated model of the moon

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Fairly belated, but had a great time at the #PucaFestival this year. It's the first time I've been to it, and it's fun, and a bit spooky, and a class event for Halloween. 💜👻 #Samhain #Ireland

A Púca effigy made of stick between two large wooden thrones

A view of part of the harvest market in Trim during the Púca festival, showing tents, picnic tables, and flags. Trim Castle is visible in the background, and there is a creature in the foreground made from wood, bones, antlers, and cloth.

A night time view of the illuminated "big top" tent in Trim at the Púca festival, with trees, grass, and the river Boyne in the foreground.

The walls of Trim Castle at night, illuminated with lights and the word "Púca".

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh! 👻 May your nightmares be only *slightly* haunted by this guy.

"Ghost turnip" - A particularly unsettling example of a traditional carved turnip in Ireland, the precursor to pumpkin Jack O' Lanterns.

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

Look. I know it says 'account'. But there is something incredibly satisfying about "Blocáil an cuntas seo" 😂😂 #Gaeilge

English: A screenshot of the block button in Irish, with text that translates to "Block this account?"

Gaeilge: Seat scáileáin, ag taispeáint an cnaipe "Blocáil", leis na focail "Blocáil an cuntas seo?"

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

I wonder if it thinks this based on like, data that gets collected on demographics, types of show I watch, social media I interact with, stuff like that. I suppose also it could be because I just watched a full season of TM NZ in three days. Who can say 🤷‍♀️

Screenshot of a phone lockscreen, with a notification from the Channel 4 app. The notification heading is "Chris, this is just for you!" With the subheading "We think you may like Taksmaster"

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

So there were a variety of places to nerd out at the ExCel this weekend 😆🙌

The crowd and main stage at Musical Con. The stage is lit up, with the screen behind it showing "Musical Con
This is for the fans
Excel London"
The banners on each side of the stage read "This is for the fans"

Banners for Final Fantasy Festival over the entrance to the event. The first part of "fantasy" and the word "festival" are in red, so it looks like the words "fan festival" are highlighted.

Large outdoor banner welcoming visitors to the Disney 100 Exhibition. It shows Mickey Mouse from Fantastia. Around him are Cinderella's slipper, Elsa from Frozen, BB-8 from Star Wars, and Captain America's shield.

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Chris @cc42.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

...you okay, Duolingo?

Screenshot of the Duolingo app icon. The owl appears to be terrified and/or melting.

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