Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 3hwww.beinsports.com/en-us/soccer... (Taps microphone, clears throat.) "AIRLINE Haaland." (Whoops, applause etc) 110
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 8hDue to a similar kerning error, the ice cream van that serves the park near our house seems to cast aspersions on its customers, as it says: "Slow Mind, That Child." 030
Reposted by Dara O'Reillygeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 15hthere are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 403005728
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Every time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them. 391549291
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Even accepting arguendo that the evidence this person is presenting is accurate (which for the record I do not,) this simply is not, EVEN BY HIS CLAIMS, "fact." It is "estimate," or "projection" or even, if you're being VERY generous, "assessment," but what it categorically is not is a "fact." 160
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/20265 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables 793542889
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It seems apt that Manchester City fans adopted the Poznan, a celebration where everybody looks the other way. 623379
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With the obvious caveat of appeals etc etc, this is the most sustained and industrialised example of cheating in sports history. The only thing comparable is Lance Armstrong, and a) football (and PL football in particular) is just bigger than cycling, and www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comManchester City guilty over Premier League charges after £900m of ‘sham’ contractsManchester City breached Premier League financial rules by creating ‘sham’ contracts to help inflate revenue and reduce costs by more than £900m over a nine-year period, an independent commission foun... 3141
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyDr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Surprising thing I learned yesterday: the guy who sang the vocals on this is now a member of Bon Jovi. 141
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing men should know about themselves is that we all share the idea that we are fundamentally disposable, so we need to do something to prove that we deserve to exist, so we have fantasies of Doing The Thing that will mean we matter. It could be doing Death Wish shit, it could be writing a book 1131
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10131293652
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7459752000
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyAnnie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026In order to reduce sibling rivalry we've introduced the new baby as an essentially tragic figure who's crying all the time bc he can't eat all the delicious foods the toddler can eat. I think its working but this morning the toddler solemnly told me "baby cryin cus e can't eat pineapple... Or bugs" 718813
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics. 315163414608
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A whole bunch of Scottish fellas going over on the ferry for an Orange march is it? 131
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyMetal Gear Summer '27 ☀️🥀☠️ @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fiscal rules are 16 years old. They were invented by George Osborne. That they are constantly referred to as some sort of immutable part of political reality drives me around the bend. 514538
Reposted by Dara O'Reillyrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the upbeat tone of the song Splish Splash belies the horrific nature of the events described therein. you were minding your own business taking a bath when a passel of miscreants broke into your house to party? and you didn’t call the police??? 1434211
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Heartwarming and inspiring how Sir Chris Bryant has managed to unite all the warring factions in the parade debate. Admittedly, he's united them in the view that he's a patronising prick hopelessly out of his depth, but it's something to build upon. Hope at last ! #MoreInCommon 073
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 122102672653
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyEd Morrish @edmorrish.com · 28/09/2026your aunt's roommate the phrase "your during a house move aunt's roommate" 🤝 does a lot of heavy lifting 0322
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Given that this is a £6m pa contract that he earned while a UK resident, which was previously undisclosed to any authority, I rather fear that HMRC might MAKE it your problem, Roberto. www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comMancini refers to ‘double’ Manchester City contract and says it ‘isn’t my problem’Roberto Mancini has appeared to acknowledge he had ‘a double contract’ when he managed Manchester City 1186
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyI Am Damo Godzuki @b11ckchps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Proving I don't live in a bubble, I have heard of three out of the top 5 artists: Dua Lipa, Boston and Nicole Kidman (didn't know she'd released a single, mind). 272
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan! 23967358
Reposted by Dara O'ReillySteve (low effort Halloween name edition) 👻 @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026If you get given garlic bread with it that you weren't expecting, that's a lasagniappe 061
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Gavin Bazunu will be remembered like Stan Cullis, as the only righteous man. And his teammates, regrettably, will be remembered like Stan Cullis' teammates in 1938. 35511
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Rest Is Entertainment pod, which admittedly is reliably terrible on most things, was particularly bad on this. People aren't angry with Ed Sheeran because he refuses to voice political opinions. They're angry at him because he's a scab. 190
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm to tired to waste time on imgflip.com. Can we all just pretend I did the angry goose chasing Sky News saying "how did the boat with emergency worker on get damaged?"imgflip.comImgflip - Create and Share Awesome ImagesQuickly turn your ideas into catchy shareables with Imgflip's meme and GIF tools and community of content creators 150
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The ONE time my Very Not Online wife was impressed when I told her about something happening on the internet was when I told her that Nigella followed me on The Bad Place, after a semi-adorable tweet about my daughter went viral. (She quietly unfollowed me subsequently, but I understood.) 070
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This experience sounds awful but it also serves to demonstrate one of the things about modern life that's changed over the last maybe 10, 15 years. There's actually no such thing as a premium brand any more. 814227
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I can really only think of one brand that genuinely cares about people enjoying their expensive products, and that's @garmin.com , who weren't able to fix my watch last week, offered me a factory refurb, but then didn't have it in stock and gave me a brand new better model. 040
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Rory Stewart turning to stare weirdly at @pronouncedalva.bsky.social on Newsnight last night 7641983
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is an interesting kickoff to a thread, actually: What's YOUR favourite post/article/opinion that has made you want to post this photo? 010
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In one of those "Heartbreaking: the worst person in the world has made a great point" moments, the strangest thing about Douglas Murray is that he is probably the sanest and most-reasonable commentator in the UK Press about Bloody Sunday/Soldier F. 140
Reposted by Dara O'Reillydr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 22/09/2026it's weird that ai got too dangerous to keep advancing right around the time money got more expensive to borrow 344705969
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026With Robert Kraft and Steven Pinker, that's two people very closely associated with Jeffrey Epstein, and regular visitors to his island who have publicly endorsed Israel's genocide in Gaza at potential cost to their own social capital this week. Probably just a coincidence. 170
Reposted by Dara O'ReillySaif @walletzerosan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I've felt marginalised and less safe [at football grounds] in England due to the levels of rising racism coursing through the veins of the country, injected by some of the most disgusting media people in, and out, of the country. 0121
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyPhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The BBC is pro far right and anti left, because this is the British establishment definition of impartial. These people believe that some powerful group of left wingers actually run everything, and that pushing the far right is a necessary counterbalance. 311040
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You gotta give it up to Earth Wind & Fire for not even bothering to add a Water guy. They were just like it’s fine 03844608
Reposted by Dara O'Reillypixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I agree that seppuku was the only way for Ed Sheeran to redeem himself but I feel bad for the audience at his concert who had to see that. Many of them will be traumatised for life 553280366
Reposted by Dara O'Reillyflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As I like to point out: Tony Blair felt quite secure telling millions of people to fuck off over the Iraq War. This lot are terrified of on guy shouting “bullshit”. 1375
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Writing this in The Times is real "the call is coming from inside the house" shit. 040
Reposted by Dara O'Reillyshaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 19/09/2026ideally i would love to support minority rights but in this case the minority in question is a minority of the population, so it just isn't worth it, mathematically speaking 234321757
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Famously, an incarcerated parent is linked to improved outcomes in children and young people. This initiative is sure to work! www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comParents in England and Wales could be fined or jailed for child’s crimes, minister saysJake Richards says changes would be part of ‘carrot-and-stick’ approach to try to turn around young offenders 1126
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is absolutely the most pressing issue in the UK Cultural, Media or Sporting Landscape, so I'm delighted that the committee is finally addressing it. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comUK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPsDigital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC bosses and music industry experts 2171
Reposted by Dara O'ReillySir Michael @sirmichael.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Here are my top 3 business ideas for September 2026. Please don't steal them and become a billionaire. 158214
Reposted by Dara O'ReillyChris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 17/09/2026I was walking down Wood Green High Street the other day and I find it wild that there isn't a single zebra crossing. This is on a street that's been cited as the second-highest footfall in all of London. And yet, cars are completely prioritised. 2114
Dara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Only SOME concerns are legitimate concerns, people. Certainly not THIS lady's. 062