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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

No idea Dublin’s iconic Poolbeg chimneys came from Soviet Russia

Two large red and white striped chimney stacks with a background of blue sky and clouds and a seagull flying past.

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

“How do I get off this bloody thing” 🐌

A round water feature with a floating solar powered fountain with a snail riding on it

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@sleepyfox/11633993305… Oh wow, it’s actually there in the TOU and not a late April Fools 🤣. #copilot #microsoft

“Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk.”

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

Has anyone ever seen Captain Pike and Donal Skehan in the same room? Anyone? I thought not. #rte #startrek #strangenewworlds #separatedatbirth

Picture of Donal Skehan in a kitchen smiling and holding a bowl of salad

Captain Pike in his kitchen quarters whipping up some tasty non replicated eats

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2025

Nice to see he’s moved on from ketamine to huffing his own farts. #elon #ai #garbageingarbageout #hubris #dumb

Xitter post from melon husk: “We will use Grok 3.5 (maybe we should call it 4), which has advanced reasoning, to rewrite the entire corpus of human knowledge, adding missing information and deleting errors. Then retrain on that. Far too much garbage in any foundation model trained on uncorrected data.”

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2025

Memento of my first time being breathalysed by the Gardaí (Irish police), last night (passed, obvs.) I’ve been driving since 1998.

Clear plastic disposable tube for breathing through a breathalyzer, on a wooden tray.

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2025

Shure it wouldn’t be a Paddy’s Day Parade without a load o’ aul tractors

Vintage tractors driving down a street in a parade, Irish flag being waved in foreground

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2025

He’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn’t even seem to be livin’… ’til he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin

Indoor photo of JD Vance, wearing a blue suit and tie, arms crossed, eyes squinted, smug smile, in front of USA flag and a painting

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2024

I think these might count as mammatus clouds? Skerries, Ireland #weather #clouds #meteorology

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2024

Comfy sofa still not comfy enough on just its own #dogslife

Light brown dog with a red neckerchief looking very relaxed, lying on her back on top of a set of very comfy looking cushions of different colours, on top of a very comfy looking grey sofa

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2024

Every roll of Green Aware compostable bags I’ve ever bought is deeply frustrating to open. Refuse to believe they are not ‘aware’ (both puns deliberate). I hate products that make it so hard to remove the packaging that you actually damage the contents. I […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

A roll of Green Aware compostable bin bags with paper wrapping that is stuck to the outer bag and torn off, damaging it

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2024

Jesus this is actually a thing. I’m dying 🤣

For some reason there’s a ‘TUBRIDY’ magazine on sale in shops. Sections: ‘Ryan’s 50 favourite books’ ‘top reads for sports lovers’. Big Christmassy pic of Tubridy himself with arms crossed wearing a blue top and sporting a big festive grin.

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2024

Thanks for the 30c ReTurn Lorraine, maybe you’ll get the Seanad as consolation. #ge24 #ge2024 #irishelection

Two empty green cans of water used by a failed candidate in the recent Irish election to promote themselves. The cans show the candidates face and their name. “Fianna Fail Vote Lorraine Clifford”

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 30/11/2024

This #irishelection exit poll question as shown on RTE’s coverage just now pretty much assumes that we’re empty vessels waiting eagerly to be filled with media content to give shape to our opinions 🙃

Photo of an exit poll question as displayed on TV. “Which ONE of these did you MAINLY USE to help you form an opinion before voting?” With possible answers ‘TV programmes 25%’ ‘National radio 11%’ ‘Local radio station 11%’ ‘National printed newspapers 4%’ ‘Local printed newspapers 2%’ ‘Online news sites/apps 11%’ ‘Social media/ messaging 13%’ ‘Podcasts 2%’ ‘Something else 18%’

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Fran O'Reilly @franoreilly.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 23/11/2024

Irish election jumping the shark. Candidate here handing out drink cans emblazoned with their mug. 🫠 #ge24 #ge2024 #irishelection

Small aluminium can of water held in a hand. Mostly green but with the candidates name censored out.

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