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John Brophy

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Ireland. Liverpool FC. Movies. Ramblings.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 7h
Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has confirmed the roll-out of the shingles vaccine will begin early next summer jrnl.ie/7185949
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Shingles vaccine rollout to begin in June 2027, says health minister
The vaccine will be offered to people who are immunocompromised in early summer.
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John Creedon @johncreedon.bsky.social · 8h
The Frank & Walters live session on the Creedon Show in 2023. Got a pair from The Franks on tonight's show 8-10pm on RTE Radio 1 and RTE Listen
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 15h
"Charles did it..."
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bloodthirsty evangelical Christians have to accept the fact that God intervened to save her life. It's a miracle...
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I know he has some indeterminate number of children, but Elon Musk has never had sex, right?
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I hope we get to see it happen live on TV.
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
No Michael Oliver for this weekend's game against Sham City. I guess they weren't able to fund a top-up payment, for some reason. #LIVMCI #LFC
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jesus Christ, Coufal! What kind of own goal is that to score!? #ENGCZE #NationsLeague
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Really, we're doing the plague now? Six years after Covid? Man, the writers of this show have really run out of ideas...
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Nialler9 | Niall Byrne @nialler9.com · 05/10/2026
The Scratch, Gurriers and Sprints to play together at Gleneagle Arena, Killarney this December nialler9.com/the-scratch-...
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The Scratch, Gurriers and Sprints to play together at Gleneagle Arena, Killarney this December | Nialler9
ALL OUT Festival comes to Gleneagle Arena, Killarney on Saturday December 19th 2026, with The Scratch, Gurriers and Sprints all on the bill.
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Nialler9 | Niall Byrne @nialler9.com · 05/10/2026
First Aid Kit announce Dublin and Belfast shows for January 2027 nialler9.com/first-aid-ki...
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First Aid Kit announce Dublin and Belfast shows for January 2027 | Nialler9
First Aid Kit play two Irish dates on their 'Visions of the Past' tour in January 2027: 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin on Monday January 18th, which opens the UK
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Mike Flanagan @mikeflanaganfilm.com · 04/10/2026
Oh Jesus - @letterboxd.social can you help us get this AI slop away from our series?
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 04/10/2026
The Drumcree stand-off highlights that even three decades after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement - in places that suffered most - there is a very thin veneer on the peace, writes Conor Macauley.
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Drumcree parade highlights divide in Northern Ireland
The dispute over the Drumcree parade has brought the past into the present, writes Northern Correspondent Conor Macauley.
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The US military is fucked because they have an ignorant clown as SecDef who doesn't know that winning a war is 90% logistics and "nerd stuff" and 10% "war fighting".
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Jason Good 🌻 🇺🇦 @jasongood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Prof Hannah Fry talks through her strategy in #CelebrityTraitors without giving any spoilers. youtu.be/twDvxNooI_4?...
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How would Alan Turing have played the Traitors?
YouTube video by Hannah Fry
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Are Croatia boycotting the England match? #CROENG
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Light House Cinema @lighthousecinema.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"We can defeat death." Stuart Gordon's RE-ANIMATOR screens at Light House on Saturday, October 24. 🎟 www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/re-ani…
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I fear Hannah Fry is fucked. #TraitorsUK #CelebrityTraitors
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Mike 🏳️‍🌈 @lpoolmike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In effect “Nice tech hub you have there. Shame if something were to happen to it” Fuck them. This should be taken into account as an aggravating factor and not a mitigating one in the punishment. Maybe throw in a counter offer of sanctions for UAE involvement in the ongoing genocide in Sudan
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Light House Cinema @lighthousecinema.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Long live the new flesh! David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME screens at Light House on October 17 🎟 www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/videod…
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Colin Cunningham @sgtzima.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On this week’s Patreon episode, we talk spooky Halloween stuff with the great Josh Robert Thompson, our special guest for the whole month!
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My Food is Ruud @ruudfood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Utter bollocks! There's not a single fan anywhere in the world that will say "I'm not watching the PL because Man City are not in it any more." Not one! #MCFC #Cheats
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Iran snuck into my house and loosened the top of the salt shaker and now there's a pile of salt on my food.
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's a damning indictment of celebrities that Ross Kemp can handle the Taliban and cartels, but 24hrs on The Traitors leaves him a paranoid mess. #CelebrityTraitors #TraitorsUK
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Paul Ferguson @pokemonpaul.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ross Kemp anytime someone looks at him #CelebrityTraitors
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Public Universal Friend @jamesinlimbo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ross Kemp on Celebrity Traitors.
Grampa Simpson points and screams 'death!'
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 01/10/2026
For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 01/10/2026
Today we’re launching Opt Out October, our guide for opting out of certain features and finding alternatives to products made by big tech companies. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Happy Opt Out October! Let’s Find Real Alternatives to the Tech Giants
Over the years, the major tech companies have found all sorts of ways to embed themselves into our lives. We often use their software, their AI tools, their social media, and their operating systems
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why do you feel more like an alcoholic going into an off-licence to buy one beer than a six-pack?
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Super penalty by Troy Parrott against a giant of a keeper; smacked in off the post. 2-0 to Ireland and 2-0 to Troy Parrott. #IRLAUT
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't know where JustWatch.com is getting their actor information, but, from what I've heard of Tracy Letts on Tue Big Picture, I don't think this is correct.
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moglandor.bsky.social @moglandor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CITY DID NOT SUDDENLY GO LEGIT IN 2019. CITY DID NOT SUDDENLY GO LEGIT IN 2019. CITY DID NOT SUDDENLY GO LEGIT IN 2019. #MCFC
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Red Letter Media @redlettermedia.com · 01/10/2026
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - re:View
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - re:View
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tom Morello' new album 'Everyone Gets Everything The Want' is bloody excellent! Here's a little taste... #TomMorello #RATM #EveryoneGetsEverythingTheWant #Music youtu.be/ApQ4iO72yBU?...
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Tom Morello - They Can't Kill Us All (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Tom Morello
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is Greg Brockman fucking 6 years old? What kind of signature is that?
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've come up with a new word, that's pretty self-explanatory: dipschmitt. You're welcome, America. #EricSchmitt
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phil @philjamesson.com · 30/09/2026
as always when this is posted, i have to fondly remember the time someone stole this tweet word for word, including using my name as the punchline, then claimed it was just independent discovery
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Wil Overton @wiloverton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Obligatory self-promo repost™ But it's a great issue, too. Learnt some Ultimate stuff I didn't know. Just need that big Tim and Chris interview, now.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 30/09/2026
Video games should not make you spend more than you want. EU consumer authorities are stepping up action against 9 video game companies, including those behind Candy Crush Saga, Minecraft, Valorant, Clash of Clans and For Honor. More info: link.europa.eu/chyHJn
Game On! graphic with a purple background. Large white text reads “GAME ON!” followed by “We’re investigating the companies behind some of the most played games in the EU.” Below, hands hold a smartphone displaying different in-game gem packages with prices. An EU flag logo appears in the bottom-right corner.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/09/2026
The October 7 warnings threatening Netanyahu’s Israeli election campaign aje.news/0y4dh1
The October 7 warnings threatening Netanyahu’s Israeli election campaign
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Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Danny Boyle has reaffirmed that 28 Years Later Part 3 will get made, and that the movie is set to feature a lot more Cillian Murphy than The Bone Temple. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 29/05/2026
"Danny Boyle revealed that 28 Years Later Part 3 (title TBA) which serves as the sequel to both The Bone Temple and the film that started it all, 28 Days Later, is due to enter production early next year." Thanks the maker 🤩 Both 28 Years Later movies are among my fav genre movies of the past year.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 29/09/2026
PARISIANS! Come take a look. Take a closer look. There are 30 space sci-fi classics that will be screened over the next 20 days at La Cinémathèque!! Solaris, Silent Running, Moon, Alien, Marooned, Wall-E, 2001, 2010, Interstellar... You should enjoy it for me. Thank you for your attention.
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Cinéma et espace, les indispensables - Bande-annonce
YouTube video by La Cinémathèque française
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We're back, baby - this month's free newsletter features a reminder to get to the blackberries before the púca does, why black cats are useful for fungal infections, and Dublin's 17th century "bisexual witch" - for more of the nonsense below, sign up for the next one: www.ciaraioch.com/newsletter
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If someone asked me where I was on a certain date 2 years ago, I would absolutely not be able to answer that question.
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They should never have been allowed to loosen the rules around who can use a .ie domain. It has really fucked up online shopping in Ireland.
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Honestly, if we woke up tomorrow and Man City didn't exist, pretty much no-one would give a shit. #114FC ##ScamCity
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John Brophy @jk001-ie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The problem with all sequels to Alien is that the consequences of sticking your face into a recently opened egg-like structure is never going to hit as hard as the first time.
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