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Luke McManus

@lukemcmanus.bsky.social
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Filmmaker. Dublin 7.

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Connolly trolling Trump big time
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“I have every doubt that what he is conveying there is what he experienced” LOL
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is just to say... I have stolen the work that you spent years creating and which you were probably hoping would pay your bills But online sharing doesn't count It's actually a compliment So fuck you BTW, I'm a fan
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Mega thread developing
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Chuffed to be hosting the Q & A after this marvellous film’s opening screening at @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social next Friday 11th September
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Ola Løkken Nordrum @olaln.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In the middle of an escalating climate crisis: Subsidise fossil-fuelled car use and encourage more driving? Irish Government: Yes. Make public transport better, cheaper and more accessible? Irish Government: Nope. In fact, let’s make it more expensive. Make it make sense.
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Commuters to face increased fares on buses and trains
Rising cost of State funding for public services has been a spending concern for some time
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Giving a billion euro to subsidise diesel and then hiking public transport fares FFS
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Karl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Got so annoyed at this I wrote a little post: blog.karlstanley.ie/fare-hikes-w...
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Fare Hikes - what now?
Today, the NTA announced that public transport fares are to be raised by between 10% and 33% in January 2027. According to the Taoiseach, the reason behind this huge price hike is that Government "can...
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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you're not using asbestos yet, you are being left behind. Everyone is using asbestos, there's no point in trying to fight it. Asbestos is the future.
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
One resident in Clondalkin’s account of living beside the noise issue at the nearby data centre. Sent to me on Tuesday.
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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"The atmosphere, the earth, the water & the water cycle-those things are good gifts. The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are good gifts. We have to regard them as gifts because we couldn't make them. We have to regard them as good gifts because we couldn't live without them." -Wendell Berry #RIP
Tall slender moss covered trees on a misty morning with filtered sunlight. Bramble covers the ground and there is no trail...smack dab in the middle of the forest
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The CEO of Warners thought it would be better to bury it and take a tax writeoff after the film was completed rather than try to get it in front of audiences. Luckily he came to his fucking senses but still a parable of shitty Hollywood behaviour in a nutshell 2/2
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Coyote vs Acme was sold out at @lighthousecinema.bsky.social today. It was enjoyed equally by a two year old, a twelve year old and their mother who drove to Dundrum to catch it A rare family crowdpleaser doing serious business with stellar reviews. But almost never got released 1/2
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Sure but the point is the two own the outcome and they don’t even have to spend money on wages. The tenuous model of capitalism is that money is meant to flow down via employment Without employment these companies will have minimal positive societal impact
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
And most of it landed on me
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I'm just gonna throw out there: I have lost work, not because the people who would normally hire me are using gAI, but because Google forced it into search, completely cannibalizing the audience for my work you don't have to be in a position to hire someone to reject using gAI in favor of humans
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The world we are moving towards is designed by people of kind, who so long as they are the ones with the money and the power, have no problem impoverishing the rest of us. the question is how to wrestle control of the world back from the hands of these greedy sociopaths 2/2
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A few months back I was at a @google run event shilling AI. On stage a startup guy Crowes that the day of the “two employee unicorn” was near. I wasn’t sure what that meant so I looked it up. It’s a company worth a billion with only two humans working for it. This was presented as a good thing 1/2
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yet again: The problem AI is meant to solve is wages. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
reuters.com
Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded.
To make its workforce “AI native,” Meta explored slashing the size of many teams across the company by as much as 60% in two waves, internal documents show. Staff revolted - and hours before a big lay...
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 27/08/2026
Thoughts and prayers for the writers at Spiked! As we mourn the loss of Tim Curry, Dolly Parton, & Yayoi Kusama, they‘ve lost Ratko Mladić.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The amount of working artists I've spoken to who are losing or have lost the ability to make a viable career out of it due largely to people's use of genAI instead of hiring artists is genuinely so upsetting. We won't know what we've lost until it's gone.
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ah no I am so sorry to hear this She was someone I only really knew from the school gate but she left such a good impression in those fleeting moments RIP
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Gerry McDied 10 years ago, on a night just like this @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We went to see Coyote Vs. Acme. It's very funny but they keep calling the coyote, whose name is Wile E. Coyote, 'Wiley'. Which is maddening. It's like if you were watching a movie about JFK and everyone kept calling him Johneff.
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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So grim
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I like how she has reordered his adjectives correctly
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
Here's Amazon's two new planned fossil-fuelled AI data centres next to the ENTIRE POWER GRIDS OF SEVERAL LARGE COUNTRIES Together, the two gas-burning data centres will emit more than Spain's entire grid, if built
Bar chart comparing 2025 national grid CO2e emissions (grey bars) with two Amazon fossil‑fuelled AI data centres (red bars), showing the Amazon sites at about 33 and 17.5 megatonnes CO2e—higher than many countries' entire power grids.
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Tansplaining
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
You are upping the ante big time chief
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This one is surely worse
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🧐
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Got an incredible video of the eclipse
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The fallout of the Belfast Fleadh is so cute though
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Where do you stand on 🤔 ? it’s maybe my favourite emoji but lots of people tell me it’s annoying - to which I can only respond with… 🤔
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Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@irishtimes.com I would've thought they have bigger problems.
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
💯 with the Whitstable Ale
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In fairness it totally was a wretched hive of scum and villainy
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The *same* people that told you not to worry about climate change because it wasn’t real now tell you yeah it’s real but it’s too late so accept your fate. They were wrong then that there was nothing to worry about, and they were wrong now that there is nothing we can do.
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Jared Leto and Russell Brand are the human version of "rumor" and "rumour"
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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I have plenty of corrupt plans for FIFA. Let me run it. One idea is letting fans pay $1000 in an app to give the player of their choice a brief electric shock
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Trish Byrne @trishyb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Hatchback of Doctor Moreau.
On the rear windscreen of a dusty red car, a sticker reads "My kids have PAWS."
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Coach Rusty @coachrusty.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
[job interview] boss: what would you do if faced with a situation where- me: give up immediately
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/08/2026
Local Idiot To Post Comment On Internet theonion.com/local-idiot-to-post-co…
Local Idiot To Post Comment On Internet
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Very harsh on redheads this #hatespeech
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Jesus Christ And what fucker schedules a meeting for 8am
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I went to that museum and the earsplitting sound effects made it genuinely terrifying
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Mario Bava's A Jay of Blood @jaycoyle.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Onion meme headline: Report: Holy Shit, There Still 50 Minutes Left In Movie
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Luke McManus @lukemcmanus.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Criminal But Ask Me Ballacks is surely an option
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Final Friztination @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out
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