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Like a lot of their songs but they're an immediate skip when the smart shuffle on Spotify drops them in, can't explain it

On the frozen 2 soundtrack sounding like an 80s band trying to crowbar lyrics into the melody of Glory of Love (have 4 daughters so have seen way too much Frozen)

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That had AI slop all over it. Should have known to never underestimate the American capacity for misunderstanding communism

Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

How did I miss that 1st time round. Seems like they asked AI to write a book based on Elon Musk's X posts about communism cut together with LOTR fanfic

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Loses points for some beer spillage but have to give it a 9.7 for execution

Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

So many junior hurls lost on the fire man, what a shame

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

There a local hurl maker willing to come help you for some potential raw materials?

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Power play by UEFA, and if that doesn't bring him down nothing will

Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Genuinely can't take American football teams seriously. The Hell is Real derby, hahahaha what a joke, 2 teams about 10 years old each, you know nothing of rivalry

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Yea young McDonald didn't really get into the game 1st half but really came into it, and the rest of the forward line started shrugging off those early 2 pointers that dropped short. Kerry looked a bit old today during that 2nd half blitz from Mayo

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Yea 100%. Great story with the whole curse stuff but even the comeback from being battered early was immense. Fancied Kerry to walk it after the 1st 15 when Mayo couldn't score for love nor money and Kerry couldn't miss

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Already saw a journo i follow for Premier league stuff mention it here

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Honestly thought Clifford had them dead and buried after that goal inside 15 mins but they were brilliant from then on in

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Mallacht briste, deireadh an mallacht nó mallacht críochnaithe?

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Didn't have that one as an all timer when Clifford got that goal but absolutely brilliant from Mayo

Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Really interesting to read that. Sounds like the starting point for the satellite book was long in your thoughts

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Oh the Suffolk Road Hill is a bastard of a hill. Made the mistake of thinking it was a good idea to run up it the other week and nearly needed an oxygen tank by the time I reached the DC

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

They're the kid using the magnifying glass on insects

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Fair enough, didn't realise there wasn't a lot of forgiveness in it, margin for error must he very small then

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

How much difference does that extra 8th make? As someone completely uninitiated with sewing anything more than a tear in something it seems like you could simplify massively by saying a half inch

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Need to start following a football team from a shit league mate. Irish league teams already in EURO qualifiers, Scottish teams enter next week, the fun never stops for us!

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Random gloves getting more love than your food pics is a travesty!

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I imagine these are the sort of people who complained making helmets mandatory in hurling was ruining the purity of the game. Heard enough stories of biking injuries to know there's plenty of folks still around only because of having their helmets on when some disaster struck

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Saw some of the other QTs to this and there's an outcry that a helmet is a barrier to entry for active travel. Some people need to really wise up, it's common sense

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Seamus Nolan @nuallach.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

That's a pretty good summary of my feelings too. The lack of real jeopardy in the groups coupled with the time difference meant I didn't really get into it until the knockouts either. Didn't bother with the trophy presentation because I knew the Donald would wanna be the main event

Yea he wants so much to win that over Messi but even he shouldn't surface for the 2nd half after this farce. Give Kante the armband for the 2nd half and watch him cover more ground 2nd half than the whole French side did in the 1st, just for old time's sake

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There's that, but with the exception of Mbappe, who wants with all his soul to beat Messi to the golden boot, France are already on the plane home

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Score is to hope JGP can make a snipe and get something from that. Option 2 is to give it to Stu and hope for the same, so yes, if a team can shut down our set piece and have good discipline in defence, then a team without JGP is in trouble, esp if Sam is at 10, creativity not his best asset

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Games to figure out if that's the case. At centre we have Gavin, Cooney and Postlethwaite all who should get a crack in something more than a nothing game. That also has the benefit of giving some old legs like Aki, Stu and JGP a break. On JGP, yea basically our attack if we can't get a set piece

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Well now you're conflating 2 things I've said to mean the same thing. If we blood some younger lads it has the benefit of seeing if they're up to the level and can expand on what is a small number of players Farrell trusts. Doak could well be our next 9 but you need to give him the reins in big

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They're in a bit of disarray at the minute but they're very much the archetype of a team that gives Ireland trouble. Stop the progression up the pitch by not conceding pens and we look clueless

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I wish I had your optimism, I feel that any side with decent lineout defence and a solid scrum will cause us problems at this rate, we're not creative enough and too many of the lads have too many miles on the clock. We're an injury to JGP away from being lucky to get through the 1st knockout game

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But we find ourselves in that spot too often because coaches think a match against Fiji in Nov with 13 changes is a guy's big chance to show he's worth more caps and inevitably it's a rough game because there's no consistency. That's a long established pattern

2019- Carty playing v Japan despite few mins at 10 for Ire as Carbery was unfit. The self inflicted one was bringing Kleyn after maybe 2 appearances despite Toner being the main man through the cycle, and L/O was poor. 2023- less on that front, good injury luck amd just came up short

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We rely on the same core group and when one or more goes down to injury inevitably someone not played enough through that cycle ends up in a tough position. 2015- Madigan had his whole season at 12 or 15 and getting sub 10 mins most Ireland games has to play the QF (great v France though)

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Then what's the point in them even being in the squad? I just don't think we should accept the same pattern every 4 years of relying on the same 35 guys and then having to drop someone untested into the World Cup because we refused to try it before then

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Some players raise their levels playing around better players. Would Murray not look better outside a Connacht pack. He's a proper lineout guy and we lack that right now so why not try it out?

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You put a guy into a test environment you'll know for sure if they're up to it and if not he can move on to the next guy in line. You can't tell me he's learning anything new from seeing Ryan or Beirne for the 40th time when they've been playing for a year non stop

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For all his motivational skills etc this is his biggest weakness. That and his faith in a poor coaching team, Easterby and Fogarty are now diminishing returns while PO'C, Goodman and Sexton don't look like this is their level at all. He definitely has the wrong Sexton on staff