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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

I took this back in May, it has grown on me since. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 #Bloomscrolling #Florespondence #SilentSunday #VintageLens

A photograph of meadow buttercups. There are multiple yellow flower heads in the shot against an out of focus green grassy background, which ever so slightly impressionist in quality, most of the buttercups are out of focus, especially the ones towards the top left. The only one totally in focus is at the bottom centre, it has bright yellow and shiny petals with a matte yellow centre disc which has a slightly green core to it.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Quite like this one, I'd swear they've gotten used to me pointing the camera at them. #SilentSunday #BirdsOfMastodon #MuteSwan

A photograph of a mute swan. The swan is standing in the middle of the frame against a lush expanse of very green grass. It's facing head-on towards the camera with its head slightly canted towards the left as if posing for the shot. A yellow tag can be seen on the swan's left leg (right-hand side of the image).

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I see I'm not alone in thinking this constituted von der Leyen flying a kite. #EUpol #CDNpoli www.euractiv.com/news/dr-von-der-le…

Carney lent a scholarly, even monastic air to proceedings, sitting patiently behind von der Leyen, taking extensive notes, and ocasionally lifting his clasped hands towards her, as if in prayer.

His presence also gave von der Leyen an excuse to announce something that took everyone by surprise – including, apparently, Carney himself – “associate membership“.

That this vague promise – “a love letter”, as another MEP termed it – became the speech’s main headline indicated how little else broke new ground.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

What on earth would "Associate Membership" mean when that isn't in the treaties. I doubt there is the appetite to go for treaty renegotiation, can of worms that it is, so to what degree is this all just PR guff from von der Leyen? #EUpol #CDNpoli […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The 27-member EU has never had an associate membership category, although it has close ties with Norway, Iceland and Switzerland, allowing deep economic integration with these countries, who follow many EU rules. It remains to be seen what associate membership means, including for Canada’s relationship with the EU single market.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

I haven't used film in years, think this came out quite nicely, not bad for a camera that's approximately 50 years old. Praktica LB | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 | Fujifilm 200 #SilentSunday #BloomScrolling #BelieveInFilm #Praktica #VintageLens

A photograph of flowers of indeterminate variety (well to me at any rate), on the left there are a clump of yellowish-white flowers with yellow centre discs (common to all the flowers). From the centre and moving rightward is a mixture of large yellow flowers with several red flowers dotted amongst them. Underneath all these flower heads are plenty of dull green leaves.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

The sun might be bedevilling me personally but it does make for some nice photos, you'd never guess this was a fetid smelling estuary... #SilentSunday #BirdsOfMastodon #BroadmeadowEstuary #Fingal #Dublin

A photograph of an expanse of blue water with a bird floating on the surface in the middle of the image. The bird has a brown head, brown tail, grey wings and white body; I'm in no position to determine species.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

Fuchsia, don't know which variety though. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Pentacon Auto 29mm f/2.8 #SilentSunday #BloomScrolling #VintageLens

A photograph of a fuchsia shrub, nestled between the bright green leaves are dozens of tear-drop shaped flowers which are a bright pink on top with a violet coloured midsection and pink tendrils emanating from the bottom of them.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

And a couple of months later, here is the result of that successful nesting... Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Pentacon Auto 29mm f/2.8 #SilentSunday #BirdsOfMastodon #Swans #Dublin #Skerries #VintageLens

A photograph of two adult mute swans and four signets swimming in an expanse of water, it's a pond to be specific. One of the adult swans is towards the bottom of the image facing the camera with its break having just risen out of the water. To its right are three fluffy grey signets, two pointed to the right, one to the left. Towards the top of the image is the second adult swan with its head and neck buried under the water, the fourth signet is casually swimming between the two adult swans.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

This photo of the flying Mark Adair might be my pick from yesterday at the Strikers v Raiders match in Malahide. #Cricket #EmeraldChallenge #Dublin #Malahide

A photo of a cricket match in play, three players are visible, one fielder (number 6) on the left of the image, a non-striking batter (number 3) in the middle doing a tea pot pose with his bat acting like a prop. Finally a bowler (number 13, Mark Adair) is coming in to bowl, he is in mid-air with one leg straight and the other bent at a 90 degree angle, his arms are up near his head. In the background on the grass bank are two spectators, one lounging on the grass, the other standing.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026

I believe this to be an Osteospermum, possibly Nairobi Purple. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm f/3.5 #SilentSunday #BloomScrolling #Florespondence #VintageLens

A close-up photograph of what I presume to be a purple osteospermum, there are a dozen or so light purple petals, the hue is darker towards the tips, in the centre of the flower is a deep purple central disc speckled with yellow pollen. The background of the image is out of focus, with green foliage to be seen towards the left. The whole image has a slight golden glow to it.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

A peculiar side-effect of photography is expanding one's knowledge, I'm not green fingered so I had to look up what that purple flowering vine was, wisteria apparently, and by coincidence the building is the school of botany at TCD... Olympus OM-D E-M10 | […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A photograph of a grey granite block building. The building is very liberally covered I'm vines, the ones in the centre of the image are flowering with long fingers of purple flowers, wisteria as it turns out. To the right are green leafed vines climbing up the walls with two white-framed windows amidst them. A brown wooden door can be seen between the wisteria and the green leaves. On the left are two large white-framed windows, the wisteria is also running between them.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

Master of all he surveys. The sculpture he's sitting is sphere within sphere by Arnaldo Pomodoro, this one, of many apparently, is in Trinity College Dublin. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 #SilentSunday #BirdsOfMastodon […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A black and white photograph of a seagull sitting on top of a large sphere sculpture. The sphere is broken (by design), with the bottom half of the image showing a section of the interior, several cuboid shapes can be seen along with the top edge of a smaller inner sphere. The seagull has an imperious look about it, as if it knows that it's position is unassailable. Behind the seagull is a quite ugly ornamented panelled window in a granite block wall.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

D'Olier Chambers with the new College Square building behind it. Quite like the juxtaposition of the two. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #Dublin #VintageLens

A photograph of two buildings, one to the left and in front, the other to the right and behind. The building in front is of yellow and brown brick construction with quite a lot of ornamentation. The building at the rear is of modern construction with a mostly glass wall with the frames of the glass walls being black to the right but abruptly changing to yellow as we move leftward. Above the yellow frames are a small block of white frames.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

A stone wall with a significant growth of moss. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 #Mosstodon #TextureTuesday #VintageLens

A photograph of a moss covered stone wall. The top half of the image is a sea of green and brown moss, towards the right some cobwebs can be seen covering a portion of the moss. The lower half of the image is the grey stones of the wall, possibly granite, one in particular is prominent in the centre as it has a sharp edge. Below that stone is a dark crevice between the stones.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026

From Kybe pond at the mill in Skerries. I doubt I'll get anything better this year. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm f/3.5 #SilentSunday #BirdsOfMastodon #Swans #Dublin #Fingal #Skerries #VintageLens #Sonnar

The centre of the image is dominated by a female mute swan sitting in her nest, her neck is bent in an s-shape with the bright orange bill intersecting with the base of the neck. The nest is made of bullrushes, with several standing tall in the foreground, slightly blocking view of the swan. On the left of the image a male mute swan can be seen swimming towards the nest, he is slightly further away and not sharply in focus.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

I've no idea what cultivar of cherry blossom this is, but it is beautiful. Also, quite happy with the quality of the CZJ Sonnar. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm f/3.5 #SilentSunday #BloomScrolling #Florespondence #VintageLens #Sonnar

A close-up photo of cherry blossom flowers on a branch, the flowers are a very vibrant pink colour and as a mass they form a large ball on the end of the branch, a couple of red-orange leaves are visible to the right of the flowers. Behind our central subject a blue sky can be seen along with a variety of out of focus cherry blossom flowers. Another branch can be seen extending from the top left to the right of the image leading to a ball of flowers on the top right edge of the image.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

I think this might be one of the best I've got yet of the swans at Broadmeadow Estuary. #SilentSunday #BirdsOfMastodon #Swans #Dublin #Fingal

A photograph of a mute swan. The swan is looking toward the camera as it glides on the shimmering blue water of the estuary towards the green grassy bank. The swan's bright orangey-red beak is prominent in the centre of the image, beautiful.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026

Stare long at the seagull, become mesmerised, go mad... Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 #SilentSunday #MinimalistPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #VintageLens #Tessar

A photograph of an expanse of blue sky,. At the top-centre of the image a seagull can be seen (we are looking from directly below it) in flight with its black-tipped wings fully extended. To the right of the image a metal framework of some description can be seen. In the top left corner of the image a few branches of a tree can be seen.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

The ILV Granuaile going about its business replacing buoys by the looks of it. #MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday #ILVGranuaile #Dublin #Skerries

A photograph of a white and blue ship. The vessel has a flat deck at the rear with a large white crane attached, on the deck a variety of large multicoloured buoys can be seen. Either side of the conning/communications tower atop the bridge forward of the deck are yellow sections (no idea what). Behind the ship is an expanse of hazy blue sky, with the greenish-blue sea below. The scene is framed towards the bottom by a v-shaped section of rock wall (on the right) and natural rocks (on the left), the natural rocks are topped with lichen.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026

Fingal county council's flower boxes are providing me with ample subjects, particularly taken with this tulip. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 #SilentSunday #BloomScrolling #Florespondence #VintageLens #Tessar #Fingal

A photograph of a red tulip. The tulip is in the centre of the image against an out of focus background consisting of a terracotta colour tiled wall proceeding bottom left to top right with a bed of sand colour peddles beneath. Other green stems can be seen in the image on the right and behind the tulip. There are many bokeh bubbles in the background, particularly at the bottom, giving the photo an almost impressionist quality.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

I've taken a few shots of this signal box, this I think is the most Interesting. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #SignalBox #RailwayPhotography #VintageLens #Tessar #Dublin #Donabate

A close-up photograph of a signal box, through the box's window, which has an old wooden frame painted white, can be seen a variety of bright red levers in a black lever frame. A contrasted to the white frame of the windows is the dark green of the walls and door to the right of the image.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

Quite sure we have many rogue states with nuclear weapons at this stage, two of them being the instigators of this conflict. Also, that last part is dangerously close to endorsing violent regime change […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Mr Martin said that "everyone accepts that you cannot have a rogue state with a nuclear weapon" and that Iran was "a sponsor of terrorism."

However, he said Ireland wanted a peaceful resolution to the conflict and he said Ireland was a peace keeping nation.

"Our hearts go out to the Iranian people who have been repressed and suppressed for so many years."

"We have to continue to work and see if we can bring peace ... a different regime to Iran, where Iranians and the people of the Middle East can leave in peace again.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

I wasn't sure about this when I took it, didn't think I'd got the focus correct, however it came out lovely. Especially that bubble bokeh effect in the background. Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 #SilentSunday #BloomScrolling #VintageLens #Tessar #CamelliaJaponica

A photograph of a Camellia Japonica plant, specifically it is the Bushfield's Yellow cultivar. The focus of the image is on a large white and yellow flower in the centre, it is framed by two branches with myriad green leaves on either side. Several other white-yellows flowers are visible on the left, bottom and top of the image. To the left attached to a branch is a white tag giving details about the plant, hence why I knew it was a bushfield's yellow camellia. In background in the top and right of the image you can see the characteristic "soap bubble" bokeh effect that vintage Carl Zeiss Jena lenses are known for.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

Finally snapped one of the local cats, gorgeous! Olympus OM-D E-M10 | Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #VintageLens #Tessar

A photograph of a black cat with green eyes framed by two railing posts, both of which have been turned green by moss and lichen. The cat is looking directly at the camera, she's a friendly local cat whose name I sadly don't know.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2026

Got a CZJ Tessar this morning, genuinely fascinated by the quality of a lens that's older than I am. #TextureTuesday #VintageLens #Tessar

A close-up photograph of a stainless-steel chain-link fence. Through the fence a yellow handrail can be seen proceeding from the top left to the bottom right.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2026

I can think of a fair few breaches of international law that happened before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, most of which were committed by countries Kallas would consider her political allies […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Speaking after von der Leyen, High Representative Kaja Kallas pointed the finger at Russia's decision to launch the full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago as the cataclysm that precipitated the "erosion of international law" seen today and enabled the return of what she described as "coercive power politics".

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

First properly sunny day of the year yesterday, made for some lovely photos. #MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday #Dublin #Skerries

A photograph of a fishing boat (loaded with crab pots at the back). The sea is a radiant greenish-blue, emphasised by the near cloudless sky above. The blue boat with a white wheelhouse is in motion in the centre of the image heading towards a harbour, the wall of which can be seen on the left of the image. Towards the bottom is a concrete jetty used for deploying lifeboats, three thin orange bollards line the jetty, the upper two bollards which are forming leading lines towards the fishing boat. In the background behind the boat is land, with a thin layer of housing giving way to green fields and trees.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026

Not a twitcher, though looking at Bird Watch Ireland's index I think this is a house sparrow.; it is beautiful though, whatever it is. #SilentSunday #BirdsofMastodon

A photograph of a small yellow-feathered bird (no idea what species) sitting on the bare branch of a tree, a sunny blue sky (rarity in February) can be seen behind the mass of branches.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

From last weekend, a rare dose of sunshine at broadmeadow estuary, which makes this lonesome seagull look radiant. #SilentSunday #BirdsofMastodon #Seagulls #Fingal #Dublin

A photograph of a lone seagull floating on the surface of an estuary. The water is quite blue, bluer than usual, should be a miserable brownish colour, might have been the polarising filter I was using.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026

The Fingal CC offices in Swords make for a great subject, I don't think I'd appreciated it enough before. #FensterFreitag #WindowsFriday #Dublin #Fingal

A photo of reflections in a curved window. The main subject in the image is a bicycle leaning against an inverted U-shaped bicycle rack, five of the racks are visible, though it is not clear how many are real and how many are reflections. behind the bicycle is a large stainless steel bin, looking entirely too expensive if you ask me. Towards the top left of the image is reflected, framed by black gates, a yellow liveried ESB Networks van is visible; vans are the common trades vehicle in Ireland, only brain-dead Garth Brooks fans have pick-up trucks. Towards the top right of the image just to the side of the trunk of an oak tree can be seen two creepy wooden statue; be thankful you can't see these abominations in detail.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026

Initially I thought I'd missed my chance with this robin through poor exposure, however it recovered quite well with a few tweaks in darktable. #SilentSunday #BirdsOfMastodon #Robins #Darktable

Photo of a robin (the bird with a red breast, not the comic book character) sitting on a small branch of a tree. The tree trunk is on the right of the image. Behind the robin are a variety of other small branches, many little more than twigs, along with an expanse of dismal grey Irish sky.

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Pirate Badshah @piraat.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026

📷: Olympus OM-D E-M10 🔍: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II R MSC 💾: 25mm ,ƒ∕4.4, 1∕80 s, #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #Fingal #Dublin

Black & White photography of a curved glass building. On the left-hand side of the image is a large oak tree, the right-hand side is mostly taken up with the curved glass wall of Fingal County Council's offices in Swords. The centre of the image contains a man in a mac walking away from the building towards the camera. The glass is awash with reflections, many of which are being cast by the oak tree, but of note is that the man is reflected in not one but two panes of the glass wall. The bottom of the image contains wet paving, there are reflections of the oak tree towards the lower right-hand side in said paving.

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