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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 4h

"Anthropic warns its badly designed and untested computer programmes could soon illegally 'hack' your TV"

Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Needless to say (I would like to think), for 50 years I have admired Paul Robeson as both the activist and the singer. But I had never thought of him as such an engaging and articulate man as he is here. Simple proof of how powerful racist stereotype can be.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In January 1854 the RMS Tayleur went down off Lambay on its way to Melbourne. This is a bit of pottery from on board.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

To be honest, haven't started yet.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This looks like a job for Hennessy Coghlan-O'Hara.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Why don't you love it already?

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

. @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Hello Patrick, I bought your book yesterday and am looking forward to it. But I spent some time and no little expense on a copy "signed by the author", only to discover some vandal/charlatan had scribbled the letters "C Z" in the space where your signature should be.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Has she never been to New York?

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A propos of nothing, can we take a minute to mention just how feckin huge Kazakhstan is?

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"Are you going to get another one?"

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Post a picture that should be an album cover

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

You all know how much this annoys me, but still: OF COURSE THEY ARE INVESTIGATING. There were two armed robberies. The real news would be: GARDAÍ SAY THEY CAN'T BE ARSED Why are "young" journalists so feckin LAZY? Looking at you @irishtimes.com

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head. (not particularly clever, but true)

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Niche post This is the least important example of how journalism is deteriorating rapidly, but: There is no need whatsoever to use the first name of these players, even in the demented world of search optimisation.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I really, REALLY, don't want to play down the hardship these sailors are experiencing, but - There hasn't been a soldier in the last 4,000 years who expected hot water, a toilet, and food.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Genuine question: how long would it take for these animals to DIE of dehydration? Days? And surely they would have been calling out, and no one heard them?

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I doubt if ennui was really the word he was looking for.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Excuse me, but this is not "a recipe". This is putting stuff on a plate.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Niche post, but This sub-head is straight out of the New York Times. @irishtimes.com

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Post your lock screen (a relic of Thomas Aquinas in Napoli, not usually open to the public)

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Tonight's full(ish) moon. Yes, I knew before I took the shot that it would be rubbish. But this is interesting, I hope.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

"from Ohio to Kentucky" That's some spread. They are literally neighbours, separated by 300 metres of river. @irishtimes.com

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

@thomaspaineha.bsky.social From the current @historyireland.bsky.social. Sold 40,000 in Ireland, more than in any other country?

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"disarming Hizbullah" Must have been a short meeting.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I went back to the book to check the price, but it had been - professionally - written in pencil so it could be erased without damaging the book. So maybe the price was £30? But I was on the dole, which was basically £30, plus a few hours work as a barman. Rent in my bedsit (not a flat) was £24. 1/2

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Not exactly what you asked for, but (worth looking at the whole Wikipedia page)

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The AA needs to have a word with its phone bot.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Just in case, like me, you didn't know this is on, I just booked to see Wynton Marsalis and band at the NCH next month. #jazz

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

These people were generated by AI, right?

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

There was no one else to hear it, but when I saw this a few minutes ago I think I emitted a muffled squeel of horrified delight, for this is the absolute essence, the epitome, of the pointless yet mandatory Leader from @irishtimes.com.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I dunno. I thought it was interesting.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The people of Quebec will be conflicted about this.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Kudos to AE for having such vision(s).

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Mooching around on Google Maps. Here's the John Lennon Pub in Torino.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I'm having a drink in The Last Hurrah in homage to one of my favourite writers, Edwin O'Connor. He was rightly recognised as one of the greats 60 years ago, and is now utterly forgotten. His masterpiece is THE EDGE OF SADNESS, truly a great Irish novel.

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Joe Culley @therealculls.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Interesting piece in the old heart of Boston. #reparations

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