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Mike McGrath-Bryan

@mikemcgb.bsky.social

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A scribbling, squabbling, strácáiling eejit, that got blown along the N20 and out to Cork City, Ireland. Bestselling co-author. Foghlaimeoir, bleeding-heart, AuDHDer. Opinions my own. Check https://www.linktr.ee/mike_mcgb for latest scut-acting.

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 2d

Hard times for US psych-rockers Darsombra, who were in Ireland not too long ago, following the death of drummer Ann Everton - if you saw 'em live, consider helping if you can.

#music #gofundme #psychedelic

gofund.me/2ac7d9edc

Donate to Stand with Brian in Memory of Ann, organized by Nicole Evanshaw

As you're aware, Ann Everton tragically lost her life on October 3, as she and Brian… Nicole Evanshaw needs your support for Stand with Brian in Memory of Ann

gofund.me

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 6h

Quality, thank you for the shout

Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 6h

Catherine Connolly didn't thank the bus driver while stepping off!

Candybaz @barryodonovan.bsky.social · 6h

I saw Catherine Connolly open a bag of peanuts in the pub and didn't offer any to anybody else!

Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 7h

I saw Catherine Connolly watch an ambulance pass by and she didn't bless herself.

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 6h

Football Manager Mobile, afaik

Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 18h

Foldable phones are one of thos things that I marvel at the engineering magic that go into their creation but also have no idea why someone would particularly want one.

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ᚇᚐᚏᚉᚅᚓᚄᚄ ᚋᚐᚅᚔᚃᚓᚄᚈᚓᚇ @ciara2001.bsky.social · 6h

So remember that man who attacked an elderly woman and shoved her in a bin because he thought she was "a man dressed up as a woman and that she was actually a predatory paedophile"? She died. Transphobes have more blood on their hands 🤬

(Original story www.rte.ie/news/courts/...)

Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack

A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.

www.rte.ie

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 6h

Get very used to Linux.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 23h

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 18h

So fancy!

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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 19h

They say you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. Martin just looks at the gasping horse, shrugs his shoulders and walks away.

His only ambition ever has been to be Taoiseach. Not to do anything with the role, just to be. Not to lead or innovate or inspire, just be Taoiseach.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Susan Adair Farrelly @itsnotsuzalright.bsky.social · 19h

Voted against ban on fox hunting and hate coursing.
I don’t understand how anyone can vote for this woman let alone give her a 2nd preference.”oh I’m voting her number 2 cos I don’t like gavin”
DONT GIVE HER A PREFERENCE

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 18h

The thing is, y'see - Wilma would definitely leave Fred for me, but I don't see her that way; but I'll never get over Betty and she'll never leave Barney. 💔

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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 18h

We got solar panels installed about a month ago, and we’re running at about 75% energy independence. In autumn. In Ireland. This is not some unsolvable quantum physics problem for god’s sake 🤦

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 1d

Also, it wasn't a "tough choice" to disproportionately hurt the weakest for their own sins, it was soft targets

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 1d

Micheál Martin rowing back on climate because it might "polarise society" is stupid, society is already polarised - starting with his party dashing the ship against the rocks three times in three generations, while conspiring with FG to keep the country in centre-right deathgrip of a century-plus.

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · 1d

"...time and again I was shown that change wasn’t possible. I voted to elect Labour - I got Fine Gael. I voted to elect the Greens - I got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. If I just stayed home, I still got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil."

Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 1d

My partner's letter in today's Clare Champion. I'm very proud of her. Catherine Connolly's campaign is giving hope to people who have felt disenfranchised for so long. #spéirgorm ##Áras2025

Young people do have a future in Ireland

I’m not a very political person.

That’s a strange thing to admit as someone with two degrees in politics, but whatever enthusiasm I had for political engagement was quickly snuffed out as I graduated into an Ireland of austerity and dwindling opportunities. I knew change was needed and I was excited to vote for it, but time and again I was shown that change wasn’t possible. I voted to elect Labour - I got Fine Gael. I voted to elect the Greens - I got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. If I just stayed home, I still got Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Time after time, Ireland’s youth begged for changes that would give us some hope for the future, but every time we were told that our lives mattered less than rising house prices. It was obvious there was no future for me in Ireland, so I took the same path as so many others before me and sought a better life in Australia. I had no intention of coming back. Ireland had turned her back on me long before I turned my back on her.

Covid forced me back home and I wasn’t happy about it. I met someone when I returned and we’ve done our best to build a life here, but always with one foot out the door. Melbourne has never stopped calling to me.

On September 22nd, my partner happened to be watching Catherine Connolly’s campaign launch and sitting beside him I felt something stir that I thought was long gone - hope. Catherine Connolly and the people she shared that stage with shared a vision for Ireland’s future that had a place for me in it. I heard Holly Cairns express that the presidency can be a role that highlights who we want to be, not just accepting the shortcomings of who we are right now. I heard Mary Lou McDonald speak of an Ireland where the aspirations and wellbeing of the people come first. I heard Paul Murphy reassure us that there is indeed hope that the 100 year rule of Fine Fáil and Fine Gael can be ended. Finally, when Catherine herself spoke, I saw why each of these le…

A photo of 4 women and a man canvassing for Catherine Connolly. It's a selfie style shot and most people are wearing Catherine Connolly badges or clothing.

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 1d

NXT UK: ate shit
NXT Japan: locked out
NXT Europe: never existed
WWE in India: disaster beyond free TV

Triple H isn't a genius, just like any wrestling promoter isn't it

Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I think about this NXT World Domination Map Triple H presented in 2018 and then look at how many of his plots have flopped so far. I guess he can still turn TNA and AAA into NXT Canada and NXT Mexico though so...

Triple H onstage unveiling a map showing NXT reaching out from Florida to South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, and part of Asia including China, Korea and Japan. These regions are coloured yellow. Weirdly Svalbard is highlighted too, a Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean with a population of under 3,000.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

If you live in Ireland or the UK, Absolute Dominion is available today on Google or Apple TV
www.rte.ie/video/id/28161

Absolute Dominion, the new film from Palestinian-American Oscar®-nominated director Lexi Alexander

This superb martial arts battle for humanity begins on October 9.

www.rte.ie

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CobraCorvid @cobracorvid.bsky.social · 1d

That "Say Drake" at the Super Bowl and the diabolical smile was probably the best moment in recent music history. I also loved that a gay Black dude said that those flare jeans he was wearing are now called the "say drakes" 😂😂😂😂

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Glow_Daph_Glow @glowdaphglow.bsky.social · 1d

Drake is the goat at taking Ls in a rap beef.
International, interdisciplinary, intersectional Ls

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💀 spooky scary socialist 🎃 @thechakrakhan.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone in the comments, please know in discovery, UMG's lawyers laid out the numerous times Drake was inappropriate around underage girls.

He deserves every bit of this.

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Snarky Robot @snarkyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

Dismissal was the only choice

The “I’m not falling for that hot take” meme, except it’s Judge Jeanette Vargas saying “i'm not falling for that lawsuit that's clearly someone with a fetish for getting dunKed on. i refuse to participate in that kind of perversion”

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 2d

Good.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 2d

Donate to Stand with Brian in Memory of Ann, organized by Nicole Evanshaw

As you're aware, Ann Everton tragically lost her life on October 3, as she and Brian… Nicole Evanshaw needs your support for Stand with Brian in Memory of Ann

gofund.me

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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 3d

Not going to share 'grift' but Heather Humphreys has just said that I'm a man and the gender recognition act should be changed. Please do not vote for or give a preference for her. Having someone as president who thinks this way would be absolutely awful for minorities #SpeirGorm

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Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 2d

In what world is seven million people plus diaspora "very, very few"?

Mike McGrath-Bryan @mikemcgb.bsky.social · 2d

This isn't Reddit. Also, answer people when they've responded to you.

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Annie West @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social · 3d

*Opens Bluesky, sees endless reposts by perfectly smart and rational people of Irish Times article about Maria Steen including photo of said Maria Steen*

kim kardashian is sitting in a chair looking at her phone .

ALT: kim kardashian is sitting in a chair looking at her phone .

media.tenor.com

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