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Stephen Ryan 🌻 πŸ‰ 🌍 StiofΓ‘n Γ“ Riain πŸŒ»πŸ‰ 🌍
@stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social

Dubliner living on Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim.

Recovering academic. Politics, history, sociology, music, Liverpool FC and some photos of an island.

Was never a member of The Stars Of Heaven, sadly.

#WeAreHopeDespiteTheTimes .. more

Communication & Media Studies 28%
Psychology 24%
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A couple of my photos from my first time seeing R.E.M. which was somehow 40 years ago #OTD.

@remhq.bsky.social @michaelstipe.bsky.social @millsish.bsky.social @bertisdowns.bsky.social @remonthisday.bsky.social
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as β€œthe most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

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Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
We now have leaders of allied nations unable to trust a word the US tells them.

We are witnessing one of the greatest diplomatic and foreign relations blunders of our lifetimes.

A beautiful night in Belfast at Martin Stephenson and the Daintees. So many great, great songs, and all in the company of a really special character.
Grand opening, grand closing.

X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.

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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark β€” and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
Insanity
Insanity

Remember this well as well.

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Recorded on this day in 1984. (1/2)
R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion (Live on Whistle Test 1984)
YouTube video by Dave F
www.youtube.com

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My Bloody Valentine played a surprise first show in seven years tonight
My Bloody Valentine Play Surprise First Show In Seven Years
It’s been nearly a year since My Bloody Valentine announced their first show since 2018, a gig at Dublin’s 3arena this coming Saturday that also marks their first headlining show in Ireland since 1992...
stereogum.com

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"The Story of Rathlin Wool" written by islander Marianne Green and illustrated by Lynn Finnegan from Ballycastle will be launched in Yarn (former Danske Bank) in Ballycastle on Wednesday the 26th November at 7pm...

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Setlist from the band’s final show on the Accelerate tour, November 18, 2008, in Mexico City.

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The Stone Bench in the Garden at Saint-Paul Hospital - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14684

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this tbh

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On this day in 2008, R.E.M. play their last ever show in front of a paying crowd, at Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, supported by Los Concorde.

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Recorded on this day in 1983.
R.E.M. Radio Free Europe Live on THE TUBE **HQ**
YouTube video by StephenQdoo
www.youtube.com

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NEW: Paschal Donohoe is resigning as MInister for Finance, and as a TD, in order to take up a role with the World Bank in Washington. Announcement expected after this morning's Cabinet meeting. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Unbelievable!

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Ireland's World Cup dream is alive and well after a remarkable, come-from-behind victory in Budapest, beating Hungary 3-2 at the Puskas Arena
Remarkable Parrott hat-trick earns World Cup play-off
Ireland's World Cup dream is alive and well after a remarkable, come-from-behind victory in Budapest, beating Hungary 3-2 at the Puskas Arena.
www.rte.ie

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Bill joined Howl Owl Howl on β€œThe One I Love” last night during the encore at the GA Theatre in Athens.
Photosβ€”Sanjeev Singhal

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How dare anyone tell lies about Donald Trump. That’s his job.

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NEW: Virgil van Dijk goal SHOULD have stood – Premier League panel rules error #lfc
Van Dijk goal SHOULD have stood - Premier League panel rules error
Liverpool's equaliser was wrongly disallowed.
www.thisisanfield.com

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Welp!