Stephanie Rains 🪼
@acidrains.bsky.social
Mainly politics and cute animals, with occasional images from the archives. For the day job, follow the Irish Cultural and Media History blog at irishmediahistory.com
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Why is Dublin full of Young People all dressed up in Christmas jumpers on November 27th?
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Why is Dublin full of Young People all dressed up in Christmas jumpers on November 27th?
Just a normal day in Maynooth 🦇
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just a normal day in Maynooth 🦇
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A town in Japan has retracted its warning of a bear sighting after discovering that a picture it had received showing the fearsome creature was generated using AI.
Japan town retracts bear sighting warning sparked by AI image
The town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture issued the warning after receiving the image of a bear in a residential area, but later discovered it was generated using AI.
ebx.sh
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A town in Japan has retracted its warning of a bear sighting after discovering that a picture it had received showing the fearsome creature was generated using AI.
We have no internet and I have to say, despite all the jokes on here about needing to log off, that it’s absolutely shite.
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We have no internet and I have to say, despite all the jokes on here about needing to log off, that it’s absolutely shite.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Friends, I have an incredible update. I met a friend from Jersey the other day who was visiting and she almost got fined on the Luas with no ticket because *drumroll please* she thought it was free!
I had to explain to her why I was absolutely dying when she told me this.
I had to explain to her why I was absolutely dying when she told me this.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Friends, I have an incredible update. I met a friend from Jersey the other day who was visiting and she almost got fined on the Luas with no ticket because *drumroll please* she thought it was free!
I had to explain to her why I was absolutely dying when she told me this.
I had to explain to her why I was absolutely dying when she told me this.
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Since the start of September, Rogan has had 45 podcasts and 3 of them have had female guests.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Since the start of September, Rogan has had 45 podcasts and 3 of them have had female guests.
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Man realises he is girlfriend’s cat’s butler buff.ly/YfStvrl
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Man realises he is girlfriend’s cat’s butler buff.ly/YfStvrl
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Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Time in Cork is always relative. #AboutNine
I’m currently teaching a class about podcasting and my students (aged approx 21) all “watch” all podcasts and actually seem a bit baffled by the idea it was ever audio media. This is a HUGE shift over the last 3-4 years. And they claim they really do watch most of them too, not just listen on YT 🤷♀️
*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly*
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hitting you on the forehead with the spoon*
STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO
www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’m currently teaching a class about podcasting and my students (aged approx 21) all “watch” all podcasts and actually seem a bit baffled by the idea it was ever audio media. This is a HUGE shift over the last 3-4 years. And they claim they really do watch most of them too, not just listen on YT 🤷♀️
The day Irish people need a computer to help them be rude to their friends, will be the day hell has actually frozen over. What a tragic failure this man is.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The day Irish people need a computer to help them be rude to their friends, will be the day hell has actually frozen over. What a tragic failure this man is.
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what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
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Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Evening party at the big house’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1958)
‘Evening party at the big house’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1958)
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Evening party at the big house’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1958)
‘Evening party at the big house’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1958)
A movie that takes place where you're from.
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
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📷 A Souvenir Photograph of a Woman with Two Children in a Garden, 1900s
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
📷 A Souvenir Photograph of a Woman with Two Children in a Garden, 1900s
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I think if I worked in a production company and was allowed to commission a movie with a €70m budget was based on one tweet, it would be this one.
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I think if I worked in a production company and was allowed to commission a movie with a €70m budget was based on one tweet, it would be this one.
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18thC aristocrats would like a word.
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
18thC aristocrats would like a word.
Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth?
Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth
They say in Heaven, love comes first
We'll make Heaven a place on Earth
Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth
Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth
They say in Heaven, love comes first
We'll make Heaven a place on Earth
Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth
We are living in a material world
And I am a material girl
And I am a material girl
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth?
Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth
They say in Heaven, love comes first
We'll make Heaven a place on Earth
Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth
Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth
They say in Heaven, love comes first
We'll make Heaven a place on Earth
Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth
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Gyoda Mamekichi, a sentient green soybean, is the mascot for Gyoda City.
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Gyoda Mamekichi, a sentient green soybean, is the mascot for Gyoda City.
No word yet on how many grifty celebrity economists we need.
David McWilliams: To get things done, Ireland needs more engineers and fewer lawyers
A country run by engineers will build and accelerate into the future, while one run by lawyers will litigate and decelerate
www.irishtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
No word yet on how many grifty celebrity economists we need.
I have an almost-phobic fear of eels/lampreys and even so the lamprey isn’t the scariest creature in this photo.
The head of health services in the United States, letting parasitic lampreys bite his arms for some godforsaken reason.
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I have an almost-phobic fear of eels/lampreys and even so the lamprey isn’t the scariest creature in this photo.
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If you liked Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, your going to love Nicolas Sarkozy's book about his 11 days in prison... and it'll be out just in time for Christmas.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you liked Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, your going to love Nicolas Sarkozy's book about his 11 days in prison... and it'll be out just in time for Christmas.
"please clap"
This is probably the most tone deaf question of the year from a tech exec.
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
www.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"please clap"