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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 15h

Where is that?

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For Tech’s Sake @fortechssakepod.bsky.social · 19h

As of today, 10 October, the rules governing online political advertising in the EU have changed.

Listen to tech and democracy expert @lizcarolan.com explain how “malicious compliance” with these rules might make things even murkier:

pod.fo/e/33a104

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 16h

I mentioned it once. And Eimear is a friend, she had nothing to do with any of this, merely pointing out that you’ve badly leaped to an assumption. I picked stardew and the GG because they were on the same line.

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 16h

Yes I can completely see how you could read that I loathe the entire concept of video games from a single line in a that post.

I’m very sorry for my prejudice. Would it help if I personally apologised to Eimear Noone next time we catch up?

Twitter the only place where well articulated sentences still get misinterpreted.
You can say "I like pancakes" and somebody will say "So you hate waffles?"
No bitch. Dats a whole new sentence. Wtf is you talkin about.

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 17h

It’s already happening.

AMOC collapse is closer than expected: the consequences

Global warming is slowing Atlantic currents: halting it would undermine the planet's climate balance

www.renewablematter.eu

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 20h

MM refusing to do anything on climate shows that he puts disproportionate weight on the opinions of lobbyists for data centers, car manufacturers, dairy, etc cause support for government action on climate change actually unites people across the country..so who is he talking about?

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 18h

Climate change is going to radical alter Irish farming even if we do nothing. AMOC slow down will probably mean farmers will need to keep herds indoors for longer, increasing feed prices. Wet cold summers will impact silage production and grazing time. The age of cheap meat is over.

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 21h

“We don’t do these things, not just because they aren’t easy, but because they may negatively impact our polling”

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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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 21h

Annie, we are venerable, seasoned, vintage or senescent, we are *not* elderly.

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 23h

-EU scraps Chat Control vote
-Ukraine establishes a Cyber Force
-CISA workers reassigned to immigration enforcement
-Teenagers arrested for Kido hack
-Salesforce will not pay the ransom
-US Court halts FCC data breach rules

Newsletter: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...
Podcast: risky.biz/RBNEWS489/

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AustinfromHere @austinhere.bsky.social · 22h

Didn't take long for first one.
Rushing out arhe verification without proper measure's in place by government can lead stuff like this

nationaltechnology.co.uk/Discord_Data...

Discord data breach exposes thousands of age-verification ID photos

Discord has said that government ID photos from approximately 70,000 users may have been exposed after hackers compromised a third‑party customer service vendor that handled age‑verification appeals f...

nationaltechnology.co.uk

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

He is a profoundly Irish author.

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

100%, Beckett on Film was made about 25 years when every output had to be laid back to tape in real time. Over a 6-month period, I think I watched every Beckett play 30-40 times, often the same piece 3 times a night. Its a very unusual way to get an education about an author, but I recommend it.

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Beckett is very, very funny. Happy Days is hysterical because where Beckett lived is very close to where I grew up in Dublin, and that psychotic self-destructive optimism of Winnie is just such a profound insight into a class of woman driven into a position of profound helplessness by society... Wow

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck!! It was Hurt doing Krapp. Goddamnit

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Right @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social *this* is a bit.

See also “the LUAS is free”

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Like watching the raw rushes of McKellen doing Krapp’s Last Tape? Gambon? Rickman, Juliane Moore?

two men are standing next to each other in a field .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other in a field .

media.tenor.com

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

My first proper experience with Beckett was as a snot nosed film student graduate who liked Sam Rami & John Carpenter. I fluked a job as an assistant editor on “Beckett on Film”, 6 months solid working on the edits of master actors & directors performing his plays.

Changed my life.

Tyrone Productions

The Beckett on Film project, produced by Blue Angel Films, and funded by RTÉ, Channel 4, Bord Scannán na hEireann and Tyrone Productions, brings all 19 of Samuel Beckett’s stage plays to the screen. In attracting film-makers to the project, the producers cast their nets wide, bringing together an intriguing selection of internationally established directors – among them Atom Egoyan, Patricia Rozema, Neil Jordan, Anthony Minghella, Karel Reisz and Richard Eyre – and emerging Irish directors, including Damien O’Donnell, Conor McPherson, Enda Hughes, Kieron J. Walsh and John Crowley.

www.tyroneproductions.ie

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, I’m going to take this as a serious Q and not “a bit”.

So say for, example, you are @conorsmith.ie and you wanted to mischievously wind up Americans by pretending you didn’t understand why they were reacting to your “innocuous” statement about “President Gavin”? Well, *that* is a bit.

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

A "Golden Girls" *and* a "Stardew Valley" musical?

homer simpson says oh i love legitimate theater in front of a crowd

ALT: homer simpson says oh i love legitimate theater in front of a crowd

media.tenor.com

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

It may not be impossible. This is someone who is proud to own a ticket to a venue that has hosted a Stardew Valley and Golden Girls musical.

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Ok, I have looked at whats on at Sheas performance arts centre, and yikes, this may not actually be a bit....

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

Next time we meet, remind me to tell you about the time I spent working on nothing but "Ballykissangel" and "Beckett on Film" for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, for 6 months. It might actually explain a lot about my personality.

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

When I was 22, I got my 1st job in film post production, on a project called "Beckett on Film". I had never read or seen a word of Beckett; I was an ignoramus, but I worked on a film version of every one of his plays for 6 months. You cannot experience Beckett raw and not realise his genius.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Aidan O'Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 1d

This is a bit. I refuse to believe otherwise.

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

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