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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 9h

I was in the barber’s and I saw Catherine Connolly walk past outside, I missed her, sorry everybody

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 10h

Actually she’s in town today, might head in and ask her

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 10h

Catherine Connolly’s favourite Rory boyfriend is Dean

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 12h

“Why did he need a second medical checkup?”
“Oh you know…look over there!”

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 13h

US president Donald Trump is in "excellent overall health," his physician said Friday after the 79-year-old - the oldest elected president in US history - underwent his second medical checkup of the year.
jrnl.ie/6841674

Trump is in 'excellent health', doctor says

The 79-year-old is the oldest elected president in US history.

jrnl.ie

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 1d

The job’s Garron Noone’s for the taking obviously, it’s the role he was born to play

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 1d

Cuddihy needs to assemble a new Funny Friday crew, the success of his show depends on it

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Newstalk presenter Kieran Cuddihy to join RTÉ Radio after Ray D’Arcy exits

Speculation rife that Cuddihy may be in line to replace Joe Duffy as host of RTÉ Radio One’s Liveline afternoon show

www.irishtimes.com

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Naoise's brother is asking Irish people to please contact the government #Speirgorm

My sister @NaoiseDolan, alongside other members of the Thousand Madleens flotilla, has been abducted by Israeli forces while on a humanitarian mission to break the illegal siege and deliver aid to Gaza.
Please join me in urging the Irish government to demand their safe return.

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Karl @karlusss.bsky.social · 1d

A fella on Irish personal finance Reddit is trying to foment a general strike over the way investment profits are taxed

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 1d

It feels like Kate Garraway might get banished from #CelebrityTraitors because she’s just a bit too ITV for the rest of the celebs?

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 1d

(guy who used to say ‘Joooooe Duffy’ seeing that the new guy’s name is Kieran Cuddihy) ah shit

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Micheál @nameless-weevil.bsky.social · 2d

The all channels attacks on Catherine Connolly are because, as with Irish Water, Ireland's right wing establishment have an unpopular project (de facto joining the "Western military alliance") that the hoi polloi aren't sophisticated enough to grasp the necessity of and desperation is setting in.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

people on here apparently need to learn a lesson most of us learn in elementary school, which is that it’s fucking rude to correct people on zero stakes things and doing so leads rightfully to social ostracism

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 2d

Tumblr, Bluesky, X, LinkedIn

Four pics of four Young Conservatives, each with different visual characters because of their clothes and presentation

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 2d

Brett Domino: Young Tory style icon apparently? vm.tiktok.com/ZNdn4YX42/

Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 2d

“Wednesday, Geese, English Teacher? Bands are back baby!”

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 2d

I find it baffling how little impact the existence of the Undertaker, a literal walking corpse, has had on science and religion

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 3d

😭 help . I planted a beefsteak tomato thinking it was going to grow bits of cattle flesh but it was just tomato. I'm so confused, the EU parliament needs to help me. I've been tricked and mislead

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 3d

I write full time largely because of one thread about getting high with the Irish president. As cringe as it is to admit, my entire life has been massively enhanced by Twitter and ketamine over precisely the same time that those two things have proven less beneficial for Elon Musk.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like most Irish and British writers who complain about being silenced have never done anything as brave as what Naoise has done here

Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 3d

Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the detention of writer Naoise Dolan...The flotilla was illegally intercepted last night and seized by armed Israeli forces in international waters.
irishpen.com/2025/10/08/t...

Thousand Madleens flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann

8 October 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the detention of writer Naoise Dolan, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Thousand Madleens f...

irishpen.com

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 3d

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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merritt @merrittk.com · 3d

i wrote an instruction manual for a fictional CD-i game where you play as an executive at a company that produces RC cars in the 90s 1900hotdog.com/2025/10/nerd...

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Alan @alanmaguire.bsky.social · 3d

Just in case you don’t believe me

Screenshot from Slow Horses by Mick Herron.:

A small piece of meat fell, leaving a mayonnaise smear on his trouser leg. 'Damn. I hate it when that happens. He stared angrily at the yellow streak for a moment, which wasn't noticeably larger than any other stain on that leg, then looked back up.

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 3d

Niall Donald talking about how Jim Gavin ripped him off included the truest, most Irish statement I’ve ever heard in my life, like this absolutely would be what your friends would say to you in these circumstances

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