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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 2m

Savage Stevie wonder set the YouTube algorithm served up
youtu.be/mZmJ3Q7SfHE

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 7h

"And then there’s 'It’s A New Day:' a side-ending track with an introductory two-measure drum break tighter than a miser’s fist and with a headnod-provoking bounce that practically put an exclamation mark on that year’s inaugural class of future-standard hip-hop breaks."

Loop History: Skull Snaps’ “It’s A New Day”

The story of the Skull Snaps’ influential break “It’s A New Day”

daily.redbullmusicacademy.com

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 4d

A re
R elationships in the workplace
E xtremely
A wkward? Yes but here are

51 ways to leave your lover

Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 14d

HR training in relation to avoidance of romantic entanglements in the classified workplace . If you believe you are not cleared to view it, please contact your local mindwiping team

New video for an old song

"You're not the one" from "Ever seen a match burn twice"
youtu.be/IdoWpHeVUCo

You're not the one

YouTube video by calicojak

youtu.be

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 4d

❤️🙏

Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 4d

A re
R elationships in the workplace
E xtremely
A wkward? Yes but here are

51 ways to leave your lover

Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 14d

HR training in relation to avoidance of romantic entanglements in the classified workplace . If you believe you are not cleared to view it, please contact your local mindwiping team

New video for an old song

"You're not the one" from "Ever seen a match burn twice"
youtu.be/IdoWpHeVUCo

You're not the one

YouTube video by calicojak

youtu.be

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Daire lynch @dairelynch.bsky.social · 6d

Available
Oil on canvas
60 x 90 cm

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 5d

The rise and fall of the Roma II empire

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 6d

Wrote about how Manchán Magan’s writing, knowledge and ideas lit up the synapses.

Una Mullally: In Manchán Magan, Ireland had a writer whose words could light up the synapses

Magan was a wholly authentic force, full of awe and devoid of cynicism

www.irishtimes.com

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 6d

Manchán Magan tributes: ‘He arrived in this life like a comet, ablaze with purpose’

Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Kathy Scott and Seán Ronayne among the artists, musicians, writers and film-makers paying tribute to the late journalist, author and TV presenter

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Manchán Magan tributes: ‘He arrived in this life like a comet, ablaze with purpose’

Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Kathy Scott and Seán Ronayne among the artists, musicians, writers and film-makers paying tribute to the late journalist, author and TV presenter

www.irishtimes.com

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 8d

Years of making PowerPoint presentations in work have finally paid off with making something fun.
#iwanttobelieve 🛸

Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 14d

HR training in relation to avoidance of romantic entanglements in the classified workplace . If you believe you are not cleared to view it, please contact your local mindwiping team

New video for an old song

"You're not the one" from "Ever seen a match burn twice"
youtu.be/IdoWpHeVUCo

You're not the one

YouTube video by calicojak

youtu.be

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 7d

Measure Twice, Cut Once

xkcd.com/3149/

Comic. “Measure [Twice], cut [Once]” -Carpenty Proverb. [Scatter plot with number of measurements on y axis and number of cuts on x axis. Points in a descending line on graph: surveyor, surgeon, good carpenter, careless carpenter, really bad carpenter, serial killer]

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 7d

Watched Bart the Daredevil for the first time in at least a decade and despite having seen it countless times I still loudly guffawed my ass off at the bit where the ambulance crashes into the tree and Homer on the gurney crashes all the way back down into Springfield gorge.

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Sylvia Solanas @sylviasolanas.com · 8d

#Bandcamp Friday

saturated solace
TREMOSPHERE

or how, I, a middle age woman, am tired of all this.

tremosphere.bandcamp.com/album/satura...

saturated solace, by Tremosphere

10 track album

tremosphere.bandcamp.com

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 7d

Ah cool, was that when they were doing the melvins big band thing?

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 7d

Condolences to Sheridan on the loss of his mother,
Hyacinth.

I always had a soft spot of Keeping up appearances, it reminds me of being in my grandparents' house as a kid. Safe travels Patricia
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Keeping Up Appearances actor Patricia Routledge dies aged 96

The actor was best known for her role as the pretentious housewife Hyacinth Bucket, and for the series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

www.theguardian.com

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 7d

You have a better memory than me! I couldn't have told you who the opening act was

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 7d

Think Dale Crover must have gone home with you 😀

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 7d

Ha! Classic Mac

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 7d

Happy "I have loads of these CDs left if anyone wants one" Friday, everyone!

Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · Aug 29

Available on glass mastered cd and comes with a special limited edition bonus linocut print

Front and back cd cover of The Broken Path, and a linocut print of a tree, olive green on a white background.

Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 7d

Now listening to Houdini by the Melvins
Here is me and @dairelynch.bsky.social meeting them when they did an anniversary gig for that album about 20 years ago in the village. I seem to be trying to read what it says on King Buzzo's tshirt

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The Register @theregister.com · 8d

UK police caught slacking off by jamming their keyboards while working from home

One officer was recorded pressing the 'I' key more than 16,000 times Police in the United Kingdom appear to be taking a cue from Homer Simpson's playbook, with officers in multiple departments accused of "key jamming" to make it look like they were working from home when they likely weren't. …

dlvr.it

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 8d

Years of making PowerPoint presentations in work have finally paid off with making something fun.
#iwanttobelieve 🛸

Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 14d

HR training in relation to avoidance of romantic entanglements in the classified workplace . If you believe you are not cleared to view it, please contact your local mindwiping team

New video for an old song

"You're not the one" from "Ever seen a match burn twice"
youtu.be/IdoWpHeVUCo

You're not the one

YouTube video by calicojak

youtu.be

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 9d

www.theguardian.com/science/gall...

Jane Goodall – a life in pictures

The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91

www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 10d

Believing the strangest things, loving the alien 👽

Eoin Mac Ionmhain (he/him) @calicojak.bsky.social · 14d

HR training in relation to avoidance of romantic entanglements in the classified workplace . If you believe you are not cleared to view it, please contact your local mindwiping team

New video for an old song

"You're not the one" from "Ever seen a match burn twice"
youtu.be/IdoWpHeVUCo

You're not the one

YouTube video by calicojak

youtu.be

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