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Conor Horgan

@conorhorgan.bsky.social

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Artist photographer and writer, Ireland. I make portraits of interesting people. Supported by Arts Council Ireland, Founder Member Island Photographers Group https://linktr.ee/conorhorgan

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Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · Apr 29

Ever wanted me to take your portrait? Link in comments to new portrait offer #atelierhorgan

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

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RHA Gallery @rha-arts.bsky.social · 1d

Let us welcome you to the RHA this Saturday ⤵️

This free tour may be of particular interest to first time visitors but is, of course, open to anybody and to all ages.

First Day at the RHA - Saturday, 11 October, 12 – 1pm.

More info: rhagallery.ie/events/publi...

First-time visitor? Let us welcome you to the RHA this Saturday!

This tour may be of particular interest to first time visitors but is, of course, open to anybody and to all ages.

First Day at the RHA - Saturday, 11 October, 12 – 1pm.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 3d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Yes

Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 6d

In 1969, three young Labour Party firebrands were elected to Seanad Eireann for the first time: Mary Robinson, Michael D., and my father. He slipped up not getting his nomination in this time 😃

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Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 6d

R.I.P. Manchán

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 7d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 7d

Seven years ago today, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, murdered and then dismembered. And any so-called comedian who can't stand up tonight in Riyadh and do ten minutes on that kind of hijinx and horseplay just isn't worth the Saudi blood money he's being paid.

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Joshua Kosman @joshuakosman.bsky.social · 7d

When you have plenty of time to devote to it — because you will not be able to stop — do yourself a kindness and dive into this thread. You will not be sorry, please trust me on this.

Sarah Manvel with a🪝for a 🖐️ @cairdiul.bsky.social · 28d

"In the crescendo of orgasm I have sometimes been known to shout out the incumbent Pope's name" I have been back on the apps literally one minute. This is from the second profile I have looked at since reactivating. I am doomed

Sarah Manvel with a🪝for a 🖐️ @cairdiul.bsky.social · Jan 2

"I'm too romantic for casual encounters" good lord

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Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 7d

Chuffed to see my latest article in today's issue of The Gloss Magazine, free with the Irish Times. It's another collection of amusing disasters from my personal life, which when put together make a point - in this case, how some minor-level acting helped me overcome shyness.

Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 8d

EDGE project
in A R C H I P E L A G O
with Island Photographers Group
at Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts
@islandphotogroup.bsky.social
@rha-arts.bsky.social

Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 8d

A R C H I P E L A G O with @islandphotogroup.bsky.social at @rha-arts.bsky.social

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Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 10d

www.size-explorer.com/en/compare/c...

Cities

Compare the size of the most important cities in the world and find out interesting facts about them.

www.size-explorer.com

Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 10d

Direct size comparison between Dublin and Tokyo, via www.size-explorer.com/en/compare/c...

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Jenny Holzer @jennyholzer.bsky.social · 11d

PLAYING IT SAFE CAN CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE IN THE LONG RUN

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Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 14d

Bishops gonna Bishop

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RHA Gallery @rha-arts.bsky.social · 14d

Listen back to yesterday's RTÉ Radio 1’s Arena, where RHA Curator Davey Moor and Conor Horgan, photographer, filmmaker and member of the Island Photographers Group, discussed A R C H I P E L A G O, a major new exhibition of Irish photography at the RHA.

📻: rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22546972

A R C H I P E L A G O : Through an Irish lens

RHA curator Davey Moore and photographer Conor Horgan on A R C H I P E L A G O: Through an Irish Lens, a new photography exhibition at the RHA.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 14d

Non-Irish people should be told that Ireland is creased with national hilarity because the Catholic conservative candidate who failed to get enough support did a presser to talk about how Ireland had been cheated out of having a real 'people's candidate' while holding a €20K+ Hermes handbag.

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Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 15d

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

A R C H I P E L A G O : Through an Irish lens

RHA curator Davey Moore and photographer Conor Horgan on A R C H I P E L A G O: Through an Irish Lens, a new photography exhibition at the RHA.

www.rte.ie

Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks to RTE Arena and @rickoshea.bsky.social for a great segment on this evening's Arena program about A R C H I P E L A G O, the group photography exhibition currently showing in @rha-arts.bsky.social. Listen back via the link in comments

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RHA Gallery @rha-arts.bsky.social · 15d

Tonight on RTÉ Radio 1’s Arena, RHA Curator Davey Moor and @conorhorgan.bsky.social, photographer, filmmaker and member of @islandphotogroup.bsky.social, will discuss ARCHIPELAGO, a major new exhibition at the RHA of Irish photography.

Tune in from 7pm on @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Karl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social · 21d

Lovely mural up on the North Strand today. There's a few people about the place who like to think it belongs to them and them alone, but it belongs to us all.

Thanks to @dwmalone.bsky.social for the pic!

A seaside-themed mural saying "The NORTH STRAND welcomes all" There are shells, fish, swans and an image of the river Tolka visible.

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Conor Horgan @conorhorgan.bsky.social · 21d

Portrait by the fabulously talented Fiona Daly