Darach Ó Séaghdha
@darach.bsky.social
That @theirishfor guy. Author of Motherfoclóir & Craic Baby. He/Him.
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This is something that bugs me about "snobbery" arguments in defence of those entertainment products which are blatantly the rich and privileged ones: the books in every 3 for 2 deal in every bookshop, the films on half the screens at the multiplex, the songs you can't hide from.
Scream 7 is the perfect example of what I was talking about in the now infamous video, where from a fandom perspective horror is the underdog and must be protected from criticism at all costs which creates a breeding ground for bad actors to basically do whatever they want.
February 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
This is something that bugs me about "snobbery" arguments in defence of those entertainment products which are blatantly the rich and privileged ones: the books in every 3 for 2 deal in every bookshop, the films on half the screens at the multiplex, the songs you can't hide from.
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Pageants themselves are a remnant of another era! There was a beauty contest bit in a Simpsons episode we watched recently, and my daughter (10) had never heard of a pageant before.
February 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Pageants themselves are a remnant of another era! There was a beauty contest bit in a Simpsons episode we watched recently, and my daughter (10) had never heard of a pageant before.
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Helps if u look closely at the picture
Truck on top of truck on top of truck on top of tractor causes Cork tunnel bock
The picture shows a tractor with a trailer carrying a truck, which has another smaller truck on it, and then again an even smaller truck on that
www.corkbeo.ie
February 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Helps if u look closely at the picture
My kind of headline.
February 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
My kind of headline.
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I bet stewed prunes are amazing for keeping things moving though! Never would have imagined how important that would become for me 👵🏼
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I bet stewed prunes are amazing for keeping things moving though! Never would have imagined how important that would become for me 👵🏼
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I think my favourite winter Olympic sport is the bobsleigh, because I like watching that silly little death sled hurtle down the track with only the top half of the helmets peeking out
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
I think my favourite winter Olympic sport is the bobsleigh, because I like watching that silly little death sled hurtle down the track with only the top half of the helmets peeking out
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Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.
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She will likely have been born into the euro, and never known punts.
I'll have the prunes and mascarpone from Etto 👵
I'll have the prunes and mascarpone from Etto 👵
February 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
She will likely have been born into the euro, and never known punts.
I'll have the prunes and mascarpone from Etto 👵
I'll have the prunes and mascarpone from Etto 👵
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Have you tried been morbidly riddled with anxiety about the passage of time? Christmas 2025 feels like a decade ago to me. 2003 is pre-historic.
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Have you tried been morbidly riddled with anxiety about the passage of time? Christmas 2025 feels like a decade ago to me. 2003 is pre-historic.
I have just been told that the next Miss Ireland will most likely have been born after Rosanna Davidson won (in 2003) so I guess it's time for me to get into lawn bowling, stewed prunes, and yelling at clouds.
February 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I have just been told that the next Miss Ireland will most likely have been born after Rosanna Davidson won (in 2003) so I guess it's time for me to get into lawn bowling, stewed prunes, and yelling at clouds.
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jeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
jeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
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i swear to god i do not want to have to consider it possible that jeffrey epstein personally caused the 2008 financial crisis
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 AM
i swear to god i do not want to have to consider it possible that jeffrey epstein personally caused the 2008 financial crisis
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It’s entirely plausible that whoever comes after Keir Starmer will be worse but that’s just not really the point. Some people simply deserve to hit the bricks and that’s been true of that fucking billy roll since day one
February 6, 2026 at 9:19 AM
It’s entirely plausible that whoever comes after Keir Starmer will be worse but that’s just not really the point. Some people simply deserve to hit the bricks and that’s been true of that fucking billy roll since day one
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🧵 worth reading
One thread I've seen in online discourse the past few days is trying to understand why Epstein did it all. Not why he trafficked and abused kids, but why create a vast network of wealthy, privileged men to join him in the abuse, why collect so many emails and photos damning them all, etc.
February 6, 2026 at 10:44 AM
🧵 worth reading
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One thread I've seen in online discourse the past few days is trying to understand why Epstein did it all. Not why he trafficked and abused kids, but why create a vast network of wealthy, privileged men to join him in the abuse, why collect so many emails and photos damning them all, etc.
February 6, 2026 at 10:34 AM
One thread I've seen in online discourse the past few days is trying to understand why Epstein did it all. Not why he trafficked and abused kids, but why create a vast network of wealthy, privileged men to join him in the abuse, why collect so many emails and photos damning them all, etc.
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Glorious thread evolution
February 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Glorious thread evolution
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That’s a perfectly nice thing to eat, but it is not a recipe. I also really want this book now.
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
That’s a perfectly nice thing to eat, but it is not a recipe. I also really want this book now.
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The cursed late-Celtic-Tiger celebrity cookbook with Bertie's weird coddle recipe also includes this mad entry from "iNose" DJ Carey.
1. That recipe... is just a pile of food.
2. Uncharacteristically gracious of him to admit to being a complete fucking idiot in the personal note on the left!
1. That recipe... is just a pile of food.
2. Uncharacteristically gracious of him to admit to being a complete fucking idiot in the personal note on the left!
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The cursed late-Celtic-Tiger celebrity cookbook with Bertie's weird coddle recipe also includes this mad entry from "iNose" DJ Carey.
1. That recipe... is just a pile of food.
2. Uncharacteristically gracious of him to admit to being a complete fucking idiot in the personal note on the left!
1. That recipe... is just a pile of food.
2. Uncharacteristically gracious of him to admit to being a complete fucking idiot in the personal note on the left!
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And Oprah was supposed to be called Orpah after the person in the Bible but there was a misspelling on her birth cert
February 5, 2026 at 11:35 PM
And Oprah was supposed to be called Orpah after the person in the Bible but there was a misspelling on her birth cert
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I love the way it looks like the dog has turned his head to see who's talking shite about him.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I love the way it looks like the dog has turned his head to see who's talking shite about him.
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I knew two brothers called Trevor and Robert and one time a girl we knew said "that's mad because Trevor is Robert backwards" and we said "no, it's Rovert backwards!" and she said "close enough" and we said "no" and she said "you'll regret not humouring me"
December 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I knew two brothers called Trevor and Robert and one time a girl we knew said "that's mad because Trevor is Robert backwards" and we said "no, it's Rovert backwards!" and she said "close enough" and we said "no" and she said "you'll regret not humouring me"
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Inventing a contraption so whimsical in its appearance and preposterous in its design that the fellows at the club wager that you cannot fly it from Dover to Calais and back before Saint Swithin's Day ends.
What "core British values" has "the left" not defended? Can someone ask this sentient fucking saucepan what he means?
Keir Starmer attacks the racism of Reform and Matt Goodwin but then adds that "Britain has also been let down by a mindset on the left of politics that is too slow to defend core British values"
February 5, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Inventing a contraption so whimsical in its appearance and preposterous in its design that the fellows at the club wager that you cannot fly it from Dover to Calais and back before Saint Swithin's Day ends.