Ciarán
@hellociaran.bsky.social
Art guy (he/sé). Occasional Production design/Art direction in CSaloon. Foghlaimeoir Gaeilge (labhair í liom ldt) Woodwork @anceardlann.bsky.social
Dundalk/Kilkenny
Has a 🇮🇪 in his profile but not in a problematic way.
Dundalk/Kilkenny
Has a 🇮🇪 in his profile but not in a problematic way.
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Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years
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No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
February 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
Dad comes down for breakfast, gets a bowl of cereal, gets his phone out and checks RIP like other people check Wordle.
February 1, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Dad comes down for breakfast, gets a bowl of cereal, gets his phone out and checks RIP like other people check Wordle.
fucking YES
One whole hour!!!
Today is 2026-01-31, the sun sets at 17:05:55 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 1 hour, 00 mins and 12 secs. #GrandStretch #TheGrandStretchIsBack
January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
fucking YES
Uaireanta imbolc, a chairde.
January 31, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Uaireanta imbolc, a chairde.
Cad é mar atá ag éirí libh le bhur gcuid rón na hathbhliana
January 27, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Cad é mar atá ag éirí libh le bhur gcuid rón na hathbhliana
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Reposted by Ciarán
Ó Reddit na Gaeilge:
Eolaire a bhfuil acmhainní agus suíomhanna eile Gaeilge cruinnithe le chéile ann. An-úsáideach d'fhoghlaimeoirí nua na teanga go háirithe.
Eolaire a bhfuil acmhainní agus suíomhanna eile Gaeilge cruinnithe le chéile ann. An-úsáideach d'fhoghlaimeoirí nua na teanga go háirithe.
January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Ó Reddit na Gaeilge:
Eolaire a bhfuil acmhainní agus suíomhanna eile Gaeilge cruinnithe le chéile ann. An-úsáideach d'fhoghlaimeoirí nua na teanga go háirithe.
Eolaire a bhfuil acmhainní agus suíomhanna eile Gaeilge cruinnithe le chéile ann. An-úsáideach d'fhoghlaimeoirí nua na teanga go háirithe.
Step 1: United Ireland
Step 2: Slap a Gaussian blur on the county borders.
Louth is too Ulstery to be full Leinster, but not as Ulstery as real Ulster.
Step 2: Slap a Gaussian blur on the county borders.
Louth is too Ulstery to be full Leinster, but not as Ulstery as real Ulster.
Apropos of nothing: The greatest trick West Cork ever pulled was convincing the rest of Cork that it was part of Cork. Its got Non Cork character, is far too beautiful, softly rugged and lit by magic hour light. Its South Kerry wearing a false moustache.
January 23, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Step 1: United Ireland
Step 2: Slap a Gaussian blur on the county borders.
Louth is too Ulstery to be full Leinster, but not as Ulstery as real Ulster.
Step 2: Slap a Gaussian blur on the county borders.
Louth is too Ulstery to be full Leinster, but not as Ulstery as real Ulster.
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You've got to be impressed with how hard Minnesota is making their lives.
Not exaggerating when I say that the collective action in Minnesota will be studied for generations if not centuries to come
January 23, 2026 at 8:24 AM
You've got to be impressed with how hard Minnesota is making their lives.
Not much of a boom then, is it?
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Not much of a boom then, is it?
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
All my favourite podcasts are on a break
January 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
All my favourite podcasts are on a break
Me, watching my daughter walking around with jam on her hands:
Touch the door handle...TOUCH THE DOOR HA-
Touch the door handle...TOUCH THE DOOR HA-
January 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Me, watching my daughter walking around with jam on her hands:
Touch the door handle...TOUCH THE DOOR HA-
Touch the door handle...TOUCH THE DOOR HA-
#artvsartist No painting all year and then I went back to work, so...
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#artvsartist No painting all year and then I went back to work, so...
Waiting for the 75 bus back to Sandyford industrial estate in 2005, a man came up to me to tell me that trains can get a puncture.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Waiting for the 75 bus back to Sandyford industrial estate in 2005, a man came up to me to tell me that trains can get a puncture.
My laptop does a convincing 🇬🇧 accent so I've just been watching a 3-ep series on S4C; Mike Bubbins - Un Mewn Miliwn. It's a good look at the particular ups and downs of learning a second language that you *want* to learn but don't *need* to learn. An honest look at laziness, embarrassment, fear etc
December 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
My laptop does a convincing 🇬🇧 accent so I've just been watching a 3-ep series on S4C; Mike Bubbins - Un Mewn Miliwn. It's a good look at the particular ups and downs of learning a second language that you *want* to learn but don't *need* to learn. An honest look at laziness, embarrassment, fear etc
Merry etc.
Now, it's time to unmute this account because it's nothing but good news for the next six months 💚
Now, it's time to unmute this account because it's nothing but good news for the next six months 💚
Happy Christmas to all our fabulous followers!
December 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Merry etc.
Now, it's time to unmute this account because it's nothing but good news for the next six months 💚
Now, it's time to unmute this account because it's nothing but good news for the next six months 💚
It's the most wonderful time of the year: when people who think they're druids do battle with historians who think Newgrange dates back no further than 1982.
December 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It's the most wonderful time of the year: when people who think they're druids do battle with historians who think Newgrange dates back no further than 1982.
Somebody high up in Dunnes is more excited about meringue than I've ever been about anything. It's wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling meringue nests and pavlova bases. Every gap in every shelf? meringue.
The limbo area that usually has cereal bowls and tupperware? meringue.
The limbo area that usually has cereal bowls and tupperware? meringue.
December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Somebody high up in Dunnes is more excited about meringue than I've ever been about anything. It's wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling meringue nests and pavlova bases. Every gap in every shelf? meringue.
The limbo area that usually has cereal bowls and tupperware? meringue.
The limbo area that usually has cereal bowls and tupperware? meringue.
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The best description that I've seen about GenAI images and data is 'digital asbestos'. There are fake 'historical photos, data, citations, and even journals. It is poison and taints everything that it touches.
I want the worst things *you* can imagine to happen to anyone pushing this self-destructive poison
We can do even more.
December 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The best description that I've seen about GenAI images and data is 'digital asbestos'. There are fake 'historical photos, data, citations, and even journals. It is poison and taints everything that it touches.
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os cionn 70 trácht fágtha faoin bhfíseán náireach seo de chuid an Údaráis agus gach ceann acu diúltach agus cáinteach
duine sinsearach amháin ag tarraingt míchlú ar an Údarás agus ag tabhairt neamhaird ar thoil agus ar mhianta an phobail
duine sinsearach amháin ag tarraingt míchlú ar an Údarás agus ag tabhairt neamhaird ar thoil agus ar mhianta an phobail
December 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
os cionn 70 trácht fágtha faoin bhfíseán náireach seo de chuid an Údaráis agus gach ceann acu diúltach agus cáinteach
duine sinsearach amháin ag tarraingt míchlú ar an Údarás agus ag tabhairt neamhaird ar thoil agus ar mhianta an phobail
duine sinsearach amháin ag tarraingt míchlú ar an Údarás agus ag tabhairt neamhaird ar thoil agus ar mhianta an phobail
Absolute pig-ignorant bollocks from údarás na gaeltachta. Shameful.
I wonder if real Irish filmmakers know that Udárás na Gaeltachta are not only running a competition for “AI filmmaking”, but have decided to name it after “storytelling”. Ffs.
filmfreeway.com/AnTograScealai
filmfreeway.com/AnTograScealai
An Togra Scéalaí - Project Scéalaí
Tugaimid cuireadh duit iarratas a chur isteach ar an gcomórtas físeáin AI, an chéad cheann dá leithéid don Ghaeilge.
Fáiltímid roimh iarratais ó dhaoine 1...
filmfreeway.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Absolute pig-ignorant bollocks from údarás na gaeltachta. Shameful.