Mike McGrath-Bryan
@mikemcgb.bsky.social
A scribbling, squabbling, strácáiling eejit, that got blown along the N20 and out to Cork City, Ireland. Bestselling co-author. Foghlaimeoir, bleeding-heart, AuDHDer. Opinions my own. Check https://www.linktr.ee/mike_mcgb for latest scut-acting.
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"It's tekkenin' time!" - Dr John Tekken, maybe.
This week we're joined by @mikemcgb.bsky.social to talk some Tekken as well as the state of arcades in the 90s among other things
This week we're joined by @mikemcgb.bsky.social to talk some Tekken as well as the state of arcades in the 90s among other things
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I've been excited for the last two weeks for this to see the light of day - chats and music with @forpush.bsky.social and @reesevryder.bsky.social about the music and legacy of The King.
Pleased to be the guest on episode 86 of @crtsoundsystem.bsky.social: Tekken 3.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Pleased to be the guest on episode 86 of @crtsoundsystem.bsky.social: Tekken 3.
#spéirghorm #ireland
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Went back to the other place and it's just yanks trying to squash events in Ireland into their NIMBY/YIMBY war and it is exhausting to even look at
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Went back to the other place and it's just yanks trying to squash events in Ireland into their NIMBY/YIMBY war and it is exhausting to even look at
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"How'n'ever" doesn't get the Hiberno-English love it deserves, but, how'n'ever
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"How'n'ever" doesn't get the Hiberno-English love it deserves, but, how'n'ever
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How to write your Christmas cards as Gaeilge www.rte.ie/gaeilge/2025...
How to write your Christmas cards as Gaeilge
Any chance to put down the phone is welcome these days, right? Writing Christmas cards is one of those rare opportunities for many of us to suí síos gan aon scáileán.
www.rte.ie
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
How to write your Christmas cards as Gaeilge www.rte.ie/gaeilge/2025...
Wrestling is a self-contained story.
People get in the ring, try to one-up each other, and eventually get the pin that wins the match, placing them one step closer to championship contention or giving them the advantage over their rival(s).
Everything else falls behind that.
People get in the ring, try to one-up each other, and eventually get the pin that wins the match, placing them one step closer to championship contention or giving them the advantage over their rival(s).
Everything else falls behind that.
Keep in mind AEW fans, Continental Classic starts 🤼
So expect a lot of bad wrestling podcasters to repeatedly stress that AEW just has matches and not stories
They'll go back to fretting over the dangers of AEW in the new year
So expect a lot of bad wrestling podcasters to repeatedly stress that AEW just has matches and not stories
They'll go back to fretting over the dangers of AEW in the new year
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wrestling is a self-contained story.
People get in the ring, try to one-up each other, and eventually get the pin that wins the match, placing them one step closer to championship contention or giving them the advantage over their rival(s).
Everything else falls behind that.
People get in the ring, try to one-up each other, and eventually get the pin that wins the match, placing them one step closer to championship contention or giving them the advantage over their rival(s).
Everything else falls behind that.
The Tesco Bag Man thread is absolutely incredible - yet another display, if another was needed, of the parallels between late-capitalist brain-rot and doubling-down on being factually incorrect.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Tesco Bag Man thread is absolutely incredible - yet another display, if another was needed, of the parallels between late-capitalist brain-rot and doubling-down on being factually incorrect.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
We, as a country, really have to stop pretending like Van Morrison is some venerable figure or rock god.
Tremendous musician in his day, yes; in some ways a tragic figure, yes; but there is zero need for anyone to consistently act the bollocks like this.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Tremendous musician in his day, yes; in some ways a tragic figure, yes; but there is zero need for anyone to consistently act the bollocks like this.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Irish broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan has revealed an interview with her musical hero Van Morrison went so badly it couldn’t be aired and left her in tears.
RTE star says ‘unmitigated disaster' with Van Morrison left her ‘mortified’ and in tears: ‘I totally blame myself’
Irish broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan has revealed an interview with her musical hero Van Morrison went so badly it couldn’t be aired and left her in tears.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We, as a country, really have to stop pretending like Van Morrison is some venerable figure or rock god.
Tremendous musician in his day, yes; in some ways a tragic figure, yes; but there is zero need for anyone to consistently act the bollocks like this.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Tremendous musician in his day, yes; in some ways a tragic figure, yes; but there is zero need for anyone to consistently act the bollocks like this.
#spéirghorm #ireland
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Retro train and retro loco in Cork. #Speirgorm
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Retro train and retro loco in Cork. #Speirgorm
The AI bubble-burst is going to make 2008 look like Sesame Street, isn't it?
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The AI bubble-burst is going to make 2008 look like Sesame Street, isn't it?
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Ugh 🤦🏽♀️
19th century attitudes, low expectations & no urgency, means we're about 50+ years behind when it comes to socio-economic independence of disabled people in Ireland. And the biggest disability gap & low rates of employment for disabled people in the EU.
#spéirghorm
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19th century attitudes, low expectations & no urgency, means we're about 50+ years behind when it comes to socio-economic independence of disabled people in Ireland. And the biggest disability gap & low rates of employment for disabled people in the EU.
#spéirghorm
nda.ie/uploads/publ...
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ugh 🤦🏽♀️
19th century attitudes, low expectations & no urgency, means we're about 50+ years behind when it comes to socio-economic independence of disabled people in Ireland. And the biggest disability gap & low rates of employment for disabled people in the EU.
#spéirghorm
nda.ie/uploads/publ...
19th century attitudes, low expectations & no urgency, means we're about 50+ years behind when it comes to socio-economic independence of disabled people in Ireland. And the biggest disability gap & low rates of employment for disabled people in the EU.
#spéirghorm
nda.ie/uploads/publ...
I will not be referring to any name-brand sponsorship on any venue moving forward, unless said sponsors pay me too.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
RDS to be renamed ‘Laya Arena’ under new partnership deal
RDS to be renamed ‘Laya Arena’ under new partnership deal
Redeveloped ground to be reopen next year
www.irishtimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I will not be referring to any name-brand sponsorship on any venue moving forward, unless said sponsors pay me too.
#spéirghorm #ireland
#spéirghorm #ireland
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People Before Profit have today called on the National Transport Authority to set up its own "not-for-profit" taxi app in response to the 'Uberisation' of the sector.
jrnl.ie/6885242t
jrnl.ie/6885242t
TD calls for NTA to set up its own taxi app to fight back against 'Uberisation' of sector
It comes after taxi drivers staged a large protest in Dublin earlier this month.
jrnl.ie
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
People Before Profit have today called on the National Transport Authority to set up its own "not-for-profit" taxi app in response to the 'Uberisation' of the sector.
jrnl.ie/6885242t
jrnl.ie/6885242t
Says it all about the letter writer - physically disabled people are apparently only good for "getting the tea".
Houses by national service, also! Literally anything other than removing the profit motive and state-led building at cost, hah?
#spéirghorm #ireland
Houses by national service, also! Literally anything other than removing the profit motive and state-led building at cost, hah?
#spéirghorm #ireland
The Irish Times letters page has a solution to the housing crisis - national construction service
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Says it all about the letter writer - physically disabled people are apparently only good for "getting the tea".
Houses by national service, also! Literally anything other than removing the profit motive and state-led building at cost, hah?
#spéirghorm #ireland
Houses by national service, also! Literally anything other than removing the profit motive and state-led building at cost, hah?
#spéirghorm #ireland
This is maybe the sort of thing outlets shouldn't be clickbaiting with.
Illness of any kind, and awareness thereof, are too serious, and affect too many people, to be reduced to trivialities or an ad-rev begging bowl.
Do better, @belfastlive.co.uk.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Illness of any kind, and awareness thereof, are too serious, and affect too many people, to be reduced to trivialities or an ad-rev begging bowl.
Do better, @belfastlive.co.uk.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Carol Vorderman has given a major health update
Carol Vorderman 'undergoes tests' following debilitating diagnosis
www.belfastlive.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is maybe the sort of thing outlets shouldn't be clickbaiting with.
Illness of any kind, and awareness thereof, are too serious, and affect too many people, to be reduced to trivialities or an ad-rev begging bowl.
Do better, @belfastlive.co.uk.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Illness of any kind, and awareness thereof, are too serious, and affect too many people, to be reduced to trivialities or an ad-rev begging bowl.
Do better, @belfastlive.co.uk.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Can't wait for the podcast episode where the person behind the prompts finally loses patience and makes it say ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JOHNNY A DULL BOY for five hours.
If you’re churning out 3,000 glops of pink slime podcasts every week, I put it to you that you are a slopmonger
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Can't wait for the podcast episode where the person behind the prompts finally loses patience and makes it say ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JOHNNY A DULL BOY for five hours.
His Cork show is all SOLD OUT, but I had the honour to meet the Hardcore Legend, Mick Foley, and tell him what his matches and written words have meant to kiddie and teenage me.
Can confirm: FOLEY IS GOOD.
#spéirghorm #ireland #wrestlesky
Can confirm: FOLEY IS GOOD.
#spéirghorm #ireland #wrestlesky
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
His Cork show is all SOLD OUT, but I had the honour to meet the Hardcore Legend, Mick Foley, and tell him what his matches and written words have meant to kiddie and teenage me.
Can confirm: FOLEY IS GOOD.
#spéirghorm #ireland #wrestlesky
Can confirm: FOLEY IS GOOD.
#spéirghorm #ireland #wrestlesky
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Any loon you hear screaming about "boys in girls sports" will always justify it by saying they're "protecting" women and girls when in fact the opposite always is the result
Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
Looking for answers to ‘case closed’ following troubling events at a girls’ football match in Cavan
On a Friday in August, a WhatsApp message describing troubling events at a girls’ football match began to spread in Cavan GAA circles. It read:
m.independent.ie
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Any loon you hear screaming about "boys in girls sports" will always justify it by saying they're "protecting" women and girls when in fact the opposite always is the result
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A hearty "fuck you" to everyone involved in creating the trans panic that has led to a 12-year-old girl being verbally abused by a parent and, worse still, Irish clubs and governing bodies doing what they do best - hushing it up.
I hope yizzer Culture War Hero medals are worth it, yiz gowls.
I hope yizzer Culture War Hero medals are worth it, yiz gowls.
Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
Looking for answers to ‘case closed’ following troubling events at a girls’ football match in Cavan
On a Friday in August, a WhatsApp message describing troubling events at a girls’ football match began to spread in Cavan GAA circles. It read:
m.independent.ie
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A hearty "fuck you" to everyone involved in creating the trans panic that has led to a 12-year-old girl being verbally abused by a parent and, worse still, Irish clubs and governing bodies doing what they do best - hushing it up.
I hope yizzer Culture War Hero medals are worth it, yiz gowls.
I hope yizzer Culture War Hero medals are worth it, yiz gowls.
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This is the direct result of the shite the Sindo has been pushing out for years about "men" in women's sports. It is not some abstract debate, it hurts people, trans (and in this case cis) every fucking day
This is the direct result of the shite the Sindo has been pushing out for years about "men" in women's sports. It is not some abstract debate, it hurts people, trans (and in this case cis) every fucking day
Genuinely mental story. The obvious intersection of trans panic and deranged sports parents: adults gleefully bullying the shit out of a kid
Looking for answers to ‘case closed’ following troubling events at a girls’ football match in Cavan
On a Friday in August, a WhatsApp message describing troubling events at a girls’ football match began to spread in Cavan GAA circles. It read:
m.independent.ie
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
archive.ph/DPQYV
This is the direct result of the shite the Sindo has been pushing out for years about "men" in women's sports. It is not some abstract debate, it hurts people, trans (and in this case cis) every fucking day
This is the direct result of the shite the Sindo has been pushing out for years about "men" in women's sports. It is not some abstract debate, it hurts people, trans (and in this case cis) every fucking day
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This is our new Irish President, she shared this on Transgender Day of Remembrance… fair play 💕🏳️⚧️
Thank you, President Connolly for caring for our #Trans family and friends 🥰
#TDOR #TransRights #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm #LGBTQIA+ #Irish #President #PresidentConnolly #NewIrishPresident
Thank you, President Connolly for caring for our #Trans family and friends 🥰
#TDOR #TransRights #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm #LGBTQIA+ #Irish #President #PresidentConnolly #NewIrishPresident
@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️⚧️
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November 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is our new Irish President, she shared this on Transgender Day of Remembrance… fair play 💕🏳️⚧️
Thank you, President Connolly for caring for our #Trans family and friends 🥰
#TDOR #TransRights #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm #LGBTQIA+ #Irish #President #PresidentConnolly #NewIrishPresident
Thank you, President Connolly for caring for our #Trans family and friends 🥰
#TDOR #TransRights #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm #LGBTQIA+ #Irish #President #PresidentConnolly #NewIrishPresident
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I've been excited for the last two weeks for this to see the light of day - chats and music with @forpush.bsky.social and @reesevryder.bsky.social about the music and legacy of The King.
Pleased to be the guest on episode 86 of @crtsoundsystem.bsky.social: Tekken 3.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Pleased to be the guest on episode 86 of @crtsoundsystem.bsky.social: Tekken 3.
#spéirghorm #ireland
"It's tekkenin' time!" - Dr John Tekken, maybe.
This week we're joined by @mikemcgb.bsky.social to talk some Tekken as well as the state of arcades in the 90s among other things
This week we're joined by @mikemcgb.bsky.social to talk some Tekken as well as the state of arcades in the 90s among other things
086 - Tekken 3 w/Mike McGrath-Bryan | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Checkout our Patreon for free bonus episodes and subscribe for higher bitrate downloads of regular episodes and it will also help support our hosting costs now that we have them.Irish journalist and r...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I've been excited for the last two weeks for this to see the light of day - chats and music with @forpush.bsky.social and @reesevryder.bsky.social about the music and legacy of The King.
Pleased to be the guest on episode 86 of @crtsoundsystem.bsky.social: Tekken 3.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Pleased to be the guest on episode 86 of @crtsoundsystem.bsky.social: Tekken 3.
#spéirghorm #ireland
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Ugh 🤦🏾♀️ They know the harm 💀
“The plaintiffs claim that these businesses were aware that their respective platforms caused various mental health-related harms to children & young adults, but failed to take action & instead misled educators & authorities, among several allegations.”
#spéirghorm #Meta
“The plaintiffs claim that these businesses were aware that their respective platforms caused various mental health-related harms to children & young adults, but failed to take action & instead misled educators & authorities, among several allegations.”
#spéirghorm #Meta
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ugh 🤦🏾♀️ They know the harm 💀
“The plaintiffs claim that these businesses were aware that their respective platforms caused various mental health-related harms to children & young adults, but failed to take action & instead misled educators & authorities, among several allegations.”
#spéirghorm #Meta
“The plaintiffs claim that these businesses were aware that their respective platforms caused various mental health-related harms to children & young adults, but failed to take action & instead misled educators & authorities, among several allegations.”
#spéirghorm #Meta
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ELON: If you want to have a good time at a party, there’s this thing called a whoopee cushion
JOE ROGAN: I’ve heard of these
ELON: You put it on someone’s chair and it [laughs uncontrollably for six minutes] makes everyone think they’ve farted
ROGAN: And this technology, it keeps getting better
JOE ROGAN: I’ve heard of these
ELON: You put it on someone’s chair and it [laughs uncontrollably for six minutes] makes everyone think they’ve farted
ROGAN: And this technology, it keeps getting better
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
ELON: If you want to have a good time at a party, there’s this thing called a whoopee cushion
JOE ROGAN: I’ve heard of these
ELON: You put it on someone’s chair and it [laughs uncontrollably for six minutes] makes everyone think they’ve farted
ROGAN: And this technology, it keeps getting better
JOE ROGAN: I’ve heard of these
ELON: You put it on someone’s chair and it [laughs uncontrollably for six minutes] makes everyone think they’ve farted
ROGAN: And this technology, it keeps getting better
Why would you slag someone off on the basis of their appearance or other things they can't help?
What does that accomplish, what does that change?
Also: their own stupid decisions are RIGHT THERE.
#spéirghorm #ireland
What does that accomplish, what does that change?
Also: their own stupid decisions are RIGHT THERE.
#spéirghorm #ireland
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Why would you slag someone off on the basis of their appearance or other things they can't help?
What does that accomplish, what does that change?
Also: their own stupid decisions are RIGHT THERE.
#spéirghorm #ireland
What does that accomplish, what does that change?
Also: their own stupid decisions are RIGHT THERE.
#spéirghorm #ireland
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Amazing thread about Toronto's Orange Order.
When I went there in 1990 I was told that the only Irish pubs in Toronto were run by Orangemen (I can't say for certain if this was true but it was certainly rumoured).
When I went there in 1990 I was told that the only Irish pubs in Toronto were run by Orangemen (I can't say for certain if this was true but it was certainly rumoured).
1. The Toronto St. Patrick’s Day Parade used to be so dangerous that it was cancelled for more than a century.
Why? Religious hatred & sectarian violence.
Here’s my annual thread about the bloody riots that rocked our city in the days when Toronto was known as "The Belfast of Canada."
Why? Religious hatred & sectarian violence.
Here’s my annual thread about the bloody riots that rocked our city in the days when Toronto was known as "The Belfast of Canada."
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Amazing thread about Toronto's Orange Order.
When I went there in 1990 I was told that the only Irish pubs in Toronto were run by Orangemen (I can't say for certain if this was true but it was certainly rumoured).
When I went there in 1990 I was told that the only Irish pubs in Toronto were run by Orangemen (I can't say for certain if this was true but it was certainly rumoured).
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If anything, I think Musk's harrowingly shit sense of humour is under-discussed. The Florence Foster Jenkins of it all. The deeply unfunny freak who bought the joke factory and juiced its algorithm so he could subject all its users to... this. The gas leak comedy of a psychedelically humourless man.
![Three absolute bangers from Elon Musk. I'm so sorry but you asked for ALT text.
How many flies does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Two, but how did they get in there??
--
Me: How many radical leftists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Radical leftists: That's not funny [frowny face]
Me: [Crylaugh emoji]
--
When I see the troll emoji, it's like looking in the mirror](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreihxq3enqkn4zan7tm4okxh3cr6tdmjgupqeq5hz5gdssz6fhnwxie@jpeg)
January 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If anything, I think Musk's harrowingly shit sense of humour is under-discussed. The Florence Foster Jenkins of it all. The deeply unfunny freak who bought the joke factory and juiced its algorithm so he could subject all its users to... this. The gas leak comedy of a psychedelically humourless man.