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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 20m

important article from @briancaulfield.bsky.social today: work needs to start on the next big rail project NOW www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Brian Caulfield: Now Metrolink is going ahead, what’s the next rail project for Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway?

If Luas Finglas is delivered on time, there will have been a 15-year gap since the last Luas extension

www.irishtimes.com

Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 22h

a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .

Alt: a close up of Kylo Ren, Bad Guy from Star Wars saying "MORE!!!"

media.tenor.com

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 1d

Erik Satie was a groundbreaking avant-garde composer of his time but now if you want to listen to him it will be on some playlist called "Snoozy time classical music for napping"

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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 3d

We stopped taking on wholesale customers over a year ago. Focus now is trying to get word out on how we're run in hope a really bIg business will see it's viable and copy. This year we'll give up 4% of all our income. Need coffee, you can buy here. If not you might tell others imbibe.ie/pages/shop

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Imbibe Coffee Roasters

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 4d

just the odd ethnic cleanse from time to time, as a treat

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 5d

www.unitedrugby.com/latest/leagu...

Fixture Postponement: BKT URC Round 2 Connacht v Scarlets | United Rugby Championship

www.unitedrugby.com

Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 5d

#rugby #connacht

A Reddit r/rugby post saying: Connacht v Scarlets off.

The Scarlets team have been on a flight that was bound for Dublin since 13:30. Two failed landing attempts at Dublin due to storm Amy. Diverted to Manchester. Landed. After refuelling there was a medical emergency. Following that the crew hit their hour limit. So a new crew was sourced. Just as things were looking up a passenger tried to exit the flight by opening the back door. The police were called. The passenger has now been removed with their cohort. . . Now the Scarlets are requesting to leave the flight as "their game is off." Fair point, they can't be expected to play after being on a plane for 8 hours now. Issue is they have a lot of baggage. Anyway. Wait for confirmation from the league but that's the state of play on the ground. Source: Me, I'm on the flight."

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 10d

The questioning goose meme but for which socially conservative views

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 11d

On the Picasso exhibit opening in Dublin: on.ft.com/48DJ10l

Cold, dust and darkness — the daily rituals that unleashed Picasso

An exhibition in Dublin turns the key on the chaotic magic of the artist’s (many, many) studios

on.ft.com

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 15d

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Danny Yee @dannyyee.bsky.social · 15d

Stockholm's approach to getting cars out of the city www.politico.eu/article/stoc... (Politico)

Stockholm’s plan to get cars out of the city

Instead of imposing permanent pedestrianizations, authorities are backing pop-up schemes to make streets temporarily car-free.

www.politico.eu

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 26d

imagine dragon with a sign saying "Tyler Robinson Foundation"

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · 26d

wouldn't want to be an Imagine Dragon right now. Because of the music, but also this

The guy from Community and the Imagination Dragons holding a sign saying "Tyler Robinson Foundation"

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Emmet Ó Briain @emmet.quiddity.ie · 27d

Today’s a banner day for D7 Play Streets!

From Third Space café in Smithfield in 2023 to a Play Street initiative for the entire city in 2025.

In 2023, myself and my friend, Sean Shanagher, organised a public meeting to see if people were interested in doing "play streets” across Dublin 7...

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · Sep 4

it's so stupid, I love it

Matt Round @mattround.com · Sep 4

Here you go!
I might do a thread later about how it works, it’s not as simple as you might think

VOLE.wtf 🐹⁉️ @vole.wtf · Sep 4

🔄 NEW THING 🔄
We set out to make the daftest browser game ever; did we succeed?
The final upgrade is where the FULL HORROR becomes apparent
vole.wtf/reload-click...

Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · Aug 30

Have to run for the tunnel, no one can know I'm not really a giant duck

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · Aug 24

Goths sack Scotland

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Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · Aug 21

Aug 21st - Mei gets lost while looking for corn for her hospitalized mother. Mei's older sister, Satsuki, asks Totoro for help. He summons the Catbus.

📽️📅 My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

4 Screenshots from the movie "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988): First, a wooden chair sits in dappled sunlight, holding a watercolor paint set and a sketchbook with green plant drawings. Second, a young girl with pigtails in a pink dress clutches an ear of corn, standing beside a white creature, with the subtitle "No, this corn is for my Mommy!" Third, another girl in a yellow dress sits on the large, furry Totoro's belly in a forest, looking worried, with the subtitle "She must be scared, please help me find her." Fourth, the Catbus, a large, grinning, cat-shaped bus with glowing windows, carries Totoro and the girl with pigtails as it travels above treetops at dusk.

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · Aug 6

The council forfeited €600,000 available from Fáilte Ireland for Smithfield Square. The plaza needs help, says Sean Mullan, owner of the Third Space cafe. “Someone with the imagination that we could make this a vibrant space that belongs to the city.” www.dublininquirer.c...

Council forfeits €600,000 for Smithfield Square, as deadline for drawdown passes

The plaza needs help, says Sean Mullan, owner of the Third Space cafe. “Someone with the imagination that we could make this a vibrant space that belongs to the city.”

www.dublininquirer.com

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · Aug 3

Maybe that's the real reason it was banned: false advertising

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · Aug 1

Dan or Frankie Sheehan :D

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Joey Coleman @joeycoleman.ca · Jul 30

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
- A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi/a/74-20174831

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death

A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

yle.fi

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · Jul 23

I only half caught it but is the RTE commentator calling the Spanish player with "Esther" on her back "Ranzten" #rte #gervspa #euro25

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Jul 16

Alarming finding from case studies of urban play projects.

“Because of a range of aggressive behaviour from adults, children’s use of streets and public spaces were consistently restricted. A common statement from dissenters was ‘children can go elsewhere.’ The reality is they can’t.”

How to give children the freedom to play all across the city – not just in playgrounds

Play should be promoted in cities to bolster children’s right to play anywhere.

theconversation.com

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Conor Malone @conorbmalone.bsky.social · Jul 6

Wild that Ireland was 1/3 of the population of the UK at one stage

A map of the British isles showing population in 1821 and 2019. Ireland goes from 6.8m to 6.8m, England from 10.4m to 56.3m

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