Dara
@daramcwade.bsky.social
Writer, PhD at QUB. Stories and screen.
Little Simz really should have been in the Best Original Song race with 'Don't Leave Too Soon', an absolute banger from the vastly underrated Steve
January 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Little Simz really should have been in the Best Original Song race with 'Don't Leave Too Soon', an absolute banger from the vastly underrated Steve
Michael B Jordan the second ever actor to be oscar-nominated for a vampiric role, after Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire. Why do I know these things?
January 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Michael B Jordan the second ever actor to be oscar-nominated for a vampiric role, after Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire. Why do I know these things?
Ever see a trailer and go ‘that casting director’s seen all the same tv shows as me’?
January 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Ever see a trailer and go ‘that casting director’s seen all the same tv shows as me’?
Industry — a show with no subtext for an industry, and a world, with no subtext
January 14, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Industry — a show with no subtext for an industry, and a world, with no subtext
Manufactured consent maching goes brrrr
For as many years as anyone been counting two or more inmates been mistakenly released from British prisons most weeks. Record does not make it acceptable. System needs to be fixed. It does leave me asking why BBC now gripped by end-of-civilisation hysteria heard on Radio 4 Today programme.
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Manufactured consent maching goes brrrr
This has been happening on RTÉ for like five years. Constant calls to 'have the debate'. What's the debate, guys? Want to expand a little?
Funny watching Paul Murphy and John Clendennen on RTÉ the other day. Clendennen keeps saying "we need a debate about migration" to which Murphy says "okay lets have a debate", and then Clendennen just keeps saying "we need to have a debate". Its very clear what Fine Gael are trying to do here!
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This has been happening on RTÉ for like five years. Constant calls to 'have the debate'. What's the debate, guys? Want to expand a little?
Considering Connolly looks like she’s about to win Saturday, Fine Gael and Humphries desperate attacks on her will just damage the office they’re seeking to hold. The presidency is symbolic — besmirching the leading candidate just hurts everyone.
October 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Considering Connolly looks like she’s about to win Saturday, Fine Gael and Humphries desperate attacks on her will just damage the office they’re seeking to hold. The presidency is symbolic — besmirching the leading candidate just hurts everyone.
I’m like five films behind on my letterboxd, what will my two friends who care do?!?
October 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I’m like five films behind on my letterboxd, what will my two friends who care do?!?
What if I started posting
July 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What if I started posting
The meaning of life could just be two glasses of wine and tapas with an old friend, maybe, I’m not God but this Montepulciano might be
July 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The meaning of life could just be two glasses of wine and tapas with an old friend, maybe, I’m not God but this Montepulciano might be
Went to London last weekend — the amount of people on laptops using AI services completely caught me off guard. I keep forgetting that people think this stuff is OK.
May 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Went to London last weekend — the amount of people on laptops using AI services completely caught me off guard. I keep forgetting that people think this stuff is OK.
Why is Kaitlyn Dever a co-star on the new Last of Us instead of main cast, as she plays like, the third lead of this season? Another baffling structural change.
April 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Why is Kaitlyn Dever a co-star on the new Last of Us instead of main cast, as she plays like, the third lead of this season? Another baffling structural change.
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“are you early career” no but i’m early career coded
April 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“are you early career” no but i’m early career coded
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calling trump “orange”? kinda cringe but whatever
calling it “orange monday” thereby forcing future generations of economists to explain why its called that? absolutely hilarious
calling it “orange monday” thereby forcing future generations of economists to explain why its called that? absolutely hilarious
April 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
calling trump “orange”? kinda cringe but whatever
calling it “orange monday” thereby forcing future generations of economists to explain why its called that? absolutely hilarious
calling it “orange monday” thereby forcing future generations of economists to explain why its called that? absolutely hilarious
Geordie Greep’s new album sounds like if the Engineer from Miss Saigon got a sequel where he succeeds
March 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Geordie Greep’s new album sounds like if the Engineer from Miss Saigon got a sequel where he succeeds
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A reminder: Smartphones are poisons for young girls' minds too, not just boys. It's just in boys we see their most publically deleterious outputs. In complaete fairness, they're poison for all our minds.
March 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A reminder: Smartphones are poisons for young girls' minds too, not just boys. It's just in boys we see their most publically deleterious outputs. In complaete fairness, they're poison for all our minds.
Adored all the 70’s crash zooms and strange camera choices in the Severance finale. Perfect mix of TV pilled plot and filmmaking pretension. Loved the Coen Bros pull in the lift. Top stuff.
March 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Adored all the 70’s crash zooms and strange camera choices in the Severance finale. Perfect mix of TV pilled plot and filmmaking pretension. Loved the Coen Bros pull in the lift. Top stuff.
Crazy how much hotter Daredevil is than basically every other onscreen superhero of the last twenty years. I think it's the guilt.
March 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Crazy how much hotter Daredevil is than basically every other onscreen superhero of the last twenty years. I think it's the guilt.
Civilisation 7 staring at me like the Green Goblin mask begging me to destroy my life for one perfect hit
February 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Civilisation 7 staring at me like the Green Goblin mask begging me to destroy my life for one perfect hit