Tim O’Connor
@maotsetim.bsky.social
Teacher of History and English. Dublin based but happiest under an Italian sun.
Getting a touch of Stendahl syndrome looking at this particular painting
🧵 Edgar Ende (1901-65) was a German Surrealist who is barely known outside that country, but unlike many of the surrealists actually painted from his subconscious - rather than carefully creating fabricated imaginings. Thus his work has authenticity & is mesmerising [1]
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Getting a touch of Stendahl syndrome looking at this particular painting
An incredibly satisfying article. I appreciate the GAA does a lot of good work but I cannot stand the sanctimony and hubris that so often accompanies the organisation.
GAA exceptionalism has definitely been due a peg-lowering.
The phrase "centrist rugby Dad" speaks to a fantasy where GAA is this benignly egalitarian, progressive and welcoming space. This is not everyone's experience but good luck to them if they say so.
www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...
The phrase "centrist rugby Dad" speaks to a fantasy where GAA is this benignly egalitarian, progressive and welcoming space. This is not everyone's experience but good luck to them if they say so.
www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...
Malachy Clerkin: The Jim Gavin fiasco was a long overdue humbling for GAA exceptionalism
Micheál Martin had his head turned by Gavin’s football success, forgetting it’s just a sport, no better or worse than the rest
www.irishtimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
An incredibly satisfying article. I appreciate the GAA does a lot of good work but I cannot stand the sanctimony and hubris that so often accompanies the organisation.
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2/2 Chien de Rolin: Pretty chuffed about being invited to the big event.
October 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
2/2 Chien de Rolin: Pretty chuffed about being invited to the big event.
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Maybe a whitewasher of imperialist Russian aggression in the Áras, similar to Clare Daly, is exactly what Ireland needs to wean itself off Kremlin propaganda.
Tankie says what? More Putin talking points from Catherine Connolly
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Maybe a whitewasher of imperialist Russian aggression in the Áras, similar to Clare Daly, is exactly what Ireland needs to wean itself off Kremlin propaganda.
This is at its worst when you look up a restaurant and cannot find a menu.
You know what I miss? Websites. Easy to navigate, with all the info in one place. They're vanishing, being replaced by Instagram (pretty pics that tell you NOTHING), Tik-Tok, FB, etc. Times are stressful, just give me your hours, rates, product info, product, etc. please don't drain my brain more.
October 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is at its worst when you look up a restaurant and cannot find a menu.
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ladies if he’s a matador that is a huge red flag
September 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ladies if he’s a matador that is a huge red flag
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Sir, a second Eoin Hayes has hit the Soc Dems.
September 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sir, a second Eoin Hayes has hit the Soc Dems.
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Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
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September 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
on.ft.com/3K05vhS
on.ft.com/3K05vhS
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I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
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Lovely to hear Melvyn Bragg talking about the big idea behind "In Our Time": to get academics on the air, talking about the subjects they were most passionate & knowledgeable about, without worrying about whether they had "media training".
It's remarkable that this was (& remains) such an odd idea!
It's remarkable that this was (& remains) such an odd idea!
September 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Lovely to hear Melvyn Bragg talking about the big idea behind "In Our Time": to get academics on the air, talking about the subjects they were most passionate & knowledgeable about, without worrying about whether they had "media training".
It's remarkable that this was (& remains) such an odd idea!
It's remarkable that this was (& remains) such an odd idea!
I’ve yet to see an image of Italy used in similar circumstances where they include the island of Corsica yet many of our neighbours seem to be either profoundly ignorant of the borders of their own country or subject to Russian style ambitions for re-expansion.
"The truly unnerving thing about the fall of Rome (yes, I’m going there again, sorry) was that most Romans probably didn’t notice it had happened."
Morning all!
Morning all!
The decline and fall of Great Britain
From the graffiti to the economy, a sense of terminal rot has set in.
www.newstatesman.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I’ve yet to see an image of Italy used in similar circumstances where they include the island of Corsica yet many of our neighbours seem to be either profoundly ignorant of the borders of their own country or subject to Russian style ambitions for re-expansion.
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Catherine Connolly may be basically a well-meaning person who has good positions on various things, but she has showed very poor judgement in important situations and doesn't seem to have learned from her mistakes or pulled away from those people or positions
I have now learned who Catherine Connolly supported for President in 2018...
The answer to this is YES. Yes, we should be worried about Catherine Connolly being one leg of a triad with Mick Wallace and Claire Daly.
July 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Catherine Connolly may be basically a well-meaning person who has good positions on various things, but she has showed very poor judgement in important situations and doesn't seem to have learned from her mistakes or pulled away from those people or positions
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Catherine Connolly says “the Ukraine” in every speech on the war. She opposes Ireland providing Ukraine paltry combat medic and de-mining training, and objects to all EU arms funding for Ukraine.
She took part in a PR blitz for Bashar al-Assad in Syria, but wouldn’t clap for Zelenskyy in the Dáil.
She took part in a PR blitz for Bashar al-Assad in Syria, but wouldn’t clap for Zelenskyy in the Dáil.
July 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Catherine Connolly says “the Ukraine” in every speech on the war. She opposes Ireland providing Ukraine paltry combat medic and de-mining training, and objects to all EU arms funding for Ukraine.
She took part in a PR blitz for Bashar al-Assad in Syria, but wouldn’t clap for Zelenskyy in the Dáil.
She took part in a PR blitz for Bashar al-Assad in Syria, but wouldn’t clap for Zelenskyy in the Dáil.
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If you asked me to imagine 2025 as a kid I might have come up with flying cars, space travel... Never in a million years would I have foreseen a Fianna Fáil Taoiseach giving a speech at the Dublin Pride parade to mark the ten year anniversary of Ireland’s referendum to legalise gay marriage…
June 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
If you asked me to imagine 2025 as a kid I might have come up with flying cars, space travel... Never in a million years would I have foreseen a Fianna Fáil Taoiseach giving a speech at the Dublin Pride parade to mark the ten year anniversary of Ireland’s referendum to legalise gay marriage…
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The entire discourse around Zohran is like this
June 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The entire discourse around Zohran is like this
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porting this over: trying to name a current politician for every state (or in this case country) without looking their names up
![Iceland: [none I could think up without looking]
Northern Ireland: Michelle O'Neill
Republic of Ireland: Michael Healy-Rae
Scotland: Humza Yousaf
Wales: Jeremy Miles
England: Ed Davey
Netherlands: Pieter Omtzigt
Portugal: António Costa
Spain: Yolanda Diaz
Norway: Odd Roger Enoksen
Sweden: Nooshi Dagostar
Finland: Pekka Haavisto
Estonia: Kaja Kallas
Latvia: [none I could think up without looking]
Russia: Mikhail Mishustin
Denmark: Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Lithuania: Ingrida Šimonytė
Belarus: Paviel Latuška
Belgium: Sophie Wilmes
Germany: Philipp Amthor
Luxembouurg: Xavier Bettel
France: Gérald Moussa Darmanin
Switzerland: Viola Amherd
Czechia: Tomio Okamura
Poland: Rafal Trzaskowski
Slovakia: Igor Matovič
Austria: Alexander van der Bellen
Hungary: Péter Magyar
Slovenia: Robert Golob
Croatia: Andrej Plenković
Bosnia: [none I could think up without looking]
Ukraine: Denys Shmyhal
Moldova: Maia Sandu
Romania: Sorin Grindeanu
Serbia: Ana Brnabić
San Marino: [none I could think up without looking]
Italy: Giuseppe Conte
Bulgaria: Boyko Borisov
Montenegro: [none I could think up without looking]
Kosovo: [none I could think up without looking]
North Macedonia: [none I could think up without looking]
Vatican City: [none I could think up without looking]
Malta: [forgot it exists]
Albania: Edi Rama
Turkey: Ekrem İmamoğlu
Greece: Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Cyprus: Fidias](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:romrhbwqln5gxzmylgupigf7/bafkreif2fclh5gtstwtspvskiqyll5ha4ganq63hzktbr4iod7pj3da2ra@jpeg)
January 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
porting this over: trying to name a current politician for every state (or in this case country) without looking their names up
Someone from the government of Commission needs to explain to Michael O’Leary very gently but firmly that Ryanair has to move to Airbus.
June 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Someone from the government of Commission needs to explain to Michael O’Leary very gently but firmly that Ryanair has to move to Airbus.
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I love the the difference in reporting focus. American news focuses on the stock market effect. European news focuses on the lives lost.
June 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I love the the difference in reporting focus. American news focuses on the stock market effect. European news focuses on the lives lost.
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Fridges don't need to do this. They just need to do heat exchange and keep things cold, consistently.
Samsung’s fridges now recognize family members by voice
Samsung’s fridges now recognize family members by voice
So they can pull up your calendar, show off your photos, or activate custom display modes.
buff.ly
June 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Fridges don't need to do this. They just need to do heat exchange and keep things cold, consistently.
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Hungary received €70.47 billion from the EU between 2004 and 2020, while contributing only €14.83 billion in the same period. Yet Orbán’s regime has consistently denigrated European values and undermined the very Europe that kept on bankrolling his country. Enough is enough.
May 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hungary received €70.47 billion from the EU between 2004 and 2020, while contributing only €14.83 billion in the same period. Yet Orbán’s regime has consistently denigrated European values and undermined the very Europe that kept on bankrolling his country. Enough is enough.
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The colonialism of British TERFs is through the roof. Again. This open letter from Irish feminists to British transphobes in 2018 remains relevant.
Where was JK Rowling's money for #RepealThe8th? But she has it to spread British Anti-LGBT hate in Ireland? #Spéirgorm
feministire.com/2018/01/22/a...
Where was JK Rowling's money for #RepealThe8th? But she has it to spread British Anti-LGBT hate in Ireland? #Spéirgorm
feministire.com/2018/01/22/a...
May 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The colonialism of British TERFs is through the roof. Again. This open letter from Irish feminists to British transphobes in 2018 remains relevant.
Where was JK Rowling's money for #RepealThe8th? But she has it to spread British Anti-LGBT hate in Ireland? #Spéirgorm
feministire.com/2018/01/22/a...
Where was JK Rowling's money for #RepealThe8th? But she has it to spread British Anti-LGBT hate in Ireland? #Spéirgorm
feministire.com/2018/01/22/a...
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Ancient Irish proverb.
May 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Ancient Irish proverb.
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"If my guess is right, she'll have to de-cloak before she can fire." #Eurovision #StarTrek
May 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"If my guess is right, she'll have to de-cloak before she can fire." #Eurovision #StarTrek
Sweden is absolute rubbish but better than Estonia.
May 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Sweden is absolute rubbish but better than Estonia.