Mark Lucey
@marklucey.bsky.social
Dry & bitter. One-pot wonderkid. Chief scrubber @linemanbeer.bsky.social
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Attention humans of Dublin! There is an update to the Crackdown listings spreadsheet. New gigs from The Boo Radleys, Wet Leg, Johnny Marr, Saint Etienne, Mercury Rev (with Mick Harvey) & Black Box Recorder (in London). Also Kirkos stuff and films
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Speirgorm
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Speirgorm
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Attention humans of Dublin! There is an update to the Crackdown listings spreadsheet. New gigs from The Boo Radleys, Wet Leg, Johnny Marr, Saint Etienne, Mercury Rev (with Mick Harvey) & Black Box Recorder (in London). Also Kirkos stuff and films
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Speirgorm
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Speirgorm
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"Get in!"
"But-"
"NOW."
"Okay..."
"Were you followed?"
"What?"
"WERE YOU FOLLOWED?"
"I don't think so."
"You have your passport?"
"I'm not sure."
"Never mind, open the glovebox."
"Alright. Hey, wha-"
"You know how to use that?"
"Frank, what-?"
"Better get used to calling me Jim."
"But-"
"NOW."
"Okay..."
"Were you followed?"
"What?"
"WERE YOU FOLLOWED?"
"I don't think so."
"You have your passport?"
"I'm not sure."
"Never mind, open the glovebox."
"Alright. Hey, wha-"
"You know how to use that?"
"Frank, what-?"
"Better get used to calling me Jim."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"Get in!"
"But-"
"NOW."
"Okay..."
"Were you followed?"
"What?"
"WERE YOU FOLLOWED?"
"I don't think so."
"You have your passport?"
"I'm not sure."
"Never mind, open the glovebox."
"Alright. Hey, wha-"
"You know how to use that?"
"Frank, what-?"
"Better get used to calling me Jim."
"But-"
"NOW."
"Okay..."
"Were you followed?"
"What?"
"WERE YOU FOLLOWED?"
"I don't think so."
"You have your passport?"
"I'm not sure."
"Never mind, open the glovebox."
"Alright. Hey, wha-"
"You know how to use that?"
"Frank, what-?"
"Better get used to calling me Jim."
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
Now no one dares.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
Now no one dares.
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the worst elder millennials you know are going to experience the worst hangovers of their lives this holiday season. and i think that's beautiful
October 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
the worst elder millennials you know are going to experience the worst hangovers of their lives this holiday season. and i think that's beautiful
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Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, died Wednesday, Oct. 1. She was 91.
Jane Goodall, Trailblazing Primatologist and Environmental Activist, Dead at 91
Jane Goodall, the trailblazing primatologist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, has died at the age of 91.
www.rollingstone.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist best known for her work studying the behavior of chimpanzees, died Wednesday, Oct. 1. She was 91.
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Reminder friends of my free and online talk about my book, 'Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland' on Tuesday, Sept 30th from 5pm as part of Dublin Festival of History. You can join from anywhere in the world! Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...
September 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reminder friends of my free and online talk about my book, 'Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland' on Tuesday, Sept 30th from 5pm as part of Dublin Festival of History. You can join from anywhere in the world! Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...
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Want to brew your own VERTIGO? Well, we've just posted the winning homebrewed recipe on our blog. Check it out
lineman.ie/blogs/news/b...
#bskybeer #beersky #blackipa
lineman.ie/blogs/news/b...
#bskybeer #beersky #blackipa
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Want to brew your own VERTIGO? Well, we've just posted the winning homebrewed recipe on our blog. Check it out
lineman.ie/blogs/news/b...
#bskybeer #beersky #blackipa
lineman.ie/blogs/news/b...
#bskybeer #beersky #blackipa
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no one hates Dublin more than the people who run it example number 17493728283729
One of Dublin's best-known street murals has been destroyed and replaced with NFL-themed graffiti ahead of an American football game in Croke Park this weekend
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An iconic Dublin city mural has just been removed and replaced with 'gaudy' NFL graffiti
The ‘Do Not remove’ mural was removed to make way for the American football-themed artwork.
jrnl.ie
September 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
no one hates Dublin more than the people who run it example number 17493728283729
Wild chimpanzees scoffing fermented fruit consume the equivalent of two glasses of wine per day, factoring in their body size compared to humans.
Chimpanzees are consuming significant levels of alcohol from their diet of ripe fruit and the finding may help explain the origins of humans’ taste for alcohol
www.newscientist.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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My latest, from the Israel-Gaza border, where I listened in as tour groups came to view the ruins of Gaza: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
July 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
My latest, from the Israel-Gaza border, where I listened in as tour groups came to view the ruins of Gaza: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.
September 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.
August 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
August 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
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London now… | Simon Says… You really should drink this! share.google/A77blpJpvEZe...
Have a read about my latest London adventure including a visit to the new Boldrbar and some more traditional pubs #beersky
Have a read about my latest London adventure including a visit to the new Boldrbar and some more traditional pubs #beersky
August 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
London now… | Simon Says… You really should drink this! share.google/A77blpJpvEZe...
Have a read about my latest London adventure including a visit to the new Boldrbar and some more traditional pubs #beersky
Have a read about my latest London adventure including a visit to the new Boldrbar and some more traditional pubs #beersky
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I Have a Love — The Resurrection of Beer, Football and Community Under Dublin Floodlights
For @pelliclemag.com, I wrote about the stunning twin revivals of Dublin football & Dublin brewing.
Featuring Phibsboro shopping centre immortalised by @davidsquires.bsky.social
For @pelliclemag.com, I wrote about the stunning twin revivals of Dublin football & Dublin brewing.
Featuring Phibsboro shopping centre immortalised by @davidsquires.bsky.social
I Have a Love — The Resurrection of Beer, Football and Community Under Dublin Floodlights — Pellicle
On 15 July 2009, Stephen Clinch landed in Salzburg, tired and confused, after jetting from Dublin to Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, back to Dublin, and finally, to Munich. He’d been buying equipment for hi...
www.pelliclemag.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I Have a Love — The Resurrection of Beer, Football and Community Under Dublin Floodlights
For @pelliclemag.com, I wrote about the stunning twin revivals of Dublin football & Dublin brewing.
Featuring Phibsboro shopping centre immortalised by @davidsquires.bsky.social
For @pelliclemag.com, I wrote about the stunning twin revivals of Dublin football & Dublin brewing.
Featuring Phibsboro shopping centre immortalised by @davidsquires.bsky.social
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For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“Your guy is late.”
“It’s only been five minutes, chill.”
"Something doesn't feel right."
“Everything’s fine, Dave.”
"You sure this is the spot?"
"Yes."
"And you know this guy is cool?"
"Yes, just relax."
"Don't give him the money until-"
"Until I see the kibble, yes I know."
“It’s only been five minutes, chill.”
"Something doesn't feel right."
“Everything’s fine, Dave.”
"You sure this is the spot?"
"Yes."
"And you know this guy is cool?"
"Yes, just relax."
"Don't give him the money until-"
"Until I see the kibble, yes I know."
July 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“Your guy is late.”
“It’s only been five minutes, chill.”
"Something doesn't feel right."
“Everything’s fine, Dave.”
"You sure this is the spot?"
"Yes."
"And you know this guy is cool?"
"Yes, just relax."
"Don't give him the money until-"
"Until I see the kibble, yes I know."
“It’s only been five minutes, chill.”
"Something doesn't feel right."
“Everything’s fine, Dave.”
"You sure this is the spot?"
"Yes."
"And you know this guy is cool?"
"Yes, just relax."
"Don't give him the money until-"
"Until I see the kibble, yes I know."
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Just a regular reminder that if you're still using Twitter you're helping this guy do shit like this with that platform and despite how many knots you twist yourself into for excuses it is ultimately because you're too weak-willed and self-serving to ditch one website to oppose actual fuckin Nazis
Musk's AI firm deletes posts after Grok chatbot praises Hitler
Musk's AI firm deletes posts after Grok chatbot praises Hitler
The announcement came after the Grok AI chatbot gave controversial answers to user queries.
www.bbc.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Just a regular reminder that if you're still using Twitter you're helping this guy do shit like this with that platform and despite how many knots you twist yourself into for excuses it is ultimately because you're too weak-willed and self-serving to ditch one website to oppose actual fuckin Nazis
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People: World Cup can't happen now FIFA will pull out
football fans: FIFA will just do corruption
People: who even understands how to be corrupt well enough to navigate this situation?
FIFA:
www.insideworldfootball.com/2025/07/08/f...
football fans: FIFA will just do corruption
People: who even understands how to be corrupt well enough to navigate this situation?
FIFA:
www.insideworldfootball.com/2025/07/08/f...
FIFA opens office at Trump Tower, New York - Inside World Football
July 8 – FIFA has opened an office at Trump Tower in New York City, deepening its already close ties with the much-criticised US administration.
US President Donald Trump and FIFA supremo Gianni Infa...
www.insideworldfootball.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
People: World Cup can't happen now FIFA will pull out
football fans: FIFA will just do corruption
People: who even understands how to be corrupt well enough to navigate this situation?
FIFA:
www.insideworldfootball.com/2025/07/08/f...
football fans: FIFA will just do corruption
People: who even understands how to be corrupt well enough to navigate this situation?
FIFA:
www.insideworldfootball.com/2025/07/08/f...
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Musk has adjusted Grok’s algorithm so it’s now a neo-Nazi.
Pretty cool that almost every progressive commentator, elected official and organization still uses Musk’s X algorithm to communicate with the public! Good job guys.
Pretty cool that almost every progressive commentator, elected official and organization still uses Musk’s X algorithm to communicate with the public! Good job guys.
July 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Musk has adjusted Grok’s algorithm so it’s now a neo-Nazi.
Pretty cool that almost every progressive commentator, elected official and organization still uses Musk’s X algorithm to communicate with the public! Good job guys.
Pretty cool that almost every progressive commentator, elected official and organization still uses Musk’s X algorithm to communicate with the public! Good job guys.
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Palestine Action never carried out or threatened to carry out any violent action, and yet are now a ’terrorist organisation’.
Meanwhile, the Spectator…
Meanwhile, the Spectator…
July 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Palestine Action never carried out or threatened to carry out any violent action, and yet are now a ’terrorist organisation’.
Meanwhile, the Spectator…
Meanwhile, the Spectator…