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eolaí the artist

@eolai.bsky.social

#painting "Clontarf Shelter" came out of a cycle one morning from Howth harbour home to Dublin west, when I stopped a few times along the promenade at Clontarf to enjoy the architecture of the wind shelters, resolving to paint one when I got home. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm #WindowsOnWednesday

Landscape format in acrylic, loosely painted and textured with a palette knife. A narrow horizontal strip of grey running across the centre is a promenade with a low dark brown wall on the far edge, a pale blue river on the other side of the wall, a narrow lilac band of land, and the top third being blue sky. The near side of the promenade is a lawn of various greens. In the centre at the promenade facing the river is a very pale green concrete shelter in 5 vertical segments, with two of them having a port hole through which we can see the river. The top is a brighter shade of green into yellow as the shelter curves into a roof. To the left of the shelter is a straight ornate lamp-post. Signed bottom right: Liam Daly

October 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM

Paul Mara

@paulmara.bsky.social

Having feels about a trailer 0_0

Song Sung Blue - Official Trailer #2 (2025) Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson

[ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3lY... ]

#SongSungBlue #Trailer

Song Sung Blue - Official Trailer #2 (2025) Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson

YouTube video by IGN Movie Trailers

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November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM

Paul Mara

@paulmara.bsky.social

Looks fun :-)

Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2

[ www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYs... ]

#SciFi #ProjectHailMary #Trailer

Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2

YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios

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November 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM

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Anders :) 🇧🇻🏳️‍🌈

@annesh.no

For anyone interested. It's in Norwegian though. Someone saw the solution from his apartment and went outside to solve it.

November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM

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Anders :) 🇧🇻🏳️‍🌈

@annesh.no

So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.

Four articulated buses blocking each other in a roundabout making them stuck.

November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM

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Bill Mudron

@mudron.bsky.social

Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:

November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM

Paul Mara

@paulmara.bsky.social

I just completed an activity with Runkeeper runkeeper.com/cardio/08bc4...

I just completed an activity with Runkeeper https://runkeeper.com/cardio/08bc4dd7-ebd0-4d97-8b57-bbf9e4b5beb0

November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM

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Gareth Hanrahan

@mytholder.bsky.social

ow

Ryan Scott @rydog.bsky.social · 1d

We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.

November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM

Paul Mara

@paulmara.bsky.social

I just completed an activity with Runkeeper runkeeper.com/cardio/07576...

I just completed an activity with Runkeeper https://runkeeper.com/cardio/07576f5f-d088-4994-b2e4-cb1128be0501

November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Paul Mara

@paulmara.bsky.social

Damn you timey wimey!

a cartoon character is holding a newspaper that says " old man yells at cloud "

Alt: a cartoon character is holding a newspaper that says " old man yells at cloud "

media.tenor.com

November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM

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Data Protection Commission Ireland

@dpcireland.bsky.social

Our Pause Before You Post video has had a huge response across all our platforms. If you missed it, take a look below.

Data Protection Commission Ireland @dpcireland.bsky.social · 3d

Every time you share their life online, you risk sharing their personal data with the world. Pause before you post.

November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM

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Jake Archibald

@jakearchibald.com

He got out of bed, made it 1 metre, had a lie down, got up, went back to bed.

A black cat, lying sprawled out, just out of his bed

November 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM

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Thorbee

@thorbee.bsky.social

Me after every social interaction

Arthur, from the hit PBS show of the same name, sits at a grand piano, covering his eyes with his hands and crying saying “I must have made at least fifty mistakes”

November 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM

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ben driscoll

@daisyowl.com

maybe i am going insane

November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM

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Data Protection Commission Ireland

@dpcireland.bsky.social

Every time you share their life online, you risk sharing their personal data with the world. Pause before you post.

November 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM

Paul Mara

@paulmara.bsky.social

My goodness! I've only just been digesting CHICKEN BANANA this weekend for the first time!

0_0

[ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig7E... ]

#CHICKENBANANA

CHICKEN BANANA

YouTube video by Crazy Music Channel

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November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM

Paul Mara

@paulmara.bsky.social

Watched Train Dreams! That was heavy stuff. Good film.

[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_D... ]

#TrainDreams

Train Dreams Poster. At the top is the view of a forest upside down. At the bottom it a man in a blue jacket and hat holding an axe.

November 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM

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Duncan Jones (aka Merrion) (he/him)

@duncanjonesmerrion.bsky.social

Dirty old town

The sun setting over the river Liffey in Dublin. The four courts building is to the right.

November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦

@tabathasouthey.bsky.social

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?”
The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy.

‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly.

You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”

November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM

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Geoff Engelstein - The Universe Explained with Cookie out now!

@gengelstein.bsky.social

When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.

phys.org/news/2025-11...