Gerry Hoban
@ramblinghobo.bsky.social
TV director/writer. Opinions: personal, random, sweary. Latest: The Last Irish Missionaries; Shakes Versus Shav - a short, mad, puppet film; Through a Glass Darkly - The Geneva Window.
You know AI companies will go the same way as big tobacco and the gun lobby: “it’s not our products that cause harm - it’s people misusing them” 🙄 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology
OpenAI responds to lawsuit claiming its chatbot encouraged California teenager to kill himself
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
You know AI companies will go the same way as big tobacco and the gun lobby: “it’s not our products that cause harm - it’s people misusing them” 🙄 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Yay Emer! @emero.bsky.social www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Blindboy wins at Grierson Documentary Awards in London
Presenter and podcaster Blindboy Boatclub has been named Best Documentary Presenter at the Grierson Awards in London for the RTÉ One programme Blindboy: The Land of Slaves & Scholars.
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yay Emer! @emero.bsky.social www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
I did not know that Gil Scott-Heron did the end voiceover: ‘You know when you’ve been Tango’d’… www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
‘People still blame me for their perforated eardrums’: how we made the Tango ads
‘Gil Scott-Heron did the closing voiceover. He was giggling away, saying, “You English guys are crazy!”’
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I did not know that Gil Scott-Heron did the end voiceover: ‘You know when you’ve been Tango’d’… www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Late, Late Troy Show
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Late, Late Troy Show
Who’s a pretty boy then? 🦜🦜🦜
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Who’s a pretty boy then? 🦜🦜🦜
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Poolbeg sunrise
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Poolbeg sunrise
Very fine writing, and depressingly on the nail.
"You may not know this, but there exists, among certain cohorts of the public, a perception that Ireland’s political establishment and media establishment are too intimately connected. And what on Earth would give them that idea?"
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Surrealing in the Years: Yates' Fianna Fáil dealings an open kimono moment for Irish politics
Agh, my eyes. My eyes!
www.thejournal.ie
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Very fine writing, and depressingly on the nail.
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RIP Gilson Lavis
First came across him as I fell in love with Squeeze & he was their drummer but he played with Buddy Holly & Jerry Lee Lewis previously.
Anyway, here’s a perfect kitchen sink pop song.
youtu.be/RQciegmLPAo?...
First came across him as I fell in love with Squeeze & he was their drummer but he played with Buddy Holly & Jerry Lee Lewis previously.
Anyway, here’s a perfect kitchen sink pop song.
youtu.be/RQciegmLPAo?...
Squeeze - Up The Junction
YouTube video by SqueezeVEVO
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
RIP Gilson Lavis
First came across him as I fell in love with Squeeze & he was their drummer but he played with Buddy Holly & Jerry Lee Lewis previously.
Anyway, here’s a perfect kitchen sink pop song.
youtu.be/RQciegmLPAo?...
First came across him as I fell in love with Squeeze & he was their drummer but he played with Buddy Holly & Jerry Lee Lewis previously.
Anyway, here’s a perfect kitchen sink pop song.
youtu.be/RQciegmLPAo?...
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At Home with Maria, exclusive by Barry Eager: ‘her fragrant tears clear a path through the ornate landscaped garden to her private chapel & sacrificial altar; we pray together but alas when we open our eyes, Connolly is still President and I am still ginger’
October 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
At Home with Maria, exclusive by Barry Eager: ‘her fragrant tears clear a path through the ornate landscaped garden to her private chapel & sacrificial altar; we pray together but alas when we open our eyes, Connolly is still President and I am still ginger’
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I just did the international sign for ‘Can I have the bill please?’ and the waiter brought me a stylophone.
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I just did the international sign for ‘Can I have the bill please?’ and the waiter brought me a stylophone.
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Whatever you think will be in this timeline, nope, try again.
Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
www.whitehouse.gov
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Whatever you think will be in this timeline, nope, try again.
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For overseas followers: in Ireland every seven years we vote for someone to tell the Government they are a bunch of evil clowns and every five years we vote in the evil clowns.
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
For overseas followers: in Ireland every seven years we vote for someone to tell the Government they are a bunch of evil clowns and every five years we vote in the evil clowns.
🎵 “I’m not in Louvre” 🎶
There has been a robbery at the famous Louvre museum in central Paris, according to the French culture minister.
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🎵 “I’m not in Louvre” 🎶
Superb article, beautifully written...
October 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Superb article, beautifully written...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This image of Rat Island in New York looks eerily familiar, sideways... (from a great Guardian Photo Essay) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This image of Rat Island in New York looks eerily familiar, sideways... (from a great Guardian Photo Essay) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Oh do pay attention Bond. Now, this might look like a perfectly normal ball point pen, but by manipulating these controls it can write in FOUR different colours.
October 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Oh do pay attention Bond. Now, this might look like a perfectly normal ball point pen, but by manipulating these controls it can write in FOUR different colours.
The few times I met Manchán, he was a lovely, gentle man, and a uniquely funny & engaging polymath. Sympathies to Ruan & the family. RIP.
October 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The few times I met Manchán, he was a lovely, gentle man, and a uniquely funny & engaging polymath. Sympathies to Ruan & the family. RIP.
'One Battle After Another' - wow, absolutely amazing. And what a cast, especially Sean Penn. Still reeling from it all...
October 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
'One Battle After Another' - wow, absolutely amazing. And what a cast, especially Sean Penn. Still reeling from it all...
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September 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The Bye Run Lady (sorry, I’ll get my coat 😬)
September 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Bye Run Lady (sorry, I’ll get my coat 😬)
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I do enjoy that the country comes together to tell Maria Steen to fuck off every 5/7 years.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I do enjoy that the country comes together to tell Maria Steen to fuck off every 5/7 years.
Over on Instagram, the famous purveyors of knickers Seán & Máire are sadly having a 'retirement sale' and are selling off underpants... FFS
September 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Over on Instagram, the famous purveyors of knickers Seán & Máire are sadly having a 'retirement sale' and are selling off underpants... FFS
From the real expert & aficionado…
Through a Glass Darkly, the excellent documentary about Harry Clarke’s Geneva Window, is repeated tonight on RTE1. Presented by Ardal O’Hanlon and directed by @ramblinghobo.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the real expert & aficionado…