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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 6h

On the show today: @conorpope.bsky.social on dodgy cigarettes; @adrianweckler.bsky.social on the 'demise' of social media; @pforde123.bsky.social on teaching kids to write; The conception-boosting hotel; @iborinca.bsky.social on being a child in Kosovo; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting..

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 1d

It's probably staged. But that's to miss the point of it..

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 1d

I know. That was the point of the picture.

Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 2d

On the show today: @sheilawriter.bsky.social on Jilly Cooper; The return of TB; Solo travelling; Finding love at Lisdoon; Is economics more useful than Feminism?; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'Dinner With The Enemy'
'Chad Powers' & 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story'; Is tourism hurting Lapland?

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 2d

In advance of the budget, here's an explainer of trickle-down economics.

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Déaglánmowerman @fuaimeanna.bsky.social · 3d

I can think of at least one epithet which today is considered a coarse insult but originally meant the complete opposite.

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Mahoganygaspipes @mahoganygaspipes.bsky.social · 3d

Celtic soul brothers

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"In Scottish, the word "fucking" just lets you know a noun's on the way." - Frankie Boyle

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Brian @brianmcguinness.bsky.social · 3d

I was hoping that the recently deceased* Manchán Magan might be working on “99 Irish Words for F*ck Off”…or similar.

*very strange to type that

Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 3d

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Seán Moncrieff: Bad language is part of who we are - as Irish as Tayto, Hill 16 and building delays

If we don’t use our curses more sparingly, we may not retain our position as the gold standard of potty mouth

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 3d

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Seán Moncrieff: Bad language is part of who we are - as Irish as Tayto, Hill 16 and building delays

If we don’t use our curses more sparingly, we may not retain our position as the gold standard of potty mouth

www.irishtimes.com

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 5d

On the show today: Pets in politics; Toddlers cooking; Gilmore Girls season; The 'swag gap'; Wine; Showbiz news; Reviews of 'The Smashing Machine' & 'Him'...

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 6d

On the show today; Starvation in Gaza; @henrymckean.bsky.social on rude people; @barbarascully.bsky.social & @declanbuckley.bsky.social are nearly beyond caring; A dozen years heroin-free; the World Porridge Championship...

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 6d

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 7d

On the show today: @scottlucas.bsky.social on the US gov shutdown; Is Ireland really a kip?; The migrant nurses scam; building birdtables; The water-guzzling fad; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; @alansiegella.bsky.social on the Simpsons in 2025..

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 7d

This was Durkheim's argument exactly.

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 8d

On the show today: @henrymckean.bsky.social on gossip; the man who lef the Black & Tans; The problem of CTE; The paranormal in Ireland; World news; Wallpaper is back, baby...

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 9d

On the show today: Tacky shop fronts; Fun baby-making; @ciaranbrennan.bsky.social on cars & freedom; The corkman who tended Indian graves; @caitrionaredmond.bsky.social on complaining; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'The Walsh Sisters' 'House Of Guinness' & 'Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue'

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Brian @brianmcguinness.bsky.social · 10d

*spoiler
Turns out the kid(s) are alright.
It’s the adults we need to worry about.

Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 10d

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Seán Moncrieff: The wifi went. It was raining. How would our daughter cope?

I tried to think of a problem more first-world than the temporary loss of the internet

www.irishtimes.com

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Déaglánmowerman @fuaimeanna.bsky.social · 10d

YT (as an example) Downloads is a first world problems godsend.

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 10d

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Seán Moncrieff: The wifi went. It was raining. How would our daughter cope?

I tried to think of a problem more first-world than the temporary loss of the internet

www.irishtimes.com

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 12d

On the show today: Comics playing Saudi Arabia; Reading dirty stories; Talking to dead relatives; Using an autopen; Showbiz news; @jeansmullen.bsky.social with wine; @brianmlloyd.bsky.social reviews 'One Battle After Another' &
'The Dead Of Winter'...

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 12d

Your 'alternative media' will never deliver quality journalism like this.

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 14d

On the show today: what middle-class Israelis think about Gaza; No shoes in the house; Why don't we have more heat pumps?; Limerick's new fashion museum; Does each generation judge younger people; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; Trump & the UN building..

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 14d

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 15d

On the show today: Should you have a smaller bed?; @deshocks.bsky.social on grief; Free cloth nappies; Culture night, every night; @michbar.bsky.social on queer activism; World news; harry Styles is good at running

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patalier.bsky.social @patalier.bsky.social · 15d

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