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Coming soon from D. Ferriter: From BVM to MBV: Ireland in the late 20th Century.

MBV this, MBV that…a little more BVM wouldn’t go astray for a lot of you 🙏

Cheannaigh mé an leabhar seo freisin cúpla bliain ó shin ach níl sé léite go hiomlán agam (tá sé sa chófra i m’oifig oibre anseo) Tá cúpla de na dánta aistrithe ag David Wheatley (“luxury mutual” agam)

GOA

Celia de Fréine (Cuir amach seo dom) Michael Hartnett (an Muince Dreoilíní/A Necklace of Wrens).

(Tá Hartnett marbh le blianta áfach)

Yellow bottom on a cloud, grey with a hint of mauve on top? Yes thanks.

Now That’s What I Call Winter Light.

line drawing cartoon by B Kliban. a man wearing a suit sitting at a desk extends his hand to shake the hand of another man in a suit standing before the desk. the sitting man says, "It's a deal then. you'll make three dollars every time you think of a chicken, and a dollar extra if it's a brown one!" the standing man smiles and says, "thank you sir! I hope the company will be proud of me!" the standing man thinks to himself, "wow! I should be able to think of at least four chickens a day, and that's fourteen dollars, not even counting brown ones!"

i'm obsessed with this Kliban

300 steps left of my daily target, so I'm marching on the spot like I'm on WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and a hoe-down has been called for

"Harbor of Trieste" by Egon Schiele captures a vivid scene of ships docked at the port, characterized by his distinct expressive lines and muted color palette. Known for his introspective and often raw portrayals, Schiele brings a dynamic energy to the boats and their reflections in the water in this 1912 work.

Harbor of Trieste, 1907
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/24782

My friend has caught some evil flu or Covid situation so I have a spare ticket for this if anyone’s looking for one

That’s all I’ve got

Young people these days are into “Mack Hansen” when they’d be better employed considering
“Jack Nance in” Eraserhead (1977)

Sorry to hear

2 MBV tickets for sale at face value if anyone is interested - secure.ticketmaster.ie/rs/18006174E...

Come pay your respects at the Shlug mural.

Seals singing in a sea cave

#Orkney 🦭🎧

Am X post from Suella Braverman that reads: "The SAS has the support of the whole country against this shameless government of cowards and Sinn Fein sympathisers." She is quote tweeting a post from the telegraph that says, "New laws could see former soldiers hounded through courts over alleged crimes, say veterans."

Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.

Nobody can take the raw numbers away from you though.

I could have 2.1k followers too if I played to the lowest common denominator I suppose, Hugo, but I don’t begrudge you it.

1300 followers. Almost all scum. And uncultured too.

Stopped the bike on the way in to work to take a note of this when it popped into my head. For 4 likes. Fuck off.

A short and squat “Cool S”

Fernando Botero’s Cool S

[Bragging unprompted to a group at school reunion]

I had to get DynoRod out 5 times last year. Five!

Jason you have to stop. You smoke too tough. Your quilting too different. Your ply is too multiple. they’ll kill you

Pitiful shit that he wasn’t making a bob. Great this is doing well for him

Felt I owed him for Now Westlin Winds being the song I can’t hear without welling up because I used to sing it to our young one to get her to sleep

Backed the Kickstarter early on and got this last week.

‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...

Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

The Drain-Rod man said we’re using too high quality a toilet paper.
Get on my level