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Alan Kelly

@akellyucc.bsky.social

Personal ramblings about the world we live in and life in general, especially science and culture. Frequent puns and dogs. Professor and food scientist at @ucc.bsky.social

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On World Wildlife Day, sharing a photo of a ferocious beast fixing us with his terrifying stare

03.03.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These cuts are going from bad to verse

03.03.2026 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that an I or an l?

03.03.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

AI and slide design. So much Power. So little Point.

03.03.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIs John Hurt in Alien?”
β€œOh way worse than that. Waaaaay worse”

03.03.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s apparently linked to blood group. You might be typo negative

02.03.2026 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Crap I meant hyphens!

02.03.2026 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Did they leave PayPal details?

02.03.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My government has a real β€œwe didn’t know starting a war would cause a warβ€œ vibe going on which I realize I should be outraged about in the abstract but find myself mainly nonplussed by at this point.

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Did any of those word jokes actually land?
No pun in ten did

02.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Total eclipse of the full blood moon is tonight, in case you haven’t checked in on the doom portents lately.

02.03.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 715    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 56

I suspect Count Draculler

02.03.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is β€œcurtains for Trump” trending yet?

02.03.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"didn't shoot down any $90M airplanes today" is setting a whole new floor at work for all of us

02.03.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 869    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 3

β€œDefensive”

01.03.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s gone Gaga

01.03.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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Oh FFS

01.03.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump

The lives of courageous American heroes) may be lost. That often happens in war

Lord Farqaad 

Some of you may die. But it's a sacrifice lam willing to make.

Trump The lives of courageous American heroes) may be lost. That often happens in war Lord Farqaad Some of you may die. But it's a sacrifice lam willing to make.

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Reminded of this, apparently genuine, tweet this morning

01.03.2026 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There’s a joke in here somewhere about the Enterprise shuttling back and forth between Dublin and Belfast to achieve

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Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

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a man in a suit is standing in front of a painting with the word schitts creek on the bottom ALT: a man in a suit is standing in front of a painting with the word schitts creek on the bottom

Checking the news this morning

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β€œHey, I’m the only one who can steal millions of bucks”

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It feels like 1111%!!

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Ireland has had 111% of average long-term winter rainfall Ireland has had 111% of its long-term average rainfall for winter, according to a Met Γ‰ireann climatologist.

β€œOur weather goes up to 111”

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β€œI didn’t know I was by Norman Rockwell”

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Cats? Not so much

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I was thinking Morrissey: You just haven’t urned it yet baby

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