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Singing for your all-time favourite band: Mike Vennart on joining Cardiacs Our conversation covered LSD – the mythic new Cardiacs record – and the 20th anniversary of Oceansize's Everyone Into Position.

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Cardiacs: 'If Tim hadn't died, this album would have been impossible to finish' The death of its leading light Tim Smith left his band with a mission: to complete the songs created during his illness without him - and release a new album

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#iNews

I also cringe with embarrassment when I see a Forest fan winding up, or lauding it over Palace fans regarding UEFA’s decision. Our fans should know better than any, what it’s like to be penalised for being outside of the “big club” cartel.

Except that this isn’t really the case. But I suppose if the media, esp, social media, push this narrative enough, it’ll take root. I’m a Forest fan, and empathize totally with Palace fans. It’s only a small number of the more vocal fans on social media that think Forest/EM had ANY part in this.

Brendan McDonagh couldn’t fix a crisis he profits from For those in power, housing is an asset that must perpetually increase in value.

"Statistics released last year showed that 41 percent of young people aged 18 to 34 live at home with their parents. Meanwhile, as of October 2024, investment funds had acquired 46 percent of all apartments built since 2017 letting them at exorbitant prices."

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They're going after Parkrun again, you know, that event where lots of people of all ages, abilities and genders run around a local park and it not, in any form, a race?

Cheers to The Goo for the shoutout!

YouTube video by Dash! Dash Luas

Dash! are so proud of our new music video for our single LUAS.
We loved working with @paulduane.bsky.social and the crew, especially how keen he was to shoot documentary reportage footage of our spacetravel exploits on your Irish Public Transport System...

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YouTube video by Dash! Dash Luas

During these difficult times can I offer you a silly, punky song about how much aliens from space love our Irish public transport?
Luas by @dash-dublin.bsky.social
Directed by me, edited by @eoinmcdonagh.bsky.social, shot by Helio Léon

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Newspaper account of the raid and arrests describes six women attending, on a circle, eating hummus and bread sticks.

Danger: Six women, ages from 18 to 38, in a circle, eating hummus and bread sticks.

Things the city council are good at 1/ Boarding up homes #DerelictIreland

Things the city council are good at

1/ Boarding up homes

#DerelictIreland

A lot of the reaction video-shtick I don’t care for, and find them vacuous and cynical content-creating schemes. But this guy! This guy has really fallen in love with Cardiacs, and it’s been a joy to watch that wonder unfold over the course of a number of videos he’s done on them.

YouTube video by Toasted Plaid David Johansen - Johnsonius

R.I.P. David Johansen
#NewYorkDolls #BusterPoindexter

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Enjoying a song in the house of Mrs. Mary O’Donnell, Baile Thiar, Inis Oírr, Árainn, Co. na Gaillimhe, 1966. © National Museum of Ireland.

‘Songs of the Sea’, what are they?
Do you have knowledge of a song, in either Irish or English, that is related to life along Ireland’s Atlantic coast? If you do and you would like to share your story, we would love to hear from you. #MaritimeHistory www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch...

Pat Ingoldsby in his hat in the streets of Dublin selling his poetry

RIP Pat Ingoldsby a much loved poet. Connected with people of all ages. Probably the first real life poet many of us saw as kids on TV or on the streets of Dublin selling his poetry collections.

"It’s mixed. It needs mastering. It sounds really good. It’s floating somewhere between Sing to God and Guns, with lots of call backs to Little Man and a House. It's a real out of the ashes. I’m really, really proud of it.”

Jim Smith of #Cardiacs on their forthcoming album, LSD

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TDs shouldn't be landlords and this shouldn't be an even remotely controversial thing to say.

So many simple solutions for the housing crisis that get shouted down as very controversial.

"People should be able to afford their rent"

"Lol check out this economically incoherent rube over here"

Here's something that takes seconds and could have actual positive outcomes.

There is an official 'citizen's petition' system in the EU. There's one open at the moment to ban conversion therapy for LGBT+ people in the EU.

Ireland can be 1 of the 7 nations needed

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Room for the Soul of the Wanderer: Commemorating Charles Robert Maturin —A biographical sketch in which I explore his underappreciated legacy in his native Dublin. For in a city that celebrates the most minute achievement of its writers past and present, there’s not a single plaque commemorating him

Week one in Trumpland: The first step is seeing what’s in front of our faces We should resist the voices attempting to tell us it’s all fine

I wrote this about the media's first big test of Trump 2.0, and how poorly it scored. On the tedious, vital work of seeing what's in front of our faces for the next four years.

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LGBTQ+ Tour Research Project | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland Welcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions

The National Museum of Ireland are developing a LGBTQ+ tour at Collins Barracks. They are seeking a researcher to work with them on drafting a script for the tour -deadline is 14th February 2025 #history #lgbtihistories #queerhistories www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Opinion | AI Can Work for Us A.I. can be designed to dramatically enhance individual empowerment.

"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..."

Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.

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Rest In Peace Tony Slattery. I’ve such fond childhood memories of late nights watching Whose Line is It Anyway with my Dad. An exceptional comedic talent, a razor sharp wit, and a fine actor too, I hope he’s at peace now. Thanks for the memories, Tony. And thanks for the laughs.

The Irish Times view on the National Archives: a vital resource which has been consistently neglected The service is chronically understaffed and underfunded and too many archive services are undermined by the restrictions under which they operate

Good to see the @irishtimes.bsky.social raise this issue; their analysis is pretty spot-on. I would only add that there has also been a neglect of local archives (where lack of an archivist can mean no access for researchers) and semi-state bodies. These are vital.
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I’ve begun every New Year’s for the past 20 years by reading “Empathy and New Year” by James Schuyler. So I shall proceed as tradition dictates. #JamesSchuyler #NewYear
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The Irish Times view on the National Archives: a vital resource which has been consistently neglected The service is chronically understaffed and underfunded and too many archive services are undermined by the restrictions under which they operate

100%
“… that needs to be matched with a properly funded overhaul of our whole archival infrastructure to facilitate a coherent and consistent approach to archival releases and access.”

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