Frankie [they/them]

This makes Mr Bean’s beef with that little tri-wheeled car even more sinister

Like on one hand I’m glad they were live on TikTok, but it’s ridiculous that the player is as shit as it is.

Couldn’t get the RTE Player to work, but fear not RTE was live on TikTok… #speirgorm

I was (sleepily) reading I Who Have Never Known Men and thought “wow this story seems super familiar!” Turns out, I already read it in 2023 and totally forgot*.

*not a dig at the book, I just have a truly terrible memory!

A graph showing each blood type and the amount left, the bars on the graph are styled as test tubes, each with a small amount of red liquid in them.

Reserves for every blood type are critically low, with only B+ being close to the bare minimum.

You can literally save a person's life by donating as soon as you can.

giveblood.ie 🩸

#Ireland #Áras25

I mentioned that some of them simply weren’t true, and @eilymay.bsky.social had the best response: “why would you let something like the truth stand in the way of being a hater?”

I really and truly despise the current standard for television series to be 8-10 series. I want more depth to the B plots! Like execs, hear me out, we don’t have to go back to 22 episodes but like can we at least get 15-ish episodes? Why can’t that be the standard 😭

Started #Wayward yesterday, and finished it today. As a horror fan, there’s one thing I love more than a great horror and it’s a great horror featuring Toni Collette.

Like, I’d have loved episodes where the focus was showing us more about the general gist of life for Anne, Ben, Adelaide, Olivia & Ellen in particular. Also, wouldn’t have minded more seeing the happenings in America. But I put that down to the shitty shift in television to have such short seasons

Overall, I loved it. It was fun, at times camp, and entertaining. I do wish it were a longer season, I’d happily have watched double the episodes. I’d have loved episodes where we got to see more of the other characters when they’re away from the brothers.

I’m delighted at the lack of shutting Oirish type accents. I also loved the way they used Irish and the chose of translating it as superimposed text rather than just a subtitle. Something about that choice being so deliberate and thought through made me very happy.

One criticism is that you could say the Fenians were a bit of a caricature, but tbh I chalked this up to the fact the primary perspective of the world was from the Guinesses, so the depiction of the Fenians was how they would’ve seen them.

My absolute favourite thing about the show was the music, both soundtrack and score. The use of modern Irish music was just sublime, and with the score the way it leaned into traditional aspects of Irish music (instruments used and lilting) was so atmospheric and immersive.

Anthony Boyle was a depiction of masterful acting. I was already impressed with him when I saw Say Nothing, but getting to see him play basically the opposite to Dark was proof of his range. I’m excited to see him progress, I think he’ll only get bigger and become more successful with time.

The Ashford-Clonboo thing was the main thing that bugged me. CONG is right there! Idk why they chose Clonboo, it’s like 35-45 mins in the car like. It’s not only a mile from Ashford, but do you know what is? Cong. So I just decided to pretend it was Cong and not clonboo.

I adored the parallel in the last episode with the first shot in Iveagh House. However, I felt the line that drew attention to this parallel was unnecessary, and honestly is evidence of the decline of media literacy that the creators felt necessary to do so.

Finished #HouseOfGuiness today, and I must admit I loved it. Of course, there are some inaccuracies, and it’s heavily stylised, but it’s *fun* and great storytelling. I loooved the development of the two brothers’ relationship. Here are some other thoughts:

A pile of 10 books placed on a cushion

Lots of books acquired while on our little holiday!

Nice! Was going to cork for a day trip today and planned to pop into Vibes and Scribes anyway, so this is a great added bonus!

This gets to something that as a former stand-up I recognized but couldn’t name. A 31 year old professional content creator baiting 19 year old amateurs into the format of his choice isn’t debate, it’s crowd work. It’s debate-shaped crowd work farmed for content.

Got injections into the right of some spinal joints today, and I’ve been so wobbly and lopsided since, it’s a very weird sensation but hopefully this helps with the pain 🤞

It’s hard not to get really bummed out by the current state of the world, isn’t it?

Aaawwh and now Norris is another sad boy on the sand dune.

This is killing me: Sad Sand Dune Dudes.

#DutchGP #F1

Leclerc sitting on a sandy hill after DNF’ing is SO dramatic. I love him.

#DutchGP #F1

Why doesn’t RTE, or someone officially stream EP? Tried to watch Chappell Roan on the only available live stream I could find, someone’s TikTok, it was awful quality, they were just showing their friends and chatting, and then it cut out after like 4 songs 😭

Become an instant Mon Rovia stan not just for their music but because they’ve been reposting to all of their TikTok followers everyone who sets videos of ICE or police/protest encounters to this song, to get the videos past algorithm suppression. And now they’re at the opry. This is how it’s done

And that’s why he’s one of the GOATs of cinema!

This takes about one minute to do, it’s extremely simple, just a few simple questions, and you don’t need to be an artist to do it, it’s open to the general public. And the far right are trying to load it, so please take a moment and fill it out

I can’t say I’m surprised John Boyne, author of “my brother’s name is Jessica” is transphobic (also let’s not forget he got in a fight with the Auschwitz Memorial). He’s a disgrace to Irish Writers imo.

I’m enjoying it, my brain just doesn’t work well with numbers so I feel like I had to see it written I’d struggle 😅