@simonkirrane.bsky.social
Artist, dog-lover and avid reader.
Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy
I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.
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Can anyone with a highly trained editorial eye spot the mistake on this front page ? 😂
30.04.2025 07:07 — 👍 676 🔁 116 💬 173 📌 58If you ever needed some reassurance that what you're doing is of worth, remember Chris Mason chuckles about his crazy antics.
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The first Bee Network service pulls out of a snowy Altrincham Interchange early this morning.
Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
‘The wardens of Loreto gave away the dust swept from the Holy House in the hope of preventing pilgrims from taking anything more valuable. The pilgrims made the dust into a beverage and drank it.’
Alexander Bevilacqua:
Front cover of a book box that reads ULYSSES
Three spines of a three book Chinese edition of Ulysses
The last two pages of Ulysses in Chinese.
The Google lens translation of the last section of Ulysses, it reads: I often wear them on my head like the Andalusian girls. How about I wear a red one? Okay, I also thought of the time when he kissed me under the Moorish wall, and I thought, okay, he is no worse than others, so I used my eyes to ask him to ask again, really. Then he asked me if I was willing, really just say yes, my mountain flower. And I stretched out my hands to hug him, really I hugged him tightly, let his chest press against my breasts, the fragrance was overwhelming, really his heart was beating wildly, and then really I said yes, I am willing, really. Trieste-Zurich-Paris 1914-1921
Oh Ulysses is 'difficult' is it?
02.01.2025 14:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I just saw this, I loved it. I'm sharing it.
youtu.be/lxmP01HERnQ?...
Amazing!
“What’s all this?” asks Hugo, who opened the door.
A lego build fox is in the foreground, facing right, a lego pine sprig is behind left.
Chaos Reigns!
Lego's Antichrist special build drops this Christmas!
An advert for a company called Magibook. The headline reads "Turn HARD books into EASY books with Magibook! Maximize your reading potential and avoid difficult language today." Underneath is two covers of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Above the first cover is the original version of the opening sentence (captioned "Turn Hard Books"), which reads "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since." Above the second cover (captioned "into Easy Books") is a simplified version, which reads "When I was young, my dad told me something that I still think about."
THE BELL JAR
HARD ❌
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York
EASY ✅
That summer was sizzling, and so were the Rosenbergs
There's also a gofund me for Andy's son gofund.me/9f64ddaf
And a website that I thought I'd shared. But didn't.
www.thicky.co.uk
A box of zines called ANDY!
Pink badge that reads Hilarious ANDY!
Pink badge that reads Funny ANDY!
A table covered in cyan, magenta, yellow and white badges that read ANDY! Some are in little plastic baggies.
Hi gang. I created a zine for my friend Andy who died this year. He was a games journo, as I was a long time ago so that was the 'vibe'.
I even did cover mounted badges. Do have a read here: www.yumpu.com/en/document/...
Border Collie looking up at camera.
Border collie asleep on the floor.
International day of the dog.
26.08.2023 18:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Border collie pup standing over a Frisbee I front of football goals in a municipal park.
Me: She's so smart.
Other border collie owner: Yes!
Me: And such an idiot.
Obco: Yes.
Screen grab of a Columbia Journalism Review article. It reads: FORBES FORBES FORBES FORBES Art by Darrel Frost Big Business The disarray and discontent at Forbes AUGUST 10, 2023By FEVEN MERID
Great piece on where Forbes is at right now.
"Among Forbes employees, there is a running joke: if you’re on the cover of Forbes, you’re going to be arrested soon."
https://www.cjr.org/the_feature/forbes-big-business.php
