kDamo

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Displaced philoxenist https://imgur.com/Eiaha (he/him) (silent k)

Headline on BBC Sport app reading “Why do Argentina sing about England and the Falklands?”
Poster for a Simpsons trivia night in The Harbour Bar in Bray (the best pub in the world), taking place on Wednesday 15 July.
A sign in Bundoran reading “Taxi Service B.O.R.T. 4-Seater & 7 Seater with Wheelchair Access”
A very rare sight of a pub (in Dublin) full of Villa fans experiencing something called “joy”?
Replica of Aston Villa jersey from the 90s (with clearly cheap stitching around collar). Price tag is €149.99.
Screengrab of RTE News text: "We never wanted to go protest, but we were driven to protesting. There was an email went in about a week ago, and there's another email went in yesterday evening," Mr Dallon said of the group's request for talks. He said representative organisations "don't represent everything in Ireland." "We are here for all of the people in Ireland, and we're representing all the people here in Ireland," Mr Dallon said.
Maybe 100 people dancing in the foyer space of the Zuidplein Theater in Rotterdam at midnight. Lights flashing, people drinking, chatting and dancing. To the left of a pillar there are shelves of library books, computers and desks. Nobody has interfered with the library space all night. A few jackets and bags are left unguarded on chairs.
CMAT accepting the Choice Music Prize for Album of the Year for EURO-COUNTRY in Vicar Street.
Text from BBC article: With a 2-0 victory, Carrick has now added Guardiola's name to a list of managers he has beaten as United head coach that also includes Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta. He has also drawn with a Chelsea side managed by Thomas Tuchel.
The cardboard packaging of a pair of Jeep socks, which reads, “Exploring this exquisite world in search of authentic truths as part of a global community.” 🤮
A minion of Iarnród Éireann, sealing the Pearse Station piano shut in order to prevent commuters from enjoying my delicate and joyous festive tones. #scandal
A scene from festive classic National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, where Clark Griswold is smiling and anticipating a wonderful Christmas just when his brother, Eddie, arrives to ruin everything he loves. Clark has an Aston Villa jersey on, and Eddie has a Man United jersey on. Man United’s shitter is, absolutely, full.
Text from RTE’s live coverage of the 2026 World Cup draw where Trump was given the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. 16:39 Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have responded quickly to the "peace award". A joint statement read: "Awarding this prize against a backdrop of escalating attacks on human rights and civil freedoms – including violent detentions of immigrants, crackdowns on freedom of expression, and the militarisation of US cities – underscores the increasing likelihood of the 2026 World Cup being weaponised for authoritarian aims." 17:38 Thankfully Trump and Infantino leave the stage, but I feel like I need a shower.
An upright piano in Pearse Station in Dublin that has been padlocked shut. A stencilled slogan reading “Music Can Take You Anywhere” cruelly mocks passers by in a potent allegory for both Irish public transport and arts policy.
“Parrott for Taoiseach” in the Zohran campaign style graphic
Big mural on the wall of the Button Factory venue with text ‘Visit Pennsylvania in 2026’ along with landmarks and World Cup 2026 imagery.
Email from the FAI about presale tickets for home match against Armenia in October. Includes expensive ticket prices, rather than an offer to pay people to come and watch.
RTÉ live text from the end of the Ireland v Hungary match: 21:58 While some Ireland fans will head home lifted by a draw that looked unlikely, it's important not to lose sight of how bad the home team were in the first 45 minutes.
A view, from inside a car, towards a seven-seater taxi parked alongside. In the driver’s seat is a mad casually playing a beautiful mandolin. In the wing mirror of the car, the Tesco sign is visible in reverse.
Ridiculous Oasis tickets for Croke Park coming to almost €1,200 for two shit seats. (Not even getting into Ticketmaster’s extortionate racket on tickets…)
Text from the Independent’s review of Oasis first gig in Cardiff including a line about how there was a “mixed and surprisingly unladdish crowd”…
Text from Premier League article: Enhancing live match experience The partnership marks one of the most significant technology transformations in the League’s history, anchored around four key areas: fan engagement, match insights and analysis, cloud transformation, and organisational productivity. Together, Microsoft and the Premier League aim to build one of global sport’s most advanced and secure media, data and AI platforms.
Is it a ‘murder’ of seagulls? Birdfact.com tells me the most commonly used collective nouns are colony, flock or scavenging. So it’s a picture of a scavenging of seagulls over the Aviva Stadium before the British & Irish Lions (the collective noun for a political abomination of rugby players) play against Argentina in a warm-up match in Dublin.
Call for Participants: Feminist Music Collectives in Ireland. For more info please email: andrea.cleary2@tudublin.ie
View of library of releases in Qobuz app, with a small shuffle button in the bottom right corner.
‘Transfer your playlists and favourites’ screen on Qobuz app with info on the integration with Soundiiz, a service to import music libraries.
Menu options in Qobuz app. Add to playlist Play next Add to play queue Go to radio Album credits
Lankum’s False Lankum album on Qobuz app with the Hi Res Audio label.
(Presumably) the worst people in Dublin queueing up for entry to an event with banners reading “Welcome to the dawn of the Data Centre good rush”
Awful corporate banners and flags featuring logos and brand names straight out of an episode of the Apprentice.
Leo Messi in a religious icon image
Conceptual image of the proposed new Manchester United stadium, which looks like a regular stadium that someone has dropped cling film over. This monstrosity is predicted to cost £2bn.
Pat Ingoldsby sitting on Westmoreland Street in Dublin selling books of poetry with a sign reading “Get one now before I’m dead and famous”
Screengrab of post from leader of Southampton City Council explaining the decision to cease using X (formerly Twitter) due to collapsing engagement and misalignment of values.
Niche VHS tapes with various connections to trains and railroads on a cheap bookshelf on a manky train station platform in Dublin.
Clear, darkening blue sky with the crescent moon and Venus visible over an orange glow of sunset from the Ballycorus Lead Mines in the Dublin mountains.
A tragic but comedic incident of a man slipping on an icy footpath in Dublin and walloping his head off the ground. (2010)
HERE'S ONE OF THOSE LOVABLE HIGH SCHOOLERS FROM TV'S “SPRINGFIELD HEIGHTS, 90210”.
Bray, Brat-style.
Painting of a truly festive Dublin scene as a reindeer makes romantic overtures towards one of two Gardaí.
Cover of a book by Bez called ‘Freaky Dancin’ - Me and the Mondays’
A gamelan player playing bonang. Image from Wikipedia.
Screenshot of paragraph from the article: “The Green party that joined Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in the outgoing government, and provided most of its innovation and dynamism, lost 11 of its 12 seats. To a degree it did so because its bigger partners signalled to voters that all the pain involved in trying to meet Ireland’s obligations to tackle the climate crisis was the fault of the Greens. This was as disloyal as it was dishonest, and it showed the shallowness of the centre-right parties’ commitment to genuine change and the ruthlessness with which they will devour their smaller allies.”
New build houses that look grim as fuck
A man in a black jacket playing a large organ in a corridor in London Bridge train station.
The actual Northern Lights visible in the night sky over Ireland
Text excerpt from UK & Ireland’s EURO 2028 bid presentation: “Exciting opportunities for UEFA sponsors to engage beyond the stadium - through free activation spaces across Host Cities”
Search result showing registration of a company named A’French Tacos Limited in Dublin in May 2023.
Hideously bulging map of Ireland based on population density, with Dublin appearing like a giant cyst.