Niall Glynn

@nglynn.bsky.social

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Dublin. I suppose I should put more things here but I can think of nothing that isn’t embarrassingly trite.

Somewhat low res ASCII art map of the Earth
Black-and-white aerial photo of Montreal’s Expo ’67 geodesic dome (the former United States pavilion) burning, with flames licking the top of the lattice sphere and a massive column of thick black smoke drifting across the sky above the fairgrounds and surrounding trees. Printed caption reads: “(MTL) MONTREAL, May 21—GEODESIC DOME UP IN FLAMES—The former United States pavilion at the Expo ’67 site on Ste. Helenes Island in Montreal goes up in flames in this spectacular view Thursday taken only minutes after fire began. Photographer Doug Lehman happened to be taking aerial photos when fire broke destroying the geodesic dome in only 10 minutes. (CP/Wire photo)1976(lehman-gazflm)cxhl020ceast– montreal out —SEB WIRE STORY—”
Collage of book covers matching the text of this post. • Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton • The Lost World by Michael Crichton • The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester • How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner • Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke • The Empty Space by M. John Harrison • The Last Starship from Earth by John Boyd • Butter by Asako Yuzuki • Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky • The Volga Rises in Europe by Curzio Malaparte • The Supreme Court by Ruadhán Mac Cormaic • Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey • The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar • Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks • Human Acts by Han Kang • The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell • Press Reset by Jason Schreier • Dr Thorne by Anthony Trollope • When the Clock Broke by John Ganz • Orbital by Samantha Harvey • The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy • The Wages of Destruction by Adam Tooze • The Forge of God by Greg Bear • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë • In Ascension by Martin MacInnes • A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles • We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick • The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden • I Am Legend by Richard Matheson • The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod • Abaddon’s Gate by James S. A. Corey • The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín • Is Ireland Neutral? by Conor Gallagher • The Ionian Mission by Patrick O’Brian
Spotify notification reading ‘New album coming soon. Johann Sebastian Bach started the countdown on Spotify. Pre-save now.’ Timestamp shows ‘7m ago,’ with the Spotify logo on the left and a small album cover thumbnail on the right.
Notification from Spotify saying “New album coming soon. Elvis Presley started the countdown on Spotify. Pre-save now.” I told you he was alive.
Subtitle text from the RTE player of the new pope’s speech - it reads: (Speaks Latin) (Speaks Latin)
Undulating layers of rock in a cliff face with the sea in the background.