Flann O’Brien/Brian Ó Nualláin aged 14 on Herbert Place, D2

horses for courses

Helen Sewell (1952)

The distinction is preserved in some Swiss German dialects where you have to“zwee Manne, zwo Froue, zwöi Chind“ (two men, two women, two children).

we watched SHOOT THE MOON (1982) what an actress so much shouting at the screen: "No. Diane, no! He's an asshole! Don't let him back!"

I acquired these arms some time ago they give me the ick so I keep them in a bag only just noticed they are an unpair, two right hands

April 2026

French people bravely having a go at my surname

pursuit

water under the bridge torta under the bridge

"Letter From an Unknown Woman" (1948, Ophuls), v close to film noir set in the depths of the night; narrated by a dead character, like Sunset Boulevard & Double Indemnity

“The first Africanists (specialists who study African languages, societies, and history) were not colonial researchers, as is often assumed, but African intellectuals who were actively engaged in the production of knowledge about their own societies.” www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-first-...

Very sorry to hear that the poet J.H. Prynne has died, at the age of 89. Here, from 10 years ago, is my attempt to describe the man and the work

v interesting map

many things worthy of admiration were observed in their journey nice illustrated 1948 US-American Marco Polo, incl. Pearl Buck..

CO2 concentration = c. 345 ppm

serious person read serious book

1/15 As a fan of both, I was intrigued to see vaudeville/radio comedian Jack Benny mentioned in a biography of Hank Williams. It was only a brief mention, but the context was interesting, as was the fact that their paths even crossed at all. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ THREAD⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

Helene Kirschke (1892 - 1945) 'Prinzessin Zahai Tafari' Title of the weekly "Jugend", Munich, 1931, No.5

twice in one week I end up in a swanky, unpleasant part of town ¡with no phone battery! impoverished: no maps, no photos, no bikeshare, no Uber, nothing to read, don't even know the time just trudge to the subway & get out

My favourite Prince song m.youtube.com/watch?v=_WmP...

the British in Havana 1762, decimated by disease

For this week’s Silent Sundays post, I have continued working on an investigation that began on Twitter a decade ago. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/was-fw-mur...

I really like this magazine's attitude.

I knew Tito was nearby then there he was

Untitled (ca. 1850) Photo: Unidentified photographer / MoMA

the ads Instagram has started sending me 😶

thank you for your attention to this Matta

Ivy (1947) is a prequel to Rebecca where Joan Fontaine plays Rebecca

You can't have a bad day at work if you don't go

visionary

acoustic

That Summer Feeling youtu.be/3edg69iBr2Q

At 7.40pm on January 16th 1926, the BBC broadcast Ronald Knox's spoof report of an angry mob from the National Movement for Abolishing Theatre Queues rampaging through London, destroying parliament and hanging the transport minister from a lamppost. Listeners, inevitably, lost their shit.

"Left to itself, Umbria produced works of senile imbecility..." pouring scorn, but fair-minded, *dialectical* scorn

if you want a break from the Wretched State of All Things there are good BSky feeds featuring only: a) stained glass bsky.app/profile/did:... b) moss bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Estadio Agustín "Coruco" Díaz one of the prettiest 🇲🇽 stadiums, elegant concrete curves, largely rebuilt in the 2010s

my grandfather living with several others, mostly also from Clonmel, in a shared house on S. Richmond St, Dublin, working as an invoice clerk in the motor trade

• Bonjour ♡ • • ___________________ © JeanLoup Sieff

thread confirming that 🇺🇸ians (incl./esp. nice liberals) have zero curiosity about Mexico as a society, its history, its actual public health, etc instead Mexico = pure abstract symbol, a political projection screen ("badass presidenta" "wow Mexico rocks, so awesome man" "hey I love tacos!")

RENEGADE (Palindrome) Named a general, war began. Amid, I manage, brawl — a renegade man.

Fleet Street

in the 1926 census, remand prisoners are still only listed by initials afaict

"State, In Relation" gathers responses to the Irish Constitution in prose, poetry, visual art, and unique forms I don't have the vocabulary for. Contributors are Clare Bell, Oein DeBhairduin, @sonyagildea.bsky.social, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Nith Kasa, Nathan O'Donnell, and @stomaselli.bsky.social

that happened to Gene Clark For a Spanish Guitar (1971) youtu.be/bBlsOJcLx-0?...

some months ago I stuck up a visual sequence (l to r) to remind myself of sth, I've since forgotten what it was

The Israeli army struck civilians in the Lebanese city of Mayfadoun. And then, the Israelis double-tapped the medics who arrived onto the scene. And then, they triple-tapped the next wave of medics. And then, they did it one more time for good measure.

Pessoa stirring shit

the spaces between the words have been secretly italicized