@louiestowell.bsky.social oh I meant to say I got to namedrop at the weekend because one of the kids in my creative writing class's favourite book is Loki!

Typical, if you win a Oscar, you're an Irishman in the papers, but if you are a key member of the downfall of the British Prime Minster, suddenly it's Corkman this, Corkman that!

Congrats to the editors at the Irish Times for their timing in publishing two news pieces this morning: Shannon Airport has been used for ICE deportation flight refuelling; an Irish man with no criminal record and a valid work permit has been held at an ICE centre in Texas ***since September 2025***

*nods* Tron Ares

It would be very funny if it turns out that Margot Robbie is actually playing the second Cathy in the Wuthering Heights movie

Nelly Dean:... I shall envy no one on their wedding day: there won’t be a happier woman than myself in England! Me: I mean, thank you, this Mr. Heathcliff doesn't sound great but I really wanted to know more info like if the house was drafty during the winter?

Weapons (2025, Directed by Zach Cregger)

Me on the Bluesky map

Me on the Bluesky map

Aggressive Netflix Original energy

I'm not married but uh in what world would you need to organise your spouse's desktop?

Watched an A24 horror movie last night that really innovated the space by having the villian be a scary middle aged woman instead of a scary old woman!

Nebraska is a wild but expansive album

There is plenty of evidence contrary to this but part of me refuses to believe Irish Billionaires exist.

I didn't rate the film very much but I would love a spin off about Abel Ferrara's character in Marty Supreme.

Idle thought, it's interesting that how few iconic films or shows on the life of Henry VIII, possibly the most famous King of England.

Oh no, the pro-coddle crowd will be eating well tonight 😞

Me reading The Da Vinci Code in 2003: are we to believe that a global conspiracy would not hide their secrets with a password more complex than APPLE? Me reading TDVC in 2026: are we to believe a global conspiracy would make as much effort to hide their secrets with a password as complex as APPLE

This does remind me of the Twin Peaks The Return is Anime take someone had on Twitter at the time.

Didn't think I'd live long enough where I would see a sincere reclamation of "girlboss".

My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.

The posts on your timeline between my delightful skeets:

I'd like to see ol' Moby Dick get out of THIS one!

It is kind of funny that everyone went from "Remake this film with the Muppets!" to "Thank God they finally went back to the classic Muppet Show!"

Alan Dershowitz in Martha's Vineyard:

Saw an ad for Leitrim and my dad refuses to believe anyone but Michael Harding lives there.

Watching Deal and No Deal and I forgot how complicated it looks despite it not really being much of a game.

This photo is funnier than it has any business being people.com/hairdresser-...

Cool photograph of a half-finished St Finbarr’s in Cork! @nlireland.bsky.social L_IMP_0134

Of course AI Art is democratic, do you think those guys are making those "I haven't forgotten the Epstein Files" memes by hand?

*hands in my proposal for new social media regulations* The public: Wait a minute, you're the only one allowed to post and we just have a giant like button? Me: Hope you guys like hearing about Tron!

Sundance must have been pretty dry this year. I don't think I heard about any big hit there.

Very disappointed by people selecting only actors or singers as their ideal Muppet Show guest. Where are the Rudolf Nureyevs or Jean-Pierre Rampals of today?

The "AI art is democratic" discourse is really banking on AI being free forever

It is very funny when you go back to the originals and you realise "uh, Gonzo is into stuff"

Yeesh, might as well just hand over a bag of cash to Scooter's uncle!

The AI "insert yourself in Scream 7" thing is very funny. Imagine being in a generic family home in California!

Sara Baume does it again - this is the book equivalent of a deep life affirming breath and it’s been a joy to read over the last few days. Out in July from @grantabooks.bsky.social

Just past a group of girls going out singing the Wuthering Heights song by Charli xcx and my two thoughts were 1. That movie is going to be big! 2. A choir of voices shouting "I'M GOING TO DIE IN THIS HOUSE" is disconcerting

pictured: our geese looking at airplanes

The Joker origin story I choose to believe:

There is an even sadder six-word story.

Computer "Don't sign in?" Me *Kate Bush voice": cause you have friends.

WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER GROUP. HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING THE COMIC STRIPS, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE.

In retrospect it feels like crypto was biding time until gambling on everything became legal.

As much as we complain about "nice" sitcoms now, I'm not sure we are ready for the return of Scrubs and its 2/3 Jokes, 1/3 sad montage style.

I’ve had literally *no* messages asking why the Car Wash Fox is never actually In the car wash. Sigh no more, my friends, sigh no more… 🦊 🚘 🚿

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I see one of X, The Everything App's more pernicious lies has made its way over to here. That's right! Someone once again claimed that Mary Shelley hated Byron so much she wrote Frankenstein!