Hello, world. I’m MacDara Conroy, and this is my blog.

Great thread here on the usefulness of drones in research https://t.co/iEdhP4AF9A #tweet

My favourite thing on Twitter for ages. This cat better not be a Milkshake Duck https://t.co/6gYgP6xvho #tweet

Homeland s07 (I’m catching up on Netflix) has been, well, let’s just say white privilege has a lot to answer for. But the end of e09 is frankly terrifying. Best horror I’ve seen in months #tweet

Tye, Hideo and TJP gone. Not even future endeavoured. What a waste. And how petty is WWE? #tweet

My favourite Sleater-Kinney album turns 20. I remember seeing them play on Jo Whiley’s then Channel 4 show and knowing I needed this https://t.co/TuwdcOeYCA #tweet

All the segregated cycle lanes in the world won’t matter unless cyclists in Ireland get priority at junctions like they do in countries where cycling works https://t.co/bDEa2MZKQW #tweet

Awful big coincidence, Netflix very predictably cancelling its Marvel shows as Disney preps the launch of its own streaming service #tweet

There are actual important stories to cover rather than giving over half of your front page to smearing Ellie Kisyombe #tweet

Just found out my favourite wrestler will be in Dublin on St Patrick’s weekend so I have to be there too, don’t I? http://bit.ly/2X5njuZ #tweet

I want to hear Guerilla Toss cover King Crimson’s ‘Thela Hun Ginjeet’ #tweet

Here’s some depressing but necessary reading for your Saturday morning https://t.co/tGR8JaLr0s #tweet

Next year’s Royal Rumble at the Houston Astros stadium gets one step closer to my daydream of a Rumble at Tropicana Field #tweet

Beware the dodderman, my dear, when the moon is fat #tweet

That’s all of The Expanse s03 watched, now I need s04 #tweet

The NYT really burying the lede here (content warning for alleged child abuse, basically) https://t.co/cxeJ8gdMws #tweet

Just watched him the other night, getting booed mercilessly by the Rosemont Horizon crowd at WrestleMania 2 https://t.co/Tma9qCVw3Z #tweet

The Oscars are like WrestleMania: each the biggest live event of the year in their respective areas, but no longer really about their essence as much as mere ‘celebrity’ #tweet

The filmmaker in question is Stephen Fingleton, who wrote/directed The Survivalist https://t.co/57PaUp9DIK #tweet

Tickets to see the Meat Puppets in June secured, though the friction involved has given me a burn #tweet

In case you didn’t already figure it out, Corey Graves is white https://t.co/bfrOMKtWUD #tweet

Spent the afternoon stretching my copywriting muscles and now my brain is properly exhausted #tweet

Here’s a lot of writing, etc I did today! https://t.co/X7XlTbUWEZ #tweet

Ah, this is what happens when I leave getting tickets till closer to the date https://t.co/t4IFboxV49 #tweet

‘Racially charged’ is a euphemism often used to distance the actor from the action https://t.co/fdENc0lTyj #tweet

Matt Riddle is a great example of how to integrate MMA style while keeping it pro wrestling. Shayna Baszler is getting it, too #tweet

Sooo NXT signed a jacked Joey Ryan who’s into prog metal #tweet

Found a dead blackbird in the driveway. No obvious signs of predation; probably electrocuted on the power lines above #tweet

Ironic that I feel the need to be clearer about this myself: he wasn’t misquoted, he could have said something unequivocal like ‘I was a horrible racist but I’m ashamed of that now.’ He didn’t https://t.co/0x745kNsUX #tweet

Liam Neeson says he’s ashamed. But it’s not quite clear from those quotes what part he’s ashamed of. There’s the rub #tweet

Steam says I’ve spent 17 hours in SimCity 4 over the last few days. At least I’ve got a city of 75,000 and a million simoleons in the bank to show for it #tweet

Halftime Heat was fun, wasn’t it? #tweet

American football, the sport where 15 minutes actually takes 45 #tweet

Just made myself half blind playing SimCity 4 for the last three hours. How’s your Sunday? #tweet

Whether or not you’re doing #MWE or #metalmindfulness this month, it’s cool to find an album new or old to take in fully. Sit down, wig out, any way enjoy the moment #tweet

Good morning on the first day of spring in the Irish calendar! Shame it’s also the first of February, aka Freelancer’s Bane #tweet