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

Sparrow mam in the front garden is doing a piss-poor job of teaching her fledgling to fly, I’ve gotta say #aside

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So let me get this straight: public transport is ‘for essential journeys only’ and capacity is severely reduced anyway, but if you have a car you can go where you please? #aside

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Here’s the thing about the Greens: surely most of us knew they were like that after the last time, but we assumed they knew we knew, and would bear that in mind this time. But we were wrong, and we should leave them to the same ignominious fate as Labour #aside

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I see what’s-his-face got suspended. That only took, what, two or three years of relentless transphobic abuse? They’ll kick you off for anything #aside

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This shouldn’t be a controversial opinion, but Rust In Peace and Countdown to Extinction are better than anything Metallica did from the ’90s onward #aside

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Utter disappointment in Irish politics is a near constant for me #aside

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After three months in limbo, I’ve had to cancel my order for Mamaleek’s Come and See LP as there’s no guarantee I’d be getting the first press red vinyl. I don’t have money to burn on stuff I don’t want > @MacDara #aside

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This is a brilliant move by the Galway Film Fleadh; accessibility, not exclusivity > @eibh_collins #aside

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My short guide to virtual travel is up now on the @BridgeheadMedia blog > @BridgeheadMedia #aside

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This has some relevance to that ‘scam’ text I got yesterday (also this guy is NTA) > @AITA_reddit #aside

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Really looking forward to this one > @TheFlenser #aside

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Dundalk implies the existence of both an Underdundalk and an Overdundalk #aside

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My Liger gaiter arrived today (h/t to @colettearrand for the find) after two weeks from Latvia, which shows how slow the postal system still is even within the EU #aside

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I was just thinking about how underrated Hiro Yamamoto is as a bassist, and I find out he’s in a new instrumental surf trio so we can all still get to hear him play #aside

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Almost midnight and there’s still a hint of light in the sky to the north-west. I love this time of year #aside

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Marble League 2020 starts tonight! Who’s your team? I’ve got the Oceanics this time out #aside

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It’s sure been something seeing a few stories I’d heard or assumed (among a lot I hadn’t) being more or less confirmed over the last couple of days #aside

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The remaster of Truly’s Fast Stories… from Kid Coma is available on Bandcamp for just a few days, ahead of a double vinyl reissue later in the year > trulytheband.bandcamp.com #aside

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Fellow men who think you’re ‘good guys’: think about the signs you might have missed #aside

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Just bought some stuff there on Bandcamp; couple of new things, couple of preorders, and the cause is a righteous one > daily.bandcamp.com #aside

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Here was me thinking repertory cinema’s gonna make a big comeback after lockdown... but they’ll just fill the screens with franchises #aside

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Finished the Lanegan book today. It’s telling that he doesn’t devote even half as much space to kicking his own ass as he does to denigrating Gary Lee Conner for page after repetitive page > @MacDara #aside

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Duolingo’s down! I’d better be getting a free streak freeze out of this, that’s 582 days of hard work I’ve earned #aside

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1 hour and 45 min limit in the pub, you say? How conveeeeenient that’s also the length of a football match plus half-time break #aside

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Talking with Bee about the drive-thru cop Karen and the Shake Shack fakers and she immediately twigs: they think it’s Fight Club’s Project Mayhem #aside

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One more bump ICYMI for my brief guide to live music in lockdown on the @BridgeheadMedia blog > bridgeheadmedia.com #aside

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I’m about a third of the way into Mark Lanegan’s memoirs and I’ll read till the end but hooooo boy #aside

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Copy filed just in time to take a break for an hour, yes #aside

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Ugh, why did the new programme for government have to come out today? I’ve got another deadline! Gah! #aside

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Just took a bite of a flavourless, kind of mushy apple and immediately binned it. How’s your Monday going? #aside

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The only thing this is missing is ‘Let me tell you something…’ > @carnyland #aside

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Two observations about the lack of coverage of ongoing protests: the 24-hour news cycle craves novelty more than import; and they were only there in the first place for the violence, not the message #aside

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I’ve got a brief guide to live music in lockdown over on the @BridgeheadMedia blog > @BridgeheadMedia #aside

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Looks like Sony just answered the question ‘what if an Xbox 360 ate a PlayStation 3?’ #aside

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Bee just gave me my first haircut in four months and my head feels so good right now! #aside

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You don’t know how happy I am that I didn’t have to go to Dublin this week after all. That early a morning would’ve broken me #aside

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Right-wingers crying over statues to history’s monsters like it’s the same as the Taliban blowing up Buddhist monuments smh #aside

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Today is my first day off this month and I’m shattered but also I can’t get my brain out of work mode saaaaake #aside

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I got into the Minutemen before I had access to the internet; I cried when I read about D Boon, 12 years after the fact > @B_oySix #aside

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As someone who works in media: I think this stems from a completely misguided notion that ‘we don’t know what’s in their hearts’. But we don’t have to, that’s not a qualifier for racism > @Beschizza #aside

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Need to share this as it’s really good; RIYL Palm, Deerhoof, maybe Dead Rider? Yeah, that works for me > @ramplocal #aside

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