Gavin Byrne

Running another convention for my board game meet up group in January. I set this group up in 2013 as collecting boardgames and playing boardgames are two different hobbies and the ‘playing them’ hobby is the challenging one as finding players is tough but that’s where the meetup group comes in.

Have had a bad cold for 2 months now and it just keeps getting worse and worse to the point where I can’t sleep anymore. Have so many drugs now! Hoping to nuke it once and for all.

Found a more tragic micro story than “For sale: baby shoes, never worn” on the JustEat app.

Far right protesters can walk into libraries to threaten people with a police escort and block roads asking brown skinned people for ID while the Gardai look on. The same Gardai will happily put a dozen leftie students in A+E for a week during an eviction protest. I hope this helps your analysis

KNIGHTMARE IS BACK! An official point-and click adventure game based on the classic TV series - with actors from the original show. Coming 2027. www.knightmaregame.co.uk And just remember - it's only a game...isn't it? #indiedev #adventuregame

We don't have kids! Take the clown statue and get out of the house NOW!

Made my way through the whole Childsplay/Chucky series over the past week or so. With the exception of the 3rd one they’re all great little movies. Have also just started on the TV series today. (Also thinking of dressing my 1.5 year old up as him for Halloween) #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

We’re nominated for an ‘All Ireland Podcast Award’ for the Drama on Near podcast. The play I submitted was David Donovan’s “To The Bone” a rural drama exploring the relationship between generations and changing attitudes. You can find it here: drama.nearfm.ie/to-the-bone/ #AudioDrama

RIP Tom Skerritt. Oddly, that’s 3 cast members from the movie ‘Big Man on Campus’ that have passed this year.

Spotted that they were painting over the big mural on Fleet Street earlier. Heaven forbid the city has a bit of colour in it.

The boat I captained up and down the Shannon some years back. That might be a blurry @devore.bsky.social on the left there. Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and then post a picture of a boat you like.

Getting spooky 'round here, so I'm delighted to offer #1 of SCARENTHOOD (by me, @chrisohalloran.bsky.social and @robutoid.bsky.social), an Irish-set horror/comedy about paranormally-challenged parents for absolutely FREE! The book is FULLY creator-owned now, so grab it! ko-fi.com/s/2c445ddeb1

An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox

Absolutely delighted 🙌🏻 thank you @winterpapers.bsky.social & Drumnadubber Studios! ❤️

While writing up an analysis of environment implications of the budget I went back to what I had done for Budget 2025 for comparison. What people are missing is that the concern its just that the gov has paused the carbon tax, its that the carbon tax was never being allocated correctly to begin with

First time play of Tortuga 1667 today. Have all the Dark Cities games, which all have cute boxes that make them look like books, but until today I’ve only played Salem 1692 and Hollywood 1947. The new one, Roma XLI, should be shipping soon. #boardgames

The 24-HOUR HORROR MOVIE MIND MELTER is happening right now at secretcinematheque.com. Here are the tentative screening times, with hints of what will be playing:

It’s garbage day! Streaming free on the @shoutstudios.bsky.social YouTube channel from 20.00 tonight is Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2. youtu.be/9Wj6OClucnU?...

It’s a real bummer that the new Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure series has an outro tune produced by an alleged abuser. Traditionally the outro has a classic pop music track playing over it. So I did my own version with an appropriate 80s track instead.

Breakfast at Bewleys. Nice to see Gaza Cola on sale here as the only cola.

Oh no. Not happy to have to add to the list so so soon. RIP Richard Harrison.

Cool. Already got a response from Fingal CC. Like the sign while ugly is also on a traffic light poll at head height so it’s also a dangerous obstacle. I’d have yanked it down myself but I want to make sure they get fined.

Can’t believe I’m sick on Transformers Day (anniversary of the first broadcast of the cartoon) and can’t go see the movie rerelease at the cinema. Although I’m more of an orthodox Transformers fan and observe that holiday on May 8th (anniversary of the publication of the first comic book)

The Stardust Fire. Almost an entire generation in my local community gone in one night.

in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton

“You Da sells Avon” #BeyondFriday

Thinking about his wife… #BeyondFriday

Oh. So the evil plot is just something Israel did. #BeyondFriday

“Who would suspect that they're counterfeit jeans?” #BeyondFriday

“Well, my faithful dog was bringing me my shoes and they fell apart in his mouth.” #BeyondFriday

Not sure how much I’m going to enjoy a JCVD movie where he only plays one version of himself… the title Knock Off really made me feel like there could be two of him again. #BeyondFriday

Able to join #BeyondFriday tonight for the first time in a long while. My trailer is an odd little one I discovered recently called “Highway to Hell” from 1991 youtu.be/e6AeScDSe68?...

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Comet Pizza didn't actually have trafficked children in the basement but Brian Thompson did make $10M a year innovating ways to deny people medicare coverage. Hope this helps.

Was back in the @nearfm.ie studios today recording new #AudioDrama “When Ernest Met Scott” by Eddie Naughton. It got pretty lively.

Was back in the @nearfm.ie studios today recording new #AudioDrama “When Ernest Met Scott” by Eddie Naughton. It got pretty lively.

This is the best I could do for a photo of the eclipse.

Made eclipse cocktails.

I’m eclipse ready.