A moving short by Alex Widdowson using a range of animation styles to tell an unflinching story of what life is like for someone with a profound learning disability: in this case, his brother, Jamie – born with Down Syndrome and a passion for music and clowns.
Enjoy a breath of fresh air – witty and utterly devoid of self pity.
Our new album ‘A Hero’s Death’ is out at midnight tonight.
Pre-order to get access to an exclusive performance of our new album in its entirety plus a Q&A. ‘A Night At Montrose, Dublin’ – 8pm BST, 3rd August. https://t.co/O5lkPoqNxf pic.twitter.com/nr3P0ZxWaY
— Fontaines D.C. (@fontainesdublin) July 30, 2020
A Young Ron Jeremy Fontaines D. C guitarist Carlos O’Connell (top) with the Dublin band’s new long player, A Hero’s Death’, available in all formats at Midnight.
Meanwhile…
5/5 from the Guardian. Nice one guys https://t.co/05UtbQt0yI
— Mark (..oh just let me unmute) Curcher (@macurcher) July 30, 2020
Fontaines DC: A Hero’s Death review – all the joy and despair of youth is here (The Guardian)
83-year-old Chang Wan-ji and 84-year-old Hsu Sho-er – proprietors of Wansho Laundry in central Taiwan – have been repurposing items abandoned by customers to create their own adorable fashion statements, lately documented by their grandson.
Read their story here.
Print ad, ‘A Friend In Need,’ c.1928-1935. An ESB electric kettle; “ready to supply your need in a few minutes at any hour of the day or night and in any room in the house…” Perfect for when a friend pops over for #tea ☕️#InternationalDayOfFriendship #ThursdayThought pic.twitter.com/K6kRJ60BKC
— ESB Archives (@ESBArchives) July 30, 2020
Ireland welcomes the electric kettle.
It shaved literally seconds off previous tea making times.
Life would go rapidly downhill from this point on.
Meanwhile…
Anyone fancy a cuppa? Be warned, according to the work of #17thcentury physician Simon Paulli it could make you blind, stupid and impotent! pic.twitter.com/BD3Z4FqDCX
— Marsh's Library (@MarshsLibrary) July 30, 2020
So here we are in 2020 with a ban on a #tampax ad, yet 20 years ago on this day women in Armagh jail were using menstrual blood as a weapon of resistance against state violence. See my article for more info: https://t.co/NMoTWkKydn pic.twitter.com/cFQwDOPRBR
— Theresa O’Keefe (@Theresa_OKeefe) July 29, 2020
This article (at link below) suggests that the use of menstrual blood in resisting the state is an act so subversive that it effectively disrupted staunchly entrenched gender norms in Northern Irish society prior to the height of the conflict. This in turn provoked the rise of a distinct form of feminism rooted within the republican movement.
Menstrual Blood as a Weapon of Resistance (Therese O’Keefe)
Yesterday: Complaints over ‘offensive’ Tampax tampon advert upheld (Irish Times)
From left Professor Denis Cusack, Director of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety; Assistant Commissioner, Paula Hilman, Roads Policing Unit, An Garda Síochána; and Liz O’Donnell, Chairperson, RSA, as the Road Safety Authority (RSA)
Oh.
Low road it is so.
This afternoon.
Essex Quay, Dublin 1.
An Garda Síochána help launch the Road Safety Authority’s August Bank Holiday road safety appeal with the theme: ‘There’s No Hiding From Drug Driving’.
To wit:
Do not inhale.
Actor Mark Mannion, who is not tripping, poses for a test swab, on Essex Quay.
Behold: the Kuberg Ranger – an electric ‘dirt scooter’ that will maintain 80km/h at full twist for 32km (or twice that with the larger of two available battery sizes).
Fully suspended with its weight carried low to maximise stability and handling, there’s also an ‘eco-mode’ to further extend the range by keeping the average speed to 24km/h.
Available later this year for around €4,250.
