MORE to follow.
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From the Cats_Of_Brutalism Insta, wherein 20th century Brutalist architecture is enhanced by the addition of giant cats.
This afternoon.
Via Reuters:
Olympic athletes will be subject to GPS monitoring as will members of the media, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee CEO Toshiro Muto said on Wednesday.
Muto, speaking at a news conference, also said the monitoring system will be used not to track every single movement of the Olympic participants but to retroactively trace them if an issue arises….
Olympics-Athletes will be subject to GPS monitoring, says Tokyo 2020 CEO (Reuters)
Earlier…
Kaori Yamaguchi, a senior figure in the Japanese Olympic Committee, has warned that holding the Tokyo Games during the pandemic is putting officials under intense pressure, after one employee reportedly took his own life https://t.co/ePP3h00Q23
— Times Sport (@TimesSport) June 9, 2021
Staying in June 16?
Bloomsday celebrations on RTÉ.
Joseph Hoban writes:
Starring Killian Scott, RTÉ will air the world premiere of US vs Ulysses by Colin Murphy – the compelling dramatization of the 1933 court case that resulted in the “un-banning” of Ulyssess in the USA. The premiere is presented in partnership with the James Joyce Centre.
Meanwhile, RTE/Ulysses will feature a range of additional content, including the complete RTÉ production – all 15 stories – of Dubliners, along with Joyce’s only play, Exiles. The website features 20 ‘explainer’ programmes, ‘Reading Ulysses‘, hosted by Gerry O Flaherty and Fritz Senn, as well as the Joycesongs series (music from the book performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra), and other audio and visual archive material.
RTÉ will also re-air the almost 30-hour production of James Joyce’s Ulysses worldwide on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra. The full dramatised production – originally broadcast in 1982 to celebrate the centenary of Joyce, and totalling 29 hours and 45 minutes in duration – will begin at the same time as both Stephen Dedalus’ and Leopold Bloom’s journey through Dublin begins in the book: 8am on 16 June. Audiences can listen live on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra, or via podcast at link below…
Big push guys, especially in #UK – where June 21st is the date they said they would end the madness #TakeOffYourMask was trending yesterday, and you can help to keep it so 😉
– always retweet but don’t forget to include the #TakeOffYourMask hashtag in every tweet! pic.twitter.com/T8gUNKkm41— Ivor Cummins (@FatEmperor) June 9, 2021
This afternoon.
Or not.
Only you can decide.
Previously: Reveal The 8th
Meanwhile..
Brussels ends face masks obligation outdoors | Main | English edition https://t.co/eFcuCgfj5S
— News Bht (@news_bht) June 9, 2021
Meanwhile…
On the streets.
Vaxxed but still masked.
Planimals
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ROE (above) performing the Stendhal Festival, Ballymully Cottage Farm, Limavady, Northern Ireland last weekend
Oh.
Via Nialler9:
250 invited guests set up in socially distant pods or tables of four to six people enjoyed sets from four bands… The social distancing rules saw people watch the gigs from tables and individual audience pens in bubbles of four to six people…
We’d rather go to Altamont.
Less demonic.
Here’s what one of the first outdoor gigs to take place in Northern Ireland looked like (Nialler9)
Pic: Amelia Films
Meanwhile…
Foo Fighters to Allow Vaccinated Fans Only at Madison Square Garden Concert https://t.co/ZJ2IzYedyP
— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) June 9, 2021
Oh.
Streamstown Station, County Westmeath
Ciaran Cooney, of Irish Railway Record Society, writes:
Before & After restoration of the goods shed at Streamstown Station on the Athlone-Mullingar line (Old Rail Trail cycleway) of the Midland Great Western Railway, which I pictured in 2012 (top) and last weekend…
In fairness.