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Scenes from Dublin’s ‘Golden Mile’ situated within the borders of College Green, George’s Street, South King Street, Dawson Street and Nassau Street, Dublin yesterday.

Fupping golden sun-kissed hipsters.

 (Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

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Russian Youtuber Egorov has invented a device that allows him to unravel usable ‘string’ or narrow tape from plastic bottles.

The process is simple and very satisfying to watch.

*twitch, double-blink*

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Stop motion animator Micaël Reynaud uses slit-scanning, timelapse and masking to create what he calls “hypnotic very short films”.

This is award-winning, next-level gifcraft right here. The pigeon (above) was a finalist in the Saatchi Gallery Motion Photography competition and more recently, Reynaud won the 2014 Giphoscope International Art GIF contest.

More here.

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The Guardian’s Roy Greenslade writes:

“I am carrying this guest blog in part because Sinead O’Shea touches on a topic I often mention – the failure of mainstream Irish media to do their job properly. But she goes way beyond the lack of inadequate reporting to consider the darker side of her home country….”

The Dark Truth About Modern Ireland (Sinead O’Shea, The Guardian)

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