Sergei Krikalev was stuck on the Mir space station for 311 days after the Soviet Union broke up.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Find out what it means to me.

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Colman Doyle’s 1973 photo of a woman IRA volunteer in Belfast became one of most iconic shots of the Troubles: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0616/1147804-troubles-northern-ireland-colman-doyle-photo-woman-ira-belfast-1973/

To be fair, I don’t think anyone had moved in there yet.

There is nothing new here. There has always been a vocal, violent, right leaning minority in Irish society. There have been two instances that have made headlines around the world in the past few weeks that may make it seem like Irish society in general is leaning further to the right. I hope this isn’t true.

It didn’t work 23 years ago in Tipperary, it won’t work now. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/fire-at-hotel-for-asylum-seekers-1.264123

They’ll claim the insurance, rebuild the hotel and refugees will move in anyway.

So burn the hotel down?

Heart attack or stroke are usually described by the media as “died suddenly”.

There is a journalistic shorthand at work here, “brief illness” usually means something discovered too late to treat, RIP Sir.

The idea of someone having a pet snake in 1982 would have been so bizarre that it would be deemed comical. That said snake is called “Ginger,” a typical name for a harmless cat, not a 30-foot python reinforces that. This would probably have raised a sensable chuckle back in the day, but I don’t think it really stands up to the test of time.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SLMJpHihykI

While not a renaissance fair exactly, there is a jousting tournament in Leeds Castle in Kent once or twice a year. It’s a lot of fun with armour, swords, horses, the whole shebang.

Imagine this plane with a fire on board before takeoff and now the unfit overweight masses have to evacuate.

That makes it a Theocracy.

I’ve been on the Internet since dial up was the pinnacle of technology, and I have never seen this meme before.

Even the Disney store has a Frozen Isle now.

Pretty sure this is how Airwolf started.

But how does the bus driver get to work?

Over 200 hours on Death Stranding. During lockdown it was like therapy. Not into MMOs. Possibly more on other games but that is the one that surprised me most when I saw how long it took to platinum it. And then game+ing it too.