Andy O'Hara
@aoharaphoto.bsky.social
He/him. 'Resting' portrait/performance photographer and medical secretary based in Brighton, UK. Living with the joys of long covid / MECFS. Neurospicy. Keen to get back into playing TTRPGs and eventually GMing again.
aoharaphoto.co.uk
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I hope every Labour MP considering whether to support Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans remembers Nigel Farage's assessment that the “Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter.”
If they support them they will too.
If they support them they will too.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I hope every Labour MP considering whether to support Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans remembers Nigel Farage's assessment that the “Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter.”
If they support them they will too.
If they support them they will too.
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Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
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I honestly didn’t think I would have time to put anything out, but then the cat woke me at 5, I got annoyed by a gleeful Telegraph at 6:10 and suddenly the hours up to 08:30 and my lunchbreak became very, very productive.
"Should These People Exist?" Live on the BBC at Ten
The surreal, exhausting, frustrating battle of pretending "both sidesing" is a form of legitimate debate
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I honestly didn’t think I would have time to put anything out, but then the cat woke me at 5, I got annoyed by a gleeful Telegraph at 6:10 and suddenly the hours up to 08:30 and my lunchbreak became very, very productive.
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
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The long term harm caused by #Covid is well-documented in hundreds of thousands of research papers and clinical reports.
#longcovid @greenparty.org.uk @greensorganise.bsky.social
#longcovid @greenparty.org.uk @greensorganise.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The long term harm caused by #Covid is well-documented in hundreds of thousands of research papers and clinical reports.
#longcovid @greenparty.org.uk @greensorganise.bsky.social
#longcovid @greenparty.org.uk @greensorganise.bsky.social
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you have been visited by Baby Bison and will now enjoy 48 hours of elevated serotonin
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
you have been visited by Baby Bison and will now enjoy 48 hours of elevated serotonin
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Amy Madigan! Mainly for the pictures, which are ace. Beware massive WEAPONS spoilers with no warnings) in the text. Doesn't mention Walter Hill's STREETS OF FIRE, love her in that.
Amy Madigan Is Back in the Spotlight. It’s Making Her Nervous
Her performance as the creepily clownish aunt in 'Weapons' has relaunched her career and made her an Oscar frontrunner — not to mention the year's most unlikely Tiktok star.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Amy Madigan! Mainly for the pictures, which are ace. Beware massive WEAPONS spoilers with no warnings) in the text. Doesn't mention Walter Hill's STREETS OF FIRE, love her in that.
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This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This might be of interest to a few people
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc
Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
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🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
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I have updated my official log of lobbying and policy meetings for the past three months.
This should be a basic requirement for all MPs. We all need to know who those who serve us meet with, and in whose interests they act.
www.sianberry.org.uk/official-mee...
This should be a basic requirement for all MPs. We all need to know who those who serve us meet with, and in whose interests they act.
www.sianberry.org.uk/official-mee...
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I have updated my official log of lobbying and policy meetings for the past three months.
This should be a basic requirement for all MPs. We all need to know who those who serve us meet with, and in whose interests they act.
www.sianberry.org.uk/official-mee...
This should be a basic requirement for all MPs. We all need to know who those who serve us meet with, and in whose interests they act.
www.sianberry.org.uk/official-mee...
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Or maybe we should provide a universal basic income for ALL humans, no exceptions, no means tests (just take it back from the billionaires at income tax time).
Humans shouldn't need to work to live.
We are not work machines!
Humans shouldn't need to work to live.
We are not work machines!
Even if you were willing to buy that an LLM/Gen AI tool has human-like intellect, you’re still left with the fact that an LLM doesn’t NEED a job to remain alive under capitalism, but a human does.
morality-wise, surely many would agree that humans should thus be given priority for jobs due to need
morality-wise, surely many would agree that humans should thus be given priority for jobs due to need
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Or maybe we should provide a universal basic income for ALL humans, no exceptions, no means tests (just take it back from the billionaires at income tax time).
Humans shouldn't need to work to live.
We are not work machines!
Humans shouldn't need to work to live.
We are not work machines!
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A charity is gaining momentum pushing for state-subsidised diners to be reintroduced across the UK to improve access to affordable, healthy, and climate-friendly food.
Not everyone is convinced, however, that there's a chance in the current political climate.
My latest for Sower ⬇️
Not everyone is convinced, however, that there's a chance in the current political climate.
My latest for Sower ⬇️
What if dinner was public infrastructure?
A Scottish charity wants to reintroduce state-subsidised diners for all—potentially a big ask in the current political climate.
www.sower.world
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A charity is gaining momentum pushing for state-subsidised diners to be reintroduced across the UK to improve access to affordable, healthy, and climate-friendly food.
Not everyone is convinced, however, that there's a chance in the current political climate.
My latest for Sower ⬇️
Not everyone is convinced, however, that there's a chance in the current political climate.
My latest for Sower ⬇️
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🎃 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 🎃
Our shop has been tootling away & a huge thank you to those who have supported it!
🖇️
longcovidadvoc.shop
Our shop has been tootling away & a huge thank you to those who have supported it!
🖇️
longcovidadvoc.shop
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🎃 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 🎃
Our shop has been tootling away & a huge thank you to those who have supported it!
🖇️
longcovidadvoc.shop
Our shop has been tootling away & a huge thank you to those who have supported it!
🖇️
longcovidadvoc.shop
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Very interesting article on Jane Bown, one of the best portrait photographers, with some great examples of her work observer.co.uk/culture/phot...
Jane Bown: eye to eye with the artists | The Observer
Memories of the late photographer who, over a 60-year career at the Observer, indelibly captured cultural icons from Hockney to Bacon
observer.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Very interesting article on Jane Bown, one of the best portrait photographers, with some great examples of her work observer.co.uk/culture/phot...
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Thank you, the 63 Labour MPs who pushed back against instructions not to vote and helped defeat Farage's bill to leave the #ECHR. No matter if some see the bill and the vote as symbolic. It was symbolic of an attack on human rights — you had the courage of conviction to help stop it in its tracks.
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Thank you, the 63 Labour MPs who pushed back against instructions not to vote and helped defeat Farage's bill to leave the #ECHR. No matter if some see the bill and the vote as symbolic. It was symbolic of an attack on human rights — you had the courage of conviction to help stop it in its tracks.
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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With Halloween and long nights coming up, and mock-exam season just around the corner, it feels like a good time to usher my study drug / exam stress horror set in and around London’s Barbican, Sleepless, out of the shadows.
www.amazon.co.uk/Sleepless-Re...
www.amazon.co.uk/Sleepless-Re...
October 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
With Halloween and long nights coming up, and mock-exam season just around the corner, it feels like a good time to usher my study drug / exam stress horror set in and around London’s Barbican, Sleepless, out of the shadows.
www.amazon.co.uk/Sleepless-Re...
www.amazon.co.uk/Sleepless-Re...
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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I’m so happy to see this.
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’m so happy to see this.
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
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It's almost as if 2024's massive rejection of mealy-mouthed, downward-spiral, centre-right, blame-the-poor, end-game-capitalism, austerity-obsessed politics was a signal to Labour that the country was desperate for something else.
Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's almost as if 2024's massive rejection of mealy-mouthed, downward-spiral, centre-right, blame-the-poor, end-game-capitalism, austerity-obsessed politics was a signal to Labour that the country was desperate for something else.
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My comfort in folklore often comes from the fact it ratifies the truths that greed is an evil, tyranny is to be opposed and manners matter. If it legitimises a fear of trespassing against the common good by the rich, it is performing one of its fundamental roles. – #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday
October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My comfort in folklore often comes from the fact it ratifies the truths that greed is an evil, tyranny is to be opposed and manners matter. If it legitimises a fear of trespassing against the common good by the rich, it is performing one of its fundamental roles. – #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday
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I wrote about Public Access from the perspective of a repeat player: www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2025/10...
Did You Reconnect With Deep Lake?: (Re)playing Public Access — Broken Hands Media
Cary is a librarian, with family still living in Deep Lake, when he and his friends return for the summer. “Friends” might be a bit of stretch: they’re almost strangers, who have reconnected in the su...
www.brokenhandsmedia.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I wrote about Public Access from the perspective of a repeat player: www.brokenhandsmedia.com/blog/2025/10...
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This is the usual sulky-baby nonsense but what a delicious treat it would be if the mad authoritarian racists just… left
October 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is the usual sulky-baby nonsense but what a delicious treat it would be if the mad authoritarian racists just… left
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The study, conducted by researchers who had reportedly “run out of ideas”, showed that while going through life feeling invisible is painful, it’s nowhere near as bad as someone making a comment on a minor change to your appearance.
Study finds only thing worse than being ignored is being perceived
The only thing worse than nobody noticing you is somebody acknowledging your stupid, embarrassing existence, a study has revealed. The study, conducted by researchers who had reportedly “run out of…
thedailytism.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The study, conducted by researchers who had reportedly “run out of ideas”, showed that while going through life feeling invisible is painful, it’s nowhere near as bad as someone making a comment on a minor change to your appearance.
Riot Women: dear gods that was f'n excellent. Hoping to see more.
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Riot Women: dear gods that was f'n excellent. Hoping to see more.