Dr Conor O'Brien
@clinpsycon.bsky.social
Half serious account of a clinical psychologist in community forensic land 🧠🇬🇧 | Interests: psychosis, working-classness, poverty, and social justice ✊🏼 | Lifelong QPR sufferer ⚽ | Cat dad 🐈🐈 | Gamer 🎮 | Languages: 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 (learning 🇯🇵)
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every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Just saw someone refer to the “male loneliness epidemic” as the “male consequences epidemic” and I just think that’s so much more accurate.
August 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just saw someone refer to the “male loneliness epidemic” as the “male consequences epidemic” and I just think that’s so much more accurate.
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Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
August 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
I used to have so much respect for Duolingo and their mission but now that they're cuddling up to the neo-Nazis, the owl can get in the bin.
May 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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The Green Party don’t get as much media coverage as Reform because the continuation of civilised human life on the planet isn’t as interesting as cunts.
May 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The Green Party don’t get as much media coverage as Reform because the continuation of civilised human life on the planet isn’t as interesting as cunts.
People interpret this as "AI is biased towards lefty liberal ideology".
I interpret this as "lefty liberal ideology is candid and evidence-based".
I interpret this as "lefty liberal ideology is candid and evidence-based".
April 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
People interpret this as "AI is biased towards lefty liberal ideology".
I interpret this as "lefty liberal ideology is candid and evidence-based".
I interpret this as "lefty liberal ideology is candid and evidence-based".
You know the Tories have hit a new low when Patel is defending Trump... Yet, Farage isn't. 🙃
February 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
You know the Tories have hit a new low when Patel is defending Trump... Yet, Farage isn't. 🙃
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Hi Folks,
Most of you know I work as a Psychotherapist with military veterans. I've also just written a self-help book for service people and veterans moving through transition to civilian life.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXQZDNKQ
Most of you know I work as a Psychotherapist with military veterans. I've also just written a self-help book for service people and veterans moving through transition to civilian life.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXQZDNKQ
Beyond The Uniform: Navigating Transition From The Military To Civilian Life With Acceptance And Commitment Therapy
Beyond The Uniform: Navigating Transition From The Military To Civilian Life With Acceptance And Commitment Therapy eBook : Hughes, Christian: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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February 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Hi Folks,
Most of you know I work as a Psychotherapist with military veterans. I've also just written a self-help book for service people and veterans moving through transition to civilian life.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXQZDNKQ
Most of you know I work as a Psychotherapist with military veterans. I've also just written a self-help book for service people and veterans moving through transition to civilian life.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXQZDNKQ
I used to have so much respect for Duolingo and their mission but now that they're cuddling up to the neo-Nazis, the owl can get in the bin.
February 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I used to have so much respect for Duolingo and their mission but now that they're cuddling up to the neo-Nazis, the owl can get in the bin.
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An important point to keep in mind.
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
An important point to keep in mind.
So you're telling me that The Telegraph are only just getting to grips with how proportional taxation works?
February 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
So you're telling me that The Telegraph are only just getting to grips with how proportional taxation works?
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There's a bunch of people who insist the abuse they suffered as children never did them any harm and so they fantasise about everyone else suffering the same trauma.
I'm here to tell them that they did in fact come to considerable harm and that they are too damaged to be trusted with all our future
I'm here to tell them that they did in fact come to considerable harm and that they are too damaged to be trusted with all our future
January 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
There's a bunch of people who insist the abuse they suffered as children never did them any harm and so they fantasise about everyone else suffering the same trauma.
I'm here to tell them that they did in fact come to considerable harm and that they are too damaged to be trusted with all our future
I'm here to tell them that they did in fact come to considerable harm and that they are too damaged to be trusted with all our future
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Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
January 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
In another week of the USA igniting conversations in forensic psychology, I have to ask...
What conclusions can be drawn about the state of respect for justice when (a) a convicted offender holds the highest possible office and (b) has used this position to pardon other convicted offenders?
What conclusions can be drawn about the state of respect for justice when (a) a convicted offender holds the highest possible office and (b) has used this position to pardon other convicted offenders?
January 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In another week of the USA igniting conversations in forensic psychology, I have to ask...
What conclusions can be drawn about the state of respect for justice when (a) a convicted offender holds the highest possible office and (b) has used this position to pardon other convicted offenders?
What conclusions can be drawn about the state of respect for justice when (a) a convicted offender holds the highest possible office and (b) has used this position to pardon other convicted offenders?
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I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
January 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I dedicated years of my life to reporting on January 6 and exposing what happened. I was there that day, co-wrote a book, and published a series of major stories on my own, for Rolling Stone, and for TPM.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
I hope it mattered. I hope history will remember and understand what happened.
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People won't want to believe it, but the best evidence we have shows that an increase in people who say they're not "White British" in England & Wales correlates with a big fall in violent crime.
January 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
People won't want to believe it, but the best evidence we have shows that an increase in people who say they're not "White British" in England & Wales correlates with a big fall in violent crime.
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Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
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How it feels arguing on social media:
December 15, 2024 at 6:21 PM
How it feels arguing on social media:
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"...Even supposing this is all correct, is extra-judicial killing warranted? At first, it seems like the answer has to be ‘no’..." Saba Bazargan-Forward on the ethics of the killing of Brian Thompson.
Complications: The Ethics of the Killing of a Health Insurance CEO (guest post) - Daily Nous
The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month has ignited moral debate around the world. Many have condemned the killing as they would any other murder. Others, though, have th...
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December 15, 2024 at 3:28 PM
"...Even supposing this is all correct, is extra-judicial killing warranted? At first, it seems like the answer has to be ‘no’..." Saba Bazargan-Forward on the ethics of the killing of Brian Thompson.
The public's response to the killing of a health insurance CEO has been an interesting point of discussion in my community forensic psychology team.
At what point do we consider something to be 'violent' and how would we define 'murder'?
Are there more acceptable motives for murder than others?
At what point do we consider something to be 'violent' and how would we define 'murder'?
Are there more acceptable motives for murder than others?
December 11, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The public's response to the killing of a health insurance CEO has been an interesting point of discussion in my community forensic psychology team.
At what point do we consider something to be 'violent' and how would we define 'murder'?
Are there more acceptable motives for murder than others?
At what point do we consider something to be 'violent' and how would we define 'murder'?
Are there more acceptable motives for murder than others?
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the people many of us left twitter to get away from seem oddly baffled by a lot of folks not wanting them here
December 8, 2024 at 3:25 AM
the people many of us left twitter to get away from seem oddly baffled by a lot of folks not wanting them here
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A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
December 5, 2024 at 3:01 PM
A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
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Winter is typically the most polluted season of the year. Increased fuel combustion for heating and transport, along with cold, dense air, can trigger spikes in many air pollutants.
To find out more, read our article: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cool-dry-con...
To find out more, read our article: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cool-dry-con...
December 4, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Winter is typically the most polluted season of the year. Increased fuel combustion for heating and transport, along with cold, dense air, can trigger spikes in many air pollutants.
To find out more, read our article: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cool-dry-con...
To find out more, read our article: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cool-dry-con...
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finally finished downloading my limewire wrapped after 20 years
December 4, 2024 at 9:11 PM
finally finished downloading my limewire wrapped after 20 years