Orla O’Hare 🇮🇪
orla52.bsky.social
Orla O’Hare 🇮🇪
@orla52.bsky.social
Irish woman with a Celtic soul, living in UK for 50 years. Pro - Europe, Anti - Tory, detests Trump, Musk, Farage and Fascists.

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Another from the old city. “Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.” Yousuf Karsh #Color #photography #art #©stevec #France #notAI #vintagelenses #city #streetphotography #fineartphotography
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Just the first shot out of my other camera an R5 (I carry three when I go out to take images) just to show Béziers which is such a beautiful town. More to post over the next few days. #Color #photography #art #©stevec #France #notAI #vintagelenses #streetphotography #fineartphotography
January 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The hardest part about editing your own book is deleting. I used to ask, will I miss these words, will I miss this part of the story?

That's the wrong question.

The right question is, will anyone else miss it?
December 29, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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Please pay attention to what the GOP is doing in North Carolina. They are continuing to try to steal a state Supreme Court seat. youtu.be/cHzbdAdR4vE
BREAKING: North Carolina Election Board Rejects 60k Ballot Challenges
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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December 12, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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I prefer presidents who aren't wannabe authoritarians.
December 12, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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I have about 1/3 of the followers here that I have on the other place, but the engagement here is a lot more fun & interesting, & it feels happy. I really hope this lasts. We need a public marketplace of ideas!
December 11, 2024 at 3:39 AM
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Bluesky needs a verification system.

This account uses my name, my avatar, my background image and my bio. It copies my actual posts as if it is me. The handle is my name with my middle initial -- which I use on Twitter. Please report.

@marceelias.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
December 10, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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If we all find 100 posts to like every day, engagement and good will on @bsky.app grows exponentially.

Is it worth a few minutes to make the platform stronger ?
December 10, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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Bluesky feels more like “old Twitter” than X does. That’s one reason why millions of people are switching to Bluesky. 🦋
December 3, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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BREAKING: Stunning new reporting from Rolling Stone suggests Pete Hegseth led chants calling for the killing of all Muslims. This is a devastating report for Hegseth and Donald Trump.
December 3, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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NBC: Mississippi Free Press "Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter,” Pittman said. “Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.”

search.app?link=https%3...
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
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November 30, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Twitter continues to lose millions of users each month. At the same time, Bluesky is growing so fast — currently over 21 million users — that it's racing to get more servers. 🦋
November 30, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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One day, like a miracle. ☕️
November 24, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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Leak the damn Gaetz report. Stop protecting a sex trafficking rapist.
November 21, 2024 at 1:06 PM
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Novels I liked this year, offered in the spirit of book lists, 1:

Marzahn, mon Amour, Katja Oskamp
Beyond the Door of No Return, David Diop
Sojourn, Amit Chaudhuri
The Silentiary, Antonio di Benedetto
The Bee Sting, Paul Murray
River of Smoke, Amitav Gosh
Flood of Fire, Amitav Gosh
December 28, 2023 at 8:32 PM
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Don Jr. nonchalantly rubbing cocaine on his gums while standing next to his daddy in front of TV cameras speaks volumes.
November 21, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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Artist Luis Quiles
November 17, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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November 17, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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Beware, folks.
November 17, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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"Good morning"

Replies:

Mastodon - "Depends what you mean by good, and which time zone you're in"

Threads - "Please leave that passive aggressive stuff at the bird site, thank you"

Bluesky - "Yay, this is just like Twitter in old days when we said good morning to each other whatever time it was"
October 9, 2023 at 7:35 AM
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November 16, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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An extraordinary moment. Guardian to stop publishing on Twitter www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 12:38 PM