Paul O’Neill
@paul-o.bsky.social
Glorified dog sofa. Spondy. Dementia carer. “Worst Housing Officer in the world”, okayest supported housing manager. Misplaced Geordie, adopted Devonian.
Family FaceTime call done. It’s a Christmas tradition I particularly enjoy because a) it’s nice to see the family and b) I love my dad’s inability to hang up so I get to watch him carry the phone around the house looking for my sister so she can end the call for him.
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Family FaceTime call done. It’s a Christmas tradition I particularly enjoy because a) it’s nice to see the family and b) I love my dad’s inability to hang up so I get to watch him carry the phone around the house looking for my sister so she can end the call for him.
Right, it’s gone past noon. *starts putting away the decorations and taking down the tree*
December 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Right, it’s gone past noon. *starts putting away the decorations and taking down the tree*
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Due to an online order fuck up I am now in Sainsbury's doing a full Christmas shop and I don't know if you've seen Uncut Gems
December 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Due to an online order fuck up I am now in Sainsbury's doing a full Christmas shop and I don't know if you've seen Uncut Gems
I’ve not even left the car yet and I’m already regretting popping down to the big shop.
December 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I’ve not even left the car yet and I’m already regretting popping down to the big shop.
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
Had a Christmas dinner at a carvery yesterday…
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Had a Christmas dinner at a carvery yesterday…
I had a surprise turkey and trimmings dinner today. We’d ordered a bunch of dinners at a local pub for the project residents and some people dropped out so we ended up having to step in and eat food that had been made and was going to be have to be paid for. There are worse problems to have I guess.
December 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I had a surprise turkey and trimmings dinner today. We’d ordered a bunch of dinners at a local pub for the project residents and some people dropped out so we ended up having to step in and eat food that had been made and was going to be have to be paid for. There are worse problems to have I guess.
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Free food options in Exeter over the Christmas period, please share
December 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Free food options in Exeter over the Christmas period, please share
Just as a little Christmas treat I’m off to pay for a replacement power steering rack for the Volvo.
December 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Just as a little Christmas treat I’m off to pay for a replacement power steering rack for the Volvo.
🎵 Hiiiiighwaaaay to the…
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🎵 Hiiiiighwaaaay to the…
I’m eating a Wotsit Mac’n’Cheese and it feels like this wouldn’t be allowed if we were still in the EU.
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I’m eating a Wotsit Mac’n’Cheese and it feels like this wouldn’t be allowed if we were still in the EU.
Over diagnosis discourse: I manage a project that houses and supports people with enduring mental health issues such as psychosis, schizoaffective disorders, personality disorders and so on. Most are unable to work due to their conditions and the side effects of the treatments they have to take.
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Over diagnosis discourse: I manage a project that houses and supports people with enduring mental health issues such as psychosis, schizoaffective disorders, personality disorders and so on. Most are unable to work due to their conditions and the side effects of the treatments they have to take.
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Welcome home for Christmas, Daniel.
(prints of my work available now - link in bio)
(prints of my work available now - link in bio)
![Scene is a domestic TEENAGE BEDROOM which has been turned into a JUNK STORAGE ROOM by the parents since their son left home. Nirvana poster, Beasti Boys poster, plus cardboard boxes, a running machine, a computer desk, etc. On the floor though, is said teenager, a guy called DANIEL, now an adult returned home for Christmas and having to sleep on a mattress on the floor among all this stuff. On his head, as he wakes up, is his parents' cat, CLIVE.
[Close up on Daniel's closed eyes]
[Daniel slowly opens eyes to realise Clive is sat on his head]
CLIVE THE CAT:
Well, well, well.
CLIVE:
The prodigal son returns!
Happy Christmas, Daniel.
DANIEL:
Hello Clive
CLIVE:
So sorry I’ve sat on your head. I didn't see you down there among all this... junk.
Such a shame they turned your old bedroom into a storage cupboard.... How the mighty have fallen!
34 years old and forced to sleep under dad’s computer desk with your pillow on the running machine...
While I have the freedom of the house!
Admit it, Daniel...
I am the son now.
I alone am prince of the prince of this domain!
DANIEL:
No! You’re just the cat!
CLIVE:
You’re gone, Daniel. I’ve sprayed it all! Everything!
Even....
[Show a teddy on a shelf]
...Mr Bumble.
DANIEL:
Nooo
CLIVE:
I AM THE SON NOW
DANIEL:
You bastard...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Welcome home for Christmas, Daniel.
(prints of my work available now - link in bio)
(prints of my work available now - link in bio)
Brave of Reeves to announce the return of the Invacar. You’d never get a Mercedes SUV on the touchline to watch the footy.
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Brave of Reeves to announce the return of the Invacar. You’d never get a Mercedes SUV on the touchline to watch the footy.
Footage of the premature poster at the OBR.
a priest in a black suit and red vest stands in a dark room
Alt: Father Dougal staring at the big red button that says DO NOT PRESS.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Footage of the premature poster at the OBR.
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Twenty five years ago I lived a flat in the Westgate Road in Newcastle. In amongst all the motorbike shops for anyone who knows the area. Our side of the street backed onto the walls of the S&N brewery. This is where I shared a flat with Dirty Bob (see various terrible anecdotes for further details)
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Twenty five years ago I lived a flat in the Westgate Road in Newcastle. In amongst all the motorbike shops for anyone who knows the area. Our side of the street backed onto the walls of the S&N brewery. This is where I shared a flat with Dirty Bob (see various terrible anecdotes for further details)
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You’ll be quite safe heading out tonight @onlyindevon.co.uk,
they’ve gritted the road! ❄️
#Devon
#Dartmoor
📷 credit - Kerri Cuthbert
(Driver was okay)
they’ve gritted the road! ❄️
#Devon
#Dartmoor
📷 credit - Kerri Cuthbert
(Driver was okay)
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You’ll be quite safe heading out tonight @onlyindevon.co.uk,
they’ve gritted the road! ❄️
#Devon
#Dartmoor
📷 credit - Kerri Cuthbert
(Driver was okay)
they’ve gritted the road! ❄️
#Devon
#Dartmoor
📷 credit - Kerri Cuthbert
(Driver was okay)
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Decided as it is Monday and I’d had a 1:1 supervision that I nearly wept in (the curses of middle age and working/caring), I’m having a lovely skirt steak in brioche sandwich and cappuccino in the Mansion House Canteen for lunch.
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Decided as it is Monday and I’d had a 1:1 supervision that I nearly wept in (the curses of middle age and working/caring), I’m having a lovely skirt steak in brioche sandwich and cappuccino in the Mansion House Canteen for lunch.
This is proper short form folk horror.
WANKED OFF BY THE HAIRY HANDS OF DARTMOOR
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is proper short form folk horror.
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It’s the little random things that catch you out caring for a loved one with young onset dementia. Like discovering the toaster was inexplicably turned up to max for some reason via the medium of bread immolation.
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It’s the little random things that catch you out caring for a loved one with young onset dementia. Like discovering the toaster was inexplicably turned up to max for some reason via the medium of bread immolation.
What lies beneath.
Lots of manky leaves apparently.
Lots of manky leaves apparently.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What lies beneath.
Lots of manky leaves apparently.
Lots of manky leaves apparently.