Hannah O'Kane
@pockethannah.bsky.social
Brussels-based. Views my own but can be yours if you want them. Professional interests are policy and politics; the rest of the time I’m probably thinking about women’s football (mainly but not only #WSL #ArsenalWomen #DFBFrauen)
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
This would be a statement of intent #AWFC
Exclusive: Women's football's first £1m transfer fee has been agreed. @theguardian.com understands Liverpool have accepted a world-record £1m fee from Arsenal for Olivia Smith, representing around five times what the club paid for the Canada forward last summer. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Arsenal to break world record fee by signing Liverpool’s Olivia Smith for £1m
Arsenal have agreed the first £1m transfer fee in women’s football after Liverpool accepted a world-record offer for the Canada forward Olivia Smith
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This would be a statement of intent #AWFC
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Klara Bühl vs Poland | #WEURO2025
Bühl was absolutely relentless all game. She kept running at the fullback and attacking the box consistently, making penetrative runs and creating chances with her crossing
11 progressive carries (most)
6 chances created (most)
Big stage Bühl
Bühl was absolutely relentless all game. She kept running at the fullback and attacking the box consistently, making penetrative runs and creating chances with her crossing
11 progressive carries (most)
6 chances created (most)
Big stage Bühl
July 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Klara Bühl vs Poland | #WEURO2025
Bühl was absolutely relentless all game. She kept running at the fullback and attacking the box consistently, making penetrative runs and creating chances with her crossing
11 progressive carries (most)
6 chances created (most)
Big stage Bühl
Bühl was absolutely relentless all game. She kept running at the fullback and attacking the box consistently, making penetrative runs and creating chances with her crossing
11 progressive carries (most)
6 chances created (most)
Big stage Bühl
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This vital resource @flybase.bsky.social is in acute peril: its funding blocked by the vindictiveness of Trump. Emergency funds needed *now*, pending longer term solutions. Personal donations from Europe can be made here (UK taxpayers can gift-aid); other routes also possible. US appeal to follow.
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This vital resource @flybase.bsky.social is in acute peril: its funding blocked by the vindictiveness of Trump. Emergency funds needed *now*, pending longer term solutions. Personal donations from Europe can be made here (UK taxpayers can gift-aid); other routes also possible. US appeal to follow.
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Another Storm, by Lee Krasner, 1963, 📸 by Adam Davy
May 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Another Storm, by Lee Krasner, 1963, 📸 by Adam Davy
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Leah Williamson vs Barcelona | UWCL Final 24-25
One of the best performance from a CB I have seen all season.
Not one unsuccessful defensive action, 14 clearances, main outlet to play it forward directly. WOW.
One of the best performance from a CB I have seen all season.
Not one unsuccessful defensive action, 14 clearances, main outlet to play it forward directly. WOW.
May 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Leah Williamson vs Barcelona | UWCL Final 24-25
One of the best performance from a CB I have seen all season.
Not one unsuccessful defensive action, 14 clearances, main outlet to play it forward directly. WOW.
One of the best performance from a CB I have seen all season.
Not one unsuccessful defensive action, 14 clearances, main outlet to play it forward directly. WOW.
May 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This is cool to learn 👇
Great for Everton to be able to play in a proper stadium (I won’t miss the single camera and the hand of god wiping the lens at Wolton Hall Park whenever it rained) - that is also one with a significant role in the history of English women’s football.
Great for Everton to be able to play in a proper stadium (I won’t miss the single camera and the hand of god wiping the lens at Wolton Hall Park whenever it rained) - that is also one with a significant role in the history of English women’s football.
Honouring the Dick Kerr Ladies - Goodison Park’s legacy is home to the revolutionary journey of women’s football
The beloved stadium that once hosted the game that saw women's football banned by the FA has found a new home in Everton Women.
thehalfwayline.com/2025/05/13/h...
The beloved stadium that once hosted the game that saw women's football banned by the FA has found a new home in Everton Women.
thehalfwayline.com/2025/05/13/h...
Honouring the Dick Kerr Ladies – Goodison Park’s legacy is home to the revolutionary journey of women’s football
105 years on from the ban that saw women prohibited from playing football under the rule of The FA, the same ground that hosted the historic Dick Kerr Ladies fixture will now become the home of the…
thehalfwayline.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is cool to learn 👇
Great for Everton to be able to play in a proper stadium (I won’t miss the single camera and the hand of god wiping the lens at Wolton Hall Park whenever it rained) - that is also one with a significant role in the history of English women’s football.
Great for Everton to be able to play in a proper stadium (I won’t miss the single camera and the hand of god wiping the lens at Wolton Hall Park whenever it rained) - that is also one with a significant role in the history of English women’s football.
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When your kids heart is completely broken and there is nothing you can do 😞.
May 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
When your kids heart is completely broken and there is nothing you can do 😞.
Super Mario 💃🏻
Introducing your 2024-25 #BarclaysWSL
#BarclaysFooty Player of the Season winner...
#ArsenalWFC's Mariona Caldentey 🏆
#BarclaysFooty Player of the Season winner...
#ArsenalWFC's Mariona Caldentey 🏆
May 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Super Mario 💃🏻
Saw this from the other end of the stadium - after less than a minute on the pitch 😮💨 😮💨
OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!
MICHELLE AGYEMANG WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!??
Debut England Goal and an absolute beaut! What a moment!
❤️⚪
MICHELLE AGYEMANG WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!??
Debut England Goal and an absolute beaut! What a moment!
❤️⚪
April 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Saw this from the other end of the stadium - after less than a minute on the pitch 😮💨 😮💨
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I hate the clocks changing because it makes me feel stupid
![1 [Nurse talking to camera]
This is usually our busiest time of year at the centre
2 [Show a sign outside a medical institution reading:]
Centre for Adults Who Still Can’t Get Their Heads Round Daylight Savings
3
NURSE:
We have a spike in admissions when BST starts
4
CONFUSED PATIENT BEING LAID DOWN BY NURSES:
Is it forward or back?
NURSE:
Lie down love
5
We often see the same patients ever year
PATIENT:
So it’s like… time travel?
DOCTOR:
No
6 Every year we try to explain BST to them in a fun and memorable way
[The patients are sat around a fun show, with people dressed in bunny suits jumping around a giant clock]
BUNNY: And now I *spring forward*...
7
[Bunny springs forward one hour on clock]
8
PATIENT WATCHING SHOW:
I don’t get it
9
The hardest patients are the Summer Time refusers
10 PATIENT [sat strapped to a chair as a doctor talks to him through a screen, through a tannoy]
PATIENT: But why is it better?
DOCTOR [talking through microphone]:
Because it complicates things.
11
PATIENT:
How is that good?
DOCTOR:
It makes you more tired.
12
DOCTOR [to assistant]:
Fetch the cattle prod](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreidhoxu7xpaujl7fvw4geaw45cu5qa2h5vcnrfxudj747fkesjix3m@jpeg)
March 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I hate the clocks changing because it makes me feel stupid
Meado crot alert 🚨
March 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Meado crot alert 🚨
think I’m gonna miss not having Chelsea-City to watch every few days
#UWCL
#UWCL
12 days. 3 games. 2 teams.
Who will come out on top in the final of @ChelseaFCW and @ManCityWomen's four-match showdown? 👀
#BarclaysWSL @uwclbot.bsky.social
Who will come out on top in the final of @ChelseaFCW and @ManCityWomen's four-match showdown? 👀
#BarclaysWSL @uwclbot.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
think I’m gonna miss not having Chelsea-City to watch every few days
#UWCL
#UWCL
Blimey
Arsenal vs Real Madrid field tilt | UWCL 24-25
Arsenal came out all guns blazing & Madrid never came to play at the Emirates. A very negative approach from Toril who only ever wanted to protect the 2-0 lead and invited Arsenal onto them.
Got totally dominated. Kudos to Arsenal.
Arsenal came out all guns blazing & Madrid never came to play at the Emirates. A very negative approach from Toril who only ever wanted to protect the 2-0 lead and invited Arsenal onto them.
Got totally dominated. Kudos to Arsenal.
March 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Blimey
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Love this interview with Mariona Caldentey by @SidLowe.bsky.social
“Winning the World Cup was a fist on the desk.”
“Winning the World Cup was a fist on the desk.”
Mariona Caldentey: ‘One day we’ll realise what we achieved, all we did for change to come’
Arsenal’s Spanish forward on fighting to win support for women’s football, leaving a successful Barcelona team and the stress of winning the World Cup
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Love this interview with Mariona Caldentey by @SidLowe.bsky.social
“Winning the World Cup was a fist on the desk.”
“Winning the World Cup was a fist on the desk.”
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“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
March 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training
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Ovalle, are you kidding me
March 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ovalle, are you kidding me
March 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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New: Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting Jenni Hermoso by kissing her on the lips, and he has been fined more than €10,000.
@swajones.bsky.social reports for the Guardian from Madrid
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
@swajones.bsky.social reports for the Guardian from Madrid
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Luis Rubiales found guilty of sexually assaulting Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso
Former president of Spanish football federation kissed player after team won women’s World Cup in 2023
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New: Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting Jenni Hermoso by kissing her on the lips, and he has been fined more than €10,000.
@swajones.bsky.social reports for the Guardian from Madrid
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
@swajones.bsky.social reports for the Guardian from Madrid
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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If you could use a little brightness in your day, I recommend spending some time with sled dog MUPPY. I’m genuinely obsessed with her. She is an icon. She is a legend. Her legs are 4 inches long.
Meet Muppy, the World’s Smallest Sled Dog
Most sled dogs are huskies and pointers, but Muppy didn’t get the memo. With sheer determination and a whole lot of heart, this little dog is rewriting the rules of racing.
www.outsideonline.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If you could use a little brightness in your day, I recommend spending some time with sled dog MUPPY. I’m genuinely obsessed with her. She is an icon. She is a legend. Her legs are 4 inches long.
brb gonna spend all my money on yet more football shirts
They came out yesterday but I need to show you how nice the adidas away kits are for the Women's Euros. The full descriptions can be found here: news.adidas.com/football/adi...
February 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
brb gonna spend all my money on yet more football shirts
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bunny shaw scores and sends a message
February 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
bunny shaw scores and sends a message