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Tom O'Brien
@tomob-nz.bsky.social
York based Antipodean 🇳🇿, political sociologist, and allotmenteer 🌾 with @petramakela.bsky.social
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Six years today since Iti 🌈 and Whero came into our lives.
Hot hot wasabi
Why is it so hot (Hot!)
Hot hot wasabi! 😋
#ShonenKnife 🤘
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Wow, that's a blast from the past.
The UK never really took to Everclear which was a shame as they were good...right up until they weren't. "Santa Monica" was the first song I heard by them and if you're listening to @noiseboxradio.com now, you'll hear it too because that's how radio works.

Oh yes it does.
October 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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NEW from me: 'Where Next for Britain's Universities?' in The Political Quarterly. Since every Higher Ed prediction I've made has been proven correct and on time - indeed I've been a bit optimistic - the atrocious picture is depressing. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Where now for Britain's Universities?
Although the financial crisis facing the United Kingdom's universities is by now well known, the detailed reasons behind it have been less prominent in public and political debate. It is true that fr....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Hello old friend. It has been a while. 📻 #primus
July 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Released 34 years ago today

Steady Diet of Nothing, the second album by Fugazi, featuring the track KYEO

Fugazi at Sacred Heart Church, Washington DC, 1991 - KYEO [Keep Your Eyes Open]

#punk #punks #punkrock #fugazi #hardcorepunk #posthardcore #history #punkrockhistory #otd
July 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Hi energy Shonen Knife at The Crescent 🤘
June 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Whero is a strong advocate for WFH
June 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Fionn Regan at Brudenell Social Club with @petramakela.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Donald Trump, President of the USA, and Vladimir Putin, President of Russia. Not in the picture, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.
My Stuff #cartoon today #Russia #USA #Ukraine #Trump #Putin #Zelenskyy
March 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
At least I will have a choice when they do finally arrive...
February 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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It is a sea of many names.
February 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Advantage of electronic journal systems us being able to see just how little some editors care. 😔
February 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Going home after short visit to Newcastle.
February 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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New book review!

States and nature: the effects of climate change on security by Joshua W. Busby.

Reviewed for us by @tomob-nz.bsky.social: "This book provides a comprehensive overview of climate security, tracing its origins and potential futures."

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
January 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Good day at the supermarket, got the best flavour
January 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Fruitful visit to the record store yesterday @fatfreddysdrop.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Sad day in the neighbourhood. Glad we got one final shop in.
January 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
York to London and back again for Christmas via Bedford and Barton-upon-Humber 🚙
December 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Great to get down to Doncaster for Les Monaghan's talk on Aspirations 10 at The Point
December 13, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Six years today since Iti 🌈 and Whero came into our lives.
December 6, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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Well, fuck. | Government's Marsden Fund cuts: All humanities, social sciences research funding slashed www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Government's Marsden Fund cuts: All humanities, social sciences research funding slashed
Cutting all research funding for the fields is a massive step backwards, critics say.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 4, 2024 at 5:29 AM
'double rainbow, all the way across the sky' youtu.be/OQSNhk5ICTI?...
December 2, 2024 at 11:50 AM