Tom Osman
@tomosman.bsky.social
Lens based artist and wanna be gutarist (a work in progress - going slowly). See some of my work here: https://tomosman.myportfolio.com/
Politically on the left with an attachment to social liberalism and I hope for a more equitable future.
#FBPE
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Politically on the left with an attachment to social liberalism and I hope for a more equitable future.
#FBPE
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Tom Osman
@tomosman.bsky.social
· Nov 13
11 - Fair Trial
flic.kr
Um, well...
#include
int main() {
printf("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}
That's a past life and I won't mention it again.
However, let's see if this works - an example of my photography (not the arty stuff).
flic.kr/p/5qJQgp
#include
int main() {
printf("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}
That's a past life and I won't mention it again.
However, let's see if this works - an example of my photography (not the arty stuff).
flic.kr/p/5qJQgp
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
Chief Executive and Trustees of National Coal Mining Museum MUST RESIGN NOW!
The National Coal Mining Museum for England, based at Caphouse Colliery in Wakefield, is a national treasure. What makes the Museum so unique and special is that it is not just a Museum of objec...
www.megaphone.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ch...
This lookslike its worthsupporting: www.thenerve.news
The Nerve
www.thenerve.news
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This lookslike its worthsupporting: www.thenerve.news
Skelmanthorpe has a flag.
#AToZAlbumCoverObjects
Day 17: Queen / Royalty / Crown
Commoners Choir - United Kingdom
Skelmanthorpe Flag Song
youtu.be/SIsryw_3gfk?...
We Are the Descendants
youtu.be/RbQPK_YNFoo?...
Not the National Anthem
youtu.be/rwONLLhAXmc?...
Day 17: Queen / Royalty / Crown
Commoners Choir - United Kingdom
Skelmanthorpe Flag Song
youtu.be/SIsryw_3gfk?...
We Are the Descendants
youtu.be/RbQPK_YNFoo?...
Not the National Anthem
youtu.be/rwONLLhAXmc?...
August 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Skelmanthorpe has a flag.
#glastonbury #false #equivalence
False equivalence is exactly the crux of this latest bout of moral outrage. Please read this; it's a good analysis, succintly presented.
False equivalence is exactly the crux of this latest bout of moral outrage. Please read this; it's a good analysis, succintly presented.
A Glastonbury chant caused a national meltdown, but the Bear’s incisive analysis reveals the real story.
Don't miss this insightful dive into Britain's moral panic.
Don't miss this insightful dive into Britain's moral panic.
Who decides what’s ‘hate speech’ and what’s dissent?
A single Glastonbury chant shattered the illusion of free speech, exposing Britain's fragile moral panic machine
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#glastonbury #false #equivalence
False equivalence is exactly the crux of this latest bout of moral outrage. Please read this; it's a good analysis, succintly presented.
False equivalence is exactly the crux of this latest bout of moral outrage. Please read this; it's a good analysis, succintly presented.
That's my MP that is. Bang on; how about approaching welfare from the perspective of what it takes to be socially included.
I made it clear from the start I could not support the proposals on personal independence payments. It is an in-work benefit, designed to ensure disabled people can live independently.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a visibly physically disabled MP, my view on the welfare bill is clear: we need a reset and fast | Marie Tidball
I’m still waiting for sufficient reassurance that the plans match Labour’s manifesto promises to disabled people, says Marie Tidball, co-chair of the disability parliamentary Labour party
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
That's my MP that is. Bang on; how about approaching welfare from the perspective of what it takes to be socially included.
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict, #UK, #porter, #Langsett, #Peak, #District
Yet another image in my "Square Langsett" posts - this is the Porter. Water can do a lot to stone over the years.
Yet another image in my "Square Langsett" posts - this is the Porter. Water can do a lot to stone over the years.
May 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict, #UK, #porter, #Langsett, #Peak, #District
Yet another image in my "Square Langsett" posts - this is the Porter. Water can do a lot to stone over the years.
Yet another image in my "Square Langsett" posts - this is the Porter. Water can do a lot to stone over the years.
Well well well... Never mind Anslem, Kant and the Ontological argument. Kapow...
I'm currently reading Fry's "Paperweight". I'm in good company.
I'm currently reading Fry's "Paperweight". I'm in good company.
April 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Well well well... Never mind Anslem, Kant and the Ontological argument. Kapow...
I'm currently reading Fry's "Paperweight". I'm in good company.
I'm currently reading Fry's "Paperweight". I'm in good company.
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict, #UK, #porter, #Langsett, #Peak, #District
Another image in my "Square Langsett" posts, spotted near Swinden Barn. Carlo Rovelli thinks that time may not be a fundamental feature of the universe. I think it's a pretty clock.
Another image in my "Square Langsett" posts, spotted near Swinden Barn. Carlo Rovelli thinks that time may not be a fundamental feature of the universe. I think it's a pretty clock.
April 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict, #UK, #porter, #Langsett, #Peak, #District
Another image in my "Square Langsett" posts, spotted near Swinden Barn. Carlo Rovelli thinks that time may not be a fundamental feature of the universe. I think it's a pretty clock.
Another image in my "Square Langsett" posts, spotted near Swinden Barn. Carlo Rovelli thinks that time may not be a fundamental feature of the universe. I think it's a pretty clock.
Grace Bowers eh? What a player - and the intergenerational aspect of the line up is inspiring. I shall keep practising.
#31GreatWomenMusicians
#MusicChallenge
Number 8 Bonus
Peter Frampton, Trey Anastasio & Grace Bowers -"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"-Beacon Theatre -3/6/25
#MusicChallenge
Number 8 Bonus
Peter Frampton, Trey Anastasio & Grace Bowers -"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"-Beacon Theatre -3/6/25
Peter Frampton, Trey Anastasio & Grace Bowers -"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"-Beacon Theatre -3/6/25
YouTube video by Sammy Steinlight
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Grace Bowers eh? What a player - and the intergenerational aspect of the line up is inspiring. I shall keep practising.
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict, #UK, #porter, #Langsett, #Peak, #District
Even more squares from Langsett. Stone and water.
Even more squares from Langsett. Stone and water.
March 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict, #UK, #porter, #Langsett, #Peak, #District
Even more squares from Langsett. Stone and water.
Even more squares from Langsett. Stone and water.
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict, #UK, #snow
Langsett Reservoir - again. A few years ago it was an easy walk from my house to the view point. Now it's harder. ( #Langsett in the #Peak #District). Same square format, I think I like squares.
Langsett Reservoir - again. A few years ago it was an easy walk from my house to the view point. Now it's harder. ( #Langsett in the #Peak #District). Same square format, I think I like squares.
February 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict, #UK, #snow
Langsett Reservoir - again. A few years ago it was an easy walk from my house to the view point. Now it's harder. ( #Langsett in the #Peak #District). Same square format, I think I like squares.
Langsett Reservoir - again. A few years ago it was an easy walk from my house to the view point. Now it's harder. ( #Langsett in the #Peak #District). Same square format, I think I like squares.
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict, #UK
Same reservoir as my last picture post ( #Langsett in the #Peak #District). Same square format, still virtually abstract and yet completely different.
Same reservoir as my last picture post ( #Langsett in the #Peak #District). Same square format, still virtually abstract and yet completely different.
February 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict, #UK
Same reservoir as my last picture post ( #Langsett in the #Peak #District). Same square format, still virtually abstract and yet completely different.
Same reservoir as my last picture post ( #Langsett in the #Peak #District). Same square format, still virtually abstract and yet completely different.
Worth reading. The references to Levellers, Diggers, Quakers, and romanticism (Blake) make this a particularly English commentary on class. We could ponder these points in the light of the rise of reactionary rhetoric in the UK.
EP Thompson was born on this day in 1924. My essay on the significance of his work, marking the centenary of his birth last year: kenanmalik.com/2024/02/07/w...
WHY THE WORK OF A ROMANTIC MARXIST DISSENTER REMAINS ESSENTIAL
EP Thompson at the Glastonbury festival, 1986 (via Tribune) This essay, on the legacy of historian EP Thompson, was published in the Observer on 4 February 2024 under the headline “What a leg…
kenanmalik.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Worth reading. The references to Levellers, Diggers, Quakers, and romanticism (Blake) make this a particularly English commentary on class. We could ponder these points in the light of the rise of reactionary rhetoric in the UK.
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict
Here's a picture that is almost abstract in form, Langsett Reservoir in the Peak District - UK.
Here's a picture that is almost abstract in form, Langsett Reservoir in the Peak District - UK.
February 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#penistone, #sheffield, #landscape, #art, #light, #water, #PeakDistrict
Here's a picture that is almost abstract in form, Langsett Reservoir in the Peak District - UK.
Here's a picture that is almost abstract in form, Langsett Reservoir in the Peak District - UK.
#art,#photography, #Penistone, #Yorkshire, #history, #climatechange
Here's a view of technology, society, and wealth from the edge of the Peak District - from a wind turbine farm, to cows, sheep, the SYorks coalfield, and over to the coal fired power stations of Drax. Battles were fought.
Here's a view of technology, society, and wealth from the edge of the Peak District - from a wind turbine farm, to cows, sheep, the SYorks coalfield, and over to the coal fired power stations of Drax. Battles were fought.
January 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#art,#photography, #Penistone, #Yorkshire, #history, #climatechange
Here's a view of technology, society, and wealth from the edge of the Peak District - from a wind turbine farm, to cows, sheep, the SYorks coalfield, and over to the coal fired power stations of Drax. Battles were fought.
Here's a view of technology, society, and wealth from the edge of the Peak District - from a wind turbine farm, to cows, sheep, the SYorks coalfield, and over to the coal fired power stations of Drax. Battles were fought.
Go on then, read this - you'll find it informative and it'll give you confidence to acknowledge that migration has been a constant in the affairs of humanity ever since our ancestors explored trhe world beyond the Rift Valley.
Music is the gift left by the generations of migrants who lived and worked in Soho, a gift that continues to shape British musical culture...
The Soul of Soho
A History of Music Through Migration
walkonthewildside.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Go on then, read this - you'll find it informative and it'll give you confidence to acknowledge that migration has been a constant in the affairs of humanity ever since our ancestors explored trhe world beyond the Rift Valley.
Another in the occasional picture series. 2011 - Madrid. "I cannot be the woman in your life, I'm the woman in my life". It means more now - my granddaughter taught me that.
#madrid, #Photography, #Street, #Graffitti, #Feminism, #EU
#madrid, #Photography, #Street, #Graffitti, #Feminism, #EU
January 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Another in the occasional picture series. 2011 - Madrid. "I cannot be the woman in your life, I'm the woman in my life". It means more now - my granddaughter taught me that.
#madrid, #Photography, #Street, #Graffitti, #Feminism, #EU
#madrid, #Photography, #Street, #Graffitti, #Feminism, #EU
This is as I think music should be. Not a passive consumption but being part of it, joining in, having a go. It's life affirming, uplifting, and just good.
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we've featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!--a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out.
www.openculture.com
January 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is as I think music should be. Not a passive consumption but being part of it, joining in, having a go. It's life affirming, uplifting, and just good.
More from the world of knitting and wool. The picture is titled "Collateral Damage". Gaza springs to mind amongst other conflicts. It's a plea from me to reexamine the validity of universal rights.
#wool, #art, #photography, #knitting, #UnitedNations
#wool, #art, #photography, #knitting, #UnitedNations
December 28, 2024 at 5:14 PM
More from the world of knitting and wool. The picture is titled "Collateral Damage". Gaza springs to mind amongst other conflicts. It's a plea from me to reexamine the validity of universal rights.
#wool, #art, #photography, #knitting, #UnitedNations
#wool, #art, #photography, #knitting, #UnitedNations
#Sheffield #Street #Photography
1969 to about 2019. It was good while it lasted. Books and records, remember them?
Nostalgia eh?
1969 to about 2019. It was good while it lasted. Books and records, remember them?
Nostalgia eh?
December 18, 2024 at 3:17 PM
#Sheffield #Street #Photography
1969 to about 2019. It was good while it lasted. Books and records, remember them?
Nostalgia eh?
1969 to about 2019. It was good while it lasted. Books and records, remember them?
Nostalgia eh?
An evocative story, worth a read if you want a flavour of 1984 in the UK.
A story about that Wham! song - and the miners' strike.
Last Christmas
1984: A Christmas of Struggle and Song
walkonthewildside.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:37 PM
An evocative story, worth a read if you want a flavour of 1984 in the UK.
Climate change demo: Sheffield 2019.
#climate #change #art #photography
The latest in an occasional series of uploads. The Great Extinction.
#climate #change #art #photography
The latest in an occasional series of uploads. The Great Extinction.
December 10, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Climate change demo: Sheffield 2019.
#climate #change #art #photography
The latest in an occasional series of uploads. The Great Extinction.
#climate #change #art #photography
The latest in an occasional series of uploads. The Great Extinction.
Reposted by Tom Osman
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
#photography #labour #politics #UK
This photograph was taken in London in 2009. I had promised myself I would shut up about such divisions and that winning the recent GE was the important thing. Anyway, that was then.
This photograph was taken in London in 2009. I had promised myself I would shut up about such divisions and that winning the recent GE was the important thing. Anyway, that was then.
December 2, 2024 at 2:03 PM
#photography #labour #politics #UK
This photograph was taken in London in 2009. I had promised myself I would shut up about such divisions and that winning the recent GE was the important thing. Anyway, that was then.
This photograph was taken in London in 2009. I had promised myself I would shut up about such divisions and that winning the recent GE was the important thing. Anyway, that was then.
@kenanmalik.bsky.social
Kenan Malik nails the problem of identity. To paraphrase: "As a [insert identity here] I claim privilege for my views.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kenan Malik nails the problem of identity. To paraphrase: "As a [insert identity here] I claim privilege for my views.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who should have the last word on assisted dying in a secular Britain? | Kenan Malik
People of all faiths and none should be free to express their concerns in the public sphere
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:26 PM
@kenanmalik.bsky.social
Kenan Malik nails the problem of identity. To paraphrase: "As a [insert identity here] I claim privilege for my views.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kenan Malik nails the problem of identity. To paraphrase: "As a [insert identity here] I claim privilege for my views.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...