Andy O'Hara
@aoharaphoto.bsky.social
He/him. 'Resting' portrait/performance photographer and medical secretary based in Brighton, UK. Living with the joys of long covid / MECFS. Neurospicy. Keen to get back into playing TTRPGs and eventually GMing again.
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Have you got a TTRPG project coming out in Feb 2026 or beyond? Let me know about it! I am always on the lookout for new games to feature in my forthcoming and indie round-up columns for TTGM. DM me, reply here, email me, however you would like to get in touch.
December 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Have you got a TTRPG project coming out in Feb 2026 or beyond? Let me know about it! I am always on the lookout for new games to feature in my forthcoming and indie round-up columns for TTGM. DM me, reply here, email me, however you would like to get in touch.
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NEW
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
My latest post for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
My latest post for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
NEW
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
My latest post for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
My latest post for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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"I think I am here to chew bubblegum and to kick ass. And I am all out of bubblegum."
December 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
"I think I am here to chew bubblegum and to kick ass. And I am all out of bubblegum."
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So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
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The world is fucking awful right now. Which means that sometimes? For some people, that thing you made and nervously shared is the only good thing, with a human scale, on the timeline. So you know. Keep going, creative friends. This really matters.
Anyway thought I’d lost this image but I hadn’t.
Anyway thought I’d lost this image but I hadn’t.
December 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The world is fucking awful right now. Which means that sometimes? For some people, that thing you made and nervously shared is the only good thing, with a human scale, on the timeline. So you know. Keep going, creative friends. This really matters.
Anyway thought I’d lost this image but I hadn’t.
Anyway thought I’d lost this image but I hadn’t.
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It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
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The ME Association is investing £1.1m in the largest charity-funded biomedical study in ME/CFS. Imperial College London, co-led by Professor Danny Altmann, will compare immune and metabolic pathways in ME/CFS and Long Covid to uncover shared mechanisms.
meassociation.org.uk/2025/12/driv...
meassociation.org.uk/2025/12/driv...
Driving discovery: The ME Association invests £1.1m into pioneering research programme! - The ME Association
Today, we are incredibly proud to unveil news of our […]
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December 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The ME Association is investing £1.1m in the largest charity-funded biomedical study in ME/CFS. Imperial College London, co-led by Professor Danny Altmann, will compare immune and metabolic pathways in ME/CFS and Long Covid to uncover shared mechanisms.
meassociation.org.uk/2025/12/driv...
meassociation.org.uk/2025/12/driv...
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How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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(You play a member of the SES, the Special Elf Service. It is Christmas Eve and Santa has briefed you personally: your mission is to deliver coal to the stockings of the worst people in the world: war criminals, dictators, corrupt presidents, tech billionaires, and J K Rowling. Delightfully silly.)
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
(You play a member of the SES, the Special Elf Service. It is Christmas Eve and Santa has briefed you personally: your mission is to deliver coal to the stockings of the worst people in the world: war criminals, dictators, corrupt presidents, tech billionaires, and J K Rowling. Delightfully silly.)
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Another Brexit economic verdict arrived last month in the form of an 83-page NBER working paper - and it is devastating.
What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.
What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.
The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego
GDP down, investment down, wages down - but Farage’s influence? Higher than ever
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Another Brexit economic verdict arrived last month in the form of an 83-page NBER working paper - and it is devastating.
What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.
What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.
What the absolute fuck, Labour. There seems to be no end to their capacity to horribly disappoint.
December 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What the absolute fuck, Labour. There seems to be no end to their capacity to horribly disappoint.
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#OtD 6 Dec 1938 members of the Australian Aborigines’ League led by William Cooper marched to the German Consulate in Melbourne to deliver a letter condemning the "cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi government of Germany". Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
December 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#OtD 6 Dec 1938 members of the Australian Aborigines’ League led by William Cooper marched to the German Consulate in Melbourne to deliver a letter condemning the "cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi government of Germany". Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
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I wrote this on the 30th anniversary and included a list of their names along with small blurbs curated about them, their lives/dreams. Then I shared a powerful story I heard when I was invited to speak at a memorial at my old alma mater, @uwaterloo.ca. #Dec6
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December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I wrote this on the 30th anniversary and included a list of their names along with small blurbs curated about them, their lives/dreams. Then I shared a powerful story I heard when I was invited to speak at a memorial at my old alma mater, @uwaterloo.ca. #Dec6
nancyforde.substack.com/p/imagined-l...
nancyforde.substack.com/p/imagined-l...
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We navigated by The Hum. Transmission tower to transmission tower, compelled to walk below its prophetic song. The electric ley of the land manifesting in sound, steel and porcelain insulators. Writing itself as map tattooed on our bones. – Signal-catcher Rose, ex-Pylon Person #VOH
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We navigated by The Hum. Transmission tower to transmission tower, compelled to walk below its prophetic song. The electric ley of the land manifesting in sound, steel and porcelain insulators. Writing itself as map tattooed on our bones. – Signal-catcher Rose, ex-Pylon Person #VOH
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Currently exactly one response to this and the call closes today so if you want to get some eyes on your project this Friday, now's the time.
Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Currently exactly one response to this and the call closes today so if you want to get some eyes on your project this Friday, now's the time.
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Ol' Salty, Pirate Saltasaurus. A bit of silliness which became a personal favourite.
Sepia ink over blue pencil on Strathmore grey toned paper, 110 × 143 mm, from 2013.
#ArtAdventCalendar
Sepia ink over blue pencil on Strathmore grey toned paper, 110 × 143 mm, from 2013.
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ol' Salty, Pirate Saltasaurus. A bit of silliness which became a personal favourite.
Sepia ink over blue pencil on Strathmore grey toned paper, 110 × 143 mm, from 2013.
#ArtAdventCalendar
Sepia ink over blue pencil on Strathmore grey toned paper, 110 × 143 mm, from 2013.
#ArtAdventCalendar
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"The NUJ Disabled Members’ Council calls on journalists to challenge harmful portrayals about disabled people and shift the narrative from blame to one centred on rights, access and inclusion."
The NUJ statement on the #InternationalDayOfDisabledPeople
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
The NUJ statement on the #InternationalDayOfDisabledPeople
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
NUJ statement on International Day of Disabled People
Today (3 December) marks International Day of Disabled People, with this year’s theme focusing on fostering disability-inclusive societies.
www.nuj.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
"The NUJ Disabled Members’ Council calls on journalists to challenge harmful portrayals about disabled people and shift the narrative from blame to one centred on rights, access and inclusion."
The NUJ statement on the #InternationalDayOfDisabledPeople
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
The NUJ statement on the #InternationalDayOfDisabledPeople
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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Just so sad and angry about what's happening in the UK thanks to a small group of hateful transphobes and a much larger group of people who should do better but let the bigots walk all over them.
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Just so sad and angry about what's happening in the UK thanks to a small group of hateful transphobes and a much larger group of people who should do better but let the bigots walk all over them.
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The Mouth Of Winter starts today. Chapter 1 is up. It's a grimdark fantasy/horror novella about mercenaries, monks, and the ancient thing sleeping beneath a mountain monastery. One chapter every day through December 25th.
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025 #TheMouthOfWinter ❄️ #HorrorSky
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025 #TheMouthOfWinter ❄️ #HorrorSky
The Mouth Of Winter by Chris Bissette
A serialised dark fantasy novella
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December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Mouth Of Winter starts today. Chapter 1 is up. It's a grimdark fantasy/horror novella about mercenaries, monks, and the ancient thing sleeping beneath a mountain monastery. One chapter every day through December 25th.
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025 #TheMouthOfWinter ❄️ #HorrorSky
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025 #TheMouthOfWinter ❄️ #HorrorSky
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I want to talk about Stranger Things for a moment. Before I do, I have to admit that yes, I notoriously like things, and yes, when I am part of a fandom, I generally just accept all aspects of being a fan of that thing, and care not for the little issues or problems. I LIKE liking things.
November 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I want to talk about Stranger Things for a moment. Before I do, I have to admit that yes, I notoriously like things, and yes, when I am part of a fandom, I generally just accept all aspects of being a fan of that thing, and care not for the little issues or problems. I LIKE liking things.
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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This is seriously worrying - do read the whole thread
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is seriously worrying - do read the whole thread
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In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu lies dreaming. I focus on my dreamwatcher machine, making minute adjustments in all five dimensions.
The Great Old One whimpers, vast limbs twitching in unease. What visions can terrify such an entity?
An image forms in the machine.
A classroom.
No trousers.
The Great Old One whimpers, vast limbs twitching in unease. What visions can terrify such an entity?
An image forms in the machine.
A classroom.
No trousers.
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu lies dreaming. I focus on my dreamwatcher machine, making minute adjustments in all five dimensions.
The Great Old One whimpers, vast limbs twitching in unease. What visions can terrify such an entity?
An image forms in the machine.
A classroom.
No trousers.
The Great Old One whimpers, vast limbs twitching in unease. What visions can terrify such an entity?
An image forms in the machine.
A classroom.
No trousers.
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