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Pete Carr
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Photographer working in the arts and culture sector of the Liverpool City Region. Portfolio : https://petecarr.net

Writer covering LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodivergent life and photography - https://pete.news

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This week on my #neuroqueer newsletter, Hello Computer.

I've been on #ADHD meds for 2 years. Has it helped? Did they cause #MECFS?

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2 years of taking ADHD medication
Have ADHD meds been good for me? Did they cause CFS?
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January 26, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Laura Plays Train Sim on a Train - Brighton to London Victoria - Class 377

No Commentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj_4...

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Laura Plays Train Sim on a Train - Brighton to London Victoria - Class 377
YouTube video by LauraKBuzz
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January 25, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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A new photo for my ‘After Earth’ series. We’re enjoying some stormy weather in Portugal right now.
A black and white photo of a foamy wave breaking over jagged rocks.
January 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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So lucky to see the #aurora at home again. I'll never get bored of this. #photography
Green and purple aurora over a lighthouse. The tide is in. Green and purple aurora over Liverpool bay. There are stars and clouds in the sky. Green and purple aurora over a lighthouse. The tide is coming in. Green aurora over a fort.
January 21, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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The Substack Nazi bar is pivoting to Facebook. One day it will add Stories, and then sunset the newsletter feature because everything has to be video.
January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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So lucky to see the #aurora at home again. I'll never get bored of this. #photography
Green and purple aurora over a lighthouse. The tide is in. Green and purple aurora over Liverpool bay. There are stars and clouds in the sky. Green and purple aurora over a lighthouse. The tide is coming in. Green aurora over a fort.
January 21, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Writer friends, check this out!
joannapocock.bsky.social Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 7d
There are a few spaces left on my Nature & Environmental Writing course starting on 11 February at the University of the Arts. It's an online class so you can sign up for it from anywhere in the world. More info can be found here: www.arts.ac.uk/subjects/jou...

#environmentalwriting
Introduction to Nature and Environmental Writing Online Short Course
Learn how writing connects us to nature. Develop nature writing skills through practical exercises and discussions. Explore the genre and refine your process.
www.arts.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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March 19th: THE DARK ROOM hits Wakefield Exchange, and look who’s there - it’s goddamn JOHN ROMERO (Doom, Wolfenstein, Quake) and BAFTA-winner BRENDA ROMERO!

Pop on down for an especially doomed evening! Get the chainsaw! We’re going to hell!

www.wxwakefield.co.uk/Whats-On/Det...
A blue rectangle featuring the words “Dark & Doomy” and pictures of John Robertson as The Dark Room (a long haired man with large eyes and teeth who looks like he might bite the camera), John Romero (a long haired man with glasses who has folded his arms under his chin) and Brenda Romero (a long-haired woman who is smiling at the camera)
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure
January 20, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "Someone used AI to remove me from our big NY Dip photo"

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/great-scott-ive-been-erased/

#HelloComputer #Swimming #Thong #BodyPositivity #Acceptance
Great Scott! I've Been Erased!
Someone used AI to remove me from our big NY Dip photo
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January 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "Someone used AI to remove me from our big NY Dip photo"

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/great-scott-ive-been-erased/

#HelloComputer #Swimming #Thong #BodyPositivity #Acceptance
Great Scott! I've Been Erased!
Someone used AI to remove me from our big NY Dip photo
pete.news
January 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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From what I've seen of #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy I have to wonder why clothing is still so binary in the 32nd century? Female presenting people are in skirts, and male presenting in trousers. Why is fashion so binary in sci-fi?

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Why is sci-fi fashion so binary?
In the future sci-fi says we will travel at across the galaxy at warp speed, ocassionally back in time for whales. But we won't be doing that in a skirt because sci-fi can't imagine a future where mal...
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January 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Clear your diary Brighton! We’ve got plans.

#brightonandhove #transpride
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Someone shared this on Reddit and it’s too good. Enter your location to see if the conditions are right for you to dry the washing outside www.dryoutside.com
Screen grab from Dry Outside website. It details conditions for Liverpool and has a big NO in orange with 90% humidity and Low IV and suggests a drying window of 10-3pm tomorrow
January 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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I see more and more people using Substack. Did I miss the news that they reversed their position on Nazis? Did they stop pivoting to video? Is it better to be seen at a nazi bar than hope someone bumps into your self hosted newsletter? I’m confused.
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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That Grok still has payment processing, when everyone I know — artist or gamer or adult creator —lives in constant fear of deplatforming and debanking over the mere hint of impropriety, is utterly mind-blowing.
josiegz.bsky.social Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 16d
Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.

‘Add blood, forced smile’:

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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2026 Yearly Theme
What is my theme for 2026? What word is giving me focus this year?
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January 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Nightfall, Battersea, South London - March 2022
January 11, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Happy New Year.

Back in 2020 we started the year in The Hague, where they happily set fireworks off from park benches while drinking fizz. It was a wild night. #Photography
A purple firework being set off from a park bench.
January 1, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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How was 2025? Challenging but I'm still going. #photography

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The sunrise glows behind the top of the Liver Building. A domed light installation shines pink and blue on the Liverpool waterfront People doing Qi Gong on a beach at night appear to be worshiping falling stars. It’s a firework. Artist Jim Moir leans into the lens inside the Lady Lever Art Gallery.
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "Where did 2025 take me? A few highlights from the year."

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/2025-done/

#HelloComputer #YearlyReview
2025 done
Where did 2025 take me? A few highlights from the year.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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How was 2025? Challenging but I'm still going. #photography

blog.petecarr.net/how-was-2025/
How was 2025? - Pete Carr Photo Blog
2025. A review of my year as a writer and photographer featuring my favourite photos.
blog.petecarr.net
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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This morning, we published a beautiful piece by David Lloyd
about the loss of his mother, and how local radio soundtracked their relationship.

It’s deeply moving and an essential read 💛

www.livpost.co.uk/losing-local...
Losing local radio — and my mum
Merseyside stations soundtracked David Lloyd’s relationship with his mother. Now he’s grieving a double loss
www.livpost.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Thread

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Recently at a Q&A, the chair asked me an excellent question: Why do you push so hard against the idea of a ‘nature cure’ when moments in your book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt might look like exactly that?

The answer is simple.

#Reading #Writing #NatureWriting #Nature #Scotland #Books
A woman sits on a low pile of rough grey stones in a grassy Highland landscape. She has short dark hair with a streak of white at the front and wears a black long-sleeved top, blue jeans, and brown hiking boots. One hand rests on her knee and the other on the stones beside her. Behind her are rolling hills, patches of trees, and steep, rocky slopes. The light is bright, and the scene looks calm and windswept. Photograph by Christie Hemm Klok
December 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Is anyone else using The Printspace for their print store backend? It’s… a lot. Just want to add a few new prints, and I think its a few days work to do. Should be easier. #Photographers
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM