c.c. o'hanlon
@ccohanlon.bsky.social
vagabond. sea-dweller. diarist. wreck.
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"So here is us, on the raggedy edge."
– from the film Serenity (2005)
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"So here is us, on the raggedy edge."
– from the film Serenity (2005)
Reposted by c.c. o'hanlon
"Texts from nature, from the universe, and they remind us that symmetry co-exists with chaos, that ingenuities outflank fatalities, that what is desired is more reassuring than what is promised."
-John Berger, "How to Resist A State of Forgetting"
[Robert Smithson, designs for Spiral Jetty, 1970]
-John Berger, "How to Resist A State of Forgetting"
[Robert Smithson, designs for Spiral Jetty, 1970]
January 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"Texts from nature, from the universe, and they remind us that symmetry co-exists with chaos, that ingenuities outflank fatalities, that what is desired is more reassuring than what is promised."
-John Berger, "How to Resist A State of Forgetting"
[Robert Smithson, designs for Spiral Jetty, 1970]
-John Berger, "How to Resist A State of Forgetting"
[Robert Smithson, designs for Spiral Jetty, 1970]
Ventolin helps to decongest my lungs and enables me to breathe: I just can't use it too often. I hate not being able to rely on...breathing. The odd Werther's Original reduces the abrasiveness of my throat.
January 17, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Ventolin helps to decongest my lungs and enables me to breathe: I just can't use it too often. I hate not being able to rely on...breathing. The odd Werther's Original reduces the abrasiveness of my throat.
"...the billionaire CEO of Palantir Technologies told shareholders: 'Palantir is here to disrupt… and, when it’s necessary, to scare our enemies and, on occasion, kill them.' ...As former MP Andrew Bridgen asked: 'Are all the shareholders happy with that? Sounds like terrorism?'"
January 17, 2026 at 4:29 AM
"...the billionaire CEO of Palantir Technologies told shareholders: 'Palantir is here to disrupt… and, when it’s necessary, to scare our enemies and, on occasion, kill them.' ...As former MP Andrew Bridgen asked: 'Are all the shareholders happy with that? Sounds like terrorism?'"
Actually, it's one of my favourite quotes... [hug]
January 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Actually, it's one of my favourite quotes... [hug]
Old age is a bitch.
January 16, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Old age is a bitch.
Ian, I am not being hard on myself. I know what I have been in my life and 'decent' is the least of it.
As for 'chin up', these would be the same Brits that loaded us onto ships to Oz in the 1830s (yeah, my lot go back that far)? Fuck 'em.
As for 'chin up', these would be the same Brits that loaded us onto ships to Oz in the 1830s (yeah, my lot go back that far)? Fuck 'em.
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ian, I am not being hard on myself. I know what I have been in my life and 'decent' is the least of it.
As for 'chin up', these would be the same Brits that loaded us onto ships to Oz in the 1830s (yeah, my lot go back that far)? Fuck 'em.
As for 'chin up', these would be the same Brits that loaded us onto ships to Oz in the 1830s (yeah, my lot go back that far)? Fuck 'em.
We have experienced the very best and most generous of people. Our dreadful karma is entirely my fault.
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
We have experienced the very best and most generous of people. Our dreadful karma is entirely my fault.
Even 'no luck' would be an improvement.
January 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Even 'no luck' would be an improvement.
"... the danger of outsiders misreading, and thereby worsening, the moment has only grown."
January 14, 2026 at 9:56 AM
"... the danger of outsiders misreading, and thereby worsening, the moment has only grown."