Killian O'Brien
@killianobrien.bsky.social
Lots (lots) of running, dawn swimming, utility cycling and teaching mathematics. Three out of four of those together with my black Lab. Manchester, UK. www.strava.com/athletes/killianobrien
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Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
He has spoken. Let that be the end of it now.
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth reut.rs/48tKTYY
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth
Artificial intelligence may be a useful tool for learning, but don't use it for your homework, Pope Leo told about 15,000 U.S. youth during a question-and-answer session on Friday.
reut.rs
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
He has spoken. Let that be the end of it now.
By the lake on this morning's run. Too cold for me to add a post-run swim in - the water temp I can tolerate, it's just staying warm afterwards that's the trouble. No such worries for Juno the Lab, who you see here doing his usual stick fetching thing. He had icicles on his fur when we got home!
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
By the lake on this morning's run. Too cold for me to add a post-run swim in - the water temp I can tolerate, it's just staying warm afterwards that's the trouble. No such worries for Juno the Lab, who you see here doing his usual stick fetching thing. He had icicles on his fur when we got home!
On this morning's long run, checking out parts of the route for December's marathon. As suspected, canal and footpath still officially closed near Dunham Massey. They're going to have to do adjust the route a bit.
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
On this morning's long run, checking out parts of the route for December's marathon. As suspected, canal and footpath still officially closed near Dunham Massey. They're going to have to do adjust the route a bit.
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Well, I’m sure looking to pre-book a government bailout will definitely help
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said the market is overly wary about AI's potential: “I don’t think there’s enough exuberance about AI"
OpenAI CFO Says Bubble-Wary Market Needs More AI ‘Exuberance’
OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar suggested the market is overly focused on anxiety about a possible bubble in the artificial intelligence sector and should muster more “exuberance” about the technology’s potential.
bloom.bg
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Well, I’m sure looking to pre-book a government bailout will definitely help
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Evidence of the last 30-40 years is that, generally, once you start reducing the state’s role in pursuit of efficiency, there is no point at which people will believe “value for money” has been achieved. It just undermines the state’s capacity to deliver (and people’s trust in public institutions).
Oh gosh, another "bonfire of business regulation". As promised by all governments and oppositions for the last 15 years, mysteriously failing to deliver, and with not a shred of interest shown by politicians in why that was. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage to promise business deregulation in economic policy speech
Reform UK leader to set out ‘pro-entrepreneurship’ agenda while rowing back on tax cuts pledge
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Evidence of the last 30-40 years is that, generally, once you start reducing the state’s role in pursuit of efficiency, there is no point at which people will believe “value for money” has been achieved. It just undermines the state’s capacity to deliver (and people’s trust in public institutions).
Some recent running snaps.
November 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Some recent running snaps.
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Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
What would Jesus do?
October 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
What would Jesus do?
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There is escalation between Washington and blue states like Illinois and California as Trump-backed paramilitaries enter into daily confrontations with people in major American cities and the US government enters a 4th week of shutdown.
Yet people still discuss US global power as if it is 1987.
Yet people still discuss US global power as if it is 1987.
October 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
There is escalation between Washington and blue states like Illinois and California as Trump-backed paramilitaries enter into daily confrontations with people in major American cities and the US government enters a 4th week of shutdown.
Yet people still discuss US global power as if it is 1987.
Yet people still discuss US global power as if it is 1987.
No sunrise on this morning's run, too cloudy and misty. But the M60 floodlights beyond the lake kinda make up for it.
September 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
No sunrise on this morning's run, too cloudy and misty. But the M60 floodlights beyond the lake kinda make up for it.
Congrats to the neighbours in Woodhouse Park.
🎉 GREEN BYELECTION WIN!
💚 Delighted we just won this seat in Manchester.
🙌🏼 Huge congratulations to brand new councillor Zoe Marlow and the whole team.
👉🏼 Join.greenparty.org.uk
💚 Delighted we just won this seat in Manchester.
🙌🏼 Huge congratulations to brand new councillor Zoe Marlow and the whole team.
👉🏼 Join.greenparty.org.uk
Great to visit Woodhouse Park, Manchester!
A crowd this big for a local council byelection is incredible!
We’re seeing this energy right across England & Wales as @greenparty.org.uk grows fast.
Be part of it:
👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
A crowd this big for a local council byelection is incredible!
We’re seeing this energy right across England & Wales as @greenparty.org.uk grows fast.
Be part of it:
👉 join.greenparty.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Congrats to the neighbours in Woodhouse Park.
Dawn, dawnier, dawniest.
September 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Dawn, dawnier, dawniest.
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Today's the day! 🗳️
Hopefully by tomorrow morning Zoe will be our newest @greenparty.org.uk councillor! 🤞
💚Great team out, sunshine and blue skies, positive vibes on the doorsteps!
Shoutout to all those who travelled - some from really far away - to be here.
🛤️
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
Hopefully by tomorrow morning Zoe will be our newest @greenparty.org.uk councillor! 🤞
💚Great team out, sunshine and blue skies, positive vibes on the doorsteps!
Shoutout to all those who travelled - some from really far away - to be here.
🛤️
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Today's the day! 🗳️
Hopefully by tomorrow morning Zoe will be our newest @greenparty.org.uk councillor! 🤞
💚Great team out, sunshine and blue skies, positive vibes on the doorsteps!
Shoutout to all those who travelled - some from really far away - to be here.
🛤️
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
Hopefully by tomorrow morning Zoe will be our newest @greenparty.org.uk councillor! 🤞
💚Great team out, sunshine and blue skies, positive vibes on the doorsteps!
Shoutout to all those who travelled - some from really far away - to be here.
🛤️
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
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Lovely to see Ultra Women longlisted in @bookieprize.bsky.social amongst a sea of men's sports books. @emmajourno.bsky.social and I fought to have the stories of these women told and we're delighted our perseverance paid off 😃 #WHSBOTY
September 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Lovely to see Ultra Women longlisted in @bookieprize.bsky.social amongst a sea of men's sports books. @emmajourno.bsky.social and I fought to have the stories of these women told and we're delighted our perseverance paid off 😃 #WHSBOTY
Just another early morning run-swim outing along the Mersey and in Sale Water Park this morning for Juno, the black Lab, and me.
September 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Just another early morning run-swim outing along the Mersey and in Sale Water Park this morning for Juno, the black Lab, and me.
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Another great day in Woodhouse Park.
Anyone near Manchester come and join us tomorrow to elect Zoe Marlow! 🗳️🗳️🗳️
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
Anyone near Manchester come and join us tomorrow to elect Zoe Marlow! 🗳️🗳️🗳️
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Another great day in Woodhouse Park.
Anyone near Manchester come and join us tomorrow to elect Zoe Marlow! 🗳️🗳️🗳️
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
Anyone near Manchester come and join us tomorrow to elect Zoe Marlow! 🗳️🗳️🗳️
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Sometimes (but fortunately rarely) this is what campaigning looks like! ☔
Working to get Zoe Marlowe elected as Manchester's newest Green Party councillor next Thursday. 🗳️🗳️🗳️
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
@greenparty.org.uk
Working to get Zoe Marlowe elected as Manchester's newest Green Party councillor next Thursday. 🗳️🗳️🗳️
@mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
@greenparty.org.uk
September 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
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The Irish government said they would make this life-saving change but then they went back in their word so a whole bunch of pedestrians and cyclists are going to die for no reason. #SpeirGorm
Almost 900 fewer people have been injured on Welsh roads since the default speed limit was lowered from 30 to 20mph two years ago
Casualties on 20 to 30mph roads between July and September 2024 were the lowest for the three month-period since records began in 1979
👏 Evidence-led policy
Casualties on 20 to 30mph roads between July and September 2024 were the lowest for the three month-period since records began in 1979
👏 Evidence-led policy
Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales
Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The Irish government said they would make this life-saving change but then they went back in their word so a whole bunch of pedestrians and cyclists are going to die for no reason. #SpeirGorm
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Woohoo! 🥳
We've passed 70,000 members ✅ ... then 71,000 ✅ ... and now closing in on 72,000!
Busy few days for @greenparty.org.uk!
Feeling left out? Don't worry, there's room for more! Join us today! 💚
join.greenparty.org.uk
We've passed 70,000 members ✅ ... then 71,000 ✅ ... and now closing in on 72,000!
Busy few days for @greenparty.org.uk!
Feeling left out? Don't worry, there's room for more! Join us today! 💚
join.greenparty.org.uk
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September 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Woohoo! 🥳
We've passed 70,000 members ✅ ... then 71,000 ✅ ... and now closing in on 72,000!
Busy few days for @greenparty.org.uk!
Feeling left out? Don't worry, there's room for more! Join us today! 💚
join.greenparty.org.uk
We've passed 70,000 members ✅ ... then 71,000 ✅ ... and now closing in on 72,000!
Busy few days for @greenparty.org.uk!
Feeling left out? Don't worry, there's room for more! Join us today! 💚
join.greenparty.org.uk
A nice sun rising behind Stretford House during my 10 mile run this morning. Taking it easy through the week now in the lead up to Saturday's 50km race on the Suffolk Coastal Path from Lowestoft to Aldeburgh.
September 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A nice sun rising behind Stretford House during my 10 mile run this morning. Taking it easy through the week now in the lead up to Saturday's 50km race on the Suffolk Coastal Path from Lowestoft to Aldeburgh.
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August CO2 and methane data at NOAA just dropped.
The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high.
Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.
The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high.
Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.
September 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
August CO2 and methane data at NOAA just dropped.
The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high.
Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.
The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high.
Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.
A stage and room full of ghouls.
The Reform UK conference gives a standing ovation to "special guest" Lucy Connolly, who pled guilty to stirring up racial hatred after she called for asylum hotels to be set on fire with people inside them.
September 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A stage and room full of ghouls.