Tom O'Hagan
@tomohagan.bsky.social
Love: black coffee, walking with a podcast, Wikipedia, pub gardens, Shazam.
Hate: adverts, wind, lying politicians, diving in football, the Youtube homepage.
Hate: adverts, wind, lying politicians, diving in football, the Youtube homepage.
I'm building an app where your habits grow like actual plants 🌱
Each habit = a plant in your garden. Water it daily, watch it bloom over 21 days.
Each habit = a plant in your garden. Water it daily, watch it bloom over 21 days.
July 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I'm building an app where your habits grow like actual plants 🌱
Each habit = a plant in your garden. Water it daily, watch it bloom over 21 days.
Each habit = a plant in your garden. Water it daily, watch it bloom over 21 days.
The unbearable thought of collapse vs the seemingly impossible task of transformation
June 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The unbearable thought of collapse vs the seemingly impossible task of transformation
I must be cautious with the relationship to the things I own.
April 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I must be cautious with the relationship to the things I own.
I dislike productivity culture. Life isn't something to be 'optimised'.
April 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I dislike productivity culture. Life isn't something to be 'optimised'.
Reposted by Tom O'Hagan
The skeleton key to understanding reactionary conservatism is quite simple: they are scared, all the time, of everything.
April 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The skeleton key to understanding reactionary conservatism is quite simple: they are scared, all the time, of everything.
Reposted by Tom O'Hagan
The US tariffs were designed by dipshit sex pest failsons asking chatgpt to regurgitate a trade policy for them, it's literally a chatgpt tax on Americans.
Calling it the chatgpt tax on American consumers kills two fucked up birds with one stone
Calling it the chatgpt tax on American consumers kills two fucked up birds with one stone
April 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The US tariffs were designed by dipshit sex pest failsons asking chatgpt to regurgitate a trade policy for them, it's literally a chatgpt tax on Americans.
Calling it the chatgpt tax on American consumers kills two fucked up birds with one stone
Calling it the chatgpt tax on American consumers kills two fucked up birds with one stone
Reposted by Tom O'Hagan
April 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Reposted by Tom O'Hagan
in this week's newsletter! an actually serious essay, in which I try to figure out why on earth so many of the mainstream political elites feel that the far right ought to be able to get away with everything: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/why-the-el... [free to read!]
April 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
in this week's newsletter! an actually serious essay, in which I try to figure out why on earth so many of the mainstream political elites feel that the far right ought to be able to get away with everything: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/why-the-el... [free to read!]
An incredible photo of U.S. and Ukrainian representatives at the Munich Security Conference.
February 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
An incredible photo of U.S. and Ukrainian representatives at the Munich Security Conference.
→ peaceful protests have *NEVER* failed in bringing about significant political change *IF* they reach a threshold of 3.5% of the population actively participating
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
→ peaceful protests have *NEVER* failed in bringing about significant political change *IF* they reach a threshold of 3.5% of the population actively participating
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Reposted by Tom O'Hagan
remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
January 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
Reposted by Tom O'Hagan
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez wants global rebellion against the “Silicon Valley techno-caste” threatening democracy:
"Democracy is not one euro, one vote; it is not one tweet, one vote; it is one person, one vote.
“Europe must stand up to this threat and defend democracy."
"Democracy is not one euro, one vote; it is not one tweet, one vote; it is one person, one vote.
“Europe must stand up to this threat and defend democracy."
January 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez wants global rebellion against the “Silicon Valley techno-caste” threatening democracy:
"Democracy is not one euro, one vote; it is not one tweet, one vote; it is one person, one vote.
“Europe must stand up to this threat and defend democracy."
"Democracy is not one euro, one vote; it is not one tweet, one vote; it is one person, one vote.
“Europe must stand up to this threat and defend democracy."
What if Twitter was designed for dialogue and problem solving, rather than outrage and division?
What if the design helped the platform users constructively grapple with the same topic, at the same time?
Here's a concept.
What if the design helped the platform users constructively grapple with the same topic, at the same time?
Here's a concept.
January 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What if Twitter was designed for dialogue and problem solving, rather than outrage and division?
What if the design helped the platform users constructively grapple with the same topic, at the same time?
Here's a concept.
What if the design helped the platform users constructively grapple with the same topic, at the same time?
Here's a concept.