Sean O'Hara

@noculottes.bsky.social

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Author, translator. Polyglot, polyamorous, polygonal. Knower of things. Mostly real. My posts may be licensed for training data in large language models and generative AI at a cost of US $1000 per word.

Cover of the Sneaker Pumps' album Becoming X, showing the title cut on the underside of a green circuit board.
The Washington Reporter’s nomination was also submitted by the Washington Reporter, voted the second-most trusted outlet by Senate Republican staff. Washington Reporter CEO Brian Colas said the nomination, which he submitted via the Cronkite award’s website portal, is a great honor and reflects the newsroom’s confidence that the story captured one of the defining economic and national security developments of the year.
Racicot previously described “reckless” and “unsettling” behavior by Platner to The New York Times, but says she didn’t go public with the specific assault claim because she didn’t want to be known as a rape victim. Racicot said she later felt compelled to go public about her experience because the reaction to the Times story was dominated by controversy about another woman, Lyndsey Fifield, who alleged Platner mistreated her and faced attacks because of her ties to the Republican Party.
Cover of The CS Lewis Hoax by Kathryn Lindskoog showing a pencil drawing of ol' Jack looking very donnish.
Two books, Waltharius: The Latin Epic of Walther of Aquitaine, and The Legend of Walther of Aquitaine, both translated by Brian Murdoch and edited by Leonard Nierdorf.
A scene from Backrooms where a man stands in a bland office the color of nicotine stains, looking upon a pile of office furniture that looks like it was generated by Midjourney.
Leela: Night lasts two weeks on the moon. Moon hick: Yup, drops down to -173. Fry: Fahrenheit or Celsius? Moon hick: First one then t'other.
Detail from Trump's AI slop in which the AI misunderstood the meaning of "F-15 Strike Eagle."
Bill Clinton atop a tank firing an Uzi with one hand. Beneath him is an alligator armed with a nuclear bomb, and behind him Ronald McDonald is shooting a shotgun at something out of frame. Monica Lewinsky clings to the President's leg, and his fly is unzipped.
Cover for The Duke of Hell, consisting of the medieval tales "Robert the Devil," "Robert of Sicily," "Sir Gowther," and "The Emperor Jovinianus." The cover illustration features art for Meyerbeer's opera "Robert le Diable," showing a medieval nobleman is devilish red clothes leaning rakishly against a table.
Score card for trivia league. Top two teams are Banana Stands at 749.5 points (boo!) and PinknPony Thugs at 722 (yay!)
Colonel Oats from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey grinning ominously.
A map of Modern Greater Independent Phoenicia showing Zsa Zsa Korda's itinerary.
Cover for Dungeon Crawler Carl 2: Carl's Doomsday Scenario, featuring Carl in his underwear about to toss dynamite at an enemy while Mongo the Dinosaur hisses behind him and his cat, Princess Donut, perches on his shoulder.
From Joyce's Portrait of the Artist: —John! John! cried Mr Dedalus, seizing his guest by the coat sleeve. Dante stared across the table, her cheeks shaking. Mr Casey struggled up from his chair and bent across the table towards her, scraping the air from before his eyes with one hand as though he were tearing aside a cobweb. —No God for Ireland! he cried. We have had too much God in Ireland. Away with God! —Blasphemer! Devil! screamed Dante, starting to her feet and almost spitting in his face. Uncle Charles and Mr Dedalus pulled Mr Casey back into his chair again, talking to him from both sides reasonably. He stared before him out of his dark flaming eyes, repeating: —Away with God, I say!
Aerial view of Clay Allee in Berlin, including the old Clay Compound, Thomas A. Roberts Elementary School, and the remnants of Truman Plaza, an area perhaps half a mile across.
Cover for Imperial Cruise by James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers.
1)Sovereign equality, respect for the rights inherent in sovereignty 2)Refraining from the threat or use of force 3)Inviolability of frontiers 4)Territorial integrity of states 5) Peaceful settlement of disputes 6)Non-intervention in internal affairs 7)Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief 8)Equal rights and self-determination of peoples 9)Co-operation among States 10)Fulfillment in good faith of obligations under international law
When I finished Carlyle's French Revolution in 1871, I was a Girondin; every time I have read it since, I have read it differently – being influenced and changed, little by little, by life and environment ... and now I lay the book down once more, and recognize that I am a Sansculotte! – And not a pale, characterless Sansculotte, but a Marat.
Noel Coward looking like the entire world is beneath his dignity.
Garbage piled in the streets of London during the Winter of Discontent.
A nice, cold Moscow mule
"Hey!" ... "Hey you!" ? "Yeah, you!" I don't know if you've ever had a girl shout at you in the middle of a library, but let me tell you -- a pleasant experience it is not.
Neil Patrick Harris as a space Nazi in Starship Troopers
A highway onramp that's only a hundred feet long on a residential street.
A tuxedo cat with a black mustache perched atop a folding door.
Yummy, yummy meat rolls.
All night movie marathon poster.
Graffiti saying TRUMP FUCKS KIDS. Tulsa, OK. No lies detected.
An ad for a company that arranges for total strangers to dine together. The text says, "Life's too short for solo dinners," over Frederick Sandys' painting of Medea, a mythical figure known for feeding her children to her husband after he abandoned her.
YouTube page with videos like "The End of Trans Rights," "Federal Courts Are Cooked," "The Courts Can't Stop Trump Now," "Human Rights Catastrophe" and "Troops Against America."
The Torreto Familia sitting down for dinner.
"Criminal" by Fiona Apple I've been a bad, bad girl I've been careless with a delicate man And it's a sad, sad world When a girl will break a boy just because she can Don't you tell me to deny it I've done wrong and I want to suffer for my sins I've come to you 'cause I need guidance to be true And I just don't know where I can begin Ooh, what I need is a good defense 'Cause I'm feeling like a criminal And I need to be redeemed To the one I've sinned against Because he's all I ever knew of love Heaven help me for the way I am Save me from these evil deeds before I get them done I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand But I keep living this day like the next will never come
The Eye of Sauron floating between the pinnacles of Barad Dûr.
Buford T. Justice
It is a concise and well established descriptor used to indicate it was not a bullet.
Cover of a The Phantom comic showing a purple suited superhero surrounded by tigers.
Photo of JK Rowling
What immediately spurred me to write was Olaf Stapledon's Last and First Men … and an essay in J.B.S. Haldane's Possible Worlds both of wh[ich] seemed to take the idea of such [space] travel seriously and to have the desperately immoral outlook wh[ich] I try to pillory in Weston.
Pope Benedict IX (Latin: Benedictus IX; c. 1012 – c. 1056), born Theophylactus of Tusculum in Rome, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States for three periods between October 1032 and July 1048.[1] Aged about 18 when first elected, he is the youngest pope in history. He is the only person to have been Pope more than once[a] and the only person ever accused of selling the papacy.
The National Democratic Training Committee is the largest Democratic campaign training organization in the nation. We have trained more Democrats on how to win elections and build long-term power in their communities than any other organization. Sean, we hope to have you on our team, but if you want to receive only our most important emails, click here. If you want to unsubscribe, click here. BREAKING: DONALD ISSUES OFFICIAL ORDER TARGETING ACTBLUE Sean, this is one of the most important emails we’ve EVER sent. It’s rumored Donald Trump wants to SHUT DOWN ActBlue – Democrats’ BIGGEST fundraising platform. He’s just issued a Presidential memo MOMENTS AGO targeting ActBlue. He knows if we can’t fundraise – our work to train Dems to defeat his MAGA Republicans would be crushed. This HORRENDOUS abuse of power is what dictators do. We refuse to let him get away with it. Here’s the plan: If Democrats have a MASSIVE fundraising day – 1,000 donations on ActBlue before midnight – we’ll ECLIPSE his vile plan and make his announcement completely BACKFIRE. For the FIRST time this year, top Dems are now 5X-matching every single gift until midnight to ensure we EMBARRASS Trump on the world stage and prove we will NOT allow him to cheat his way to victory. This is the HIGHEST ever match, that’s how important this is. Please, will you rush $6 before Trump gives the order? >> 🚨 🚨 🚨 EMERGENCY 5X-MATCH UNLOCKED NAME: Sean O'Hara CONTRIBUTION: PENDING Suggested support: $6 >> Sean, we need you to understand the severity of this situation: – The ONLY check on Trump’s unfettered power is a Democratic House. – Republicans hold one of the SMALLEST House Majorities in a century. – Democrats only need to flip THREE(!!!) Republican seats to win the House. But if we let Trump SHUT DOWN ActBlue – it will SABOTAGE Democrats for good and cripple our ability to fight back.
Cover of Mitsuru Miura's bowling Manga Pink Spat showing an 80s girl bowling.
@jack saying, "Delete all IP law."
George W. Bush standing in front of a Mission Accomplished banner aboard an aircraft carrier.
In a wY I feel 'coffee shop fantasy books are EXACTLY LIKE GENOCIDE and readers are COMPLICIT IN ENABLING RAPISTS and THIRD WORLD SWEATSHOP LABOR' has the same strain of logic as 'Stephen King books will turn people into VIOLENT PEDOPHILES.'Shrill pearl clutching in both cases.
Facebook post from a Tulsaman offering $50 to anyone who shows up as a counter protester at an anti-Musk protest.
Cover shows barbarian woman in skull headdress. Text: Fantastic Tales A Portion for Foxes Blood in the River Birth of an Empire Sean O'Hara
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. American life expectancy significantly lags behind other developed countries, with pre‑COVID-19 United States life expectancy averaging 78.8 years and comparable countries averaging 82.6 years.
People born on 9 April include Elle Fanning, Leighton Meester, Kristen Stewart, Jackie Evancho, and Pauline Porizkova.
The absolute height of 90s cool kids.
William T Sherman, Burner of Atlanta, Scourge of Savanah, Liberator of Slaves, the Boot Up the Ass of the Confederacy.
"I wish immigration enforcement does show up to school and get all the illegals out cuz nothing gets me more mad than to walk through the hallway and a huge group of fat *slur* that can't speak English are taking up the entire hallway and just screaming and acting crazy like savages. Go do that in your ghetto country."
Cover for Kolker and Abrams' Kubrick bio.
Poster for CBS sitcom Ghosts showing ghosts of a Native American, a Revolutionary War soldier, a hippy, an African American jazz singer, a Gilded Age matriarch, a scout leader, a finance bro and a Viking standing in front of a portrait of a middle class interracial couple.
Reddit ad saying, "Trump proposed tax changes + Portugal's Golden Visa = a perfect opportunity. Gain EU citizenship by investing in Portugal and spending 1 week/year."
P1: Are you gonna post a link to the data? P2: I think this is the correct link, but it doesn't look like much of a study. P3: Wait, so you avoided posting a link because you were embarrassed of how shitty your source was?
Sneaker Pimps, Becoming X
My work may be licensed for training data in large language models and generative AI at a cost of US $1000 per word.