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Dan O'Hara

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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 17h
One thing my recent encounter with the techaholics has revealed is how much they've internalized fash/eugenicist attitudes Techbro: Data is the new oil! Master AI or you'll be left behind! Me: Builds a datamap to help ordinary people avoid disease Techbro: You are mentally ill
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Seems I have a fan, Hungry_Horace of Reddit, who is a long-time follower of mine. Horace - you used to follow me back when I posted about philosophy of technology. I don't post about any of my personal academic work on social media any more. Sorry. Feel free to unfollow me.
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Uncanny, isn't it?
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The PCR positivity map is out. Adjusted national positivity in England is up to 9.3%. We're still waiting for this week's Scottish data. I'll update the thread when it's out. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/6
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The PCR positivity map is out. Adjusted national positivity in England is up to 9.3%. We're still waiting for this week's Scottish data. I'll update the thread when it's out. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/6
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So let's take a look at where that terrible headline came from and what other misinformation is loaded into the article itself. All put there by Kemi Badenoch. 2/
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and there's been another significant jump in positivity both in England and in Scotland. Testing is increasing but more slowly than needed: ~15k in England, 4K in Scotland. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and there's been another significant jump in positivity both in England and in Scotland. Testing is increasing but more slowly than needed: ~15k in England, 4K in Scotland. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 23/09/2026
The far right in France has accused Thélyson Orélien, a Haitian writer whose novel has been widely acclaimed, to have used AI to write it The accusation is, unsurprisingly, based on shaky grounds as described in this excellent article but the damage is done www.mediapart.fr/journal/cult...
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Thélyson Orélien : mécanique d’une polémique
La campagne accusant l’écrivain canado-haïtien d’avoir eu recours à l’IA est orchestrée depuis l’extrême droite médiatique. Mais elle prend aussi son essor dans le vertige de ce que l’usage des outil…
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Patients dying after doctors replaced with nurses, medics warn NHS, UK www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/6d86274...
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Patients dying after doctors replaced with nurses, medics warn
BMA dossier raises concerns about ‘advanced practitioners’ working in hospitals and GP surgeries
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Last time I posted this on here I got in bother Anyway, here's an update as of two days ago
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and there's been another rise in England; Scotland's remained steady but there's high positivity in the North. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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ravenfingers.bsky.social @ravenfingers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I caught this fucker and it’s hitting me HARD. I’ve lost my smell (for the first time ever), had intense kidney pain and today my brain is not right at all. This strain has been the worst I’ve had in the acute stage, god only knows about after 😭
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and there's been another rise in England; Scotland's remained steady but there's high positivity in the North. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NHS England digital are proposing changes to their data releases, including stopping monthly data releases of covid hospital data. They propose to publish only in winter, alongside flu beds data.
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NHS England digital are proposing changes to their data releases, including stopping monthly data releases of covid hospital data. They propose to publish only in winter, alongside flu beds data.
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Ben Kirman @ben.kirman.org · 13/09/2026
Unfortunately there is a high probability that the Dog Internet will destroy the universe within 9 years. It is vital that billions of pounds are given to my vastly unprofitable Dog Internet research centre to mitigate this risk.
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The PCR positivity map is out, and national positivity is at 4.03% in Scotland, 6.66% (adjusted) in England. There have been some quite large regional shifts, and I think testing is starting to increase. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The PCR positivity map is out, and national positivity is at 4.03% in Scotland, 6.66% (adjusted) in England. There have been some quite large regional shifts, and I think testing is starting to increase. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Reform ‘conference’, the End of Days & the stench of fascism
Reform ‘conference’ ,the End of Days & the stench of fascism I did not of course attend Reform conference. For one thing I have an aversion to the NEC (which is arguably in Solihull) having spe…
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
On a weekend when Blackshirts are marching in England's streets, it's time to take another look at Ballard's last novel thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
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The Suburbs Dream of Violence: J.G. Ballard's Kingdom Come & England's Slide towards Fascism  | The Quietus
Louis Pattison re-reads J.G. Ballard's final novel, Kingdom Come, and wonders how correct his augury of England's slide towards fascism was.
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and positivity is up by just over a percentage point both in England and Scotland. These are the highest levels we've seen since November last year. The lull has been welcome, but it's over. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/8
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and positivity is up by just over a percentage point both in England and Scotland. These are the highest levels we've seen since November last year. The lull has been welcome, but it's over. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/8
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Oh, bother
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The PCR positivity map is out. Unfortunately we're still waiting for the Scottish data, so here's an update for England only, where positivity has nudged up again. I'll add Scots data when we get it. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/8
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The PCR positivity map is out. Unfortunately we're still waiting for the Scottish data, so here's an update for England only, where positivity has nudged up again. I'll add Scots data when we get it. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/8
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The problem with cannibalism is that you eventually run out of other people www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...
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AI companies are burning books, advocates complain to FTC
Fahrenheit 203, the temperature GPUs stop gorging on literature
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The problem with cannibalism is that you eventually run out of other people www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...
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AI companies are burning books, advocates complain to FTC
Fahrenheit 203, the temperature GPUs stop gorging on literature
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and adjusted positivity is up to 6.41% in England, 1.78% in Scotland. Most areas are reporting or have done so within the last 7 days, meaning you can at least check recent results in yellow areas. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and adjusted positivity is up to 6.41% in England, 1.78% in Scotland. Most areas are reporting or have done so within the last 7 days, meaning you can at least check recent results in yellow areas. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The PCR positivity map is out now, UKHSA's server having come back online. The adjusted positivity for England is 5.14%, but the simplest sign that a surge has begun is that nearly every area has started reporting again. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The PCR positivity map is down. Unfortunately this is beyond our control. UKHSA's API server seems to be having problems. It's probably melted in the heat. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/2
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and there is a definite swell, more so in the South than elsewhere so far. A similar increase is showing in most European countries’ surveillance. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The PCR positivity map is out, all national surveillance indicators are on the upturn this week, and some areas are very clearly well above the average. RD suggests highest positivity is in the 15-44 age group. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
An example of how AI critique gets mired in the structures of academic expediency: - a metaphor (Katamari Damacy) is in common usage for a few years in AI critique - someone describes the metaphor, omitting the source - someone else recognizes the description and says >>>
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The PCR positivity map is out, national positivity has held steady, and last week's hotspots seem to be spreading out. Areas that didn't report last week have reported this week, and vice versa. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The PCR positivity map is out, national positivity has held steady, and last week's hotspots seem to be spreading out. Areas that didn't report last week have reported this week, and vice versa. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/7
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Revchips @revchips.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
BBC News - North East and Cumbria pavement parking "dangerous" for disabled - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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North East and Cumbria pavement parking "dangerous" for disabled
Disabled residents across the region say parking across pavements is forcing them into the road.
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The PCR positivity map is out, and positivity has bounced back up from 0.6 to 1%. Adjusted for non-reporting, we make that 3.97% in England; there are clear hotspots. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/6
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The PCR positivity map is out, and positivity has bounced back up from 0.6 to 1%. Adjusted for non-reporting, we make that 3.97% in England; there are clear hotspots. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/6
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
404 are rightly calling out all the genAI flyer slop out there, so I'm almost afraid to tell them we in the UK have gone several horrifying steps beyond already 🧵👇
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
404 are rightly calling out all the genAI flyer slop out there, so I'm almost afraid to tell them we in the UK have gone several horrifying steps beyond already 🧵👇
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This year's NHS GP-Patient Survey is now out. It's a massive survey (650,000 responses this year) that gives us a snapshot of key health trends. 1/7
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and there's been reassuringly little change since last week. NHS stats show covid beds have bounced back up again from their low of mid-June, but only to the level we saw earlier in the year. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/5
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Nigel Farage failed to declare staff, security and housing gifted to him by a convicted fraudster and crypto gambler who was charged for his role in a “dark web” money laundering plot www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and there seems to be slightly more reporting this week, most of it reactive and from areas that have not been reporting for a while but which have small recent outbreaks. National surveillance signals are mixed. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/5
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and there seems to be slightly more reporting this week, most of it reactive and from areas that have not been reporting for a while but which have small recent outbreaks. National surveillance signals are mixed. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/5
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and it looks a lot nicer than UKHSA's weather health alert map. Hope you're all keeping your cool. National positivity, on average, has hardly changed during June. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/5
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The PCR positivity map is out and it looks a lot nicer than UKHSA's weather health alert map. Hope you're all keeping your cool. National positivity, on average, has hardly changed during June. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/5
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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
From "Bop the Stoats" to "Stop the Boats" The Wind in the Willows is a very neat unintentional allegory of current British right-wing politics and I'm sure Nigel Fridge has modelled his public persona on Mr Toad
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