Martin O'Leary
@strangetea.bsky.social
London based filmmaker working on folk horror, weird shit, punk sci-fi satire and stuff that exudes a cosmic darkness. Progressive humane human. Obsessed with phantasmagoria, perpetually dreich. Sometimes a numpty, always the odd one out. He/him.
Yeah, I had one of those today, via text message of all the things. Retro harassment.
November 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yeah, I had one of those today, via text message of all the things. Retro harassment.
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Yeah. Before the fall, CK's act—and his fandom—rested on the premise that his worst self wasn't his true self. Now it's the opposite, and that's just not interesting as comedy.
He is just generally an alt-right, unrepentantly racist and transphobic piece of shit. He is also a genuinely bad comedian, much in the way that thin-skinned assholes often are 🤷♀️
www.gq.com/story/louis-...
www.gq.com/story/louis-...
Louis C.K. Targets Trans People and Parkland Shooting Survivors in a Leaked Set
He's still trying to make his comeback happen.
www.gq.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yeah. Before the fall, CK's act—and his fandom—rested on the premise that his worst self wasn't his true self. Now it's the opposite, and that's just not interesting as comedy.
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This is wild
Three people who’d be expected to be Your Party bigwigs have largely walked away from Corbyn’s project: former NE mayor Jamie Driscoll, former Labour MP Beth Winter, and former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein.
I have some new intel on the fall-out, if you’re interested in that sort of thing… 🧵
I have some new intel on the fall-out, if you’re interested in that sort of thing… 🧵
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is wild
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"I'm canceled," he says in the sleek profile they gave to him in the New Yorker while his latest special & his new novel is coming out. A lot of people wish they were that canceled.
Louis CK is not in a limbo of cancellation. He's straight up not cancelled & his "cancellation" became a profitable bit for him.
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"I'm canceled," he says in the sleek profile they gave to him in the New Yorker while his latest special & his new novel is coming out. A lot of people wish they were that canceled.
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Santa Claus has been arrested under the Terrorism Act in Norwich after it turns out Santa oppo-ho-ho-ses genocide and supports Palestine Action.
These four officers will be having their names checked twice this year.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
wedonotcomply.org
These four officers will be having their names checked twice this year.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
wedonotcomply.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Santa Claus has been arrested under the Terrorism Act in Norwich after it turns out Santa oppo-ho-ho-ses genocide and supports Palestine Action.
These four officers will be having their names checked twice this year.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
wedonotcomply.org
These four officers will be having their names checked twice this year.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
wedonotcomply.org
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I thought he was really brave acting as court jester for Jamal Khashoggi’s murderers
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I thought he was really brave acting as court jester for Jamal Khashoggi’s murderers
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I did a comic about this three years ago.
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I did a comic about this three years ago.
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My sleep paralysis demon has started dressing up as Solomon Kane, just to spice things up between us.
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My sleep paralysis demon has started dressing up as Solomon Kane, just to spice things up between us.
I'm eating nothing but raw vegetables today, just to keep the morbid spectres out of my peripheral vision/keep my cholesterol down.
I blew £20 I don't have tonight on pakora and masala fries for no reason besides anxiety, depression, stress and the need for ghee. I will be dead within a year.
Currently self medicating with Indian food I cannot afford, intaking a level of saturated fats that will mean apocalypse for my cholesterol levels. Between this and the hurt I've accidently caused a loved one today, my level of self harm has smashed through the roof.
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm eating nothing but raw vegetables today, just to keep the morbid spectres out of my peripheral vision/keep my cholesterol down.
Please can someone explain this madness to me.
My semi regular post featuri the weirdest and horniest father/daughter shopping scene that ever existed
from the 1966 movie LORD LOVE A DUCK
from the 1966 movie LORD LOVE A DUCK
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Please can someone explain this madness to me.
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Messy fuckers, but I like how this looks like the late 80s Doctor Who title sequence.
Most of us don't realize how many objects (payloads and debris) are in orbit around Earth.
orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/protection/
orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/protection/
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Messy fuckers, but I like how this looks like the late 80s Doctor Who title sequence.
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Look at me making an important point in a one sided conversation with a stranger.
It's a fantasy about laser wizards, it's fine, it's already ridiculous. People can say "sitting ducks" in a universe with no ducks when you have laser wizards.
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Look at me making an important point in a one sided conversation with a stranger.
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Him and Eli Roth should be on your 100%-will-not-watch list. They're not just Zionists they're bloodthirsty zionists during a genocide
It’s wild to me people don’t at least know the shit Brett has been saying because it’s so bloodthirsty and insane.
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Him and Eli Roth should be on your 100%-will-not-watch list. They're not just Zionists they're bloodthirsty zionists during a genocide
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
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Putting the ethics of this aside for the moment, the framing of this is demonstrably false. So many of the sex pests and abusers who’ve wormed their way back to public life - Mel Gibson, Kevin Spacey, Russell Brand, etc. - are reactionary losers now making the worst work of their careers.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Putting the ethics of this aside for the moment, the framing of this is demonstrably false. So many of the sex pests and abusers who’ve wormed their way back to public life - Mel Gibson, Kevin Spacey, Russell Brand, etc. - are reactionary losers now making the worst work of their careers.
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Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
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This pedestrian bridge between a parking garage and a Home2 Suites by Hilton does *not* need to go this hard.
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This pedestrian bridge between a parking garage and a Home2 Suites by Hilton does *not* need to go this hard.
Where George Lucas failed as a writer and director he excelled as a nurturer of creative talent and a champion of creativity. His politics were surprisingly progressive and he brought a lot of those ideas to his creative work.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Where George Lucas failed as a writer and director he excelled as a nurturer of creative talent and a champion of creativity. His politics were surprisingly progressive and he brought a lot of those ideas to his creative work.
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No, no this is fine because how can anything ever be remembered, how can any lessons ever be learnt unless it has been mass produced, packed, contained, exploited and dispatched with a fantacial, gleeful zeal to the thronging hordes desperate to fill their lives with content and novelty keepsakes.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
No, no this is fine because how can anything ever be remembered, how can any lessons ever be learnt unless it has been mass produced, packed, contained, exploited and dispatched with a fantacial, gleeful zeal to the thronging hordes desperate to fill their lives with content and novelty keepsakes.
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This is none more Spinal Tap. None of these idiots are going to live this down. I was sad about abandoning the dog though. They're a bunch of fuckers for that.
The death metal band’s sole remaining member has launched a GoFundMe to get home to Portland
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November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is none more Spinal Tap. None of these idiots are going to live this down. I was sad about abandoning the dog though. They're a bunch of fuckers for that.
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I blew £20 I don't have tonight on pakora and masala fries for no reason besides anxiety, depression, stress and the need for ghee. I will be dead within a year.
Currently self medicating with Indian food I cannot afford, intaking a level of saturated fats that will mean apocalypse for my cholesterol levels. Between this and the hurt I've accidently caused a loved one today, my level of self harm has smashed through the roof.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I blew £20 I don't have tonight on pakora and masala fries for no reason besides anxiety, depression, stress and the need for ghee. I will be dead within a year.
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My rent (tiny one bedroom flat) goes up by £50 a month every year, with 2023 as the exception when it was raised by £150 per month. But that's something that the rightwing press would defend and even champion with all their heart. Where's MY weepy case study?
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
My rent (tiny one bedroom flat) goes up by £50 a month every year, with 2023 as the exception when it was raised by £150 per month. But that's something that the rightwing press would defend and even champion with all their heart. Where's MY weepy case study?
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Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Confirmed: Earlier this morning a photog overheard agents inside the parking garage say “dismissed,” believed to be calling off their planned mass raid.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.
A source tells me they had planned for *hundreds* of agents to flood Canal St. They got flooded instead.