Rob O'Brien

Br-Australian speechwriter @EMA_News. Documentary filmmaker 'The Adopted' 👇. Former Journalist @Independent @NikkeiAsia. #MECFS foot soldier. #grateful

[Rob O'Brien @robwriting]

#TheAdopted by numbers
161 - #Kickstarter backers
17,735 - Amount (€) raised thru Kickstarter
1,650 - Footage clips logged in post production
21 - Interviews
5 - Cinematographers
4 - Countries (US, NL, Germany & Belgium) #grateful #Documentary #film https://t.co/wcEpwP5Zfb

[Rob O'Brien @robwriting]

One war, two families. How a Dutch family adopted fallen Lansing hero https://t.co/akHPwfDQ7V via @LSJnews

[Rob O'Brien @robwriting]

Whatever happens, #grief will have her way. https://t.co/GnMfVQnRoK

[Rob O'Brien @robwriting]

Update 27 for #TheAdopted: about an adopter from Eindhoven & the heroics of 464 Squadron during World War 2. Join the campaign! #grateful #education #history https://t.co/YXHsPKg0ZQ

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

🦍One of Sir David Attenborough's most memorable moments? This encounter with a group of playful mountain gorillas in Rwanda in 1979.

Happy 100th birthday Sir David! 🎉

🎧 https://t.co/KQKcBnyF3P

[Air Marshal Stephen Chappell @CAF_Australia]

Many of you may recall last year I had the honour of visiting and meeting with late Erik Adriaensen, who cared for the graves our fallen aviators in Eindhoven. You can read more on this in the @abcnews long read below:

https://t.co/WCVPdbSWtc

[Adam @ABrokenBattery]

Powerful testimony on #MECFS by Emma Shorter in the Scottish Parliament from 2018

“It turns fit and active people into ghosts… I know teachers who can’t teach, children who can’t play, and parents who can no longer hold their children.”

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

The wilful killing of aid workers should be unthinkable, but it has become routine.

[Rob O'Brien @robwriting]

Our post production journey on #theadopted continues. A story about the beautiful Dutch people who started bringing flowers to the graves of their #WWII liberators. Feels timely. #worldwarII #education #margraten #veterans

[Rob O'Brien @robwriting]

'I Swear' is such a gem of a film. Real purpose behind it, reflects a lot stigmatism we haven't addressed in our societies...even tho we have all the tools. A beautiful message behind it.

[Thoml @thoml75]

I swear : Portrait d’un homme atteint du syndrome de la tourette. Film drôle et émouvant, traversé par une bienveillante humanité, remarquablement interprété par Robert Aramayo

[stuart murdoch @nee_massey]

Likewise in Scotland,our only specialist ME nurse,Keith Anderson,died in 2023, and hasn’t been replaced. I’ve been outside the Scottish Parliament on three separate occasions, talking to ministers, as they agreed something should be done.Nothing was done.

https://t.co/QHe2QjjyVA

[stuart murdoch @nee_massey]

https://t.co/SI7OzVY2Hb Article about ME, so sad for those suffering. A piece like this has appeared every year for about 20 years, nothing changes. ‘Invisible’ illness is right.

[Rob O'Brien @robwriting]

#TheAdopted by numbers
161 - #Kickstarter backers
17,735 - Amount (€) raised thru Kickstarter
1,650 - Footage clips logged in post production
21 - Interviews
5 - Cinematographers
4 - Countries (US, NL, Germany & Belgium) #grateful #Documentary #film https://t.co/wcEpwP5Zfb

[Rob O'Brien @robwriting]

@meleriwilliams7 Good on you for turning your attention towards this condition 👍

[Rob O'Brien @robwriting]

Paris.

[Meleri Williams @meleriwilliams7]

I’ve spent the past weeks talking to #ME patients and carers in Wales.

There is a spectrum of severity, but there are thousands in dark rooms across the country, unable to walk or talk.

Tomos is one of them.

Watch/listen/read on BBC Wales news today ⬇️ https://t.co/OHa7mcE2rp

[Adam @ABrokenBattery]

People with #LongCovid, #MECFS and similar conditions don’t get the recognition and funding they deserve — @DrAmirKhanGP

Unless decision makers have been personally affected, it’s almost as if they think ‘it won’t happen to me’ — @ZackPolanski

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

David Bowie performs "Heroes" during his 2002 tour.

This is without a doubt one of his best performances.

Just look at him, at his best... laughing and joking with the audience and the band... REALLY enjoying himself!

What a wonderful gift he was to all of us.
Thank you David.

[Spencer Althouse @SpencerAlthouse]

Harrison Ford was in tears during his super emotional Lifetime Achievement Award speech. This was so good

"Sometimes we make entertainment. Sometimes we make art. Sometimes, if we're lucky, we make 'em both at the same time. And if we're really fortunate, we also get to make a living doing it. Success in this business brings a certain freedom that comes with responsibility to support each other, to lift others up when we can. To keep the door open for the next kid, the next lost boy who's looking for a place to belong. I'm, indeed, a lucky guy. Lucky to have found my people. Lucky to have work that challenges me. Lucky to still be doing it. And I don't take that for granted."

#ActorAwards

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read.”

— Werner Herzog

[Danny Wallace @dannywallace]

Board of Peace immediately bored of peace