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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When Ish gets the urge to knock people’s hats off on the street, he knows it’s time for him to get to sea.

Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Cranky-ass Gen Xer here who has lived 1/3 of my life so far w/o internet and most of it w/o smart phones. I can easily imagine life without them. AI apocalypse hype is utter bullshit. Dave can always turn HAL off if he doesn’t open the pod bay doors. Remember human agency? It’s a real thing.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sorry for a Substack, but this is a good analysis of Massachusetts deportation data. It aligns with what I've suspected: We are seeing a steady increase in ICE activity. I think the lack of a big "surge" has contributed to media normalization of ICE. justice4allthu.substack.com/p/data-on-th...

A chart showing ICE arrests in Massachusetts since January 2025. There are 3 large spikes and then since April 2026 a steady increase.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is what happens when you run an entire campaign based on, "Other guy old" because you have no principles of your own besides the endless pursuit of power

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Google is slipping in its obsequiousness game. It’s been over 24 hours and Lake Ontario is still there! “Gulf of America” remains.

Screen shot from Google Maps showing the name Lake Ontario.

Screen shot of Google Maps showing the name “Gulf of America” for the Gulf of Mexico.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

DOLLY BUT NOT DONNY??? Nooooooooo!!!

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

“It’s as red as the Daily Worker and just as sore!” —Sugarpuss O’Shea (Barbara Stanwyck) in Ball of Fire (1941) describing her supposedly achy throat. Forgot how much I love this movie. #TCM

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is how you know we need a wealth tax

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“But the Beatles turned out to be one of the things you couldn’t avoid, like alcohol, or death.” —Elif Batuman, The Idiot #summerreading

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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

(Historian, splendid! 😁)

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Long plane ride finally allowed me to dig into @unlawfulentries.bsky.social’s new book. Makes such a convincing argument for the American Political Development (APD) approach to yield insights (w/ a shoutout to Richard Bensel). It synthesizes so many disparate bodies of lit. Going to learn a lot!

A copy of the book Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship by Anna O. Law sits on an airplane tray table next to a cup of coffee.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Never thought I would escape horrifically bad air quality in New England by spending a week in California, but here we are.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

My 19yo nephew had absolutely no idea who Mick Jagger was when the camera panned to him during the England/Argentina match. Of course he wouldn’t, but it still blew my mind.

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jesse @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

as a committed centrist, it saddens me that both parties are falling captive to their extremes - the right to insurrectionist cultists who want to invade american cities, and the left to socialists who want better bus service

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Fortunate enough to have employer-provided health insurance? If so, have you received threatening letters from third-party subrogation firms? Disturbed that our insurer let a shady entity called "Katch" review our claims and try to deny services ex post facto. Going to campaign to end this practice.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

screworm outbreak is another good opportunity to remind americans that government is what protects us from things like this and not the magical free market. want safe food? government, bitch.

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Protect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 07/06/2026

The USPS’s proposed rule on how states handle their mail-in ballots would be an implementation nightmare for voters and already overburdened election officials. Read our latest on what we can all do about it: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-post-o…

"Election officials would have to build almost everything it requires — new envelopes, uniquely serialized barcodes,  a roster of every mail voter fed into an untested federal portal — in the few months before November ... An administration that wanted mail voting to run smoothly would not rewrite its machinery five months before an election with no funding attached. An administration that wants confusion would do exactly this."

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Re: The Pelley NYT interview & his outrage at the inhumane treatment by Weiss et al. My thoughts throughout were working-class people have been treated this way by corporate capitalism since the 1800s. His temporary humiliation is the daily existence of an Amazon warehouse worker. #scottpelley

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Christ, you're the governor of the entire state. Shut the building down. It's not sovereign territory like a foreign embassy. Pull the certificate of occupancy. Cut the power. Back it up with state police. Stop coddling fascists and groveling every time they order you around. Act like an American.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Results from the Mass Dems convention vote: Markey 2744 and Moulton 1018 Markey wins but Moulton gets on the primary ballot with 26%. #masspoli #massdems

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Markey all about holding the “Epstein class” accountable. #masspoli #massdems

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Not a Moulton fan, but he got applause from me when he said he would not vote for Schumer for leadership. #masspoli #massdems

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

“The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.” —Barney Frank #mapoli

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Our 15yo used the word "diagetic" correctly and I nearly spit-taked. "Where did you learn that?" "YouTuber talking about game design."

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

How about the "weaponization" slush fund be used to award damages to US citizens and their familes who have been murdered and illegally detained by ICE? Todd Blanche said anyone can apply.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Does Payton Tolle give off Rod Beck vibes to anyone else? #redsox

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I’m no expert, but on the surface Cora looks to be taking the fall for Breslow’s failures. #redsox

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

New book from IEHS member @unlawfulentries.bsky.social: Anna O. Law, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants (Oxford University Press, 2026) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 07/04/2026

just about burst a blood vessel this morning when I was catching up on crypto headlines and came across several to the effect of "but what will a Trump genocide in Iran mean for the price of bitcoin"

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Kevin @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is my periodic plug for tutoring immigrants in English/for the citizenship test - established orgs will provide training/materials, and they all need help. You will see immediately what a tangible, life-changing difference you're making. There's no more motivated student than an immigrant.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Ten years down the road I’m willing to bet that we will look back at the thoughtless rollout of AI to K-12 students as an educational disaster on par with COVID shutdowns.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Bought 10 gallons of gas today for about $40. Same purchase a little more than two weeks ago was $28. I’m fortunate I can afford this, but damn, this is going to be really painful for a lot of people. AND FOR WHAT?

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Not a Hillary stan at all, but these clips of a person of her caliber of intellect being questioned by utter fucking morons who don’t understand the most fundamental basics of our system of our system is pretty entertaining: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

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UFOs, Spies, and Pizzagate: The Clinton Epstein Deposition

Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · March 9 · 1h 3m

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The opening of "Substitute" is one of the greatest moments in pop music, and I will die on that hill. Townshend's frail and plaintive guitar line followed by the enormous rumble of Entwistle and Moon kicking in in never fails to produce a visceral joy in me.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Teachers: PLEASE do not normalize AI use with K-12 students. First and foremost, they need to know it's a tool for some bad people to exploit them, alienate them, and undermine confidence in their own thinking. Trying to be open minded, but nothing offered by pro-AI peers has convinced me otherwise.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

You just don’t usually hear them articulate in public, out loud, the idea that as long as a few folks get rich it’s OK to rape children.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Puerto Ricans did not choose to be colonized by the US and held as second-class citizens in perpetuity. The historical irony of certain White people in the US still being angry over a 15 minute celebration of a nation that their ancestors seized by force is indeed very rich.

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