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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

Bonus is that it’s pretty short for Pynchon!

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

My gateway drug was The Crying of Lot 49 that I read after seeing the Thurn & Taxis post-horn etched in wooden tables in shelves at my college library. A friend told me to read the book for an explanation.

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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 · 16/08/2026

I've seen flags like this while walking my dog and they break my brain. You have now explained them to me perfectly.

Picture of an decorative garden flag with an American flag theme with a Pomeranian dog wrapped in a US flag in the center. The flag has the text "250 Years Strong."

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Is that Millinocket Lake in the foreground? We were there in February.

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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 · 11/08/2026

Proof that you are at heart on team historian!

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

CUNY has done more to help generations of working people rise socio-economically than any Ivy ever. The Ivies largely exist to gatekeep entry into the ruling elites. Fuck ‘em.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Cliometrics deja vu all over again! Yeesh. The linguistic turn is turning over in its grave.

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

Charge extra for displaying it on lines that service hipster outerborough academic neighborhoods like the F and the L. I bet this service would be far more lucrative than academic book royalties!

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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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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @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

If you know of a movement already under way, cases of this you'd be willing to share, or any other ideas to get things going on this, please let me know. I'm based in Mass and was thinking of talking to folks in the state legislature here, but this should not be allowed on the federal level either.

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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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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Anything Carter writes is worth reading.

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Brendan P. O'Malley @bomalley500.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

@unlawfulentries.bsky.social Only vaguely remember! Manic fits I had while dissertating? A day of massive productivity followed by a week of staring at the wall? At Brooklyn College these episodes were fueled by coffee provided by @istanbultelaviv.bsky.social! Contrary to good writing 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 · 26/05/2026

My thoughts in the vernacular of my students: "Bruh, this is ragebait."

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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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