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Connor McClure

@iamconnor.bsky.social
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NY’er living in AR I work in TV/Film Bass player in Tuffy Guitar & Bass player in The Howliday Players thehowlidayplayers.bandcamp.com

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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Dallas Bobby Ewing
Alt: Dallas Bobby Ewing. A woman opens a door to find Bobby in the shower
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They switched it to ‘super’ because he can’t pronounce ‘artificial’ with all the facial drooping, right?
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
High bar for Ted Cruz to not be the most embarassing person at a senate hearing
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Mike Scollins @mikescollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Mr Smith is true you recently attended a football game with Buffalo Bill?! FROM SILENCE OF THE LAMBS?!" "No, the name of the team is the Buffalo Bills." "WHERE ARE THE GIRLS MR SMITH?!??!"
That fucking idiot Eric Schmitt questioning Jack Smith
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
this really picks up at the 26 second mark
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Racists and other rightwing nuts are big mad that Sarah Sanders' new ad uses a white man as the punchline
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Sarah Sanders’ new ad is infuriating her most racist supporters - Arkansas Times
Even something seemingly as simple as punching down can backfire if you lack the basic political skills to understand which groups you should avoid because targeting them will make a certain subset…
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am so excited to vote
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everyone interaction you have for the next few days should start or end with “are you registered to vote? Do you have a voting plan?”
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Millennials can’t reveal all this information because we like to complain about how exploitative Mr Beast is, and he is, but Mr Beast would basically be on PBS in the early 2000’s, it would be the show with substance
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you need to feel better about the world, volunteer in local politics. You’ll meet cool people, and you’ll really feel how you are not alone. I’m currently helping Pulaski County Dems give out yard signs in NLR, and there are so many people coming by to support candidates or volunteer.
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Deviled eggs should never be followed up with Gatorade
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This story is insane and also totally expected
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why read past headlines: I analyze the story of her getting him to ban major media outlets from the White House. Whatever her intention, she sure is making Trump even more dependent on her for information and ego-stroking. www.salon.com/2026/09/23/n...
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Natalie Harp isn't a joke — she is Trump’s dangerous enabler
The aide’s constant flattery makes the president’s narcissism worse
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every Ai is just 3 scam call centers in a trench coat
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Based on a true story too
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Is it going to be cold enough in AR to start making apple cider and cider donuts?
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Made a stop in Fouke, Arkansas and exchanged ghost stories with a local and heard his encounters with the Boggy Creek Monster. this state is weird and talkative. @therealjoebob123.bsky.social needs to come down for an outdoor screening
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I don’t know what it is, I’ve had this shirt (own multiples) for years, but this year everywhere I go my @stephenking.bsky.social Rules shirt (from monster squad) gets a ton of compliments and conversation. My “potatoes please” shirt, much smaller audience
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We had to say goodbye to this queen today
A photo of a dog laying in pine needles near pumpkins
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
FLEECED? Entergy Arkansas ratepayers on the hook for $1.6B in upfront construction costs for new solar plant to supply ginormous Google data center, Dem-Gaz reports; payments Google agreed to make over 20 years won't go for construction. #arpx #arnews #arleg www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/se...
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Entergy deferring Google’s $2.1 billion in Cypress Solar payments, while customers cover construction cost | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Google is expected to rack up more than $2.1 billion in total upfront and minimum demand payments to Entergy Arkansas under a 20-year special rate contract for the tech giant's West Memphis data cente...
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My 10yo watching Beyond Belief re Jonathan Frakes: Man, why is this guy so good at intros?!
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
the amount of people who do not know how awful Hobby Lobby is is astounding. but i take every chance to fill them in
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Just once in my life I would like to see a Democrat being interviewed by right wing media like Fox News or right wing media like every single other outlet treat their questions with the contempt they deserve. I know it's not going to fix everything or maybe even anything but how much coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think it would inspire if when asked about "boys in girls sports" or some other stupid fucking culture war distraction one of them finally said "What the fuck are you talking about man? You sound like a dumb asshole right now."

What's the worst that's going to happen the New York Times is gonna work overtime to make sure you don't get elected? They were already doing that buddy.

You simply say "Are you stupid? Do you think I am stupid? And do you think all of the people watching at home are stupid? Everyone sees through what you are doing. Using one group as a scapegoat for the very real problems everyone has – all caused by Republicans by the way – unlike this fake one you have made up. Dumb asshole."

Just go on the attack for once instead of sitting there trying to please your enemy who is in the process of trying to humiliate you.

And if you want to say something else true that almost no Democrat ever says for some reason you can top it off with a “Every single Republican in our lifetime has sought to make our lives worse in every way possible. I’d like to try to stop that.”
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I do not doubt that in the next 5 years someone will gamify Ai for a tv show. Are You Smarter Than A Chatbot? And it’s just a contestant deciding if there’s enough of a side mirror in frame to be considered a motorcycle.
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible: Melted Banana
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I could do without ever reading the phrase “epically roasted” again
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Night of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wow, bold of Fox to come right out with it
A still from FOX NEWS interview with Dr. Oz. The chyron has been modestly edited to read "Dr. Oz, Massive Fraud"
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring
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Henchman 21 Gary Fischer from Venture Bros
Alt: Henchman 21 Gary Fischer from Venture Bros
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Meanwhile his browser is just 40 Joybird tabs
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cutting things with fast spinning dangerously sharp saws and then screwing them to other things you cut with fast spinning dangerously sharp saws is not how you make dinner
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
has anyone tried “you think you’re such a smart Ai, but I bet you can’t even hack yourself?"
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 08/09/2026
Mayor Mamdani releases 170K documents related to post-9/11 air quality gothamist.com/news/mayor-m...
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Mayor Mamdani releases 170K documents related to post-9/11 air quality
The Mamdani administration said the public was misled about health risks after the attacks.
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I feel insane when I tell people about the hype they absolutely do not remember. I was sick and watching daytime tv a lot around that age.
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Concrete over the entrance, problem solved
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I only have myself to blame, but how did I not know there were online courses from the Stan Winston school?! It’s probably too late to adjust my Belial for Halloween, but would’ve been nice to have learned how to do it proper before shooting from the hip
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am in a (small) labor union. When I talk to others in the union we will complain about all the things we want the union to do. When I talk to people not in the union I brag on all the things the union DOES do and why we need more unions. Like politics, things won’t get better if you dont organize
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
There is no better reason to buy music
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My wife: our daughter asked how you get all the different size letters for a ransom note - I told her magazines Me: what? Why does she need to know how to make a ransom note? Wife: I didn’t ask, I just told her to go to bed Me: I don’t want to criticize your parenting…
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My child has decided to learn to speak Czech - are there any recommended apps or programs that do not use Ai and are not Duolingo? (And if you speak Czech and would like to teach her the bad words, I’m okay with that)
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Star Wars kids “crocheted mandalorian and grogu” (Two seconds in) My wife: what is this trash?! These are all knitted! (Turns it off)
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Son: why does dad get to use the screw gun?! Daughter: because he’s responsible and won’t shoot it into someone’s leg! Me: Yeah, I won’t make that mistake again!
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I tried to replace a lamp cord and socket today, so of course after an hour, I fixed the wobbly legs of our chair and the lamp is worse than when I started.
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Matt Campbell @bluehogreport.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just reupping this story due to recent events. Provides some context for why Entergy seems to get away with whatever they want in Arkansas. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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$15K in donations to Supreme Court Justice Barbara Webb come from industry her husband regulates - Arkansas Times
Not taking money from the industry your husband regulates is only admirable if you don't change your mind as soon as no one is looking.
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy #LetterboxdFriday! My #LastFourWatched
Movie posters Left to right: Stay Alive, Send Help, Man Finds Tape, Coyote vs Acme
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I don’t think I can properly explain how excited my children were when I told them we could visit the morgue on the ghost tour at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/09/2026
so unfair that you might be attacked for just wanting a white ethnostate anyway after like a decade plus of usage i canceled my @1password.bsky.social subscription and switched to apple passwords. took 15 minutes.
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Connor McClure @iamconnor.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is dedication. My wife has been saving every crayon our kids have ever been given at every restaurant we’ve been to (oldest is 10). Now she is melting them into molds to give away at their schools trunk or treat this halloween. This is the long game. Kids helped.
Crayons melted into halloween themed shapes
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