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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The first song that came to mind when I saw this photo music.youtube.com/watch?v=8WRW...

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Fake Empire

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The Economist @economist.com · 24/09/2026

Deaths now outnumber births in reliably Republican counties for the first time since at least 1982. We explain how this may already be affecting voting patterns in America bit.ly/471apDL

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So we *have to* build more of these to 'beat' China? (h/t @dwallacewells.bsky.social)

Bar chart showing that the US has more data center capacity than the next 14 countries combined

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"It is now the least rewarding time to be a worker in the U.S. economy since the government started keeping track." www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is awesome, esp the guitar work on Robert's and the sweet version of Relatively. Respect to ZB for keeping the focus where it should be. Just a nice ~30 minute interlude on a Sunday morning .... youtu.be/DUP2jPVoQ4c

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Jason Isbell - The Belting Bronco - Episode Nine

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Janette Moser @mjmoser.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Watch all the way to the end for the least shocking plot twist of all time bc this is just so emblematic of how all these people are.

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So I've got another essay in ihavethatonvinyl.com 🥳 Big thanks again to Michele for all she does to run the site and give a helping hand to aspiring writers. Check it out! ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/will-...

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I Have That on Vinyl

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Lock them all up and throw away the key #fuckICE

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The Fauci hearing was a disgrace. Here are some reminders of how it really went down in 2020. Never forget.

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Damnit it was so sad to see that GH is gone. What a talented guy. RIP

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Red States in the US southeast, led by Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, have the highest level of maternal deaths in the entire developed world. Anti-abortion policies are simply a pretext for what is in fact extreme hostility to women's healthcare. Here an exploration of Texas.

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‘I Don’t Want To Die’: Texas Patients Are Afraid to Get Pregnant

The fear of losing their lives is precisely what many pregnant Texas residents say they’ve experienced after four young women died in the state when they were unable to access medically necessary abor...

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social at @heatmap.news points out that the smoke days we're experiencing were not foreseen by climate models & so nobody has reckoned on their cost in lives, health, & economic disruption—which appear to be MORE than EVERY OTHER climate impact PUT TOGETHER.

How costly? “When monetized,” a group of Stanford and Princeton economists wrote in Nature last year, in the first major study on the topic, “the climate-driven smoke deaths result in economic damages that exceed existing estimates of climate-driven damages from all other causes combined in the U.S.A.”

You read that right: The cost of climate-worsened wildfire smoke alone is larger than what earlier studies said every other estimated cost of climate change would be, combined.

To summarize, wildfire smoke did not appear in our economic simulations of climate change. As recently as a few years ago, we did not really know that days like today — or June 7, 2023; or September 15, 2020; or September 9, 2020 — could occur. Then they happened. And happened again. And then we studied them and discovered that, in fact, they may be more expensive for the U.S. economy than we once thought climate change itself would be.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Compare Alito's description of Trump's racist statements (on the left) to Justice Kagan's anthology of Trump's racist statements (on the right). These are passages from this morning's opinions in Mullin v. Doe.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Aren’t they arresting and deporting students who say this exact thing

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Great stuff from @yourmandevine.bsky.social on last night's miracle. Still hard to believe that this really happened #LFGK

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🤡 houseof1000cowsarejustfoods 🤡 @cowsarejustfood.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

stevie wonder tearing through superstition for almost seven minutes on sesame street is one of my favourites things (found a version that doesn't look like a 5th gen vhs rip) youtu.be/FZeigvMA4go?...

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Stevie Wonder - Superstition - Sesame Street 1973 - STEREO HD

YouTube video by Shadi Frick

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

happy mother's day, here's 17 minutes of colleen donaghy www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9oH...

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Best Of Jack's Disappointed Mom, Colleen (ft. Elaine Stritch) | 30 Rock

YouTube video by 30 Rock Official

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Such a sad anniversary. Never forget that Prince's live shows were so much damn fun. RIP youtu.be/LNrAFb3I2js?...

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Prince Live - Play that funky Music - Hollywood Swinging - Fantastic Voyage 4/28/11

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Jon Steinman @jonsteinman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Osama bin Laden said much the same after 9/11

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Big thanks to the wonderful and generous Michele Catalano @ihavethatonvinyl.com for posting my work on IHTOV. So exciting!

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I loved how Picasso, Bowie and other ground breaking artists are cited here as examples of how creativity can thrive in the AI era. "When reality can be captured perfectly, expression becomes the differentiator" is an optimistic thesis for our often pessimistic times 🔥 www.nfx.com/post/infinit...

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The Infinite Game: What Artists Know That Founders Don’t

AI is shifting founders from builders to artists. Learn why technology expands industries—and why thinking like an artist is now a competitive edge.

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Great thread. "(Tr*mp's) job is to make it LOOK like this isn't a well-planned heist by the people actually orchestrating the whole scheme (Thiel, Putin, Bessent...)" 🎯🎯🎯

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/03/2026

THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Today's edition of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's newsletter includes links to some of her best Substack posts from the last 2+ years. This incredible piece from Nov 2023 is a sobering reminder of how clearly she has seen this dystopia coming sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/behold-a-p...

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Behold, A Pale Horse Race

On elections without choice and genocide without consequence

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The loss of trust in our fellow US citizens might be MAGA's most lasting legacy

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Between this and the snow cleanup, Zohran has gotten more positive things done this week than Adams did in 4 years 👏👏👏

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/02/2026

This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors. youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40

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Welcome The Stranger

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance to children and youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and all other individuals and families." (The other group is the rest of us.)

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

This really isn't hard for any politician to say. Good for JC but let's see more of this

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Train Dreams is outstanding. One of the most gorgeous looking films I've ever seen. The beautiful cinematography lets the simple story breathe in a way that makes me want to watch it again, knowing I'm going to find something new and fresh when I do. Highly recommended

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Just catching up with this great article from @oxfordamerican.bsky.social. Damn I loved this band (by any name) back in the day - still have "In Your Eyes" on multiple playlists. And the memories of Austin sprinkled throughout are pretty great oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...

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Pop Beloved

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

approaching the problem of "roving death squads" from an incrementalist point of view is just a slow form of suicide

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Sandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”

A picture of the Mary Tyler Moore statue in downtown Minneapolis, depicting the iconic moment from the show where she throws her hat in the air. But the hat has been covered over with a protesters cardboard sign, reading “FUCK ICE.”

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

he ain't lie

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.

graph showing the top 10% now account for about 48% of consumer spending.

the bottom 80% collectively account for about 37%

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 16/01/2026

Crazy cool story in @thetimes.com: the language used by White Gladis and her pod of boat-attacking orca does "not merely represent a different orca “accent”....It’s like the difference between Arabic and Latin....a separate branch of the linguistic family tree." 🌍🧪 www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

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Orcas blamed for yacht attacks are speaking their own language

Scientists studying killer whales linked to hundreds of encounters with boats near Gibraltar have discovered that the pod communicates using a unique dialect

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Michael O'C @m1chael0c.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Loved this article, esp in the way that it captures so many intuitive feelings that this Gen Jones/Xer is having lately. "We might still carry a pose of protective cynicism, but I want to argue that this isn’t a liability. For this current era, it’s our remaining advantage"

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Been advocating for this for months. 90% of American GDP comes from cities. We need to use that leverage

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The Point Of No Return

We Are At War, Whether We Want To Be Or Not

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day. Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me. 🧵

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

It feels like ages since we’ve heard anyone in elected office with any real command of the old American art of rhetoric. In my lifetime, I think Obama is probably the only other prominent example.

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