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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 8h

How many times are we going to have to do this before this fucking clowns feel any sense of shame?

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 11h

Today was a food-heavy day in Shanghai.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 13h

It’s a holiday week in China, and my tour guide today asked me if I had seen a lot of kids look at me strangely since I got to Shanghai. I nodded. It’s because a lot of Chinese tourists from the interior are here right now and many of their children have never seen a white person before. 🤯

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m quite proud of my Commie Corridor joke and I refuse to let it get slept on because you were all sleeping.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The perfect “I’m visiting China” app starter pack. I’d throw DiDi in here, but you can access DiDi through WeChat and Alipay, so the standalone app isn’t even necessary.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The first day of my month-long Asia trip that it will be cooler where I am than in New York. Topped out at 73° here in Shanghai today. After 2 1/2 weeks in tropical climes, I’m legit chilly and wore long sleeves.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gonna petition to put one of these in Maria Hernandez Park.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ranking of Western bands/artists that have been unavoidable in public spaces on my Asian trip, in order of frequency I’ve heard them: 5. Red Hot Chili Peppers 4. Guns N’ Roses 3. Bon Jovi 2. Maroon 5 1. Bryan Adams

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s nice to see the Sabres pick up this regular season right where they left off last regular season: absolutely sucking on the power play.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Didn’t think the first place I’d see a MAGA hat in public in months would be on the street in Shanghai.

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 02/10/2026

Parked smack dab in the middle of a protected bike lane. “It would be dangerous for our customers if we parked outside of it, with the bikes zooming past,” he said when I confronted them. If you live on Grand St. in Williamsburg, go tell them what you think – right outside of the Lidl.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SIN ✈️ PVG. Soon to board this 7-year old China Eastern A350-900 to head to Shanghai. It’s my third of four A359s I’ll fly on this trip, and it’s my last inter-Asia flight before I head home.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve met on this 3-week trip to Asia who’ve said they want to visit my country, but simply won’t because of its current policies.

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 30/09/2026

I feel dumb even just having to say this but the reason passports are mailed out in plain regular envelopes is that so that people do not attempt to steal easily recognizable passports in the mail. bsky.app/profile/carn...

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Would love any food and beer recommendations you have in Shanghai, particularly for this American who is intimidated by Mainland China despite the weeks of preparation I’ve done.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fun fact: I’ve visited two countries this year that are smaller than my home state of Rhode Island.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On board this 15-year old Vietnam Airlines A321 for a 2-hour flight from SGN to SIN. Pro: no seat mate. Con: a scratched-up window that reminds me of riding NJ Transit or LIRR.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don’t recall who recommended Hybrid at Bar 57 in Saigon to me, but my god, this place is excellent and the cocktail list is wild.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This good kitty is braver now than I was when I first arrived in Southeast Asia two weeks ago.

A cat being loaded onto a motorbike by its owner and driver

A cat tucked between the driver and passenger on a motorbike, mostly wrapped in the driver’s raincoat.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Final night in Vietnam is off to a lovely start with a cocktail at a rooftop bar.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A Rhode Islander to remember!

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Saturday night in Ho Chi Minh City: made new friends, saw the city’s seedy underbelly, partied until dawn.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Hey, I have an idea. Let’s operate an airport in the hottest, most humid climate on the planet by offloading a widebody jet at a hard stand and onto the slowest bus in the world with barely-working air conditioning.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

HAN ✈️ SGN on this 8-year old Vietnam Airlines A359. A widebody on the world’s fourth busiest flight route!

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s so exhausting to see the mainstream media try to highlight Morales’ position on Israel exactly the same way they pulled the same shit on Mamdani. This post tries to play the middle ground, but on Instagram, they buried his statement on the last slide of a carousel post.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Met a Vietnamese woman at a bar today who spoke perfect American English. Says it was self-taught — she’s never even left Vietnam. She asked me where she sounded like she was from. I said “definitely California.” Had her take the NYT Dialect test and sure enough, the result was Fresno and Modesto.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Vietnamese get bar snacks right. This is a pile of smoked string cheese I ordered with my beer for $2.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My entire representation in the state legislature and my future Congressperson signed onto this. Utterly embarrassing.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 25/09/2026

Age verification is an egregious privacy violation, an inexcusable form of surveillance, and… it’s also voodoo bullshit that doesn’t work. It’s one of the reasons I’m proudest to support @eff.org, who have been leading the fight against the horrible practice for years: www.eff.org/issues/age-v...

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Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub

Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “ag...

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Always appreciate some good laundry humor.

Storefront of a laundromat called The Wash Hub with the slogan “FBI-approved laundering! 🙂”

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It is simply amazing to me that by turning left out of my hotel (French Quarter) instead of right (Old Quarter), it’s like I’m seeing two completely different versions of Hanoi.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I had mediocre pho tonight just to fill my stomach because it cost me $2 and I could get a good baseline for comparison.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Let me let you in on a little secret: I have two million dong in my pocket right now.

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As the crowd grew louder, party leaders kept pointing to security to have people removed from the auditorium. But Tatiana Dunlap, a public safety officer for CUNY, said that wasn’t her job. “This is your meeting,” she said. “We don’t arrest people for yelling.” @gwynnefitz.bsky.social's latest:

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Raucous Brooklyn Party Meeting Rubber-Stamps Rule Changes That Judge Found Illegal

Embattled Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn didn’t attend Wednesday’s chaotic meeting, where four of her allies contended with an angry crowd of opposition leaders.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fucking clown shit. I can wait until all these utterly corrupt dipshits get indicted for all the crimes they’re trying to cover up by attempting to retain power. They’re clearly desperate to control the judicial nomination process for a reason.

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Charismatic Frontman @westerberghs89.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This type of smart, transit-oriented development is illegal to build in most US cities

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Broke my no-American-food-overseas rule because the manager at this brewpub insisted I needed to try their “New York Cheese” slice. It’s legit and it comes with their house hot sauce on the side made with vinegar distilled from leftover beer.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oh shut up, this is the best bowl of pho I’ve had in my life and it’s not even in a place known for its pho. First night in Vietnam is going great.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Maybe we’re finally getting to him. Maybe we can get a fare structure that actually encourages people to use transit instead of discouraging them, but I’m not holding my breath.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Settling into Hanoi. First impressions: if Bangkok’s streets were organized chaos, Hanoi is just… total chaos. And the honking here is out of control. Grateful for the double-paned glass in my hotel room that knocks down the street noise to virtually zero.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

BKK ✈️ HAN aboard this Vietnam Airlines A321neo. Off to see Vietnam for a week!

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bangkok’s Airport Train cost me $1.05 and whisked me to the airport in less than 25 minutes. Staring at you, Port Authority.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

All that rush this morning to get to the airport early because I couldn’t check in online and I walk up to the counter with no wait, get moved to an extra legroom seat, and am sitting down in the lounge a full hour before boarding starts.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Found a Rhode Island license plate on the wall at this sports bar in Bangkok.

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ohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is a remarkably accurate replica sign to see in a bar 8,000 miles away from the nearest NYC Subway entrance.

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