Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wish we didn’t live in a world where this nearly 10-year-old essay by @brandyjensen.bsky.social didn’t still feel so relevant but it’s something i think about every time we go through one of these unbearable cycles of discourse around horrible treatment of women theoutline.com/post/6297/as...theoutline.comDear Fuck-Up: Should I apologize to the women I hurt?Will it bring them closure or simply reopen old wounds? 000
Reposted by Oliver Cranemaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168188044719
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 24/09/2026youtu.be/-rrCXoaDeJ0?...youtu.bePalace Music (Will Oldham) - "Gulf Shores"YouTube video by Colin Drayer 120
Reposted by Oliver CraneSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 17/09/2026can we please turn all this shit off now 08714
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026It’s gotta be some kind of sign that the Wizard of Id is talking shit about data centers and Flock cameras, right? 010
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I’m in Vegas for the first time in my life and understanding why someone might become a ranting street preacher 110
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Kinda late on this but they’re sick as hell 111
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Have you seen Performance? Kind of the same deal but what if you were also Mick Jagger and got to do drugs in his psychedelic basement 020
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It’s actually really cool to view every ethnic group as a monolith that is either the Good Minority or the Bad Minority based on data from one election 010
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I just bought a copy last night after seeing it on display at Arundel Books in Seattle! 120
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I don’t care how goddamn fancy your art space is, you can’t be charging $7.50 for a Rainier during the art walk 000
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 03/09/2026would love to invest but the fees to convert my dinars to dashacoin are brutal 020
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I hope you’re nicer to your neighbors than you are to random people online who you know nothing about! 000
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I do indeed, sometimes i even get mad at people, i just try to avoid it and don’t pretend that doing that accomplishes anything. A heart stained with anger grows weak and grows bitter, to quote John Prine. Best of luck with your shaming project! 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Hey, whatever floats your boat, but being mad online is one of the least productive things out there. If it’s something you enjoy i won’t kinkshame but don’t lie to yourself. 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Perhaps you should focus your anger in a more productive way than yelling at randos on Bluesky! 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Ok but that’s not working because you come off like an asshole who loves yelling at people and it’s hard to feel shame when dealing with someone like that. And i think it’s interesting that every time i asked about your actual opinion about Biden’s policy in Israel you deflected. 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Hey man, what do you get out of talking to people like this? Do you think it convinces anyone? You’re screaming at one random guy that he killed people with his vote, while excusing the literal president from any responsibility for his own policy decisions. 200
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Oh god you can’t just be playing “Down From Dover” in the coffee shop 000
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Citation needed that Biden “did what he could.” For Netanyahu, sure! Are you seriously calling me an “overseer” for wanting the politicians i voted for and who represent me to do a better job? Incredible! 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026You get that people’s moral outrage might be genuine even if you don’t think it’s perfectly apportioned, right? Anyway i gotta stop looking at my phone and read a book, i think we’ve made a lot of progress, have a lovely night. 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Criticizing the dems would be justified no matter how i voted, they’re public servants! Sometimes they do things i like and i give their office a call to let them know i appreciate it! 110
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Didn’t he briefly block a specific type of bomb from being delivered? Was that the one thing he could do? 200
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Christ dude, people tend to protest issues where they think they might have an impact, or they feel in some way responsible. Do you think about militias in Ethiopia for any reason other than to bash leftists? 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So the president of the most powerful country on earth could not have done a single thing to save innocent lives that were being killed by money and weapons that his government was supplying. He had no leverage at all, unlike the college protestors who single-handedly got Trump elected. Got it. 210
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We’re not giving money and weapons to the militias! 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026There’s no space between Israel gets everything it asks for and America abandoning them? Even Reagan used his leverage to rein in Israel after seeing the horrors coming out of Lebanon. You don’t give agency to anyone but leftists who didn’t vote for Kamala! 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026And sure, it would have been great if everyone was reading up on that and making perfectly rational cost/benefit analyses of the election, but most people don’t do that, and seeing dead children on your phone every day tends to outweigh policy papers that the candidate claims to know nothing about 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Shouldn’t some of that blame go to the mass media that gave Trump tons of credulous coverage about how he really didn’t know anything about Project 2025? 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026And you didn’t really answer my question. Biden made a policy decison regarding Israel, which came with risks like any decision, such as massively alienating voters in several key states. Do you think that was the correct decision? 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026He did not advertise destroying USAID in advance. Did Kamala put out any ads about that? Christ, i don’t actually want to fight with you, we both hate this administration, i just think your ire is misplaced when it comes to the election, and you’re kinda unnecessarily rude! 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I’m horrified by that too! And i voted for Kamala! But everyone has a line at which the lesser evil is too much to bear, for some people that was Gaza, and i’m going to hold the administration responsible more than the people reacting to their decisions. They wanted to win without those people. 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Alright, so do you think Biden’s Israel policy was good? Moral? Politically smart? If these voters were so key to Kamala’s loss, was there any leverage he might have used with Israel to address their concerns? 110
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Was it a genius move for the Biden administration to provide financial and military support to the right-wing government that was committing war crimes and actively wanted Trump to win? At some point i think the people whose job was to win share at least as much responsibility as random voters. 300
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Well i don’t want to speak for the people who didn’t vote for her but i think they might not have appreciated being told “that’ll have to wait” when they were seeing civilians slaughtered by a right-wing regime with our money and weapons every day. 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I made a joke but i did not lie to you! It’s just weird that you can’t fathom that a lot of leftists who weren’t happy with Biden or Kamala still voted for her. She got a lot of votes! 000
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Why can’t you engage with someone in good faith? You know nothing about me! I’m not even the guy who was talking about Biden’s record on race! 000
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Y’know it’s not a great idea to go through life insisting that everyone you encounter must fit your conception of the good and bad people, and that anyone who says something that doesn’t fit your preconceived notions is lying. 200
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I voted for Kamala! Didn’t feel great about it due to the administration’s support of Israel’s war crimes. Is there ever a point where you believe a candidate has a duty to address the concerns of potential voters? Like they’re a public servant or something? 200
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So why so aggro about someone not voting biden in the primary? It was a fait accompli! Anyway i’m Jewish and it would be cool if you could stop accusing everyone you encounter who is critical of Israel of Jew hatred, thanks! 100
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026oh you were talking about the primary this whole time? Were you really upset about the Dean Phillips campaign? Kinda weird! 000
Oliver Crane @recordofthetime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Wait, you voted Joe in 2024? I have some terrible news for you. 100
