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Ed O’C

@welt-schmerz.bsky.social
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“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” — Omar El Akkad

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 08/10/2026
What I *really* want an interviewer to do with these desperate sweaty CEOs is say, "Now that Trump has said he wants you to call it 'Trump Intelligence' instead of 'Super Intelligence', are you planning to update your marketing?" and then don't reveal that you made it up until after they say yes.
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Rachel Courtland @rachelcourtland.com · 08/10/2026
RIP to the world's first software engineer news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Ed O’C @welt-schmerz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ok, nine favorite pop albums. They didn’t have some in the catalog but this is a good sampler.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Whether it's Obama telling farmers to plant arugula in Iowa or Donald Trump telling Iranians to take out Los Angeles, both presidents made deeply insensitive statements about regions of the country.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Ed O’C @welt-schmerz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RIP Pete Byrne -- Thank you for the peak 1980's synth-funk. youtu.be/RLgHgjBfSlU?...
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Naked Eyes - What In The Name Of Love (Official Music Video)
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Ed O’C @welt-schmerz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tom Petty envisioned 2026 gas prices back in 1982
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump and Vance to Zelenskyy 18 months ago: You are losing this war. You have no cards. Meanwhile, while Ukraine is kicking a much larger country’s ass who invaded it, Trump and Vance are losing to Iran.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Morally vacant and beyond redemption; they continue to defend him.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“.. With Saudi oil now blockaded, Americans are about to discover why maintaining stability in the Middle East and not handing it to a consortium of Russia and Iran was always important.” @jayinkyiv.bsky.social
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Tasha @toshyou.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In America you can get arrested for giving water to people waiting in line to vote but the president is offering you $5k to vote for his party. - Too old for this shit
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Like what are we fucking doing here
Post from Trump with a photo of the moon: The Moon Is Ours
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
COMMENTARY: A whole lot of celebrities are loved. Dolly Parton loved you back.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17/08/2026
US child vaccination rates have plunged since before the pandemic, with kindergarten classrooms in more than 70% of counties now lacking herd immunity against measles.
US choropleth map showing percentage change in MMR or overall vaccination rates since before the pandemic, by county. Decreases are shown in pink, increases in green.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/08/2026
Parnas on the USS Lincoln: Imagine this were happening under Biden and Lloyd Austin. Fox would be running it 24/7. Congress would've opened investigations. Austin would be hauled in Congress. James Comer would've opened an impeachment inquiry. This is as bad as it gets. It’s a dereliction of duty.
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Local Resister @projectspacetime.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
He always announces in advance his intention. There won't be a free/fair election. And you know what the most amusing part of this is? Red State governors will instantly comply. It's over folks. We do not live in a Constitutional republic We already now know in advance what's up.
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God @thegodshow.com · 11/08/2026
Dear Americans, Iran won the Iran war. Your insane president will claim victory but your gas will stay high. Good night and good luck! Love, God
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Ed O’C @welt-schmerz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Awesome to hear Robyn Hitchcock putting out some of his best music at age 73. youtu.be/fNt4m29VgpY?...
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The Vanishing Kind
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 02/08/2026
America’s legal system To practice law: —4 year degree, LSAT, 3 year JD, pass BAR, buy malpractice insurance, total cost ~$300K To enforce law: —Here’s paid 13-week training & a gun To write law: —0 qualifications needed, a billionaire can buy your seat Vote only for people funded by people.❤️✊🏽
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
WAR CRIMINAL 1: “So I heard you have been busy killing kids.” WAR CRIMINAL 2: “Yes, but you are quite the competition! 168 at just one school.” WAR CRIMINAL 1: “ I was told only about 120 were kids.” WAR CRIMINAL 2: “Still pretty impressive.” WAR CRIMINAL 1: “High praise coming from you.”
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/07/2026
Trump: "I owned the Miss Universe pageant. And Miss Venezuela always did very well in that pageant. So I know something about the country."
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Our News Media needs to get it together….
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Ed O’C @welt-schmerz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Chicago right now
Giant beekeeper spreading smoke over the city of chicago
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chris “bluesky” poster @chrisrd19.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.
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Ms. Unformation @msunformation.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Of all the things that didn't happen this week, this didn't happen the most.
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Ed O’C @welt-schmerz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
youtu.be/jIbAoz8ihLY?... RIP Bonnie Tyler
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Mike Oldfield and Bonnie Tyler - Islands (Good Quality)
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Guy Venables @guyvenables.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
One of my cartoons for Tuesday's Metro
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.
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A personalized vaccine for melanoma cut the risk of cancer returning after five years
If the vaccine is effective in a late-stage trial, it would be “paradigm-shifting,” one expert said.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/06/2026
The algae always comes back... meidasplus.com
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Glen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Brooklyn. 🏀 (via Paul Williams) 💕
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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/06/2026
The United States government has intentionally killed at least 205 people outside any lawful circumstances—and the operation is still ongoing. That is what the campaign against the "drug boats" is. New from Amanda Klasing:
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No Guns, No Drugs—Why Did We Blow Up These Boats?
Shocking new facts are still emerging about the campaign against ‘drug boats.’
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Tess || booksky 📚 @htessh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Just learned that, in my state, only 450,000 cast a vote out of 3.3 million registered voters 🫩 Y'all I'm so tired of this. If you hate Lindsey Graham, only you have the power to get rid of him. PLEASE vote Annie in November. I'm begging at this point. Just show up. Bare minimum.
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Ed O’C @welt-schmerz.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
youtu.be/8qNVibd9eAk?... I Miss the 90’s
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Unsaid Things
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Ed O’C @welt-schmerz.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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Waiting for Engines
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Ed O’C @welt-schmerz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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Billy Bragg - Between The Wars
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