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Charles O’Connor

@coconnor8.bsky.social

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · Jun 1

I regret to inform you that they’re coming out with a new version of white that doesn’t include you

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 5h

Whistle pigs

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 6h

Ok, fixed the tune

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 6h

Not terrible prices tbh, but not all styles are available in all sizes

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 6h

I passed my 10 year old Matterhorns to my son when resoling them made them a bit too narrow for me. They were the best footwear I’ve owned, an extension of my feet. (I took care of them)

Carolinas are holding up going into year 3 but they’re stiffer and heavier

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 6h

If a brand keeps the quality up. A pair of @drmartens.bsky.social used to last. My current pair self destructed while I was on a trip.

Not great

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 13h

Millions of trump voters would disagree

Self pity + power over others is the dream

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 14h

Getting dangerously close to actually saying something

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 14h

She and Roberts still keeping up the pretense the others no longer give a shit about

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks (for this and other info). Unfortunately these are things normies like myself need to know now

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 19h

How’s the traffic cone method work?

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 19h

They’re probably the only people who could be satisfied living in VR, and we ought to trap them in it

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 19h

Omen IV: The Nepo-Antichrist*

*for all I know, there was already an Omen IV that I couldn’t be bothered to look up

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 19h

The right uses the balance of the press as a fulcrum

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 20h

The overriding goal of too many journalists is to provide “balanced” coverage from a “neutral” position in equidistance to both sides. That framework is much easier to justify if you pretend to be dealing with “normal” politicians – as opposed to committed ideologues pursuing an extreme project.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 20h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 20h

There’s no easy solution, and these men are the least capable of making hard solutions work

They’re idiots with incredible luck who’ve been told they’re geniuses

If they can’t solve the crisis, who can?

We can

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 20h

The level of hard work we’re going to have to put into muddling through the climate crisis is huge

They don’t wanna

They need to be stripped of any influence over the direction of society

For our own survival

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 20h

It’s a cheap attempt to give themselves license to fuck up the world

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h

Which they are doing their best to accelerate.

Numerous Billionaires Preparing for End of Society

Billionaires are (still) doomsday prepping. AI — the tech many of them are building — has them more paranoid than ever.

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 20h

The end of the world is here, lets make sure it’s very unevenly distributed

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 1d

ahhhh!

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The fonts aren’t Unicode”

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day of coincidences

I was singing Fish Heads in the kitchen and told my son there used to be a show, Dr. Demento, when I was young, except at that moment, there still was a show, and now it really is in the past

Dan Pasternack @danpasternack.bsky.social · 1d

October 11, 2025 is a milestone in comedy history. Not only is it the 50th anniversary of the 1st SNL, today is also the final new Dr. Demento show. After 55 years, Barret Hansen is hanging up his top hat. Please go to drdemento.com to hear his all time demented top 40 countdown special.

Dr. Demento

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 1d

Got my chores done yesterday. ACs are out and away. Hoses are drained and stored. Going to take time to fix this today. (After I dig the potatoes)

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 18d

Processing on upload added some artifacts before. Trying again

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Michael Stipe, appearing on my tl in the middle of the night. Insane I never saw you considering how important rem is in my constellation of bands. I wore murmur out in hs. 1st record I bought hearing 1 song once. Actually bought the wrong record (OMD Radio Waves) 1st bc I misremembered the DJ

Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 2d

Because he’s just like you

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Charles O’Connor @coconnor8.bsky.social · 2d

What keeps the WH from redacting the trump out the files it does release and just hiding the rest? Honest question. Are there unalterable indexes that would indicate docs being withheld?

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh