Jim O'Hara
@jimohara.bsky.social
Classicist/Latinist/Vergilian, UNC-Chapel Hill, retired. Dad, Democrat, Red Sox fan, Holy Cross grad. Climate change is real, caused by humans, & dangerous. Trump is a criminal & a rapist.
Caring about others is the American way.
jimohara.web.unc.edu
Caring about others is the American way.
jimohara.web.unc.edu
Pinned
Tremendous song “Join Ice” by Jesse Welles.
Thinking that passing a cognitive test makes you a genius is like thinking that passing a field sobriety test makes you an Olympic gymnast.
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Thinking that passing a cognitive test makes you a genius is like thinking that passing a field sobriety test makes you an Olympic gymnast.
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DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after uninformed costly cuts flip.it/kl-9R0 The US public will be paying for DOGE & counting the millions of cruel, pointless deaths caused by Trump, Vance, Rubio, Vought & Musk (& their intentional ignorance) for many decades.
PROSECUTE ALL OF THEM!
PROSECUTE ALL OF THEM!
DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts
Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated.
flip.it
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after uninformed costly cuts flip.it/kl-9R0 The US public will be paying for DOGE & counting the millions of cruel, pointless deaths caused by Trump, Vance, Rubio, Vought & Musk (& their intentional ignorance) for many decades.
PROSECUTE ALL OF THEM!
PROSECUTE ALL OF THEM!
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Trump: “Prices are down”
🇺🇸: “why u lyin’?”
🇺🇸: “why u lyin’?”
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Trump: “Prices are down”
🇺🇸: “why u lyin’?”
🇺🇸: “why u lyin’?”
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Trump wanted to name the Gulf of Mexico after himself, but the Bay of Pigs was already taken. 🤣
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Trump wanted to name the Gulf of Mexico after himself, but the Bay of Pigs was already taken. 🤣
Tremendous song “Join Ice” by Jesse Welles.
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Tremendous song “Join Ice” by Jesse Welles.
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🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
3:37 vid: Dr. Annie Andrews is running for the Democratic nomination to run for Senate against the spineless Lindsay Graham in South Carolina.
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Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid" (Captioned)
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
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November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
3:37 vid: Dr. Annie Andrews is running for the Democratic nomination to run for Senate against the spineless Lindsay Graham in South Carolina.
youtu.be/OEBFi3kxNP4?...
youtu.be/OEBFi3kxNP4?...
Great song: "Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
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"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Great song: "Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
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I had missed the part about the flag being a gift from the FBI in recognition of his service
No paywall
No paywall
Veteran FBI employee files lawsuit claiming he was fired for displaying Pride flag
A 16-year FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired last month because he had a Pride flag displayed near his desk.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I had missed the part about the flag being a gift from the FBI in recognition of his service
No paywall
No paywall
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Captain Mark Kelly “I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.” 🫡💙
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Captain Mark Kelly “I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.” 🫡💙
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
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Clever writing:
I love this sentence because of the way she tied the antithesis together with the alliteration:
“The president has been building ballrooms and blowing up boats instead of lowering the price of bread.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I love this sentence because of the way she tied the antithesis together with the alliteration:
“The president has been building ballrooms and blowing up boats instead of lowering the price of bread.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Will Marjorie Taylor Greene turn the Maga movement against Trump? | Arwa Mahdawi
Whatever her motives, the Republican congresswoman’s ‘revenge tour’ against the president is proving surprisingly effective, writes Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Clever writing:
I love this sentence because of the way she tied the antithesis together with the alliteration:
“The president has been building ballrooms and blowing up boats instead of lowering the price of bread.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I love this sentence because of the way she tied the antithesis together with the alliteration:
“The president has been building ballrooms and blowing up boats instead of lowering the price of bread.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Poll says 60% of Americans believeTrump was aware of the sexual abuse committed by his pal Jeffrey Epstein, 38% believe Trump also participated in the scheme
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Poll says 60% of Americans believeTrump was aware of the sexual abuse committed by his pal Jeffrey Epstein, 38% believe Trump also participated in the scheme
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
MBS claims the murder of Khashoggi was "a huge mistake and we're our doing our best that this doesn't happen again."
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So you mistakenly dismembered a journalist?
Gov. Newsom's response to Trump saying "Quiet, Piggy" to a female reporter on hi plane.
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Gov. Newsom's response to Trump saying "Quiet, Piggy" to a female reporter on hi plane.
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Mob boss attacks female reporter again for her “attitude” and says he will ask his FCC commissioner to look into revoking her company’s broadcast license.
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Mob boss attacks female reporter again for her “attitude” and says he will ask his FCC commissioner to look into revoking her company’s broadcast license.
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If you are able to look at this and still not see the Gestapo. You have not only failed at the Christian you say you are.
You have failed at being a human.
You are the person who turned away when children were being murdered in gas chambers.
It didn’t start in gas chambers.
You have failed at being a human.
You are the person who turned away when children were being murdered in gas chambers.
It didn’t start in gas chambers.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you are able to look at this and still not see the Gestapo. You have not only failed at the Christian you say you are.
You have failed at being a human.
You are the person who turned away when children were being murdered in gas chambers.
It didn’t start in gas chambers.
You have failed at being a human.
You are the person who turned away when children were being murdered in gas chambers.
It didn’t start in gas chambers.
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ONE REPORTER WITH COURAGE IS A MAJORITY.
Mary K Bruce of ABC News to Trump: "Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you’re president?"
To MBS: "The US intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
Mary K Bruce of ABC News to Trump: "Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you’re president?"
To MBS: "The US intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
ONE REPORTER WITH COURAGE IS A MAJORITY.
Mary K Bruce of ABC News to Trump: "Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you’re president?"
To MBS: "The US intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
Mary K Bruce of ABC News to Trump: "Is it appropriate for your family to be doing business in Saudi Arabia while you’re president?"
To MBS: "The US intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
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F’ng misogynist pig.
Sitting there with a smirking murderer while denigrating yet another female reporter.
He has to go.
Sitting there with a smirking murderer while denigrating yet another female reporter.
He has to go.
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
F’ng misogynist pig.
Sitting there with a smirking murderer while denigrating yet another female reporter.
He has to go.
Sitting there with a smirking murderer while denigrating yet another female reporter.
He has to go.
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Billionaires should not exist - if we taxed them right, this would be the case. The wealth disparity in this country is staggering. #TaxTheRich
a black background with green text that says tax the riot
ALT: a black background with green text that says tax the riot
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Billionaires should not exist - if we taxed them right, this would be the case. The wealth disparity in this country is staggering. #TaxTheRich