Michael O'C
@m1chael0c.bsky.social
Flâneur, lapsed overachiever, shoshin devotee. YNWA
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The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
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Crazy cool story in @thetimes.com: the language used by White Gladis and her pod of boat-attacking orca does "not merely represent a different orca “accent”....It’s like the difference between Arabic and Latin....a separate branch of the linguistic family tree." 🌍🧪 www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Orcas blamed for yacht attacks are speaking their own language
Scientists studying killer whales linked to hundreds of encounters with boats near Gibraltar have discovered that the pod communicates using a unique dialect
www.thetimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Crazy cool story in @thetimes.com: the language used by White Gladis and her pod of boat-attacking orca does "not merely represent a different orca “accent”....It’s like the difference between Arabic and Latin....a separate branch of the linguistic family tree." 🌍🧪 www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Loved this article, esp in the way that it captures so many intuitive feelings that this Gen Jones/Xer is having lately.
"We might still carry a pose of protective cynicism, but I want to argue that this isn’t a liability. For this current era, it’s our remaining advantage"
"We might still carry a pose of protective cynicism, but I want to argue that this isn’t a liability. For this current era, it’s our remaining advantage"
Hat tip to @deardara.bsky.social for the visual of an animatronic Christian Slater in the back of the 9:30 Club, protesting American foreign adventurism until the heat death of the universe!
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
Generation X’s Lessons for the Second Trump Era
We are living through one of the most 1980s-coded cycles in American life—take it from somebody who survived it the first time around.
newrepublic.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Loved this article, esp in the way that it captures so many intuitive feelings that this Gen Jones/Xer is having lately.
"We might still carry a pose of protective cynicism, but I want to argue that this isn’t a liability. For this current era, it’s our remaining advantage"
"We might still carry a pose of protective cynicism, but I want to argue that this isn’t a liability. For this current era, it’s our remaining advantage"
Fare thee well Bobby Weir. What a life
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Grateful Dead [4K Remaster] Sugar Magnolia - Winterland 1974 [Pro Shot]
YouTube video by Christopher Hazard
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January 11, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Fare thee well Bobby Weir. What a life
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkmt...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkmt...
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Been advocating for this for months. 90% of American GDP comes from cities. We need to use that leverage
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Been advocating for this for months. 90% of American GDP comes from cities. We need to use that leverage
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On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
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I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day.
Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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It feels like ages since we’ve heard anyone in elected office with any real command of the old American art of rhetoric. In my lifetime, I think Obama is probably the only other prominent example.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
It feels like ages since we’ve heard anyone in elected office with any real command of the old American art of rhetoric. In my lifetime, I think Obama is probably the only other prominent example.
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This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
So long, American exceptionalism
For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’
giftarticle.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
Can't get this one out of my head lately. Turn arooouuuund ..... 😍
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Olivia Dean - A Couple Minutes | A COLORS SHOW
YouTube video by COLORS
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December 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Can't get this one out of my head lately. Turn arooouuuund ..... 😍
youtu.be/euYe6W7d-rI?...
youtu.be/euYe6W7d-rI?...
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
We didn't have an equivalent of 2014 Senhora Borges covering the White House but I can still dream that someone as petty as the 2025 version of her is possible for our country when the reckoning comes
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We didn't have an equivalent of 2014 Senhora Borges covering the White House but I can still dream that someone as petty as the 2025 version of her is possible for our country when the reckoning comes
I'll usually say you had to be there when people ask me about The Replacements but Elizabeth wasn't there (by her own admission) and she totally nails this album and the specific moment in time when it meant so much. "Meet me anywhere" forever
Thanks so much to GQ for publishing my liner notes for the new Replacements 'Let It Be' boxset, out on Friday. Extra special thanks to Jessica Hopper, Patterson Hood and Brian Paulson for their extraordinary insights. What an absolute joy this project has been to work on. www.gq.com/story/when-t...
When The Replacements' Courage Was at its Peak
On their 1984 album ‘Let It Be,’ the Minneapolis indie-rock wastrels spewed a message of working-class passion and outsider solidarity into the world's answering machine.
www.gq.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I'll usually say you had to be there when people ask me about The Replacements but Elizabeth wasn't there (by her own admission) and she totally nails this album and the specific moment in time when it meant so much. "Meet me anywhere" forever
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Incredible video from Reddit (too large to upload the screencap). CBP agents attempt to detain a flower vendor and end up getting chased into a vacant lot by a crowd of teenagers. What a bunch of impotent sad sacks.
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Incredible video from Reddit (too large to upload the screencap). CBP agents attempt to detain a flower vendor and end up getting chased into a vacant lot by a crowd of teenagers. What a bunch of impotent sad sacks.
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Always tapping the sign on this topic
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Always tapping the sign on this topic
I'm not a huge Threads fan but this post from there put me over the edge
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I'm not a huge Threads fan but this post from there put me over the edge
Tremendous thread showing the real state of certain voting "blocs" in 2025
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Tremendous thread showing the real state of certain voting "blocs" in 2025
Wow. This cover fits so well with Aimee's body of work - and it's fucking awesome 🎶 No need to talk it out. We know what it's all about 🎶
youtu.be/5yifNAV_RHk
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The Chair Company Soundtrack | Rainy Days and Mondays - Aimee Mann | WaterTower Music
YouTube video by WaterTower Music
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November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Wow. This cover fits so well with Aimee's body of work - and it's fucking awesome 🎶 No need to talk it out. We know what it's all about 🎶
youtu.be/5yifNAV_RHk
youtu.be/5yifNAV_RHk
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready: