Steve Okino
@steveokino.bsky.social
Proud member of The Enemy Within™. Living in my safe space--Hawai‘i--with toothless senior cat Franklin. Former TV Newser, political communicator, marketing/web/tech journeyman. Now just a cat guy volunteering in service of homeless felines.
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Steve Okino
@steveokino.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Since I've unexpectedly picked up a ton of followers--allow me to introduce you to this program of compassion, kindness, and love, led by the extraordinary @thanhneville.bsky.social at UCLA Health. Follow, donate, and cheer them on as the light in our current sea of darkness, hate, and indifference.
Not to flex or anything, but I have pet 38 different cats today.
I volunteer in cat enrichment at a nearby shelter.
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I volunteer in cat enrichment at a nearby shelter.
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Not to flex or anything, but I have pet 5 different cats today.
And only 2 of them live in my house.
And only 2 of them live in my house.
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Not to flex or anything, but I have pet 38 different cats today.
I volunteer in cat enrichment at a nearby shelter.
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I volunteer in cat enrichment at a nearby shelter.
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The "President" is a convicted felon.
I think immigrants Make America Great.
I think most immigrants are not criminals.
I KNOW the president is a criminal.
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I think most immigrants are not criminals.
I KNOW the president is a criminal.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The "President" is a convicted felon.
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
I repeat--the moral arc of the universe is long, but may it please bend toward Nuremberg-style accountability.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I repeat--the moral arc of the universe is long, but may it please bend toward Nuremberg-style accountability.
Has Trump or any of his lackeys over all these months ever clearly articulated the mission these National Guard troops are supposed to be supporting?
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Has Trump or any of his lackeys over all these months ever clearly articulated the mission these National Guard troops are supposed to be supporting?
If we get through this dark chapter...
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If we get through this dark chapter...
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
'Tis the reason for the season!
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November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
'Tis the reason for the season!
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I love the public library.
That is all.
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That is all.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I love the public library.
That is all.
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That is all.
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Performative Christianity is why Spirituality in Silence remains the preferred option.
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Thou shalt not wear a cross around your neck if you always do the opposite of what Jesus would do.
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Performative Christianity is why Spirituality in Silence remains the preferred option.
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The good news: the president has pardoned the turkey.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The good news: the president has pardoned the turkey.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
Even more remarkable is that these grandmas are in Butler County, north of Cincinnati, one of the biggest, Trumpiest, MAGA-iest, reddest parts of Ohio and America.
If you're losing Butler County, DHS and ICE fascists, you've really lost the nation.
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If you're losing Butler County, DHS and ICE fascists, you've really lost the nation.
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Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Even more remarkable is that these grandmas are in Butler County, north of Cincinnati, one of the biggest, Trumpiest, MAGA-iest, reddest parts of Ohio and America.
If you're losing Butler County, DHS and ICE fascists, you've really lost the nation.
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If you're losing Butler County, DHS and ICE fascists, you've really lost the nation.
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This is how you do it
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is how you do it
Honestly, it wouldn't be surprising if this were ICE pretending to be a church employee who pretended to be ICE to extort a masseuse for money.
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HOUSTON: A church employee pretended to be ICE to extort a masseuse for money who is in the country legally with a temporary visa
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Honestly, it wouldn't be surprising if this were ICE pretending to be a church employee who pretended to be ICE to extort a masseuse for money.
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Let's just say I have a vested, heritage-driven interest in Rachel's latest work:
Burn Order “exposes the extraordinary chain of events behind the U.S. government’s decision to forcibly target and incarcerate Japanese American citizens at the outset of World War II...”
Burn Order “exposes the extraordinary chain of events behind the U.S. government’s decision to forcibly target and incarcerate Japanese American citizens at the outset of World War II...”
My new podcast!
"Burn Order" - 6 episodes.
Free to listen on any podcast app, or online.
First 2 episodes come out for everyone on Monday 12/1.
MSNBC Premium subscribers get them early -- this Friday 11/28.
Listen to the trailer here and follow the series...
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
"Burn Order" - 6 episodes.
Free to listen on any podcast app, or online.
First 2 episodes come out for everyone on Monday 12/1.
MSNBC Premium subscribers get them early -- this Friday 11/28.
Listen to the trailer here and follow the series...
podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/r...
Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast ·
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Let's just say I have a vested, heritage-driven interest in Rachel's latest work:
Burn Order “exposes the extraordinary chain of events behind the U.S. government’s decision to forcibly target and incarcerate Japanese American citizens at the outset of World War II...”
Burn Order “exposes the extraordinary chain of events behind the U.S. government’s decision to forcibly target and incarcerate Japanese American citizens at the outset of World War II...”
And all this brouhaha over chatbots has changed your daily life how, exactly?
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The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
And all this brouhaha over chatbots has changed your daily life how, exactly?
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TIME magazine in its heyday made Hitler it's "Man of the Year," so there's that...and this.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
TIME magazine in its heyday made Hitler it's "Man of the Year," so there's that...and this.
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It's Asshole Sunday for Franklin the Cat.
As @gonzo.bsky.social would rate it, minus-10% for lunging at his human's head, -15% for lunging with claws extended, and -10% for grabbing human's arm and rabbit-kicking the shit out of it.
Just 65% goode, and it's only 9:00am. Plenty time to get to zero.
As @gonzo.bsky.social would rate it, minus-10% for lunging at his human's head, -15% for lunging with claws extended, and -10% for grabbing human's arm and rabbit-kicking the shit out of it.
Just 65% goode, and it's only 9:00am. Plenty time to get to zero.
November 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It's Asshole Sunday for Franklin the Cat.
As @gonzo.bsky.social would rate it, minus-10% for lunging at his human's head, -15% for lunging with claws extended, and -10% for grabbing human's arm and rabbit-kicking the shit out of it.
Just 65% goode, and it's only 9:00am. Plenty time to get to zero.
As @gonzo.bsky.social would rate it, minus-10% for lunging at his human's head, -15% for lunging with claws extended, and -10% for grabbing human's arm and rabbit-kicking the shit out of it.
Just 65% goode, and it's only 9:00am. Plenty time to get to zero.
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If the Republican position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" and the Democrat position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" then the result will be that Republicans keep getting away with committing crimes in public office
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If the Republican position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" and the Democrat position is "Republicans should get away with committing crimes in public office" then the result will be that Republicans keep getting away with committing crimes in public office
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Fox is not, never has been, and likely never will be "News". Calling the channel "Fox News" is both inaccurate and a slur on journalism.
What @propublica.org does is news.
What Fox does is propaganda.
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What @propublica.org does is news.
What Fox does is propaganda.
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WATCH: We reviewed months of Fox News’ coverage and over 700 videos posted on social media by protesters, counterprotesters and others.
Here's how Fox News and the Trump administration provided a misleading picture of what was happening in Portland: https://propub.li/4a4TaE4
Here's how Fox News and the Trump administration provided a misleading picture of what was happening in Portland: https://propub.li/4a4TaE4
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Fox is not, never has been, and likely never will be "News". Calling the channel "Fox News" is both inaccurate and a slur on journalism.
What @propublica.org does is news.
What Fox does is propaganda.
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What @propublica.org does is news.
What Fox does is propaganda.
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1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them