Brendan O'Connor
@boconnor44.bsky.social
Seattle-area engineer. Lover of planes and the great outdoors.
This combined with Bob Ferguson endorsing an income tax is everything I needed to confirm the two of them got Freaky Fridayed
Cutting property taxes for Oregonians affected by wildfires. Canceling planned freeway tolls. Pausing local new taxes in the Portland area. We have to keep going to make life more affordable for Oregonians.
December 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This combined with Bob Ferguson endorsing an income tax is everything I needed to confirm the two of them got Freaky Fridayed
I think a lot of this type of guy think of military history as "talking about WW2-era German tanks," rather than making a serious study of war as an academic subject
I don’t know how things are at Harvard, where Hankins is, but I can tell you that military history is popular, but not uniquely so, at my public university.
90% of military history is about where the latrines are dug. You cannot make war if you have dysentery.
December 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I think a lot of this type of guy think of military history as "talking about WW2-era German tanks," rather than making a serious study of war as an academic subject
It always eventually comes back to the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids
Anti-abortion extremists will stop at nothing to ban abortion and block women from getting abortion pills.
Their latest tactic? Hijacking environmental laws & claiming mifepristone is **poisoning the water.**
It’s as crazy as it is dangerous.
Their latest tactic? Hijacking environmental laws & claiming mifepristone is **poisoning the water.**
It’s as crazy as it is dangerous.
EPA, state lawmakers could consider regulating abortion pills as pollutants in 2026
Going into the fourth year without federal abortion rights protections, groups that helped overturn Roe v. Wade are focused on cutting off access to abortion pills. As multiple lawsuits over the abort...
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It always eventually comes back to the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids
Feel the same way about Starbucks. Yeah, sure, I object to all the labor practices stuff. But more importantly, I can find better, cheaper coffee 20 other places in my city. Why would I ever go there in the first place
my thing is even I didn't have a fiery personal grudge against Twitter, I would not use it for the same reason I don't use Facebook - it's a miserable user experience. It's nothing but ads and ragebait and ai slop. It doesn't have to be a moral stance, it's just a shit product
December 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Feel the same way about Starbucks. Yeah, sure, I object to all the labor practices stuff. But more importantly, I can find better, cheaper coffee 20 other places in my city. Why would I ever go there in the first place
AI correctly acknowledges the entirety of Nevada is the rightful territory of Oregon 💪💪💪
This was posted yesterday by a retired senior officer and now corporate leader. If AI cannot even generate a map of the US accurately what is it all about?
Lunacy.
Lunacy.
December 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
AI correctly acknowledges the entirety of Nevada is the rightful territory of Oregon 💪💪💪
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This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Well, they certainly haven't got more subtle since opening things with a Nazi salute at the inauguration
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Well, they certainly haven't got more subtle since opening things with a Nazi salute at the inauguration
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Hockey is really fun to watch when your team actually wins
December 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Hockey is really fun to watch when your team actually wins
Only true this year because God's team infamously got snubbed by the playoff committee
With all due respect, God does not care about your performance in a sporting event.
You are not, in fact, His worldly agent carrying out a divine punishment of Texas A&M.
You are not, in fact, His worldly agent carrying out a divine punishment of Texas A&M.
December 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Only true this year because God's team infamously got snubbed by the playoff committee
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December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
When he said, "We're just gonna kill people," I was really not expecting this
insane move to imply that a murderer is your own supporter
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
When he said, "We're just gonna kill people," I was really not expecting this
Beautiful day for everyone who is normal about football
![Kansas City Chiefs
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World's Best Football Team](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ovioxia6nlp5luphgf5ovg7p/bafkreictire4tggmwas4fu6gm4shnl2nm2qzyjseplnhkfa5n74tzflffy@jpeg)
December 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Beautiful day for everyone who is normal about football
Sometimes, I wish we had never invented social media.
But then, I scroll @mcuban.bsky.social's posts and see him having a public meltdown about everybody not thinking he's the World's Smartest Number One Healthcare Knower, and I remember this place can also be healing and beautiful
But then, I scroll @mcuban.bsky.social's posts and see him having a public meltdown about everybody not thinking he's the World's Smartest Number One Healthcare Knower, and I remember this place can also be healing and beautiful
December 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Sometimes, I wish we had never invented social media.
But then, I scroll @mcuban.bsky.social's posts and see him having a public meltdown about everybody not thinking he's the World's Smartest Number One Healthcare Knower, and I remember this place can also be healing and beautiful
But then, I scroll @mcuban.bsky.social's posts and see him having a public meltdown about everybody not thinking he's the World's Smartest Number One Healthcare Knower, and I remember this place can also be healing and beautiful
Chilling final sentence. What's stood out to me over and over again this year is how much these are not "just guys doing their job," not "just enforcing the law." These are people who genuinely relish the chance to snatch people off the streets and brutalize them. Sick stuff
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Chilling final sentence. What's stood out to me over and over again this year is how much these are not "just guys doing their job," not "just enforcing the law." These are people who genuinely relish the chance to snatch people off the streets and brutalize them. Sick stuff
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Michigan announces that Sherrone Moore has been fired for cause & school found “credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.”
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Michigan announces that Sherrone Moore has been fired for cause & school found “credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.”
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UM: Just don't cheat again.
Moore: I will not cheat in football again.
UM:...uh, that was oddly-
Moore: BYE!
Moore: I will not cheat in football again.
UM:...uh, that was oddly-
Moore: BYE!
December 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
UM: Just don't cheat again.
Moore: I will not cheat in football again.
UM:...uh, that was oddly-
Moore: BYE!
Moore: I will not cheat in football again.
UM:...uh, that was oddly-
Moore: BYE!
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This article explains why the right's "censorship industrial complex" myth has been so successful: "The government wasn’t defending her, she was banned from defending herself, and even potential allies were staying quiet, having sensed which way the wind was blowing."
Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This article explains why the right's "censorship industrial complex" myth has been so successful: "The government wasn’t defending her, she was banned from defending herself, and even potential allies were staying quiet, having sensed which way the wind was blowing."
I have a suggestion:
Give Washington the annual Completely Undeserving Spot instead
Give Washington the annual Completely Undeserving Spot instead
I don't think it's great for faith in the sport's governance that two teams in the 12-year history of the Playoff have made the field when they really shouldn't have, and both of those teams were Alabama
December 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I have a suggestion:
Give Washington the annual Completely Undeserving Spot instead
Give Washington the annual Completely Undeserving Spot instead
I don't even have a reaction for this one to be honest. Just what the fuck is this shit
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I don't even have a reaction for this one to be honest. Just what the fuck is this shit
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This is the worst selection committee we've ever had.
Cannot believe Alabama didn't even drop one spot after the SEC title game blowout. Cannot believe they waited until the final reveal to flip Miami-ND. Could have done it at ANY point.
Cannot believe Alabama didn't even drop one spot after the SEC title game blowout. Cannot believe they waited until the final reveal to flip Miami-ND. Could have done it at ANY point.
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is the worst selection committee we've ever had.
Cannot believe Alabama didn't even drop one spot after the SEC title game blowout. Cannot believe they waited until the final reveal to flip Miami-ND. Could have done it at ANY point.
Cannot believe Alabama didn't even drop one spot after the SEC title game blowout. Cannot believe they waited until the final reveal to flip Miami-ND. Could have done it at ANY point.
I honestly believe Cignetti could flip Kent State into a national title contender at this point. That man is too powerful for this sport to contain him
December 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I honestly believe Cignetti could flip Kent State into a national title contender at this point. That man is too powerful for this sport to contain him
Fixed it for you
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Fixed it for you
Hate that this makes me respect Fukuyama a little
This will always and forever be the most on point and prescient thing that Fukuyama ever wrote.
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hate that this makes me respect Fukuyama a little