Charles O’Connor
@coconnor8.bsky.social
power rando (he/him)
PFP: old bearded guy wearing a hoodie and sunglasses in the snow
Banner: pink crabapple blossoms in the foreground, a rusty old schwinn leans against a claw foot bathtub in a spring garden
PFP: old bearded guy wearing a hoodie and sunglasses in the snow
Banner: pink crabapple blossoms in the foreground, a rusty old schwinn leans against a claw foot bathtub in a spring garden
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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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"I could not move, because history had me glued to the seat. . . It felt like Sojourner Truth’s hands were pushing me down on one shoulder & Harriet Tubman’s hands were pushing me down on another shoulder, & I could not move." — Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin ¡Presente! has died at age 86. 💔
Claudette Colvin ¡Presente! has died at age 86. 💔
March 2, 1955: Claudette Colvin Refuses to Give Up Her Bus Seat
At age 15, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman in Montgomery, Alabama.
www.zinnedproject.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
"I could not move, because history had me glued to the seat. . . It felt like Sojourner Truth’s hands were pushing me down on one shoulder & Harriet Tubman’s hands were pushing me down on another shoulder, & I could not move." — Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin ¡Presente! has died at age 86. 💔
Claudette Colvin ¡Presente! has died at age 86. 💔
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Such an important piece from @bakerdphd.bsky.social on the crackdown on students and faculty at colleges. "This is not solely a “red state” or “southern” problem," she writes, with numerous examples from schools like Stanford and Brooklyn College. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Arrives on Campus
In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...
www.insidehighered.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Such an important piece from @bakerdphd.bsky.social on the crackdown on students and faculty at colleges. "This is not solely a “red state” or “southern” problem," she writes, with numerous examples from schools like Stanford and Brooklyn College. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Is this it?
For Trump to put his name on the Kennedy Center and other federal buildings is not only arrogant and narcissistic, it is illegal.
We must put an end to sitting presidents naming buildings after themselves — and that’s what my bill does.
We must put an end to sitting presidents naming buildings after themselves — and that’s what my bill does.
January 14, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Is this it?
sigh
It would be a mistake to see Trumpism as authoritarianism imposed on an unwilling nation, as opposed to authoritarianism implemented in a nation with a plurality that is already made up of authoritarian bootlickers who created the context for Trumpism to thrive.
January 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
sigh
Going to be easy to purge them. Anyone left after 4 yeasts is a Nazi
As resignations like this take place, we're ending up with a harder and harder core of fbi/doj willing to do whatever the president wants, no matter how egregious.
This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Going to be easy to purge them. Anyone left after 4 yeasts is a Nazi
This sounds gigantic
Played this a bit at Naive Melody in Montpelier and loved the tone. Hand made and super reasonable $$
I have a couple hours blocked out today to bathe in fuzz
I have a couple hours blocked out today to bathe in fuzz
January 13, 2026 at 11:27 PM
This sounds gigantic
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Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert, and a picture of the band/artist if you'd like
1983, The Clash at the UPenn skating rink
1983, The Clash at the UPenn skating rink
January 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert, and a picture of the band/artist if you'd like
1983, The Clash at the UPenn skating rink
1983, The Clash at the UPenn skating rink
Republicans think the minimum wage is too generous
Some House floor drama as Republicans are currently losing a vote on a bill to let employers to exclude workforce education and development training from minimum wage and overtime calculations. Labor-friendly R's (there are a few, sometimes) voting no, Johnson huddling with them for ~30 mins now
January 13, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Republicans think the minimum wage is too generous
Policing is the only profession where they have less responsibility than the randos they interact with
Racist Pierce County, WA Sheriff on killing of Renee Good, “PSA: if law enforcement tells you to stop. STOP. You can always sue later if your rights were violated. Even if you are right, do you want to be dead right?”
www.chronline.com/stories/thur...
www.chronline.com/stories/thur...
Thurston, Pierce county sheriffs clash over ICE killing of Minnesota woman - The Daily Chronicle
The killing of a Minnesota woman by U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) on Jan. 7 has divided the nation, with many calling the shooter’s actions unjustified and some, including the Trump …
www.chronline.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Policing is the only profession where they have less responsibility than the randos they interact with
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The success of ICE watch interfering with ICE’s mission is almost certainly why DHS keeps sending more agents to Minneapolis.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The success of ICE watch interfering with ICE’s mission is almost certainly why DHS keeps sending more agents to Minneapolis.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
They used to execute their raids with just a few agents. Now they need 6-12 to even begin to disrupt the social pressure to be nonviolent.
Sorry to disappoint, but according to the bible, he still has 30 months
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Sorry to disappoint, but according to the bible, he still has 30 months
Read this poem
I won’t tell you why
I won’t tell you why
Really, really happy to have a new poem in one of the first literary journals I ever read as a teen trying to find poems in the world. Here’s “After A Few Beers, My Uncle Asks Me How” in The Southern Review.
January 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Read this poem
I won’t tell you why
I won’t tell you why
My senator @senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us continues his unbroken streak of never having heard of Stephen Miller
January 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
My senator @senpeterwelch.govpeeps.us continues his unbroken streak of never having heard of Stephen Miller
The problem is that Dem lawmakers will use trump’s previous losses to say its not a serious threat and continue working with their friends across the aisle
The Trump administration has already (in both Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0) lost MULTIPLE lawsuits on this issue.
Looks like they're getting ready to lose even more of them.
Looks like they're getting ready to lose even more of them.
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
January 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The problem is that Dem lawmakers will use trump’s previous losses to say its not a serious threat and continue working with their friends across the aisle
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Plugging again for @minnesotareformer.com, which is free to read with no paywalls or ads. You don't even have to "make an account."
It's still a small team, but worth adding to your list of media.
It's still a small team, but worth adding to your list of media.
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Plugging again for @minnesotareformer.com, which is free to read with no paywalls or ads. You don't even have to "make an account."
It's still a small team, but worth adding to your list of media.
It's still a small team, but worth adding to your list of media.
All my children were born within earshot of the winooski
It is an antecedent river, flowing before our worn mountains were first raised up
It is an antecedent river, flowing before our worn mountains were first raised up
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
All my children were born within earshot of the winooski
It is an antecedent river, flowing before our worn mountains were first raised up
It is an antecedent river, flowing before our worn mountains were first raised up
In the After School Special version, senior congressional GOPers would be like “Oh fuck! Oh fuck! Our boy is shitting the bed like he’s got three assholes. We gotta shut this down”
In the real world, nothing like that is going on
In the real world, nothing like that is going on
January 12, 2026 at 4:12 AM
In the After School Special version, senior congressional GOPers would be like “Oh fuck! Oh fuck! Our boy is shitting the bed like he’s got three assholes. We gotta shut this down”
In the real world, nothing like that is going on
In the real world, nothing like that is going on
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Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert, and a picture of the band/artist if you'd like
1983, The Clash at the UPenn skating rink
1983, The Clash at the UPenn skating rink
January 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert, and a picture of the band/artist if you'd like
1983, The Clash at the UPenn skating rink
1983, The Clash at the UPenn skating rink
Bill Ackman should face protest whenever he tries to use our public spaces
NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
January 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Bill Ackman should face protest whenever he tries to use our public spaces
I want a Bluesky labeler for replies to big accounts with categories: “yeah!”, “and another thing”, “nuh uh!”, and ???
Most times I don’t need to read the yeah!s
Most times I don’t need to read the yeah!s
January 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I want a Bluesky labeler for replies to big accounts with categories: “yeah!”, “and another thing”, “nuh uh!”, and ???
Most times I don’t need to read the yeah!s
Most times I don’t need to read the yeah!s
Played this a bit at Naive Melody in Montpelier and loved the tone. Hand made and super reasonable $$
I have a couple hours blocked out today to bathe in fuzz
I have a couple hours blocked out today to bathe in fuzz
January 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Played this a bit at Naive Melody in Montpelier and loved the tone. Hand made and super reasonable $$
I have a couple hours blocked out today to bathe in fuzz
I have a couple hours blocked out today to bathe in fuzz
Montpelier, VT now
January 10, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Montpelier, VT now
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It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
It should be bigger news that masked agents were filmed hours ago removing potentially inculpatory evidence from the ICE shooter's house, clearly lacking evidence tags or chain of custody stickers.
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Before we have word on whether he underwent a toxicology screen at the hospital following the killing
Is there a national Dem making this an issue? This isn’t like the ok sign, a single, deniable thing. You could make a 100 slide presentation of side-by-side “this is the admin”/“this is Nazi”
“We’ll Have Our Home” again is a song that’s extremely popular with white nationalists. It’s all over Telegram. I think the first time I heard it was from a video of a secretive group called the Mannerbünd.
January 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Is there a national Dem making this an issue? This isn’t like the ok sign, a single, deniable thing. You could make a 100 slide presentation of side-by-side “this is the admin”/“this is Nazi”