Eugene O’Neill
@eugeneoneill.bsky.social
I lie, I cheat, I steal , I fornicate and commit adultery, I use shocking language , I covet, and once I had occasion to make a graven image.
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This 2018 essay is still pretty on target imo www.bostonreview.net/articles/hen...
August 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This 2018 essay is still pretty on target imo www.bostonreview.net/articles/hen...
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He clings to symbols of rugged individualism –
the ute laden with tools, the esky brimming with stubbies,
the barbie where stories of triumph are grilled over coals.
Yet beneath the laconic banter lies a vulnerability unspoken,
a fear that the empire’s shadow no
blakandblack.com/2025/08/03/b...
the ute laden with tools, the esky brimming with stubbies,
the barbie where stories of triumph are grilled over coals.
Yet beneath the laconic banter lies a vulnerability unspoken,
a fear that the empire’s shadow no
blakandblack.com/2025/08/03/b...
Beneath the Sunburnt Crown: A Requiem for Fragile Dominion
In the vast, unforgiving expanse of the sunburnt country, where red earth stretches like an open wound under relentless skies, he emerges – the white Aussie male, heir to a fractured legacy. Born from...
blakandblack.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
He clings to symbols of rugged individualism –
the ute laden with tools, the esky brimming with stubbies,
the barbie where stories of triumph are grilled over coals.
Yet beneath the laconic banter lies a vulnerability unspoken,
a fear that the empire’s shadow no
blakandblack.com/2025/08/03/b...
the ute laden with tools, the esky brimming with stubbies,
the barbie where stories of triumph are grilled over coals.
Yet beneath the laconic banter lies a vulnerability unspoken,
a fear that the empire’s shadow no
blakandblack.com/2025/08/03/b...
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My state is under a protection order. WW3 is about to start. So with that here is a jumpsuit I made.
June 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My state is under a protection order. WW3 is about to start. So with that here is a jumpsuit I made.
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There is no such thing as an overreaction with what has now happened. This is the line in the sand.
Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.
Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.
June 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There is no such thing as an overreaction with what has now happened. This is the line in the sand.
Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.
Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.
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If your city has free parking then it should have free transit
Revenue raised from parking is orders of magnitude higher than revenue raised from fares, so if your city has free parking then that's the revenue source to advocate for
Revenue raised from parking is orders of magnitude higher than revenue raised from fares, so if your city has free parking then that's the revenue source to advocate for
June 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If your city has free parking then it should have free transit
Revenue raised from parking is orders of magnitude higher than revenue raised from fares, so if your city has free parking then that's the revenue source to advocate for
Revenue raised from parking is orders of magnitude higher than revenue raised from fares, so if your city has free parking then that's the revenue source to advocate for
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“We must be unafraid to be viewed as crazy, hyperbolic, over-the-top, and otherwise out there. Too many assessments of this moment still underestimate the danger. And far too many commentators spent the preceding years tut-tutting.”
@aselrod.bsky.social with a reminder that we’re not the crazy ones
@aselrod.bsky.social with a reminder that we’re not the crazy ones
I wrote about how America seems to have gone mad and what that does to anyone trying to stay sane. Read at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/youre-not-cr...
www.liberalcurrents.com/youre-not-cr...
You're Not Crazy. America Has Gone Mad
American politics has become so insane that being reasonable feels like a malady, and MAGA agrees.
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“We must be unafraid to be viewed as crazy, hyperbolic, over-the-top, and otherwise out there. Too many assessments of this moment still underestimate the danger. And far too many commentators spent the preceding years tut-tutting.”
@aselrod.bsky.social with a reminder that we’re not the crazy ones
@aselrod.bsky.social with a reminder that we’re not the crazy ones
youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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On this, her 98th birthday, let’s remember the day in ‘76 when Miss Leontyne Price (still with us, thank God) decided to use one of her encores to demonstrate to a rapturous* audience just what “demented,” in the operatic sense, is all about.
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*Orgasmic, even.
youtu.be/qji9pwrvNf4?...
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*Orgasmic, even.
youtu.be/qji9pwrvNf4?...
Leontyne Price '76 (private video) MUST SEE
YouTube video by StuartLou
youtu.be
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this, her 98th birthday, let’s remember the day in ‘76 when Miss Leontyne Price (still with us, thank God) decided to use one of her encores to demonstrate to a rapturous* audience just what “demented,” in the operatic sense, is all about.
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*Orgasmic, even.
youtu.be/qji9pwrvNf4?...
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*Orgasmic, even.
youtu.be/qji9pwrvNf4?...
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GITMO preceded Trumpism but shares one of its central themes: there should be people outside the law, people with no rights anybody is bound to respect. That accompanies belief that there should also be people with rights superior to all others, people not bound by any law.
Glad to see that the judge acted so quickly on this. Based on NYT reports that the Trump Admin hasn't revealed the identities of who has been sent to Gitmo so far, it may be functionally impossible for people on the island to obtain a meaningful review.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...
February 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
GITMO preceded Trumpism but shares one of its central themes: there should be people outside the law, people with no rights anybody is bound to respect. That accompanies belief that there should also be people with rights superior to all others, people not bound by any law.
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Now that the broligarchs have won the election and are about to take the White House, it’s worth taking a look back at what this dangerous influence on our government could mean for the nation and our democracy.
The Broligarchs Have Arrived: Revisited
The disturbing truth behind the tech bros who are trying to send JD Vance to the White House.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Now that the broligarchs have won the election and are about to take the White House, it’s worth taking a look back at what this dangerous influence on our government could mean for the nation and our democracy.
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I believe this will be true 👇
January 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I believe this will be true 👇
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I'm telling my grandkids that these were the first six presidents of the 21st Century:
January 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm telling my grandkids that these were the first six presidents of the 21st Century:
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I fear there is deep truth here.
January 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I fear there is deep truth here.
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In the spirit of this low age, I’m developing my very own paranoid conspiracy theory:
They’re going after Canada and Greenland because their experts know that the news on climate change is even worse than generally believed and they want control of the cold places, stat.
They’re going after Canada and Greenland because their experts know that the news on climate change is even worse than generally believed and they want control of the cold places, stat.
January 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In the spirit of this low age, I’m developing my very own paranoid conspiracy theory:
They’re going after Canada and Greenland because their experts know that the news on climate change is even worse than generally believed and they want control of the cold places, stat.
They’re going after Canada and Greenland because their experts know that the news on climate change is even worse than generally believed and they want control of the cold places, stat.
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I'm old enough to remember when, in practice, the US had 1 party with 2 wings: the problem with Republicans was they were Republicans, & the problem with Democrats was they were also Republicans.
Now we have US has 2 different parties: Democrats are still Republicans, but Republicans are fascists.
Now we have US has 2 different parties: Democrats are still Republicans, but Republicans are fascists.
January 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I'm old enough to remember when, in practice, the US had 1 party with 2 wings: the problem with Republicans was they were Republicans, & the problem with Democrats was they were also Republicans.
Now we have US has 2 different parties: Democrats are still Republicans, but Republicans are fascists.
Now we have US has 2 different parties: Democrats are still Republicans, but Republicans are fascists.
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Something something history rhymes something
January 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Something something history rhymes something
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I think it's funny how no one questioned the identity of the deeply unflattering caricature of Jeff Bezos. And I wonder how much of a role that played in getting the cartoon killed.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I think it's funny how no one questioned the identity of the deeply unflattering caricature of Jeff Bezos. And I wonder how much of a role that played in getting the cartoon killed.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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The infiltrator’s name is John Williams.
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The infiltrator’s name is John Williams.
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
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This remains my favorite Twitter exchange ever:
December 6, 2024 at 7:11 PM
This remains my favorite Twitter exchange ever:
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If your response when people are killed by someone driving thru a celebrating crowd is to opportunistically make up facts about the driver to further your preexisting prejudices, instead of mourn the dead, your indifference to the lives of those killed means you have much in common with that driver.
January 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If your response when people are killed by someone driving thru a celebrating crowd is to opportunistically make up facts about the driver to further your preexisting prejudices, instead of mourn the dead, your indifference to the lives of those killed means you have much in common with that driver.
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Work with me for a minute:
What if instead of relying on H1B visa workers, guys like Elon and Thiel hired from the MAGA pool? www.thebulwark.com/p/why-dont-t...
What if instead of relying on H1B visa workers, guys like Elon and Thiel hired from the MAGA pool? www.thebulwark.com/p/why-dont-t...
Why Don’t the Tech Bros Just Hire from MAGA?
Decoding the DOGE-MAGA civil war.
www.thebulwark.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Work with me for a minute:
What if instead of relying on H1B visa workers, guys like Elon and Thiel hired from the MAGA pool? www.thebulwark.com/p/why-dont-t...
What if instead of relying on H1B visa workers, guys like Elon and Thiel hired from the MAGA pool? www.thebulwark.com/p/why-dont-t...
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And there would be many, MANY laws passed to make sure it never happened again. Because, unlike school children, billionaires matter to America.
December 29, 2024 at 2:18 AM
And there would be many, MANY laws passed to make sure it never happened again. Because, unlike school children, billionaires matter to America.
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America circa 2024 in two headlines
America in Two Headlines
Doesn't this pair of headlines capture 2024 perfectly?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 28, 2024 at 11:55 PM
America circa 2024 in two headlines