Kelly Oristano
@kellyo101.bsky.social
Haven't had to make a bio for an app profile in maybe a decade? I used to try to make them funny.
(4 hour YouTube essay about cuphead's about to drop)
Cuphead just doesn't do it for me. Can't put my finger on it.
Finished the first island, and, like, academically I can tell it's good and understand why people like it, but I'm not loving it. I beat the flower and had a moment where I realized the main thing keeping me going was the instant restart
Finished the first island, and, like, academically I can tell it's good and understand why people like it, but I'm not loving it. I beat the flower and had a moment where I realized the main thing keeping me going was the instant restart
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
(4 hour YouTube essay about cuphead's about to drop)
Sonic. (Am I doing this right?)
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Sonic. (Am I doing this right?)
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“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“New York Times conducts hostile interview with children’s education influencer questioning her recognition of comprehensively documented war crimes” is not a sentence I could have imagined a few years ago
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
I'm a registered independent because no political party hates Republicans enough for me.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm a registered independent because no political party hates Republicans enough for me.
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I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I have to hand it to them, it's an incredible bit to publicly lose a game of chicken, admit that's what happened, and then spend the next day lecturing everyone about courage and tenacity
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Damn near half of my career consists of tracking Republican challenges to the ACA and I’m twenty years in the game
Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Damn near half of my career consists of tracking Republican challenges to the ACA and I’m twenty years in the game
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.
These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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The Senate is the only body in this country who thinks we are all friends who politely disagree about the tasting menu, rather than several million pinless hand grenades.
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The Senate is the only body in this country who thinks we are all friends who politely disagree about the tasting menu, rather than several million pinless hand grenades.
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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"We shall give up on the beaches, we give up on the landing grounds, we shall give up in the fields and in the streets, we shall give up in the hills; we shall never not surrender!"
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM
"We shall give up on the beaches, we give up on the landing grounds, we shall give up in the fields and in the streets, we shall give up in the hills; we shall never not surrender!"
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This would have been a huge victory for the Democrats if they had only waited one more damn night.
BREAKING: We just got the First Circuit's ruling in the Rhode Island SNAP case: The petition for stay pending appeal is denied in part. (waiting for the full doc to hit PACER)
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This would have been a huge victory for the Democrats if they had only waited one more damn night.
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A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A leader would not have lost eight colleagues tonight. This happened because you let it happen or because you’ve totally lost control of the caucus in one of the most important moments since you’ve been Democratic leader. Either way, it’s on you. You need to step down. We need someone who can lead.
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I am working on a story that involves some of the ways people really are standing up in this moment. There really is a groundswell and it's not coming from DC.
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I am working on a story that involves some of the ways people really are standing up in this moment. There really is a groundswell and it's not coming from DC.
It was an off year election, so I guess it was silly to expect any more than a 6 day honeymoon.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
It was an off year election, so I guess it was silly to expect any more than a 6 day honeymoon.
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I will keep on fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I will keep on fighting
Was Obama on the phones tonight?
If not, he's part of this cave too.
If not, he's part of this cave too.
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Was Obama on the phones tonight?
If not, he's part of this cave too.
If not, he's part of this cave too.
Article VIII: Obviously, if any political faction shall gain a trifecta of the three branches, none of the preceding need apply.
Sorry, it's right there in the plain text of the Constitution I just made up.
Sorry, it's right there in the plain text of the Constitution I just made up.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Article VIII: Obviously, if any political faction shall gain a trifecta of the three branches, none of the preceding need apply.
Sorry, it's right there in the plain text of the Constitution I just made up.
Sorry, it's right there in the plain text of the Constitution I just made up.
(a la James Brown,)
'SAY IT BRASH!
I'M FASH AND I'M TRASH!'
Maceo! Can I throw 'em off a bridge?
(Trumpet sting)
'SAY IT BRASH!
I'M FASH AND I'M TRASH!'
Maceo! Can I throw 'em off a bridge?
(Trumpet sting)
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
(a la James Brown,)
'SAY IT BRASH!
I'M FASH AND I'M TRASH!'
Maceo! Can I throw 'em off a bridge?
(Trumpet sting)
'SAY IT BRASH!
I'M FASH AND I'M TRASH!'
Maceo! Can I throw 'em off a bridge?
(Trumpet sting)
I think it's hilarious that Instagram tries to stop me from calling Republicans pieces of shit.
The main and foremost protection of the 1st amendment is the ability to say the ruling party are trash. Those protections should apply even moreso when it's true.
The main and foremost protection of the 1st amendment is the ability to say the ruling party are trash. Those protections should apply even moreso when it's true.
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I think it's hilarious that Instagram tries to stop me from calling Republicans pieces of shit.
The main and foremost protection of the 1st amendment is the ability to say the ruling party are trash. Those protections should apply even moreso when it's true.
The main and foremost protection of the 1st amendment is the ability to say the ruling party are trash. Those protections should apply even moreso when it's true.
Meagan McCain must be deeply threatened by Erika Kirk, right?
This town ain't dumb enough for the blonde of us.
This town ain't dumb enough for the blonde of us.
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Meagan McCain must be deeply threatened by Erika Kirk, right?
This town ain't dumb enough for the blonde of us.
This town ain't dumb enough for the blonde of us.
Ross Barkley has been in the VIL-BOU game 8 minutes and has an 8.8 rating.
Up The Villa
Up The Villa
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ross Barkley has been in the VIL-BOU game 8 minutes and has an 8.8 rating.
Up The Villa
Up The Villa
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MAHA
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
MAHA