Zora O'Neill
@zoraoneill.com
Author, ALL STRANGERS ARE KIN (now an AUDIOBOOK!). Editor. I comment on: Arabic, refugees, travel, grammar, Queens, more. she/her. Profile pic: black tee with “love” in white, in Arabic and English. Banner: mosaic of Manhattan skyline seen f/ Queens.
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Merry Christmas, New York City 🎄🗽
[Animation by Sarah Elawad]
[Animation by Sarah Elawad]
December 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Merry Christmas, New York City 🎄🗽
[Animation by Sarah Elawad]
[Animation by Sarah Elawad]
Merry Christmas everyone! theonion.com/maybe-hot-do...
‘Maybe Hot Dog Will Make Wife Feel Better,’ Thinks Husband No Closer To Fixing Things
CLEVELAND—In a well-meaning but ultimately futile attempt at emotional support, Chuck Fineman, a local husband who was no closer to fixing things, was thinking “Maybe hot dog will make wife feel bette...
theonion.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Merry Christmas everyone! theonion.com/maybe-hot-do...
I'm realizing he has Mamdani's incredible knack for getting back on message. It's just that the message is his ego.
Trump: We track Santa. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa. Santa loves Oklahoma like I do. You know, Oklahoma was very good to me in the election
December 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I'm realizing he has Mamdani's incredible knack for getting back on message. It's just that the message is his ego.
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the first lol
the first lol
born is the king
of roflmao
the first lol
born is the king
of roflmao
December 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
the first lol
the first lol
born is the king
of roflmao
the first lol
born is the king
of roflmao
The problem with TVs getting so big is that now the fireplace channel is terrifying.
December 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The problem with TVs getting so big is that now the fireplace channel is terrifying.
Exciting!
UPDATE: We may see the first time English is displaced as the most popular language among Bluesky posters as soon as Americans head to sleep tonight.
Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
December 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Exciting!
I’m always having the opposite problem.
The number of times I’ve tried to say mariscos (seafood) and it’s come out moriscos (Muslims forced to convert to Christianity in Spain post 1492) is embarrassing, but I feel like @homophonous.bsky.social can at least appreciate it.
December 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I’m always having the opposite problem.
Of course — Trump never pays anyone.
I’ve been worried about this. People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries.
‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Of course — Trump never pays anyone.
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Israeli occupation forces distributed warning leaflets in Tubas, in the northern occupied West Bank, this morning, threatening Palestinian residents that posting, sharing, or publishing online content critical of Israel would be treated as a terrorist offense, potentially resulting in arrest or
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December 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Israeli occupation forces distributed warning leaflets in Tubas, in the northern occupied West Bank, this morning, threatening Palestinian residents that posting, sharing, or publishing online content critical of Israel would be treated as a terrorist offense, potentially resulting in arrest or
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The US military faces a tight squeeze! With fewer people using *checks notes* Ohio-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines, it's lost more and more money. $1 trillion in the 12 months ending September alone.🤡
NYPD faces a tight squeeze! Fewer people want to be beaten down. Losing $12B.🤡
NYPD faces a tight squeeze! Fewer people want to be beaten down. Losing $12B.🤡
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The US military faces a tight squeeze! With fewer people using *checks notes* Ohio-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines, it's lost more and more money. $1 trillion in the 12 months ending September alone.🤡
NYPD faces a tight squeeze! Fewer people want to be beaten down. Losing $12B.🤡
NYPD faces a tight squeeze! Fewer people want to be beaten down. Losing $12B.🤡
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As a white person, you're not decolonized til you know and love holiday forwards on WhatsApp
December 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
As a white person, you're not decolonized til you know and love holiday forwards on WhatsApp
There’s an oyster emoji?! Looks surprisingly lifelike, in WhatsApp anyway 🦪
December 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
There’s an oyster emoji?! Looks surprisingly lifelike, in WhatsApp anyway 🦪
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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finally started Pluribus. many thoughts, chief among which is: find you somebody that loves you like Vince Gilligan loves Albuquerque
December 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
finally started Pluribus. many thoughts, chief among which is: find you somebody that loves you like Vince Gilligan loves Albuquerque
I legitimately thought this was a toilet joke. God, tourism campaigns can take some wrong turns.
LOFL. No one is leaving MamdaniTown for DeSantis/Trump hellhole. But please keep taking the ad $$, MTA.
December 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I legitimately thought this was a toilet joke. God, tourism campaigns can take some wrong turns.
Accidentally / subconsciously got Francesca Albanese’s glasses. Working on my look of extremely well-informed displeasure.
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Accidentally / subconsciously got Francesca Albanese’s glasses. Working on my look of extremely well-informed displeasure.
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On Sunday, @60minutes.bsky.social pulled a segment on torture against US deportees in CECOT, El Salvador's mega prison.
Curious what the story said? Read HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social's report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Curious what the story said? Read HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social's report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
US/El Salvador: Torture of Venezuelan Deportees
The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.
www.hrw.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
On Sunday, @60minutes.bsky.social pulled a segment on torture against US deportees in CECOT, El Salvador's mega prison.
Curious what the story said? Read HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social's report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Curious what the story said? Read HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social's report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Googled "died in ICE detention" under the News tab, and I knew it was bad, but not this bad. There are so many local news stories about people I hadn't even heard about yet.
December 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Googled "died in ICE detention" under the News tab, and I knew it was bad, but not this bad. There are so many local news stories about people I hadn't even heard about yet.
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Jesus Christ, this guy did everything so by the book he didn't even cross the border until he had his day in court and they still just black bagged him off to torture prison.
Detainee they are interviewing was a college student in Columbia. Waited in Mexico until he had a 2024 immigration interview in CA - a scheduled appointment - where he was told he was a danger to society. Claims he has no criminal record, never even got a traffic ticket. Was immediately detained
December 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Jesus Christ, this guy did everything so by the book he didn't even cross the border until he had his day in court and they still just black bagged him off to torture prison.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
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I'll be honest, these benefit abled folks as well. I find searching Bluesky super helpful since the alt-texts are included so it pulls appropriate media.
March 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I'll be honest, these benefit abled folks as well. I find searching Bluesky super helpful since the alt-texts are included so it pulls appropriate media.
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Muslim (Mughal) xmas paintings!
The presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple at Jerusalem, c. 1600-1610.
The presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple at Jerusalem, c. 1600-1610.
December 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Muslim (Mughal) xmas paintings!
The presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple at Jerusalem, c. 1600-1610.
The presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple at Jerusalem, c. 1600-1610.
Some people see the glass half empty. Bari Weiss sees the glass half full of immigrants with a criminal history, and what about the ones who weren't convicted, they're still probably guilty anyway and just got off on a technicality, right?
December 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Some people see the glass half empty. Bari Weiss sees the glass half full of immigrants with a criminal history, and what about the ones who weren't convicted, they're still probably guilty anyway and just got off on a technicality, right?
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the whole cbs thing is extra painful when you know that there are many brilliant, diligent journalists who are toiling at small outlets or wondering if they'll get enough freelancing assignments to cover rent, or who got burned out or laid off and left the biz entirely
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
the whole cbs thing is extra painful when you know that there are many brilliant, diligent journalists who are toiling at small outlets or wondering if they'll get enough freelancing assignments to cover rent, or who got burned out or laid off and left the biz entirely