Brendan P. O'Malley
@bomalley500.bsky.social
Public school teacher in Worcester, MA. DSA🌹. Holden DTC Chair. Historian of immigration politics in the 19th-century US. NYC history. CUNY GC PhD. Sloppy indie rock drummer. Massachusetts politics. He/Him/His. Diss topic essay: https://tinyurl.com/cm55m
Aside from looking like it was cellophane-taped on to the side of the building, the font gives moldy-carpet-smell-at-a-past-its-prime Cancun resort vibe, which is a pretty good metaphor for the United States right now.
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Aside from looking like it was cellophane-taped on to the side of the building, the font gives moldy-carpet-smell-at-a-past-its-prime Cancun resort vibe, which is a pretty good metaphor for the United States right now.
Apologies to the juggalos.
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Apologies to the juggalos.
Smallest Halloween candy ever. Thanks, Trump!
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Smallest Halloween candy ever. Thanks, Trump!
Same energy...
October 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Same energy...
Unfortunately an otherwise very good monograph I’m reading contains this monstrosity!
July 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Unfortunately an otherwise very good monograph I’m reading contains this monstrosity!
NYT “oh hell no” of the day. Why do I still subscribe?
July 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
NYT “oh hell no” of the day. Why do I still subscribe?
At least 3-4K at Worcester City Hall Commons.
June 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
At least 3-4K at Worcester City Hall Commons.
If you’re in Worcester on May Day, I’ll be speaking around 5:45 pm, but please come by for the whole thing!
May 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
If you’re in Worcester on May Day, I’ll be speaking around 5:45 pm, but please come by for the whole thing!
Learned that Lillian Gish was an America Firster. Should not be suprised since she had been in Birth of a Nation when young. Her performance in one of my favorite movies of all time, Night of the Hunter, still gives me chills. Tough to be reminded that an artist you admire was a fascist sympathizer.
April 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Learned that Lillian Gish was an America Firster. Should not be suprised since she had been in Birth of a Nation when young. Her performance in one of my favorite movies of all time, Night of the Hunter, still gives me chills. Tough to be reminded that an artist you admire was a fascist sympathizer.
Repost with a favorite book from childhood.
April 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Repost with a favorite book from childhood.
Worcester, Mass “Hands Off” protest—about 1,500 at City Hall. Great speech by our excellent rep, @repmcgovern.bsky.social!
April 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Worcester, Mass “Hands Off” protest—about 1,500 at City Hall. Great speech by our excellent rep, @repmcgovern.bsky.social!
A really excellent book cites my diss in the same endnote as Burrows and Wallace’s Gotham. This historian of NYC can die happy.
March 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A really excellent book cites my diss in the same endnote as Burrows and Wallace’s Gotham. This historian of NYC can die happy.
Democrats in Holden Mass doing our thing! Yes, Mass Dems exist outside of 495, Worcester, and the Berkshires!
March 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Democrats in Holden Mass doing our thing! Yes, Mass Dems exist outside of 495, Worcester, and the Berkshires!
The voicemail box is open! He's not going to do anything, but it's important that he hears how angry people are right now.
February 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The voicemail box is open! He's not going to do anything, but it's important that he hears how angry people are right now.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.
February 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
History doesn't repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.
Our teen loves an elaborate (and violent) video game that uses Dante's Inferno as the framework for the world it creates. This led us to reading a canto a night before bed (Hollanders trans.). I laughed when he says he wants to know more about this "Christianity lore" to understand the game better.
January 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Our teen loves an elaborate (and violent) video game that uses Dante's Inferno as the framework for the world it creates. This led us to reading a canto a night before bed (Hollanders trans.). I laughed when he says he wants to know more about this "Christianity lore" to understand the game better.
Shoveling snow. Not watching this shit show.
January 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Shoveling snow. Not watching this shit show.
Go directly to hell. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
January 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Go directly to hell. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
Twilight Zone marathon! Woo!
January 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Twilight Zone marathon! Woo!
Still can't believe this happened! One of my favorite things about 2024 was playing with Love Child again after a 31 year hiatus, and this took the cake. Huge gratitude to @actualylt.bsky.social, whose set with Marc Ribot was transcendent. Still smiling about the surprise appearance by Swamp Dogg.
January 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Still can't believe this happened! One of my favorite things about 2024 was playing with Love Child again after a 31 year hiatus, and this took the cake. Huge gratitude to @actualylt.bsky.social, whose set with Marc Ribot was transcendent. Still smiling about the surprise appearance by Swamp Dogg.
Bagpipes for my much loved friend Ray just outside the bar/community he built, Commonwealth, in South Slope, Brooklyn. He passed a few days before the election.
November 17, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Bagpipes for my much loved friend Ray just outside the bar/community he built, Commonwealth, in South Slope, Brooklyn. He passed a few days before the election.
Voted early at my town’s antebellum-era town hall. Feeling good about our chances of sending our MAGA state senator home packing!
October 27, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Voted early at my town’s antebellum-era town hall. Feeling good about our chances of sending our MAGA state senator home packing!
MAGA Mass state senate incumbent Peter Durant just sent out a vile racist mailer attacking migrants. Central Mass voters need to send this racist and anti-choice troglodyte home packing. He does nothing for Central Mass but take meaningless MAGA votes. Vote Sheila Dibb! tinyurl.com/tzmv9xk3
October 26, 2024 at 4:42 PM
MAGA Mass state senate incumbent Peter Durant just sent out a vile racist mailer attacking migrants. Central Mass voters need to send this racist and anti-choice troglodyte home packing. He does nothing for Central Mass but take meaningless MAGA votes. Vote Sheila Dibb! tinyurl.com/tzmv9xk3