Brian Patrick O’Malley
@brianomalley2.bsky.social
Writer, History Buff, Voice Actor
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
What a heartbreaking moment ❤️🩹
This is where we are, our apologies to Thomas Paine
This is where we are, our apologies to Thomas Paine
Hors de combat—“out of action”
Think, wounded or incapable of fighting
Think, wounded or incapable of fighting
Or the laws of armed conflict. Or the Geneva conventions. You cannot kill people who have been rendered hors de combat in a military action.
Decent answer, but this is why CNN needs experts on the law of the sea on, instead of the usual political commentators. They could easily explain why this violates maritime rules.
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hors de combat—“out of action”
Think, wounded or incapable of fighting
Think, wounded or incapable of fighting
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Julie Andrews is awesome.
That is all.
That is all.
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Julie Andrews is awesome.
That is all.
That is all.
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I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
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I’M IN THIS. I don’t have details about which streaming services Gingerbread Kids will be on so make sure you join them all, I guess. Sign up for cable too, just in case.
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I’M IN THIS. I don’t have details about which streaming services Gingerbread Kids will be on so make sure you join them all, I guess. Sign up for cable too, just in case.
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Ok, but why did Trump post this solo photo of Zohran Mamdani on his Truth Social? And did Mamdani ask to be photographed in front of FDR, who is his favoite president?
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Ok, but why did Trump post this solo photo of Zohran Mamdani on his Truth Social? And did Mamdani ask to be photographed in front of FDR, who is his favoite president?
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Brilliant and important thread about why the ad generated by Mark Kelly, Elissa Slotkin and others is so threatening to the regime.
It's important to understand what this ad does and why it is so threatening to the Trump admin. It gets to social identity theory, which posits that we have many identities, and the one which is salient in a given context will dictate how we think/behave in a particular situation. 1/
WATCH: After six Democratic lawmakers posted a video urging members of the military not to follow illegal orders, Trump erupted online, accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the senators in that video, joins Chris Hayes to respond.
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Brilliant and important thread about why the ad generated by Mark Kelly, Elissa Slotkin and others is so threatening to the regime.
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To put a finer point on it: An "illegal order" is one that violates their oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
Them: “You don’t have to obey illegal orders.”
Him: “That’s seditious! They should be hanged!”
Definitely not beating the giving-illegal-orders allegations.
Him: “That’s seditious! They should be hanged!”
Definitely not beating the giving-illegal-orders allegations.
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
To put a finer point on it: An "illegal order" is one that violates their oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
I try not to judge people
But I don’t try very hard
But I don’t try very hard
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I try not to judge people
But I don’t try very hard
But I don’t try very hard
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Greene: I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for six years for. And I gave him my loyalty for free. Fe called me a traitor for standing with these women and refusing to take my name off the discharge petition. Let me tell you what a traitor is….
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Greene: I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for six years for. And I gave him my loyalty for free. Fe called me a traitor for standing with these women and refusing to take my name off the discharge petition. Let me tell you what a traitor is….
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MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill
A Phil Williams NC5 Investigates report on a neo-Nazi targeting kids online, telling them to prepare for a 'race war'
www.newschannel5.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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My people assess accurately and quickly
This may not be entirely fair but a reason I don’t think mayor Pete has It is because he polled zero percent among Black voters, the demographic which - can’t say this without sounding condescending but - usually gets it right, early, when it comes to candidates
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My people assess accurately and quickly
Welcome to the party, Melissa!
@mnichol.bsky.social 🎉🥳
@mnichol.bsky.social 🎉🥳
Hi! *Taps microphone* Is thing on? TESTING... 1 2 3...
I'm here.. the party can start now! Or am I late? Probably that one.... whoops. 😳
I'm here.. the party can start now! Or am I late? Probably that one.... whoops. 😳
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Welcome to the party, Melissa!
@mnichol.bsky.social 🎉🥳
@mnichol.bsky.social 🎉🥳
Ooo! This is a great take! On the chat-with-Jesus AI app
This app would be cooler if you could select the deity you want to chat with, say Aphrodite or Loki.
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Ooo! This is a great take! On the chat-with-Jesus AI app
Prisoners of War are heroes.
*ALL prisoners should be treated well
👀 Watch for red eyes. 😭 #bts
#History #Prisoners
*ALL prisoners should be treated well
👀 Watch for red eyes. 😭 #bts
#History #Prisoners
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Prisoners of War are heroes.
*ALL prisoners should be treated well
👀 Watch for red eyes. 😭 #bts
#History #Prisoners
*ALL prisoners should be treated well
👀 Watch for red eyes. 😭 #bts
#History #Prisoners
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Imagine killing 600,000 black and brown people with a few keystrokes and not having a care in the world but one little old white lady drags you on Twitter and you spiral for a week.
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Imagine killing 600,000 black and brown people with a few keystrokes and not having a care in the world but one little old white lady drags you on Twitter and you spiral for a week.
Holy smoke! This real! A Yorkshire baby in 1379 was named Diot Coke!
@npr.org’s Morning Edition: George Redmonds, with the British National Archives, “believes Coke was a corruption of ‘Cook,’ and ‘Diot’ was a diminutive of Dionisia, the modern-day name Denise.”
www.npr.org/2004/03/11/1...
@npr.org’s Morning Edition: George Redmonds, with the British National Archives, “believes Coke was a corruption of ‘Cook,’ and ‘Diot’ was a diminutive of Dionisia, the modern-day name Denise.”
www.npr.org/2004/03/11/1...
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Holy smoke! This real! A Yorkshire baby in 1379 was named Diot Coke!
@npr.org’s Morning Edition: George Redmonds, with the British National Archives, “believes Coke was a corruption of ‘Cook,’ and ‘Diot’ was a diminutive of Dionisia, the modern-day name Denise.”
www.npr.org/2004/03/11/1...
@npr.org’s Morning Edition: George Redmonds, with the British National Archives, “believes Coke was a corruption of ‘Cook,’ and ‘Diot’ was a diminutive of Dionisia, the modern-day name Denise.”
www.npr.org/2004/03/11/1...
Wow! This!
(continuous screaming)
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Wow! This!
America Will No Longer Lead The West – Sarah Paine
YouTube video by Dwarkesh Patel
youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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I wrote about how American politicians love to blame foreigners and external actors for domestic problems, and how this often prevents us from understanding the real causes of those problems and solving them. Gift link:
Blaming Foreigners for American Failings Won’t Fix Them
Railing against Ukraine, Israel, and other outsiders is easy. Solving problems at home is not.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I wrote about how American politicians love to blame foreigners and external actors for domestic problems, and how this often prevents us from understanding the real causes of those problems and solving them. Gift link:
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Happy Claude Rains's birthday!
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Happy Claude Rains's birthday!
This is disgusting. BUT
“Establishment” Dems saw Mamdani’s win as a defeat. My guess, anyway
“Establishment” Dems saw Mamdani’s win as a defeat. My guess, anyway
After millions of people took to the streets, and a resounding nationwide electoral sweep, Democrats clearly had no other option in the Senate but to utterly capitulate to the Republicans.
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This is disgusting. BUT
“Establishment” Dems saw Mamdani’s win as a defeat. My guess, anyway
“Establishment” Dems saw Mamdani’s win as a defeat. My guess, anyway
Bless her. Happy Birthday!
10 November 1929 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helga Hošková-Weissová, was born in Prague.
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
Deported from Theresienstadt ghetto to #Auschwitz in Oct 1944. Her father was murdered in a gas chamber. Helga & her mother were moved to Freiberg & liberated in Mauthausen.
Today she turns 96. Happy Birthday!
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Bless her. Happy Birthday!
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What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
This right here, but with more respects for the goldfish
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This right here, but with more respects for the goldfish