Geoff Odlum
@geoffodlum.bsky.social
Former State Dept ❤️Travel, rescue dogs, baseball, beer, AI, Grateful Dead. Trying to stay hopeful
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THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
THIS IS SO GOOD
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If the history book need a single photo to summarize the Trump administration, this is that photo.
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If the history book need a single photo to summarize the Trump administration, this is that photo.
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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mine eyes? seeing the glory.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
mine eyes? seeing the glory.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored? trampled.
the faithful lighting of his terrible swift sword? buddy, you better believe that's loosed.
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Between Sliwa and Brad Lander probably the best thing you can do as a public figure right now (even if you’re odious! like Curtis!) is lose gracefully being exactly who you are. People are desperate for dignity to make a comeback and they’ll reward you later.
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Between Sliwa and Brad Lander probably the best thing you can do as a public figure right now (even if you’re odious! like Curtis!) is lose gracefully being exactly who you are. People are desperate for dignity to make a comeback and they’ll reward you later.
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
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👀 NEW: Americans blame Trump and GOP more than Democrats for shutdown, per new @washingtonpost.com poll.
Independents blame Trump and Republicans more than Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin, 46% to 23%.
More: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Independents blame Trump and Republicans more than Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin, 46% to 23%.
More: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
👀 NEW: Americans blame Trump and GOP more than Democrats for shutdown, per new @washingtonpost.com poll.
Independents blame Trump and Republicans more than Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin, 46% to 23%.
More: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Independents blame Trump and Republicans more than Democrats by a 2-to-1 margin, 46% to 23%.
More: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Here it comes, folks. I volunteer at a food pantry twice a month. We got slammed today - twice our usual number of households, a bunch we'd never seen before, and people lined up waiting for us to open. It's gonna get bad fast.
October 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Here it comes, folks. I volunteer at a food pantry twice a month. We got slammed today - twice our usual number of households, a bunch we'd never seen before, and people lined up waiting for us to open. It's gonna get bad fast.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Posting as good for thought in anticipation of a steady increase in frequency and size of anti-trump demonstrations over the coming year
Posting as good for thought in anticipation of a steady increase in frequency and size of anti-trump demonstrations over the coming year
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Posting as good for thought in anticipation of a steady increase in frequency and size of anti-trump demonstrations over the coming year
Posting as good for thought in anticipation of a steady increase in frequency and size of anti-trump demonstrations over the coming year
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NYPD announces that zero arrests were made at the massive No Kings protests today after Republicans spent days claiming the protestors are violent terrorists.
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NYPD announces that zero arrests were made at the massive No Kings protests today after Republicans spent days claiming the protestors are violent terrorists.
#nokings #nokingsdc today over 100,000 people joined together peacefully and in solidarity in downtown DC show their commitment to preserving democracy in America. We are the majority.
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#nokings #nokingsdc today over 100,000 people joined together peacefully and in solidarity in downtown DC show their commitment to preserving democracy in America. We are the majority.
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The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.
Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
October 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.
Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.
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My choice for the Nobel Peace Prize this year:
Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.
Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My choice for the Nobel Peace Prize this year:
Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.
Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.
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Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands, by targeting the Russian oil industry:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Ukraine’s Plan to Starve the Russian War Machine
Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands.
www.theatlantic.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Negotiations have stalled. Trump keeps changing his policies. Ukrainians, backed by Europeans, are taking matters into their own hands, by targeting the Russian oil industry:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.
September 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.
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Forty special elections across the country since November 2024 and average margin of Democratic over-performance is 15 points. This is huge headed into next year's midterms.
September 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Forty special elections across the country since November 2024 and average margin of Democratic over-performance is 15 points. This is huge headed into next year's midterms.
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Someone asked if I was ready for the fall, and it actually took me a moment to realize that they meant autumn, not the complete collapse of democracy.
September 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Someone asked if I was ready for the fall, and it actually took me a moment to realize that they meant autumn, not the complete collapse of democracy.
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Such an odd thing to read in the newspaper
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Such an odd thing to read in the newspaper
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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Y’all are wild
August 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Y’all are wild