Hal O’Brien
@hbobrien.bsky.social
I was born. I’ve moved around a bit. Married someone wonderful. Not dead yet. The rest are minutiae.
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pictures — http://obrien.photography
Lexicon — Doonesbury — “It seems like it was only yesterday…” “It *vas* only yesterday.”
October 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Lexicon — Doonesbury — “It seems like it was only yesterday…” “It *vas* only yesterday.”
I think ESQUIRE needs to do that pitch meeting.
September 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I think ESQUIRE needs to do that pitch meeting.
I think it’s time for this pitch meeting at Esquire.
September 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I think it’s time for this pitch meeting at Esquire.
The hugely ironic part is, UnitedHealth has a net profit of 5.4%, but 16% Medicaid customers. Luigi won’t kill UnitedHealth, but RFK wants to.
May 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The hugely ironic part is, UnitedHealth has a net profit of 5.4%, but 16% Medicaid customers. Luigi won’t kill UnitedHealth, but RFK wants to.
In a side-splitting irony, Luigi Mangione may not be the one to kill UnitedHealth, but RFK.
May 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
In a side-splitting irony, Luigi Mangione may not be the one to kill UnitedHealth, but RFK.
The German election of 1932. Two variables shown: red is Protestant, green is Catholic, and height (up/down) is percentage voting for the Party Who Shall Not Be Named.
Bavarian Catholics are who did it. Prussian Protestants resisted.
Bavarian Catholics are who did it. Prussian Protestants resisted.
November 6, 2024 at 3:27 AM
The German election of 1932. Two variables shown: red is Protestant, green is Catholic, and height (up/down) is percentage voting for the Party Who Shall Not Be Named.
Bavarian Catholics are who did it. Prussian Protestants resisted.
Bavarian Catholics are who did it. Prussian Protestants resisted.
Alas.
Although I’m waiting for the pro-choice and anti-vax communities to realize they share common ground. (ducks as everyone tries to hit me)
Although I’m waiting for the pro-choice and anti-vax communities to realize they share common ground. (ducks as everyone tries to hit me)
September 30, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Alas.
Although I’m waiting for the pro-choice and anti-vax communities to realize they share common ground. (ducks as everyone tries to hit me)
Although I’m waiting for the pro-choice and anti-vax communities to realize they share common ground. (ducks as everyone tries to hit me)