Kyrie O'Connor
@kyrieoconnor.bsky.social
Vermont, animals, gardening, journalism, writing, the funny and the stupid.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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good morning everyone! the vibe today: these press on nails
October 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
good morning everyone! the vibe today: these press on nails
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anyway...
five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them.
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Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
anyway...
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Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.
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Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
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Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Not to be THAT dictionary, but…
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
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Good morning! If you work at HHS and want to talk to a reporter anonymously, you can reach out to me on Signal.
October 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Good morning! If you work at HHS and want to talk to a reporter anonymously, you can reach out to me on Signal.
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I have no idea what this is and it might be the best thing ever made: www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Z2...
"Hey Jude Swing" by Paul McCartney
YouTube video by TheBirthdayGreetings
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October 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I have no idea what this is and it might be the best thing ever made: www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Z2...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/s...
Building an Octopus Dictionary, One Arm Movement at a Time
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September 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Gigantura aka telescopefish are a genus of small, deep-sea fish found in cold, deep tropical waters
August 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Gigantura aka telescopefish are a genus of small, deep-sea fish found in cold, deep tropical waters
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I've left it way too long into my adult life to become a donor, but there's never been a more important time to do so.
And as an added bonus, we spent last night entirely on PBS Passport. Such a treasure trove
And as an added bonus, we spent last night entirely on PBS Passport. Such a treasure trove
"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."
We Can Save Public Radio and Television
Viewers and listeners like us.
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August 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I've left it way too long into my adult life to become a donor, but there's never been a more important time to do so.
And as an added bonus, we spent last night entirely on PBS Passport. Such a treasure trove
And as an added bonus, we spent last night entirely on PBS Passport. Such a treasure trove
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President Trump Actually Paved Over the Rose Garden talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/pres...
President Trump Actually Paved Over the Rose Garden
The iconic White House Rose Garden is now more of a rose...
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August 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
President Trump Actually Paved Over the Rose Garden talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/pres...
Can't really picture this ...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/d...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/d...
A Tennis Star Praised Strawberry and Yogurt Pasta. Wimbledon Gasped.
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July 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Can't really picture this ...
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This week in octopus
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Eight Arms to Taste Your Microbiome
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July 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This week in octopus
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...
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Not just “only in Vermont” but arguably “only in Hinesburg, Vermont”
[from Front Porch Forum post]
[from Front Porch Forum post]
June 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Not just “only in Vermont” but arguably “only in Hinesburg, Vermont”
[from Front Porch Forum post]
[from Front Porch Forum post]
This week in octopus
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...
Eight Arms to Taste Your Microbiome
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June 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This week in octopus
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/s...
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BIG numbers for CNN's telecast of "Good Night, and Good Luck:" It "reached a combined 7.34 million total viewers on CNN US television, CNN International, and streaming audiences on Max and CNN.com." On TV, it ranked as the #1 show of the day across all of cable.
June 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
BIG numbers for CNN's telecast of "Good Night, and Good Luck:" It "reached a combined 7.34 million total viewers on CNN US television, CNN International, and streaming audiences on Max and CNN.com." On TV, it ranked as the #1 show of the day across all of cable.
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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
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June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
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May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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#SummerReading #EduSky #KidLit #TLSkyChat #TLSky #Skybrarians #Booksky #SummerBooks
May 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
☀️📚 Summer reading just got a whole lot sweeter! Kids can earn FREE books, pizza, backpacks, meals & play points just by READING. From Barnes & Noble to Chuck E. Cheese, the rewards are real!
#SummerReading #EduSky #KidLit #TLSkyChat #TLSky #Skybrarians #Booksky #SummerBooks
#SummerReading #EduSky #KidLit #TLSkyChat #TLSky #Skybrarians #Booksky #SummerBooks
Relationship Experts Recommend Single Women Try Bathing In Open Stream Until Suitor Glimpses Them Through Trees — theonion.com/relationship...
Relationship Experts Recommend Single Women Try Bathing In Open Stream Until Suitor Glimpses Them Through Trees
NEW YORK—Saying the strategy was certain to attract the most eligible men of the highest repute, relationship experts recommended Friday that single women frustrated with their current romantic option...
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May 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Relationship Experts Recommend Single Women Try Bathing In Open Stream Until Suitor Glimpses Them Through Trees — theonion.com/relationship...
Who are these kids who are getting 30 dolls for Christmas?
May 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Who are these kids who are getting 30 dolls for Christmas?