O. Sharp
@o-sharp.bsky.social
Gene Buckle once said, "Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies." That pretty much works as a description of me.
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The Trump admin, in its quest to eliminate the entire concept of asylum from the law and get rid of all asylum applicants without hearing their cases, wants to deport a Chinese dissident to Uganda, despite the fact that he has a slam-dunk asylum claim.
December 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The Trump admin, in its quest to eliminate the entire concept of asylum from the law and get rid of all asylum applicants without hearing their cases, wants to deport a Chinese dissident to Uganda, despite the fact that he has a slam-dunk asylum claim.
"A president obsessed with oil, with dominance, with theatrics, and with punitive spectacle has now opened the door to a conflict that could swallow tens of thousands of lives. And... all I can feel is that old familiar tightening in my throat."
Trump’s boast about seizing a “very large” tanker off #Venezuela hit me in a place I wish I didn’t recognize. The buildup, strikes, swagger, this is exactly what it feels like right before a war starts, and my body remembers that terror far too well. #uspolitics
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
When the Water Starts to Boil
Watching America edge toward war with Venezuela while pretending nothing is happening
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"A president obsessed with oil, with dominance, with theatrics, and with punitive spectacle has now opened the door to a conflict that could swallow tens of thousands of lives. And... all I can feel is that old familiar tightening in my throat."
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
"Dr. Stip" put a piece of bread on the ground in Perth, Australia - "practically toasted as it is 38c/100.4f here."
Ryan Wright took another slice of bread and put it on the ground in Ottawa, Canada, declaring the two of them had "successfully created an Earth sandwich."
Happy Earth Sandwich Day!
Ryan Wright took another slice of bread and put it on the ground in Ottawa, Canada, declaring the two of them had "successfully created an Earth sandwich."
Happy Earth Sandwich Day!
December 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
"Dr. Stip" put a piece of bread on the ground in Perth, Australia - "practically toasted as it is 38c/100.4f here."
Ryan Wright took another slice of bread and put it on the ground in Ottawa, Canada, declaring the two of them had "successfully created an Earth sandwich."
Happy Earth Sandwich Day!
Ryan Wright took another slice of bread and put it on the ground in Ottawa, Canada, declaring the two of them had "successfully created an Earth sandwich."
Happy Earth Sandwich Day!
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I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
I would love to see more of this - and to see our own city become Example #36. :)
While some cities still say, “That would never work here,” others are setting aside excuses and turning ambition into action—reclaiming streets, reimagining mobility, and shaping safer, more inclusive public spaces.
These are 35 cities in 20 countries we visited this year that are leading the way.🧵
These are 35 cities in 20 countries we visited this year that are leading the way.🧵
December 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I would love to see more of this - and to see our own city become Example #36. :)
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Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘There’s power in numbers’: New Yorkers are banding together to protect street vendors from ICE
With ICE targeting vendors and fear rising, community groups are organising fast to keep New Yorkers working on the streets safe
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I’m grateful to have partners like Heidi Altman and @nilc.org in the fight to defend immigrants from ICE and the Trump administration.
We will keep fighting for a system that greets immigrants and asylum seekers with community support, not handcuffs.
We will keep fighting for a system that greets immigrants and asylum seekers with community support, not handcuffs.
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’m grateful to have partners like Heidi Altman and @nilc.org in the fight to defend immigrants from ICE and the Trump administration.
We will keep fighting for a system that greets immigrants and asylum seekers with community support, not handcuffs.
We will keep fighting for a system that greets immigrants and asylum seekers with community support, not handcuffs.
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Things climate scientists should not have to say:
A thermometer reading doesn’t depend on how you vote.
No, those jets are not spewing mind control exhaust.
Yes, an oil exec really does make a lot more than we do.
And no, it’s not volcanoes, natural cycles, or the sun. We really have checked.
A thermometer reading doesn’t depend on how you vote.
No, those jets are not spewing mind control exhaust.
Yes, an oil exec really does make a lot more than we do.
And no, it’s not volcanoes, natural cycles, or the sun. We really have checked.
August 27, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Things climate scientists should not have to say:
A thermometer reading doesn’t depend on how you vote.
No, those jets are not spewing mind control exhaust.
Yes, an oil exec really does make a lot more than we do.
And no, it’s not volcanoes, natural cycles, or the sun. We really have checked.
A thermometer reading doesn’t depend on how you vote.
No, those jets are not spewing mind control exhaust.
Yes, an oil exec really does make a lot more than we do.
And no, it’s not volcanoes, natural cycles, or the sun. We really have checked.
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In 2026 Democrats can be both warriors for working people against oligarchy *and* proud patriots fighting for democracy here and abroad. My latest essay 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/in-2026-de...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/in-2026-de...
In 2026 Democrats Can Be Both Warriors For Working People Against Oligarchy AND Proud Patriots Fighting For Democracy Here And Abroad
In recent weeks the threat Trump represents to democracy here and abroad has become far more clear. Pro-democracy forces must forcefully rise to the challenge in the months ahead
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In 2026 Democrats can be both warriors for working people against oligarchy *and* proud patriots fighting for democracy here and abroad. My latest essay 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/in-2026-de...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/in-2026-de...
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Trump’s trade war with Canada is as stupid as it is damaging. The tariffs, the threats, the insults—they need to end.
Canadians are our close friends and neighbors.
We need to stick together. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Canadians are our close friends and neighbors.
We need to stick together. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Trump’s trade war with Canada is as stupid as it is damaging. The tariffs, the threats, the insults—they need to end.
Canadians are our close friends and neighbors.
We need to stick together. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Canadians are our close friends and neighbors.
We need to stick together. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Too many "news" outlets, Fox News as the standout and trend-setter, helped conservative politicians into a simple trend: don't talk about economics or the nation's overall well-being; just inflame culture wars.
How cable news fueled the culture war and broke U.S. politics
News organizations, and not just Fox News, focus on inflammatory stories, polarizing voters and tilting political agendas to the right
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Too many "news" outlets, Fox News as the standout and trend-setter, helped conservative politicians into a simple trend: don't talk about economics or the nation's overall well-being; just inflame culture wars.
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Nurses at Seattle Children’s Hospital have had our back. Now it’s time for all of us to have theirs. #thisisyourcity #wsna #seattlechildrens #nurses #faircontract
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Nurses at Seattle Children’s Hospital have had our back. Now it’s time for all of us to have theirs. #thisisyourcity #wsna #seattlechildrens #nurses #faircontract
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"It doesn’t seem to have occurred to the administration that spending the last several months going scorched earth on the rest of the world might make other countries the tiniest bit disinclined to deal with us."
We're the baddies now. Our new Security Strategy shows it.
It's a gift to the Kremlin and a middle finger to our erstwhile allies.
www.publicnotice.co
December 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"It doesn’t seem to have occurred to the administration that spending the last several months going scorched earth on the rest of the world might make other countries the tiniest bit disinclined to deal with us."
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Somali Minnesotans can speak to this xenophobia so clearly because they feel the consequences of his hateful words.
Read what Faisa has to say:
Read what Faisa has to say:
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Somali Minnesotans can speak to this xenophobia so clearly because they feel the consequences of his hateful words.
Read what Faisa has to say:
Read what Faisa has to say:
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🔥 @repdeliaramirez to @KristiNoem: “Bottom Line: You lie with impunity. You reject checks & balances. You ignore Congress & the courts… you can either resign, Trump will fire you, or you’ll be impeached.
You’re going to be held accountable. I’m going to make sure of that.”
You’re going to be held accountable. I’m going to make sure of that.”
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 AM
🔥 @repdeliaramirez to @KristiNoem: “Bottom Line: You lie with impunity. You reject checks & balances. You ignore Congress & the courts… you can either resign, Trump will fire you, or you’ll be impeached.
You’re going to be held accountable. I’m going to make sure of that.”
You’re going to be held accountable. I’m going to make sure of that.”
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In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
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this is crazy, these people are 2nd grade-level liars
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
this is crazy, these people are 2nd grade-level liars
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This is Levi. He encountered a forbidden stick while on his walk. Decided to go for it anyway. 13/10 (TT: levisgoldenworld)
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is Levi. He encountered a forbidden stick while on his walk. Decided to go for it anyway. 13/10 (TT: levisgoldenworld)
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December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
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December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
December 9, 2025
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The very real problem Republicans have right is there are zero adults around Trump right now.
It's Loomers all the way down.
It's Loomers all the way down.
POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The very real problem Republicans have right is there are zero adults around Trump right now.
It's Loomers all the way down.
It's Loomers all the way down.
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This was the official objection, from Maxwell Rice, a former Republican candidate for #IL09, who filed objections to several candidates this cycle
The hearing was this morning at 9 a.m.
The hearing was this morning at 9 a.m.
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This was the official objection, from Maxwell Rice, a former Republican candidate for #IL09, who filed objections to several candidates this cycle
The hearing was this morning at 9 a.m.
The hearing was this morning at 9 a.m.
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".