Olivia
@occooper.bsky.social
Educator. Wife. Mother. Cat lover. Freethinker in Alabama. Feminist. All the things.
Here for strength in numbers.
Pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the will. ~Gramsci
Take off the foo foo. ~oklama
Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum.
Here for strength in numbers.
Pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the will. ~Gramsci
Take off the foo foo. ~oklama
Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum.
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Olivia
@occooper.bsky.social
· Feb 20
“Let them call me rebel and welcome, I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man.” ~Thomas Paine, The American Crisis
1st presidency - withdraws US from Iran nuclear deal; reinstates sanctions; Iran says “fuck it then.”
2nd presidency - bombs Iran for saying “fuck it then.”
2nd presidency - bombs Iran for saying “fuck it then.”
June 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
1st presidency - withdraws US from Iran nuclear deal; reinstates sanctions; Iran says “fuck it then.”
2nd presidency - bombs Iran for saying “fuck it then.”
2nd presidency - bombs Iran for saying “fuck it then.”
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Surprised more folks aren't pointing out that either Netanyahu deliberately started a war he *literally didn't have the resources to finish* and just *wished on a star* that Trump would bail him out or that's *fully insane* and the fact that he started the war means he already knew Trump would help
June 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Surprised more folks aren't pointing out that either Netanyahu deliberately started a war he *literally didn't have the resources to finish* and just *wished on a star* that Trump would bail him out or that's *fully insane* and the fact that he started the war means he already knew Trump would help
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I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
June 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
As a teacher of rhetoric, I frequently use commencement speeches in the classroom to not only analyze but uplift. Steve Jobs. Toni Morrison. David Foster Wallace. This one is so not those ones.
this mf is out here delivering his standard rally speech to a bunch of graduating college students
May 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
As a teacher of rhetoric, I frequently use commencement speeches in the classroom to not only analyze but uplift. Steve Jobs. Toni Morrison. David Foster Wallace. This one is so not those ones.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
New congressional district gives voice to Black voters in Alabama — NPR
Two majority Black cities in Alabama now have Black representation in Congress because of court-ordered redistricting. The progress comes as President Trump pulls back federal diversity initiatives.
apple.news
May 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Macron shook one hand.
April 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Macron shook one hand.
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DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
April 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.
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Wow!!!!
Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
April 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Wow!!!!
Pause for a poem. It’s poetry month.
Harry Potter star reads Wordsworth's Daffodils 21 mar 2017
YouTube video by MNS NEWS
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Pause for a poem. It’s poetry month.
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These aren't tariffs. They are a horse's head in the bed of (almost) every world government and business leader.
April 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
These aren't tariffs. They are a horse's head in the bed of (almost) every world government and business leader.
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Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.
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Republicans have controlled the Supreme Court since before I’ve was born and conservatives have generally dominated the judiciary since Reagan, yet the “liberal” legal academy has been corrupting the judiciary the entire time? Delusional stuff.
They’re just mad that law exists at all.
They’re just mad that law exists at all.
April 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Republicans have controlled the Supreme Court since before I’ve was born and conservatives have generally dominated the judiciary since Reagan, yet the “liberal” legal academy has been corrupting the judiciary the entire time? Delusional stuff.
They’re just mad that law exists at all.
They’re just mad that law exists at all.
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CRAWFORD: “Wisconsin stood up and said justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale.”
April 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
CRAWFORD: “Wisconsin stood up and said justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale.”
My favorite Senator Cory Booker story has always been when he saved a dog in the freezing weather after he read a tweet from a reporter about it. That changed today. My man has long had heart, tho ✊🏼❤️
April 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My favorite Senator Cory Booker story has always been when he saved a dog in the freezing weather after he read a tweet from a reporter about it. That changed today. My man has long had heart, tho ✊🏼❤️
Yasssss he is
Fam, remember three years ago when Cory Booker brought tears to all of our eyes when he lifted up Ketanji Brown Jackson?
“You are worthy.”
That’s who he is. That’s who he’s always been.
@booker.senate.gov
“You are worthy.”
That’s who he is. That’s who he’s always been.
@booker.senate.gov
April 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Yasssss he is
I changed my lessons today to give a brief history re: filibuster before students watched a bit of live feed from @booker.senate.gov then a discussion - last block we were just in time to hear him read Rose’s “The Unknown Soldier.” My students were amazed. So am I. It was beautiful. ✊🏼❤️
April 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I changed my lessons today to give a brief history re: filibuster before students watched a bit of live feed from @booker.senate.gov then a discussion - last block we were just in time to hear him read Rose’s “The Unknown Soldier.” My students were amazed. So am I. It was beautiful. ✊🏼❤️
Senate floor is the people’s floor; the press is the people’s press. This deserves coverage. Watching live in the corner of my screen. Speak on, Senator. ✊🏼
Looking for corporate media coverage of the @booker.senate.gov filibuster and finding NONE. Currently live on CSPAN2 and YouTube.
April 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Senate floor is the people’s floor; the press is the people’s press. This deserves coverage. Watching live in the corner of my screen. Speak on, Senator. ✊🏼
Absolutely. “Triggered” is not used lightly here.
As my therapist and I discussed last week: Pure, uncut abuser behavior.
VARNEY: How far will Mr Trump go to control Greenland?
TAMMY BRUCE: This is not about control. This is about the safety and security of Greenland.
TAMMY BRUCE: This is not about control. This is about the safety and security of Greenland.
March 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Absolutely. “Triggered” is not used lightly here.
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“What we’re deciding is … illegal activity essentially” is one helluva fascist slip.
State Department spox Tammy Bruce just blatantly lies and says that students are getting visas revoked for "illegal activity" (Rumeysa Ozturk was not charged with a crime)
March 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“What we’re deciding is … illegal activity essentially” is one helluva fascist slip.