Rina O'Malley
@rinaomalley.bsky.social
Teller of tales and dirty jokes.
Witty banter specialist.
Cult classic.
Witty banter specialist.
Cult classic.
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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People going "America was always fascist" or "it's been like this since the 1980s" or making related claims don't seem to realize it, but they're telling everyone that nothing different is happening, nothing worse than usual, so if you weren't up in arms about eg 2013, you shouldn't be now either.
October 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
People going "America was always fascist" or "it's been like this since the 1980s" or making related claims don't seem to realize it, but they're telling everyone that nothing different is happening, nothing worse than usual, so if you weren't up in arms about eg 2013, you shouldn't be now either.
Next time an exec gives you the “too on the nose” note, just send them the lyrics to The Life of a Showgirl and tell them that’s no longer a thing.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
October 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Next time an exec gives you the “too on the nose” note, just send them the lyrics to The Life of a Showgirl and tell them that’s no longer a thing.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
Um, no thanks.
Talent Agents Circle AI Actress Tilly Norwood As Studios Quietly Embrace AI Technology – Zurich Summit
AI Actress Tilly Norwood Creators In Talks To Sign Her With Talent Agent For Representation As Studios Quietly Embrace Technology
deadline.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Um, no thanks.
Great thread.
September 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great thread.
Imagine going to a funeral and the eulogizer spends his time screaming about all the people hated by the man who just died.
These people have literally gone off the deep end if they think this is how decent human beings behave.
These people have literally gone off the deep end if they think this is how decent human beings behave.
“What do YOU HAVE? You have NOTHING, you are nothing. You are wickedness, you are jealousy, you are hatred, YOU ARE NOTHING. You can build nothing, produce nothing, create nothing."
September 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Imagine going to a funeral and the eulogizer spends his time screaming about all the people hated by the man who just died.
These people have literally gone off the deep end if they think this is how decent human beings behave.
These people have literally gone off the deep end if they think this is how decent human beings behave.
Oh my God, I'm dying... 😂
September 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Oh my God, I'm dying... 😂
1. Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.
Twenty Lessons on Fighting Tyranny from the Twentieth Century
Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so. From acr...
scholars.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
1. Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
sbgi.net/tv-stations/
I came to the US as a Soviet refugee at age 4, fleeing an authoritarian system. As an adult, I spent years working in post-Soviet republics. I’ve seen what happens when government agencies become weapons of coercion.
And I can tell you, we’ve passed the point of no return.
And I can tell you, we’ve passed the point of no return.
Fascism is Terrible
(And because it apparently still needs to be said, so is murder.)
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I came to the US as a Soviet refugee at age 4, fleeing an authoritarian system. As an adult, I spent years working in post-Soviet republics. I’ve seen what happens when government agencies become weapons of coercion.
And I can tell you, we’ve passed the point of no return.
And I can tell you, we’ve passed the point of no return.
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Shocked but not surprised to learn how many ~titans of industry~ who probably think of themselves as brave ballsy businessmen are actually cowardly pieces of shit when it counts.
September 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Shocked but not surprised to learn how many ~titans of industry~ who probably think of themselves as brave ballsy businessmen are actually cowardly pieces of shit when it counts.
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“You used to be able to say anything” comedians never been more quiet in their lives
September 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“You used to be able to say anything” comedians never been more quiet in their lives
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From Wired a few weeks ago. A lot of the people who I was told for years were the adults in the room are being asked how they want to be remembered, and that answer is very clearly "cowards."
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
September 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
From Wired a few weeks ago. A lot of the people who I was told for years were the adults in the room are being asked how they want to be remembered, and that answer is very clearly "cowards."
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
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"The masks frequently worn by agents make ICE seem like the type of secret police that operates in authoritarian regimes. But they are apparently meant to keep the police secret."
July 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The masks frequently worn by agents make ICE seem like the type of secret police that operates in authoritarian regimes. But they are apparently meant to keep the police secret."
Rewrites on three projects ongoing this week and I'm sitting here vomit dumping a new idea into a Google doc. WTF is wrong with me.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
July 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Rewrites on three projects ongoing this week and I'm sitting here vomit dumping a new idea into a Google doc. WTF is wrong with me.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
Kind of obsessed with this piece and with this approach.
"A living organism that will guide you as to how it wants to be written..."
#scriptsky
"A living organism that will guide you as to how it wants to be written..."
#scriptsky
The creators of 'Industry': 5 choices that saved the HBO show from oblivion
Mickey Down and Konrad Kay once feared the HBO series was 'baggy, dour' and 'self-serious.' As they reflect on Season 3, they identify the turning points that made it what it is.
www.latimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Kind of obsessed with this piece and with this approach.
"A living organism that will guide you as to how it wants to be written..."
#scriptsky
"A living organism that will guide you as to how it wants to be written..."
#scriptsky
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"We cannot build bananas in America" is an all timer
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
June 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"We cannot build bananas in America" is an all timer
How the hell is this even going to work?
May 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How the hell is this even going to work?
A mile-long to-do list for my WIP, and here I am dusting plant leaves.
I am truly a pioneer of procrastination.
#scriptsky
I am truly a pioneer of procrastination.
#scriptsky
May 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A mile-long to-do list for my WIP, and here I am dusting plant leaves.
I am truly a pioneer of procrastination.
#scriptsky
I am truly a pioneer of procrastination.
#scriptsky
Evergreen headline.
April 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Evergreen headline.
Just watched Sinners and now desperately googling to see if Hailee Steinfeld actually did that thing we all saw her do to Michael B. Jordan.
April 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Just watched Sinners and now desperately googling to see if Hailee Steinfeld actually did that thing we all saw her do to Michael B. Jordan.
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I don’t think the far right would ever call gayness good, but I do think they’d call goodness gay.
April 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I don’t think the far right would ever call gayness good, but I do think they’d call goodness gay.
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It’s the stupid, economy.
April 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It’s the stupid, economy.