Rod O’Connor
@theblueape.bsky.social
Retired public defender. Cal Golden Bear. Fan of the baseball Giants and avid reader of the works of John Steinbeck. I like cats. I don’t like people who don’t.
Pinned
Rod O’Connor
@theblueape.bsky.social
· Feb 2
What I’m left rooting for is the FAFO penalty on all the assholes who either wanted him to win or didn’t care if he did is more painful than what happens to the rest of us who tried to tell y’all.
I mean that rant he’s filmed making in high school about being sick & tired of being told to pick up his trash while there are plenty of janitors on site should have resulted in a mental health intervention right there.
I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I mean that rant he’s filmed making in high school about being sick & tired of being told to pick up his trash while there are plenty of janitors on site should have resulted in a mental health intervention right there.
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Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
And then they got scolded out of it by the same Third Way focus group-addicted advisers who are now claiming that the election was lost because the Dems allowed the GOP to brand them as “weird.”
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
And then they got scolded out of it by the same Third Way focus group-addicted advisers who are now claiming that the election was lost because the Dems allowed the GOP to brand them as “weird.”
Call me a contrarian, but I’ve never seen the point of, let alone been interested in watching, the Macys parade.
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Call me a contrarian, but I’ve never seen the point of, let alone been interested in watching, the Macys parade.
I’ll take David Corenswet as the new Superman; he’s got a certain jenesequa the role badly needed. But I’m just not buying Liam Hemsworth replacing Henry Cavill as the Witcher. Seems a little light for the role
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I’ll take David Corenswet as the new Superman; he’s got a certain jenesequa the role badly needed. But I’m just not buying Liam Hemsworth replacing Henry Cavill as the Witcher. Seems a little light for the role
Hubris is the Achilles heel of all all prosecutors; why I was always nervous that we were relying on them to hold Trump to account. You can even throw Jack Smith in the bucket for thinking he could roll the dice on the documents case by bringing it in Florida, where Aileen Cannon was lurking.
D.A. Fani Willis had the courage, the grit, the experience, the facts, and the law to bring Trump to account.
It is so disappointing that an error in her judgment gave Trump’s team the opening they needed to have her removed from the case.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
It is so disappointing that an error in her judgment gave Trump’s team the opening they needed to have her removed from the case.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Georgia prosecutor who took over 2020 election interference case drops charges against Trump and others
Pete Skandalakis, who took over the case after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified, said the case was "without precedent."
www.nbcnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Hubris is the Achilles heel of all all prosecutors; why I was always nervous that we were relying on them to hold Trump to account. You can even throw Jack Smith in the bucket for thinking he could roll the dice on the documents case by bringing it in Florida, where Aileen Cannon was lurking.
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
In 24 hours it will no longer be considered proper or acceptable to complain about the incessant barrage of Christmas music in every retail outlet, for a whole entire month
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
In 24 hours it will no longer be considered proper or acceptable to complain about the incessant barrage of Christmas music in every retail outlet, for a whole entire month
The *Republican* controlled Senate Intelligence Committee report
A reminder that this pattern of activity including the stupid handles and bio lines and emojis was catalogued in the Senate reports on Russia’s election interference in 2016 — a thing which actually happened!
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The *Republican* controlled Senate Intelligence Committee report
Reposted by Rod O’Connor
A reminder that this pattern of activity including the stupid handles and bio lines and emojis was catalogued in the Senate reports on Russia’s election interference in 2016 — a thing which actually happened!
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A reminder that this pattern of activity including the stupid handles and bio lines and emojis was catalogued in the Senate reports on Russia’s election interference in 2016 — a thing which actually happened!
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Pretend Americans 🦅🇺🇸⭐️2A has been the game all along
www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Love a good Orc quote
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Love a good Orc quote
“We will be treated as liberators” returning to a press conference near you.
I presume Foreign Affairs is not yet running my one-word rebuttal "don't"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Topple Maduro
And why regime change is the only way forward in Venezuela.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“We will be treated as liberators” returning to a press conference near you.
Your happy welcome is like a favor I must now return
The darkness of my childhood passed; the flames of love now burn!
The pinball game I played so well reflects a way of life.
This meeting is just another game; let’s play to win tonight!
The darkness of my childhood passed; the flames of love now burn!
The pinball game I played so well reflects a way of life.
This meeting is just another game; let’s play to win tonight!
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Your happy welcome is like a favor I must now return
The darkness of my childhood passed; the flames of love now burn!
The pinball game I played so well reflects a way of life.
This meeting is just another game; let’s play to win tonight!
The darkness of my childhood passed; the flames of love now burn!
The pinball game I played so well reflects a way of life.
This meeting is just another game; let’s play to win tonight!
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
The Exodus is here
The happy ones are near;
Let’s get together
Before we get much older
The happy ones are near;
Let’s get together
Before we get much older
It's been SEVEN hours and
fifteen days
fifteen days
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The Exodus is here
The happy ones are near;
Let’s get together
Before we get much older
The happy ones are near;
Let’s get together
Before we get much older
The only good thing about the Big Game™️ being on the ACC Network is an entire demographic being introduced to the “Band is on the field!” play which is the greatest play in college football history
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The only good thing about the Big Game™️ being on the ACC Network is an entire demographic being introduced to the “Band is on the field!” play which is the greatest play in college football history
I for one want Cal’s winning streak against Stanford to run as long as possible. We never won the Big Game when I was there as an undergraduate OR law student, & we had Tony Gonzalez on that team. #GoBears
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I for one want Cal’s winning streak against Stanford to run as long as possible. We never won the Big Game when I was there as an undergraduate OR law student, & we had Tony Gonzalez on that team. #GoBears
Gideon after 10 minutes on this site
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Gideon after 10 minutes on this site
I’m not quite at the point where I treat people who still use xitter the same as those who still support Trump, but I’m getting there
But: who is using X has changed dramatically. E.g. it has shifted systematically away from Democrats & women, and towards Republicans & men. (From www.chip50.org/social-media...)
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I’m not quite at the point where I treat people who still use xitter the same as those who still support Trump, but I’m getting there
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Say what you want about this almost-psychedelically deranged MAGA figurehead (and it’s all true) she has the courage of her convictions.
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Say what you want about this almost-psychedelically deranged MAGA figurehead (and it’s all true) she has the courage of her convictions.
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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Political violence just got super acceptable to mainstream media again. Condition expected to last until the next time someone yells something mean at Juniorefferson Davis Vance
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Political violence just got super acceptable to mainstream media again. Condition expected to last until the next time someone yells something mean at Juniorefferson Davis Vance
We’d be in much better shape today if the electorate had the capacity to carry their impressions of him *in office* in their collective consciousness while he was *out of office *
“If the president is horrifically unpopular, things tend to go very poorly for his party” isn’t a perfect indicator (2022) but it remains a pretty useful and weirdly underestimated one
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We’d be in much better shape today if the electorate had the capacity to carry their impressions of him *in office* in their collective consciousness while he was *out of office *