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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE

@captainannoying.bsky.social

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writer/editor, leftist grouch, UGA shitposter, last white man in America without a podcast; can recite “Midnight Marauders” in its entirety

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · Aug 27

if my position is “we need sensible immigration policy and a path to citizenship for the undocumented,” and your position is “we need to yank unsuspecting abuelitas out of their cars at Ralphs and deport them to, I dunno, Tajikistan,” then no, I won’t be “meeting you in the middle”

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 3h

repeatedly telling people “YOU BETTER NOT MAKE FUN OF ME” is definitely the sign of a secure, cool, macho individual

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 4h

Every time a Democrat gets caught on tape saying like “Some Trump voters are racist” we have a national scandal and JD Vance demands an entirely new kind of apology and meanwhile every Republican group chat is like “Good morning fellow SS members. Who’s ready to respect Hitler today?”

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 5h

I would buy that Boeing 747-8 that Qatar is trying to unload but I would never fly it. I would just make it my new home, occasionally driving it around on the taxiways, making VROOM VROOM noises out the cockpit window

Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 6h

i’ve been thinking for a while that the real problem in this country isn’t cancel culture—it’s that cancel culture doesn’t go nearly hard enough

Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 15h

somehow it seems too on the nose that she shares her last name with a Richard Wagner opera

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 15h

"“How do we frame that, you know, in a way that's not seen as censorship?” Ron McFall, assistant dean of strategy and administration at the Media School, asked in that meeting."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 15h

And here's a link to a letter from the IDS editors about the firing of the student newspaper director.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS

Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 15h

my parents adopted a senior springer a few months ago. they are indeed sweet pups

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you for your service

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 16h

On September 28, soldiers from West Virginia patrolling D.C.'s Navy Yard area observed a man masturbating in public.

The soldiers "advised [him] to stop."

Police officers arrested him a little while later after they said they saw him peeing in front of a restaurant.

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 17h

springer?

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 23h

I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?

Tweet from Pam Bondi:

Today following outreach from
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target
@ICEgov
agents in Chicago.

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 17h

did trump just basically say charlie kirk got murked up because he didn’t keep his head on a swivel

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 1d

nope. not falling for it this time. you assholes are not going to drag me into this again

Screenshot of the lede from the AP recap of the Falcons-Bills game: “Big plays from Bijan Robinson and Drake London and mistake-free leadership from Michael Penix Jr. made the Atlanta Falcons look like a playoff contender.”

zoomed-in screenshot of “made the Atlanta Falcons look like a playoff contender”

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, this is AD-speak for “we’ve already picked out a shallow grave”

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 2d

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 2d

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 2d

It's kind of like how anti-anti-Trumpers never do the heavy lifting of coming up with an affirmative defense for Trump's BS, they just bash the people who criticize him as woke or socialist or whatever

Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 2d

it took four days after Jerry Sandusky’s arrest for Penn State to 86 Paterno’s contract. it took less than 24 hours after the Northwestern loss for them to fire James Franklin. Penn State clearly considers losing to Northwestern worse than covering up child rape

Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 2d

for his assistants, Satterfirld’s definitely going to want to look to UGA, one of the most successful college football programs in recent years

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 3d

So thankful that dudes without game now have the option of driving all of our energy bills up to come up with devastating lines like it was nice to meet you

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 3d

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 3d

kirby wasn’t calling timeout, he was telling freeze “i’m not touching you, i’m not touching you”

Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 3d

if that game brought him closer to being fired, I think the words auburn is really looking for are “thank you”

Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 3d

that game was like when you have a second grader playing recorder in the school recital and you don’t really want to be there because every note is fucking torture but at the end you’re like GREAT JOB HONEY YOU WERE SO GOOD

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 3d

POINT: That Was a Terribly Played Game That Georgia Didn’t Really Deserve to Win

COUNTERPOINT: Lol Fuck Auburn

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Sir O.D. Bastard, OBE @captainannoying.bsky.social · 3d

hey @auburnfootball.bsky.social

Nicolas Cage in “Face/Off,” right after plugging an undercover agent, shrugging like “well, whaddaya gonna do”

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