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Bob Osmond (he/him)

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Exec + Leadership Coach (ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, CDE). Brand + PR Strategy. Presentation + Media Trainer. Canuck (Never51) + Dual U.S. Citizen + New Yorker. Democracy + Global Rules-based Order Fan. Puns FTW. Forward! 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇳 🌎

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · Mar 14

New morning routine, inspired by Lennon and McCartney:

👋🏼 Wake up
🥱 Fall out of bed
🪮 Drag comb across head
☕️ Drink cup
👀 Look up
⏰ Notice I’m late
📰 Read the news
🫣 Oh boy

☎️ Call Congress: (202)224-3121

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 2d

Dear friends: "Dilexi te" is Pope Leo's rich meditation on the call from both Jesus and the church over the ages to love and care for the poor. It's an invitation to prayer and action. Take time and read it for yourself and bring it to prayer. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, these people. I reckon he’s expecting a big turn out so I’ll be there in order not to disappoint. Cuz, Mike, “if hating you is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.”

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Mike Johnson is now calling #NoKings a "hate America rally"

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way

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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 1d

It’s #Movember (almost) again. I’d appreciate any support you can muster this, my fifteenth, year growing a Mo’ and moving for men’s health research, education, and support.

Bob Osmond's Mo Space

Bob's Motivation: Fifteen years ago, I grew my first Movember ‘stache to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer, which affected my Dad (and still does to this day). Over the years, my motivatio...

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

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Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 3d

@democracynow.org had @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social and me on together to explain that she is not being sworn in because she is the 218th signatory for the release of the Epstein files. Swear her in today.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 3d

…a long, long way to run.

Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, he’s just “having some fun…” 🙄

Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 6d

Hegseth has them all doing P90X in a hangar somewhere.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8d

"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."

@radiofreetom.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 8d

I guess we are long past the point where we consider this stuff abnormal? How ever will we repair from this place?

Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 9d

We love that street! Your neighbors bring it!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9d

This is absolutely horrific. To attack a synagogue and kill people, and that too on Yom Kippur. Vile and inexcusable.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9d

BREAKING: Two people have died and three others are in serious condition after a synagogue attack in the UK, police say.

Police are at the scene of a reported stabbing at a synagogue in English city of Manchester

Police are at the scene of a reported stabbing at a synagogue in Manchester, northwest England. Andy Burnham, the mayor of the Greater Manchester Area, said Thursday that the “immediate danger appears to be over” after reports of the incident in Crumpsall, north of the city.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 9d

How’s about we shut this down?

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 9d

Reflections this Yom Kippur from Jennifer Rubin at @contrariannews.org.

Self-Reflection Allows us to Do Better

Atoning for political errors, missteps, and sins

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 9d

G'mar chatima tova. If you are fasting today, I hope it is meaningful and easy. Peace.

Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 9d

For example, is the response to the so-called Big Beautiful Bill naming it the: Big Ugly Bill? Gargoyle of a Bill? We’re All Going to Die Act? Big Betrayal Bill? Big Billionaire Bailout? It’s all of those things. Top line message needs streamlining.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 9d

There are MANY talented messengers (Many leap to mind: Crocket; Casar; Frost; AOC; Raskin; Swallwell; Jayapal; Murphy; Van Hollen; Smith; Duckworth; Murray; Warnock; Pritzker; Newsom; Buttigieg…many more). The issue isn’t messengers, it’s message clarity.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 11d

WTAF with this headline, tho.

Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 11d

Good article about the value of coaching, including a distillation of what coaching is and isn’t and the importance of certification and credentialing in this emerging field.

Parenting drama, grief and career struggles are fueling a $5B coaching boom

Life coaches can't tell you what to do. But clients say they've transformed their careers, relationships and more.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 12d

Halfway through Snow Crash (shoulda been called Brain Crash). I wonder, how does one read 3000 pages…? Respect.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12d

Priztker: if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it?

I don't think we'd have any trouble calling it what it is. Authoritarianism.

So let's not pretend it's something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13d

Oregon AG Rayfield: I know for a fact, from talking to cities across Oregon, that if you pick up the phone and ask, “What could be helpful?” the answer would not be the United States military.

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Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 14d

Peace prize!!!!