Devin 🌞 Thomas O’Shea
@devintoshea.bsky.social
author of THE VEILED PROPHET, forthcoming from Haymarket Books. writing in @thenation, @slate, @jacobin, @proteanmag, @boulevardlitmag — he/him — rep: Erik Hane, Headwater Literary
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first day - kids lose instant respect for mixing brown shoes and a black belt - I’m humiliated and fired
January 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
first day - kids lose instant respect for mixing brown shoes and a black belt - I’m humiliated and fired
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I never heard Bovino's voice before now, and it put into perspective what his whole deal is: Dark Kenneth the Page.
Bovino on the officer who killed Renee Good: "Hats off to that ICE agent"
January 13, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I never heard Bovino's voice before now, and it put into perspective what his whole deal is: Dark Kenneth the Page.
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And though he hobnobbed with robber-barons, Twain's politics were with the working class.
See @jacobinmag.bsky.social article on this subject by @devintoshea.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2022/09/mark...
See @jacobinmag.bsky.social article on this subject by @devintoshea.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2022/09/mark...
January 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
And though he hobnobbed with robber-barons, Twain's politics were with the working class.
See @jacobinmag.bsky.social article on this subject by @devintoshea.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2022/09/mark...
See @jacobinmag.bsky.social article on this subject by @devintoshea.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2022/09/mark...
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the calm, almost passive nature of this headline is taking me out. we are so unbothered in this city. i love this "multiple-monkeys-still-as-well"-ass town
January 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM
the calm, almost passive nature of this headline is taking me out. we are so unbothered in this city. i love this "multiple-monkeys-still-as-well"-ass town
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It's been annoying as hell to see some members of my immediately family loudly agree with Bill Ackman about "combating anti-Semitism" without realizing he is a gutter racist whose version of this will only make us less safe...
NEW: It appears billionaire Bill Ackman has donated $10k to a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
Ackman has reposted the fundraiser but hasn’t posted about his own donation.
January 11, 2026 at 2:36 PM
It's been annoying as hell to see some members of my immediately family loudly agree with Bill Ackman about "combating anti-Semitism" without realizing he is a gutter racist whose version of this will only make us less safe...
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"In every society fallen to authoritarianism, the state goes after the press first+ closes in on universities next.
All of us who live, work,+learn within the university should think of our institution as part of the larger constitutional structure of the nation."
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
All of us who live, work,+learn within the university should think of our institution as part of the larger constitutional structure of the nation."
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
Universities Need a New Defense
The authoritarian threat is growing. The old playbook won’t work.
www.chronicle.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM
"In every society fallen to authoritarianism, the state goes after the press first+ closes in on universities next.
All of us who live, work,+learn within the university should think of our institution as part of the larger constitutional structure of the nation."
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
All of us who live, work,+learn within the university should think of our institution as part of the larger constitutional structure of the nation."
www.chronicle.com/article/univ...
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One year ago today, @slate.com published an excerpt from my essay collection Y2K, which came out in January 2025. It’s a braided narrative about Y2K pop culture, time capsules, and millennial disappointment, and I’d appreciate if you gave it a read. slate.com/life/2024/12...
I Uncovered My Fifth Grade Time-Capsule Essay About the New Millennium. It Put So Much Into Perspective.
A look back on the hopefulness and heartbreak of the new millennium.
slate.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One year ago today, @slate.com published an excerpt from my essay collection Y2K, which came out in January 2025. It’s a braided narrative about Y2K pop culture, time capsules, and millennial disappointment, and I’d appreciate if you gave it a read. slate.com/life/2024/12...
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
pretty big turnout - got very rained on
January 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
pretty big turnout - got very rained on
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“God damn them all.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
“God damn them all.”
The only route is to regain access to the judicial tools necessary to prosecute these people, and demolish what’s been built, but it seems like there is a big danger that Americans will merely accept this as part of life now
January 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The only route is to regain access to the judicial tools necessary to prosecute these people, and demolish what’s been built, but it seems like there is a big danger that Americans will merely accept this as part of life now
these masked men are being protected by the most powerful forces in the US government - they aren’t normal, they’ve been cultivated to be abnormally violent, and psychologically warped, and they’ve been given the most powerful weaponry available - I don’t know what to say
January 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
these masked men are being protected by the most powerful forces in the US government - they aren’t normal, they’ve been cultivated to be abnormally violent, and psychologically warped, and they’ve been given the most powerful weaponry available - I don’t know what to say
they murdered a mother of three, laughed, and they know they’re lying about it - you can watch the video
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
they murdered a mother of three, laughed, and they know they’re lying about it - you can watch the video
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Ooh!
You might remember the Veiled Prophet Organization as the creepy racists who crowned Ellie Kemper (Erin from “ The Office”) the Queen of Love and Beauty, back in 1999.
www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
You might remember the Veiled Prophet Organization as the creepy racists who crowned Ellie Kemper (Erin from “ The Office”) the Queen of Love and Beauty, back in 1999.
www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Ooh!
You might remember the Veiled Prophet Organization as the creepy racists who crowned Ellie Kemper (Erin from “ The Office”) the Queen of Love and Beauty, back in 1999.
www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
You might remember the Veiled Prophet Organization as the creepy racists who crowned Ellie Kemper (Erin from “ The Office”) the Queen of Love and Beauty, back in 1999.
www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
thank you Dadframe
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
thank you Dadframe