Luke O'Neil
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social
Newsletter: Welcome to Hell World www.welcometohellworld.com
Books:
We Had It Coming (2025) https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/
A Creature Wanting Form (2023) www.orbooks.com/catalog/a-creature-wanting-form
Books:
We Had It Coming (2025) https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/
A Creature Wanting Form (2023) www.orbooks.com/catalog/a-creature-wanting-form
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Luke O'Neil
@lukeoneil47.bsky.social
· Jun 25
My new collection of short stories and poetry -- We Had It Coming -- is available for pre-order now! It's the best thing I've ever written and I think you all will find solace and despair in equal measure within.
www.welcometohellworld.com/my-new-book-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/my-new-book-...
Which beliefs though?
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Which beliefs though?
[whispering to date while watching Stephen King's TO when TO first appears on the screen] That's TO.
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
[whispering to date while watching Stephen King's TO when TO first appears on the screen] That's TO.
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a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
Jackass level slapstick. Inanimate performance of the year.
Incredible work by Drone #1 on this week’s episode of Pluribus. What a performance.
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Jackass level slapstick. Inanimate performance of the year.
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Me and many others doubt the quality of those followers. bsky.app/profile/luke...
But Substack's network bro, I need the network effect bro. This is from like one week two years after I stopped even using it. I could repeat this many many more times but I ran out of room. Or maybe I'm just extremely popular in Vietnam (?)
November 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Me and many others doubt the quality of those followers. bsky.app/profile/luke...
I left substack 4 years ago and Twitter about a year ago for ethical reasons and I am doing just fine. The fact that neither product does what they are supposed to do didn’t hurt the decision.
FWIW I didn’t leave Substack because of the Nazis, though they didn’t help. I left because the management of that company is fundamentally duplicitous, it’s become a toxic social network, and there is no reason to give them 10% of your profits when there are better and less expensive options.
not doing this to start beef but I mean come on - I spent much of my tough first years as a freelancer trying hard not to write for publications that felt too objectionable, I lost a noticeable amount of my income when I left Twitter - journalists do have rent to pay! everywhere sucks these days!
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I left substack 4 years ago and Twitter about a year ago for ethical reasons and I am doing just fine. The fact that neither product does what they are supposed to do didn’t hurt the decision.
Here I had a stupid beard too you can put me on tv and I’ll tell the truth
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Here I had a stupid beard too you can put me on tv and I’ll tell the truth
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Northwestern:
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Northwestern:
Actually just came up with one. Brady coming back from his 4 game (fake and phony by the way) deflategate suspension to stage the greatest comeback in the Super Bowl of all time. LFG BABY!!!
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Actually just came up with one. Brady coming back from his 4 game (fake and phony by the way) deflategate suspension to stage the greatest comeback in the Super Bowl of all time. LFG BABY!!!
Having a great time with the boys down the local listing all the times this has happened. Fuckin... uh,
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Having a great time with the boys down the local listing all the times this has happened. Fuckin... uh,
I appreciate Pluribus for many reasons, not least of which is how it takes its time, but man does it take its time.
Also, if the cliffhanger this time is what it seems to be, why would that make anything worse? They already took over the world and enslaved the human race.
Also, if the cliffhanger this time is what it seems to be, why would that make anything worse? They already took over the world and enslaved the human race.
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I appreciate Pluribus for many reasons, not least of which is how it takes its time, but man does it take its time.
Also, if the cliffhanger this time is what it seems to be, why would that make anything worse? They already took over the world and enslaved the human race.
Also, if the cliffhanger this time is what it seems to be, why would that make anything worse? They already took over the world and enslaved the human race.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
They should've called her Karoline [British voice] Leave it
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
They should've called her Karoline [British voice] Leave it
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ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
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stumped this holiday season by what to get your stepdaughter with whom you have a warm-but-not-close relationship? is your fuckup sister getting out of rehab just in time for xmas dinner? have i got the gift idea for you!!
bookshop.org/p/books/slop...
bookshop.org/p/books/slop...
Sloppy: Or: Doing It All Wrong
Or: Doing It All Wrong
bookshop.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
stumped this holiday season by what to get your stepdaughter with whom you have a warm-but-not-close relationship? is your fuckup sister getting out of rehab just in time for xmas dinner? have i got the gift idea for you!!
bookshop.org/p/books/slop...
bookshop.org/p/books/slop...
Going again shortly. $30 out the door
Going to the post office soon if anyone wants a signed copy hit me up. Got a few ACWF and WTHWs left too.
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Going again shortly. $30 out the door
You can reliably hang most every bad thing we have going to Reagan but every bad thing in the specific way they are bad today is, you guessed it, the War on Terror.
Jon Stewart on the Daily Show into getting folded into the fully realized 24 hour news cycle of the 90s is when I'd date it. Getting news from comedians becoming mainstream shifts comedians from gadflies to newsmakers. That made a lot more comedians take on the "cultural critic" role.
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
You can reliably hang most every bad thing we have going to Reagan but every bad thing in the specific way they are bad today is, you guessed it, the War on Terror.
hey "nice" zucchetto haha it fuckin sucks you hipster asshole [he turns around and reveals he is the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of Peter the Prince of the Apostles, Bishop of Rome and Servant of the Servants of God.] oh fuck
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
hey "nice" zucchetto haha it fuckin sucks you hipster asshole [he turns around and reveals he is the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of Peter the Prince of the Apostles, Bishop of Rome and Servant of the Servants of God.] oh fuck
The Louie series (which I loved at the time) and the dozens of shows it influenced (most of which were pretty good) certainly had something to do with this.
Side note, we're watching Better Things for the first time and I love it very much.
Side note, we're watching Better Things for the first time and I love it very much.
You had a number of successful shows that (kind of) showed you the inner lives and communities of comedians. Even Seinfeld, but also Curb, Ms. Maisel, Louie, Crashing, etc. probably all sparked an interest.
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Louie series (which I loved at the time) and the dozens of shows it influenced (most of which were pretty good) certainly had something to do with this.
Side note, we're watching Better Things for the first time and I love it very much.
Side note, we're watching Better Things for the first time and I love it very much.
The switch from Craig Kilborn to Jon Stewart might be a pretty good place to draw a line (?)
I think it was the rise of comedy news shows that was a major factor. Starting with Colbert and Stewart.
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The switch from Craig Kilborn to Jon Stewart might be a pretty good place to draw a line (?)
I don't remember any more when we started to take, or were supposed to start taking, comedians so seriously? 20 years ago-ish? There was always reverence for Carlin, Pryor etc, but mostly within comedy world, not popular culture at large.
I wonder if Maron and WTF popularizing digging into the pain and such of so many comedians had a role here
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I don't remember any more when we started to take, or were supposed to start taking, comedians so seriously? 20 years ago-ish? There was always reverence for Carlin, Pryor etc, but mostly within comedy world, not popular culture at large.
Northwestern:
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Northwestern: