Stan Oklobdzija
@stano.bsky.social
Ass. Prof. Public Policy @ UC Riverside | Better Cities Through Better Government | 1st Gen 🇺🇸: 🇷🇸/ Việt Nam Cộng Hòa | 躺平 | Ham chơi
stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/
📍: The Inland Empire, California.
stanokl.github.io | https://everyoneiswelcome.substack.com/
📍: The Inland Empire, California.
Is it really involuntary celibacy if they insist upon talking like this?
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Is it really involuntary celibacy if they insist upon talking like this?
It's ok to think that Trump voters are stupid.
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
Dr. Oz urges 'take the vaccine, please' amid measles outbreaks
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:49 AM
It's ok to think that Trump voters are stupid.
I'll concede that this message might have some appeal to some subgroup of Democratic voters. But what makes me wary about Schumer's leadership is that his staff isn't sophisticated enough to know that none of those voters are here on Bluesky.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I'll concede that this message might have some appeal to some subgroup of Democratic voters. But what makes me wary about Schumer's leadership is that his staff isn't sophisticated enough to know that none of those voters are here on Bluesky.
Lord, let me teleport briefly to Keife and Co.
February 10, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Lord, let me teleport briefly to Keife and Co.
Went to look for a bottle of sherry and going to liquor stores in California after living in New Orleans is like the end of Goodfellas where Henry Hill is talking about getting pasta in Arizona.
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Went to look for a bottle of sherry and going to liquor stores in California after living in New Orleans is like the end of Goodfellas where Henry Hill is talking about getting pasta in Arizona.
There aren't as many users, but this site has a critical mass of people who matter. That should be enough.
February 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM
There aren't as many users, but this site has a critical mass of people who matter. That should be enough.
I know that comparing wealth across nations is far more difficult than most people understand, but I'm also convinced that a lot of our comparative wealth advantage is squandered on having to individually purchase the public goods Europeans obtain cheaper collectively.
tbh the thing about pro-America dickswining is that while income tracks very very very closely to most other measures of QoL, America uniquely breaks that relationship in a lot of areas (life expectancy first of all, but also infrastructure, crime, and drug abuse)
February 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I know that comparing wealth across nations is far more difficult than most people understand, but I'm also convinced that a lot of our comparative wealth advantage is squandered on having to individually purchase the public goods Europeans obtain cheaper collectively.
New post from me at stormfront.org: Here's what will carry Democrats to victory in 2026 and beyond.
February 9, 2026 at 10:26 PM
New post from me at stormfront.org: Here's what will carry Democrats to victory in 2026 and beyond.
Counterpoint: There is no faction of the Democratic Party that's worth listening to who is still posting on X, a site owned by a Republican Neo Nazi that's also littered with child porn.
Just dropped by X, which is consumed by a war between factions of the Democratic Party, and there's really no way to exaggerate the fact that everyone involved, on every side, in every capacity, is making an utter & complete ass of themselves.
February 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Counterpoint: There is no faction of the Democratic Party that's worth listening to who is still posting on X, a site owned by a Republican Neo Nazi that's also littered with child porn.
There's an entire genre of person in academia who is always dressed as if they're about to go hiking and if this is acceptable, I should be able to show up to work all fitness goth as well.
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
There's an entire genre of person in academia who is always dressed as if they're about to go hiking and if this is acceptable, I should be able to show up to work all fitness goth as well.
We must never forget that other song where he samples Sweet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London, but also rhymes "things" with "things."
A few days ago someone asked me what songs Kid Rock even sung and all I could remember is that he has one where he goes "MY NAME IS KIIIIIIIIIIIIID KID ROCK" or something like that.
Anyways thats been stuck in my head for like 48 hours now.
Anyways thats been stuck in my head for like 48 hours now.
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
We must never forget that other song where he samples Sweet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London, but also rhymes "things" with "things."
Libertarianism's greatest asset is that liberals feel better pretending that they speak for Republicans rather than theocrats and eugenicists.
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Libertarianism's greatest asset is that liberals feel better pretending that they speak for Republicans rather than theocrats and eugenicists.
The problem with libertarianism is that it's an intellectually consistent conservative worldview that's compatible with liberal democracy, but it's also one that's only held by like 28 people in the United States.
February 9, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The problem with libertarianism is that it's an intellectually consistent conservative worldview that's compatible with liberal democracy, but it's also one that's only held by like 28 people in the United States.
If you send me a Christmas card that has your family on one side and your dog on the other, you can't get mad when you come to my house and see it hanging on the dog side.
February 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
If you send me a Christmas card that has your family on one side and your dog on the other, you can't get mad when you come to my house and see it hanging on the dog side.
I got served a video on IG where a dude on a podcast said he used to be a YIMBY until he got more educated and learned there were 70,000 vacant apartments in the Bay Area.
It'll not stop being fascinating to see people stumble through policy when there aren't partisan cues to help them along.
It'll not stop being fascinating to see people stumble through policy when there aren't partisan cues to help them along.
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I got served a video on IG where a dude on a podcast said he used to be a YIMBY until he got more educated and learned there were 70,000 vacant apartments in the Bay Area.
It'll not stop being fascinating to see people stumble through policy when there aren't partisan cues to help them along.
It'll not stop being fascinating to see people stumble through policy when there aren't partisan cues to help them along.
Los Angeles continues another decade of self-imposed poverty rather than allowing new homes to be built for all the people who want to live in them.
I don't really see a lot of reporting reminding everyone about this, but residents of Los Angeles should know that, as part of our broke-ass city budget negotiations, many LA city workers are being forced to take an unpaid holiday today, the first of five such days planned for this year
February 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Los Angeles continues another decade of self-imposed poverty rather than allowing new homes to be built for all the people who want to live in them.
"Skip dessert so you can be in tip-top shape for when your boss forces you to work through the weekend."
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
"Skip dessert so you can be in tip-top shape for when your boss forces you to work through the weekend."
In a nation where politics, work culture, urban design and governance are designed to make you miserable, here are some ways you can also make your life worse.
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In a nation where politics, work culture, urban design and governance are designed to make you miserable, here are some ways you can also make your life worse.
The real Super Bowl MVP.
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 AM
The real Super Bowl MVP.
All of those companies see the bills coming due for the data centers and are realizing AGI isn't coming in time to save them.
these AI Super Bowl ads have a real “last choppers out of Saigon” vibe
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
All of those companies see the bills coming due for the data centers and are realizing AGI isn't coming in time to save them.
They should start showing cut scenes of Santa Clara. Give us a dilapidated 1970s strip mall and an 8 lane arterial road. Show us how many restaurants are already closed even though it's only 5:30.
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
They should start showing cut scenes of Santa Clara. Give us a dilapidated 1970s strip mall and an 8 lane arterial road. Show us how many restaurants are already closed even though it's only 5:30.
Can't believe he brought out Kid Rock and united the two halftime shows.
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Can't believe he brought out Kid Rock and united the two halftime shows.
Imagine if all the old White people watching this knew he was just saying "Abolish ICE" over and over again.
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Imagine if all the old White people watching this knew he was just saying "Abolish ICE" over and over again.
John Milius.
Ok time for another round of discourse: who’s the best conservative artist of the past 75 years?
The whole controversy over Bad Bunny boils down to the simple fact that extreme social conservatism is incapable of producing interesting and compelling art of any kind, and so its adherents must use inferior artists to try to convince themselves that they aren't out of touch.
February 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
John Milius.
I left the Bay Area as a teenager and haven't really spent any time there in like 15 years. But whenever I see things like this--simultaneously the dumbest kind of weird and the weirdest kind of dumb--I get really homesick and nostalgic.
February 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I left the Bay Area as a teenager and haven't really spent any time there in like 15 years. But whenever I see things like this--simultaneously the dumbest kind of weird and the weirdest kind of dumb--I get really homesick and nostalgic.