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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.
The real Super Bowl MVP.
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 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.
these AI Super Bowl ads have a real “last choppers out of Saigon” vibe
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 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.
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Can't believe he brought out Kid Rock and united the two halftime shows.
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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
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
No way, it actually happened....
amazing things are happening in SF
February 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Pretty cool and considerate of the People's Revolutionary Homeowners' Association to remain on the Nazi Kiddie Porn site where I don't have to hear from them.
Oh shit he’s crashing out
February 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Compare the types of capable, creative and heroic people that have emerged in the last year resisting Trump's dictatorship to the types of human dogshit that put him into office in 2024.
One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.

Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.

www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I've got an op-ed in several papers across the Inland Empire today electrifying Metrolink service between Los Angeles and San Bernardino. It would make everyone's life a lot better and we are dumb not to do it.
Metrolink electrification would boost efficiency and reduce pollution
Metrolink can follow Caltrain’s success and not only deliver faster, more efficient train service for the region, but give struggling cities along the line a shot in the arm.
www.pressenterprise.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Which member of Congress is going to introduce impeachment articles against Kash Patel?
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Reposted by Stan Oklobdzija
This excellent story Dave Rand posted on Twitter is a perfect illustration of the kind of person Nithya Raman is:
February 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Let's f*****g go!!!!

@cd4losangeles.bsky.social is LA's Zohran Mamdani. What's more, she absolutely gets housing and now has a chance to put it into action.
“I have deep respect for Mayor Bass. But over the last few months in particular, I’ve really begun to feel like unless we have some big changes in how we do things in Los Angeles, that the things we count on are not going to function anymore.”
Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, challenging onetime ally Karen Bass
Raman would immediately pose a formidable challenge to Bass. She was the first council member to be elected with support from the Democratic Socialists of America.
www.latimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
We should not hide our contempt for Trump voters and we should be more aggressive in ridiculing/ostracizing them. However, there should also be instant amnesty the moment they renounce Trump and the Republican Party.

We're trying to create a chain reaction of defections, not redeem souls.
As much as we want to rip them a new one for getting us into this mess, when people on the right come forward and apologize and admit they were wrong, we should probably welcome them to the light.
February 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Remember when Biden called Trump voters garbage and was 100% correct to do so?
BREAKING: Trump says he 'didn't make a mistake' with his racist video post.

Q:  "A number of Republicans are calling on you to apologize for that post. Is that something you're going to do?"

Trump: "No, I didn't make a mistake."

He adds later: "I guess it was a take off on the Lion King."
February 7, 2026 at 1:28 AM
This is also exactly how Republican chuds think. Everything is zero sum and every good is rivalrous. It is seeing the world through dummy-colored glasses.
The big difference between YIMBYs and others on the left is that when we see a great city, we don’t think “keep people out.” We think “build enough so everyone who wants to live here can.”

The scarcity mindset sucks!
February 7, 2026 at 12:48 AM
This woman is 82 years old.

What are we doing?
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.

“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.

“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Democrats don't have the power to do this now, but every member of Congress and all the leading candidates for president should lean very hard into this message because it will crater ICE's already low morale, encourage defections and stop up their recruiting pipeline.
Some of the protest signs are similar to anything else you’d see since the start of Trump 2.

Others are directed at the concentration camp guards inside.
February 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Dude looks like that one movie where Nicholas Cage was Dracula in New Orleans.
Most people look good under disco lights

Not JD tbh
February 6, 2026 at 10:29 PM
How I feel having just joined my first Discord.
February 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Donald Trump may be the worst president in American history. James Buchanan put his thumb on the scale for Dred Scott, Andrew Johnson ended Reconstruction, but no one has ever destroyed a peaceful and prosperous era quite like Trump. His level of corruption, treason and malfeasance are unmatched.
for better or worse, people will forget about that video by the end of the year, if not end of the month. but when trump finally kicks the bucket, there were be orgasmic celebrations across the US & around the world. he will be remembered as the most despised US president since WWII for generations
February 6, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Damn, we're about to get roasted super hard in just a little bit.
Israel gets booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Presenter makes note of it, too, says it's the first time they've heard booing all night.
February 6, 2026 at 8:48 PM
It's not fair how much better NYC progressives are than LA progressives. We're still stuck on "New housing causes gentrification" out here.
Some exciting (& bittersweet) news: our Chief of Staff & Policy Director @andrewdfine.bsky.social will be leaving Open New York to join the Mamdani admin, where he will be a senior advisor to DM Bozorg overseeing housing policy 🧵
February 6, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Reposted by Stan Oklobdzija
Importantly, it also means we are hiring for a new Policy Director - job posting is here, please share far and wide!
open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/851ac1ee79...
Policy Director at Open New York
About Open New York Open New York (ONY) is a grassroots, non-profit organization advocating for abundant homes and lower rent. With a rapidly growing staff and hundreds of active volunteer members acr...
open-new-york.breezy.hr
February 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Get his ass
I am done with collaborationist bullshit
February 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM