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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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Rep. Ro Khanna @khanna.house.gov · 12h

@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 · 18h

…a long, long way to run.

Bob Osmond (he/him) @bobosmosis.bsky.social · 18h

Oh, he’s just “having some fun…” 🙄

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

Hegseth has them all doing P90X in a hangar somewhere.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5d

"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 · 5d

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 · 6d

We love that street! Your neighbors bring it!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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

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

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 · 6d

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 · 8d

WTAF with this headline, tho.

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

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 · 9d

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 · 9d

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 · 10d

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 · 11d

Peace prize!!!!

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

Was thinking about how Joe Biden said “We beat Medicare!” in a debate and that ended any hope of him remaining president. Meanwhile, this stuff...

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

And why do other accounts, bots, and whatnots blatantly copy others’ posts? Is is that hard to give credit?

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

Everything might be horrendous, but the puzzlers are still funny. #Wordle

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12d

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

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

Vile. It’s all part of the plan to normalize atrocities. This is just how the state deals with its declared enemies…apparently. It’ll be medals for ICE next.

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 13d

Even the US Army's official history portrays Wounded Knee as a massacre in which "soldiers also employed artillery despite the presence of numerous noncombatants... including women and children..."
theintercept.com/2024/11/28/a...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13d

This is what Ice is doing in front of the cameras, imagine what they’re doing when no one is filming

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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