Charles O’Connor
@coconnor8.bsky.social
power rando (he/him)
PFP: old bearded guy wearing a hoodie and sunglasses in the snow
Banner: pink crabapple blossoms in the foreground, a rusty old schwinn leans against a claw foot bathtub in a spring garden
PFP: old bearded guy wearing a hoodie and sunglasses in the snow
Banner: pink crabapple blossoms in the foreground, a rusty old schwinn leans against a claw foot bathtub in a spring garden
Pinned
I regret to inform you that they’re coming out with a new version of white that doesn’t include you
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
The Clash
Talking Heads
Guided by Voices
Yura Yura Teikoku
P’tit Belliveau
The Clash
Talking Heads
Guided by Voices
Yura Yura Teikoku
P’tit Belliveau
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Florence and the Machine
Tori Amos
Modest Mouse
Matt Nathanson
Pat Benatar
Florence and the Machine
Tori Amos
Modest Mouse
Matt Nathanson
Pat Benatar
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
2Cellos
Peter Gabriel
AC/DC
Garbage
Indigo Girls
2Cellos
Peter Gabriel
AC/DC
Garbage
Indigo Girls
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
The Clash
Talking Heads
Guided by Voices
Yura Yura Teikoku
P’tit Belliveau
The Clash
Talking Heads
Guided by Voices
Yura Yura Teikoku
P’tit Belliveau
There must be a kind different than mine that is more dangerous? Like it has a slidy box thing with a handle
Then, I’m a burner, not a cutter. I’m much more apt to pick up something I shouldn’t or set something on fire than cut myself
Then, I’m a burner, not a cutter. I’m much more apt to pick up something I shouldn’t or set something on fire than cut myself
never trust a mandolin!
I was at the ER the night before Thanksgiving/early hours of Thanksgiving last year with a family member, and we overheard two doctors call that block of time "The Night of the Mandolines" due to the sheer number of sharps injuries during meal prep.
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There must be a kind different than mine that is more dangerous? Like it has a slidy box thing with a handle
Then, I’m a burner, not a cutter. I’m much more apt to pick up something I shouldn’t or set something on fire than cut myself
Then, I’m a burner, not a cutter. I’m much more apt to pick up something I shouldn’t or set something on fire than cut myself
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The housing crisis is being exacerbated by tech companies like RealPage and Yardi that are facilitating collusion between corporate landlords to push higher and higher rents.
@chuygarcia.house.gov and I have reintroduced a bill to ban this type of digital price fixing and protect people’s wallets.
@chuygarcia.house.gov and I have reintroduced a bill to ban this type of digital price fixing and protect people’s wallets.
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The housing crisis is being exacerbated by tech companies like RealPage and Yardi that are facilitating collusion between corporate landlords to push higher and higher rents.
@chuygarcia.house.gov and I have reintroduced a bill to ban this type of digital price fixing and protect people’s wallets.
@chuygarcia.house.gov and I have reintroduced a bill to ban this type of digital price fixing and protect people’s wallets.
So all we have to do is replace the profligate elite class while taking all the hoarded wealth to build an equitable and inclusive world resistant and resilient to climate change, and we have like 5 years to do it
ok
ok
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
So all we have to do is replace the profligate elite class while taking all the hoarded wealth to build an equitable and inclusive world resistant and resilient to climate change, and we have like 5 years to do it
ok
ok
Elites are capitulating on the core values of the institutions they steward
This isn’t nibbling at the edges
A whole class of people who attained power and privilege devoid of duty and responsibility
This isn’t nibbling at the edges
A whole class of people who attained power and privilege devoid of duty and responsibility
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Elites are capitulating on the core values of the institutions they steward
This isn’t nibbling at the edges
A whole class of people who attained power and privilege devoid of duty and responsibility
This isn’t nibbling at the edges
A whole class of people who attained power and privilege devoid of duty and responsibility
Murkowski, whatever, but it’s a crack
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Murkowski, whatever, but it’s a crack
I unironically cheered for Cucurella. I don’t know what’s wrong with me
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I unironically cheered for Cucurella. I don’t know what’s wrong with me
Don’t set yourself up for failure aiming for a juicy turkey. It’s not under your control. Concentrate on making a gravy that tastes good on plywood.
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Don’t set yourself up for failure aiming for a juicy turkey. It’s not under your control. Concentrate on making a gravy that tastes good on plywood.
Putting the milk in milquetoast
I’m very pleased that my bipartisan bill with Senator Roger Marshall allowing schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to offer whole milk to students passed the Senate.
We’re going to get a whole lotta milk back in our schools.
We’re going to get a whole lotta milk back in our schools.
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Putting the milk in milquetoast
Every Girl Should Know, by Earthhater
track by Earthhater
earthhater1.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If the image were reversed, wouldn’t the medals appear to be on his right side?
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If the image were reversed, wouldn’t the medals appear to be on his right side?
Elite liberal reaction to Gaza protest gave me the same sickening lurch, like when your eyes and other senses are telling you different things, as the run up to the Iraq war, when basically the same people fell in line to cheer for slaughter
@brendannyhan.bsky.social is right: young people are reluctant to come to the defense of institutions that have excluded them, ignored them, and crushed their movements
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Elite liberal reaction to Gaza protest gave me the same sickening lurch, like when your eyes and other senses are telling you different things, as the run up to the Iraq war, when basically the same people fell in line to cheer for slaughter
Time to go offline
I’ve got clams
I’ve got clams
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Time to go offline
I’ve got clams
I’ve got clams
And yet how many have the guts to cross over and end the nightmare?
Upset?! Oh no! Morale low? O, these poor people!
It’s tough to be a leader these days
Upset?! Oh no! Morale low? O, these poor people!
It’s tough to be a leader these days
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
And yet how many have the guts to cross over and end the nightmare?
Upset?! Oh no! Morale low? O, these poor people!
It’s tough to be a leader these days
Upset?! Oh no! Morale low? O, these poor people!
It’s tough to be a leader these days
I commented on the thing people are talking about, and now I feel dirty
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I commented on the thing people are talking about, and now I feel dirty
Having told young people to stfu about Gaza and BLM, the olds want to know why they didn’t show up for milquetoast protests that only make page 14 of the NYT no matter the numbers
The fix* was in before the election
*not meant conspiratorially
The fix* was in before the election
*not meant conspiratorially
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Having told young people to stfu about Gaza and BLM, the olds want to know why they didn’t show up for milquetoast protests that only make page 14 of the NYT no matter the numbers
The fix* was in before the election
*not meant conspiratorially
The fix* was in before the election
*not meant conspiratorially
Reposted by Charles O’Connor
Azeen has this platform because women in astronomy helped her report major stories about alleged perpetrators of sexual misconduct in our field, like Lawrence Krauss. This is what she has done with the platform. It haunts me. 🔭
It's absolutely disgusting what the New York Times, and particularly Azeen Ghorayshi, is doing with its coverage of autism. It's so deeply irresponsible.
It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.
It's the same playbook they ran on trans kids.
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Azeen has this platform because women in astronomy helped her report major stories about alleged perpetrators of sexual misconduct in our field, like Lawrence Krauss. This is what she has done with the platform. It haunts me. 🔭
Saw Specker at the local place and he rocked
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Saw Specker at the local place and he rocked
Oof. That was a tough beat for UVM. Well fought game
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Oof. That was a tough beat for UVM. Well fought game
Reposted by Charles O’Connor
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
Reposted by Charles O’Connor
In Rhode Island, ICE arrested an intern who worked for a court, and then a judge intervened to say they had the wrong person.
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
In Rhode Island, ICE arrested an intern who worked for a court, and then a judge intervened to say they had the wrong person.
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
TIL that Microsoft EOLs builds of crappy windows 11—no more security updates—and then ups the cpu requirements so you can’t get the updated version
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
TIL that Microsoft EOLs builds of crappy windows 11—no more security updates—and then ups the cpu requirements so you can’t get the updated version
It’s all one fight
Everything that threatens the status quo upsets the top beneficiaries of the status quo, including women's rights, anti-racism, environmental protection, climate action, any mild redistribution of wealth, etc. and that's been true at least since 19th c. opposition to abolition and women's suffrage.
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It’s all one fight
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How does weak, whiny, pudding-brain Trump appeal to young white men who go on about the virtues of masculinity all the time?
Can’t they see he’s a chump?
Of course they can
Having power over people while being a useless dipshit is exactly his appeal
He resonates
Can’t they see he’s a chump?
Of course they can
Having power over people while being a useless dipshit is exactly his appeal
He resonates
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
How does weak, whiny, pudding-brain Trump appeal to young white men who go on about the virtues of masculinity all the time?
Can’t they see he’s a chump?
Of course they can
Having power over people while being a useless dipshit is exactly his appeal
He resonates
Can’t they see he’s a chump?
Of course they can
Having power over people while being a useless dipshit is exactly his appeal
He resonates