Mick O’Brien
@mickobrien.nyc
fka @theobrien on the bird app. used to do weird nyc theatre, now mainly ornitherapy in the North Woods. keeper of RadioMOB. variously: ex-ev, ex-MN, post-media. ad operator operating correctly. he/him/his. Trans folx are folx.
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Mick O’Brien
@mickobrien.nyc
· Jan 20
god i love music
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It will not be enough to simply reverse Trump’s policies and executive orders when a new Democratic president takes office. The next administration must commit itself in addition to purging the aesthetic rot of Trump’s second term from our national life. trib.al/SgJQZhz
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It will not be enough to simply reverse Trump’s policies and executive orders when a new Democratic president takes office. The next administration must commit itself in addition to purging the aesthetic rot of Trump’s second term from our national life. trib.al/SgJQZhz
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it's odd to see the people who can accurately assess Bari Weiss isn't a good journalist and failed upward into her role as chief brunchlord, but can't take the additional leap to realize this is part of an active plot by extraction class media ownership to actively destroy journalism and consensus
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
it's odd to see the people who can accurately assess Bari Weiss isn't a good journalist and failed upward into her role as chief brunchlord, but can't take the additional leap to realize this is part of an active plot by extraction class media ownership to actively destroy journalism and consensus
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If you are in a D+32 seat you never ever get to complain about how a primary challenger to you is endangering the Dems' chances. There is exactly one way that you can lose your seat and it's not to a Republican!
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If you are in a D+32 seat you never ever get to complain about how a primary challenger to you is endangering the Dems' chances. There is exactly one way that you can lose your seat and it's not to a Republican!
@hellgatenyc.com I’m already a subscriber but I want a damn hat.
December 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
@hellgatenyc.com I’m already a subscriber but I want a damn hat.
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Gordon Ball, photographer
Photograph of cadets reading Howl at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia
February 18, 1991
Photograph of cadets reading Howl at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia
February 18, 1991
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Gordon Ball, photographer
Photograph of cadets reading Howl at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia
February 18, 1991
Photograph of cadets reading Howl at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia
February 18, 1991
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the world is going to end because people are going to have the Black Sox scandal, but with war
December 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
the world is going to end because people are going to have the Black Sox scandal, but with war
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HOLY. SHIT.
I am attacking the beat (of roadside litter).
I am attacking the beat (of roadside litter).
Suicide Commandos Facebook post today regarding their visit to the Minnesota Historical Society yesterday.
December 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
HOLY. SHIT.
I am attacking the beat (of roadside litter).
I am attacking the beat (of roadside litter).
To every UK-based artist I’ve begged to play NYC in the last year, I’m sorry.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
To every UK-based artist I’ve begged to play NYC in the last year, I’m sorry.
Trollhunter (2010) is a Christmas movie in my home.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvwE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvwE...
Troll Hunter - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Madman Films
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trollhunter (2010) is a Christmas movie in my home.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvwE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvwE...
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O mah gawd, that’s David Greenberger’s ‘Duplex Planet’’s music!
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
O mah gawd, that’s David Greenberger’s ‘Duplex Planet’’s music!
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
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Incredible.
Aaand now we’ve moved on the Panic! At The Disco after a wonderful heartwarming two hours and 33 minutes of @maxmcnowm.bsky.social
I hope you all felt the zen and have a peaceful evening.
I hope you all felt the zen and have a peaceful evening.
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Incredible.
Incredible things are happening in my hometown.
Cities97 has been playing the last two bars of the @maxmcnown01.bsky.social song “A Lot More Free” for over 7 minutes. lol methinks this is in error
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Incredible things are happening in my hometown.
i am, in the face of <everything>, participating.
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
i am, in the face of <everything>, participating.
In one of my every-few-years “holy shit I need to get out of NYC” panics, and it is shocking how dirty the AI sloppers have done my beloved Zillow.
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
In one of my every-few-years “holy shit I need to get out of NYC” panics, and it is shocking how dirty the AI sloppers have done my beloved Zillow.
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Not technically allowed to say what I think should happen to everyone involved in the boat strikes but I think we all know what it is and that it should definitely happen
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Not technically allowed to say what I think should happen to everyone involved in the boat strikes but I think we all know what it is and that it should definitely happen
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FINAL REVEAL: A brand new Benin bronze plaque, titled "Looting of the Oba's Palace in 1897".
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
FINAL REVEAL: A brand new Benin bronze plaque, titled "Looting of the Oba's Palace in 1897".
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
2nd Chapter of Acts
Brainiac
Laurie Anderson
Fugazi
Jandek
2nd Chapter of Acts
Brainiac
Laurie Anderson
Fugazi
Jandek
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Robyn Hitchcock
Twin Temple
The Kills
David Bowie
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Robyn Hitchcock
Twin Temple
The Kills
David Bowie
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen-
Beartooth
Slipknot
Avenged Sevenfold
Rob Zombie
Mudvayne
Beartooth
Slipknot
Avenged Sevenfold
Rob Zombie
Mudvayne
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
2nd Chapter of Acts
Brainiac
Laurie Anderson
Fugazi
Jandek
2nd Chapter of Acts
Brainiac
Laurie Anderson
Fugazi
Jandek
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writing CROATOAN everywhere i go just in case i gotta drop off the grid and go on the run real sudden like
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
writing CROATOAN everywhere i go just in case i gotta drop off the grid and go on the run real sudden like
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name a film you’ve seen six times
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
name a film you’ve seen six times
The Chipotle in the Flatiron District is playing Bela Lugosi’s Dead at 1:08 pm on a Monday and I don’t know what that means.
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Chipotle in the Flatiron District is playing Bela Lugosi’s Dead at 1:08 pm on a Monday and I don’t know what that means.