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Tara Jean O'Brien

@tarastandup.bsky.social

Standup/Actor/Writer/Producer; Nicholl Q-Finalist; former headline writer for The Onion. Bad knees. Good speller.

273 Followers  |  268 Following  |  83 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024  |  2.8528

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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

23.11.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 39797    πŸ” 11610    πŸ’¬ 979    πŸ“Œ 681

Love this.

23.11.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If joking about Charlie Kirk is considered β€œviolent rhetoric,” how do we describe open calls to hang members of Congress?

20.11.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8525    πŸ” 2043    πŸ’¬ 254    πŸ“Œ 88
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🎯🎯

08.11.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 17604    πŸ” 5436    πŸ’¬ 437    πŸ“Œ 221
Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre

Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast)

Underneath is more German text which translates as "The BΓΆcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast) Underneath is more German text which translates as "The BΓΆcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

10/10 response, no notes

24.10.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 15995    πŸ” 5098    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 179
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Tonight at Messhall Kitchen in Los Feliz!

23.10.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it.

A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE?

A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES

A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it. A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE? A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES

23.10.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 27341    πŸ” 5560    πŸ’¬ 339    πŸ“Œ 272
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Snuggle time.

20.10.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ThisπŸ‘‡πŸ»

18.10.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4265    πŸ” 985    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 56
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Do you know what a group of frogs is called?

AN ARMY

18.10.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 27668    πŸ” 7311    πŸ’¬ 834    πŸ“Œ 482
White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

~130
Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. 

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

18.10.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 17290    πŸ” 8079    πŸ’¬ 303    πŸ“Œ 241
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#NOKINGS

New York City, NY

18.10.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 36230    πŸ” 9153    πŸ’¬ 646    πŸ“Œ 463

Love this explainer.

12.10.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I opened an #Etsy shop for all your subversive, sassy, and funny greeting card needs! Digital cards available now & printed cards coming soon! notsorrystationery.etsy.com

11.10.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

05.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 44302    πŸ” 15737    πŸ’¬ 3451    πŸ“Œ 3017
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

05.10.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 38230    πŸ” 17085    πŸ’¬ 821    πŸ“Œ 2411

In the first quarter of 2025, farm bankruptcies increased by 95%

Remember: the policies leading to bankruptcy are purposeful. Our food supply is in danger…there is no better way to bring a country to its knees than having control of its food supply.

03.10.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7504    πŸ” 3025    πŸ’¬ 369    πŸ“Œ 197

If this country was truly β€œpro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about β€œlife.”

It’s about control.

02.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 26480    πŸ” 7821    πŸ’¬ 752    πŸ“Œ 358
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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. (πŸŽ₯: Elias Eliahu)

25.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 28209    πŸ” 14122    πŸ’¬ 5770    πŸ“Œ 4065
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β€œOur leader celebrates Americans losing their livelihoods because he can’t take a joke.”

24.09.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 12610    πŸ” 2900    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 110
Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

Returning Jesus Christ Downed By U.S. Missile Defense 30,000 Feet Before Making Landfall

23.09.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14645    πŸ” 3491    πŸ’¬ 412    πŸ“Œ 357

Seems like a lot of people are still here today…

23.09.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They are literally canceling culture

18.09.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 22651    πŸ” 4229    πŸ’¬ 417    πŸ“Œ 93

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

18.09.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 67517    πŸ” 16204    πŸ’¬ 1192    πŸ“Œ 538

its kind of insane that we’ve been forced to watch rightwingers openly celebrate and taunt everyone over the death of people like trayvon martin for over a decade now and now they’re trying to grandstand over the one time it’s personally affected them and political project

17.09.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 17082    πŸ” 3397    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 66

It is pretty amazing to see people go from β€œthe left is the enemy of democracy and must be purged” to β€œwho can really know why good kids do bad things?”

12.09.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 12559    πŸ” 2718    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 96
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It's astounding. Time is fleeting. Madness takes its toll.

08.09.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1137    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 32
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Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…

06.09.2025 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 19753    πŸ” 7481    πŸ’¬ 1405    πŸ“Œ 668
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RFK Jr in this hearing:

04.09.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 15863    πŸ” 2188    πŸ’¬ 571    πŸ“Œ 195

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