Ellie O'Daire
@ellieodaire.bsky.social
She/her, trans, long haul trucker
Discord: EllieODaire
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My heart is in California, my soul is in Montana, my car is in Virginia.
Discord: EllieODaire
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My heart is in California, my soul is in Montana, my car is in Virginia.
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Ellie O'Daire
@ellieodaire.bsky.social
· Jun 14
Could not have picked a more appropriate name for this truck. He keeps getting into fights with other trucks while I sleep and every time I get the old battle scars repaired he picks up a new one within a few weeks.
@blairbraverman.bsky.social Weird link to Behind the Bastards this week: Niemoller was crew on the sub that sank the Britannic.
October 3, 2026 at 10:17 PM
@blairbraverman.bsky.social Weird link to Behind the Bastards this week: Niemoller was crew on the sub that sank the Britannic.
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New episode of What to Carry, What to Burn is out today! It tells the story of José Salvador Alvarenga, a shark fisherman who drifted across the sea for over a year in a small open boat after his motor broke. This story, and José’s resilience, absolutely blew my mind.
July 21, 2026 at 3:37 PM
New episode of What to Carry, What to Burn is out today! It tells the story of José Salvador Alvarenga, a shark fisherman who drifted across the sea for over a year in a small open boat after his motor broke. This story, and José’s resilience, absolutely blew my mind.
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My theory: survival stories and true crime are actually photo negatives of each other, because in true crime, someone's dead who should be alive, and in survival, someone's alive who should be dead, and in both cases you're trying to figure out why
One more thing on What to Carry, What to Burn: Podcasting's devolution into chat /true crime has depressed me as listener & writer. It's labeled--wrongly--as latter, & at first seems to be @blairbraverman.bsky.social "just" talking. But it's so arfully structured! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
What to Carry, What to Burn
True Crime Podcast · Edge-of-your-seat survival stories, as told by adventurer and dogsledder Blair Braverman.
How did Ada Blackjack endure a brutal Arctic winter alone? Why did one shipwreck crew wor...
podcasts.apple.com
August 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
My theory: survival stories and true crime are actually photo negatives of each other, because in true crime, someone's dead who should be alive, and in survival, someone's alive who should be dead, and in both cases you're trying to figure out why
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I just started listening to this podcast about survival and it’s such beautiful counterprogramming to the pall of AI doomerism. Human resilience and creativity and solidarity and ingenuity and care! Really recommend if you need your cup filled.
What to Carry, What to Burn
True Crime Podcast · Edge-of-your-seat survival stories, as told by adventurer and dogsledder Blair Braverman.
How did Ada Blackjack endure a brutal Arctic winter alone? Why did one shipwreck crew wor...
podcasts.apple.com
September 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I just started listening to this podcast about survival and it’s such beautiful counterprogramming to the pall of AI doomerism. Human resilience and creativity and solidarity and ingenuity and care! Really recommend if you need your cup filled.
@blairbraverman.bsky.social I feel like this moment in today's episode caused many people to make a similar outburst but mine is recorded so please enjoy. Fantastic show, thanks for riding along and making me feel cold even though it's hot as hell out here today.
September 18, 2026 at 12:01 AM
@blairbraverman.bsky.social I feel like this moment in today's episode caused many people to make a similar outburst but mine is recorded so please enjoy. Fantastic show, thanks for riding along and making me feel cold even though it's hot as hell out here today.
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New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the world
@margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
linktr.ee/coolpeoplepod
Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the world
@margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
linktr.ee/coolpeoplepod
September 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the world
@margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
linktr.ee/coolpeoplepod
Margaret reads you an essay about the lying machines that will soon be ruling the world
@margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
linktr.ee/coolpeoplepod
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This fundraiser to help some nice folks from one of my Discord servers relocate could use a little help getting over the finish line: gofund.me/d322005e8
Donate to Skylar's Move to Safety and Stability, organized by Skylar Nightingale
I am raising funds for myself and my partner so we can leave an abusive and u… Skylar Nightingale needs your support for Skylar's Move to Safety and Stability
gofund.me
August 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This fundraiser to help some nice folks from one of my Discord servers relocate could use a little help getting over the finish line: gofund.me/d322005e8
Switch 2 Gamecube controller works with Big Walk with a little remapping. Feels right.
September 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Switch 2 Gamecube controller works with Big Walk with a little remapping. Feels right.
I know I'm in a good Discord server when I can mention the Confederate bicycle submarine from the side of the Uhaul trucks and not only do people know what I'm talking about but they immediately begin joking among themselves about how many times it sank
August 30, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I know I'm in a good Discord server when I can mention the Confederate bicycle submarine from the side of the Uhaul trucks and not only do people know what I'm talking about but they immediately begin joking among themselves about how many times it sank
This fundraiser to help some nice folks from one of my Discord servers relocate could use a little help getting over the finish line: gofund.me/d322005e8
Donate to Skylar's Move to Safety and Stability, organized by Skylar Nightingale
I am raising funds for myself and my partner so we can leave an abusive and u… Skylar Nightingale needs your support for Skylar's Move to Safety and Stability
gofund.me
August 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This fundraiser to help some nice folks from one of my Discord servers relocate could use a little help getting over the finish line: gofund.me/d322005e8
As of yesterday I've driven over 1,000,000 career miles (according to the odometers of all my semis).
August 28, 2026 at 3:24 AM
As of yesterday I've driven over 1,000,000 career miles (according to the odometers of all my semis).
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In all seriousness though it's from Argentina it's obviously Argentina he literally signed an executive order importing more beef from Argentina in February, he's doing this to try to help Javier Milei inject literally anything into his failing economy
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Now, I'm no Benoit Blanc, but there are two dots here itching to be connected.
August 22, 2026 at 4:29 PM
In all seriousness though it's from Argentina it's obviously Argentina he literally signed an executive order importing more beef from Argentina in February, he's doing this to try to help Javier Milei inject literally anything into his failing economy
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
I accidentally a radiator
August 21, 2026 at 7:25 AM
I accidentally a radiator
Close call tonight. Unwarned thunderstorm dropped a microburst right next to the highway in front of me. Oncoming truck rolled, thankfully mine did not. Driver will be okay.
August 14, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Close call tonight. Unwarned thunderstorm dropped a microburst right next to the highway in front of me. Oncoming truck rolled, thankfully mine did not. Driver will be okay.
I think this is the first new game I've bought on launch in so far this year.
🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵
Out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5.
Hooray!
Out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5.
Hooray!
August 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I think this is the first new game I've bought on launch in so far this year.
Big fan of the answer to "how do we end our TV series after the creator is outed as a sex pest" being "take the two wildly talented main actors with incredible chemistry that generated infinite queer love fanfics and give them 90 minutes to reach a gay happily ever after"
July 20, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Big fan of the answer to "how do we end our TV series after the creator is outed as a sex pest" being "take the two wildly talented main actors with incredible chemistry that generated infinite queer love fanfics and give them 90 minutes to reach a gay happily ever after"
@ohhellkell.bsky.social happy late birthday!
July 13, 2026 at 11:20 PM
@ohhellkell.bsky.social happy late birthday!
Switch 2 Rogue Squadron 4
Name your dream videogame announcement.
July 10, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Switch 2 Rogue Squadron 4
Made a little fuckup with a trailer yesterday and after beating myself up about it all day I took today off to get it fixed instead of leaving it for someone else and I'm glad I did because getting it fixed included learning it only broke because someone else broke it first and fixed it badly.
July 1, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Made a little fuckup with a trailer yesterday and after beating myself up about it all day I took today off to get it fixed instead of leaving it for someone else and I'm glad I did because getting it fixed included learning it only broke because someone else broke it first and fixed it badly.
30 tall vehicles hit the Louisville canopener in the first month of the 65 closure. Number 31 hit the bridge 10 mins after midnight.
KYTC told me the canopener keeps eating box trucks so I asked them how many trucks they have and they said they just go to the off-ramp and get a new truck afterwards so I said it sounds like they're just feeding box trucks to the canopener and then the mayor started crying
July 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM
30 tall vehicles hit the Louisville canopener in the first month of the 65 closure. Number 31 hit the bridge 10 mins after midnight.
Is there a word for that feeling when you trip or fall in a dream and you jolt awake feeling like you just landed on your bed?
June 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Is there a word for that feeling when you trip or fall in a dream and you jolt awake feeling like you just landed on your bed?
I have a few hours to kill time to finally watch Project Hail Mary
project hail mary
Alt: Rocky from Project Hail Mary doing jazz hands
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June 29, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I have a few hours to kill time to finally watch Project Hail Mary
The container I keep my cheese in is from the 90's.
I always like thinking about: what is the oldest object you regularly use, the oldest thing you're using in your normal everyday life
June 27, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The container I keep my cheese in is from the 90's.