BryanW
@bcw47.bsky.social
An old geezer who lives in the Blue Ridge mountains of central Virginia with momma geezer. Retired ed-tech exec. Humor is my way of protesting the madness of our time. I wonder! 🤔
In the not so distant past whenever people had something important to say, they would just say it. With the explosion of social media narcissism those same people think they should be paid for their blabber. Imagine that! 🤔
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
In the not so distant past whenever people had something important to say, they would just say it. With the explosion of social media narcissism those same people think they should be paid for their blabber. Imagine that! 🤔
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From a Twitter post.
> BREAKING: MAGA in full meltdown mode over this Super Bowl ad 😡
> It would be a shame if you shared it and it went Viral 💙💙💙
> Drop a 💙 for the bravery of Epstein survivors!
> BREAKING: MAGA in full meltdown mode over this Super Bowl ad 😡
> It would be a shame if you shared it and it went Viral 💙💙💙
> Drop a 💙 for the bravery of Epstein survivors!
February 9, 2026 at 2:01 AM
From a Twitter post.
> BREAKING: MAGA in full meltdown mode over this Super Bowl ad 😡
> It would be a shame if you shared it and it went Viral 💙💙💙
> Drop a 💙 for the bravery of Epstein survivors!
> BREAKING: MAGA in full meltdown mode over this Super Bowl ad 😡
> It would be a shame if you shared it and it went Viral 💙💙💙
> Drop a 💙 for the bravery of Epstein survivors!
Final Jeopardy: What looks like a 300 lb. bag of shit, smells like a 300 lb. bag of shit and is as useful as a 300 lb. bag of shit. 🤔
February 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Final Jeopardy: What looks like a 300 lb. bag of shit, smells like a 300 lb. bag of shit and is as useful as a 300 lb. bag of shit. 🤔
Did you know that if you're an advertiser you could have bought a 30-second commercial on the Super Bowl for only $8 million? 🙄
February 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Did you know that if you're an advertiser you could have bought a 30-second commercial on the Super Bowl for only $8 million? 🙄
Indeed, parts of Christianity are broken. This 78 year old man hasn't seen such hypocrisy among its followers since the early 60's. 🤔
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Evangelicals Who See Trump’s Viciousness as a Virtue
At the National Prayer Breakfast, the president tested his audience’s commitment to Christian ethics.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Indeed, parts of Christianity are broken. This 78 year old man hasn't seen such hypocrisy among its followers since the early 60's. 🤔
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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In the Wonder Reader, @isabelfattal.bsky.social rounds up advice for how to turn deep contemplation into a daily habit:
The Payoff of Deep Contemplation
The practice may not be fun at first, but the end result is worth it.
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
In the Wonder Reader, @isabelfattal.bsky.social rounds up advice for how to turn deep contemplation into a daily habit:
Breaking News: Lunatic claims fad diet helps him stay sane. 😯
www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
RFK, Jr. just claimed the keto diet can cure schizophrenia. Here’s what the science says
Preliminary studies suggest that a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet could reduce schizophrenia symptoms in some people, but claiming it’s a cure is misleading, experts say
www.scientificamerican.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Breaking News: Lunatic claims fad diet helps him stay sane. 😯
www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
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"Think carefully before you buy," @petridishes.bsky.social advises Jeff Bezos circa 2013. "Do you really want to own a newspaper? Do you really have what it takes? Or do you just want to own another yacht?"
Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Think carefully before you buy," @petridishes.bsky.social advises Jeff Bezos circa 2013. "Do you really want to own a newspaper? Do you really have what it takes? Or do you just want to own another yacht?"
People are multidimensional! This guy Brady is both an all-time great football player and all-time big chump. 🙄 -a former fan
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Tom Brady to Patriots' Robert Kraft: 'Know I got your back'
Tom Brady, who was widely criticized this week after he said he didn't have a "dog in the fight" in Sunday's Super Bowl between the Patriots and Seahawks, indicated in a social media post Friday night...
www.espn.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:53 AM
People are multidimensional! This guy Brady is both an all-time great football player and all-time big chump. 🙄 -a former fan
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
It was that same staffer who ate Trumps homework all through school and college. 😦
The White House says that an unidentified staffer was responsible for posting a racist video of the Obamas—yet the video remained on President Trump’s Truth Social account for 12 hours, Hana Kiros writes.
The White House Is Brushing Off a Racist Meme
Trump’s team took 12 hours to remove a racist video from the president’s Truth Social account.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
It was that same staffer who ate Trumps homework all through school and college. 😦
A white male who grew up around wealth and privilege (in NYC), never knowing a want around parents and family members who thought and behaved like Donald Trump currenty does, can hardly be expected to behave like a human being. He has to be house trained! 🤔
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
A white male who grew up around wealth and privilege (in NYC), never knowing a want around parents and family members who thought and behaved like Donald Trump currenty does, can hardly be expected to behave like a human being. He has to be house trained! 🤔
Breaking News: President Trump has repealed several laws of physics. Effective March 1st UP will be DOWN, Einstein's theory of relativity will become irrelevant and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Laws of Thermodynamics are cancelled. 🤔😳
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Breaking News: President Trump has repealed several laws of physics. Effective March 1st UP will be DOWN, Einstein's theory of relativity will become irrelevant and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Laws of Thermodynamics are cancelled. 🤔😳
Breaking News: Trump designates 2026 year of "A Clockwork Orange," new holiday for lunatics. 😳
February 5, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Breaking News: Trump designates 2026 year of "A Clockwork Orange," new holiday for lunatics. 😳
Scientists are now saying there really is "something from nothing." That makes Trump a renaissance man. Isn't science today meaningful? 🙄
www.scientificamerican.com/article/phys...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/phys...
Physicists trace particles back to the quantum vacuum
Scientists have found “strange quarks” that originated as virtual particles that sprang from nothing
www.scientificamerican.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Scientists are now saying there really is "something from nothing." That makes Trump a renaissance man. Isn't science today meaningful? 🙄
www.scientificamerican.com/article/phys...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/phys...
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“Donald Trump has clearly lost control of his emotions, his contact with reality, and such fidelity to truth as he ever had.
This is a problem for everyone on Earth: That a furious 79-year-old has asserted one-man authority
This is a problem for everyone on Earth: That a furious 79-year-old has asserted one-man authority
Management Under a Mad King: The Courtiers Who Try to Clean Up.
'Governance' has become a matter of threats and decrees straight from Donald Trump's id. Three examples. And meanwhile, Jeff Bezos destroys a crucial American institution.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
“Donald Trump has clearly lost control of his emotions, his contact with reality, and such fidelity to truth as he ever had.
This is a problem for everyone on Earth: That a furious 79-year-old has asserted one-man authority
This is a problem for everyone on Earth: That a furious 79-year-old has asserted one-man authority
Very timely post. 🧐
Fascinating, fascinating read on the psychology of con artists and why even the most rational among us are vulnerable to them, from those who swindle old ladies out of their fortunes to those who swindle young nations about of their democracy www.themarginalian.org/2016/01/12/t...
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Very timely post. 🧐
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"The logic of dreams is superior to the one we exercise while awake. In dreams the mind at last finds its courage: it dares what we do not dare."
One of the most creative people of the past century on night and the imagination www.themarginalian.org/2019/03/18/e...
One of the most creative people of the past century on night and the imagination www.themarginalian.org/2019/03/18/e...
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
"The logic of dreams is superior to the one we exercise while awake. In dreams the mind at last finds its courage: it dares what we do not dare."
One of the most creative people of the past century on night and the imagination www.themarginalian.org/2019/03/18/e...
One of the most creative people of the past century on night and the imagination www.themarginalian.org/2019/03/18/e...
Breaking News: Trump says he's been experiencing Groundhog Day for years now. 🤔
February 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Breaking News: Trump says he's been experiencing Groundhog Day for years now. 🤔
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For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletter—undistracted notes on the search for meaning, free, ad-free, AI-free, fully human since 2006: themarginalian.org/newsletter
February 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletter—undistracted notes on the search for meaning, free, ad-free, AI-free, fully human since 2006: themarginalian.org/newsletter
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In other words, appeal to hatred.
It's something being tried in Canada, too. But I think our multi-party Westminister parliamentary system is more robust to it. As well, we are not subject to:
(a) years-long election campaigns
(b) unlimited political donations
(c) rampant gerrymandering
It's something being tried in Canada, too. But I think our multi-party Westminister parliamentary system is more robust to it. As well, we are not subject to:
(a) years-long election campaigns
(b) unlimited political donations
(c) rampant gerrymandering
February 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
In other words, appeal to hatred.
It's something being tried in Canada, too. But I think our multi-party Westminister parliamentary system is more robust to it. As well, we are not subject to:
(a) years-long election campaigns
(b) unlimited political donations
(c) rampant gerrymandering
It's something being tried in Canada, too. But I think our multi-party Westminister parliamentary system is more robust to it. As well, we are not subject to:
(a) years-long election campaigns
(b) unlimited political donations
(c) rampant gerrymandering