Brian Wooley
@brianwooley.bsky.social
Irrepressibly drab and awful
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He’s fallen victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is ‘never get involved in a land war in Asia,’ but only slightly less known is ‘Do not go in against Isaac Chotiner and goad him into reporting on you!’
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
He’s fallen victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is ‘never get involved in a land war in Asia,’ but only slightly less known is ‘Do not go in against Isaac Chotiner and goad him into reporting on you!’
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
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The New York Times, where the popular mayor-elect of their city is a fringe figure, but the QAnon podcaster who asked him a racist question comes out as a "winner"
This newspaper hates its readers as much as Republicans hate their voters. And if you're still supporting either, you deserve it.
This newspaper hates its readers as much as Republicans hate their voters. And if you're still supporting either, you deserve it.
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The New York Times, where the popular mayor-elect of their city is a fringe figure, but the QAnon podcaster who asked him a racist question comes out as a "winner"
This newspaper hates its readers as much as Republicans hate their voters. And if you're still supporting either, you deserve it.
This newspaper hates its readers as much as Republicans hate their voters. And if you're still supporting either, you deserve it.
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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?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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?
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bluesky loves to tell you their own spin on your joke, which is fine, but they are also very dedicated to making sure they don’t check the replies to see if 12 other people already made that same joke first
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
bluesky loves to tell you their own spin on your joke, which is fine, but they are also very dedicated to making sure they don’t check the replies to see if 12 other people already made that same joke first
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sometimes I wonder if there is a limit to how many people can become the Joker and how close we are to that limit
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
sometimes I wonder if there is a limit to how many people can become the Joker and how close we are to that limit
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
Holy Moses, I have been removed
I have seen the spectre, he has been here too
Distant cousin from down the line
Brand of people who ain't my kind
Holy Moses, I have been removed
I have seen the spectre, he has been here too
Distant cousin from down the line
Brand of people who ain't my kind
Holy Moses, I have been removed
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Holy Moses, I have been removed
I have seen the spectre, he has been here too
Distant cousin from down the line
Brand of people who ain't my kind
Holy Moses, I have been removed
I have seen the spectre, he has been here too
Distant cousin from down the line
Brand of people who ain't my kind
Holy Moses, I have been removed
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them: woke is immoral and unfair bc it teaches that all white people are racist!
me: the only people I’ve ever seen act like all white people are racist are racist white people who expect me to be on their side because I’m white
them: no not like that
me: the only people I’ve ever seen act like all white people are racist are racist white people who expect me to be on their side because I’m white
them: no not like that
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
them: woke is immoral and unfair bc it teaches that all white people are racist!
me: the only people I’ve ever seen act like all white people are racist are racist white people who expect me to be on their side because I’m white
them: no not like that
me: the only people I’ve ever seen act like all white people are racist are racist white people who expect me to be on their side because I’m white
them: no not like that
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"Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment."
November 23, 2023 at 6:03 AM
"Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment."
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“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end at which it was already but too easy to arrive.”
November 24, 2023 at 7:51 AM
“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end at which it was already but too easy to arrive.”
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
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Barack Obama said he wanted to look forward and not relitigate the crimes of the Bush administration regarding torture and Guantanamo Bay. That allowed for the drone war to proliferate and for even more expansion of executive power under Trump.
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Barack Obama said he wanted to look forward and not relitigate the crimes of the Bush administration regarding torture and Guantanamo Bay. That allowed for the drone war to proliferate and for even more expansion of executive power under Trump.
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So Trump's whole "punishable by death" comment is really just gonna wash away in the span of a 24 hour news cycle, huh?
We really are broken as a society.
We really are broken as a society.
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
So Trump's whole "punishable by death" comment is really just gonna wash away in the span of a 24 hour news cycle, huh?
We really are broken as a society.
We really are broken as a society.
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When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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It’s a common theme for right-wing types:
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It’s a common theme for right-wing types:
In case you were wondering if it’s possible to be too honest
Ppl wanna win the lottery to pay off shit & buy stuff. I wanna win the lottery to clone my pets & try some Jurassic park shit w all my dead ones ashes
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In case you were wondering if it’s possible to be too honest
That this even needs to be said… 🙄
Reminder: MTG does not become our friend because she hates Trump, and Trump does not become our friend because he loves Mamdani.
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
That this even needs to be said… 🙄
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
"Students learn only political economy, while that economy of living that is philosophy is not even sincerely professed in our colleges."
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Students learn only political economy, while that economy of living that is philosophy is not even sincerely professed in our colleges."