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Bruce Wilson

@brucewilson.bsky.social

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Studying, writing on, & warning about the Christian Supremacist right since 2004. Before that, in late 90s I warned of global warming. Now, I'm hunkering down to weather the storm, & raising giant isopods in my basement, for fun and profit.

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · Dec 9

Bitcoin are somewhat analogous to tulips at the height of the Dutch Tulip Mania - they're speculative assets given value by the madness of crowds. S.4912 would require the USG to trade dollars for bitcoin that billionaire techbros own (b/c they, or their pals, created bitcoin, out of thin air)...

Oddie @oddie-lee.bsky.social · Dec 8

GQP has introduced S.4912 that will allow billionaires to fleece the US. Please call your senators and congress-people and tell them to oppose the BITCOIN Act!!! They want to create a repository that WE will *buy* Crypto Bitcoins that these billionaires and cartels can't sell!

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 10h

"Give me canceling Habeus Corpus today and I'll gladly give you lower gas prices in 2 weeks."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I think gasoline is gonna be below $2 at some point in the pretty near future."

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 10h

I said "alive", not "functioning"

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 11h

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile debuts tonight on The Onion's YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET.

Finally somebody will release some dang Epstein Files if you know what I'm sayin'!!!

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 14h

I am a *strong* supporter of Radley Balko's work. BUT here's a much clearer indication of GOP moral rot -> 47% of Republicans say they would still support Trump if he were officially tied to a notorious pedophile sex trafficking ring.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16h

No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16h

Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 14h

Modern medical science can keep senile, doddering autocrats alive for surprising lengths of time

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 14h

Trump: anybody who opposes me is a terrorist who should be executed.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14h

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 14h

Mueller will save us!

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 14h

Mueller will save us?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23h

🤞 @ericswalwell.bsky.social

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 1d

A capitalist dystopia.

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 1d

Welcome to the capitalist innovation museum we got

- scam machine
- psychosis inducing machine
- weapons of mass destruction
- button you push that makes the planet hotter
- markets that intentionally starve people
- clothes that fall apart after washing them 1 time
- medicine you can’t afford

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 1d

Dunno... summary executions & death camps, I suppose.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 1d

Fascism.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 1d

I disagree. I think this reflects a cancerous culture of elite impunity that over the last half century has become dominant in the GOP, and is deeply influential among Democrats.

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 1d

I don't understand why I see things so differently. I see a health insurance industry that thinks it's entitled to charge people 1/3rd of their income for healthcare. That industry shouldn't be "fixed." It should be burned to the ground and its ashes pissed on.

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 1d

Nazis -> A ban on genocide would kill the lampshade industry.

Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 1d

"Yes, my grandmother lost a 10-month-old brother because, well... that's what they say here.

In the countryside at that time, it was known that babies weren't allowed near pigs."

Ævelina @evecleta.bsky.social · 2d

Sí, mi abuela perdió un hermanito de 10 meses porque bueno... eso que dicen acá.

En el campo en esa época se sabía que nada de bebés cerca de los chanchos.

Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes.

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 1d

This is remarkable. The world added more solar and wind capacity in 2024 than we added demand. 100% of demand growth PLUS 9% to retire dirtier sources. Cheap energy keeps winning. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 1d

It seems to me that this story has immense political significance, but it never seems to get any social media traction. Strange.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 1d

In case you, like me, saw your electric bill more than double.

Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 2d

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 1d

Capitalism w/out regulation & guardrails = predatory corporate mafia anarchy.

stevewarren209.bsky.social @stevewarren209.bsky.social · 1d

1/ Markets w/ no 3rd-party regulations or referees between workers/consumers <> corporations/financiers quickly coagulate into casino games & corrupt oligopolies seeking to corner the market on goods & services with inelastic demand (food, healthcare), becoming an obstacle to dynamism & prosperity.

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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 1d

Your "Free market" Libertarianism is idiotic.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 1d

let gaza live

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aliciablackgirl.bsky.social @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like the rich take away from taxpayers and then blame immigrants.

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