mkbrooks
@mkbrooks.bsky.social
Product Designer in OffSec by day, cartoonist and writer by night. Humboldt Park, Chicago.
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BRENNAN: You're describing the regime as still in place. I'm confused why the Trump admin only arrested Maduro. The chief thug who controls the police & has $25m price on his head is still in place
RUBIO: You're confused?
B: They are still in power
R: You're gonna go in & suck up 5 more people?
RUBIO: You're confused?
B: They are still in power
R: You're gonna go in & suck up 5 more people?
January 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
BRENNAN: You're describing the regime as still in place. I'm confused why the Trump admin only arrested Maduro. The chief thug who controls the police & has $25m price on his head is still in place
RUBIO: You're confused?
B: They are still in power
R: You're gonna go in & suck up 5 more people?
RUBIO: You're confused?
B: They are still in power
R: You're gonna go in & suck up 5 more people?
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September 1, 1939: Using lies as justification, Hitler broke international law by invading Poland.
February 24, 2022: Using lies as justification, Putin broke international law by invading Ukraine.
January 3, 2026: Using lies as justification, Trump broke international law by invading Venezuela.
February 24, 2022: Using lies as justification, Putin broke international law by invading Ukraine.
January 3, 2026: Using lies as justification, Trump broke international law by invading Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 11:56 PM
September 1, 1939: Using lies as justification, Hitler broke international law by invading Poland.
February 24, 2022: Using lies as justification, Putin broke international law by invading Ukraine.
January 3, 2026: Using lies as justification, Trump broke international law by invading Venezuela.
February 24, 2022: Using lies as justification, Putin broke international law by invading Ukraine.
January 3, 2026: Using lies as justification, Trump broke international law by invading Venezuela.
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov Impeach our law breaking, chaotic, dangerous president.
Go out on an upswing @durbin.senate.gov
Go out on an upswing @durbin.senate.gov
January 4, 2026 at 3:49 AM
@durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov Impeach our law breaking, chaotic, dangerous president.
Go out on an upswing @durbin.senate.gov
Go out on an upswing @durbin.senate.gov
Impeach this dictator @corybooker.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Impeach this dictator @corybooker.com
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absolutely bizarre to see a violent, rogue american regime, which is threatening military attacks on a bunch of major trading partners and close allies, and openly fantasizing about hitler-style wars of territorial conquest, covered in the tone of horse-race political commentary
January 4, 2026 at 3:14 AM
absolutely bizarre to see a violent, rogue american regime, which is threatening military attacks on a bunch of major trading partners and close allies, and openly fantasizing about hitler-style wars of territorial conquest, covered in the tone of horse-race political commentary
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Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."
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who gives a shit about power levers. if you don't even attempt to start the process of impeachment, the fuck is the point of anything. "step on me daddy. please rig the next election, daddy" bsky.app/profile/squo...
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
who gives a shit about power levers. if you don't even attempt to start the process of impeachment, the fuck is the point of anything. "step on me daddy. please rig the next election, daddy" bsky.app/profile/squo...
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Social media is going great, in order to make a living, we’re forced to make our own free commercials for the things we’re making until the most of what we’re making is the commercials.
January 1, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Social media is going great, in order to make a living, we’re forced to make our own free commercials for the things we’re making until the most of what we’re making is the commercials.
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Sacks might be dumber than Elon
January 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Sacks might be dumber than Elon
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Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s resolutions, 82 years ago.
They’re all good, but for this moment, we must all embrace numbers 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 32, & 33.
They’re all good, but for this moment, we must all embrace numbers 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 32, & 33.
January 1, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s resolutions, 82 years ago.
They’re all good, but for this moment, we must all embrace numbers 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 32, & 33.
They’re all good, but for this moment, we must all embrace numbers 17, 18, 19, 20, 27, 32, & 33.
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Fuck Ass Bitch Still Fuck Ass Bitch In New Year
January 1, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Fuck Ass Bitch Still Fuck Ass Bitch In New Year
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New York City has a new mayor
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
New York City has a new mayor
Suze and Cocchi lookin at birds
January 1, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Suze and Cocchi lookin at birds
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Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
December 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
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In the 1920s, the KKK circulated rumors that Catholics had amassed a huge arsenal of weapons and explosives and hidden them in the basements and sewers beneath the University of Notre Dame, in preparation for a Catholic takeover of the US.
Thinking about this today for no particular reason.
Thinking about this today for no particular reason.
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In the 1920s, the KKK circulated rumors that Catholics had amassed a huge arsenal of weapons and explosives and hidden them in the basements and sewers beneath the University of Notre Dame, in preparation for a Catholic takeover of the US.
Thinking about this today for no particular reason.
Thinking about this today for no particular reason.
“But incoherence has become an entirely normal property of politics, and incoherent violence — the ICE raids… drone boat strikes — is central, rather than incidental, to the political system. In this sense, the subliterate zoomer killers are not at the fringe of society, but are the epitome of it.”
all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
www.theverge.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“But incoherence has become an entirely normal property of politics, and incoherent violence — the ICE raids… drone boat strikes — is central, rather than incidental, to the political system. In this sense, the subliterate zoomer killers are not at the fringe of society, but are the epitome of it.”
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I dunno Nick; why don't you ask the FBI, who used to track down and threaten teenagers with federal prison time for torrenting Metallica or copying a VHS tape?
“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
December 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I dunno Nick; why don't you ask the FBI, who used to track down and threaten teenagers with federal prison time for torrenting Metallica or copying a VHS tape?
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December 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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‘That video saved our lives’: how women are defying the Taliban’s brutal crackdown on protest
‘That video saved our lives’: how women are defying the Taliban’s brutal crackdown on protest
The activist Zarmina Paryani speaks from exile in Germany about how Afghanistan has tried to silence the voices of women and girls since the 2021 takeover
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
‘That video saved our lives’: how women are defying the Taliban’s brutal crackdown on protest
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An exceptionally stupid and contingent set of circumstances made Stephen Miller the most influential ideologue in the US. There is no future for the left or liberalism that does not take as a core mission ensuring he is punished for his crimes & no one as hateful as him is ever close to power again.
December 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
An exceptionally stupid and contingent set of circumstances made Stephen Miller the most influential ideologue in the US. There is no future for the left or liberalism that does not take as a core mission ensuring he is punished for his crimes & no one as hateful as him is ever close to power again.
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The Washpost edit board calls Trump’s bombing in Nigeria “a welcome change in a part of the world that has always been little more than an afterthought for the president” — and has zero mention of the thousands in Africa facing starvation because of USAID cuts
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Why West Africa is worth worrying about
Strikes on ISIS targets in Nigeria are welcome but insufficient.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Washpost edit board calls Trump’s bombing in Nigeria “a welcome change in a part of the world that has always been little more than an afterthought for the president” — and has zero mention of the thousands in Africa facing starvation because of USAID cuts
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Well on one hand she was the hottest lady of all time, on the other hand she was a racist, so who can say. 1/2 RIP
December 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Well on one hand she was the hottest lady of all time, on the other hand she was a racist, so who can say. 1/2 RIP
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Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
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This is very bad.
Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
stateline.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is very bad.
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Linguist.
December 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Geologist/Painter