Brenden
@brenden.bsky.social
Editor, linguist, writer, anti-fascist, shitty gardener. BLM. He/him. ✍️ in the Forge, X-R-A-Y, Lost Balloon, Pithead Chapel, Entropy, other places. @b_layted at that other site.
Stuff I wrote: https://linktr.ee/b_layted
Stuff I wrote: https://linktr.ee/b_layted
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Reagan funded and armed death squads, left Americans to die during the AIDS crisis, destroyed the economic tools that built the 20th century, his allies committed treason in 1980 (at the bare minimum, above that Reagan might have been involved) and pioneered "own the libs" politics.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Reagan funded and armed death squads, left Americans to die during the AIDS crisis, destroyed the economic tools that built the 20th century, his allies committed treason in 1980 (at the bare minimum, above that Reagan might have been involved) and pioneered "own the libs" politics.
A key part of this grift is convincing people that the cultural and social activities that have been integral to being human since we've existed are too hard and instead of working at them, we should throw our hands up and just let his product do them for us
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A key part of this grift is convincing people that the cultural and social activities that have been integral to being human since we've existed are too hard and instead of working at them, we should throw our hands up and just let his product do them for us
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
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interesting to see her leaning on the argument that pro-palestinian voices are unfamiliar with the relevant history, as if any amount of historical context could justify what's happening in palestine
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
interesting to see her leaning on the argument that pro-palestinian voices are unfamiliar with the relevant history, as if any amount of historical context could justify what's happening in palestine
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
RIP to a genuine legend. Jimmy Cliff's music helped get me through some hard times when I was younger and he's been a constant part of my life since I first heard The Harder They Come when I was like 14. www.youtube.com/watch?v=twf7...
Jimmy Cliff- Many Rivers To Cross
YouTube video by rockyfl86
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
RIP to a genuine legend. Jimmy Cliff's music helped get me through some hard times when I was younger and he's been a constant part of my life since I first heard The Harder They Come when I was like 14. www.youtube.com/watch?v=twf7...
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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Getting annoyed listening to charter school activists lie again and again that charter schools are public schools.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Getting annoyed listening to charter school activists lie again and again that charter schools are public schools.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
They are not.
They are publicly funded private schools that siphon money away from public schools and produce no better results.
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The goddamn nerve of Jeff Bezos' newspaper to talk shit about raising the minimum wage at a moment when workers at Jeff Bezos' online superstore -- who are paid so little half of them in one study were on SNAP benefits -- are going hungry.
The fucking arrogance.
The fucking arrogance.
Wow, sounds like Jeff Bezos is mad
(from A Washington Post editorial entitled "Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party")
(from A Washington Post editorial entitled "Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party")
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The goddamn nerve of Jeff Bezos' newspaper to talk shit about raising the minimum wage at a moment when workers at Jeff Bezos' online superstore -- who are paid so little half of them in one study were on SNAP benefits -- are going hungry.
The fucking arrogance.
The fucking arrogance.
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
Just got our first trick or treaters and my girlfriend is ecstatic
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Just got our first trick or treaters and my girlfriend is ecstatic
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Hit me up with your food bank / mutual aid fundraiser links and I’ll try and boost them.
We’re all we’ve got, and everything we need.
We’re all we’ve got, and everything we need.
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Hit me up with your food bank / mutual aid fundraiser links and I’ll try and boost them.
We’re all we’ve got, and everything we need.
We’re all we’ve got, and everything we need.
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Tomorrow, 10/21, 8:30am!
Downtown Boston, JFK Federal Building
Emergency Mobilization! Justice for Rumeysa
Tuesday morning there will be a hearing to determine whether Rumeysa Ozturk will have her right to work in the U.S. restored.
Rumeysa was brutally […]
[Original post on kolektiva.social]
Downtown Boston, JFK Federal Building
Emergency Mobilization! Justice for Rumeysa
Tuesday morning there will be a hearing to determine whether Rumeysa Ozturk will have her right to work in the U.S. restored.
Rumeysa was brutally […]
[Original post on kolektiva.social]
October 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Tomorrow, 10/21, 8:30am!
Downtown Boston, JFK Federal Building
Emergency Mobilization! Justice for Rumeysa
Tuesday morning there will be a hearing to determine whether Rumeysa Ozturk will have her right to work in the U.S. restored.
Rumeysa was brutally […]
[Original post on kolektiva.social]
Downtown Boston, JFK Federal Building
Emergency Mobilization! Justice for Rumeysa
Tuesday morning there will be a hearing to determine whether Rumeysa Ozturk will have her right to work in the U.S. restored.
Rumeysa was brutally […]
[Original post on kolektiva.social]
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only the right is allowed to hate the government and wish for its downfall because when they do it it’s patriotism but when we do it, it’s terrorism. anarcho-capitalists can consult the white house, but libertarian socialists must be indicted for thoughtcrimes. it’s only fair.
October 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
only the right is allowed to hate the government and wish for its downfall because when they do it it’s patriotism but when we do it, it’s terrorism. anarcho-capitalists can consult the white house, but libertarian socialists must be indicted for thoughtcrimes. it’s only fair.
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history
Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history
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I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.