Brett F. Campbell
@brettfcampbell.bsky.social
Discernment, imagination, creativity and the pursuit of truth. Sinophile. US House Select Committee on the CCP. Oh yeah, and the drumset.
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Them: What is it about the world that annoys you the most?
Me: Nouns.
Them: Nouns?
Me: Yeah. People, places, things…
Me: Nouns.
Them: Nouns?
Me: Yeah. People, places, things…
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Them: What is it about the world that annoys you the most?
Me: Nouns.
Them: Nouns?
Me: Yeah. People, places, things…
Me: Nouns.
Them: Nouns?
Me: Yeah. People, places, things…
"Return to Dust" 隐入尘烟 directed by Li Ruijun premiered at the Berlin IFF 2022. Shortly afterwards was banned from all cinemas and streaming svcs in CN. The film is a beautiful truth of rural China. Moving and real. It hits home for me and my family. ❤️❤️ Please try and find it. youtu.be/2YyeQMBAOIc
Return to Dust (Yin Ru Chen Yan) | Trailer | Berlinale 2022
YouTube video by Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Return to Dust" 隐入尘烟 directed by Li Ruijun premiered at the Berlin IFF 2022. Shortly afterwards was banned from all cinemas and streaming svcs in CN. The film is a beautiful truth of rural China. Moving and real. It hits home for me and my family. ❤️❤️ Please try and find it. youtu.be/2YyeQMBAOIc
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Western media and press should NOT help China distort history and FAKE a victory.
1945 - 🇺🇸 defeated Imperial 🇯🇵 and 🇯🇵 surrendered to Chiang’s ROC (Taiwan) not Mao’s CCP.
1935-47 - Mao hid in the cave, doing little fighting.
1949 - PRC was formed after kicking Chiang out.
1945 - 🇺🇸 defeated Imperial 🇯🇵 and 🇯🇵 surrendered to Chiang’s ROC (Taiwan) not Mao’s CCP.
1935-47 - Mao hid in the cave, doing little fighting.
1949 - PRC was formed after kicking Chiang out.
September 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Western media and press should NOT help China distort history and FAKE a victory.
1945 - 🇺🇸 defeated Imperial 🇯🇵 and 🇯🇵 surrendered to Chiang’s ROC (Taiwan) not Mao’s CCP.
1935-47 - Mao hid in the cave, doing little fighting.
1949 - PRC was formed after kicking Chiang out.
1945 - 🇺🇸 defeated Imperial 🇯🇵 and 🇯🇵 surrendered to Chiang’s ROC (Taiwan) not Mao’s CCP.
1935-47 - Mao hid in the cave, doing little fighting.
1949 - PRC was formed after kicking Chiang out.
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This video shows Ukrainian life during the war.
I am so proud of all #Ukrainians who continue fighting and supporting our country despite all the challenges.
📹: ira_kytsman / Instagram
I am so proud of all #Ukrainians who continue fighting and supporting our country despite all the challenges.
📹: ira_kytsman / Instagram
August 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This video shows Ukrainian life during the war.
I am so proud of all #Ukrainians who continue fighting and supporting our country despite all the challenges.
📹: ira_kytsman / Instagram
I am so proud of all #Ukrainians who continue fighting and supporting our country despite all the challenges.
📹: ira_kytsman / Instagram
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This improvised Miles Davis soundtrack for Louis Malle's 1958 film, L'Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, is a thing of true beauty
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJw...
Jeanne Moreau - Miles Davis - Louis Malle - Paris - 1958
YouTube video by CEBOLAS tumblr
www.youtube.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This improvised Miles Davis soundtrack for Louis Malle's 1958 film, L'Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, is a thing of true beauty
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJw...
The fatal flaw in western liberalism is to be tolerant of intolerance.
July 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The fatal flaw in western liberalism is to be tolerant of intolerance.
So basically what it comes down to is you either care what happens to people you don't know or you don't. Even though what happens to people you don't know may eventually come back to you. Remember when Musk said empathy is the worst? This is where we are. Teach empathy.
July 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So basically what it comes down to is you either care what happens to people you don't know or you don't. Even though what happens to people you don't know may eventually come back to you. Remember when Musk said empathy is the worst? This is where we are. Teach empathy.
Fighter jets flying overhead near me (Hanscom AFB) now. 4th of July or something else?
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fighter jets flying overhead near me (Hanscom AFB) now. 4th of July or something else?
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The ICE detention budget is larger than the total budget for USAID used to be. The ICE detention budget increase is larger than cuts in education or for SNAP in the BBB. It is larger than cuts to NIH, CDC and cancer research combined.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party’s floundering over immigration leaves it without an opposition strategy.
www.thenation.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The ICE detention budget is larger than the total budget for USAID used to be. The ICE detention budget increase is larger than cuts in education or for SNAP in the BBB. It is larger than cuts to NIH, CDC and cancer research combined.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Following this US Supreme Court ruling this week, is it now time for a class action, "The People of the United States vs. Donald J Trump"?
June 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Following this US Supreme Court ruling this week, is it now time for a class action, "The People of the United States vs. Donald J Trump"?
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I recently heard a high-profile pundit argue that the Trump movement cannot be Fascistic as
-its supporters don't wear uniforms;
-Trump dislikes foreign wars;
-he hasn't tried to amend the Constitution.
It's a dangerously complacent view, that misses the sheer gravity of the current situation. 🧵
-its supporters don't wear uniforms;
-Trump dislikes foreign wars;
-he hasn't tried to amend the Constitution.
It's a dangerously complacent view, that misses the sheer gravity of the current situation. 🧵
June 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I recently heard a high-profile pundit argue that the Trump movement cannot be Fascistic as
-its supporters don't wear uniforms;
-Trump dislikes foreign wars;
-he hasn't tried to amend the Constitution.
It's a dangerously complacent view, that misses the sheer gravity of the current situation. 🧵
-its supporters don't wear uniforms;
-Trump dislikes foreign wars;
-he hasn't tried to amend the Constitution.
It's a dangerously complacent view, that misses the sheer gravity of the current situation. 🧵
Retribution and vindictiveness is not an ideology.
June 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Retribution and vindictiveness is not an ideology.
Vindictive. All of it. From the beginning through til now.
June 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Vindictive. All of it. From the beginning through til now.
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Standing on the shifting sands
June 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Standing on the shifting sands
6/4/89 -- the day nothing happened. ❤️
June 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
6/4/89 -- the day nothing happened. ❤️
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On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month— #端午 #Duanwu —we commemorate the death of the poet-minister Qu Yuan
屈原.
Exiled from the kingdom of Chu for his fierce opposition to Qin (which did indeed, as he predicted, demolish all, in its imperial ambition), he drowned himself in the Miluo River. 1/
屈原.
Exiled from the kingdom of Chu for his fierce opposition to Qin (which did indeed, as he predicted, demolish all, in its imperial ambition), he drowned himself in the Miluo River. 1/
May 31, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Racist discrimination against Chinese international students diminishes their respect for democracy and increases predilection for authoritarianism. There has to be a better way to vet the on-average 300,000 students. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...
Denying Visas to Chinese Students Could Backfire on America
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Racist discrimination against Chinese international students diminishes their respect for democracy and increases predilection for authoritarianism. There has to be a better way to vet the on-average 300,000 students. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/b...
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Trump has tiny hands. Can we send him to work in the Apple factory?
May 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Trump has tiny hands. Can we send him to work in the Apple factory?
Don't forget to connect...
May 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Don't forget to connect...
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I have no words.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I have no words.
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OLD: What is a woman?
NEW: What are groceries?
NEW: What are groceries?
May 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
OLD: What is a woman?
NEW: What are groceries?
NEW: What are groceries?
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THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
May 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/