Brian, the Rude Mechanical
@brian456.bsky.social
Just some guy; over-educated blue collar worker; avid reader; TTRPG gamer; progressive. He/him
Driving a road
In winter
In Ohio
Is like stepping into
A black-and-white
Picture.
In winter
In Ohio
Is like stepping into
A black-and-white
Picture.
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Driving a road
In winter
In Ohio
Is like stepping into
A black-and-white
Picture.
In winter
In Ohio
Is like stepping into
A black-and-white
Picture.
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
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oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago
/me: crumbles to dust
/me: crumbles to dust
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago
/me: crumbles to dust
/me: crumbles to dust
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on the one hand trans people are human beings who deserve the same rights as everyone. on the other transphobia plainly turns a person into a intolerable freak who alienates their friends and family bsky.app/profile/luck...
I keep saying it, and saying it, and saying - cis people, if you are a trans ally we need you to stand up for us, visibly and loudly and constantly. It's no longer enough - for anything, but especially trans rights - to assume that the default position is supportive, because it just isn't.
this is a key point. various elite centrists and liberals have become radically pilled on transphobia (likely on Vichy Twitter) and joined the right-wing exterminationist crusade
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
on the one hand trans people are human beings who deserve the same rights as everyone. on the other transphobia plainly turns a person into a intolerable freak who alienates their friends and family bsky.app/profile/luck...
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Remember when President Donald J. Trump declared that the Epstein Files should be released and every Republican except flipped their votes to agree? You'll never believe what didn't happen next!
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Remember when President Donald J. Trump declared that the Epstein Files should be released and every Republican except flipped their votes to agree? You'll never believe what didn't happen next!
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The true guardrail of the American political system was Congress not being run by a bunch of obedient sycophants, but by people with egos and ambition.
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The true guardrail of the American political system was Congress not being run by a bunch of obedient sycophants, but by people with egos and ambition.
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we need to invent time travel so we can give both John Brown & Nat Turner power armor
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
we need to invent time travel so we can give both John Brown & Nat Turner power armor
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Dear Senator Cassidy,
“We” didn’t. WE didn’t pardon anyone. HE did. The President of the United States pardoned him. Come on Bill, say his name. Who’s our president? Say his name.
Best,
Your Former Congressional Colleague
“We” didn’t. WE didn’t pardon anyone. HE did. The President of the United States pardoned him. Come on Bill, say his name. Who’s our president? Say his name.
Best,
Your Former Congressional Colleague
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dear Senator Cassidy,
“We” didn’t. WE didn’t pardon anyone. HE did. The President of the United States pardoned him. Come on Bill, say his name. Who’s our president? Say his name.
Best,
Your Former Congressional Colleague
“We” didn’t. WE didn’t pardon anyone. HE did. The President of the United States pardoned him. Come on Bill, say his name. Who’s our president? Say his name.
Best,
Your Former Congressional Colleague
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every accusation from the right is a confession
Still funny the trump presidency is exactly what republicans and the press claimed the Biden presidency was
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
every accusation from the right is a confession
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If we make it through December
Everything's going to be all right I know
Everything's going to be all right I know
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If we make it through December
Everything's going to be all right I know
Everything's going to be all right I know
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This year has made it so blindingly obvious that news medias "the presidency is too important to be left in the hands of an elderly elected official" crusade wasnt about any sort of actual merits and was instead entirely about aesthetics and furthering personal vendettas
Still funny the trump presidency is exactly what republicans and the press claimed the Biden presidency was
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This year has made it so blindingly obvious that news medias "the presidency is too important to be left in the hands of an elderly elected official" crusade wasnt about any sort of actual merits and was instead entirely about aesthetics and furthering personal vendettas
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Wait are there actually people that do no nut November
One of my conspiracy theories is that No Nut November was created in a political thinktank & that it's done tangible harm to the electorate
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Wait are there actually people that do no nut November
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HA HA get it It’s funny because the United States now favors war crimes, this will surely never come back to harm us in any way
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
HA HA get it It’s funny because the United States now favors war crimes, this will surely never come back to harm us in any way
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A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A fair question. 😕🇺🇸
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Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
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my mom’s friend:
ur cute ur whole life and then one day you wake up and realize you look like ‘throw momma from the train’
ur cute ur whole life and then one day you wake up and realize you look like ‘throw momma from the train’
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
my mom’s friend:
ur cute ur whole life and then one day you wake up and realize you look like ‘throw momma from the train’
ur cute ur whole life and then one day you wake up and realize you look like ‘throw momma from the train’
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Trump really did try to pull one crypto manipulation too many and maybe broke the whole damn thing, at least short term.
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Trump really did try to pull one crypto manipulation too many and maybe broke the whole damn thing, at least short term.
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“oh don’t worry, we have a secret cabal of car dealers who can pull together $30 million”
then they should pay taxes
then they should pay taxes
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“oh don’t worry, we have a secret cabal of car dealers who can pull together $30 million”
then they should pay taxes
then they should pay taxes
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That guy has had nearly five years, three of which were congressionally supercharged, and a rational person would wonder why he still hasn’t made America great again.
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
That guy has had nearly five years, three of which were congressionally supercharged, and a rational person would wonder why he still hasn’t made America great again.
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I failed the fiction section of my M.A. finals and had to retake it because I’d written a marvelous essay that utterly failed to answer the question. It was fair, I was mortified, and I retook it - then passed, because I learned from the failure. Which is generally how it’s supposed to work, right?
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I failed the fiction section of my M.A. finals and had to retake it because I’d written a marvelous essay that utterly failed to answer the question. It was fair, I was mortified, and I retook it - then passed, because I learned from the failure. Which is generally how it’s supposed to work, right?
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That assignment isn't a religious freedom issue. You have to do the assignment. They didn't do the assignment. The feedback was incredibly generous and thorough, much more thorough than the assignment. This is about bending over backwards to the far right, not about religious freedom or anything.
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
That assignment isn't a religious freedom issue. You have to do the assignment. They didn't do the assignment. The feedback was incredibly generous and thorough, much more thorough than the assignment. This is about bending over backwards to the far right, not about religious freedom or anything.
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One of my conspiracy theories is that No Nut November was created in a political thinktank & that it's done tangible harm to the electorate
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 AM
One of my conspiracy theories is that No Nut November was created in a political thinktank & that it's done tangible harm to the electorate
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the “military police” continue to have their own regular police escort
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
the “military police” continue to have their own regular police escort
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this is part of why I would not tell anyone to go to grad school right now—absolutely no one will have your back
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
this is part of why I would not tell anyone to go to grad school right now—absolutely no one will have your back
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A lot of transphobic whataboutism is just straight up trying to make being a bigot sound like a legit position asked in good faith.
Nope, same old horseshit.
Nope, same old horseshit.
December 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
A lot of transphobic whataboutism is just straight up trying to make being a bigot sound like a legit position asked in good faith.
Nope, same old horseshit.
Nope, same old horseshit.