Brian MacMillan
@brianmacmillan.bsky.social
Migration researcher; political satirist; data-scientist and video artist.
Art Videos; brianmacmillan.com/videos
Writing: brianmacmillan.com/fiction
Art Videos; brianmacmillan.com/videos
Writing: brianmacmillan.com/fiction
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Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small ‘Box,’ Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small 'Box,' Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
www.miaminewtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Tortured in Small ‘Box,’ Amnesty International Says
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
Migrants were allegedly sent to what detainees described as a four-by-four-foot "box" as punishment.
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The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
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With regards to the alleged use of the old tear gas agent CA, in Georgia, here's some very old commentary on it from the 1960s
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
With regards to the alleged use of the old tear gas agent CA, in Georgia, here's some very old commentary on it from the 1960s
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Jade Van Kley
@backlinenurse.bsky.social
@backlinenurse.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Jade Van Kley
@backlinenurse.bsky.social
@backlinenurse.bsky.social
A reminder that Putin doesn't just kill civilians in Ukraine, his minions torture POWs (and Russian civilians) to death. This story is about one of the torturers.
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A reminder that Putin doesn't just kill civilians in Ukraine, his minions torture POWs (and Russian civilians) to death. This story is about one of the torturers.
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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When America Has Your Back
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
When America Has Your Back
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
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Cartoon by Kevin KAL Kallaugher
HP commits to using AI to do some thing or another. Without a niche the small players will not survive. This is precisely how the AI bubble bursts.
HP to cut about 6,000 jobs by 2028, ramps up AI efforts reut.rs/4p1bvqa
HP to cut about 6,000 jobs by 2028, ramps up AI efforts
HP Inc said on Tuesday it expects to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs globally by fiscal 2028 as part of a plan to streamline operations and adopt artificial intelligence to speed up product development, improve customer satisfaction and boost productivity.
reut.rs
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
HP commits to using AI to do some thing or another. Without a niche the small players will not survive. This is precisely how the AI bubble bursts.
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I got many requests to post an update of these charts that compare 10-year gov't bond yields (blue) with 10y20y forward yields (red). We're in a slow-moving global debt crisis with lots of idiosyncratic trouble spots: Japan, the UK, France, Italy and Spain.
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/bond-marke...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/bond-marke...
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I got many requests to post an update of these charts that compare 10-year gov't bond yields (blue) with 10y20y forward yields (red). We're in a slow-moving global debt crisis with lots of idiosyncratic trouble spots: Japan, the UK, France, Italy and Spain.
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/bond-marke...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/bond-marke...
8th Circuit rules that voters have no standing in voting rights cases. Will Roberts - the man who ruled in Shelby that racism no longer exists in the USA - concur? I think so.
💼Turtle Mountain Band
The 8th Circuit ruled voters and civil rights orgs in 7 states can’t bring lawsuits under Sec 2 of the VRA to challenge racially discriminatory voting practices. If upheld, voters nationwide would lose the ability to do so as well.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
The 8th Circuit ruled voters and civil rights orgs in 7 states can’t bring lawsuits under Sec 2 of the VRA to challenge racially discriminatory voting practices. If upheld, voters nationwide would lose the ability to do so as well.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
🚨 Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Howe
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
8th Circuit rules that voters have no standing in voting rights cases. Will Roberts - the man who ruled in Shelby that racism no longer exists in the USA - concur? I think so.
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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DOD contractors “mistakenly” landed on a Mexican beach, declared it US property and planted “restricted area” DOD signs, triggering a tense confrontation with armed Mexican forces.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Pentagon Pete’s War Goons Accidentally Invade Mexico
U.S. “contractors” planted signs declaring that a Mexican beach was U.S. territory.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
DOD contractors “mistakenly” landed on a Mexican beach, declared it US property and planted “restricted area” DOD signs, triggering a tense confrontation with armed Mexican forces.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
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'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid
h/t @cocacolakid
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid
h/t @cocacolakid
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A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A Chinese immigrant named
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody.
He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position.
Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years.
Abolish ICE
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"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
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Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
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🇨🇭🇺🇸 Switzerland persuaded Trump to lower harsh tariffs by appealing directly to his tastes, - Axios.
Swiss delegation arrived at the White House with gold bar worth $130,000 and Rolex desk clock—as well as flattery and promises of investment.
The US reduced tariffs on Swiss goods from 39% to 15%.
Swiss delegation arrived at the White House with gold bar worth $130,000 and Rolex desk clock—as well as flattery and promises of investment.
The US reduced tariffs on Swiss goods from 39% to 15%.
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🇨🇭🇺🇸 Switzerland persuaded Trump to lower harsh tariffs by appealing directly to his tastes, - Axios.
Swiss delegation arrived at the White House with gold bar worth $130,000 and Rolex desk clock—as well as flattery and promises of investment.
The US reduced tariffs on Swiss goods from 39% to 15%.
Swiss delegation arrived at the White House with gold bar worth $130,000 and Rolex desk clock—as well as flattery and promises of investment.
The US reduced tariffs on Swiss goods from 39% to 15%.
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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