Brief Traveler
@brieftraveler.bsky.social
MI-based policy and urban planning nerd. Justice and sustainability advocate
Also Captain America is Antifa
January 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Also Captain America is Antifa
This is what genocide apologia/propaganda looks and sounds like. If they block me for posting this that is further evidence that the purpose of posting isn’t to engage in political discourse or to interrogate current events but to drown out anything but the Israeli state narrative
January 4, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This is what genocide apologia/propaganda looks and sounds like. If they block me for posting this that is further evidence that the purpose of posting isn’t to engage in political discourse or to interrogate current events but to drown out anything but the Israeli state narrative
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The indictment doesn’t mention oil or fentanyl. Just cocaine. (After he just pardoned the president of Honduras)
January 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The indictment doesn’t mention oil or fentanyl. Just cocaine. (After he just pardoned the president of Honduras)
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"Key to all of this is understanding that US companies are explicitly going to be used to enforce US national security interests. And that includes the US technology companies that are at the heart of our national infrastructure and embedded into our everyday lives."
NEW: A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US news cycle and what, if anything, survives it will be a lesson for our times.
But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
January 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"Key to all of this is understanding that US companies are explicitly going to be used to enforce US national security interests. And that includes the US technology companies that are at the heart of our national infrastructure and embedded into our everyday lives."
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Mark Warner with a great statement on Venezuela and Trump's violation of the rule of law.
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Mark Warner with a great statement on Venezuela and Trump's violation of the rule of law.
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
zeteo.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
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Congress could, and should, impeach, remove, and convict by the end of the day.
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Congress could, and should, impeach, remove, and convict by the end of the day.
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For those justifying Starmer’s lack of condemnation as ‘diplomacy’, I give you the Mexican President
January 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
For those justifying Starmer’s lack of condemnation as ‘diplomacy’, I give you the Mexican President
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Genocide continues
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Genocide continues
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
#Trump Is a war criminal who is personally responsible for the preventable deaths off hundreds of thousand in addition to the intentional murder of thousands, the maiming of thousands, and the violation of many domestic and international laws. Impeach, remove, prosecute today 1/3/25
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
#Trump Is a war criminal who is personally responsible for the preventable deaths off hundreds of thousand in addition to the intentional murder of thousands, the maiming of thousands, and the violation of many domestic and international laws. Impeach, remove, prosecute today 1/3/25
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The doctors chosen by a criminal fraud who knowingly surrounded himself with criminals willing to lie, commit crimes, and fall on a grenade for him said he's in good mental health, so that should totally be "okay" for everyone to believe. Right.
January 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The doctors chosen by a criminal fraud who knowingly surrounded himself with criminals willing to lie, commit crimes, and fall on a grenade for him said he's in good mental health, so that should totally be "okay" for everyone to believe. Right.
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grim posthumous scenario i had not previously considered: you post a picture of the missile headed straight for you, and are memorialized by a bunch of random assholes complaining about alt text
![A Bluesky user based in Venezuela posted 'I live near a military air base and five earth-shaking explosions were just heart.'
User @thenordic.bsky.social (a random asshole) replied 'was it too hard for you to to [sic] add a link?' along with a link to an AP piece. Quick, don't look, what do you think the odds are that this user responded gracefully to being told that OP was on the ground and reporting firsthand?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ycbmujtxprrwbkiw3x5qsyz4/bafkreieh2ddespqvcqdhpfy4g2higsw4lfiguzpaxs3rdessztcokmww6i@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
grim posthumous scenario i had not previously considered: you post a picture of the missile headed straight for you, and are memorialized by a bunch of random assholes complaining about alt text
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A late entry for the most deranged post of 2025
January 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
A late entry for the most deranged post of 2025
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Israel’s current leadership has made clear it is “perfectly happy if everybody in Gaza dies,” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa told Drop Site, citing constant genocidal rhetoric from senior officials & policies that treat the destruction of Gaza’s health system as a benefit.
If the killings and the collapse...
If the killings and the collapse...
December 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Israel’s current leadership has made clear it is “perfectly happy if everybody in Gaza dies,” Dr. Feroze Sidhwa told Drop Site, citing constant genocidal rhetoric from senior officials & policies that treat the destruction of Gaza’s health system as a benefit.
If the killings and the collapse...
If the killings and the collapse...
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5/6 The campaign shows how basic coordination, volume, timing, and repetition, remains sufficient to manufacture visibility on X. Indeed, this is one of the largest bot campaigns I've heard of in recent memory.
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
5/6 The campaign shows how basic coordination, volume, timing, and repetition, remains sufficient to manufacture visibility on X. Indeed, this is one of the largest bot campaigns I've heard of in recent memory.
🧵 on UAE influence campaign to distract/misinform regarding the brutal crimes against humanity its proxies (the RSF) committed in El Fasher, Sudan. These forces have been committing mass murder, torture, rape of civilians for years and are doing so still #Sudan #RSF #UAE #Emirates #ICC #UN #USA
🧵1/6 After the El Fasher massacre, I identified a large UAE-aligned influence operation on X promoting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Around 19,000 accounts showed strong indicators of automation - bots marcowenjones.substack.com/p/i-found-19... #Sudan #Dysinfluence
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Really interesting to have 530 “followers” and no one interacts with anything I post #BlueSky. I’m here for myself, not for validation but it’s just demonstrably the case that most of the accounts here are bots
December 31, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Really interesting to have 530 “followers” and no one interacts with anything I post #BlueSky. I’m here for myself, not for validation but it’s just demonstrably the case that most of the accounts here are bots
That’s because Israel is engaged in genocide and ethnic cleansing, and aid orgs are slowing that down while providing expert third-party witnesses to its war crimes committed with the full knowledge, support, funding, and diplomatic shielding of the United States in contravention of intern. law
MOTHER JONES: “The Israeli government announced it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians… The suspensions affect 37 organizations, including Doctors Without Borders…” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
That’s because Israel is engaged in genocide and ethnic cleansing, and aid orgs are slowing that down while providing expert third-party witnesses to its war crimes committed with the full knowledge, support, funding, and diplomatic shielding of the United States in contravention of intern. law
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Israel says it is revoking the licenses of some major international aid organizations operating in Gaza b/c they refuse to provide “complete” personal details on their Gaza staff. American surgeon Dr. Feroze Sidhwa who has volunteered multiple times in Gaza says the reason the groups refuse is...
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Israel says it is revoking the licenses of some major international aid organizations operating in Gaza b/c they refuse to provide “complete” personal details on their Gaza staff. American surgeon Dr. Feroze Sidhwa who has volunteered multiple times in Gaza says the reason the groups refuse is...
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A 2023 analysis of the effects of CIA-sponsored regime change in five Latin American countries found the interventions caused “large declines in democracy scores, rule of law, freedom of speech, and civil liberties.” interc.pt/4sinphB
December 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A 2023 analysis of the effects of CIA-sponsored regime change in five Latin American countries found the interventions caused “large declines in democracy scores, rule of law, freedom of speech, and civil liberties.” interc.pt/4sinphB
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Coming soon: the new series of Cities 1.5 podcast.
From discussing the urban transformations we need, to tackling disinformation - subscribe to the Cities 1.5 podcast today to not miss an episode.
https://lnk.to/CitiesS6Trailer
From discussing the urban transformations we need, to tackling disinformation - subscribe to the Cities 1.5 podcast today to not miss an episode.
https://lnk.to/CitiesS6Trailer
Cities 1.5
Season 6: Trailer
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December 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Coming soon: the new series of Cities 1.5 podcast.
From discussing the urban transformations we need, to tackling disinformation - subscribe to the Cities 1.5 podcast today to not miss an episode.
https://lnk.to/CitiesS6Trailer
From discussing the urban transformations we need, to tackling disinformation - subscribe to the Cities 1.5 podcast today to not miss an episode.
https://lnk.to/CitiesS6Trailer
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If you use Spotify, you're supporting Joe Rogan.
Every other music streamer not only pays musicians more, they don't give this chud a quarter of a billion dollars.
Every other music streamer not only pays musicians more, they don't give this chud a quarter of a billion dollars.
Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
December 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you use Spotify, you're supporting Joe Rogan.
Every other music streamer not only pays musicians more, they don't give this chud a quarter of a billion dollars.
Every other music streamer not only pays musicians more, they don't give this chud a quarter of a billion dollars.