Bruce R
@flitbrucer.bsky.social
Personal account of a recovering Afghan vet, gamer and gadabout. Asst. Editor of a peer-reviewed military journal in my spare time, which I may mention here once in a while
Previously on Twitter as Flit_BruceR, and a blogger of little consequence long ago
Previously on Twitter as Flit_BruceR, and a blogger of little consequence long ago
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Bruce R
@flitbrucer.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Bob Roberts: the end
YouTube video by gluckschmerz
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"I have sworn on the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" youtu.be/stIK_uPpVjY via
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Legit saw a comment saying "I wish creators would understand they have to ditch Youtube and Google"
You think we don't KNOW that??
There is literally, and I DO mean LITERALLY, no equivalent platform for this shit.
We can't exactly pack up and leave, especially those of us who rely on the income.
You think we don't KNOW that??
There is literally, and I DO mean LITERALLY, no equivalent platform for this shit.
We can't exactly pack up and leave, especially those of us who rely on the income.
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Legit saw a comment saying "I wish creators would understand they have to ditch Youtube and Google"
You think we don't KNOW that??
There is literally, and I DO mean LITERALLY, no equivalent platform for this shit.
We can't exactly pack up and leave, especially those of us who rely on the income.
You think we don't KNOW that??
There is literally, and I DO mean LITERALLY, no equivalent platform for this shit.
We can't exactly pack up and leave, especially those of us who rely on the income.
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Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using her song ‘Juno’ for a pro-ICE video:
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using her song ‘Juno’ for a pro-ICE video:
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
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North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
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That quite frankly is Nazi talk.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
That quite frankly is Nazi talk.
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Like what the fuck are we doing here
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Like what the fuck are we doing here
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25th Amendment now.
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
25th Amendment now.
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Aren’t writers supposed to avoid passive voice? Seems like they often make an exception for tfg headlines
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Aren’t writers supposed to avoid passive voice? Seems like they often make an exception for tfg headlines
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Ilhan Omar rose from a single parent immigrant family where her dad drove a taxi to her current position. Trump is the kid of a racist wealthy slum landlord who headed multiple failed businesses. One of these people is the example of failed ambition and it's not her.
What a racist piece of shit.
What a racist piece of shit.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ilhan Omar rose from a single parent immigrant family where her dad drove a taxi to her current position. Trump is the kid of a racist wealthy slum landlord who headed multiple failed businesses. One of these people is the example of failed ambition and it's not her.
What a racist piece of shit.
What a racist piece of shit.
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We must keep calling out those that cave to the Trump Admin, and the latest is Northwestern.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
Northwestern Agrees to a Deal With Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We must keep calling out those that cave to the Trump Admin, and the latest is Northwestern.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
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I taught composition and technical writing at OU for three years. This decision is a disgrace. If instructors are expected to treat personal beliefs as formal “evidence,” then why even bother offering courses?
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I taught composition and technical writing at OU for three years. This decision is a disgrace. If instructors are expected to treat personal beliefs as formal “evidence,” then why even bother offering courses?
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Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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NEW: As a congressman, Pete Hoekstra once testified that tariffs were bad for business.
But as Trump's ambassador to Canada, he now champions the trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Michigan district.
But as Trump's ambassador to Canada, he now champions the trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Michigan district.
In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course.
Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.” But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Michigan district.
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: As a congressman, Pete Hoekstra once testified that tariffs were bad for business.
But as Trump's ambassador to Canada, he now champions the trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Michigan district.
But as Trump's ambassador to Canada, he now champions the trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Michigan district.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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The top five trending topics this morning are all sports related. This is not a dour place.
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The top five trending topics this morning are all sports related. This is not a dour place.
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This is not true. Musk is endorsing (again) a version of the white nationalist great replacement theory, as told by Stephen Miller.
It is a conspiracy theory and it was confined to the fringes of the Internet until 10 or so years ago.
If true, Harris would’ve easily won in 2024.
It is a conspiracy theory and it was confined to the fringes of the Internet until 10 or so years ago.
If true, Harris would’ve easily won in 2024.
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is not true. Musk is endorsing (again) a version of the white nationalist great replacement theory, as told by Stephen Miller.
It is a conspiracy theory and it was confined to the fringes of the Internet until 10 or so years ago.
If true, Harris would’ve easily won in 2024.
It is a conspiracy theory and it was confined to the fringes of the Internet until 10 or so years ago.
If true, Harris would’ve easily won in 2024.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."
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So, an OU student a shitty reaction paper in a psych course, got failed by a grad student TA for not following directions and threatened legal action, while also getting her uni TPUSA chapter to post the essay. Her mother is on X saying trans people must not be allowed to be professors.
This is…
This is…
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay
www.oudaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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It's Twitter! Twitter has done this to them. Their entire personalities, their entire psyches have been repurposed towards doing and saying things for retweets. They'd probably shoot their own mothers if it would get 4 million views and enough bluecheck Nazis saying "most based thing ever"
Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
It's Twitter! Twitter has done this to them. Their entire personalities, their entire psyches have been repurposed towards doing and saying things for retweets. They'd probably shoot their own mothers if it would get 4 million views and enough bluecheck Nazis saying "most based thing ever"
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The AP didn’t used to be known for saucy headlines, but that whole Gulf of Mexico thing must have unleashed their AhFuckIt gene.
apnews.com/article/dona...
apnews.com/article/dona...
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The AP didn’t used to be known for saucy headlines, but that whole Gulf of Mexico thing must have unleashed their AhFuckIt gene.
apnews.com/article/dona...
apnews.com/article/dona...
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Elon fanboys need to come to terms with how much the man's malice and incompetence makes normies not trust new tech.
Trying to tell people my tech interests is like:
AI
"you here about the Grok data center poisoning Memphis?"
self-driving cars
"check out this video of a Cybertruck crashing"
Trying to tell people my tech interests is like:
AI
"you here about the Grok data center poisoning Memphis?"
self-driving cars
"check out this video of a Cybertruck crashing"
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Elon fanboys need to come to terms with how much the man's malice and incompetence makes normies not trust new tech.
Trying to tell people my tech interests is like:
AI
"you here about the Grok data center poisoning Memphis?"
self-driving cars
"check out this video of a Cybertruck crashing"
Trying to tell people my tech interests is like:
AI
"you here about the Grok data center poisoning Memphis?"
self-driving cars
"check out this video of a Cybertruck crashing"
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I feel like we need some sort of detente on AI discourse online. The two polarities of AI IS HIM and AI IS THE ANTICHRIST are deeply fucking annoying and both, frankly, are funhouse mirrors driven by grifters.
but man it's really hard to get people to drill into specific problems when they're being given maximalist outrage bait that targets the basic concept of the technology as the root of all evil
November 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I feel like we need some sort of detente on AI discourse online. The two polarities of AI IS HIM and AI IS THE ANTICHRIST are deeply fucking annoying and both, frankly, are funhouse mirrors driven by grifters.