Jerod Brennen
@jerodb.bsky.social
Husband, father, writer, filmmaker, privacy advocate, and cybersecurity graybeard. Striving to have a positive impact on the folks in my life and to leave the world a little bit better than I found it.
If fElon can spend weeks away from Tesla, X, and SpaceX, do Amy of those companies even need a CEO?
March 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If fElon can spend weeks away from Tesla, X, and SpaceX, do Amy of those companies even need a CEO?
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It bears repeating.
If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.
February 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
It bears repeating.
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
I appreciate that Kendrick Lamar is a huge draw for the halftime show, but I feel like this was a missed opportunity.
FDT
YG, Nipsey Hussle · Still Brazy (Deluxe) · Song · 2016
open.spotify.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I appreciate that Kendrick Lamar is a huge draw for the halftime show, but I feel like this was a missed opportunity.
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Stop Project 2025 Comic
Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.
stopproject2025comic.org
February 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Read it. Share it.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have arrogated congressional power to themselves, Jonathan Chait writes: “The true urgent cause is to return that power to the legislature before the damage becomes irreversible.”
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
If Congress won’t stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk from arrogating its power over federal spending, who will?
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have arrogated congressional power to themselves, Jonathan Chait writes: “The true urgent cause is to return that power to the legislature before the damage becomes irreversible.”
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Something I wrote elsewhere but is relevant here, as we start this first full week of February 2025:
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Something I wrote elsewhere but is relevant here, as we start this first full week of February 2025:
Earlier this week, I posted that @bookshop-org.bsky.social offers eBooks, and that once they offer audiobooks, we can ditch Prime.
Little did I know that they ALREADY OFFER AUDIOBOOKS through @librofm.bsky.social. Win!
Little did I know that they ALREADY OFFER AUDIOBOOKS through @librofm.bsky.social. Win!
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
libro.fm
January 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Earlier this week, I posted that @bookshop-org.bsky.social offers eBooks, and that once they offer audiobooks, we can ditch Prime.
Little did I know that they ALREADY OFFER AUDIOBOOKS through @librofm.bsky.social. Win!
Little did I know that they ALREADY OFFER AUDIOBOOKS through @librofm.bsky.social. Win!
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Trump's baseless claims about the tragic plane collision in Washington, DC are not surprising—they are a pattern.
In the past, he also boosted false and disproven claims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, a national pandemic, police brutality, and natural disasters. Here is the timeline:
In the past, he also boosted false and disproven claims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, a national pandemic, police brutality, and natural disasters. Here is the timeline:
How Trump makes tragedies worse, a history
The president blaming DEI for a deadly plane crash is not the first time he's peddled conspiracy theories as the nation reels from a crisis.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trump's baseless claims about the tragic plane collision in Washington, DC are not surprising—they are a pattern.
In the past, he also boosted false and disproven claims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, a national pandemic, police brutality, and natural disasters. Here is the timeline:
In the past, he also boosted false and disproven claims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks, a national pandemic, police brutality, and natural disasters. Here is the timeline:
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
January 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
@bookshop-org.bsky.social now sells eBooks! Who needs Amazon Prime? (If they add audiobooks, we can drop Audible, too.)
Bookshop.org US
Explore digital books on Bookshop.org
bookshop.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
@bookshop-org.bsky.social now sells eBooks! Who needs Amazon Prime? (If they add audiobooks, we can drop Audible, too.)
Indiana man pardoned by Trump is fatally shot during traffic stop
Indiana man pardoned by Trump is fatally shot during traffic stop
An Indiana man was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop, just days after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump for a misdemeanor related to the 2021 U.S.
apnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Indiana man pardoned by Trump is fatally shot during traffic stop
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
White vehicle, blue stripe. “La migra!”
January 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
White vehicle, blue stripe. “La migra!”
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Want to support local independent bookstores? Stop buying books through Amazon and buy them through @bookshop-org.bsky.social instead.
Placed my first order with them today!
bookshop.org
Placed my first order with them today!
bookshop.org
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Want to support local independent bookstores? Stop buying books through Amazon and buy them through @bookshop-org.bsky.social instead.
Placed my first order with them today!
bookshop.org
Placed my first order with them today!
bookshop.org
Want transparency AND currency? Publish the Epstein files.
'Who shot JFK?' question fits Trump narrative about 'deep state' hiding secrets from the American people
'Who shot JFK?' question fits Trump narrative about 'deep state' hiding secrets from the American people
It has inspired hundreds of books, dozens of documentaries and at least nine movies.
news.sky.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Want transparency AND currency? Publish the Epstein files.
The same groups who endorsed the current POTUS, who were directly responsible for giving him power, are now upset that he’s using that power exactly like he said he would?
Maybe you should have started this letter with, “Look. We screwed up, and we’re sorry.”
Maybe you should have started this letter with, “Look. We screwed up, and we’re sorry.”
January 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The same groups who endorsed the current POTUS, who were directly responsible for giving him power, are now upset that he’s using that power exactly like he said he would?
Maybe you should have started this letter with, “Look. We screwed up, and we’re sorry.”
Maybe you should have started this letter with, “Look. We screwed up, and we’re sorry.”
Tupac would’ve never…
Snoop Dogg faces huge backlash for performing at Trump inauguration party
The rapper has reneged on his Trump-trolling ways.
metro.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Tupac would’ve never…
The prescience of writers like Orwell and Sagan is uncanny.
January 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The prescience of writers like Orwell and Sagan is uncanny.
