Joseph Browning
@jgbrowning.bsky.social
Author and Owner of Expeditious Retreat Press
I lost my respect towards NPR during the 2000-2005 years.
I watched them transition from fact-based, reality-based, to "This is what X said, yet Y said this."
Since then they've only gotten worse.
I watched them transition from fact-based, reality-based, to "This is what X said, yet Y said this."
Since then they've only gotten worse.
December 6, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I lost my respect towards NPR during the 2000-2005 years.
I watched them transition from fact-based, reality-based, to "This is what X said, yet Y said this."
Since then they've only gotten worse.
I watched them transition from fact-based, reality-based, to "This is what X said, yet Y said this."
Since then they've only gotten worse.
...and if we were a news agency we would find out if it was needed or not and report on the reality of the situation instead of both-siding.
Next up, "Is it raining? We ask various people what they think, but don't send a reporter outside to find out."
Next up, "Is it raining? We ask various people what they think, but don't send a reporter outside to find out."
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
...and if we were a news agency we would find out if it was needed or not and report on the reality of the situation instead of both-siding.
Next up, "Is it raining? We ask various people what they think, but don't send a reporter outside to find out."
Next up, "Is it raining? We ask various people what they think, but don't send a reporter outside to find out."
Nothing is more important than preventing the left from having power.
After all, the Left is responsible for the worst things that ail the Netherlands: all the non-Dutch people having places to live, non-Dutch people taking jobs, non-Dutch people not acting Dutch, and non-Dutch people existing...
After all, the Left is responsible for the worst things that ail the Netherlands: all the non-Dutch people having places to live, non-Dutch people taking jobs, non-Dutch people not acting Dutch, and non-Dutch people existing...
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Nothing is more important than preventing the left from having power.
After all, the Left is responsible for the worst things that ail the Netherlands: all the non-Dutch people having places to live, non-Dutch people taking jobs, non-Dutch people not acting Dutch, and non-Dutch people existing...
After all, the Left is responsible for the worst things that ail the Netherlands: all the non-Dutch people having places to live, non-Dutch people taking jobs, non-Dutch people not acting Dutch, and non-Dutch people existing...
The point is to ensure the nation will be run by the right-wing.
Anything else is not acceptable.
Anything else is not acceptable.
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The point is to ensure the nation will be run by the right-wing.
Anything else is not acceptable.
Anything else is not acceptable.
Yep. They believe they're superior so if they don't come first the playing field was obviously not level.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Yep. They believe they're superior so if they don't come first the playing field was obviously not level.
Never underestimate American cruelty to non-whites. It really is a "Think of the worst thing you can. No, it's worse than that," scenario.
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Never underestimate American cruelty to non-whites. It really is a "Think of the worst thing you can. No, it's worse than that," scenario.
You're missing the bigger picture.
They're willing to sacrifice the whole of the EU
*to support authoritarianism and oppose democracy*.
It's not just to make money, it's to *actively support thuggery*.
They're willing to sacrifice the whole of the EU
*to support authoritarianism and oppose democracy*.
It's not just to make money, it's to *actively support thuggery*.
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
You're missing the bigger picture.
They're willing to sacrifice the whole of the EU
*to support authoritarianism and oppose democracy*.
It's not just to make money, it's to *actively support thuggery*.
They're willing to sacrifice the whole of the EU
*to support authoritarianism and oppose democracy*.
It's not just to make money, it's to *actively support thuggery*.
A person who choose sexist language is like a soldier who chooses a weapon that does "collateral damage" when another weapon was available.
If you want to insult a person to cause them emotional harm, insult them in ways that *don't harm the emotions of other people you don't want to harm*.
If you want to insult a person to cause them emotional harm, insult them in ways that *don't harm the emotions of other people you don't want to harm*.
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A person who choose sexist language is like a soldier who chooses a weapon that does "collateral damage" when another weapon was available.
If you want to insult a person to cause them emotional harm, insult them in ways that *don't harm the emotions of other people you don't want to harm*.
If you want to insult a person to cause them emotional harm, insult them in ways that *don't harm the emotions of other people you don't want to harm*.
Why are you pretending to be ignorant?
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Why are you pretending to be ignorant?
This is a great example of the "I don't understand" defense of sexism.
"It's all so complicated!" they cry to the sky in confusion.
Adult men *choose* to not educate themselves because they don't want to change their behavior.
Change your behavior: start by not replying to me.
"It's all so complicated!" they cry to the sky in confusion.
Adult men *choose* to not educate themselves because they don't want to change their behavior.
Change your behavior: start by not replying to me.
a man standing in front of a white board with the words it 's really hard on it
ALT: a man standing in front of a white board with the words it 's really hard on it
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December 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This is a great example of the "I don't understand" defense of sexism.
"It's all so complicated!" they cry to the sky in confusion.
Adult men *choose* to not educate themselves because they don't want to change their behavior.
Change your behavior: start by not replying to me.
"It's all so complicated!" they cry to the sky in confusion.
Adult men *choose* to not educate themselves because they don't want to change their behavior.
Change your behavior: start by not replying to me.
Because Capitalism isn't the tool used to produce goods or services or trust, it's the tool used to produce more Capital.
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Because Capitalism isn't the tool used to produce goods or services or trust, it's the tool used to produce more Capital.
Which has been known for years.
Fuck it, decades even.
Fuck it, decades even.
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Which has been known for years.
Fuck it, decades even.
Fuck it, decades even.
Airborne disease is airborne?
Buncha Chucklefuck these folks.
Buncha Chucklefuck these folks.
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Airborne disease is airborne?
Buncha Chucklefuck these folks.
Buncha Chucklefuck these folks.
Yep. They were white supremacists before MAGA.
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Yep. They were white supremacists before MAGA.
You can choose to remember cowardice.
I chose to remember *complicity*.
I chose to remember *complicity*.
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
You can choose to remember cowardice.
I chose to remember *complicity*.
I chose to remember *complicity*.
Imagine if one of them wasn't racist.
No, really, we have to imagine that.
No, really, we have to imagine that.
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Imagine if one of them wasn't racist.
No, really, we have to imagine that.
No, really, we have to imagine that.
They all knew what they were doing: it was the way for them to be racist without having to say they were racist.
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
They all knew what they were doing: it was the way for them to be racist without having to say they were racist.
The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.
AI exists to make the wealthy wealthier.
When that's understood, it's clear why it's being pushed *everywhere*.
AI exists to make the wealthy wealthier.
When that's understood, it's clear why it's being pushed *everywhere*.
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.
AI exists to make the wealthy wealthier.
When that's understood, it's clear why it's being pushed *everywhere*.
AI exists to make the wealthy wealthier.
When that's understood, it's clear why it's being pushed *everywhere*.
I mean, it's obvious.
When citizens are ethnically classed ins to "acceptable" and "non-acceptable" groups, the the non-"proper ethnic" citizens are turned into immigrants.
Here, by saying they can't be MPs, which is a status held by immigrants.
When citizens are ethnically classed ins to "acceptable" and "non-acceptable" groups, the the non-"proper ethnic" citizens are turned into immigrants.
Here, by saying they can't be MPs, which is a status held by immigrants.
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I mean, it's obvious.
When citizens are ethnically classed ins to "acceptable" and "non-acceptable" groups, the the non-"proper ethnic" citizens are turned into immigrants.
Here, by saying they can't be MPs, which is a status held by immigrants.
When citizens are ethnically classed ins to "acceptable" and "non-acceptable" groups, the the non-"proper ethnic" citizens are turned into immigrants.
Here, by saying they can't be MPs, which is a status held by immigrants.
I think it's inter-library loan, but not a librarian so not sure.
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I think it's inter-library loan, but not a librarian so not sure.
Naw, I wouldn't recoil from the person sitting next to me said, "Trump is garbage" or "The Republican party stinks."
It's not the idea or the words or the tone that are a problem: it's the accuracy of the statement that's the problem.
It's not the idea or the words or the tone that are a problem: it's the accuracy of the statement that's the problem.
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Naw, I wouldn't recoil from the person sitting next to me said, "Trump is garbage" or "The Republican party stinks."
It's not the idea or the words or the tone that are a problem: it's the accuracy of the statement that's the problem.
It's not the idea or the words or the tone that are a problem: it's the accuracy of the statement that's the problem.
Never a reason to be fair with her.
Ever.
She's tied herself to the anchor of hate and white supremacy.
Ever.
She's tied herself to the anchor of hate and white supremacy.
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Never a reason to be fair with her.
Ever.
She's tied herself to the anchor of hate and white supremacy.
Ever.
She's tied herself to the anchor of hate and white supremacy.