Brian C.
@roadtohell.bsky.social
TTRPGs, Board Games, TV fanatic, avid reader, movie buff, at home chef, wanna-be writer and quick with a joke. He/Him
I'm not usually a fan of Wolverine's solo books, but catching up on From the Ashes and really enjoying Saladin Ahmed's Adamantine storyline. #Marvel
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I'm not usually a fan of Wolverine's solo books, but catching up on From the Ashes and really enjoying Saladin Ahmed's Adamantine storyline. #Marvel
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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This is why the arts and humanities matter so very, very much.
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This is why the arts and humanities matter so very, very much.
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That tired old lie about immigrants being job-stealers? Pfft. Immigrant-led businesses employed nearly eight million Americans, according to 2019 data from the New American Economy👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/americas...
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That tired old lie about immigrants being job-stealers? Pfft. Immigrant-led businesses employed nearly eight million Americans, according to 2019 data from the New American Economy👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/americas...
The good news is that all my shopping today was local or small business. The bad news is that almost all of it was also for myself. I'll try to do better tomorrow.
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The good news is that all my shopping today was local or small business. The bad news is that almost all of it was also for myself. I'll try to do better tomorrow.
"I'm about to subscribe to a print newspaper" are not words I expected to say in 2025, but tbf I also didn't know The Onion had a print newspaper again.
Here's a note I sent to our members about what we did with their money, and why we expect the Onion to outgrow the Washington Post.
We keep doing weird, hard shit — taunting ICE, yelling at Congress for not taunting ICE, buying bad websites — when nobody else does.
Our members keep getting papers.
We keep doing weird, hard shit — taunting ICE, yelling at Congress for not taunting ICE, buying bad websites — when nobody else does.
Our members keep getting papers.
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"I'm about to subscribe to a print newspaper" are not words I expected to say in 2025, but tbf I also didn't know The Onion had a print newspaper again.
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Someone said don’t call MAGAs “Christian Nationalists,,” but call them Nationalist Christians, or “Nat-Cs” for short.
And now I can’t unsee it.
And now I can’t unsee it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Someone said don’t call MAGAs “Christian Nationalists,,” but call them Nationalist Christians, or “Nat-Cs” for short.
And now I can’t unsee it.
And now I can’t unsee it.
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This is your reminder that in the film Idiocracy, set 500 years in the future where humanity has been getting progressively stupider, the sitting president actively sought out the smartest person he could in order to fix the biggest problem his people faced.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your reminder that in the film Idiocracy, set 500 years in the future where humanity has been getting progressively stupider, the sitting president actively sought out the smartest person he could in order to fix the biggest problem his people faced.
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To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
To recap:
•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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•Universal healthcare would save 68,000 lives & $450B annually
•Every $1 spent on SNAP results in $1.80 boost to local economies & small businesses
•The child tax credit decreased child poverty to a historic low of 5.2%, abolishing it increased it by 45%
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I'm seeing people defend Schumer and all I can think of is that BUFFY quote about "That's the kind of wooly-headed liberal thinking that leads to getting eaten."
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I'm seeing people defend Schumer and all I can think of is that BUFFY quote about "That's the kind of wooly-headed liberal thinking that leads to getting eaten."
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JCO is back on top
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
JCO is back on top
Proud of VA, NJ and NYC today. Hope lives on.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Proud of VA, NJ and NYC today. Hope lives on.
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Virginia Dems will move forward with Constitutional referendums after winning House of Delegates majority
Redistricting made a lot of news
Also in November 2026 there will be 3 additional referendums:
Reproductive rights
Restoring voting rights to ex-felons
Marriage equality
Redistricting made a lot of news
Also in November 2026 there will be 3 additional referendums:
Reproductive rights
Restoring voting rights to ex-felons
Marriage equality
Looks like wipe out for Virginia House of Delegates Republicans
Dems on track to get at least 60 seats, if not more
GOP had 66 seats in 2017 before the elections then
Now will be below 40 in second Trump era
Will have full break down tomorrow
Dems on track to get at least 60 seats, if not more
GOP had 66 seats in 2017 before the elections then
Now will be below 40 in second Trump era
Will have full break down tomorrow
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Virginia Dems will move forward with Constitutional referendums after winning House of Delegates majority
Redistricting made a lot of news
Also in November 2026 there will be 3 additional referendums:
Reproductive rights
Restoring voting rights to ex-felons
Marriage equality
Redistricting made a lot of news
Also in November 2026 there will be 3 additional referendums:
Reproductive rights
Restoring voting rights to ex-felons
Marriage equality
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In other news, the Democratic Party will likely decide to stand for absolutely nothing if it means some extremely old people can cling to their elected offices.
At a certain point, the Democratic Party will have to be very clear about what it stands *for* that isn't GOP-lite
At a certain point, the Democratic Party will have to be very clear about what it stands *for* that isn't GOP-lite
Li'l scoop at Semafor: A new report endorsed by Biden's former campaign manager, former DCCC chair Cheri Bustos, and other centrist Dems blames the party's broken brand on post-2012 left-wing language and ideas - not just "the groups" but adopted by whole party www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Left-wing ideas have wrecked Democrats’ brand, new report warns
The center-left group Welcome relied on polling of hundreds of thousands of voters over six months for its findings, shared first with Semafor.
www.semafor.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In other news, the Democratic Party will likely decide to stand for absolutely nothing if it means some extremely old people can cling to their elected offices.
At a certain point, the Democratic Party will have to be very clear about what it stands *for* that isn't GOP-lite
At a certain point, the Democratic Party will have to be very clear about what it stands *for* that isn't GOP-lite
"Now, what do I want for dinner?"
October 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"Now, what do I want for dinner?"
Catching up on Amazing Spider-man comics during lunch and Rek-Rap has to be my favorite new character of the 2020s. I just love the guy. #marvel #spiderman #rekrap
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Catching up on Amazing Spider-man comics during lunch and Rek-Rap has to be my favorite new character of the 2020s. I just love the guy. #marvel #spiderman #rekrap
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Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means
Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better…
Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better…
Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means
Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better than he does. Trump just stripped SpaceX of a government contract and handed it to Jeff Bezos. Musk’s response? Rage-tweeting at Trump officials, including the immortal question “why are you gay”—the rhetorical sophistication we’ve come to expect from the richest man-child on the planet having a public meltdown because Daddy won’t give him what he wants.
www.techdirt.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means
Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better…
Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better…
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a humbling exchange
October 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
a humbling exchange
Tonight's #scaretober viewing is Ghostbusters (2016). Are you watching anything seasonal tonight?
October 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Tonight's #scaretober viewing is Ghostbusters (2016). Are you watching anything seasonal tonight?
Today's #Scaretober viewing is Halloweentown. Never seen it before. I was a bit old for it when it came out, but I think im the right age now.
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Today's #Scaretober viewing is Halloweentown. Never seen it before. I was a bit old for it when it came out, but I think im the right age now.
I think the #Scream franchise is why every Millennial keeps their phone on silent. Watching Scream (2022,) for #scaretober
October 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I think the #Scream franchise is why every Millennial keeps their phone on silent. Watching Scream (2022,) for #scaretober
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This administration is a collection of trolls that can do nothing more than try to "own the libs".
This is an easy block, and in so doing, we could make them the most blocked account on this site.
That's a fun group activity, right?
Journos join us, you know they ain't taking this seriously.
This is an easy block, and in so doing, we could make them the most blocked account on this site.
That's a fun group activity, right?
Journos join us, you know they ain't taking this seriously.
October 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This administration is a collection of trolls that can do nothing more than try to "own the libs".
This is an easy block, and in so doing, we could make them the most blocked account on this site.
That's a fun group activity, right?
Journos join us, you know they ain't taking this seriously.
This is an easy block, and in so doing, we could make them the most blocked account on this site.
That's a fun group activity, right?
Journos join us, you know they ain't taking this seriously.
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White people have a kind of intra-white respectability politics about the level of racism that's considered permissible in polite company and I think a lot of polite racists are mad the gutter racists are tarnishing their good name.
I don't care for any kinda racist but I love myself, so. 🤷🏽♀️
I don't care for any kinda racist but I love myself, so. 🤷🏽♀️
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
White people have a kind of intra-white respectability politics about the level of racism that's considered permissible in polite company and I think a lot of polite racists are mad the gutter racists are tarnishing their good name.
I don't care for any kinda racist but I love myself, so. 🤷🏽♀️
I don't care for any kinda racist but I love myself, so. 🤷🏽♀️
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you