Brian
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John Brown did no wrong.
The Boston Tea Party was political violence.
Stonewall was a riot.
The Boston Tea Party was political violence.
Stonewall was a riot.
Pinned
The Troubles were a civil war and exactly what we'd get with a population 220 times larger.
In case I somehow reach anyone with views that a civil war in the US would be acceptable or winnable, it is neither. Even if you think you are on the other side you need to understand this. People are still being murdered from the fallout of The Troubles.
I once went through a list of 7 or 8 languages to try to talk at all to a kid with a Green Beret. None successful
Eating in a hole in the wall in Suwon. One woman working here, we have no language in common.
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I once went through a list of 7 or 8 languages to try to talk at all to a kid with a Green Beret. None successful
What? The organization created as a knee jerk reaction with wildly broad powers and minimal oversight needs some reform?
Anyway the best messaging is probably to gear it at DHS writ large, because the whole department has got to go
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
What? The organization created as a knee jerk reaction with wildly broad powers and minimal oversight needs some reform?
If you are Queer and / or someone who served during DADT or before, you should watch this.
I'm watching the whole thing again.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
If you are Queer and / or someone who served during DADT or before, you should watch this.
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I shortened the rope on the bucket used to collect the village's water. Didn't go down well.
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I shortened the rope on the bucket used to collect the village's water. Didn't go down well.
I need a straight person to watch Boots because I'm curious how quickly they pick up on the plot twist.
November 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I need a straight person to watch Boots because I'm curious how quickly they pick up on the plot twist.
LoL, lmao even
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
LoL, lmao even
I was not very openly bisexual until my current relationship. He can make me melt with words. I struggle to keep from looking at him, I have nearly been hit by cars. Folks, I might actually love this man.
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I was not very openly bisexual until my current relationship. He can make me melt with words. I struggle to keep from looking at him, I have nearly been hit by cars. Folks, I might actually love this man.
Phrenology but with cameras
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Phrenology but with cameras
Jesus. They incapacitated themselves and retreated on foot.
I was in combat on behalf of this country. That is so far outside my experience. I can't even describe how much these people are not and will never be my brothers.
I was in combat on behalf of this country. That is so far outside my experience. I can't even describe how much these people are not and will never be my brothers.
Here's what that looked like. Tactical excellence.
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Jesus. They incapacitated themselves and retreated on foot.
I was in combat on behalf of this country. That is so far outside my experience. I can't even describe how much these people are not and will never be my brothers.
I was in combat on behalf of this country. That is so far outside my experience. I can't even describe how much these people are not and will never be my brothers.
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Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
It’s louder & clearer tonight.
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Oh, Dick Cheney died? Well-- *sees Bluesky mod around corner* What's really important is championing the open protocol.
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Oh, Dick Cheney died? Well-- *sees Bluesky mod around corner* What's really important is championing the open protocol.
The way I keep learning people are dead is second hand through jokes and memes. It's a little weird.
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The way I keep learning people are dead is second hand through jokes and memes. It's a little weird.
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St. Peter at the Pearly Gates: Did you live by the Ten Commandments?
Mike Johnson: I have no idea. I have not seen those
Mike Johnson: I have no idea. I have not seen those
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
St. Peter at the Pearly Gates: Did you live by the Ten Commandments?
Mike Johnson: I have no idea. I have not seen those
Mike Johnson: I have no idea. I have not seen those
Pretty blatant violation of the 4th and maybe the 5th amendment.
According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Pretty blatant violation of the 4th and maybe the 5th amendment.
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
Per Danny Kemp via press pool
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
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Bravo to space.com for this deeply reported, lengthy piece.
Depressing, but a shocking thing is Goddard is using the shutdown to order moves out of lab and engineering spaces on 2-3 days notice, requiring major equipment to just be left behind and demolished
www.space.com/space-explor...
Depressing, but a shocking thing is Goddard is using the shutdown to order moves out of lab and engineering spaces on 2-3 days notice, requiring major equipment to just be left behind and demolished
www.space.com/space-explor...
November 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Bravo to space.com for this deeply reported, lengthy piece.
Depressing, but a shocking thing is Goddard is using the shutdown to order moves out of lab and engineering spaces on 2-3 days notice, requiring major equipment to just be left behind and demolished
www.space.com/space-explor...
Depressing, but a shocking thing is Goddard is using the shutdown to order moves out of lab and engineering spaces on 2-3 days notice, requiring major equipment to just be left behind and demolished
www.space.com/space-explor...
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I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I'm pro-union because I think workers should organize to balance the power that business owners have in various negotiations. It's true that unions have been weakened, but it's not because of multiculturalism. I would argue, it's because people seek to exploit divisions for their material interests.
The worst part of moving back to the US is that I can hear and understand everything you say. I really miss when people around me spoke in a different language when they weren't talking to me.
there are very few things that are genuinely a litmus test for intelligence, but getting mad at hearing other languages is on the very short list
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The worst part of moving back to the US is that I can hear and understand everything you say. I really miss when people around me spoke in a different language when they weren't talking to me.
Every dollar spent on SNAP results in about $1.50 in the economy it is spent in. Stuff is going to get real real really fast.
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Every dollar spent on SNAP results in about $1.50 in the economy it is spent in. Stuff is going to get real real really fast.
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And now, a summary of my experience at #IUS2025, #civmilsky.
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
And now, a summary of my experience at #IUS2025, #civmilsky.
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A nine year old brown boy living in NYC on 9/11 who grew up to love the city knows more about New York culture and New York values than this bitter, bilious husk of man riding his father’s coattails into his seventh decade could ever know
What an odious thing to say. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A nine year old brown boy living in NYC on 9/11 who grew up to love the city knows more about New York culture and New York values than this bitter, bilious husk of man riding his father’s coattails into his seventh decade could ever know
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NYC mayor's race is now literally a scientific experiment to see if "provide a compelling, inclusive vision for your constituents" has a chance in politics against "just straight racism"
One remains hopeful, but preliminary results elsewhere have been mixed
One remains hopeful, but preliminary results elsewhere have been mixed
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
NYC mayor's race is now literally a scientific experiment to see if "provide a compelling, inclusive vision for your constituents" has a chance in politics against "just straight racism"
One remains hopeful, but preliminary results elsewhere have been mixed
One remains hopeful, but preliminary results elsewhere have been mixed
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I like how Zohran Mamdani scandals are like "He called his old cousin his aunt one time" and Andrew Cuomo scandals are like "He sexually assaulted 13 women."
October 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I like how Zohran Mamdani scandals are like "He called his old cousin his aunt one time" and Andrew Cuomo scandals are like "He sexually assaulted 13 women."