Brian Houser
@behouser12.bsky.social
Retired software engineer.
Political centrist promoting truth & American ideals.
Political centrist promoting truth & American ideals.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
I can only imagine how the news media would have handled anything this incredibly unhinged from any other president. Are we doomed?
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Trump talks China and magnets
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November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I can only imagine how the news media would have handled anything this incredibly unhinged from any other president. Are we doomed?
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I FINALLY scanned all of my Oct Writer Art sketch cards, will be sharing in batches. Most will be listed in my shop--feel free to ping me if there's one you're interested in!
Day 13: TMNT Raphael
Day 14: Peacemaker
Day 15: PPG Buttercup
Day 16: Asajj Ventress
Day 17: Summer Smith
Day 19: AoA Blink
Day 13: TMNT Raphael
Day 14: Peacemaker
Day 15: PPG Buttercup
Day 16: Asajj Ventress
Day 17: Summer Smith
Day 19: AoA Blink
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.
I bought gas & groceries today, but couldn't find the lower prices Trump keeps talking about. Maybe I'm going to the wrong places because I didn't need to show an ID...
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I bought gas & groceries today, but couldn't find the lower prices Trump keeps talking about. Maybe I'm going to the wrong places because I didn't need to show an ID...
Was reminded today of Rocky Bleier, the definition of toughness, wounded in combat, told his football days were over, but came back to help win 4 super bowls.
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Rocky Bleier - Wikipedia
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November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Was reminded today of Rocky Bleier, the definition of toughness, wounded in combat, told his football days were over, but came back to help win 4 super bowls.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_B...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_B...
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How the hell can this happen? A guy rang my doorbell at 9:45 last night, having been given the wrong address for whoever he was looking for. It never occurred to me that I should shoot him before figuring out why he was there.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Indiana woman killed after arriving at wrong address to clean, police say
Maria Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez was shot dead on the front porch of a Whitestown house, police said, adding that the gun was fired from inside the home.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
How the hell can this happen? A guy rang my doorbell at 9:45 last night, having been given the wrong address for whoever he was looking for. It never occurred to me that I should shoot him before figuring out why he was there.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
This is one of the most terrifying torments imaginable.
Hell has added a new level…
Stuck in a room having to listen to John Sauer and RFKjr talk for eternity
Stuck in a room having to listen to John Sauer and RFKjr talk for eternity
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is one of the most terrifying torments imaginable.
It’s driving me crazy how the news media doesn’t challenge Trump when he claims tariffs are bringing in money from other countries. That is an absurd lie. Tariffs are by definition a tax levied on American importers when they buy foreign goods. Americans pay tariffs. ((1/2)
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It’s driving me crazy how the news media doesn’t challenge Trump when he claims tariffs are bringing in money from other countries. That is an absurd lie. Tariffs are by definition a tax levied on American importers when they buy foreign goods. Americans pay tariffs. ((1/2)
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Over half of the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom are facing (or recently faced) federal investigations into wrongdoing — including violating workers’ rights or misleading consumers.
They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts.
Follow the money.
They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts.
Follow the money.
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Over half of the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom are facing (or recently faced) federal investigations into wrongdoing — including violating workers’ rights or misleading consumers.
They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts.
Follow the money.
They also have a combined $279 BILLION in federal contracts.
Follow the money.
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I still have signed copies of the new #CriticalRole comics available in my online shop! A perfect holiday gift for the Critters in your life! ko-fi.com/jodyhouser/s...
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I still have signed copies of the new #CriticalRole comics available in my online shop! A perfect holiday gift for the Critters in your life! ko-fi.com/jodyhouser/s...
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This week's full moon, known as the Beaver Moon, will be a #supermoon. It will reach full phase a few hours before perigee (its closest approach to Earth). As the closest super moon of 2025 it will be the brightest as well. (via @rtphokie.bsky.social)
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This week's full moon, known as the Beaver Moon, will be a #supermoon. It will reach full phase a few hours before perigee (its closest approach to Earth). As the closest super moon of 2025 it will be the brightest as well. (via @rtphokie.bsky.social)
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Nearly 8 in 10 Americans agree that spending by wealthy donors and corporations in our elections gives rise to corruption — including majorities of Republican and independent voters.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nearly 8 in 10 Americans agree that spending by wealthy donors and corporations in our elections gives rise to corruption — including majorities of Republican and independent voters.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
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71.5% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to government data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As Trump's regime terrorizes communities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of his biggest donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As Trump's regime terrorizes communities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of his biggest donors are private prison corporations.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
71.5% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to government data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As Trump's regime terrorizes communities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of his biggest donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As Trump's regime terrorizes communities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of his biggest donors are private prison corporations.
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The first earlier standard time #sunrise over Biscayne Bay was nice. (end of #daylightsavingtime)
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The first earlier standard time #sunrise over Biscayne Bay was nice. (end of #daylightsavingtime)
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@gottalaff.bsky.social
This is how I've felt since the day Trump oozed down the escalator with hired actors cheering him on...
www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur
This is how I've felt since the day Trump oozed down the escalator with hired actors cheering him on...
www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur
Read Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller on GoComics
Follow Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller, the Reuben Award-winning comic taking a wry look at the absurdities of everyday life and current cultural issues.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
@gottalaff.bsky.social
This is how I've felt since the day Trump oozed down the escalator with hired actors cheering him on...
www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur
This is how I've felt since the day Trump oozed down the escalator with hired actors cheering him on...
www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur
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Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.
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Is it Thursday yet? Because I have BRAND NEW signed Critical Role comics in my shop!
I have both the standard trade and deluxe hardcover for Vox Machina Origins IV, newly released!
I also have JUST ONE of the new Mighty Nein Origins boxed set with all 8 graphic novels!
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I have both the standard trade and deluxe hardcover for Vox Machina Origins IV, newly released!
I also have JUST ONE of the new Mighty Nein Origins boxed set with all 8 graphic novels!
ko-fi.com/jodyhouser/s...
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Is it Thursday yet? Because I have BRAND NEW signed Critical Role comics in my shop!
I have both the standard trade and deluxe hardcover for Vox Machina Origins IV, newly released!
I also have JUST ONE of the new Mighty Nein Origins boxed set with all 8 graphic novels!
ko-fi.com/jodyhouser/s...
I have both the standard trade and deluxe hardcover for Vox Machina Origins IV, newly released!
I also have JUST ONE of the new Mighty Nein Origins boxed set with all 8 graphic novels!
ko-fi.com/jodyhouser/s...
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"Bovino wants the community to see him as an occupying military commander. Going out of his way to look like the driver of a military operation is part of the attempted subjugation. This is how fascists behave during the consolidation phase of their drive to power."
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This Man Is the Face of the Future
Greg Bovino is next.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Bovino wants the community to see him as an occupying military commander. Going out of his way to look like the driver of a military operation is part of the attempted subjugation. This is how fascists behave during the consolidation phase of their drive to power."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Your daily reminder that Trump absolutely can fund SNAP through contingency funds.
He absolutely can prevent 42 million Americans — including 20 million children — from going hungry next month.
He is choosing not to. Don’t let him lie his way out of this.
He absolutely can prevent 42 million Americans — including 20 million children — from going hungry next month.
He is choosing not to. Don’t let him lie his way out of this.
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Your daily reminder that Trump absolutely can fund SNAP through contingency funds.
He absolutely can prevent 42 million Americans — including 20 million children — from going hungry next month.
He is choosing not to. Don’t let him lie his way out of this.
He absolutely can prevent 42 million Americans — including 20 million children — from going hungry next month.
He is choosing not to. Don’t let him lie his way out of this.
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Trump’s speech yesterday to American troops — seeking to justify the use of lethal force against anyone suspected of acting illegally, domestic or foreign — is his clearest statement yet about what’s really motivating him. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-just-announced-his-police-state
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Trump’s speech yesterday to American troops — seeking to justify the use of lethal force against anyone suspected of acting illegally, domestic or foreign — is his clearest statement yet about what’s really motivating him. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-just-announced-his-police-state