Brainwise
@brainwise.bsky.social
Awesome | Bearded | Coffee Drinker. Joined Bluesky July 2023 | MDiv, Interfaith minister, & former theater techie. Comics, pop-culture, 80s tunes. More at https://linktr.ee/brainwise. (he/him) | See also @yourmythiclife.bsky.social
A felon married to an immigrant is telling us that the problem is immigrants and felons.
(found on Counter Social)
(found on Counter Social)
January 12, 2026 at 2:16 AM
A felon married to an immigrant is telling us that the problem is immigrants and felons.
(found on Counter Social)
(found on Counter Social)
Reposted by Brainwise
I feel this deeply: "There's just a regular Joe with a million flaws and the power to make a difference, trying not to $%&e it up. Pretending to be the best version of himself without knowing what that is."
[From The Flash Vol. 6 #25]
[From The Flash Vol. 6 #25]
January 11, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I feel this deeply: "There's just a regular Joe with a million flaws and the power to make a difference, trying not to $%&e it up. Pretending to be the best version of himself without knowing what that is."
[From The Flash Vol. 6 #25]
[From The Flash Vol. 6 #25]
At this point, considering *gestures not so vaguely at everything* ... yeah ... bring on Godzilla.
January 11, 2026 at 1:29 AM
At this point, considering *gestures not so vaguely at everything* ... yeah ... bring on Godzilla.
404 Media: "Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods"
archive.is/HYbBG#select...
archive.is/HYbBG#select...
January 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
404 Media: "Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods"
archive.is/HYbBG#select...
archive.is/HYbBG#select...
Image: Library borrowing record with red text reading, "If you don’t realize that Frodo & Sam would be against this administration, you're not paying attention."
Image found on Threads.
Image found on Threads.
January 10, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Image: Library borrowing record with red text reading, "If you don’t realize that Frodo & Sam would be against this administration, you're not paying attention."
Image found on Threads.
Image found on Threads.
Reposted by Brainwise
Trump’s lies, both big and small, have been corrosive to the foundations of civil society and democracy, which depend on a shared sense of reality. But the events of the first days of 2026 also show that they are deadly. They are literally killing us.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/trumps-lie...
www.whitetoolong.net/p/trumps-lie...
Trump's Lies Are Killing Us: The Deadly Consequences of Big and Little Lies Everywhere
Trump's deadly lies represent a new stage in the backsliding of America away from democracy.
www.whitetoolong.net
January 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Trump’s lies, both big and small, have been corrosive to the foundations of civil society and democracy, which depend on a shared sense of reality. But the events of the first days of 2026 also show that they are deadly. They are literally killing us.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/trumps-lie...
www.whitetoolong.net/p/trumps-lie...
WRTI presents Let Freedom Ring, which celebrates the 250th anniversary of the U.S.A. by presenting music-related stories grounded in and around Philadelphia.
The first story: "Jazz's wild cats from South Philly: Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang"
www.wrti.org/let-freedom-...
The first story: "Jazz's wild cats from South Philly: Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang"
www.wrti.org/let-freedom-...
January 10, 2026 at 1:27 AM
WRTI presents Let Freedom Ring, which celebrates the 250th anniversary of the U.S.A. by presenting music-related stories grounded in and around Philadelphia.
The first story: "Jazz's wild cats from South Philly: Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang"
www.wrti.org/let-freedom-...
The first story: "Jazz's wild cats from South Philly: Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang"
www.wrti.org/let-freedom-...
Yesterday, Sheriff Rochelle Bilal (Philadelphia) lifted up Renee Good by name, condemned unlawful ICE actions, and told ICE "You don't want this smoke."
youtu.be/SMiRLgU7hmA?...
youtu.be/SMiRLgU7hmA?...
January 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Yesterday, Sheriff Rochelle Bilal (Philadelphia) lifted up Renee Good by name, condemned unlawful ICE actions, and told ICE "You don't want this smoke."
youtu.be/SMiRLgU7hmA?...
youtu.be/SMiRLgU7hmA?...
The Friday #80s Flashback grooves with Ginger Backer's HORSES AND TREES, an instrumental album released 40 years ago this week. bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
January 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The Friday #80s Flashback grooves with Ginger Backer's HORSES AND TREES, an instrumental album released 40 years ago this week. bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
I hate this timeline: France delays G7 to avoid clash with White House cage fighting on Trump’s birthday
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I hate this timeline: France delays G7 to avoid clash with White House cage fighting on Trump’s birthday
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
www.politico.eu/article/fran...
15 years ago, I wrote: "I would tell you that senseless and terrible acts of violence have no place in a free and civil society, but you probably already knew that."
And this week I'm wondering how many people do, in fact, already know that.
And this week I'm wondering how many people do, in fact, already know that.
January 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM
15 years ago, I wrote: "I would tell you that senseless and terrible acts of violence have no place in a free and civil society, but you probably already knew that."
And this week I'm wondering how many people do, in fact, already know that.
And this week I'm wondering how many people do, in fact, already know that.
Pluralistic: A world without people (05 Jan 2026) – Cory Doctorow on billionaires, AI, and bosses with toy steering wheels.
"AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job."
pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/f...
"AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job."
pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/f...
January 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Pluralistic: A world without people (05 Jan 2026) – Cory Doctorow on billionaires, AI, and bosses with toy steering wheels.
"AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job."
pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/f...
"AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job."
pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/f...
Reposted by Brainwise
NEW: The ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, the Venezuela attack, the new White House Jan. 6 website—these each convey a powerful & unsettling message from Trump, Miller, and their crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want. Beware.
Please read and share.
Please read and share.
The Trump doctrine: Violence is us
The message is clear—be afraid.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
NEW: The ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, the Venezuela attack, the new White House Jan. 6 website—these each convey a powerful & unsettling message from Trump, Miller, and their crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want. Beware.
Please read and share.
Please read and share.
As a former technical writer, I love this placement for one line of instruction.
Image: Photo of the bottom of a mug (drinking cup with a handle). Image editing tool was used to outline one line of text which reads, "FOR BEST RESULTS, USE OTHER SIDE." Image found on the interwebz.
Image: Photo of the bottom of a mug (drinking cup with a handle). Image editing tool was used to outline one line of text which reads, "FOR BEST RESULTS, USE OTHER SIDE." Image found on the interwebz.
January 6, 2026 at 5:07 AM
As a former technical writer, I love this placement for one line of instruction.
Image: Photo of the bottom of a mug (drinking cup with a handle). Image editing tool was used to outline one line of text which reads, "FOR BEST RESULTS, USE OTHER SIDE." Image found on the interwebz.
Image: Photo of the bottom of a mug (drinking cup with a handle). Image editing tool was used to outline one line of text which reads, "FOR BEST RESULTS, USE OTHER SIDE." Image found on the interwebz.
I'm re-reading V FOR VENDETTA (Sep 1988 - May 1989) for the first time ... in a while. The first three issues of this series take place in the lead up to Christmas 1997*.
*Aside from a flashback, in which a character reads aloud from journal entries starting in April 1993.
*Aside from a flashback, in which a character reads aloud from journal entries starting in April 1993.
January 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I'm re-reading V FOR VENDETTA (Sep 1988 - May 1989) for the first time ... in a while. The first three issues of this series take place in the lead up to Christmas 1997*.
*Aside from a flashback, in which a character reads aloud from journal entries starting in April 1993.
*Aside from a flashback, in which a character reads aloud from journal entries starting in April 1993.
Reposted by Brainwise
Are you telling me that the recipient of the inaugural (and not totally made up) FIFA Peace Prize used his country's military to invade another nation and kidnap their president?
Yeah, that would track.
Yeah, that would track.
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Are you telling me that the recipient of the inaugural (and not totally made up) FIFA Peace Prize used his country's military to invade another nation and kidnap their president?
Yeah, that would track.
Yeah, that would track.
So I recently finished the audiobook of THE UNIVERSE ABRIDGED, and I'm wondering where do I throw tiny chocolates for @philplait.bsky.social?
January 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
So I recently finished the audiobook of THE UNIVERSE ABRIDGED, and I'm wondering where do I throw tiny chocolates for @philplait.bsky.social?
The Friday #80s Flashback kicks off 2026 with an album released 40 years ago this week: THRILL OF A LIFETIME by King Kobra. It features "Iron Eagle (Never Say Die)", later featured on the soundtrack for the 1986 fighter jet movie, IRON EAGLE. #music
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
January 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The Friday #80s Flashback kicks off 2026 with an album released 40 years ago this week: THRILL OF A LIFETIME by King Kobra. It features "Iron Eagle (Never Say Die)", later featured on the soundtrack for the 1986 fighter jet movie, IRON EAGLE. #music
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
bookendedbycats.blogspot.com/2026/01/frid...
Dear West Coast:
DON'T LEAVE 2025!
2026 IS A TRAP!
SKYNET HAS WON!!
Oh, the (non)humanity!
DON'T LEAVE 2025!
2026 IS A TRAP!
SKYNET HAS WON!!
Oh, the (non)humanity!
January 1, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Dear West Coast:
DON'T LEAVE 2025!
2026 IS A TRAP!
SKYNET HAS WON!!
Oh, the (non)humanity!
DON'T LEAVE 2025!
2026 IS A TRAP!
SKYNET HAS WON!!
Oh, the (non)humanity!
Regarding the end of 2025: "I think it's just 'bout time to get the hell outta here. Whattya think?"
Source: a panel from Green Arrow Vol 8 #30 page 8. It shows a distorted perception of Green Arrow as he is trying to save a person who is overcome by smoke inhalation and toxins.
Source: a panel from Green Arrow Vol 8 #30 page 8. It shows a distorted perception of Green Arrow as he is trying to save a person who is overcome by smoke inhalation and toxins.
January 1, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Regarding the end of 2025: "I think it's just 'bout time to get the hell outta here. Whattya think?"
Source: a panel from Green Arrow Vol 8 #30 page 8. It shows a distorted perception of Green Arrow as he is trying to save a person who is overcome by smoke inhalation and toxins.
Source: a panel from Green Arrow Vol 8 #30 page 8. It shows a distorted perception of Green Arrow as he is trying to save a person who is overcome by smoke inhalation and toxins.
Hey, 2025! On the last day of the year, I just have to ask you: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??
Image: Illustration of a bird with the text, "christ in a f***ing gravy boat, what is wrong with you?" (Art by Effin' Birds)
Image: Illustration of a bird with the text, "christ in a f***ing gravy boat, what is wrong with you?" (Art by Effin' Birds)
December 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Hey, 2025! On the last day of the year, I just have to ask you: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??
Image: Illustration of a bird with the text, "christ in a f***ing gravy boat, what is wrong with you?" (Art by Effin' Birds)
Image: Illustration of a bird with the text, "christ in a f***ing gravy boat, what is wrong with you?" (Art by Effin' Birds)
What it looks like trying to deflect negativity throughout 2025 (comic page from Wonder Woman Vol. 6 #25)
December 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM
What it looks like trying to deflect negativity throughout 2025 (comic page from Wonder Woman Vol. 6 #25)
//Burning the Old Year// by Naomi Shihab Nye
... So much of any year is flammable,
lists of vegetables, partial poems.
Orange swirling flame of days,
so little is a stone...
#poem #poetry #NewYear
poets.org/poem/burning...
... So much of any year is flammable,
lists of vegetables, partial poems.
Orange swirling flame of days,
so little is a stone...
#poem #poetry #NewYear
poets.org/poem/burning...
December 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
//Burning the Old Year// by Naomi Shihab Nye
... So much of any year is flammable,
lists of vegetables, partial poems.
Orange swirling flame of days,
so little is a stone...
#poem #poetry #NewYear
poets.org/poem/burning...
... So much of any year is flammable,
lists of vegetables, partial poems.
Orange swirling flame of days,
so little is a stone...
#poem #poetry #NewYear
poets.org/poem/burning...
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Before this season ends, I want to send you merry wishes from Mímir (and his well) looking all festive on my back porch.
📸 taken by me on December 24, 2025.
📸 taken by me on December 24, 2025.
December 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Before this season ends, I want to send you merry wishes from Mímir (and his well) looking all festive on my back porch.
📸 taken by me on December 24, 2025.
📸 taken by me on December 24, 2025.