Brandon Ly
@branddev.bsky.social
Software Engineer at MongoDB, Occasional reader, and whatever else I feel like defining myself today.
Organizer at @takedemocracyback.org
Organizer at @takedemocracyback.org
People like Trump and Musk are deeply miserable people. Nothing in the world can give them what any human truly needs: meaningful, loving connections with others. Keep that in mind. These people are constructs of deep pathology that makes them weak. We can, and will, overcome these obstacles.
April 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
People like Trump and Musk are deeply miserable people. Nothing in the world can give them what any human truly needs: meaningful, loving connections with others. Keep that in mind. These people are constructs of deep pathology that makes them weak. We can, and will, overcome these obstacles.
Something I've been doing is focusing on self care. I've been in a dark place these last few weeks, and I've recognized the need to get my mind in the right place. Self care is incredibly important. We can't resist and stand up to autocracy if our mind and body is in shambles.
April 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Something I've been doing is focusing on self care. I've been in a dark place these last few weeks, and I've recognized the need to get my mind in the right place. Self care is incredibly important. We can't resist and stand up to autocracy if our mind and body is in shambles.
With all of the horrible news swirling around us constantly, we must remember that this crisis presents an opportunity. This presents an opportunity to come together as individuals, and recognize what matters to us as a society. I believe we can and will overcome this great challenge...
April 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
With all of the horrible news swirling around us constantly, we must remember that this crisis presents an opportunity. This presents an opportunity to come together as individuals, and recognize what matters to us as a society. I believe we can and will overcome this great challenge...
Quite possibly the funniest skit ever conceived
“ELON vs. RFK Jr.” (James Adomian and Anthony Atamanuik at SXSW 2025)
YouTube video by James Adomian
youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Quite possibly the funniest skit ever conceived
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Elon Musk Rage Quits Gaming Livestream After Repeatedly Dying, Gets Mercilessly Mocked by Viewers
futurism.com/elon-musk-ra...
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Elon Musk Rage Quits Gaming Livestream After Repeatedly Dying, Gets Mercilessly Mocked by Viewers
During a livestream of himself playing the free-to-play action RPG Path of Exile 2, Elon Musk was ruthlessly bullied by other players.
futurism.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Elon Musk Rage Quits Gaming Livestream After Repeatedly Dying, Gets Mercilessly Mocked by Viewers
futurism.com/elon-musk-ra...
futurism.com/elon-musk-ra...
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18F was a US government group helping government departments improve their use of technology which got recently wood-chipped. Here's a good overview of their work plus lessons learned: which apply to any large organization.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lear...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lear...
Learning From the Legacy of 18F
Although the government has terminated 18F—the team that modernized government tech—its legacy offers lessons for future digital services.
www.lawfaremedia.org
April 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
18F was a US government group helping government departments improve their use of technology which got recently wood-chipped. Here's a good overview of their work plus lessons learned: which apply to any large organization.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lear...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lear...
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Attorney General Pam Bondi says Justice Department is seeking a *20 year* prison sentence for 24 year old Colorado man accused of vandalizing a Tesla dealership
March 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi says Justice Department is seeking a *20 year* prison sentence for 24 year old Colorado man accused of vandalizing a Tesla dealership
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Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
Every workout of stretch at home turns into a petting session
March 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Every workout of stretch at home turns into a petting session
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March 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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WOW. Watch a constitutional law expert completely DEBUNK Republicans’ censorship crusade, while articulating exactly how Donald Trump is threatening freedom of speech. 🔥
March 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
WOW. Watch a constitutional law expert completely DEBUNK Republicans’ censorship crusade, while articulating exactly how Donald Trump is threatening freedom of speech. 🔥
It's always a great feeling knowing that the co-president of the US is constantly high as fuck off of ketamine. I feel incredibly comfortable knowing that him and his interns have access to all of our most sensitive information, and are just hacking away at our government with a chainsaw.
Business Being Business on Instagram: "Elon Musk’s Latest Innovation: The Fork-Spoon Olympics! 😂
“While Trump debates eating the whole plate, Elon is out here redefining physics—one utensil at a time...
604 likes, 4 comments - businessbeingbusiness on March 23, 2025: "Elon Musk’s Latest Innovation: The Fork-Spoon Olympics! 😂
“While Trump debates eating the whole plate, Elon is out here redefining ph...
www.instagram.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It's always a great feeling knowing that the co-president of the US is constantly high as fuck off of ketamine. I feel incredibly comfortable knowing that him and his interns have access to all of our most sensitive information, and are just hacking away at our government with a chainsaw.
Severance is a masterpiece.
March 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Severance is a masterpiece.
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Folks need to stop calling Trump’s looming refusal to follow the judicial system’s rulings a “constitutional crisis.” That is much too benign. Call it what it is- a dictatorship.
March 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Folks need to stop calling Trump’s looming refusal to follow the judicial system’s rulings a “constitutional crisis.” That is much too benign. Call it what it is- a dictatorship.
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Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
March 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Meanwhile over on the other place, rightwing free speech warriors (this guy is a former DeSantis campaign staffer) are calling for me to be denaturalized and deported because they don’t like my political speech. This is what fascism and racism looks like, folks.
Feeling quite productive today.
March 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Feeling quite productive today.
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BREAKING: @indivisible.org calls on Senator Schumer to step down as minority leader after voting in favor of GOP funding bill.
“Our democracy is in danger. The path ahead will be hard. Indivisibles are ready to do the work - it’s time for a Senate Democratic Leader who is too.”
Full statement:
“Our democracy is in danger. The path ahead will be hard. Indivisibles are ready to do the work - it’s time for a Senate Democratic Leader who is too.”
Full statement:
Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside
indivisible.org
March 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
BREAKING: @indivisible.org calls on Senator Schumer to step down as minority leader after voting in favor of GOP funding bill.
“Our democracy is in danger. The path ahead will be hard. Indivisibles are ready to do the work - it’s time for a Senate Democratic Leader who is too.”
Full statement:
“Our democracy is in danger. The path ahead will be hard. Indivisibles are ready to do the work - it’s time for a Senate Democratic Leader who is too.”
Full statement:
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"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say
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A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
March 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
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Eastern Europeans have a long record of deposing corrupt autocrats through peaceful protest. Let's see if the Serbs succeed for the second time in 25 years.
❗️The capital of 🇷🇸Serbia now. About 500,000 people took to the streets to protest against the current President Vučić and his government
March 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Eastern Europeans have a long record of deposing corrupt autocrats through peaceful protest. Let's see if the Serbs succeed for the second time in 25 years.
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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Share the media.
The news is compromised.
We're starting to boil over.
The news is compromised.
We're starting to boil over.
March 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Share the media.
The news is compromised.
We're starting to boil over.
The news is compromised.
We're starting to boil over.
Just imagine the world we could be living in if the dems actually tried to do everything in their power to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial. Just imagine.
The moment you should have realized who these people were, but apparently did not, was during Trump’s second impeachment, when Senate Dems literally accidentally won a vote to call witnesses and transform the Jan 6 trial into Watergate 2.0… and then reversed it, because they wanted to move on
March 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Just imagine the world we could be living in if the dems actually tried to do everything in their power to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial. Just imagine.
This is the problem with capitulation as a strategy. Trump and Republicans are bullies. They don’t see this as a sign of good will, they see it as a sign of weakness, and it is! That’s why you can’t give in. You have to fight. Otherwise, they just take advantage of you. Basic bully logic.
Two Republican senators told me tonight this vote shows they can execute the same strategy again — cut Democrats out of the negotiations on a gov’t funding bill, pass it thru the House, and expect Senate Dems to back down and not filibuster it.
“We liked it over here,” one said.
“We liked it over here,” one said.
March 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is the problem with capitulation as a strategy. Trump and Republicans are bullies. They don’t see this as a sign of good will, they see it as a sign of weakness, and it is! That’s why you can’t give in. You have to fight. Otherwise, they just take advantage of you. Basic bully logic.