Brandon Bird
@brandonbird.bsky.social
Artist, Jerry Orbach Car owner, Sears shopper. store.brandonbird.com
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November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I'm announcing a summit on visual art, the panelists are Aaron Sorkin, Garth Brooks as Chris Gaynes, Judge Judy, and Scott Adams.
![• The NYT announced the lineup for the Andrew Ross Sorkin-anchored
DealBook summit, which included one curious name: Erika Kirk. [NYT]
• A panel on journalism hosted by Michael Barbaro will include: Charlamagne Tha God, Jon Favreau, Amna Nawaz, David Remnick, Stephanie Ruhle, Andrew Schulz, and Ben Shapiro.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cvhu7p2bziajywpce7yrlevy/bafkreicn7lw6rvcuzeggxpnhbut62ogrvpbikaomwvfq2qsel3sx777uoq@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I'm announcing a summit on visual art, the panelists are Aaron Sorkin, Garth Brooks as Chris Gaynes, Judge Judy, and Scott Adams.
Happy Veteran's Day from Christopher Lee.*
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy Veteran's Day from Christopher Lee.*
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John C. DBZ original art
Imagine the conversations this piece will inspired when you have it hanging in your home or study. Drawn with ink over printed blueline on an 11" x 17" sheet of smooth bristol paper. If you have any q...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Youtube has been playing old Siskel & Eberts in the background and I've never realized how much of a pure hater Siskel is.
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Youtube has been playing old Siskel & Eberts in the background and I've never realized how much of a pure hater Siskel is.
If you marathon Law & Order seasons 15 - 17 you can see negative polarization against the Iraq War happen in real time.
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If you marathon Law & Order seasons 15 - 17 you can see negative polarization against the Iraq War happen in real time.
aka, the exact opposite of Republicans' "turn voters into fucking freaks" strategy.
I wrote about what I see as the real lesson of Mamdani's victory: not that Democrats needs to move left (or right, for that matter), but that they should try to build real-world relationships with normal voters. publiccomment.blog/p/mamdani-th...
Mamdani the Party Builder
Partyism in action
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November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
aka, the exact opposite of Republicans' "turn voters into fucking freaks" strategy.
Jesus Crudd, I need a new computer.
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Jesus Crudd, I need a new computer.
I'm just going to say it: there is too much Gorilla Grodd content. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...
DC Studios Taps ‘American Vandal’ Creators for Jimmy Olsen TV Spinoff (Exclusive)
The show would be led by Skyler Gisondo, reprising his role as Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen, with season one focusing on Gorilla Grodd.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I'm just going to say it: there is too much Gorilla Grodd content. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...
I am taking a 13-hour train ride on wednesday, ama.
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I am taking a 13-hour train ride on wednesday, ama.
I wish the giant who lives in the Bean broke out and ate them.
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
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November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I wish the giant who lives in the Bean broke out and ate them.
My other advice re: health insurance is to *actually call and talk to an agent* instead of going off what's on the state exchange website. Explain your whole situation (like if you've have had an immediate layoff or loss of income) and you might qualify for different pricing.
As a freelance writer I have an ACA plan.
It's jumping from $800/mo to $1,000/mo for 2026, which has gotten to the point where I need to see if I can get a better plan through my LLC or else reduce my benefits.
The price increases are largely thanks to GOP attacks on the ACA reducing the pool.
It's jumping from $800/mo to $1,000/mo for 2026, which has gotten to the point where I need to see if I can get a better plan through my LLC or else reduce my benefits.
The price increases are largely thanks to GOP attacks on the ACA reducing the pool.
Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
My other advice re: health insurance is to *actually call and talk to an agent* instead of going off what's on the state exchange website. Explain your whole situation (like if you've have had an immediate layoff or loss of income) and you might qualify for different pricing.
Here's what I think:
-healthcare should be free at point-of-access
-every American should be sent $2000 for scuba diving lessons
-healthcare should be free at point-of-access
-every American should be sent $2000 for scuba diving lessons
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Here's what I think:
-healthcare should be free at point-of-access
-every American should be sent $2000 for scuba diving lessons
-healthcare should be free at point-of-access
-every American should be sent $2000 for scuba diving lessons
If you believe Biden rigged the 2020 election then Trump just pardoned everyone who rigged the 2020 election.
The language of this pardon is extremely broad.
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
It includes “all United States citizens for conduct relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential
electors…”
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
If you believe Biden rigged the 2020 election then Trump just pardoned everyone who rigged the 2020 election.
If you are a freelancer about to lose your subsidy, my advice is: amend your taxes, deduct every possible little thing you can as an expense. Claim every molecule of your home that you use for business. Make yourself as poor as you legally can on paper. (Also talk to a tax pro, which I'm not.)
Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
If you are a freelancer about to lose your subsidy, my advice is: amend your taxes, deduct every possible little thing you can as an expense. Claim every molecule of your home that you use for business. Make yourself as poor as you legally can on paper. (Also talk to a tax pro, which I'm not.)
There are people who are like, "America ended tonight" and it's like, wtf are you talking about.
It's one thing to be like, "I'm not in the right headspace to be anything but outraged" understand, you're human like everyone else. Say that. You have followers that are interpreting your words as nothing left to fight. Instead of,.lets quickly regroup before next steps.
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
There are people who are like, "America ended tonight" and it's like, wtf are you talking about.
I call for the minority leader to replaced by Senator Bane (D-Gotham).
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I call for the minority leader to replaced by Senator Bane (D-Gotham).
Reposted by Brandon Bird
Reposted by Brandon Bird
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
A compromise would have been an agreement to extend the premium reductions, but push the negotiations for *how much* to December.
Whatever else is in the deal, agreeing to merely have a vote on ACA is a fig leaf. Even if it passes the Senate, it won't in the House, which also makes it an easy yes vote for the Senate Rs who might want to, defusing it as an attack on them.
It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.
It is a stupid ask even on Team Schumer's own terms.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A compromise would have been an agreement to extend the premium reductions, but push the negotiations for *how much* to December.
Facebook has finally figured out that I'm an artist and has started showing me process videos from other artists, but they are all completely insane. Why is everyone's working process so weird.
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Facebook has finally figured out that I'm an artist and has started showing me process videos from other artists, but they are all completely insane. Why is everyone's working process so weird.
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What do Republicans and megaposters have in common? Making up total shit about Democratic policies.
These fucking fools are so convinced that 82 year old reporter Robert Kuttner has the fucking juice they're posting like this.
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
What do Republicans and megaposters have in common? Making up total shit about Democratic policies.
