Brian Kenna
@drbrianish.bsky.social
Ph.D., WWI/modernist Brit lit and modern fantasy lit. I also really like board games and baseball, so expect to see a lot about them. He/him.
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Brian Kenna
@drbrianish.bsky.social
· Mar 19
Look all I'm saying is that in our stories we know what to do with dragons.
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When a crime becomes big enough, it indicts the entire structure of society and the institutions that allowed it, not just the guy who did it.
At a certain level of atrocity it becomes impossible to pretend it was just one person, and not an entire system crafted to encourage and protect them.
At a certain level of atrocity it becomes impossible to pretend it was just one person, and not an entire system crafted to encourage and protect them.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
When a crime becomes big enough, it indicts the entire structure of society and the institutions that allowed it, not just the guy who did it.
At a certain level of atrocity it becomes impossible to pretend it was just one person, and not an entire system crafted to encourage and protect them.
At a certain level of atrocity it becomes impossible to pretend it was just one person, and not an entire system crafted to encourage and protect them.
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the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
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I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
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So Dems demanded an extension on subsidies or else. Then they caved. The GOP being smart is now adding abortion restrictions to a subsidies extension forcing Dems to either sell out on abortion or vote no on the subsidies they demanded in the first place.
They just keep getting clowned.
They just keep getting clowned.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
So Dems demanded an extension on subsidies or else. Then they caved. The GOP being smart is now adding abortion restrictions to a subsidies extension forcing Dems to either sell out on abortion or vote no on the subsidies they demanded in the first place.
They just keep getting clowned.
They just keep getting clowned.
What is the best Holodeck Snafu episode of Star Trek, and why is it Our Man Bashir?
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What is the best Holodeck Snafu episode of Star Trek, and why is it Our Man Bashir?
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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Think about buying a car, a fun, stress-free negotiating process that everybody loves. Now imagine that if you don’t buy a car you die and if you buy the wrong car you also die
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Think about buying a car, a fun, stress-free negotiating process that everybody loves. Now imagine that if you don’t buy a car you die and if you buy the wrong car you also die
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“finally it will be clear to americans that republicans dont like obamacare”
will you listen to yourself man, listen to the actual words coming out of your mouth
will you listen to yourself man, listen to the actual words coming out of your mouth
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“finally it will be clear to americans that republicans dont like obamacare”
will you listen to yourself man, listen to the actual words coming out of your mouth
will you listen to yourself man, listen to the actual words coming out of your mouth
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
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It’s not empathy if your primary goal is to put the least amount of effort into making someone behave in a way that makes you comfortable.
And permanently makes them honor you as a savior
So you can get wealthy enough to have what you don’t think they deserve
And permanently makes them honor you as a savior
So you can get wealthy enough to have what you don’t think they deserve
Every chatbot startup: “I saw people were lonely so I made a widget.”
A former physician has launched Robyn, an empathetic AI companion | TechCrunch
Robyn wants to position it self as an empathetic chatbot and not as a companion or a therapy app
techcrunch.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It’s not empathy if your primary goal is to put the least amount of effort into making someone behave in a way that makes you comfortable.
And permanently makes them honor you as a savior
So you can get wealthy enough to have what you don’t think they deserve
And permanently makes them honor you as a savior
So you can get wealthy enough to have what you don’t think they deserve
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It is obscene that British media, and her own mother, have fully obscured that Brianna Ghey was murdered.
They've just glossed right over it, smoothly turning it into a narrative about suicide as if that is what happened.
They've just glossed right over it, smoothly turning it into a narrative about suicide as if that is what happened.
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
It is obscene that British media, and her own mother, have fully obscured that Brianna Ghey was murdered.
They've just glossed right over it, smoothly turning it into a narrative about suicide as if that is what happened.
They've just glossed right over it, smoothly turning it into a narrative about suicide as if that is what happened.
Simply adhere to Zelda Rules.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Simply adhere to Zelda Rules.
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It's hard to escape the conclusion that "moderate" Democratic Senators view their job as creating talking points for ads rather than accomplishing anything
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's hard to escape the conclusion that "moderate" Democratic Senators view their job as creating talking points for ads rather than accomplishing anything
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
Google, show me the most pathetic thing humanly possible.
“.. If you add more and more product to your face and are surrounded by people who do the same, ‘you lose sight of anatomic normalcy.’”
@axios.com #Panem
www.axios.com/local/washin...
@axios.com #Panem
www.axios.com/local/washin...
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Google, show me the most pathetic thing humanly possible.
Literally bought a movie of his this week.
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. I interviewed and was star struck by him twice. Once was on stage at the Museum of the Moving Image after a screening of the paranoid spy comedy AGE OF ASSASSINS, and once was for @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/a...
A Living Legend: Tatsuya Nakadai on "Sword of Doom" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
An interview with legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai about "Sword of Doom" and his extensive career in film.
www.rogerebert.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Literally bought a movie of his this week.
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“I’m so relieved that the only problem I cared about - me experiencing mild social discomfort - is now over”
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
“I’m so relieved that the only problem I cared about - me experiencing mild social discomfort - is now over”
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
my brother in Christ, do you want to bet
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reprehensible to me that regular citizens putting their bodies on the line to protest ICE abductions are showing more courage every day than our elected officials.
Any democratic senator not calling for Schumer to step down is complicit. And we will replace them all with people willing to fight
Any democratic senator not calling for Schumer to step down is complicit. And we will replace them all with people willing to fight
Democrats seem to think the pivoting to the center makes them most electable but all it does it piss *everyone* off.
Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory
Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
reprehensible to me that regular citizens putting their bodies on the line to protest ICE abductions are showing more courage every day than our elected officials.
Any democratic senator not calling for Schumer to step down is complicit. And we will replace them all with people willing to fight
Any democratic senator not calling for Schumer to step down is complicit. And we will replace them all with people willing to fight
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They're either too fucking stupid, too contemptuous of us, or both to justify our support. bsky.app/profile/burg...
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
They're either too fucking stupid, too contemptuous of us, or both to justify our support. bsky.app/profile/burg...
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I will scream this a million times and then more for good measure.
When you talk about Israel and influence peddling, you need to be very clear WHY you are talking about Israel in the given context.
Because otherwise you are entering "Jews secretly control the government" territory
When you talk about Israel and influence peddling, you need to be very clear WHY you are talking about Israel in the given context.
Because otherwise you are entering "Jews secretly control the government" territory
So name the other interest groups, not just the ones people associate with Jews
I think the relevance is in showing that they are consistently immoral & unprincipled people who take money & marching orders from multiple evil interest groups.
It's not a surprise they are united in this when they are united in other injustices
It's not a surprise they are united in this when they are united in other injustices
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I will scream this a million times and then more for good measure.
When you talk about Israel and influence peddling, you need to be very clear WHY you are talking about Israel in the given context.
Because otherwise you are entering "Jews secretly control the government" territory
When you talk about Israel and influence peddling, you need to be very clear WHY you are talking about Israel in the given context.
Because otherwise you are entering "Jews secretly control the government" territory
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one of these guys is reading what looks like an older academic book in what I'd guess is a student lounge or canteen! another is taking a break on a walk with his dog! it's the article writer who's stereotyping men as not being readers, and therefore men reading must be fake
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
one of these guys is reading what looks like an older academic book in what I'd guess is a student lounge or canteen! another is taking a break on a walk with his dog! it's the article writer who's stereotyping men as not being readers, and therefore men reading must be fake
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Puzzled why reading something unusual is obviously something one only does to impress others whereas reading something everyone else is reading isn't
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Puzzled why reading something unusual is obviously something one only does to impress others whereas reading something everyone else is reading isn't
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the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years
This seems significant
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years