Edgar Brown
@edgarbrown.bsky.social
Polymath in search of solutions for democracy—Complex systems are not immune to butterflies.
Not afraid to talk about what makes me uncomfortable. Know thyself
#SemioticResistance
Not afraid to talk about what makes me uncomfortable. Know thyself
#SemioticResistance
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Edgar Brown
@edgarbrown.bsky.social
· Mar 24
The social doom loop
Understanding the cyclical aspects of the present moment
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Mark Twain, is quoted as having said that History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes.
Understanding the historical precedents of the current period would help us fix the problems and avoid it from recurring in the future.
Understanding the historical precedents of the current period would help us fix the problems and avoid it from recurring in the future.
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What is science? And why do we need it? In this episode of Crash Course Scientific Thinking with host @hankgreen.bsky.social, we explore how cognitive bias shapes the way we think about the world, and how scientific thinking can help us overcome it. youtu.be/d2r7Bk1NlgU
Introduction to Cognitive Bias: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #1
YouTube video by CrashCourse
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January 20, 2026 at 11:17 PM
What is science? And why do we need it? In this episode of Crash Course Scientific Thinking with host @hankgreen.bsky.social, we explore how cognitive bias shapes the way we think about the world, and how scientific thinking can help us overcome it. youtu.be/d2r7Bk1NlgU
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This is on you, Congress. Every single member of Congress who does not support impeachment, removal, and prosecution right now is complicit.
January 19, 2026 at 10:41 PM
This is on you, Congress. Every single member of Congress who does not support impeachment, removal, and prosecution right now is complicit.
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Lexington, North Carolina
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Lexington, North Carolina
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Republicans in the Senate know damn well this needs to stop and Trump needs to go.
January 18, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Republicans in the Senate know damn well this needs to stop and Trump needs to go.
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We just saw this, and it’s a good idea for businesses to post. Private businesses are allowed to set dress and conduct rules. Requiring no full face coverings has long been standard for safety and loss prevention reasons, and it is within a business’s rights to refuse entry or service.
January 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
We just saw this, and it’s a good idea for businesses to post. Private businesses are allowed to set dress and conduct rules. Requiring no full face coverings has long been standard for safety and loss prevention reasons, and it is within a business’s rights to refuse entry or service.
The power of a simple act.
Maria Corina Machado quite likely knew what she was doing, and how much publicity it would give to her cause….
Speaking of which, this movie about Venezuela is particularly relevant to the current political climate in the U.S.
Maria Corina Machado quite likely knew what she was doing, and how much publicity it would give to her cause….
Speaking of which, this movie about Venezuela is particularly relevant to the current political climate in the U.S.
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The power of a simple act.
Maria Corina Machado quite likely knew what she was doing, and how much publicity it would give to her cause….
Speaking of which, this movie about Venezuela is particularly relevant to the current political climate in the U.S.
Maria Corina Machado quite likely knew what she was doing, and how much publicity it would give to her cause….
Speaking of which, this movie about Venezuela is particularly relevant to the current political climate in the U.S.
For those that want to have a better picture of what is going on and where this ICESTAPO ruse is going.
Authoritarian regimes all follow the same playbook.
Authoritarian regimes all follow the same playbook.
Watch Simón | Netflix
Trying to build a life in Miami after fleeing brutal oppression in Venezuela, a young man wrestles with the crushing weight of what he's left behind.
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January 18, 2026 at 12:21 AM
For those that want to have a better picture of what is going on and where this ICESTAPO ruse is going.
Authoritarian regimes all follow the same playbook.
Authoritarian regimes all follow the same playbook.
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People aren’t putting enough pressure on the republicans in congress. Not nearly enough.
January 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
People aren’t putting enough pressure on the republicans in congress. Not nearly enough.
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"Neighbors in neon vests dot the neighborhood... Information-sharing networks have been built. Residents have connected with non-profits and churches to deliver food to people who are locked in their homes out of fear. Resistance signs are everywhere..."
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"Neighbors in neon vests dot the neighborhood... Information-sharing networks have been built. Residents have connected with non-profits and churches to deliver food to people who are locked in their homes out of fear. Resistance signs are everywhere..."
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
This is a very dangerous and real slippery slope.
Capitalism slowly destroys everything it touches, unless greed is moderated and brought under control by society.
Capitalism slowly destroys everything it touches, unless greed is moderated and brought under control by society.
Prediction markets “are supposed to be a more trustworthy way of gleaning the future than internet clickbait and half-baked punditry,” Saahil Desai argues. “But they risk shredding whatever shared trust we still have left.”
America Is Slow-Walking Into a Polymarket Disaster
Why is the media obsessed with prediction markets?
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January 17, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This is a very dangerous and real slippery slope.
Capitalism slowly destroys everything it touches, unless greed is moderated and brought under control by society.
Capitalism slowly destroys everything it touches, unless greed is moderated and brought under control by society.
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ICE and Border Patrol agents must be reined in. Here is one thing we can do right now. Please read and share. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/americas-gestapo
January 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM
ICE and Border Patrol agents must be reined in. Here is one thing we can do right now. Please read and share. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/americas-gestapo
Oh boy.
It was just a matter of time.
The ICESTAPO volunteers might want to think it through.
It was just a matter of time.
The ICESTAPO volunteers might want to think it through.
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Oh boy.
It was just a matter of time.
The ICESTAPO volunteers might want to think it through.
It was just a matter of time.
The ICESTAPO volunteers might want to think it through.
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Good morning!
Trump is a pedophile and that's why the DOJ won't release all of the #EpsteinFiles.
Pass it on.
Trump is a pedophile and that's why the DOJ won't release all of the #EpsteinFiles.
Pass it on.
January 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Good morning!
Trump is a pedophile and that's why the DOJ won't release all of the #EpsteinFiles.
Pass it on.
Trump is a pedophile and that's why the DOJ won't release all of the #EpsteinFiles.
Pass it on.
The dangerous mirage of “fair and balanced” strikes again.
Reality demands fairness, truth and facts demand fairness, reality has a liberal balance.
There are not two sides to every story if one side never tells the truth, even when you can see it with your own eyes.
Reality demands fairness, truth and facts demand fairness, reality has a liberal balance.
There are not two sides to every story if one side never tells the truth, even when you can see it with your own eyes.
I don’t know who this piece of shit is but CNN needs to stop giving a voice to smarmy pricks just bc they need someone in the smarmy pricks chair. We don’t need to hear from lying idiots just bc we happen to have one in the White House.
January 15, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The dangerous mirage of “fair and balanced” strikes again.
Reality demands fairness, truth and facts demand fairness, reality has a liberal balance.
There are not two sides to every story if one side never tells the truth, even when you can see it with your own eyes.
Reality demands fairness, truth and facts demand fairness, reality has a liberal balance.
There are not two sides to every story if one side never tells the truth, even when you can see it with your own eyes.
Immigration
Customs
Enforcing
State
Terror
Against
Political
Opposition
Customs
Enforcing
State
Terror
Against
Political
Opposition
ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
January 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Immigration
Customs
Enforcing
State
Terror
Against
Political
Opposition
Customs
Enforcing
State
Terror
Against
Political
Opposition
Immigration
Customs
Enforcement
State
Terror
Against
Political
Opposition
Customs
Enforcement
State
Terror
Against
Political
Opposition
It seems painfully obvious that the ICESTAPO are the ones that are instigating the violence.
Yet the democratic "leaders?" are not out screaming this narrative. WHY?
instead all the reporting is what the lying regime is spouting.
Yet the democratic "leaders?" are not out screaming this narrative. WHY?
instead all the reporting is what the lying regime is spouting.
January 15, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Immigration
Customs
Enforcement
State
Terror
Against
Political
Opposition
Customs
Enforcement
State
Terror
Against
Political
Opposition
If there is a single individual who can be blamed for the times we are living through and the perilous state of the American experiment is McConnell.
The GOP’s actions of the last few decades created the current situation, but McConnell single-handedly could have stopped their immoral golem.
The GOP’s actions of the last few decades created the current situation, but McConnell single-handedly could have stopped their immoral golem.
He had multiple opportunities to prevent this and deliberately pissed them away.
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
If there is a single individual who can be blamed for the times we are living through and the perilous state of the American experiment is McConnell.
The GOP’s actions of the last few decades created the current situation, but McConnell single-handedly could have stopped their immoral golem.
The GOP’s actions of the last few decades created the current situation, but McConnell single-handedly could have stopped their immoral golem.
Document, document, document.
Let others see what it’s like, let others FEEL what it’s like.
Anne Frank is living among us, but now with a camera and a social media account.
Let others see what it’s like, let others FEEL what it’s like.
Anne Frank is living among us, but now with a camera and a social media account.
“They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Document, document, document.
Let others see what it’s like, let others FEEL what it’s like.
Anne Frank is living among us, but now with a camera and a social media account.
Let others see what it’s like, let others FEEL what it’s like.
Anne Frank is living among us, but now with a camera and a social media account.
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Nothing says elite federal operation like leaving your homework on the bus.
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Nothing says elite federal operation like leaving your homework on the bus.
A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.—Maddison.
President Donald Trump may soon prove one of America's founding fathers right, that a government that attacks the press is a "prologue to a tragedy or a farce," according to a new column.
'Tragedy is underway': Comedian uncorks dark warning about Trump's latest move
President Donald Trump may soon prove one of America's founding fathers right, that a government that attacks the press is a "prologue to a tragedy or a farce," according to a new column. Comedian and actor Michael Ian Black argued in a new piece for The Daily Beast on Wednesday that the Trump admin...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:52 AM
A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.—Maddison.
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The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system.
To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.
To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system.
To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.
To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.
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Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less.
January 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Just guessing here, but I suspect the White House is pushing so hard for wars of conquest on multiple fronts because they see their support collapsing ahead of the midterms and worry they won't get another shot. An example of how tyrants become more dangerous as they get weaker, not less.
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I'd contribute $5 a week to a general campaign to fund people yelling funny & humiliating things at Trump.
January 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I'd contribute $5 a week to a general campaign to fund people yelling funny & humiliating things at Trump.