Galen Brown
@galenbrown.bsky.social
Classical Composer, Songwriter, SQL Developer, Lover, All Around Menace, Ready For The End Times
I'm pretty sure the human body can only absorb so much sugar at a time, and once you hit that threshold, the rest just passes right through. So the amount of pie I ate yesterday should be medically fine.
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'm pretty sure the human body can only absorb so much sugar at a time, and once you hit that threshold, the rest just passes right through. So the amount of pie I ate yesterday should be medically fine.
So, Charlie Kirk was a terrible person, but also didn't deserve to get murdered. His wife is also, presumably, a terrible person. And I don't share her religious beliefs. But given what she believes, I think she's being a very good mom under terrible circumstances. l.smartnews.com/p-6EnTvywg/V...
Charlie Kirk's Widow Erika Believes She Got a 'Sign' From Late Activist on the Day He Died (OK Magazine)
Megyn Kelly had an emotional and candid chat with Charlie Kirk'...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
So, Charlie Kirk was a terrible person, but also didn't deserve to get murdered. His wife is also, presumably, a terrible person. And I don't share her religious beliefs. But given what she believes, I think she's being a very good mom under terrible circumstances. l.smartnews.com/p-6EnTvywg/V...
I'm pretty sure the corollary to "chillin' like a villain" is "fartin' like a Spartan."
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I'm pretty sure the corollary to "chillin' like a villain" is "fartin' like a Spartan."
If you live in NYC and you've ever seen a person on the subway who is clearly mentally unwell and in need of help, and you haven't called the cops because you're worried they might make it worse, you believe in #DefundThePolice
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you live in NYC and you've ever seen a person on the subway who is clearly mentally unwell and in need of help, and you haven't called the cops because you're worried they might make it worse, you believe in #DefundThePolice
The Epstein stuff is just the tip of the iceberg, and the iceberg is hovering over the water. No matter how much worse the Trump-Epstein thing gets, it won't be worse than what he has done as president, and we already know about that. I in no way want to minimize what those women suffered, but...
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Epstein stuff is just the tip of the iceberg, and the iceberg is hovering over the water. No matter how much worse the Trump-Epstein thing gets, it won't be worse than what he has done as president, and we already know about that. I in no way want to minimize what those women suffered, but...
The one good thing I can say about Dick Cheney is that he somehow managed to teach his daughter to believe in democracy. She doesn't believe in many other good things, but she stuck her neck out and got excommunicated by her party trying to stop Trump.
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The one good thing I can say about Dick Cheney is that he somehow managed to teach his daughter to believe in democracy. She doesn't believe in many other good things, but she stuck her neck out and got excommunicated by her party trying to stop Trump.
If you haven't voted yet, consider this: Cuomo is the covid Churchill. He was great during covid. I'll never forget how he said "What are we going to do with 400 ventilators when we need 30,000 ventilators? You're missing the magnitude of the problem and the problem is defined by the magnitude."
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
If you haven't voted yet, consider this: Cuomo is the covid Churchill. He was great during covid. I'll never forget how he said "What are we going to do with 400 ventilators when we need 30,000 ventilators? You're missing the magnitude of the problem and the problem is defined by the magnitude."
The new Men Without Hats "In Glorious Days" is really, really good.
October 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The new Men Without Hats "In Glorious Days" is really, really good.
Wait, why are we calling it "No Kings"? In our current world, we mostly think of Kings as symbolic figureheads. Trump wants to be Dictator, not King. But I'll shut up about it. This framing is fundamentally centrist, but we need to recruit the centrists. Plus, Yarvin talks about wanting "monarchy."
October 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Wait, why are we calling it "No Kings"? In our current world, we mostly think of Kings as symbolic figureheads. Trump wants to be Dictator, not King. But I'll shut up about it. This framing is fundamentally centrist, but we need to recruit the centrists. Plus, Yarvin talks about wanting "monarchy."
So, Trump has the CIA doing covert ops in Venezuela. Best case, he just wants to do Cool President Stuff, and having the CIA destabilize foreign regimes is a stone cold classic. This is obviously bad, but worse would be some sort of deliberate imperial boomerang. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...
Trump confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela
The acknowledgement of covert action in Venezuela comes after the U.S. military in recent weeks has carried out a series of deadly strikes against alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
So, Trump has the CIA doing covert ops in Venezuela. Best case, he just wants to do Cool President Stuff, and having the CIA destabilize foreign regimes is a stone cold classic. This is obviously bad, but worse would be some sort of deliberate imperial boomerang. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...
Time to boycott UHaul until they refuse to rent to ICE: www.commondreams.org/news/ice-rai...
October 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Time to boycott UHaul until they refuse to rent to ICE: www.commondreams.org/news/ice-rai...
Thinking about starting a movement called AntiFa. We are deeply opposed to the fourth note of the musical scale.
October 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Thinking about starting a movement called AntiFa. We are deeply opposed to the fourth note of the musical scale.
This is the most "old man" thing I'm willing to say on this platform: I've been thinking I should get more into Wolf Parade
September 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is the most "old man" thing I'm willing to say on this platform: I've been thinking I should get more into Wolf Parade
The sun never rises in the American Empire.
September 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The sun never rises in the American Empire.
@bradlander.bsky.social is quickly becoming my favorite politician.
September 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
@bradlander.bsky.social is quickly becoming my favorite politician.
If I may use a phrase I learned on Law and Order SVU, this seems to be a NHI situation...
Of course, I don't believe that, but that's the state of the "discourse".
Of course, I don't believe that, but that's the state of the "discourse".
September 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
If I may use a phrase I learned on Law and Order SVU, this seems to be a NHI situation...
Of course, I don't believe that, but that's the state of the "discourse".
Of course, I don't believe that, but that's the state of the "discourse".
Newsom is a fucking coward. This isn't about crime, and after a week of "trolling" Trump, now he's saying "let me hurt my people so you don't have to, daddy."
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August 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Newsom is a fucking coward. This isn't about crime, and after a week of "trolling" Trump, now he's saying "let me hurt my people so you don't have to, daddy."
l.smartnews.com/p-667qb5bW/Z...
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I'm getting really tired of the phrase "saying the quiet part out loud." At some point, it isn't "the quiet part," it's a rallying cry for fascism, racism, sexism, etc. We have to stop pretending that societal norms are what they used to be. Enough people want a dictatorship, that it isn't a secret.
August 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I'm getting really tired of the phrase "saying the quiet part out loud." At some point, it isn't "the quiet part," it's a rallying cry for fascism, racism, sexism, etc. We have to stop pretending that societal norms are what they used to be. Enough people want a dictatorship, that it isn't a secret.
I have a new Old MacDonald joke:
Old MacDonald has an army, G.I.G.I. Joe.
They prosecute illegal wars
G.I.G.I Joe
With some air strikes here
And some black ops there
No one cares
If you kill
Too many civilians
Old MacDonald has an army
G.I.G.I Joe
Old MacDonald has an army, G.I.G.I. Joe.
They prosecute illegal wars
G.I.G.I Joe
With some air strikes here
And some black ops there
No one cares
If you kill
Too many civilians
Old MacDonald has an army
G.I.G.I Joe
August 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I have a new Old MacDonald joke:
Old MacDonald has an army, G.I.G.I. Joe.
They prosecute illegal wars
G.I.G.I Joe
With some air strikes here
And some black ops there
No one cares
If you kill
Too many civilians
Old MacDonald has an army
G.I.G.I Joe
Old MacDonald has an army, G.I.G.I. Joe.
They prosecute illegal wars
G.I.G.I Joe
With some air strikes here
And some black ops there
No one cares
If you kill
Too many civilians
Old MacDonald has an army
G.I.G.I Joe
I'm pretty sure that, legally, if the Moon is directly above property you own, you own the Moon while it's there.
July 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I'm pretty sure that, legally, if the Moon is directly above property you own, you own the Moon while it's there.
I just figured it out. Yarvin wants to turn the country into a corporation run/owned by a king. Part of being a corporation is hiring and firing. Deportation is firing. That's the appeal. Genocide is just "Corporate Strategy." Your only value is your financial use to the country, not your humanity.
July 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I just figured it out. Yarvin wants to turn the country into a corporation run/owned by a king. Part of being a corporation is hiring and firing. Deportation is firing. That's the appeal. Genocide is just "Corporate Strategy." Your only value is your financial use to the country, not your humanity.
If we didn't live in a police state before, we certainly do now.
July 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If we didn't live in a police state before, we certainly do now.
It's critical to understand that the point of pretending we have an immigration crisis that requires mass arrest and deportation is to justify the creation of a massive federal domestic police force that can go anywhere and do anything as long as they pretend it's related to immigration.
July 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's critical to understand that the point of pretending we have an immigration crisis that requires mass arrest and deportation is to justify the creation of a massive federal domestic police force that can go anywhere and do anything as long as they pretend it's related to immigration.
When the movie about this nighmare of an administration gets made, I nominate Neil Patrick Harris (@nphstuff.bsky.social) to play Pete Hegseth. There's a physical resemblance, and I'm certain that NPH could capture the voice and the vibe.
June 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
When the movie about this nighmare of an administration gets made, I nominate Neil Patrick Harris (@nphstuff.bsky.social) to play Pete Hegseth. There's a physical resemblance, and I'm certain that NPH could capture the voice and the vibe.