Brett G
@goody1206.bsky.social
Midwest liberal, Twitter expat. I used to combine song lyrics and dinosaur facts and tweet at musicians. John Popper responded to me once.
Tennis, soccer, Purdue 🏀, live music, sci-fi, cooking, plants, trivia, bourbon, 🏳️🌈 rights
Entirely too online
Tennis, soccer, Purdue 🏀, live music, sci-fi, cooking, plants, trivia, bourbon, 🏳️🌈 rights
Entirely too online
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
I have nothing insightful to say but need to be on the record, if for no reason beyond my own tenuous sanity:
ICE is a domestic terrorist organization. And when this is finally over, there must be actual consequences for all involved.
ICE is a domestic terrorist organization. And when this is finally over, there must be actual consequences for all involved.
January 24, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I have nothing insightful to say but need to be on the record, if for no reason beyond my own tenuous sanity:
ICE is a domestic terrorist organization. And when this is finally over, there must be actual consequences for all involved.
ICE is a domestic terrorist organization. And when this is finally over, there must be actual consequences for all involved.
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As an elder millennial, seeing some unfortunate parts of myself in Ennis from Brokeback Mountain really pushed me to come out right after college. And I hope HR can do the same for anyone else in my position today. But ultimately I'm so happy that in contrast, this scene ends in unbridled queer joy.
December 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
As an elder millennial, seeing some unfortunate parts of myself in Ennis from Brokeback Mountain really pushed me to come out right after college. And I hope HR can do the same for anyone else in my position today. But ultimately I'm so happy that in contrast, this scene ends in unbridled queer joy.
Obviously as the
a viewer you understand what it means to the league. And ep 3 gave you the personal back story for why it means so much to Scott and Kip. And then seeing the whole world open up from Shane and Ilya's expressions watching it... just incredible storytelling all around.
a viewer you understand what it means to the league. And ep 3 gave you the personal back story for why it means so much to Scott and Kip. And then seeing the whole world open up from Shane and Ilya's expressions watching it... just incredible storytelling all around.
December 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Obviously as the
a viewer you understand what it means to the league. And ep 3 gave you the personal back story for why it means so much to Scott and Kip. And then seeing the whole world open up from Shane and Ilya's expressions watching it... just incredible storytelling all around.
a viewer you understand what it means to the league. And ep 3 gave you the personal back story for why it means so much to Scott and Kip. And then seeing the whole world open up from Shane and Ilya's expressions watching it... just incredible storytelling all around.
So I felt almost... embarrassed? initially by how much that ending scene in Heated Rivalry ep 5 impacted me (and continues to upon each rewatch). Some day hopefully this kind of scene will only hold up as a period piece that younger generations maybe can't even relate to, but we're not there yet.
December 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
So I felt almost... embarrassed? initially by how much that ending scene in Heated Rivalry ep 5 impacted me (and continues to upon each rewatch). Some day hopefully this kind of scene will only hold up as a period piece that younger generations maybe can't even relate to, but we're not there yet.
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
Great watch! What strikes me is how the right doesn't focus on defining terms (in this case "woke", but also CRT, DEI, etc.), but rather on creating almost Pavlovian responses to them that reactionary centrists then just sort of roll with.
October 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Great watch! What strikes me is how the right doesn't focus on defining terms (in this case "woke", but also CRT, DEI, etc.), but rather on creating almost Pavlovian responses to them that reactionary centrists then just sort of roll with.
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Here it is, my answer for every time I get asked "why don't (most) Dems just...[message better, be bolder, sound authentic...etc]"
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
www.weekendreading.net
October 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Here it is, my answer for every time I get asked "why don't (most) Dems just...[message better, be bolder, sound authentic...etc]"
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
Could be a glitch, but by Friday when I 86'ed my Hulu/Disney subscription, they did not give me an "Other" box to provide my own reason for cancelling. 🤔
September 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Could be a glitch, but by Friday when I 86'ed my Hulu/Disney subscription, they did not give me an "Other" box to provide my own reason for cancelling. 🤔
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I believe it's here: english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
[Column] Imperial tyranny, Korean humiliation
This incident should prompt us in Korea to comprehensively reassess our investment projects in the US
english.hani.co.kr
September 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I believe it's here: english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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I wrote this with the aim that it would be a durable piece, relevant every time there's a flare-up of far right violence or as far right ideas make further advances into the mainstream. Hope people find it useful.
‘Are we, as Richard Seymour suggests, “in the early days of a new fascism”? In 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, Seymour argues that in trying to understand the new far right, we have been looking in the wrong places.’
@trillingual.bsky.social on far-right populism:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@trillingual.bsky.social on far-right populism:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Trilling · Is this fascism?
Are we, as Richard Seymour suggests, ‘in the early days of a new fascism’? In Disaster Nationalism, Seymour...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I wrote this with the aim that it would be a durable piece, relevant every time there's a flare-up of far right violence or as far right ideas make further advances into the mainstream. Hope people find it useful.
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Orlando wasn’t having what DeSantis did. They recolored the Pulse Memorial crosswalk.
August 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Orlando wasn’t having what DeSantis did. They recolored the Pulse Memorial crosswalk.
Jumping on the Defector praise bandwagon, it's easily my favorite subscription. And Brandy is just one of multiple fantastic writers there!
Giri Nathan, Diana Moscovitz, Dvora Meyers, Sabrina Imbler, and David Roth's absolutely devastating takes on the state of American politics - all pure gold.
Giri Nathan, Diana Moscovitz, Dvora Meyers, Sabrina Imbler, and David Roth's absolutely devastating takes on the state of American politics - all pure gold.
August 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Jumping on the Defector praise bandwagon, it's easily my favorite subscription. And Brandy is just one of multiple fantastic writers there!
Giri Nathan, Diana Moscovitz, Dvora Meyers, Sabrina Imbler, and David Roth's absolutely devastating takes on the state of American politics - all pure gold.
Giri Nathan, Diana Moscovitz, Dvora Meyers, Sabrina Imbler, and David Roth's absolutely devastating takes on the state of American politics - all pure gold.
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No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries.
Always money for war.
Always money for war.
June 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries.
Always money for war.
Always money for war.
The measles outbreak is already bad enough, but we are in for a world of hurt if this administration has to lead a response to a bird flu pandemic.
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory
In his 2021 book vilifying Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory.
arstechnica.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The measles outbreak is already bad enough, but we are in for a world of hurt if this administration has to lead a response to a bird flu pandemic.
Also isn't the approval number on immigration trending down on that chart? Why might that be, MattY? What a mystery, guess we'll never know!
April 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Also isn't the approval number on immigration trending down on that chart? Why might that be, MattY? What a mystery, guess we'll never know!
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"The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil"
"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
apnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"The two-page memo, which was obtained by The Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil"
"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
"Rather, Rubio wrote Khalil could be expelled for his beliefs."
Free this man immediately.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
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Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
April 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
Every couple years this song pops into my head and somehow it's more relevant each time? Haunting me at this point. youtu.be/sIN9sKDBdJk?...
Guster - "Hard Times" [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Guster
youtu.be
April 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Every couple years this song pops into my head and somehow it's more relevant each time? Haunting me at this point. youtu.be/sIN9sKDBdJk?...
Felt cynical hearing a "Vote them out!" chant at the Indianapolis Hands Off rally yesterday.
Later I realized that whether we're able to vote our way out of this mess or not, what's important is that we were there, protesting together. Visibility, community, and hope are a powerful starting point.
Later I realized that whether we're able to vote our way out of this mess or not, what's important is that we were there, protesting together. Visibility, community, and hope are a powerful starting point.
April 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Felt cynical hearing a "Vote them out!" chant at the Indianapolis Hands Off rally yesterday.
Later I realized that whether we're able to vote our way out of this mess or not, what's important is that we were there, protesting together. Visibility, community, and hope are a powerful starting point.
Later I realized that whether we're able to vote our way out of this mess or not, what's important is that we were there, protesting together. Visibility, community, and hope are a powerful starting point.