BR Cross
@kylleran.bsky.social
Father of two awesome kids.
Activist, anarchist, transhumanist and humanist.
1/4 of Posthuman Studios and co-creator of Eclipse Phase RPG.
Former sociology professor, former online wellbeing researcher.
Loves cats, games, and so much nerd shit.
Activist, anarchist, transhumanist and humanist.
1/4 of Posthuman Studios and co-creator of Eclipse Phase RPG.
Former sociology professor, former online wellbeing researcher.
Loves cats, games, and so much nerd shit.
Some real 'when did you stop beating your partner' energy from the NYT here.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Some real 'when did you stop beating your partner' energy from the NYT here.
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New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.”
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
The 'way the Senate works' is that they are all on the same side and just pretend to dislike each other as long as it doesn't make the donors upset or the next cocktail party a bit awkward.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The 'way the Senate works' is that they are all on the same side and just pretend to dislike each other as long as it doesn't make the donors upset or the next cocktail party a bit awkward.
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Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Democrats, coming off a historic national protest against fascism and a country-wide electoral sweep:
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
See Roblox hate, repost Roblox hate. But seriously parents, you should probably not let your kids use Roblox at all, or at the very least don't let them use it unsupervised.
On Roblox, the teen-led “Blueshirts” are turning a children’s gaming platform into a venue for white supremacist recruitment, virtual neo-Nazi protests, and coordinated harassment campaigns targeting children.
Read more:
Read more:
Online Neo-Nazi Group Using Children’s Video Games For Recruiting And Propaganda
A disturbing trend is emerging on Roblox, a platform with tens of millions of young users: online white supremacist groups are using children’s video games to recruit and spread propaganda. The “Blues...
globalextremism.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
See Roblox hate, repost Roblox hate. But seriously parents, you should probably not let your kids use Roblox at all, or at the very least don't let them use it unsupervised.
Normalize calling Cybertruck owners 'dumpster drivers'.
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Normalize calling Cybertruck owners 'dumpster drivers'.
Honest question, has anyone seen any female presenting ICE agents or is it just stupid aggro dudes?
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Honest question, has anyone seen any female presenting ICE agents or is it just stupid aggro dudes?
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Promise?
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Promise?
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Good to see that they have taken the years of research on why 'dislike' buttons are kinda sucky and just decided to ignore it.
“As users ‘dislike’ posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.”
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch
As users "dislike" posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.
techcrunch.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Good to see that they have taken the years of research on why 'dislike' buttons are kinda sucky and just decided to ignore it.
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They hanged the people who got us the 8-hour workday.
If people actually understood how willing our government is to go to war with its own people simply for demanding equal rights, I think a lot more of us would be ready for war.
October 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
They hanged the people who got us the 8-hour workday.
If you were to ask right wing extremism scholars where they see the biggest organized RW threats right now 'rural sheriffs' is likely in the top 3. My peers and former colleagues have been talking about this problem since COVID but it doesn't seem to have broken through to the mainstream yet.
MUST WATCH: Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting
A Middle Tennessee sheriff is defending the arrest of a man for posting an online meme quoting President Donald Trump.
www.newschannel5.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
If you were to ask right wing extremism scholars where they see the biggest organized RW threats right now 'rural sheriffs' is likely in the top 3. My peers and former colleagues have been talking about this problem since COVID but it doesn't seem to have broken through to the mainstream yet.
Looks like the Democratic party is reviving this banger again
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Looks like the Democratic party is reviving this banger again
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The mother of a teenager who died by suicide is suing Roblox, accusing the company of worrying more about its investors than the children in its audience.
🔗 www.404media.co/lawsuit-accu...
🔗 www.404media.co/lawsuit-accu...
Lawsuit Accuses a16z of Turning Roblox Into a School Shooter's Playground
The family of a dead teen girl said she'd still be alive if Roblox did a better job moderating its platform.
www.404media.co
October 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The mother of a teenager who died by suicide is suing Roblox, accusing the company of worrying more about its investors than the children in its audience.
🔗 www.404media.co/lawsuit-accu...
🔗 www.404media.co/lawsuit-accu...
At this point, if you are still defending Democratic leadership and the way they are 'rising' to the current moment I sure as shit hope you're getting paid, otherwise youre an useful idiot simping for a party that is equally as beholden to monied interests, just different ones from MAGA ones.
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
At this point, if you are still defending Democratic leadership and the way they are 'rising' to the current moment I sure as shit hope you're getting paid, otherwise youre an useful idiot simping for a party that is equally as beholden to monied interests, just different ones from MAGA ones.
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no kings includes draft kings
October 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
no kings includes draft kings
Platner's tattoo thing.
I can believe that he may not have known what the symbol was when he got it.
I taught about extremist groups for years and very few students were familiar with symbols like this.
But...
Why keep it? Why not disclose and get ahead of it? Why let the oppo hit you with it?
I can believe that he may not have known what the symbol was when he got it.
I taught about extremist groups for years and very few students were familiar with symbols like this.
But...
Why keep it? Why not disclose and get ahead of it? Why let the oppo hit you with it?
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Platner's tattoo thing.
I can believe that he may not have known what the symbol was when he got it.
I taught about extremist groups for years and very few students were familiar with symbols like this.
But...
Why keep it? Why not disclose and get ahead of it? Why let the oppo hit you with it?
I can believe that he may not have known what the symbol was when he got it.
I taught about extremist groups for years and very few students were familiar with symbols like this.
But...
Why keep it? Why not disclose and get ahead of it? Why let the oppo hit you with it?
Seeing a lot of people giving the Dems credit for yesterday's protests. Important to note that they were mostly incidental to making yesterday happen. They've been far too busy appeasing their donor class by challenging populist candidates in Michigan and Maine with old ass establishment challengers
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Seeing a lot of people giving the Dems credit for yesterday's protests. Important to note that they were mostly incidental to making yesterday happen. They've been far too busy appeasing their donor class by challenging populist candidates in Michigan and Maine with old ass establishment challengers
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Disabled folks feeling guilty for not protesting today: *it is not your fault* that organizers don’t make an effort to make protests accessible and don’t encourage masking
And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way
And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way
October 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Disabled folks feeling guilty for not protesting today: *it is not your fault* that organizers don’t make an effort to make protests accessible and don’t encourage masking
And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way
And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way
Counterpoint to all the 'just block the govt accounts' is that I've been waiting years to tell DHS to eat a bucket of festering assholes in a setting where some dumb fuck may actually have to read and/or reply. Can't just let an opportunity like that slip on by.
October 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Counterpoint to all the 'just block the govt accounts' is that I've been waiting years to tell DHS to eat a bucket of festering assholes in a setting where some dumb fuck may actually have to read and/or reply. Can't just let an opportunity like that slip on by.
Hey, cool the plagiarism machine that tells people to kill themselves will now have less guardrails, seems like a good thing right?
Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
October 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Hey, cool the plagiarism machine that tells people to kill themselves will now have less guardrails, seems like a good thing right?
Hey y'all, you think what's going on in Portland is awesome and funny, do yourself a favor and check out the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
October 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Hey y'all, you think what's going on in Portland is awesome and funny, do yourself a favor and check out the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
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Heartbreaking reading, but this Reddit thread gives a sense of the relentlessness of the horror inflicted by ICE, and the damage being done to so many innocent people that doesn't make the news.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Heartbreaking reading, but this Reddit thread gives a sense of the relentlessness of the horror inflicted by ICE, and the damage being done to so many innocent people that doesn't make the news.