Michael Van Brackle
@michaelvanbrackle.bsky.social
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This is good and beautiful. (Except for time flowing downwards from the top, which makes me dizzy.)
At last! Finished page: how a star forms, what fuels it, & how it forges new forms into being! A star is a momentary reversal - a wellspring of possibilities that makes life possible. This took me some time to figure out to say the least - but geeked to be done & move onward! #Nostos #Unflattening 2
March 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This is good and beautiful. (Except for time flowing downwards from the top, which makes me dizzy.)
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Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
March 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
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chat.. did we just witness the greatest dunk in the history of the universe
February 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
chat.. did we just witness the greatest dunk in the history of the universe
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What if half the country refused to file their tax return?
February 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
What if half the country refused to file their tax return?
New GOP budget includes $150 billion increase in military spending...for eggs
February 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New GOP budget includes $150 billion increase in military spending...for eggs
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“The party that once prided itself on standing up to Moscow,” Jonathan Lemire writes, “has bowed to a president who himself is bowing to an adversary.”
The Party of Reagan Is Selling Out Ukraine
Even pro-Ukraine Republicans have been silent on Donald Trump’s deference to Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“The party that once prided itself on standing up to Moscow,” Jonathan Lemire writes, “has bowed to a president who himself is bowing to an adversary.”
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For 16 years, U.S. aviation had a perfect record—ZERO major commercial plane crashes.
Then Trump returned and in just 29 days the USA has had seven crashes, 15 aviation disasters, and 85 dead, on pace for this over 1,000 dead this year via plane crash.
Then Trump returned and in just 29 days the USA has had seven crashes, 15 aviation disasters, and 85 dead, on pace for this over 1,000 dead this year via plane crash.
Donald Is Making Airplanes Crash Again
The numbers are damning.
www.thegodpodcast.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
For 16 years, U.S. aviation had a perfect record—ZERO major commercial plane crashes.
Then Trump returned and in just 29 days the USA has had seven crashes, 15 aviation disasters, and 85 dead, on pace for this over 1,000 dead this year via plane crash.
Then Trump returned and in just 29 days the USA has had seven crashes, 15 aviation disasters, and 85 dead, on pace for this over 1,000 dead this year via plane crash.
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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
February 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
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“Trump’s so-called reforms will only make it harder for the White House and the Republican Congress to enact their own policy aims, and harder for any president to get things done in the future,” @annielowrey.bsky.social discusses Trump's attacks on the civil service:
Civil Servants Are Not America’s Enemies
Trump wants to bring back the spoils system of the 19th century.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Trump’s so-called reforms will only make it harder for the White House and the Republican Congress to enact their own policy aims, and harder for any president to get things done in the future,” @annielowrey.bsky.social discusses Trump's attacks on the civil service:
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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Okay, pardon us, but F this. America, you’ve got to stand up.
February 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Okay, pardon us, but F this. America, you’ve got to stand up.
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President Trump’s proposal to take long-term control of Gaza marked a rare moment of discord in a largely unified Republican party
Trump’s Gaza Takeover Proposal Splinters MAGA Base
The White House tried to sell a skeptical Republican Party and foreign policy establishment on taking over the Palestinian enclave.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
President Trump’s proposal to take long-term control of Gaza marked a rare moment of discord in a largely unified Republican party
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This is correct.
So Trump hurt America's relationship with Canada and made markets wobble all to "get" Canada to do things Canada had announced back in December in coordination with the Biden administration, do I have that right?
February 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This is correct.
Damn you Martin Short and your fentanyl smuggling empire!
February 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Damn you Martin Short and your fentanyl smuggling empire!
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I asked Elon’s Grok 2 the question of whether and how you could destroy the country through insane trade wars and hijacking Treasury’s payment system.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
February 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I asked Elon’s Grok 2 the question of whether and how you could destroy the country through insane trade wars and hijacking Treasury’s payment system.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
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What Elon is doing to the government and the country and everyone’s reaction to it this weekend reminds me of the xenomorph and the crew of the Nostromo as they slowly catch on to what’s happening on their ship.
February 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
What Elon is doing to the government and the country and everyone’s reaction to it this weekend reminds me of the xenomorph and the crew of the Nostromo as they slowly catch on to what’s happening on their ship.
“The deadly crash over the Potomac River is the culmination of an alarming pattern,” writes Juliette Kayyem. “Our aviation system has been ignoring warning signs and normalizing deviance. Good luck can last only so long, and it ran out last night”:
The Near Misses at Airports Have Been Telling Us Something
The deadly crash over the Potomac River is the culmination of an alarming pattern.
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I'm just looking around while waiting on my wife
January 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'm just looking around while waiting on my wife