Reese D Brooks
@oconner1853.bsky.social
Historian, novelist, tabletop gamer, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fan. Decadent intellectual. With a blog.
https://randomthoughtsoftheday4.wordpress.com/
https://randomthoughtsoftheday4.wordpress.com/
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February 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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There once was an ICEman named Bill,
A coward, he was lacking in will,
With roids he raged,
At the children he caged,
For the pedo on Capitol Hill
A coward, he was lacking in will,
With roids he raged,
At the children he caged,
For the pedo on Capitol Hill
August 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
There once was an ICEman named Bill,
A coward, he was lacking in will,
With roids he raged,
At the children he caged,
For the pedo on Capitol Hill
A coward, he was lacking in will,
With roids he raged,
At the children he caged,
For the pedo on Capitol Hill
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Get federal law enforcement back in the monkey suits and top hats, no more tactislop
February 2, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Get federal law enforcement back in the monkey suits and top hats, no more tactislop
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I hate living in the Asshole Cinematic Universe.
“So the King of Pedophiles got the 4chan guy to make the Nazi board and that’s why the host of Celebrity Apprentice was made immune to laws by the Tradcath Illuminati. This has something to do with video game journalism, maybe?”
Fuck off.
“So the King of Pedophiles got the 4chan guy to make the Nazi board and that’s why the host of Celebrity Apprentice was made immune to laws by the Tradcath Illuminati. This has something to do with video game journalism, maybe?”
Fuck off.
January 31, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I hate living in the Asshole Cinematic Universe.
“So the King of Pedophiles got the 4chan guy to make the Nazi board and that’s why the host of Celebrity Apprentice was made immune to laws by the Tradcath Illuminati. This has something to do with video game journalism, maybe?”
Fuck off.
“So the King of Pedophiles got the 4chan guy to make the Nazi board and that’s why the host of Celebrity Apprentice was made immune to laws by the Tradcath Illuminati. This has something to do with video game journalism, maybe?”
Fuck off.
Rereading Lord of the Rings and I love that the march of the Ents and "I am no man," two of the most iconic moments in all of Tolkien, are just him disliking the plot twists in MacBeth and doing it better.
January 31, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Rereading Lord of the Rings and I love that the march of the Ents and "I am no man," two of the most iconic moments in all of Tolkien, are just him disliking the plot twists in MacBeth and doing it better.
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Russia's at 1.2 million casualties, and then there's this:
"After seizing the initiative in 2024, Russian forces have advanced at an average rate of between 15 and 70 meters per day in their most prominent offensives, slower than almost any major offensive campaign in any war in the last century."
"After seizing the initiative in 2024, Russian forces have advanced at an average rate of between 15 and 70 meters per day in their most prominent offensives, slower than almost any major offensive campaign in any war in the last century."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Russia's at 1.2 million casualties, and then there's this:
"After seizing the initiative in 2024, Russian forces have advanced at an average rate of between 15 and 70 meters per day in their most prominent offensives, slower than almost any major offensive campaign in any war in the last century."
"After seizing the initiative in 2024, Russian forces have advanced at an average rate of between 15 and 70 meters per day in their most prominent offensives, slower than almost any major offensive campaign in any war in the last century."
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My buddy's 15 year DnD group is imploding because a couple of the long time players are defending the ICE murders and everyone else is appalled. This is a red line for normal people in a "get the fuck out and never talk to me again" way. The evil and injustice is instantly recognizable.
January 25, 2026 at 5:15 AM
My buddy's 15 year DnD group is imploding because a couple of the long time players are defending the ICE murders and everyone else is appalled. This is a red line for normal people in a "get the fuck out and never talk to me again" way. The evil and injustice is instantly recognizable.
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YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
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January 25, 2026 at 2:10 AM
YouGov is out with a new poll after ICE killed another person in Minnesota today. Abolishing ICE is now +5 among all adults, and **+12 among independents**
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
substack.com/@gelliottmor...
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In Julia Boyd's TRAVELERS IN THE THIRD REICH, she quotes from the diary of an American foreign-exchange student who managed to talk her way into a lecture by Julius Streicher.
"I knew I would be angry" she wrote, "but I did not know I would literally be shaking with rage."
"I knew I would be angry" she wrote, "but I did not know I would literally be shaking with rage."
March 9, 2025 at 3:59 AM
In Julia Boyd's TRAVELERS IN THE THIRD REICH, she quotes from the diary of an American foreign-exchange student who managed to talk her way into a lecture by Julius Streicher.
"I knew I would be angry" she wrote, "but I did not know I would literally be shaking with rage."
"I knew I would be angry" she wrote, "but I did not know I would literally be shaking with rage."
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Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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Preaching at CBP officers about justice and repentence and one started crying and had to walk to a different area
January 24, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Preaching at CBP officers about justice and repentence and one started crying and had to walk to a different area
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The fixation on Operation Paperclip is honestly kind of funny because the US Army Historical Division is arguably way worse and way more consequential for nazi lost causers and Clean Wehrmacht shit
Operation Paperclip criticism is always so weird. We basically enslaved Nazi scientists for years. What's some better alternative that people imagine here?
1: literally every allied power in europe did this, and the Soviets actually did it the most
2: this is in no way contrary to anyone fighting the nazis, the fact that the allied powers were in a position to capture/accept the surrender of scientists and engineers is *because* they fought the nazis
2: this is in no way contrary to anyone fighting the nazis, the fact that the allied powers were in a position to capture/accept the surrender of scientists and engineers is *because* they fought the nazis
January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
The fixation on Operation Paperclip is honestly kind of funny because the US Army Historical Division is arguably way worse and way more consequential for nazi lost causers and Clean Wehrmacht shit
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my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue
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To the commentariat young left wing women do not exist but young right wing men (who may or may not be Bangladeshi bot farms) must be endlessly catered to in order to save democracy or something.
January 22, 2026 at 9:59 PM
To the commentariat young left wing women do not exist but young right wing men (who may or may not be Bangladeshi bot farms) must be endlessly catered to in order to save democracy or something.
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"this is not who we are" is 90% of the time a normative statement of aspiration, it's not an empirical claim of "these events have never taken place in this country before". one of the most obnoxious genres of "actually..." is reacting like it's the latter when it's clearly the former.
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
"this is not who we are" is 90% of the time a normative statement of aspiration, it's not an empirical claim of "these events have never taken place in this country before". one of the most obnoxious genres of "actually..." is reacting like it's the latter when it's clearly the former.
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In polls, 28% of Americans say they support ICE killing Renee Good. Even if we assume another 5% like it but lied, that's still just 1/3 of Americans.
The regime tries to make up for its lack of support with bluster, lying in an effort to get others to give up. No one should help them with that.
The regime tries to make up for its lack of support with bluster, lying in an effort to get others to give up. No one should help them with that.
When you say that “most Americans support the murder of Renee Good (or most other awful MAGA actions,” you are doing Trump’s propaganda work for him.
Polling makes it very clear that most Americans do NOT support this shit.
Polling makes it very clear that most Americans do NOT support this shit.
January 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In polls, 28% of Americans say they support ICE killing Renee Good. Even if we assume another 5% like it but lied, that's still just 1/3 of Americans.
The regime tries to make up for its lack of support with bluster, lying in an effort to get others to give up. No one should help them with that.
The regime tries to make up for its lack of support with bluster, lying in an effort to get others to give up. No one should help them with that.
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I see that the DHS effort to intimidate people in Minnesota is proceeding - those fellows wearing camo look properly intimidated!
*touches ear* oh, I am being told those are the ICE goons supposed to do the intimidating.
Whelp.
*touches ear* oh, I am being told those are the ICE goons supposed to do the intimidating.
Whelp.
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I see that the DHS effort to intimidate people in Minnesota is proceeding - those fellows wearing camo look properly intimidated!
*touches ear* oh, I am being told those are the ICE goons supposed to do the intimidating.
Whelp.
*touches ear* oh, I am being told those are the ICE goons supposed to do the intimidating.
Whelp.
the ex-police officer who volunteers at my workplace (and leans conservative on most things) just told me that, "Abolishing ICE isn't enough. What we should do is abolish the DHS."
I don't think anyone in the administration has realized how badly they f*cked up.
I don't think anyone in the administration has realized how badly they f*cked up.
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
the ex-police officer who volunteers at my workplace (and leans conservative on most things) just told me that, "Abolishing ICE isn't enough. What we should do is abolish the DHS."
I don't think anyone in the administration has realized how badly they f*cked up.
I don't think anyone in the administration has realized how badly they f*cked up.
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My body is a machine that turns Saturdays into zero words of progress on book chapters
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
My body is a machine that turns Saturdays into zero words of progress on book chapters
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Jefferson was so proud of the law disestablishing the state church in Virginia he had it carved on his grave.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith claims that every single one of the Founding Fathers "by today's standards, would be labeled a far-right Christian nationalist."
January 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Jefferson was so proud of the law disestablishing the state church in Virginia he had it carved on his grave.
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🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
January 8, 2026 at 9:16 PM
🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )