Austin
@thebrotographer.bsky.social
finally a new place to be annoying
30, queer, sometimes i use cameras or write songs
30, queer, sometimes i use cameras or write songs
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with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
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What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
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Just discovered power chords. Has anyone ever heard of them? They’re pretty cool
February 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Just discovered power chords. Has anyone ever heard of them? They’re pretty cool
fender marking down their crazy cool vintera competition mustangs from $1200 to $800 is wild
February 15, 2026 at 1:41 PM
fender marking down their crazy cool vintera competition mustangs from $1200 to $800 is wild
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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A book I highly recommend on electronic slot machines—which fully convinced me they should be illegal for how they systematically mislead our brains—is Natasha Dow Schüll‘s ADDICTION BY DESIGN
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
A book I highly recommend on electronic slot machines—which fully convinced me they should be illegal for how they systematically mislead our brains—is Natasha Dow Schüll‘s ADDICTION BY DESIGN
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
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this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema
February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema
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thousands marching through little earth in minneapolis right now to say no more missing and murdered indigenous relatives
February 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
thousands marching through little earth in minneapolis right now to say no more missing and murdered indigenous relatives
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Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not
February 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not
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We're about to be live on p4a! Come help us raise money for some awesome causes!
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Project for Awesome 2026 part 3!
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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February 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
We're about to be live on p4a! Come help us raise money for some awesome causes!
www.youtube.com/live/J7g7oBK...
www.youtube.com/live/J7g7oBK...
thank you p4a for helping me get my sleep schedule somewhat back on track
February 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
thank you p4a for helping me get my sleep schedule somewhat back on track
some olympics figure skating routines from this year not being readily available on the internet is going to be my villain origin story
February 14, 2026 at 10:58 AM
some olympics figure skating routines from this year not being readily available on the internet is going to be my villain origin story
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her: are you stupid
me:
me:
February 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
her: are you stupid
me:
me:
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MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
February 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
MAHA: Eating a giant steak cooked in butter alongside beef tallow fries and washing it down with coffee spiked with butter
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
Not MAHA: Clean air, clean water, health insurance, vaccines, disease monitoring, scientific research, food assistance, food safety, bike lanes
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i knew the women's US olympic hockey team was good, i didn't know they were "the other team hasn't had a shot on goal in 23 minutes during the quarterfinal" good
February 13, 2026 at 9:24 PM
i knew the women's US olympic hockey team was good, i didn't know they were "the other team hasn't had a shot on goal in 23 minutes during the quarterfinal" good
new PONY album is unbelievably good perfectly cursed for friday the 13th, perfectly bittersweet for valentine's day, perfectly sunny for some roadtripping later this year wowowowowowowowow go listen
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
new PONY album is unbelievably good perfectly cursed for friday the 13th, perfectly bittersweet for valentine's day, perfectly sunny for some roadtripping later this year wowowowowowowowow go listen
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nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
i'm at the combination MUNA album launch, Bleachers album launch, PONY album release, August Ponthier album release, Gladlands finale, and p4a livestream week
February 13, 2026 at 4:21 AM
i'm at the combination MUNA album launch, Bleachers album launch, PONY album release, August Ponthier album release, Gladlands finale, and p4a livestream week
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Elon Musk genuinely has to be regarded as one of history’s pre-eminent mass murderers
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
news.westernu.ca
February 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Elon Musk genuinely has to be regarded as one of history’s pre-eminent mass murderers
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Ominous bird valentines.
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Ominous bird valentines.
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
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been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis