Brian Keese
@bdkeese.bsky.social
He/Him || Disney Fanatic || LorcanaMatata || Stephen King Enthusiast || Recovering Podcaster
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Seeing the blue wave and allowing myself the tiniest bit of hope that we’re at the beginning of the total collapse of white evangelical Christianity 😌
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Seeing the blue wave and allowing myself the tiniest bit of hope that we’re at the beginning of the total collapse of white evangelical Christianity 😌
The White House Major Events Timeline is absolutely wild. It's all just self-parody at this point. I genuinely think they're trying to make it as hard for SNL to make fun of them as possible by just doing the most clown things they can think of. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The White House Major Events Timeline is absolutely wild. It's all just self-parody at this point. I genuinely think they're trying to make it as hard for SNL to make fun of them as possible by just doing the most clown things they can think of. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
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Can't we just get healthcare
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Can't we just get healthcare
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For the next two election cycles, I am a single issue voter, and that issue is Public Trials and Permanent Imprisonment of Trump, Vance, Miller, et al.
Any Democrat that runs on that platform has my vote. That's all.
Any Democrat that runs on that platform has my vote. That's all.
August 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
For the next two election cycles, I am a single issue voter, and that issue is Public Trials and Permanent Imprisonment of Trump, Vance, Miller, et al.
Any Democrat that runs on that platform has my vote. That's all.
Any Democrat that runs on that platform has my vote. That's all.
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We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet
September 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet
Trump pivoting to the ballroom when asked about Charlie Kirk today has big yzma energy. media.tenor.com/qy6cTv1jB1MA...
September 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Trump pivoting to the ballroom when asked about Charlie Kirk today has big yzma energy. media.tenor.com/qy6cTv1jB1MA...
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![On the Media
Breaking News Consumer's Handbook
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
Everyone we talked to made this point. Details on the ground will be sketchy, a shooter may still be active, all the dead may not be accounted for. "whatever you might hear in the first couple of hours after a major news event, you should probably take it all with a grain of salt," says Andy Carvin, senior strategist on NPR's Digital Desk. "It’s quite possible that what you hear as the news stories the next morning – what they focus on might be quite different than the day before."
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
Often, news outlets will cite "sources," or a "law enforcement official." "I think you need to be very careful," says Ian Fisher, assistant managing editor for digital operations at the New York Times. "[law enforcement official] could be anything from the FBI to a cop in a car. So you just don’t know and you shouldn’t really trust that."
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
"Also be wary of organizations that blindly quote other organizations without solid sourcing," says Fisher. "They aren’t taking a very big chance in doing that. They can always say 'oh, that was them, not us.' So I think that they are a lot less choosy and careful than they would be if their own reporting was attached to it."
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
In the case of the DC Navy Yard shooting, the Sandy Hook shooting, and many others, initial reports included possible second and third shooters. “There’s pretty much never another one,” says Fisher. “So if you hear that, you can almost always discount."
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
Whether you realize it or not, the language the media uses tells you how reliable it is. Here's a helpful glossary:
"We are receiving reports" - sources are claiming something has happened, but it has not been confirmed.
"We are seeking confirmation" - the ne…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:onihz7z2lrza4zywg4eydq3s/bafkreibcoegxgkgrzwfh6dti2wtpr55arnhhpc36qhhnru5eers4sjbday@jpeg)
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The president probably blew up a boat smuggling migrants, not drugs, and this story is just going to go away tomorrow when he does something even worse, isn’t it?
September 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The president probably blew up a boat smuggling migrants, not drugs, and this story is just going to go away tomorrow when he does something even worse, isn’t it?
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Just wanna remind everyone that Sam Altman should be held personally liable for the deaths of multiple teenagers by suicide.
Put him in prison for the rest of his life.
Put him in prison for the rest of his life.
September 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Just wanna remind everyone that Sam Altman should be held personally liable for the deaths of multiple teenagers by suicide.
Put him in prison for the rest of his life.
Put him in prison for the rest of his life.
Counterpoint…
August 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Counterpoint…
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We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?
July 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?
Pretty wild that we just got F1 the movie and now in a couple days we’re getting F4. Can’t wait to see how they fill the gaps in F2 and F3 down the line.
July 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pretty wild that we just got F1 the movie and now in a couple days we’re getting F4. Can’t wait to see how they fill the gaps in F2 and F3 down the line.
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When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
July 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
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Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:
June 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:
Honestly incredible how many people think boys are transitioning to girls just so they can win high school track events.
June 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Honestly incredible how many people think boys are transitioning to girls just so they can win high school track events.
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
I love living on the west coast because the time zones make it easier to watch sports as well as the vampiric GOP destroying our country by holding budget meetings at 1am EST hoping people won’t notice.
May 21, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I love living on the west coast because the time zones make it easier to watch sports as well as the vampiric GOP destroying our country by holding budget meetings at 1am EST hoping people won’t notice.
Ranking the Chicago Sun Times' AI generated book reading list in the order I'd read them in.
10. Hurricane Season by Brit Bennett - This feels more like a Lifetime movie than a thrilling summer novel, but I could see it being read on a lot of beaches. Or brought to a beach and left on a chair.
10. Hurricane Season by Brit Bennett - This feels more like a Lifetime movie than a thrilling summer novel, but I could see it being read on a lot of beaches. Or brought to a beach and left on a chair.
May 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Ranking the Chicago Sun Times' AI generated book reading list in the order I'd read them in.
10. Hurricane Season by Brit Bennett - This feels more like a Lifetime movie than a thrilling summer novel, but I could see it being read on a lot of beaches. Or brought to a beach and left on a chair.
10. Hurricane Season by Brit Bennett - This feels more like a Lifetime movie than a thrilling summer novel, but I could see it being read on a lot of beaches. Or brought to a beach and left on a chair.
I *think* this is our first Pumbaa sighting since Set 1? Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm so excited! I'll probably end up buying this one if I don't pull it. Love my warty boy, and now we get enchanted! I hope with some of the new cards using Ally language we'll get more soon! #Lorcana #DisneyLorcana
May 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I *think* this is our first Pumbaa sighting since Set 1? Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm so excited! I'll probably end up buying this one if I don't pull it. Love my warty boy, and now we get enchanted! I hope with some of the new cards using Ally language we'll get more soon! #Lorcana #DisneyLorcana
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Not a historian, but to my knowledge, this is the first time a sitting US Senator — or member of Congress, generally — or perhaps any senior US gov’t official — has included an f-bomb in an official press release.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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Duckworth: Pete Hegseth Needs to Resign in Disgrace | U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
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March 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Not a historian, but to my knowledge, this is the first time a sitting US Senator — or member of Congress, generally — or perhaps any senior US gov’t official — has included an f-bomb in an official press release.
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...
www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-r...