Bram Boroson
@bramboro.bsky.social
Sometime astronomy professor. https://bramboroson.com
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Are we in Animal Farm or Lord of the Flies or a secret third thing
He screamed, "QUIET, QUIET PIGGY!!" at all the female reporters
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are we in Animal Farm or Lord of the Flies or a secret third thing
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phrasing it as "no meaningful *management* experience" is so funny. they didn't use the word government specifically because they don't want to imply there's anything wrong with the billionaire to elected office pipeline
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
phrasing it as "no meaningful *management* experience" is so funny. they didn't use the word government specifically because they don't want to imply there's anything wrong with the billionaire to elected office pipeline
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"You live in a mafia state in a mafia world headed for the mother of all mergers."
-- THEY KNEW (2022)
-- THEY KNEW (2022)
September 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"You live in a mafia state in a mafia world headed for the mother of all mergers."
-- THEY KNEW (2022)
-- THEY KNEW (2022)
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I will never get tired of watching meteorites blast new craters on the Moon.
This likely lunar impact flash appeared today. Like a space firefly. 🧪
This likely lunar impact flash appeared today. Like a space firefly. 🧪
Vous assistez, quasiment en direct à la formation d'un cratère sur la Lune, avec un impact filmé ce matin !
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I will never get tired of watching meteorites blast new craters on the Moon.
This likely lunar impact flash appeared today. Like a space firefly. 🧪
This likely lunar impact flash appeared today. Like a space firefly. 🧪
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The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar"
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
Unprecedentedly corrupt.
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*Marjorie Taylor Greene* being so sincerely anti-child sex abuse that she's willing to douse both her own political career and the president's in gasoline before tackling him into an open fire was actually not one I saw coming at all ngl
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
*Marjorie Taylor Greene* being so sincerely anti-child sex abuse that she's willing to douse both her own political career and the president's in gasoline before tackling him into an open fire was actually not one I saw coming at all ngl
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so it turns out qanon was like McCarthyism in that like 90% of the country was spying for the Russians and they somehow managed to accuse the other 10%
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
so it turns out qanon was like McCarthyism in that like 90% of the country was spying for the Russians and they somehow managed to accuse the other 10%
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I am a sucker for the old Strandbeests ... Strandbeesten? Strandboosters
The latest Strandbeest! These thing are just so cool
youtu.be/ANhA94ZqnEQ?...
youtu.be/ANhA94ZqnEQ?...
Strandbeest evolution 2025
YouTube video by theo jansen
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November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I am a sucker for the old Strandbeests ... Strandbeesten? Strandboosters
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For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a supernova explosion just a day after detection, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
Achieved by our VLT, this feat will help us understand how massive stars die: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2520/
🔭 🧪 ☄️
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
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Also, the older I get, the more I realize it's *SO* important as adults to have space just to play.
This is how children learn, and how adult animals stay healthy. Humans seem to reject it
Play is how we stay curious, practice resilience, and reject performance, perfection, and expectation.
This is how children learn, and how adult animals stay healthy. Humans seem to reject it
Play is how we stay curious, practice resilience, and reject performance, perfection, and expectation.
Having to focus on how movement looks, sounds, and feels is why enjoy martial arts. I could exercise on a treadmill, but I would 100% stay stuck in the anxiety in my head. With MA, I have to climb out of my head and focus on my body.
That's mindfulness.
Plus, it's practice punching Nazis.
That's mindfulness.
Plus, it's practice punching Nazis.
This morning’s swordplay.
The joy of learning something new (and on your own) is permission to just focus on how something sounds and feels.
I’m a sensory person. I find the sound of wind, metal quite satisfying, and meditative in the morning. #jian #straightsword
The joy of learning something new (and on your own) is permission to just focus on how something sounds and feels.
I’m a sensory person. I find the sound of wind, metal quite satisfying, and meditative in the morning. #jian #straightsword
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Also, the older I get, the more I realize it's *SO* important as adults to have space just to play.
This is how children learn, and how adult animals stay healthy. Humans seem to reject it
Play is how we stay curious, practice resilience, and reject performance, perfection, and expectation.
This is how children learn, and how adult animals stay healthy. Humans seem to reject it
Play is how we stay curious, practice resilience, and reject performance, perfection, and expectation.
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Analysis | Yes, Democrats won last Tuesday's elections by double digits. However, they did not win them by triple digits. The time had come to cave to Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Analysis | Yes, Democrats won last Tuesday's elections by double digits. However, they did not win them by triple digits. The time had come to cave to Trump.
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The guy who said we’d already be in mars by now and that a hyper tunnel would already be connecting LA to Vegas and that humanoid robots are going to eliminate poverty thinks the new mayor of New York is the swindler?
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The guy who said we’d already be in mars by now and that a hyper tunnel would already be connecting LA to Vegas and that humanoid robots are going to eliminate poverty thinks the new mayor of New York is the swindler?
My Thoughts on Dick Cheney
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November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My Thoughts on Dick Cheney
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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We don't have a word for it but I'm currently doing the opposite of doomscrolling. Good job, US.
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
We don't have a word for it but I'm currently doing the opposite of doomscrolling. Good job, US.
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Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Who is wise? One who learns from all people.
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
Who is a fool? One who is content with their own limited understanding of the world.
(Pirkei Avot, Ethics of our Fathers)
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The president is not a king. He is not free to disregard the rule of law whenever it becomes politically inconvenient for him. The Trump administration must comply with recent court orders to fund SNAP in November for millions of hungry seniors, children, veterans and the disabled.
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The president is not a king. He is not free to disregard the rule of law whenever it becomes politically inconvenient for him. The Trump administration must comply with recent court orders to fund SNAP in November for millions of hungry seniors, children, veterans and the disabled.
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We need to fully fund SNAP now. Not after more political games. Not after millions of Americans face the terrifying prospect of hunger without end.
3/3
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November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We need to fully fund SNAP now. Not after more political games. Not after millions of Americans face the terrifying prospect of hunger without end.
3/3
3/3
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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has ordered an immediate pause on residential evictions and water shutoffs as the federal lapse in SNAP funds takes effect.
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia...
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia...
Atlanta pauses evictions, water shutoffs as SNAP funding lapses
Mayor Andre Dickens ordered a citywide pause on residential evictions and water shutoffs.
www.fox5atlanta.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has ordered an immediate pause on residential evictions and water shutoffs as the federal lapse in SNAP funds takes effect.
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia...
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia...
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“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
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Today is the #SNAPDayOfAction, and we need you to join us and act now.
42 million Americans are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov 1st. USDA has a contingency fund but hasn't released it. Contact your Members of Congress today!
42 million Americans are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov 1st. USDA has a contingency fund but hasn't released it. Contact your Members of Congress today!
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today is the #SNAPDayOfAction, and we need you to join us and act now.
42 million Americans are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov 1st. USDA has a contingency fund but hasn't released it. Contact your Members of Congress today!
42 million Americans are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov 1st. USDA has a contingency fund but hasn't released it. Contact your Members of Congress today!
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The time has come on this #SNAPDayofAction to stop playing politics with people’s lives and futures.
Those in the majority in Congress and in the White House must step up and do their jobs regardless of politics.
Read MAZON President and CEO Abby Leibman's full op-ed in @msmagazine.com:
Those in the majority in Congress and in the White House must step up and do their jobs regardless of politics.
Read MAZON President and CEO Abby Leibman's full op-ed in @msmagazine.com:
The Trump Administration’s Latest Power Play: Starving Americans to Secure Democrats' Submission
The Trump administration is playing politics with people’s basic needs by claiming there is no funding for November SNAP benefits.
msmagazine.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The time has come on this #SNAPDayofAction to stop playing politics with people’s lives and futures.
Those in the majority in Congress and in the White House must step up and do their jobs regardless of politics.
Read MAZON President and CEO Abby Leibman's full op-ed in @msmagazine.com:
Those in the majority in Congress and in the White House must step up and do their jobs regardless of politics.
Read MAZON President and CEO Abby Leibman's full op-ed in @msmagazine.com: