Braydon Mertins
@braydonthegreat.bsky.social
The real Braydon - don't trust the others
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Just rewatched 28 Years Later in prep for seeing Bone Temple tomorrow and it just confirmed my initial reaction, which I think might be unpopular? It's great. Maternal/paternal love and empathy and understanding and acceptance of our fate wins over brute violence and delusion and posturing.
January 18, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Just rewatched 28 Years Later in prep for seeing Bone Temple tomorrow and it just confirmed my initial reaction, which I think might be unpopular? It's great. Maternal/paternal love and empathy and understanding and acceptance of our fate wins over brute violence and delusion and posturing.
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and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
How come when I press the "Power" button for my TV it only seems to actually become more powerful about half the time? The other half the time it actually in fact gets weaker (to the point where it just completely shuts off)
I will investigate further.
I will investigate further.
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
How come when I press the "Power" button for my TV it only seems to actually become more powerful about half the time? The other half the time it actually in fact gets weaker (to the point where it just completely shuts off)
I will investigate further.
I will investigate further.
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Baked potato, bare hands: Gaza’s humanitarian collapse is not an abstraction – it is a nightly reality
The piece condemns the human-made humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza, emphasizing the lived reality behind headlines: cold, flooding, collapsing health services, hunger, and children…
The piece condemns the human-made humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza, emphasizing the lived reality behind headlines: cold, flooding, collapsing health services, hunger, and children…
Baked potato, bare hands: Gaza’s humanitarian collapse is not an abstraction – it is a nightly reality
The piece condemns the human-made humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza, emphasizing the lived reality behind headlines: cold, flooding, collapsing health services, hunger, and children paying the highest price. It rejects blanket blame of Jews while holding political leadership and enabling policies accountable for prolonged civilian suffering. Using the humble baked potato as a symbol of dignity and normalcy, it contrasts everyday comfort elsewhere with Gaza’s deprivation, urging practical compassion and meaningful action.
www.potatonewstoday.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Baked potato, bare hands: Gaza’s humanitarian collapse is not an abstraction – it is a nightly reality
The piece condemns the human-made humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza, emphasizing the lived reality behind headlines: cold, flooding, collapsing health services, hunger, and children…
The piece condemns the human-made humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza, emphasizing the lived reality behind headlines: cold, flooding, collapsing health services, hunger, and children…
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IQ is a measure of how good you are at IQ tests, which is something informed by how familiar you are with taking academic tests (& thus the quality of your school, which is in part determined by your parents' wealth, etc). there's nothing in particular that makes them a good test of intelligence
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
IQ is a measure of how good you are at IQ tests, which is something informed by how familiar you are with taking academic tests (& thus the quality of your school, which is in part determined by your parents' wealth, etc). there's nothing in particular that makes them a good test of intelligence
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They fucking killed the Battle Bus driver.
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
They fucking killed the Battle Bus driver.
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Maybe I'm just not in the right discussion spaces but it really does feel like Fantastic Four: First Steps came and went, huh
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Maybe I'm just not in the right discussion spaces but it really does feel like Fantastic Four: First Steps came and went, huh
Sometimes I hear about people dieing just days away from or even on their Birthday, and I just don't get it. I think I would pull through and hold out for the festivities, but Idk maybe that's just me
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Sometimes I hear about people dieing just days away from or even on their Birthday, and I just don't get it. I think I would pull through and hold out for the festivities, but Idk maybe that's just me
I agree with Trump when he says he's worried about getting into heaven, except for me it's Taco Bell at 1am. I made an order on the app but I don't have a car. I just showed up at the restaurant hoping if I walked through the drive through theyd just give me my food but apparently they won't do that
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I agree with Trump when he says he's worried about getting into heaven, except for me it's Taco Bell at 1am. I made an order on the app but I don't have a car. I just showed up at the restaurant hoping if I walked through the drive through theyd just give me my food but apparently they won't do that
I'm afraid of heights but love the feeling of falling
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I'm afraid of heights but love the feeling of falling
NGL if I were to renovate the Lincoln Bathroom I'd definitely move the toilet away from the window. I would not be able to shit under these conditions!
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NGL if I were to renovate the Lincoln Bathroom I'd definitely move the toilet away from the window. I would not be able to shit under these conditions!
I went on a roadtrip and on my return my nepenthes surprised me with two new beautiful pitchers!! #gardensky
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I went on a roadtrip and on my return my nepenthes surprised me with two new beautiful pitchers!! #gardensky
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"it was important to me growing up" a vitally important part of becoming an adult is accepting that some things and people you once enjoyed or believed in were wrong or bad and it's actually good to leave those things behind !!!!
October 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
"it was important to me growing up" a vitally important part of becoming an adult is accepting that some things and people you once enjoyed or believed in were wrong or bad and it's actually good to leave those things behind !!!!
I made this ghost jellyfish for Halloween. I was inspired by a lil guy in the background of Spongebob Scaredypants
October 25, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I made this ghost jellyfish for Halloween. I was inspired by a lil guy in the background of Spongebob Scaredypants
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Is it just me or does naming a Halo: Combat Evolved remake "Halo: Campaign Evolved" have the same energy as the Madagascar sequel being named "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Is it just me or does naming a Halo: Combat Evolved remake "Halo: Campaign Evolved" have the same energy as the Madagascar sequel being named "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"
Imagine Alien but instead of the Xenomorph its just Trump and Elon. I think most of the movie would turn out the exact same. (Especially the chest-burster scene!)
October 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Imagine Alien but instead of the Xenomorph its just Trump and Elon. I think most of the movie would turn out the exact same. (Especially the chest-burster scene!)
Rocks and sticks are pretty similar. There's a lot of them everywhere and they're not really that interesting unless you're into rocks or sticks.
October 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Rocks and sticks are pretty similar. There's a lot of them everywhere and they're not really that interesting unless you're into rocks or sticks.
Tbf I think Toby Keith had an outsized impact on the rise of bro country nobody is really willing to acknowledge or give him credit for. Listen to his first compilation album, then the second, and tell me that even sounds like the same genre
October 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tbf I think Toby Keith had an outsized impact on the rise of bro country nobody is really willing to acknowledge or give him credit for. Listen to his first compilation album, then the second, and tell me that even sounds like the same genre
This is one of the best articles I've read in a long time and it's on a news site for potatoes????
The mouse, the potato, and the measure of mercy: Reflections on the fragile grace of living things
A quiet morning encounter with a tiny mouse leads to a meditation on the timeless ethic live, and let live. Through reflections on human dignity, nature’s balance, and the rhythms of potato farming,…
A quiet morning encounter with a tiny mouse leads to a meditation on the timeless ethic live, and let live. Through reflections on human dignity, nature’s balance, and the rhythms of potato farming,…
The mouse, the potato, and the measure of mercy: Reflections on the fragile grace of living things
A quiet morning encounter with a tiny mouse leads to a meditation on the timeless ethic live, and let live. Through reflections on human dignity, nature’s balance, and the rhythms of potato farming, this essay by Lukie Pieterse explores how coexistence and restraint sustain life in all its forms. It invites readers to see compassion not as sentiment but as survival — a covenant linking soil, creature, and soul in the shared work of living gently on earth.
www.potatonewstoday.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is one of the best articles I've read in a long time and it's on a news site for potatoes????
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i dont want a light or dark ui i want a grey mid-value ui
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
i dont want a light or dark ui i want a grey mid-value ui
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reminder that bluesky is a platform for fake fans and haters. if you’re posting about sports, please try to keep it dimwitted and reverberating with spite
September 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
reminder that bluesky is a platform for fake fans and haters. if you’re posting about sports, please try to keep it dimwitted and reverberating with spite
Yeah 2020 may have sucked but remember how hopeful and looking forward to the future we all were?
Miss that feeling
Miss that feeling
August 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yeah 2020 may have sucked but remember how hopeful and looking forward to the future we all were?
Miss that feeling
Miss that feeling
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Literally looks like they’re all posing in front of a wax Liam Neeson.
July 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Literally looks like they’re all posing in front of a wax Liam Neeson.
Do you think Wolfgang Puck ever thinks about how his name rhymes with Wolfgang Shmuck???
June 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Do you think Wolfgang Puck ever thinks about how his name rhymes with Wolfgang Shmuck???