Brian Merchant
@briankmerch.bsky.social
Just a nerd trying to be a bit better than I was.
When did being a rich, eccentric geek go from “Everyone should speak LogLan” to “Human organ meat should be available in stores”?
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
When did being a rich, eccentric geek go from “Everyone should speak LogLan” to “Human organ meat should be available in stores”?
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October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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No Kings South Bend Indiana
October 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
No Kings South Bend Indiana
The State Department said that it has revoked the visas of foreign nationals who had spoken out against Charlie Kirk. Senior officials within the department said they would move to deny or rescind visas for individuals who had criticized Kirk, this is a direct violations of the First Amendment.
US revokes visas for six foreigners over comments made about Charlie Kirk's death
The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had revoked the visas of six foreigners over social media comments made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
www.reuters.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
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"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power."
New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
New from @markhertling.bsky.social:
Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military
If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
www.thebulwark.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
An we move Dean Cain into the same bin of washed up actors looking for attention as Kevin Sorbo and Scott Baio?
Former Superman actor Dean Cain has revealed that he’s joining the ranks of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, showing his support for US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. cnn.it/46OrmCs
August 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
An we move Dean Cain into the same bin of washed up actors looking for attention as Kevin Sorbo and Scott Baio?
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i have no idea if this is true and i don’t even care, it’s part of the little caesar’s canon now
I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡
July 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
i have no idea if this is true and i don’t even care, it’s part of the little caesar’s canon now
The difference is, one of those terms was a term of contempt forced upon a group. That group reclaimed it as an act of defiance.
The other term earned its contempt through barbarity and hatred. Reclaiming it stains your soul and forever marks you as a horrible person.
The other term earned its contempt through barbarity and hatred. Reclaiming it stains your soul and forever marks you as a horrible person.
What this really shows is we can get them to call themselves literally anything.
Gutfeld: “We need to learn from the blacks. The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word word by using it. So from now on it’s: What up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging, my Nazi?”
Kennedy: “Nazi, please!”
Gutfeld: “Thank God you did a hard ‘i’ there.”
Kennedy: “Nazi, please!”
Gutfeld: “Thank God you did a hard ‘i’ there.”
July 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The difference is, one of those terms was a term of contempt forced upon a group. That group reclaimed it as an act of defiance.
The other term earned its contempt through barbarity and hatred. Reclaiming it stains your soul and forever marks you as a horrible person.
The other term earned its contempt through barbarity and hatred. Reclaiming it stains your soul and forever marks you as a horrible person.
They don’t care about innocent or guilty. They want a caged animal to show off so they can seem tough.
July 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
They don’t care about innocent or guilty. They want a caged animal to show off so they can seem tough.
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super cool to realize that the capacity for shame was a load-bearing part of our system of government and that the MAGA movement's total rejection of that is an insanely powerful cheat code
the times is reporting that fema let call center operator contracts expire on july 5, the day after the texas flood, and calls answered went from 99.7% that day to 36% the next to 16% the next www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
super cool to realize that the capacity for shame was a load-bearing part of our system of government and that the MAGA movement's total rejection of that is an insanely powerful cheat code
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who or Transformers.
July 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who or Transformers.
Remember: unless your family has lived in Ethiopia for a REALLY long time, they immigrated from somewhere in the past.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: "Native-born Americans" are just immigrants plus time. Once we accept this, the logic of the Great Replacement Theory becomes nonsensical. In @kevinmkruse.bsky.social's latest essay, he offers some excellent evidence of this, including this great cartoon.
Some perspective on the great conservative freak-out about Mamdani in NYC:
campaign-trails.ghost.io/the-not-so-g...
campaign-trails.ghost.io/the-not-so-g...
June 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Remember: unless your family has lived in Ethiopia for a REALLY long time, they immigrated from somewhere in the past.
Does anyone else think it would be hilarious if Gov Newsom ordered the CA National Guard to protect job sites by ensuring anyone exercising police powers was in marked vehicles, in uniform, and displaying badges with identification.
June 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Does anyone else think it would be hilarious if Gov Newsom ordered the CA National Guard to protect job sites by ensuring anyone exercising police powers was in marked vehicles, in uniform, and displaying badges with identification.
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"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...
Wayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurant
Newswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained.
www.wnep.com
June 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...
Just a reminder. Every bit of cruelty, every scapegoating, every outrage, is a distraction. It’s a guy throwing rocks at people outside the bank so they don’t look at the accomplices cleaning out the vault.
June 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Just a reminder. Every bit of cruelty, every scapegoating, every outrage, is a distraction. It’s a guy throwing rocks at people outside the bank so they don’t look at the accomplices cleaning out the vault.
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Trump could wander into the press briefing room in nothing but soiled underwear, mistake Karoline Leavitt for his ex-wife Marla Maples, and go on an extended rant about how he was sending SEAL Team 6 to execute George Clooney and half the media would still be asking about Biden's health.
May 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Trump could wander into the press briefing room in nothing but soiled underwear, mistake Karoline Leavitt for his ex-wife Marla Maples, and go on an extended rant about how he was sending SEAL Team 6 to execute George Clooney and half the media would still be asking about Biden's health.
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Tar Wars
The Winter Solder
The Hunt for Ed October
The Truman Sow
Tar Wars
The Winter Solder
The Hunt for Ed October
The Truman Sow
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Oldfinger
Oldfinger
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Uck Soup.
Uck Soup.
May 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Tar Wars
The Winter Solder
The Hunt for Ed October
The Truman Sow
Tar Wars
The Winter Solder
The Hunt for Ed October
The Truman Sow
A film that takes place where you’re from
April 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A film that takes place where you’re from
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
April 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
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This is how tariffs work. ..and now I want Crab Rangoon.
April 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is how tariffs work. ..and now I want Crab Rangoon.
If this stupidity continues, we’ll be paying more for a phone than we do for cars.
JUST IN: China raises retaliatory tariffs on US imports from 84% to 125% as trade war escalates. Follow live updates.
Live updates: Trump news, tariffs rattle stock market and trade war shifts to China | CNN Politics
An unprecedented trade war between the United States and China is taking shape as both countries wait for the other to make the first move at a deal on tariffs. Follow for live news updates.
www.cnn.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If this stupidity continues, we’ll be paying more for a phone than we do for cars.