Brandon
@btavshanjian.bsky.social
TIL Jimmy is a bass clarinet player
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
TIL Jimmy is a bass clarinet player
The traitorous 8 cares more about arguing with the people that think they’re wrong than doing anything for the American people
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The traitorous 8 cares more about arguing with the people that think they’re wrong than doing anything for the American people
Which raises a question—what Shakespeare character is the best analog for Trump? It’s not Lear.
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Which raises a question—what Shakespeare character is the best analog for Trump? It’s not Lear.
The crappy messaging by the traitorous 8 is making me angrier at them than the actual vote.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The crappy messaging by the traitorous 8 is making me angrier at them than the actual vote.
This reminds me of old school communist revolutionaries in the 60s thinking there were buttons that controlled the stock market &c
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This reminds me of old school communist revolutionaries in the 60s thinking there were buttons that controlled the stock market &c
It’s not the shape of the urethra, it’s that sometimes urine dries and seals part of the urethra, or you get a random erection, or the urethra is compressed after sitting or lying. Learn your own anatomy, man!
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s not the shape of the urethra, it’s that sometimes urine dries and seals part of the urethra, or you get a random erection, or the urethra is compressed after sitting or lying. Learn your own anatomy, man!
He also seems very unaware of the critical use of lithium in batteries
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
He also seems very unaware of the critical use of lithium in batteries
I feel like that’s great? Like where anyone should start
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I feel like that’s great? Like where anyone should start
On some level, I do find it remarkable how he strings together sentences that appear to be saying something but actually convey no content
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On some level, I do find it remarkable how he strings together sentences that appear to be saying something but actually convey no content
I mean, judging by how senate leadership is more like herding cats I lean toward the latter
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I mean, judging by how senate leadership is more like herding cats I lean toward the latter
Now I’m in the top 20% of earners. Does that change things? These boundaries are somewhat arbitrary
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Now I’m in the top 20% of earners. Does that change things? These boundaries are somewhat arbitrary
Yes. The bathroom is not a sterile environment and has fecal particles contaminating the surfaces. So one should wash their hands after contact with said surfaces
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Yes. The bathroom is not a sterile environment and has fecal particles contaminating the surfaces. So one should wash their hands after contact with said surfaces
Exactly. I have been in the situation where I have earned 40k per year with a PhD. Was I middle class? What about if I pointed out that I was a first generation college student—does that change the calculus?
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Exactly. I have been in the situation where I have earned 40k per year with a PhD. Was I middle class? What about if I pointed out that I was a first generation college student—does that change the calculus?
I think you’d need to do something more akin to the parliament act and the threat of creation in the UK—threaten to create so many states that the balance of power in the senate would be fundamentally upset indefinitely as the alternative to reform
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I think you’d need to do something more akin to the parliament act and the threat of creation in the UK—threaten to create so many states that the balance of power in the senate would be fundamentally upset indefinitely as the alternative to reform
Anyone who was an adult when Reagan was president is better
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Anyone who was an adult when Reagan was president is better
You don’t need to go back that far, just Prop 8 in 2008
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You don’t need to go back that far, just Prop 8 in 2008
AFAIK it’s not, which fucks the GOP even more
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
AFAIK it’s not, which fucks the GOP even more
If you think the yes votes are actually the yes votes, rather that a collective decision by the caucus to make the people not up for election in the near future walk the plank
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If you think the yes votes are actually the yes votes, rather that a collective decision by the caucus to make the people not up for election in the near future walk the plank
Can Durbin and CCM at least lose their caucus seats?
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Can Durbin and CCM at least lose their caucus seats?
I mean, it gets to the basic question of how you negotiate with psychopaths. Which I don’t think anyone has a good answer to
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I mean, it gets to the basic question of how you negotiate with psychopaths. Which I don’t think anyone has a good answer to
Victory looks like making the GOP look bad, repeatedly, in a major media event. There are some arguments that goal is partially accomplished for now. The point is to keep doing this so the public is aware how crazy the GOP is going into the midterms
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Victory looks like making the GOP look bad, repeatedly, in a major media event. There are some arguments that goal is partially accomplished for now. The point is to keep doing this so the public is aware how crazy the GOP is going into the midterms