Donny Brooks
@donnybrooks-show.bsky.social
Cultural Common Tater. Warrior for kindness. Rotten Potatoes🥔 Approved 🎬Cricket. Social Justice Paladin. 🗡️⚕️Critter. Proud dad of amazing 🏳️⚧️& nuerospicy kids. NonToxic Masculinity. Make America Green Again. Dismantle patriarchy racism colonialism corporatism
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Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater as a kid.
December 12, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater as a kid.
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There are major liberal institutions still posting on Elon’s Twitter in December 2024 and NOT engaging here on BlueSky or on Threads.
Knowing that X is shadow banning liberals and people/orgs who post links, WHY?!?!?
And yet not engaging here.
Make it make sense.
Digital malpractice.
Knowing that X is shadow banning liberals and people/orgs who post links, WHY?!?!?
And yet not engaging here.
Make it make sense.
Digital malpractice.
December 12, 2024 at 3:15 PM
There are major liberal institutions still posting on Elon’s Twitter in December 2024 and NOT engaging here on BlueSky or on Threads.
Knowing that X is shadow banning liberals and people/orgs who post links, WHY?!?!?
And yet not engaging here.
Make it make sense.
Digital malpractice.
Knowing that X is shadow banning liberals and people/orgs who post links, WHY?!?!?
And yet not engaging here.
Make it make sense.
Digital malpractice.
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Please read this from @davidfrum.bsky.social.
"It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Please read this from @davidfrum.bsky.social.
"It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"It is a very ominous thing if our leading forums for discussion of public affairs are already feeling the chill of intimidation and responding with efforts to appease." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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I came onto Bluesky an hour ago, and the first two things I saw were posts providing useful context for understanding the imposition of martial law in South Korea—the exact kind of thing that Twitter used to be so useful for in a developing crisis.
December 3, 2024 at 3:19 PM
I came onto Bluesky an hour ago, and the first two things I saw were posts providing useful context for understanding the imposition of martial law in South Korea—the exact kind of thing that Twitter used to be so useful for in a developing crisis.
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The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
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Dinesh D'Souza admitting his film "2000 Mules" had a "flaw" is like saying the Titanic had a "mild flotational hinderance"
December 3, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Dinesh D'Souza admitting his film "2000 Mules" had a "flaw" is like saying the Titanic had a "mild flotational hinderance"
Yikes. This did not age well.
I still Stan “When Love is Gone” and will never apologize for the content of this take.
I still Stan “When Love is Gone” and will never apologize for the content of this take.
December 3, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Yikes. This did not age well.
I still Stan “When Love is Gone” and will never apologize for the content of this take.
I still Stan “When Love is Gone” and will never apologize for the content of this take.
Taylor is gonna need a tax write off for the value of living RENT FREE IN NATE SILVER’S STUPID HEAD.
Go Taylor!!!
Go Taylor!!!
Nate Silver is crashing out over me again on Twitter, melting down bc I had a covid safe book event for some friends a year and a half ago after getting out of the hospital. He's apparently gone ballistic ranting abt me in a group chat too. The obsession is so insane. I'm just livin my life bro!
December 3, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Taylor is gonna need a tax write off for the value of living RENT FREE IN NATE SILVER’S STUPID HEAD.
Go Taylor!!!
Go Taylor!!!
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We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.
December 2, 2024 at 2:08 AM
We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
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North Carolina will be sued.
The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
December 2, 2024 at 10:46 PM
North Carolina will be sued.
Starting Strong with a Notes app apology. lol.
December 3, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Starting Strong with a Notes app apology. lol.
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Yes! Whether ur protecting yourself from wildfire smoke, exhaust, air pollution, and especially deadly and disabling viruses, respirators are amazing and will protect your lungs! Mask up 😷
December 3, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Yes! Whether ur protecting yourself from wildfire smoke, exhaust, air pollution, and especially deadly and disabling viruses, respirators are amazing and will protect your lungs! Mask up 😷
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If you are rightfully frustrated with East Coast elitist legacy media that has fully failed the moment, one of the best things you can do, is leave them and support your local journalists. If you are in Utah, please consider subscribing to sltrib.com.
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December 3, 2024 at 3:07 AM
If you are rightfully frustrated with East Coast elitist legacy media that has fully failed the moment, one of the best things you can do, is leave them and support your local journalists. If you are in Utah, please consider subscribing to sltrib.com.
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This is a hill I will die on.
December 1, 2024 at 9:19 AM
This is a hill I will die on.
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Kat Tenbarge interviewed me about the migration to Bluesky among journalists.
It's easy to see why it's happening.
It's easier to find news, harder to spread disinfo, trolls don't drown out the good content, and links are not deprioritized.
It's a breath of fresh air for journalism to thrive in.
It's easy to see why it's happening.
It's easier to find news, harder to spread disinfo, trolls don't drown out the good content, and links are not deprioritized.
It's a breath of fresh air for journalism to thrive in.
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Kat Tenbarge interviewed me about the migration to Bluesky among journalists.
It's easy to see why it's happening.
It's easier to find news, harder to spread disinfo, trolls don't drown out the good content, and links are not deprioritized.
It's a breath of fresh air for journalism to thrive in.
It's easy to see why it's happening.
It's easier to find news, harder to spread disinfo, trolls don't drown out the good content, and links are not deprioritized.
It's a breath of fresh air for journalism to thrive in.
Hot take: every class in D&D should have a pet or familiar. Let wizards and rangers continue to have the mechanical advantages of the current rules, but like sorcerers and bards should get a little friend if you want one, too.
December 1, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Hot take: every class in D&D should have a pet or familiar. Let wizards and rangers continue to have the mechanical advantages of the current rules, but like sorcerers and bards should get a little friend if you want one, too.
Hopping Crow as my Familiar please.
December 1, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Hopping Crow as my Familiar please.
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Big Pharma is the only reason anyone still dies from HIV: “We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.”
Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV
We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.
newrepublic.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Big Pharma is the only reason anyone still dies from HIV: “We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.”
Trump flooded the zone talking to tons of people most of us have never heard of.
In a world where Harris had been able to run for 2 years, there would have been time to do Good Mythical Morning, Pokimane, Valkyrae.
The problem is the Institutional Left needs to invest in this infrastructure.
In a world where Harris had been able to run for 2 years, there would have been time to do Good Mythical Morning, Pokimane, Valkyrae.
The problem is the Institutional Left needs to invest in this infrastructure.
Democrats make a mistake by fixating just on Joe Rogan. It is about a mentality that going on a Sunday show with 50,000 viewers is more important than talking to a YouTube influencer with 3 million.
December 1, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Trump flooded the zone talking to tons of people most of us have never heard of.
In a world where Harris had been able to run for 2 years, there would have been time to do Good Mythical Morning, Pokimane, Valkyrae.
The problem is the Institutional Left needs to invest in this infrastructure.
In a world where Harris had been able to run for 2 years, there would have been time to do Good Mythical Morning, Pokimane, Valkyrae.
The problem is the Institutional Left needs to invest in this infrastructure.
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Never forget that in 2010 Mitch McConnell said: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."
November 30, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Never forget that in 2010 Mitch McConnell said: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."
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I know that giving into it will only strengthen Trump and undermine the future of our democracy. Trump wants us to be scared. He wants us to give up — gradually and then suddenly.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The Choices I’ve Made
From Marc | Since the election, media figures and outlets have followed suit — each moving gradually towards obedience to Trump and then suddenly.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:28 PM
I know that giving into it will only strengthen Trump and undermine the future of our democracy. Trump wants us to be scared. He wants us to give up — gradually and then suddenly.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...