@jbrians.bsky.social
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Oh man, this guy pulled off a grand caper on the CCP. Absolute legend.
The story behind, Qi Hong, the man who just pulled off an incredible act of protest in China is amazing and inspiring and we should all be asking why aren't we being as brave now, while the repercussions are less than they will be. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
A Hidden Camera Protest Turned the Tables on China’s Surveillance State
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Oh man, this guy pulled off a grand caper on the CCP. Absolute legend.
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New protocols. cc: @mikeduncan.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
New protocols. cc: @mikeduncan.bsky.social
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You beat their ass in elections, a thing Democrats can and have done. Because yeah, standing for nothing but owning the libs is bad, and they should lose because of it, and all efforts should, in my view, center on “them losing”
okay but what do you do to change the republicans? they are a party of pure evil, they stand for nothing but malice and destruction and revel in it. yelling at them will just have them going "heh, the libs are triggered"
July 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
You beat their ass in elections, a thing Democrats can and have done. Because yeah, standing for nothing but owning the libs is bad, and they should lose because of it, and all efforts should, in my view, center on “them losing”
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Do you want to win elections or do you want to be right? Because you can start from the latter and work to the former but there’s serious work involved and yes, you’ll have to appeal to white males.
July 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Do you want to win elections or do you want to be right? Because you can start from the latter and work to the former but there’s serious work involved and yes, you’ll have to appeal to white males.
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IS THERE NOTHING GOOD IN THIS WORLD?
Uh, Red Panda immediately fell off her bike and got hurt. 😭
July 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
IS THERE NOTHING GOOD IN THIS WORLD?
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Post by Bill Roper (THAT Bill Roper) over on LinkedIn.
June 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Post by Bill Roper (THAT Bill Roper) over on LinkedIn.
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just saw a group of masked men stuffing masked ICE agents into an unmarked car, who were saying "we're ICE we're ICE!" but the abductors shouted to the crowd "no we're ICE!" no one knew who was ICE, so no one in the crowd said anything.
June 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
just saw a group of masked men stuffing masked ICE agents into an unmarked car, who were saying "we're ICE we're ICE!" but the abductors shouted to the crowd "no we're ICE!" no one knew who was ICE, so no one in the crowd said anything.
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Once again, we have data on this - you can poll Americans, ask if they think Kamala was to their right, & get a number of those who do
It's 6%
It's 6%
The fundamental problem with the “Kamala was seen as too right-wing by voters” narrative is that the average American assumed she was far left because she was a black woman and refused to work their remaining brain cell any further.
Dude, votes are earned not owed. I'm also super fucking pissed that Kamala lost. But you know, who's to blame for that? Kamala and her shitty awful, right wing campaign. She literally ran as Republican-lite to try and win over Republicans. You shouldn't be surprised that people rejected that notion.
June 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Once again, we have data on this - you can poll Americans, ask if they think Kamala was to their right, & get a number of those who do
It's 6%
It's 6%
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When you spend $45 million of other people's money on your dictator chic birthday and it's still worse than a roadside Taco Bell value-package party.
June 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When you spend $45 million of other people's money on your dictator chic birthday and it's still worse than a roadside Taco Bell value-package party.
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
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Great piece and highlights what we need to be making clearer.
June 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Great piece and highlights what we need to be making clearer.
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Personally I am of the opinion that video games rot your brain. However, so does everything else. In fact, everything else is worse. Video games actually are the slowest means towards your inevitable and total brain rot.
November 25, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Personally I am of the opinion that video games rot your brain. However, so does everything else. In fact, everything else is worse. Video games actually are the slowest means towards your inevitable and total brain rot.
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Trump/Musk and the entire GOP has spent the last four months systematically liquidating disease cure research in the United States. Lots of critical cure studies shuttered mid-way through. Research shutdown everywhere. It's all hands on deck to prevent new treatments for cancer, ahlzeimers etc.
You start to get why they're the pro-cancer party
Markwayne Mullin: "It's interesting the timing of them releasing the cancer. It seems like since the Hur tapes were released, they're like, 'Hey wait, it might be a good time to distract the American people and talk about his cancer.'"
May 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trump/Musk and the entire GOP has spent the last four months systematically liquidating disease cure research in the United States. Lots of critical cure studies shuttered mid-way through. Research shutdown everywhere. It's all hands on deck to prevent new treatments for cancer, ahlzeimers etc.
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the studies that are going down the drain because the White House has some plan that requires you and your loved ones dying from diseases that might otherwise be cured.
I am a Northwestern faculty impacted just how you describe. My research - including an active trial
of cancer / cardiac disease prevention, part of a large national network - has been frozen, despite a notice of award for our renewal. Year 6 of a 6 year study. We are completely in the dark.
of cancer / cardiac disease prevention, part of a large national network - has been frozen, despite a notice of award for our renewal. Year 6 of a 6 year study. We are completely in the dark.
May 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
the studies that are going down the drain because the White House has some plan that requires you and your loved ones dying from diseases that might otherwise be cured.
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This $80 game discourse truly has me perplexed. On one hand, nobody, self included, wants to pay *more* for games, right? But am I mad at it? No, because some of these games are easily worth that and then some. If I could go back and pay $80 for Witcher 3 or GTA V? I wouldn't have even hesitated.
May 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This $80 game discourse truly has me perplexed. On one hand, nobody, self included, wants to pay *more* for games, right? But am I mad at it? No, because some of these games are easily worth that and then some. If I could go back and pay $80 for Witcher 3 or GTA V? I wouldn't have even hesitated.
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What is the lifespan of software? What if you make software that's silly and full of whimsy? Will people remember it? Anyway, here's a video someone recently posted of “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan performed through the composer feature in Mario Paint, a game released on Super Nintendo in 1992
May 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What is the lifespan of software? What if you make software that's silly and full of whimsy? Will people remember it? Anyway, here's a video someone recently posted of “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan performed through the composer feature in Mario Paint, a game released on Super Nintendo in 1992
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Tariffs are bad, but it's shifting to a corruption-based economy where everyone's business plans hinge on lobbying for exemptions is what really lands you in an Argentina-style disaster.
$WMT - TRUMP TO MEET WALMART, TARGET EXECS AS TARIFF ANGST SPREADS
April 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Tariffs are bad, but it's shifting to a corruption-based economy where everyone's business plans hinge on lobbying for exemptions is what really lands you in an Argentina-style disaster.
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I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
April 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
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GALADRIEL: (glowing green) In place of a hard roll, I would have whole wheat—beautiful and terrible to behold!
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
October 15, 2023 at 4:56 PM
GALADRIEL: (glowing green) In place of a hard roll, I would have whole wheat—beautiful and terrible to behold!
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
DELI GUY: #3 on wheat.
G: (coyly) You offer it to me freely.
DG: No, Galadriel. You have to pay. Every day with this
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gee i wonder why voters might've been confused about the existential stakes of the last election
April 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
gee i wonder why voters might've been confused about the existential stakes of the last election
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2/ On purpose. For many cancers, research has been put back years or decades. Alzheimers treatment and cure research similar story. If you know people who are survivors of these diseases and fear recurrence or have genetic dispositions or are just like everyone else and know they are liable ...
April 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
2/ On purpose. For many cancers, research has been put back years or decades. Alzheimers treatment and cure research similar story. If you know people who are survivors of these diseases and fear recurrence or have genetic dispositions or are just like everyone else and know they are liable ...
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3/ But it's yet another new frontier of WTAF in the heroes journay of Elon, Trump and Bobby trying to make sure you and your family don't live as long as you could, deciding they want to get involved in a big way on the war on cancer ... on the side of cancer. (and every other terrible disease).
April 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
3/ But it's yet another new frontier of WTAF in the heroes journay of Elon, Trump and Bobby trying to make sure you and your family don't live as long as you could, deciding they want to get involved in a big way on the war on cancer ... on the side of cancer. (and every other terrible disease).
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Are you that discontented DOGE staffer? It might be time. You can reach out to me on Signal at joshtpm.99 (I'm not like Mike Waltz; I know how to use it.) You can also get me at joshtpm at protonmail dot com. Are you a federal worker with information I need to hear? I want to hear from you too.
March 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Are you that discontented DOGE staffer? It might be time. You can reach out to me on Signal at joshtpm.99 (I'm not like Mike Waltz; I know how to use it.) You can also get me at joshtpm at protonmail dot com. Are you a federal worker with information I need to hear? I want to hear from you too.