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@johnbrownstan.bsky.social
Militant liberal. Aspiring re-education camp counselor. Filibuster abolition enjoyer.
Look down the game tree. What's at the end of all those off-equilibrium paths?
Look down the game tree. What's at the end of all those off-equilibrium paths?
Finally getting around to watching The Pitt
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Finally getting around to watching The Pitt
In the pop culture version your head and arms go through it and people pelt you with rotten produce. You're left like that for days. But yes
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November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
In the pop culture version your head and arms go through it and people pelt you with rotten produce. You're left like that for days. But yes
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I apparently screenshotted that one when it happened, so here you got
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I apparently screenshotted that one when it happened, so here you got
ICE agents will spend the rest of their lives making license plates
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
ICE agents will spend the rest of their lives making license plates
Anyway, as a compromise, I support this map
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Anyway, as a compromise, I support this map
The voters have spoken
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The voters have spoken
This stuff sounds so foreign now. A real blast from the past
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
This stuff sounds so foreign now. A real blast from the past
Like, what even is this?
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Like, what even is this?
If you've played the FF7 Remake, he watched me fight Abzu and became obsessed. We reenact it. I'm Aerith and he is Cloud. I use a little toy mop as a staff and he uses the buster sword I made him out of cardboard.
He calls Abzu "the monster with the slimy tongue".
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He calls Abzu "the monster with the slimy tongue".
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October 29, 2025 at 3:13 AM
If you've played the FF7 Remake, he watched me fight Abzu and became obsessed. We reenact it. I'm Aerith and he is Cloud. I use a little toy mop as a staff and he uses the buster sword I made him out of cardboard.
He calls Abzu "the monster with the slimy tongue".
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He calls Abzu "the monster with the slimy tongue".
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Good thing there are still British papers or else I'm not sure we would have any real political reporting left in this country
October 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Good thing there are still British papers or else I'm not sure we would have any real political reporting left in this country
I'm not going to pretend to know anything, but if I were to guess, the reason that Platner is running well ahead of Mills is that he can say that last line and come off as credible.
October 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I'm not going to pretend to know anything, but if I were to guess, the reason that Platner is running well ahead of Mills is that he can say that last line and come off as credible.
No doubt you can get more in your market for a quart of milk than for a quart of blood, but that is not the market that heroes carry their blood to.
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
No doubt you can get more in your market for a quart of milk than for a quart of blood, but that is not the market that heroes carry their blood to.
You think people who have seen this pop up on Facebook a few times are committing this specific skull image to memory? Usually when I see it it isn't even this high res.
I don't feel long you're arguing in good faith here
I don't feel long you're arguing in good faith here
October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
You think people who have seen this pop up on Facebook a few times are committing this specific skull image to memory? Usually when I see it it isn't even this high res.
I don't feel long you're arguing in good faith here
I don't feel long you're arguing in good faith here
The Nazis had their own version, which they rejected the Iron Cross in favor of because they wanted to distinguish themselves from an older Germany
October 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Nazis had their own version, which they rejected the Iron Cross in favor of because they wanted to distinguish themselves from an older Germany
This is not a defense of Platner. It's just an acknowledgment that for (conservatively) 98% of Americans this is indistinguishable from a normal skull and crossbones and would not raise any red flags without prior knowledge.
October 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is not a defense of Platner. It's just an acknowledgment that for (conservatively) 98% of Americans this is indistinguishable from a normal skull and crossbones and would not raise any red flags without prior knowledge.
No Kings June vs October from basically the same angle
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
No Kings June vs October from basically the same angle
Here's the best picture I can find of the No Kings June protest. A bit bigger than Hands Off. Note that Evanston is a college town, so most students would have been gone.
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Here's the best picture I can find of the No Kings June protest. A bit bigger than Hands Off. Note that Evanston is a college town, so most students would have been gone.
Here's Hands Off
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here's Hands Off