JTB, PhD
@jtbruskotter.bsky.social
Scientist, artist, and wildlife enthusiast
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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
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Despicable
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
Despicable
The bully-in-chief is targeting women in the White House press corps
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Despicable
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
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Utterly indifferent to the suffering of others.
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Utterly indifferent to the suffering of others.
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Ten percent of Zuckerbucks come from scams and ads for banned goods 🫠
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Ten percent of Zuckerbucks come from scams and ads for banned goods 🫠
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
They’ll still need instructions on where to stick it.
November 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
They’ll still need instructions on where to stick it.
"It's so on the nose for today's economic and working environment that it feels almost satirical, a perfect visualization of our era of wealth disparity, dystopian oligarchy, and absurd corporate expectations at the cost of workers' mental health."
Yep.
Yep.
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"It's so on the nose for today's economic and working environment that it feels almost satirical, a perfect visualization of our era of wealth disparity, dystopian oligarchy, and absurd corporate expectations at the cost of workers' mental health."
Yep.
Yep.
Alas, these days the Onion's satire is all too believable.
“The human body is able to do some incredible things if you consume enough lead,” said the secretary of health and human services
Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
WASHINGTON—Praising the process as yet another miracle of biology that modern medicine chooses to ignore, a gray-lipped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at a press conference Wednesday during which he tout...
theonion.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Alas, these days the Onion's satire is all too believable.
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In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
The Republican party is no more. There are only Trump cronies.
GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy
The GOP is anti-democracy party
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The Republican party is no more. There are only Trump cronies.
Here’s an example of that common psychological bias, the Fundamentalists’ Attribution Error. 😉
October 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Here’s an example of that common psychological bias, the Fundamentalists’ Attribution Error. 😉
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YES!!! Arizona isn’t playing.
Mike Johnson thinks he can hold democracy hostage, but Adelita Grijalva is done waiting for permission to get to work for her constituents.
Also: RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
Mike Johnson thinks he can hold democracy hostage, but Adelita Grijalva is done waiting for permission to get to work for her constituents.
Also: RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
October 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
YES!!! Arizona isn’t playing.
Mike Johnson thinks he can hold democracy hostage, but Adelita Grijalva is done waiting for permission to get to work for her constituents.
Also: RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
Mike Johnson thinks he can hold democracy hostage, but Adelita Grijalva is done waiting for permission to get to work for her constituents.
Also: RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess
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The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
Those who possess great wealth, no matter how despotic, can always find friends. This is as true for nations as it is for individuals. There is no shortage of those desperate enough to make a deal with the devil.
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Those who possess great wealth, no matter how despotic, can always find friends. This is as true for nations as it is for individuals. There is no shortage of those desperate enough to make a deal with the devil.
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It’s not easy to give up fossil fuels, even in places where there is political leadership pushing for it.
A look at how politics, economics and energy security concerns have kept the world hooked on coal, oil and gas, despite 30 years of climate talks and treaties (thread) ⬇️
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A look at how politics, economics and energy security concerns have kept the world hooked on coal, oil and gas, despite 30 years of climate talks and treaties (thread) ⬇️
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Why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treaties
The International Energy Agency expects global renewable energy capacity to double by 2030, even with lower growth in the US, but fossil fuels still dominate.
theconversation.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It’s not easy to give up fossil fuels, even in places where there is political leadership pushing for it.
A look at how politics, economics and energy security concerns have kept the world hooked on coal, oil and gas, despite 30 years of climate talks and treaties (thread) ⬇️
buff.ly/p3Q03pQ
A look at how politics, economics and energy security concerns have kept the world hooked on coal, oil and gas, despite 30 years of climate talks and treaties (thread) ⬇️
buff.ly/p3Q03pQ
This cannot be mentioned enough: The wealth of billionaires is soaring while the rest of us are forced to make sacrifices for their tax breaks.
Americans are sacrificing small joys like vacations and eating out, selling their belongings, and skipping meals to afford housing.
Meanwhile, billionaire wealth rose by $33 trillion in the last ten years.
These two things are related.
Meanwhile, billionaire wealth rose by $33 trillion in the last ten years.
These two things are related.
October 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This cannot be mentioned enough: The wealth of billionaires is soaring while the rest of us are forced to make sacrifices for their tax breaks.
"The ...demands that universities ...eschew foreign students with “anti-American values” and...impose a politically determined diversity within departments and other institutional units are incompatible with...their mission as truth-seeking institutions."
www.chronicle.com/article/our-...
www.chronicle.com/article/our-...
Opinion | Our Politics Differ, But We Agree: Trump’s ‘Compact’ Violates Academic Freedom
Using federal funding to dictate who colleges admit and what faculty can say crosses a dangerous line.
www.chronicle.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"The ...demands that universities ...eschew foreign students with “anti-American values” and...impose a politically determined diversity within departments and other institutional units are incompatible with...their mission as truth-seeking institutions."
www.chronicle.com/article/our-...
www.chronicle.com/article/our-...
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Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets. n.pr/4nYCwds
American farmers are hurting. Trump's trade war is making it worse
Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets.
n.pr
October 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Farmers are struggling this fall despite a bountiful harvest. Production costs are high, crop prices are low and the trade war has closed off one of their biggest markets. n.pr/4nYCwds
Who needs "experts" when we've got politicians!?
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Who needs "experts" when we've got politicians!?
Ever wonder why facts don't seem to matter to authoritarians? Here's a tidy explanation:
theconversation.com/winning-with...
theconversation.com/winning-with...
Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength
Conversations around misinformation that assume everyone cares about literal truth may be missing the point.
theconversation.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ever wonder why facts don't seem to matter to authoritarians? Here's a tidy explanation:
theconversation.com/winning-with...
theconversation.com/winning-with...
The result of putting immoral despots in positions of power. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The result of putting immoral despots in positions of power. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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