Noah Brand
@noahbrand.bsky.social
Pronouns: male. Persona: genially pedantic. Misses: the internet circa 2005.
In the 1930s and 40s, it would not have been hard to find volunteers to kick Fred Trump in the balls as hard as possible. Shit, you could sell raffle tickets.
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
In the 1930s and 40s, it would not have been hard to find volunteers to kick Fred Trump in the balls as hard as possible. Shit, you could sell raffle tickets.
Watching THE SOCIAL NETWORK, I was musing that in ANY given scene in that movie, with any combination of characters, lobbing a hand grenade into the room would result in a better timeline.
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Watching THE SOCIAL NETWORK, I was musing that in ANY given scene in that movie, with any combination of characters, lobbing a hand grenade into the room would result in a better timeline.
It's because they're on Twitter.
December 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's because they're on Twitter.
ACAB includes Lesbian Sex Cops.
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
ACAB includes Lesbian Sex Cops.
I don't think it's a lie, though.
What Democrats have been saying is "We LEGALLY can't..." and that's generally true. What we're watching isn't Republicans being cool assertive manly men, like they say they are and you apparently believe. We're just watching them break the law.
What Democrats have been saying is "We LEGALLY can't..." and that's generally true. What we're watching isn't Republicans being cool assertive manly men, like they say they are and you apparently believe. We're just watching them break the law.
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I don't think it's a lie, though.
What Democrats have been saying is "We LEGALLY can't..." and that's generally true. What we're watching isn't Republicans being cool assertive manly men, like they say they are and you apparently believe. We're just watching them break the law.
What Democrats have been saying is "We LEGALLY can't..." and that's generally true. What we're watching isn't Republicans being cool assertive manly men, like they say they are and you apparently believe. We're just watching them break the law.
I sometimes fantasize about being an eccentric billionaire who runs a reverse think tank.
I will identify hardworking right-wing opinion-havers who can construct plausible-sounding white papers and op-eds, and pay them a salary to not do that. Stay home. Jerk off. I don't care. That's your job now.
I will identify hardworking right-wing opinion-havers who can construct plausible-sounding white papers and op-eds, and pay them a salary to not do that. Stay home. Jerk off. I don't care. That's your job now.
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I sometimes fantasize about being an eccentric billionaire who runs a reverse think tank.
I will identify hardworking right-wing opinion-havers who can construct plausible-sounding white papers and op-eds, and pay them a salary to not do that. Stay home. Jerk off. I don't care. That's your job now.
I will identify hardworking right-wing opinion-havers who can construct plausible-sounding white papers and op-eds, and pay them a salary to not do that. Stay home. Jerk off. I don't care. That's your job now.
You have cause and effect backward.
What Thiel and Vance both want is for rich men to have no constraints on their power to abuse/exploit other people. This desire does not arise from their philosophies; the philosophies are constructed to rationalize the desire, either to themselves or to others.
What Thiel and Vance both want is for rich men to have no constraints on their power to abuse/exploit other people. This desire does not arise from their philosophies; the philosophies are constructed to rationalize the desire, either to themselves or to others.
December 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You have cause and effect backward.
What Thiel and Vance both want is for rich men to have no constraints on their power to abuse/exploit other people. This desire does not arise from their philosophies; the philosophies are constructed to rationalize the desire, either to themselves or to others.
What Thiel and Vance both want is for rich men to have no constraints on their power to abuse/exploit other people. This desire does not arise from their philosophies; the philosophies are constructed to rationalize the desire, either to themselves or to others.
She IS kinda tired of packin' and unpackin', after all.
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
She IS kinda tired of packin' and unpackin', after all.
This diptych is titled "The Cover Pages of a Manga Before and After the Author Obviously Went Through Something"
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This diptych is titled "The Cover Pages of a Manga Before and After the Author Obviously Went Through Something"
Every nerd-subtype has something like this. Cars, fashion, architecture... for me it's firearms. This thread, for example, spoke to me in a language I recognize.
bsky.app/profile/davi...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
I know what all you Blueskyers want: a 🧵 about guns!
Ok, a 🧵 specifically about the cosmetic modifications done to many Western movie guns to make one model of gun look like another & the historical reasons behind those changes.
If you're not into Western minutiae you might want to turn back now
Ok, a 🧵 specifically about the cosmetic modifications done to many Western movie guns to make one model of gun look like another & the historical reasons behind those changes.
If you're not into Western minutiae you might want to turn back now
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Every nerd-subtype has something like this. Cars, fashion, architecture... for me it's firearms. This thread, for example, spoke to me in a language I recognize.
bsky.app/profile/davi...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
Aw, but that's what's fun about earthquakes! They're so far from predictable that all one can say is "Right now, your house is NOT collapsing onto your fragile skull, but that might not be the case in five seconds."
Yes, I have a mild phobia of them.
Yes, I have a mild phobia of them.
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Aw, but that's what's fun about earthquakes! They're so far from predictable that all one can say is "Right now, your house is NOT collapsing onto your fragile skull, but that might not be the case in five seconds."
Yes, I have a mild phobia of them.
Yes, I have a mild phobia of them.
Maybe nobody believes she'd do it because, when she said she'd do it, we never heard that part.
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Maybe nobody believes she'd do it because, when she said she'd do it, we never heard that part.
Lovely style!
What are your rates for individual commissions?
What are your rates for individual commissions?
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Lovely style!
What are your rates for individual commissions?
What are your rates for individual commissions?
Call me an asshole, but I think we ought to just quietly drop cuff buttons on jackets. They're not very attractive, they're certainly not functional, and they just snag on things. Losing them gives a cleaner line.
November 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Call me an asshole, but I think we ought to just quietly drop cuff buttons on jackets. They're not very attractive, they're certainly not functional, and they just snag on things. Losing them gives a cleaner line.
Call that twice-cooked pork.
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Call that twice-cooked pork.
Everything changes except people.
But people are everything.
But people are everything.
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Everything changes except people.
But people are everything.
But people are everything.
...that's Jughead. That's literally just straight-up Jughead Jones.
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
...that's Jughead. That's literally just straight-up Jughead Jones.
"W.R. Hearst killed Tom Ince and everyone on board agreed to cover it up" is one of the few conspiracy theories I mostly believe in.
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"W.R. Hearst killed Tom Ince and everyone on board agreed to cover it up" is one of the few conspiracy theories I mostly believe in.
It's weird that they've been making movies about King Arthur and that whole myth-cycle for... oh, about a hundred years now, and I can't think of a single one that isn't crap.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It's weird that they've been making movies about King Arthur and that whole myth-cycle for... oh, about a hundred years now, and I can't think of a single one that isn't crap.
There were about ten years in there where you just couldn't talk about Those Fucking Books in any serious way, because too many people were too emotionally invested in them.
Never mind the problematic shit, people would get mad if you said that the worldbuilding's sloppy and the prose is weak.
Never mind the problematic shit, people would get mad if you said that the worldbuilding's sloppy and the prose is weak.
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
There were about ten years in there where you just couldn't talk about Those Fucking Books in any serious way, because too many people were too emotionally invested in them.
Never mind the problematic shit, people would get mad if you said that the worldbuilding's sloppy and the prose is weak.
Never mind the problematic shit, people would get mad if you said that the worldbuilding's sloppy and the prose is weak.