Simon Brooke
@simonwbrooke.bsky.social
Attorney, Aspiring Artist, and Book Lover
Slava Ukraini
NO KINGS
Slava Ukraini
NO KINGS
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has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
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'Fallout' creator Tim Cain has rejoined Xbox’s Obsidian Entertainment as a full-time employee 🎮
"I can’t talk about the project that I’m working on ... Don’t bother guessing, you’re not going to guess right"
"I can’t talk about the project that I’m working on ... Don’t bother guessing, you’re not going to guess right"
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
'Fallout' creator Tim Cain has rejoined Xbox’s Obsidian Entertainment as a full-time employee 🎮
"I can’t talk about the project that I’m working on ... Don’t bother guessing, you’re not going to guess right"
"I can’t talk about the project that I’m working on ... Don’t bother guessing, you’re not going to guess right"
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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Yes, yes, they should do this. "Trump and Republicans tried to end food stamps" is a headline that should exist for years!
this article will publish tomorrow at 7:30 am
One way the shutdown deal might actually help Dems
Dems have an opportunity to claim they saved SNAP and other government programs, which could help repair the party's image as one that fights for working people
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/one-way-th...
One way the shutdown deal might actually help Dems
Dems have an opportunity to claim they saved SNAP and other government programs, which could help repair the party's image as one that fights for working people
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/one-way-th...
One way the shutdown deal might actually help Democrats
A plurality of voters approve of the deal to end the shutdown. Democrats have an opportunity to claim they saved SNAP and other government programs, key to repairing the party's image
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yes, yes, they should do this. "Trump and Republicans tried to end food stamps" is a headline that should exist for years!
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"These elites hold the balance of power between an autocratic administration and a resistant public. They’re swing voters with muscle. They can come down decisively on the side either of the administration or the public, on the side of autocracy or liberty."
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
He’s Acting Pretty Damn Guilty
Trump usually acts like a guy with something to hide. But his Epstein behavior is on another level.
www.thebulwark.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"These elites hold the balance of power between an autocratic administration and a resistant public. They’re swing voters with muscle. They can come down decisively on the side either of the administration or the public, on the side of autocracy or liberty."
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
www.thebulwark.com/p/hes-acting...
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Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
a man with a mustache says there be whales here in a dark room
Alt: Scotty from Star Trek Original Series (played by Jimmy Doohan) says there be whales here in a Klingon vessel's cargo hold.
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Another species no longer on the global Endangered list:
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
A few decades after a Star Trek movie where the central conflict was the total extinction of the humpback, their numbers are rising fast enough to put them at "Least Concern" on the IUCN Red List.
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it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
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This is actually a huge get
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
The RIFs language is actually great. Not only does it rehire the people RIFed during the shutdown, it makes it an unequivocal Antideficiency Act violation to do ANY MORE RIFs through the duration of the CR (Jan 30)
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
Completely stops Trump/Vought Phase 2 for now
Would love to see this standardized
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is actually a huge get
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
(and which also might sink the deal in House anyway)
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(I do not think this is true and I think Bluesky constantly writes a *lot* of cheques it cannot cash)
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
(I do not think this is true and I think Bluesky constantly writes a *lot* of cheques it cannot cash)
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particularly when axios is reporting it and no one else — not even politico — is.
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
particularly when axios is reporting it and no one else — not even politico — is.
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99% sure there are Senate Republicans who "privately believe" (or perhaps not-so-privately) that the Earth is 6000 years old.
They can obviously be wrong about that and right about this, but, you know, just saying
They can obviously be wrong about that and right about this, but, you know, just saying
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
99% sure there are Senate Republicans who "privately believe" (or perhaps not-so-privately) that the Earth is 6000 years old.
They can obviously be wrong about that and right about this, but, you know, just saying
They can obviously be wrong about that and right about this, but, you know, just saying
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"believe" is 1) the only word in this paragraph that actually matters, and 2) a frankly hilarious word to use in this context
does this sound like a deal that’s done or someone trying to pressure dems into one
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"believe" is 1) the only word in this paragraph that actually matters, and 2) a frankly hilarious word to use in this context
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does this sound like a deal that’s done or someone trying to pressure dems into one
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
does this sound like a deal that’s done or someone trying to pressure dems into one
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what he actually said was that mamdani doesn’t need his help and that he doesn’t live in new york but that he thought the race was very exciting and that cuomo disqualified himself, but, you know, hey, go ahead and make up people to get mad at if that makes your sunday morning more exciting
What nauseates about Mayor Pete is that he’s an Atlantic Monthly-reading retiree’s idea of what a young (ok, 43-yr-old) person should be like. Thank god for competitive primaries
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
what he actually said was that mamdani doesn’t need his help and that he doesn’t live in new york but that he thought the race was very exciting and that cuomo disqualified himself, but, you know, hey, go ahead and make up people to get mad at if that makes your sunday morning more exciting
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Are they wizards who have discovered how to bend physics to their will or are they fucking idiots? Big swathes of this website think it’s the first.
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Are they wizards who have discovered how to bend physics to their will or are they fucking idiots? Big swathes of this website think it’s the first.
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Looking at the GOP acting electorally suicidally and saying “they’re not acting like they’re planning on having elections” is like watching someone driving 90mph at a brick wall and being like “wow they must have figured out a way for this not to kill them.”
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Looking at the GOP acting electorally suicidally and saying “they’re not acting like they’re planning on having elections” is like watching someone driving 90mph at a brick wall and being like “wow they must have figured out a way for this not to kill them.”
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Lmaoooo get fuckin rekd
*TRUMP LOSES TRIAL OVER POWER TO DEPLOY US TROOPS IN PORTLAND
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Lmaoooo get fuckin rekd
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at some point, people have absolutely got to start trusting what they're seeing with their own eyes. dems up and down the line have held fast on this for an unprecedented length of time, and even when they're offering compromises that give things away, they're holding fast on the key points
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
at some point, people have absolutely got to start trusting what they're seeing with their own eyes. dems up and down the line have held fast on this for an unprecedented length of time, and even when they're offering compromises that give things away, they're holding fast on the key points
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These guys want to claim an ancient past about which they know next to nothing, assuming that it supports their ideas - which they imagine to be ancient when they are dismally modern - even though Rome was perhaps the greatest example in all history of strength through diversity.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
These guys want to claim an ancient past about which they know next to nothing, assuming that it supports their ideas - which they imagine to be ancient when they are dismally modern - even though Rome was perhaps the greatest example in all history of strength through diversity.
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I keep telling y'all to stop trusting Politico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I keep telling y'all to stop trusting Politico.