Zack Brown
@thekazath.bsky.social
Env & Resource Economist at NC State. I work in the Genetic Engineering & Society (GES) Center. Dad. Runner. Personal account
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It's a rare and wonderful thing to have a national writer who both understands and is willing to articulate where we are right now. No defensive crouch; no wish casting; no cunning plans; just a plain description of the stakes.
Again Bouie from the top rope
September 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's a rare and wonderful thing to have a national writer who both understands and is willing to articulate where we are right now. No defensive crouch; no wish casting; no cunning plans; just a plain description of the stakes.
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We’re quite deep within the Singularity right now, though it’s turned out be the Singularity of Stupid (SoS), which effectively prevents the original concept of the Singularity from happening.
September 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
We’re quite deep within the Singularity right now, though it’s turned out be the Singularity of Stupid (SoS), which effectively prevents the original concept of the Singularity from happening.
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Just an honest labor statistician collecting the data, crunching the numbers, and reporting them fairly, and definitely not an extremist ideologue with an axe to grind, unshackled from respect for the law or political norms.
August 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Just an honest labor statistician collecting the data, crunching the numbers, and reporting them fairly, and definitely not an extremist ideologue with an axe to grind, unshackled from respect for the law or political norms.
After all these years working around biotech, I've never had a more visceral understanding of the STS (Sci-Tech Studies) field than experiencing how AI's being shoved down our collective throat: we're being told we have no other choice, which is true only to the extent we accept this narrative
August 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
After all these years working around biotech, I've never had a more visceral understanding of the STS (Sci-Tech Studies) field than experiencing how AI's being shoved down our collective throat: we're being told we have no other choice, which is true only to the extent we accept this narrative
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If you don't know about mosquito dunks, you should!
They're floating plant material containing a type of bacterium that only attacks mosquito larvae. Just put one in the water and stop mosquitos from hatching.
They're inexpensive and highly effective.
Signed, a friendly bluesky entomologist.
They're floating plant material containing a type of bacterium that only attacks mosquito larvae. Just put one in the water and stop mosquitos from hatching.
They're inexpensive and highly effective.
Signed, a friendly bluesky entomologist.
Hey y’all - heads up that mosquito-borne viral diseases in the US are off to an *early* start this summer. Make sure to cover/bugspray up and reduce standing water around your home (or treat with products like Mosquito Dunks that kill developing larvae!)
July 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If you don't know about mosquito dunks, you should!
They're floating plant material containing a type of bacterium that only attacks mosquito larvae. Just put one in the water and stop mosquitos from hatching.
They're inexpensive and highly effective.
Signed, a friendly bluesky entomologist.
They're floating plant material containing a type of bacterium that only attacks mosquito larvae. Just put one in the water and stop mosquitos from hatching.
They're inexpensive and highly effective.
Signed, a friendly bluesky entomologist.
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It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.
July 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.
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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
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“WELL-A-DAY, is this my SON TOM?”
A macaroni was a man who “exceeded the ordinary bounds of fashion” — the name from the type of pasta which some had taken a liking to on their Grand Tour. In his essay “A Queer Taste for Macaroni” Dominic James explores: https://buff.ly/2KScNAg
A macaroni was a man who “exceeded the ordinary bounds of fashion” — the name from the type of pasta which some had taken a liking to on their Grand Tour. In his essay “A Queer Taste for Macaroni” Dominic James explores: https://buff.ly/2KScNAg
June 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“WELL-A-DAY, is this my SON TOM?”
A macaroni was a man who “exceeded the ordinary bounds of fashion” — the name from the type of pasta which some had taken a liking to on their Grand Tour. In his essay “A Queer Taste for Macaroni” Dominic James explores: https://buff.ly/2KScNAg
A macaroni was a man who “exceeded the ordinary bounds of fashion” — the name from the type of pasta which some had taken a liking to on their Grand Tour. In his essay “A Queer Taste for Macaroni” Dominic James explores: https://buff.ly/2KScNAg
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Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday.
This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.
This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.
June 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday.
This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.
This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.
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They’re liberating Californians from their government just like Putin is liberating Ukrainians from theirs
June 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
They’re liberating Californians from their government just like Putin is liberating Ukrainians from theirs
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This is Tillis begging for the budget reconciliation bill to pass. He is perfectly fine letting children,people with disabilities, seniors, and millions more die from SNAP and Medicaid cuts. Action: Call him relentlessly about this &tell your friends and family to call their senators and reps #ncpol
May 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is Tillis begging for the budget reconciliation bill to pass. He is perfectly fine letting children,people with disabilities, seniors, and millions more die from SNAP and Medicaid cuts. Action: Call him relentlessly about this &tell your friends and family to call their senators and reps #ncpol
To #ncpol community: Time to hammer Tillis' office to vote against this bill- to further enrich the extremely wealthy everyone else gets more poverty, death & pollution, all for what? A ballooning public debt saddled on our children, I guess
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US House Republicans set pre-dawn votes to get Trump tax bill over finish line
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will attempt to pass President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, following weeks of intra-party divisions of how deeply to cut spending.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
To #ncpol community: Time to hammer Tillis' office to vote against this bill- to further enrich the extremely wealthy everyone else gets more poverty, death & pollution, all for what? A ballooning public debt saddled on our children, I guess
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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I appreciate that the Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences has this prominently placed at the top of their main webpage right now. as.tufts.edu
April 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I appreciate that the Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences has this prominently placed at the top of their main webpage right now. as.tufts.edu
Thank effing Goodness- now, if only Griffin also had to pay back legal fees to Riggs for having to fight this steaming pile of frivolity www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...
Griffin Concedes to Riggs, Ending Six-Month Fight Over NC Supreme Court Race
The Republican conceded to Democrat Allison Riggs after a U.S. District Court judge ruled Monday that the election should be certified.
www.theassemblync.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thank effing Goodness- now, if only Griffin also had to pay back legal fees to Riggs for having to fight this steaming pile of frivolity www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
May 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
"When people are splitting hairs over the specific methodology and intent behind mass detention and human rights abuses, that’s when you know you’re looking at a vibrant, civilized society."
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling ov...
theonion.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"When people are splitting hairs over the specific methodology and intent behind mass detention and human rights abuses, that’s when you know you’re looking at a vibrant, civilized society."
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
April 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
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Pete Hegseth: ‘There Are No State Secrets In A Healthy Relationship’
Pete Hegseth: ‘There Are No State Secrets In A Healthy Relationship’
WASHINGTON—Staunchly defending his decision to share sensitive military data in messages to his wife, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Monday, “There are no state secrets in a healthy rel...
theonion.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Pete Hegseth: ‘There Are No State Secrets In A Healthy Relationship’
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Make America Grift Again.
The CFPB is one of those things where like, virtually every single person in the United States would support its existence if they were told the truth about what it is/does. Or used to do, I guess.
A victory for scammers.
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has been gutted by @makenakelly.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has been gutted by @makenakelly.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
April 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Make America Grift Again.
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I know they think this is cool and edgy but I actually think it’s bad politics on an issue that they starting to really lose on and poking a bunch of judges who can make their lives pretty miserable who might not otherwise be inclined to do so 🤷♀️
April 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I know they think this is cool and edgy but I actually think it’s bad politics on an issue that they starting to really lose on and poking a bunch of judges who can make their lives pretty miserable who might not otherwise be inclined to do so 🤷♀️
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Man our failure to do any productive public investment during an entire decade of negative real interest rates is going to look awfully foolish in hindsight.
April 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Man our failure to do any productive public investment during an entire decade of negative real interest rates is going to look awfully foolish in hindsight.
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They should probably also be investigated for fraud.
April 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
They should probably also be investigated for fraud.
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White House officials appear to be withholding pool reporters' dispatches when the reports include information -- eg that a Netanyahu press conference was canceled, or that AP was barred -- that they don't like.
Another holy-shit scoop from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/white-hous...
Another holy-shit scoop from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/white-hous...
The Pool Filter
Some White House pool reports are no longer making it to the official distribution list, Status has learned—an unsettling development in the Trump administration's escalating war on the press.
www.status.news
April 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
White House officials appear to be withholding pool reporters' dispatches when the reports include information -- eg that a Netanyahu press conference was canceled, or that AP was barred -- that they don't like.
Another holy-shit scoop from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/white-hous...
Another holy-shit scoop from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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Rick Steves — the guidebook author, trip host and massive personal travel brand — has put his personal commitment behind the cause of anti-fascism, with a self-funded documentary hosted on his own website.
Respect.
Respect.
History speaks. Europe’s lessons from a century ago can wake up and inspire our democracy…in 2025 America.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
April 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Rick Steves — the guidebook author, trip host and massive personal travel brand — has put his personal commitment behind the cause of anti-fascism, with a self-funded documentary hosted on his own website.
Respect.
Respect.