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Brian Wilcox

@brianwilcox.bsky.social
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Social scientist, retired professor, former Senate staffer, enthusiastic guitarist and bass player. Unrepentant audiophile. Policy (not politics) and books guy. Californian who's lived in TX, OH, VA, DC, NE, and Porto Alegre (Brazil) but returned home.

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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 11h
The last few years have generated a lot of terrific/terrifying dystopian fiction. I wonder why? Just finished "Exit Party" by Emily St. John Mandel after reading Gary Shteyngart's "Vera, or Faith" (both outstanding) and am starting on Ian McEwan's "What We Can No." #BookSky
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Putin has called in the chips Trump owes him for Russia’s assistance in getting Trump and other Republicans elected.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Artificial intelligence.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This year give the gift of gambling addiction!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Who? Me?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Found on Trump's Oval Office desk.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anyone thinking of buying one of these personal surveillance devices should read @shteyngart.bsky.social hilariously funny/frightening novel of future America, "Super Sad True Love Story."
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Two thoughts on this: 1. Trump sure uses the word "I" a lot! 2. Peace? He's murdering people on the high seas, blown up a school full of young Iranian girls, failed in his promise to bring peace in Ukraine, and has destabilized most of the Middle East.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This program is still going? Next you're going to tell me that Survivor is still on the air.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Pete attended the Texas A&M-Kentucky football game yesterday. A&M was heavily favored. A&M got their butts whipped, and dropped 14 points in the rankings. So sad --A happy UT alum
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything is entertainment.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Another Sunday morning of skipping Meet the Press and Face the Nation and the rest of those Sunday political tripe shows. I'm listening to the latest Glen Hansard live album, to be followed by the new Warren Haynes album recorded live with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. #MusicIsBetter
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
13th time in 14 years...LA Dodgers are the NL West Champions. Go Dodgers!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"I did that!"
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Aren't you just tired of all the winning Trump is doing?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I love Ireland and the Irish. Their disgust for Trump rivals that of the Scots.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Read this statement a few times. They want us to ignore who the gift was from and that the extraordinariness of the gift is in fact the problem. JFC!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
These signs are appearing all throughout the London Underground and I am LOVING IT!
Sign: Smart glasses: Public shaming of users is encouragedSign: To Smart glasses users: How does it feel to be Mark Zuckerberg's bitch?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Heron hitching a ride on an electric boat in Channel Islands Harbor.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Every journalist should be asking every Republican at every opportunity whether they will denounce Trump's embrace of Germany's fascist party.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Nice weather to the north and west. Still raining down towards Malibu and Santa Monica.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rode a woke bike path to the beach. Are beaches “woke?” Hoping so if that means fewer MAGA losers.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
And while she's at it, these would please him as well. 2/2
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Waiting for Trump, Scott Bessent, and Kevin Hasett to tell us how this is good news and that everything is going as planned.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Can we nominate Rand Paul's neighbor for the Congressional Medal of Honor? Paul may not be the stupidest member of the Senate (looking at you, Tommy T.), but along with Ted Cruz he is the most punchable.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
2026: One blockbuster and one bust. But the real question is which one will critics be talking about a decade from now?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Beachfront restaurant (Alcazar), Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, before playing a show that night.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A vote for Todd Blanche is a vote for Jeffrey Epstein.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Murder. State-sanctioned murder, done in our names.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Sounds "simple?" No. Sounds simple minded. What a dolt.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My favorite 4th of July photo. This was the opening banner for the Huntington Beach parade some years ago. Yes, it says “Freedon for All” but also note the “102th.” 😆
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Kavanaugh is such a weasel!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Alito stayed home so he could kick his dog over the loss of the birthright citizenship case.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We should all be worried! The Roberts Court has just made the "executive" more king-like than ever before. No Kings!
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
DC's weather forecast through July 4th.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Narrator: "Of course any fool knows there are no quick fixes to longstanding, complex problems."
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New museum honors Republican Members of Congress.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Any thoughts on how the White House economics team will spin this as a) not real, b) not important, c) caused by Joe Biden?
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
JFC! I'm sorry, @nytimes.com, but there's no evidence of ANY fraud, let alone widespread fraud. You guys really know how to piss off your readers.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Shit's got you down? I'm listening to I'm With Her's new live album, titled "Sing Me Alive," and is ever aptly titled! Give it a listen.
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Best post-mortem yet on the dead America 250 shitfest comes from, of all people, Matt Walsh:
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Brian Wilcox @brianwilcox.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The Trump America 250 music show has been canceled.
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