Reposted by BrianJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5hYour occasional reminder that polls don't mean shit, you have to show up and vote, preferably early and in person if you can 442288487
Reposted by BrianMorgan Johnson @poormojo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads 178140415742
Reposted by BrianEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I am entirely serious when I say that this should be seen as a moderate position. It specifically and surgically dismantles institutions that did not exist pre-9/11 and assigns their functions much as they were assigned pre-9/11. 1354941677
Reposted by BrianDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/10/2026The more combative Dems get, the more of this they will run into. It will be a coordinated wave of elite opinion, scolding them, tamping them down. The fight strategy *only* works if they are willing to bull their way through it, blow it off, mock it. (Their history does not raise one's hopes.) 1073020631
Reposted by BrianPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW. 171995593
Reposted by BrianDaniel Gilmore @gilmored85.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I am so beyond fucking tired of the insane levels of deference and plausible deniability news media orgs--esp legacy ones like the NYT--afford Trump and the absolute intellectual rot and cravenness that it represents among the ownership & leadership of those orgs 654099
Reposted by BrianBoze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years. 252118783
Reposted by BrianQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026LMFAO the official America.gov AI website uses a Chinese open source model 27670152
Reposted by BrianCavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Trump era is filled with individuals and entities incentivizing the worst kind of behavior from Trump to the point where I question whether they have a functioning survival mechanism. 09021
Reposted by BrianGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 203190895453
Reposted by Brianshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026i don’t know how to make it any plainer that the vast majority of dem voters believe holding people accountable IS part of “getting back to work” 662180475
Reposted by BrianAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 22/09/2026Amazing. Also--you never know what will make an impact, no matter how small it seems. 5743293
Reposted by BrianFrankie's Husband Craig! @haveacraigday.bsky.social · 20/09/2026They say if you give fascists an inch they’ll take a mile, but what if there was a *special* inch that would make fascists so happy they forget about the mile altogether? A lot of people’s politics revolve around finding that special inch, regardless of how many miles they give up in the process 220355
Reposted by BrianAmanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I was awe-struck by @nhannahjones.bsky.social & her daughter Najya’s honesty & vulnerability in this must-read story. The first one a decade ago stuck with me as we think about how to consider our kids’ education — what a powerful follow up. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 07928
Reposted by BrianDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 163169564747
Reposted by BrianKimm Rogers @kimmrogers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey mainstream media outlets! How about you boycott the White House? If nobody shows up to cover the news…. He would literally go out of his mind. He can’t live without attention. Maybe we stop giving it to him because everything he says are lies anyway. 5766071738
Reposted by Brianjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"the author of that harry potter story leads an insane cult that's captured much of the media in this country" is a different person if you're in the UK or the US 3053861098
Reposted by BrianPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The thing about trying not to pick a side is that the nazis *instantly recognize* which side you picked. They immediately identify you as an ally. They know exactly what side you're on. It doesn't fool the victims, it doesn't fool the Nazis, the only people it could possibly fool is centrists. 549921374
Reposted by Brianburn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026personally i think it's cool that every day there's some new shit that would be presidency-ending and obit-leading for anyone else and we just have to accept it all because of a do-nothing congress and puppet supreme court and *then* have pundits muse why there isn't more alarm being raised and such 957093
Reposted by BrianJacob Weindling @jakeweindling.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The fact that both Democrats and Republicans are racing to the 10 side of a 90-10 issue really tells you a lot about the state of our democracy (it's a corporatocracy), and how both parties view democracy in general (as a nuisance). 331365387
Reposted by BrianInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 13/09/2026He’s not “on the other side of the aisle,” he’s a private citizen whose only job is bagman! That you frame him as equivalent to a congressional leader is the entire problem!! Fuck! 01971305
Brian @brianwp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Few things as satisfying as a session of Savage Worlds in Foundry VTT with my friends. Fast, furious, and fun, lots of laughter and creative solutions. I really needed that this week. 011
Reposted by Brian🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This this THIS RIGHT HERE 141378393
Reposted by BrianIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 09/09/2026I do not believe that these guys are about to summon a world-ending superconsciousness from Nvidia graphics cards. But they either believe they can or want me to believe they believe they can. So I think "fuck them" is the only rational response 262027458
Reposted by BrianKeith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026once again, this should be front-page news all over the world, the President of the USA just fabricated an entire story about himself 871895447
Reposted by Brianderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie 1272207213992
Reposted by BrianAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/09/2026We keep discussing ”strategies” for teaching in the age of AI to avoid talking about resources. It’s so boring!! The strategy is invest $ to hire people, lower class size, support research-engaged learning & stop measuring the worth of disciplines in relation to # of enrollments and majors. 3516104
Reposted by BrianA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is why I find so enervating the old centrist two-step; “Republicans are an existential threat to our democracy, and we will work together with them to find bipartisan solutions—as the voters desire” the fuck we do. We desire consequences and repercussions. We desire investigations and trials. 4640131
Reposted by BrianPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We're going to have a better understanding of the 19th century than of the 21st century. I don't think people are fully appreciating this. 271945690
Reposted by BrianSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 04/09/2026“What if the court rules against you” order the bulldozer drivers to keep going. Preemptively pardon any (contempt) charges. Call in a fucking airstrike and say military action is non justicable under Trump v US. Dare them to stop you. 39968175
Reposted by BrianElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116983325
Reposted by BrianMatt is Just Trying His Best @thegrampus.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise. 47126113780
Reposted by BrianAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 01/09/2026"Ebenezer Scrooge did Christmas the right way." 1731629
Reposted by BrianMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Yes—it’s been 12 years (!) and this remains one of the most prescient pieces of media criticism ever written. And everything has only gotten worse. deadspin.com/the-future-o...deadspin.comDeadspin | The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's GamergateDeadspin | The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's Gamergate 332254381
Reposted by BrianAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica...The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” -Jennifer Nelson (quoted in the linked booklet, alongside other extraordinary pieces) 6546228
Reposted by BrianToss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing 2295267312861
Reposted by BrianNitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 25/08/2026I think the universal grieving comes in no small part from the fact she represented the best of what America could be, and that she never stopped chasing that ideal, artistically and socially 53157562
Reposted by BrianDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 25/08/2026And I'll say it now: more kids have grown up as readers thanks to Dolly than any amount of Harry fucking Potter. 71185292
Reposted by BrianIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026When your timeline is filled with queer folks and brown/Black people singing the praises of and loudly mourning a 1940s-Tennessee-born white Boomer lady, welp. She was pretty goddamn extraordinary, you can assume. 261031308
Reposted by BrianNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I shrugged at Jeffries meeting Kushner, for basically the same reason Iran talks to him: meeting adversaries is normal. But the choice to make it secret, followed by surprise that Kushner leaked it, is another sign Dem leaders think they're in normal politics with good faith opponents, not a crisis. 882294405
Reposted by Brianjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/08/2026here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs. 171146043122
Reposted by BrianAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Every subsequent U.S. president who tries to do a modicum of good via foreign policy or trade is going to be sitting across from someone thinking yeah sure, okay, but what about the next guy. Absent political reforms, tribunals and truth and reconciliation, that credibility is gone forever. 341622378
Reposted by BrianKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/08/2026There are going to be Democrats who say we shouldn’t rip it all out — it’s already built, we have other priorities — but removing the visible signs of Trumpism is absolutely necessary. 43898962090
Reposted by BrianMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The kids these days will hardly believe this, but a mere decade ago, we had a presidential election in which effectively the only issue on the table was the security of communications at the highest level of government. 642946762
Reposted by BrianAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/08/2026perfect synopsis of modern Republicanism 2856265286038
