brike @brike.bsky.social · 07/08/2026important view, but underplays seriousness of 1) unexplained cancer crisis and 2) food additives (like titanium dioxide) that more sensible countries ban and we don’t. i have to pretend not to care about those b/c some bad people care? (might start posting like this to record thought, avoid arg.) 000 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Sky full of frigate birds above Pasadena this afternoon. (Pinellas County FL.) 000 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 13/06/2026is this white bird an albino mourning dove? seen today in & near a library in pinellas county, fl. #birds 100 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Wu Jintu and Hu Jintao Have rarely shared a line, till now; Now Hu Jintao and Wu Jintu Have shared not just one line, but two 000 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 01/03/2026i feel like this exchange took a wrong turn here. the question raised earlier is whether the technology is dangerous, not whether the companies are sound. if the companies all go bankrupt and the code & assets are bought up at firesale prices, the tech does not become less dangerous. 100 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Cover me in blubber, baby, cover me in tar Hoist that harpoon to your shoulder, throw it straight and far Let’s go brave the stormy seas Does the captain have two knees? 000 0
Reposted by brikeEzra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 10/01/2026On the eve of 1000+ rapid response "Ice Out for Good" protests, here's our generation's phil ochs/bob dylan/john prine/you get the idea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0C...youtube.comGood vs. IceYouTube video by Jesse Welles 311187450 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 03/01/2026update: i finally read this wonderful book. i didn’t know about the after-catastrophes (génocidaires hide in, & stage further killings from, international aid-funded camps on the border). the interviews w paul kagame are extensive and amazing. grateful to gourevitch & his team & sources. 000 0
Reposted by brikeJeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025I did a Q&A with Violet Feng on her new film: 096 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 23/11/2025this article is amazing. (yes, i too have nearly canceled my nytimes subscription many times.) Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...nytimes.comTwo Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price. 111 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 21/11/2025i just swam for the first time in a very long time. feeling grateful for people, who made this moment possible. people, organized in groups, built this pool and maintain and guard it. people did the science and passed on the knowledge and learned to take and then took the steps… 120 0
Reposted by brikeWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Keep this story in the news. "Man Detained by ICE Found Dead, Hanging With Hands and Feet Tied—Attorney" www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...newsweek.comMan detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorneyThe Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet. 11226801988 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 30/10/2025I’m Ozyman! Who are you? Are you - Mandias - too? Then we’ve a pair of legs! No trunk! Our visage lies - in sand! Our sneering - passions - yet survive! Our pedestal does say - “Despair, you Nobodies” - the Sands - Stretch level far away! 010 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 26/10/2025I can never remember if I was drugged in the Epstein Ballroom, or balled in the Epstein Drugroom. 010 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 18/10/2025From the No Kings protest in St Pete (Pinellas County) Florida this morning. Good energy. Large crowd along Tyrone Boulevard near 66th Street. Road traffic full of honking and thumbs-ups, including many heavy-duty trucks. That was a highlight - I did not know so many of them were on our side. 2101 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 03/10/2025i take jay’s side on this one; i read how i like. i think samuel johnson (1709-1784, and one of the great readers of the english-speaking world) would agree, and dispute the point about algorithms. screenshots are from boswell’s life of johnson (1791). 010 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Remarkable how the tone of the New York Times has changed. 031 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 22/09/2025i agree. also talking to a younger version of yourself (“answer as if you were me at age 35”). and modeling good behavior. “the four of us just had a fight at the dinner table…play that scene back to us, showing each of us being 10% calmer, gentler, and more generous.” 100 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 20/09/2025One year ago today! Happy Tom Homan Takes a $50,000 Bribe From Undercover FBI Agents On Camera Day! 121 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 14/09/2025I wish I had a larger audience to share this with. It’s a long read but important. The article demolishes the dubious points defending the funding cuts that I recently heard from my oncologist. (He’s a good doctor with bad politics.) 🧵 140 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Peaceful • hépíng • 和平 When I say war I mean it very peacefully. 我说战争,我的意思是很和平的。 Wǒ shuō zhànzhēng, wǒ de yìsi shì hěn hépíng de. 012 0
Reposted by brikeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/09/2025You guys put podcast hosts in charge of the FBI and fired all the competent agents because you thought they were woke. 132132682739 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 11/09/2025To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To a fascist, everyone looks like a foreign invader. 020 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 09/09/2025School/campus • xiàoyuán • 校园 A school-shooting-promotion company has acquired a school-shooting-prevention company. “This is called ‘synergy’.” 一家校园枪击推广公司收购了一家校园枪击预防公司。“这就叫‘综效’。” Yījiā xiàoyuán qiāngjī tuīguǎng gōngsī shōugòule yījiā xiàoyuán qiāngjī yùfáng gōngsī.“Zhè jiù jiào ‘zōngxiào’.” 122 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Almost • chàdiǎn • 差点 That indecent drawing almost made me puke. 那幅不雅的画差点让我吐了。 Nà fú bù yǎ de huà chàdiǎn ràng wǒ tǔle. 021 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Won’t • bú huì • 不会 I won’t tell you what it is. 我不会告诉你它是什么。 Wǒ bù huì gàosù nǐ tā shì shénme. 111 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Delay • yánchí • 延迟 There is a slight delay while we determine which player I will replace in the final. 在我们确定我将在决赛中替换哪位球员时,出现了一点延迟。 Zài wǒmen quèdìng wǒ jiāng zài juésài zhōng tìhuàn nǎ wèi qiúyuán shí, chūxiànle yīdiǎn yánchí. 131 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Even • lián • 连 Everything here reminds me of something. Even the sky reminds me of my old friend Jeffrey Epstein. 这里的一切都让我想起了一些东西。连天空也让我想起了我的老朋友杰弗里·爱泼斯坦。 #Friendship #友谊 #Epstein #爱泼斯坦 bsky.app/profile/itsa... 131 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 07/09/2025In honor of our friend Mr. Trump, we are proud to introduce balls named for his friend Mr. Epstein. 1126 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 07/09/2025To eat • chī • 吃 There is some shit I will not eat. 有些屎我不会吃。 Yǒuxiē shǐ wǒ bù huì chī. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_sing_...en.wikipedia.orgi sing of Olaf - Wikipedia 011 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Ally • méngyǒu • 盟友 Our allies can fend for themselves. We have unidentified boaters to kill! 我们的盟友可以自己照顾自己。我们要消灭那些身份不明的船民! Wǒmen de méngyǒu kěyǐ zìjǐ zhàogù zìjǐ. Wǒmen yào xiāomiè nàxiē shēnfèn bùmíng de chuánmín! 1123 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 06/09/2025When I say Tennis you say EPSTEIN! Tennis……EPSTEIN! Tennis……EPSTEIN! 我说网球你就说爱泼斯坦! 网球……爱泼斯坦! 网球……爱泼斯坦! Wǒ shuō wǎngqiú, ni jiù shuō Àipōsītǎn! Wǎngqiú……Àipōsītǎn! Wǎngqiú……Àipōsītǎn! 042 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Chinese vocab: Thoughtful • zhōudào • 周到 When Trump makes life worse he thoughtfully also makes it shorter. 川普让生活变得更糟,也周到地让它变得更短。 Chuānpǔ ràng shēnghuó biàn dé gèng zāo, yě zhōudào de ràng tā biàn dé gèng duǎn. 011 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Mandarin vocab: Of course • dāngrán • 当然 The CDC, of course, will be renamed The Department of Death. 当然, CDC将更名为死亡部门。 Dāngrán, CDC jiāng gēngmíng wèi sǐwáng bùmén. 133 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 05/09/2025He ought to want to call it the Department of Death - it sounds scarier. But that name’s already taken. (It’s the new name of the CDC.) 020 0
Reposted by brikeThanking Captain Planecrash @justwilding.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Chinese vocab time! Taller • gèng gāo • 更高 Use it in a sentence: He is five foot ten, but taller when he stands on the Epstein Files. 他身高五英尺十英寸,在爱泼斯坦档案上站着更高。 Tā shēn gāo wǔ yīngchǐ shí yīngcùn, zài àipòsītǎn dàng'àn shàng zhànzhe gèng gāo. 042 0
Reposted by brikeAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 12/08/2025holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second 455123984589 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 13/08/2025comparing search results for duck duck go vs google. ddg makes it easy to avoid ai, but didn’t find what i was looking for here. google shoves its (worse-than-useless) ai results in your face, but eventually found what i was looking for. a billy crystal joke from back in the day. 110 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 01/08/2025i’ve bought - or borrowed from the library - many books based on the recommendation of accounts on this site. i hope tagging the recommender is proper etiquette. this short thread will be the most i’ve ever posted. 110 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 19/06/2025sounds weird to me too - but the OED has it as a verb (and cites Shakespeare and John le Carré). 020 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 16/06/2025On NYT’s Chinese-language website it’s the top story(!) (“Military Parade and ‘No Kings’ Protest - Two Events on Same Day Highlight Sharp Divisions in American Society”). Very different editorial decisions for this audience. 010 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Obvious point, but: this admin knows perfectly well how to facilitate the release & return of prisoners held abroad, and knows that the court has not ordered it to “forcibly extract” anyone. Here are some prisoners they’ve facilitated the release & return of since January: 110 0
Reposted by brikeCait (spooky edition 🦇) @caitesq.bsky.social · 11/04/2025I'm not going to speak for other Jews, but for me personally: I find it pretty fucking galling for the Trump administration, which is staffed in large part by Nazi sympathizers, to use antisemitism as an excuse for their racism and xenophobia. 1015736 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 01/04/20253:06am ET. Sen. Booker appears to be wrapping up? Joked w presiding officer. But very much in earnest about saving Social Security from in-process destruction. More than late-night speeches is required. I hope much more will come. But right now I am genuinely moved. 110 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 29/03/2025He sold himself his own dog for $33 billion. (Pictured quote from Michael Lewis in Vanity Fair, April 2009.) 000 0