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 · 14/06/2026leucistic rock pigeon or homing pigeon? someone’s lost pet? 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 · 26/04/2026this is how you honk the horn so people get out of the way 070 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 · 30/03/2026This is wonderful - thank you. The booklet is available at Project Gutenberg! 070 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 15/03/2026“the fact that the hornets are stinging you just underscores the need for president trump to kick the nest in the first place.” 0102 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Seems important to ask. So many schoolgirls dead because they got it wrong. 110 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 12/03/2026None of those fired professionals would have had the wisdom or authority to ask if the intel was outdated? 100 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 11/03/2026In my junior year in college, long ago, I misused the word ‘discern’ in just this way, in an essay. I’ll never forget the sting I felt reading the learned professor’s red-ink correction. The word I wanted was ‘distinguish.’ To become less ignorant can be a painful blessing. 160 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Adding to my reading list. It’s available on Internet Archive :) 040 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
brike @brike.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Call me (call me!) Ishmael I’m your buddy, let’s go get that whale. Call me (call me!) Ishmael Full of parmacetti and he’s pale. Call me. 010 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 06/02/2026true i hope, but by what mechanisms? if johnson says he’s still speaker and 200+ holdover republicans in the room say they’re still reps and “pass laws,” what stops them? the police, the courts, the senate, staff, protestors, bad poll numbers… probably in combo that stops them. but eye on the ball. 000 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 28/01/2026What is SALUTE, please, for the uninformed? When I search for it all I see is Elon’s Nazi gesture. 120 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
brike @brike.bsky.social · 28/12/2025fair enough…but most venues don’t have their name established by law. 0120 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 · 23/11/2025one stray fact: one of the names/ssn’s this immigrant bought belonged to a guy under an income deduction order. the immigrant wound up paying the guy’s overdue child support(!) 000 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 · 21/11/2025(giving chemo infusions, doing surgeries) to preserve my life. and those people were housed and fed and kept safe and healthy by others… and grateful for the world, which gave us water. there’s something special about water. 010 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 · 24/09/2025some shit it makes up is funny. nabokov might have appreciated this misattribution: 020 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Remarkable how the tone of the New York Times has changed. 031 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 22/09/2025that said, here’s a real howler from yesterday (for the nabokov and corneille fans out there): 010 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 · 21/09/2025“The case against Homan is no stronger than the case against Epstein.“ 010 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 · 20/09/2025“I hereby pardon myself for all crimes, including the one I am hereby committing.” 020 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 18/09/2025There are things we’re not allowed to talk about. And there are things we’re not allowed to talk about not being allowed to talk about. 031 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Agreed - an absurd and pretextual response. If I put myself in MAGA shoes, what I’m mad at is the humiliation Kimmel served on my big man. That deadpan “he’s at the fourth stage of grieving: construction,” coming after that video clip, is both devastating and funny. 010 0
brike @brike.bsky.social · 14/09/2025he wants to piss in every corner of the house before he leaves 010 0