Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just despicable people. All of them. It’s not just that they’re corrupt and shitty at their jobs - they’re terrible humans. 23565561877
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...gadgetreview.comOne of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data CenterA rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land. 8536792200
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"Nobel Prize? More like Trump deserves the *Ig*-noble prize! Hi, I'm Chuck Schumer." "And I'm Hakeem Jeffries. Americans are tired of Trump's rhetoric. It's time to reach across the aisle and compromise. Will you chip in five dollars today so we can write him a letter?" 1246039
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialRoger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026DOJ hired these prosecutors: -A gambling exec turned conspiracy theorist podcaster -A guy found liable for selling fraudulent insurance leads -A guy who violated attorney-client privilege in a high-profile murder trial -A guy currently facing animal neglect charges www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...nytimes.comJustice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted RanksThe civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said. 471192500
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/20264/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck. 6625511249
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump says 'Let them take out Los Angeles.' Recall this map: The *entire states* with population smaller than LA County. Among them they have 80+ US Senators. LA is about 1/3 of Calif's population, which has 2. 34473167
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialJulia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I asked Chat GPT why the buildout of AI requires facism, and it gets it… 927094
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability 522311837
brkirsch.bsky.social @brkirsch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Subhed: Experts predict area man will learn what true regret is tomorrow morning 010
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished 8045521080
brkirsch.bsky.social @brkirsch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wait, pale gray, scaly, with giant mouth and huge needle-like teeth? Seems like calling it "sexy anglerfish" is a bit redundant, don't you think? 020
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor) 41997503548
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Man who could order a nuclear attack. From Eric Cortellessa TIME interview. time.com/article/2026... H/t @katzish.bsky.social 1615352
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Joe Biden was way more coherent than this even in the debate. time.com/article/2026... 1771825471
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As seen on Bernie Sanders's FB page. 1229370
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialroad.cc @roadcc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Zach Lahn, the Republican candidate for Governor of Iowa, has since deleted his profile. It's not the first time a politician has been caught out by the exercise app's tracking and mapping features. road.cc/news/cycling... 921170
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialCanadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In 1885, Montreal was ravaged by smallpox. To stem the spread of the disease, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets. This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots. 📸 McGill University 🧵 1/10 213659
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialAdam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute 121770294
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialPhil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I really love this chart. I'm guess that the correlation here (.85) is about as big as you would find for any other variable. Also, a less serious scholar than @tesler.bsky.social (namely me) would have made a crude Freudian reference to the slope of the line. 1133289
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“These aren‘t real people. They’re illegal aliens!” Pretty much the Trump regime worldview. “We can dish out as much brutality and suffering as we want because immigrants aren’t human.” 24729182
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27774943153
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026“I remember seeing him on TV and thinking, ‘No, that can’t be Kash,’ but sure enough, there he was, addressing the nation about a missing person case.” — Daisy, local golden retriever theonion.comDog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBIWASHINGTON—Reflecting on the past fling and remarking how time had flown by, local golden retriever Daisy told reporters Thursday that she could not believe the guy she hooked up with 10 years ago was... 282467369
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialOliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...status.newsThe Source Behind The BanThe anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned. 952538909
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵 412114316097
brkirsch.bsky.social @brkirsch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I'm sitting in the CLT Admirals Club. Couple sits down across me, decked out w/ NC State gear. If something doesn't say 'NC State' on it, it's red. Matching red suitcases. Red glasses frames, purse, phone case, apple watch band, etc. Maybe from now on they pack an extra incognito fit, just in case. 000
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialMatt Fulton @mattfulton.net · 20/09/2026New renderings of Trump’s planned renovation of the Washington Monument were just released. Looks so classy. 1114
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.opb.orgOregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new reportA first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities. 7931201843
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/09/2026This is a thread of memes about Kash Patel’s defense of bestiality sent to me by current and former FBI employees. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 🧵 1/ 28440501169
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef… 66129162820
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialACLU of Indiana @acluindiana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This November, Public Question 1 would change Indiana’s Constitution and expand when courts can deny bail and jail someone before trial, before they have been convicted. Know what’s at stake before you vote: bit.ly/46tqulm 0710
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialeliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026just learned this today 6868443722
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialRichard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026quite something this paragraph. 631139522
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The US secretly flew an American diplomat out of the UK after he was found with child abuse images during a dawn raid, reportedly without notifying British police beforehand. mol.im/a/16127415mol.imUS flew diplomat out of UK after he was found with child abuse imagesThe ex US serviceman, who was working at the American Embassy in Nine Elms, south London, was allegedly taken from his flat in Putney on August 25. 111073004127
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 11/09/2026“To leave no loopholes Hitler exacted from all officers and men of the armed forces an oath of allegiance—not to Germany, not to the constitution, which he had violated by not calling for the election of Hindenburg’s successor, but to himself.” -Shirer, Rise & Fall of the Thrid Reich, p. 375 421564568
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Burns. 252178384293
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/09/2026"I’m just a lowly seventeenth-century British sailor, not some fancy-pants seventeenth-century British sawbones, but there’s one thing I know for sure: I would rather walk the plank than suck on a single stinking lime." buff.ly/TyxOvnsmcsweeneys.netWake Up, Sailors, Scurvy Is a Hoax“I’m just a lowly seventeenth-century British sailor, not some fancy-pants seventeenth-century British sawbones, but there’s one thing I know for sure: I wou... 312535
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Trump promised $5,000 stimulus checks from DOGE cuts. You got 0. Trump promised $2,000 stimulus checks from tariffs. You got 0. Trump promised $1,000 checks from Obamacare cuts. You got 0. Trump promised $1.98 gas. You got $4+. Trump now has more promises for you. 25243851689
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 10/09/2026The United States: where giving a frail voter waiting in the Georgia sun a glass of water is punishable by a year in prison, but the president can offer everyone $5k to vote for his party. 192189710
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026JON STEWART: “They began covering their ass 3 weeks after 9/11… There was poison in the air, on the ground, on your pets/clothes… THE CITY KNEW. Rather than limit the damage, they covered it up… After 9/11, business will never be usual again.” (From @mamdanibulletin.bsky.social ) 382162175392
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 07/09/2026"At our core, we are devoted to learning. Specifically, we want to learn how to extract as much value as possible from everyone and everything we interact with." buff.ly/DUbh42rmcsweeneys.netWe Are Not a “School”—We Are a Hospital System with a Football Team“At our core, we are devoted to learning. Specifically, we want to learn how to extract as much value as possible from everyone and everything we interact wi... 07617
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The grifts, scams and corruption are endless. I only limited my list of Trump’s most corrupt acts of 2026 to 75 because I ran out of column space. I had well over 100. Here’s another one. 522098726
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/09/2026Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me." 276651701356
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialFriendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Friday morning, I was gardening when I checked my phone. A request had gone out for help. For 25+ hours, ICE had been laying siege to a quiet neighborhood in Frederick, MD. Community members were afraid, some didn’t want to leave their homes. ICE vehicles seemed to be lurking on every corner. 3520341028
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialEdward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 06/09/2026NEW: Nate Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign in 2023 after promoting a video with the Sonnenrad, a Nazi symbol embraced by white supremacists. He now works in Rubio's State Department, as deputy director of policy planning and chief speechwriter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u...nytimes.comFor Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept. (Gift Article)The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions. 851761984
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialChicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 05/09/2026Martin Greenfield sewed his first stitches at the Auschwitz concentration camp. He moved to New York after World War II and made suits for celebrities, pro athletes and U.S. presidents.chicago.suntimes.comThe remarkable story of the Holocaust survivor who made Barack Obama’s tan suit 211042
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 05/09/2026Listening to a man at the farmers market explain he’s out of eggs as “the ladies aren’t producing due to heat stress”— and another poultry vendor says he’s out, as he can’t keep them in this heat. Climate change is all around. We just have to open our eyes to see how it’s affecting our daily lives.static.klipy.comSleepy Cartoon ChickenAlt: Sleepy Cartoon Chicken 19824258
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialBruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Trump Pentagon is trying to steal NIH funds for "research to develop treatments or cures for infectious diseases such as influenza, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, Ebola, and other dangerous pathogens." They want to steal the $ to pay for Trump's idiotic war on Iran. 012752
Reposted by @brkirsch.bsky.socialUnusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A US airstrike on Iran hit a wedding ceremony in Kuhestak, killing four people, including a child, and wounding more than 50 others, per NBC 99939