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Bryan Crain

@bryancrain88.bsky.social
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Mostly political re-skeets from a progressive liberal atheist. Occasional random stuff. I love old books and healthy food. Hate the cold.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola. Fuck Columbus.
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 18h
The most fun thing ever to randomly see
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Very on brand for 2026 that this has felt like the longest year in recorded history but also the first 10 days of October disappeared in 17 minutes, like can we slow this thing down a little please I have spooky shit to do and soup to eat
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.npr.org/sections/the...
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Photos: What a year of ceasefire in Gaza looks like
It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only.
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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I wish they’d livestream some fucking Epstein arrests.
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It goes without saying, but this is disgusting. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026
“A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.” theintercept.com/2026/10/08/i...
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ICE Agent on Scene of NYC Shooting Was Posing as Construction Worker, Eyewitness Says
A member of Congress at the scene confirmed to The Intercept that there was a child in the victim’s car when ICE agents shot at it.
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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The work that goes into cultivating and maintaining good working relationships with other humans is significant.
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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The President of the United States, in front of a crowd of his supporters, during a televised rally, admits to a Quid Pro Quo pardon, which is a felony and impeachable offence. And absolutely nothing will happen, because his party, which controls congress, are fascist collaborators and sycophants.
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's hard to tell at this point whether any of Trump's ramblings are a product of his dishonesty, stupidity, or insanity.
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KR Game Studios @krgamestudios.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yep. People treat it like its something new and groundbreaking, but its literally the same technology that powered those old 20 Questions toys from the 90s.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners.
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fascism, crusades, religion, plagues, proletarian uprisings, apocalyptic doomsayers, sexism, racism, massive inequality ... is it 2026 or 1300?
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Domestic abuse is so widespread an issue that a major employer is incorporating employees' need to deal with it into their employee benefits. Union rep: "said domestic violence and abuse affected the lives of at least one in five women, and he urged other employers to introduce similar support."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Among the first to appear before the judge was Angel, a 13-year-old. He had no attorney. “Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” the judge asked “I don’t know,” Angel said, bursting into tears: “I have no one. I have nothing.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The idea that "social media lets cranks find each other" is mostly just a sign that you didn't grow up with cranks. For those of us who DID grow up with cranks? Social media is the thing that lets you find people who AREN'T cranks.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
trump's pentagon: www.wired.com/story/a-pent...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Less than 1% of major party nominees for Congress are working class. It is one of the most fundamental ways that Congress is not representative. And their views, e.g. on unregulated gambling websites, are apt to be different. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Why Working-Class Candidates Are Almost Never on the Ballot
Less than 1% of major-party candidates competing for a seat in the US Congress have a background in manual trades or service industries.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
With Musk tweeting autism supremacy stuff again today, good time to read @juliametraux.bsky.social’s piece on the subject www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The 4chan-coded ideology behind Elon Musk's war on normies
Musk thinks autism makes him superhuman. Just don't call it that.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/10/2026
Paw patrol: Mexico debuts tiniest national guard recruit
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Paw patrol: Mexico debuts tiniest national guard recruit
Chihuahua Comando is being trained for search-and-rescue work, and helping bring a warm connection with the public Comando may be tiny, but Mexico’s national guard is giving him ⁠a very big role. Outfitted with miniature goggles, a fitted tactical vest, a helmet and even a petite head-mounted camera, ⁠the 7lb (15lb) chihuahua ⁠has become ​the most unusual – and smallest – canine member of the force. Continue reading...
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Don't speak to me or my Teddy ever again!
A small brown otter named Steve lies on a light wooden floor, clutching a matching plush otter toy in its front paws.  
No text appears within the image.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He's so persuasive...
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The transitions are the most enjoyable bit of directing I've ever seen. And the wine bit is cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtEa...
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Aquaman vs Black Manta. Sicily [Part 2] | Aquaman [4k, HDR]
YouTube video by Flashback FM
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Summary: Individual fireflies flash randomly. When in groups, they try to flash at the same time as the others - and quickly get in lockstep. We'd thought syncing was accidental, but it's not. We're not sure why this is evolutionarily useful. Science is cool. www.quantamagazine.org/how-do-firef...
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How Do Fireflies Flash in Sync? Studies Suggest a New Answer. | Quanta Magazine
Field research suggests a new explanation for the synchronized flashing in fireflies and confirms that a novel form of “chimeric” synchrony occurs naturally.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/10/2026
Despite MAGA’s outrage, statistically in Arkansas, between 52 and 54 percent of food stamps, or SNAP, recipients in the state are white, as are 57.8 percent of those on Medicaid. trib.al/Qbto4M7
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MAGA Furious Over Republican Ad Featuring White Man as Face of Welfare
Conservatives are pissed at Sarah Huckabee Sanders for choosing a young white man to portray welfare recipients.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
trump going on an emergency 17 state media tour to support republican candidates before the midterms and he is going with “nobody knows that dumb has a b on the end”
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'll never be this good at anything. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...
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School gate to checkmate: British chess prodigy, 11, is youngest ever woman grandmaster
Bodhana Sivanandan’s father taught her to play age five and soon she was beating ex-champions. Now she is lighting up the Chess Olympiad
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Turns out the original Nazis were also incompetent clowns whom the public voted into office anyway. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong
In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt...
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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Jeremy @callmenerdy.com · 01/10/2026
In case you were wondering what it'd be like to talk to somebody from the 18% who "strongly approve" of the job Trump is doing.
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 28/09/2026
All it took was getting kicked out of the White House press room and suddenly CNN remembers that "lie" is a word.
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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Secret Ingredient - Gator Days
Secret Ingredient - Gator Days
 
Characters
 
Hannah - Goat - Daryl and Seth's Daughter

Daryl - Bear - Hannah's Papa
 
Seth - Otter - Hannah's Dad
 
Panel 1
 
Setting - The dinner table of the Hardy-Softbell house.
 
Hannah's family is having dinner.
 
Hannah: WOW! Dinner is extra good.
 
Daryl: Thank you. I tried a new secret ingredient.
 
Panel 2
 
Seth puts on a cute happy face. The backgrounds shifts to a pink color with hearts floating all around them.
 
Seth: Is it LOVE?
 
Daryl's face remains emotionless.
 
Panel  3
 
Daryl looks at Seth and responds.
 
Daryl: Toasted sesame oil.
 
Seth: Oh...
 
Daryl: Love isn't a secret ingredient. I put love in everything.
 
Seth: Oh...
 
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Daryl looks away.
 
Daryl: I used so much love and you never noticed.
 
Seth: I DID!
  
Daryl: From now on I'm putting sarcasm in yours.
 
Seth: NO!
 
Daryl: Yes.

Hannah is ignoring this and just browsing on her phone.
 
Hannah is ignoring all this and has pulled out her phone.
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Technically it's a bunch of colored pixels. The Tweechery of Images, y'know.
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Share a TV show that raised you
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Alewyfe | 🍂 Kitchen🥧Wytchin' 🎃 @alewyfe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🎃 Advent progress... did #27 (with a little grim reaper scythe for a 7) and did some reworking on 25 and 20. These aren't perfect and I want to embellish them more (with lil pumpkins & spiderwebs and bugs and bats and and and) but also want to finally get this done in time to hold candy this year?
a patchwork layout of halloween and fall printed or felt fabric rectangles with numbers embroidered on them, laid out on a cutting mat on a table, with spools of embroidery floss on the last four squares that need to be stitched.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Absolutely. Purely homosocial. And this is one of the core tenants of fascism. 
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I find it fascinating that so many estranged parents view the estrangement as an incident, not as a process. So it's forums full of Boomers going "She stopped talking to me because I said her haircut was bad! She's so UNREASONABLE!", when, in reality, they've been shitting on their kid for decades.
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
About five in five non-Trump voters also regret their vote.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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Iron Ring - Wikipedia
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I like that the god of wisdom has an elephant head. And these photos are amazing. apnews.com/photo-galler...
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India celebrates the elephant-headed god Ganesha, in photos
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Bryan Crain @bryancrain88.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Awesome's Razor: Anything that sounds too awesome to be true probably isn't true.
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 25/09/2026
Qualia essays go where curiosity leads. This time, @walkingthedot.bsky.social asks: What would it mean for us to live in a hologram? www.quantamagazine.org/gravity-seem...
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Gravity Seems Holographic. What Does That Mean for Reality? | Quanta Magazine
The biggest breakthrough in modern theoretical physics is the discovery that gravity can collapse the dimensions of space. Physicists don’t yet understand the implications.
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
History will not forgive us . We do not deserve it
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just keep doing good where you can. The world can go to hell, keep doing good.
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