Reposted by Brent AmosKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17hRead every word of this and share it. 232412734
Reposted by Brent AmosKen Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 12/10/2026All the dopes in the "Geez I dunno if Trump should be impeached" chattering coward class should maybe consider the idea of allowing a sitting President to act like this, over and over, with no repercussions. 241973360
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026As a Christian I don’t support the death penalty, but I don’t necessarily oppose it either. I.e. executing Nazis was the right thing to do after their trials. Executions should be rare and very difficult to achieve imo, but sometimes society makes that choice. 110
Reposted by Brent AmosCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026NYFed: By February 2026, Trump's tariffs had contributed 2.9 percentage points to consumer goods price inflation; without tariffs, goods prices would have fallen slightly. The tariffs raised the cost of imported goods AND their domestically-produced competitors.libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.orgHow Fast Do Tariffs Pass Through into Consumer Prices? - Liberty Street EconomicsA look at how much of U.S. tariffs reach consumers and how quickly, tracing tariffs through import, domestic producer, and retail prices. 15299141
Reposted by Brent AmosDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 262185604909
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Anyone know if this will come out in another format? I personally don’t care for the infinity format but I’m also very intrigued by Realmguard. 110
Reposted by Brent AmosSean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Monday is going to be an interesting day in the markets. Source: www.cnbc.com/2026/09/26/1... 0203
Reposted by Brent AmosRev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It is such a weak and fragile god who needs a political party, a president, a Supreme Court, and a nation to defend them and fight their battles for them. God does not need your defense. The poor, the hungry, the sick, the disabled, the children, the immigrant, and the powerless do. 522065
Reposted by Brent AmosMother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/09/2026Why would Peter Hegseth want to purge women from combat? Look no further than his spiritual mentor, Doug Wilson, and their ideas about "biblical masculinity." Read @kieraevebutler.bsky.social's full story here: bit.ly/3UM5Yd4 📹: @samveep.bsky.social 43560238
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I highly recommend PDFGear. It’s free and does a lot of things well, especially just reading. I have it on my iPad and windows laptop. I’ve completely ditched all Adobe products. I couldn’t stand the subscription and how much junk their software come with now. 010
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I was thinking Congress should eliminate the shadow docket but taking it a step farther to nullification is even better! 0131
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If the media didn’t sanewash him, he just might not have been elected the first go. But they did. And they still do. They’ve never covered how spectacularly stupid he is. 5430
Reposted by Brent AmosCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Kid: I think Batman and Dracula are the same person Me: What. No, Kid: Have they ever been seen in the same place Me: Bruce Wayne is Batman and vampires can't go out in the sun Kid: You don't think Bruce Wayne the rich scientist could make a special sunblock? Me: ... Kid: Vampire bats drink blood 1416115
Reposted by Brent AmosThe Fandomentals @thefandomentals.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Bloody secrets from the lives of Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova are told in Marvel's next "Black, White, and Blood" miniseries, featuring new stories from @stephsmash.bsky.social , @gothamette.bsky.social , and @jeremywhitley.bsky.social ! www.thefandomentals.com/black-widow-...thefandomentals.comThe Dark Secrets And Most Dangerous Missions Of Yelena Belova And Natasha Romanoff Are Revealed In Black Widow: Black, White, & Red Room - The FandomentalsThe new four-issue limited series by Stephanie Phillips, Devin Grayson, JG Jones and more, launches in December. 063
Reposted by Brent AmosGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward 18195051815
Reposted by Brent AmosDaphna Renan @daphnarenan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Drawing from our new book Supremacy, @nikobowie.bsky.social and I argue in @slate.com that limiting judicial supremacy is the only way to bind the president with law. slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comJohn Roberts’ New Role Model Demonstrates Everything Wrong With the Supreme CourtIf the court is curling up anywhere, it is at the feet of a presidency increasingly unchecked by law. 623962
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 14/09/2026static.klipy.comRoy Kent SwearingALT: Roy Kent Swearing 010
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A right to physical media must be enshrined in law. Where if you buy a book, movie, game, music, etc., the publisher must send you a physical copy or unlocked file on a storage device if they decide to cut off digital access. 001
Reposted by Brent AmosCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Free political advice, most people are fairly tuned out when it comes to trans rights yet find it deeply weird to be obsessed with trans people, transphobia is the remit of billionaire pedophiles, and if you're adopting anti-trans stances, that's who it looks like you're serving the interests of.static.klipy.comElon Musk in Cap at White HouseAlt: Elon Musk in Cap at White House 111589439
Reposted by Brent AmosIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12/09/2026"don't you care about fairness in sports?" No actually, I don't. Nobody does 1124700704
Reposted by Brent AmosKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Yeah, I've got a million other things in my life that are more important than anything the Harrison Bergeron Fairness Brigades are obsessed with. 1138621
Reposted by Brent AmosBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Turnbuckles and twistlock lashing doing their thing at sea. 46113
Reposted by Brent AmosBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Feminist theory remains undefeated in explaining the weirdest parts of the Trump administration. I'm just going to keep posting this skeleton-key-to-MAGA passage, written over 40 years ago, until everyone gets it. 582843812
Reposted by Brent AmosSean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Corporate incomes are soaring. Worker incomes are barely treading water against inflation. #EconSky Via Steve Rattner. 0199
Reposted by Brent AmosPeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A very chilling story for us Gen X former teenage SF nerds (especially yours truly, the same age as Jeff Bezos) www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...theatlantic.comWe Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old BoysMany of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fiction. 1125354
Reposted by Brent AmosSmart Cookies podcast @smartcookies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I've hosted some of the most renowned intellectuals of our time on the pod, but in terms of numbers, none of those episodes came remotely close to my recent chat (on the madness of #AI) with @doctorow.pluralistic.net... I think he might be onto something: youtu.be/rRRmUuxJolYyoutu.beCory Doctorow On Why AI Won't Replace Workers, But Will Crash The EconomyYouTube video by The Smart Cookies Podcast 15022
Reposted by Brent AmosSean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Well, this is sobering. youtube.com/shorts/Z4fqk...youtube.com24% of US functionally unemployedYouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder 1124
Reposted by Brent AmosAlex Bores @alexbores.nyc · 27/08/2026This METR OpenAI report is a bombshell. I'm going to summarize for a non-technical audience. OpenAI is constantly testing models, thousands and thousands at a time. 26308101
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Cato proves increasing taxes would be a step towards reducing the deficit. Y’all should combine this with increasing taxes on corporations with an AMT so they all pay taxes no matter how many write offs they have. Good work Cato! 010
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Cato proves that taxing the rich is indeed a viable step to reducing, & perhaps eliminating, our disastrous & unsustainable debt. Taxes on corporations should be dramatically increased with an AMT so that corps pay taxes no matter how many write offs they have. Spending will also have to be cut. 000
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I yearn for the days when just spelling a word wrong would end a political career. 130
Reposted by Brent AmosNPR @npr.org · 22/08/2026Feeling restless in life? Level up your main quest with an activity that has no other purpose than to add whimsy to your life. Play experts share tips on how to find the perfect side quest.n.prFeeling restless? Level up your life by starting a side questFeeling restless in life? Level up your main quest with an activity that has no other purpose than to add whimsy to your life. Play experts share tips on how to find the perfect side quest. 912620
Reposted by Brent AmosWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This is probably unpopular on Bluesky, but I think what French is saying here is basically true. The IDEOLOGICAL foundations of the GOP, pre-Trump, have been razed to the ground. What he omits is that most GOP voters were instead attracted to certain EMOTIONAL undercurrents, out of which MAGA arose. 3241245
Reposted by Brent AmosThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/08/2026The bond market is one of the few forces in the world strong enough to get politicians to snap to attention.bit.lyWhy the bond market is flexing its muscles, and why everyone needs to careThe bond market is one of the few forces in the world strong enough to get politicians to snap to attention. 1111041
Reposted by Brent AmosMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026'as reading declines and more people turn to videos for political information, the literate culture that sustained sophisticated argument and rational debate is crumbling.' Worth contextualising with 18th-c upper-class horror at the advent of reading by working-class readers (esp. women). 1/2thetimes.comThe death of reading puts the world in a perilous placeBooks and newspapers are increasingly giving way to social media content as the habit of reading fades. This isn’t just dumbing down, it’s a threat to democracy 513346
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I need this in a chart that also tracks gas prices through today. 000
Reposted by Brent AmosOur Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 17/08/202650 Senators let a Weekend News Anchorman run the Pentagon because they were afraid a gameshow host would yell at them 15478792596
Reposted by Brent AmosMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Image someone is arrested for fentanyl possession, we know who sold it and know they're still selling it to anyone who wants it, but no action is taken against the dealer, not even suspending their billions in gov't contracts. Somehow, that's fine when people keep using xAI to generate CSAM.washingtonpost.comHer childhood photo. Thousands of explicit images. One woman’s nightmare.A Wyoming woman alleges in a federal lawsuit that her stepfather used the Grok chatbot to transform a childhood photo into child sexual abuse material. 523373
Reposted by Brent AmosSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Workers' share of GDP is at its lowest point on record whereas the corporate share is near record highs. This dynamic may exacerbate as Trump's fiscal policies disproportionately benefit corporations and the wealthy. 13174100
Reposted by Brent AmosAxolotl Rose @padraigkingsley.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century" should be required reading for everybody. (There's also a VERY accessible graphic novel adaptation available, if you're intimidated by a 700pg tome: boingboing.net/2024/08/14/g...)boingboing.netGraphic novel adaptation of Thomas Piketty's "Capital & Ideology"Thomas Piketty's 2020 book Capital & Ideology is a highly celebrated tome that uses economics and sociology to examine the intrinsic illegitimacy of income inequality and provides proposals for correc... 01810
Reposted by Brent AmosSean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The economy is worse, no matter what the rich jaw-flappers on TV keep saying. The top 1% are doing fine. Maybe the top 5%. But the vast majority of Americans are experiencing a worsening economy. #EconSky 2191
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Oh I totally get that. Kid #2 starts college this fall and it’s not any easier. 010
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Let him take the meds, and once his hormones are the appropriate level for a woman, he should try out. Given his stats in the NBA, I doubt he’d make a team. Heck, I bet he’d be humiliated *right now* by any WNBA team. He’s just a loser. 000
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 09/08/2026One time in high school my son, now a junior at UC Santa Cruz, could not find the mayo. Which was in the front middle of the fridge, literally in front of his face. So I feel your pain. But also, your kid will be ok. 110
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 03/08/2026And Dems are supposedly the socialists that will destroy the country. 🙄 010
Reposted by Brent AmosJake Berman @lostsubways.com · 03/08/2026this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/? 852850986
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 02/08/2026It’d be fantastic to have a couple otters and raccoons lol (Honestly it’s probably a terrible idea for lots of reasons but still a hilarious one) 000
Brent Amos @bsamos42.bsky.social · 02/08/2026It’s just another way of saying “rural Americans are the real Americans”. It’s taking Conservative thinking and accepting it as truth. Far too much of the MSM and Dems take this default position. 040
