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Brian Boland

@btb.bsky.social
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Former tech exec turned advocate for economic justice. Anti-Milton Friedman, pro-progressive economics à la Stiglitz, Raworth, and Graeber. Passionate about justice, rethinking capital's role, and aligning finances with values.

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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
And yet....
Chart showing growth of fossil fuels consumption
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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
If you want to know one source for where the drive to violence is coming from, look no further than Jesse Watters. He might as well give the next shooter a gun.
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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Ok. Fine. I finally accept that we are living in a simulation.
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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Desantis says it's ok to run over protesters...
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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#NoKings Seattle march
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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The founders warned us about men like Trump. #NoKings
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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Seattle #50501
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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Wages decoupled from productivity in 1979 so that working class Americans fall more steadily behind and barely get by today. People, especially young, now look for an out in gambling of all sorts. The shift to legal gambling is similar to meme coin crypto gambling.
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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I just finished Careless People and it rings true to me. I didn't work in these policy areas but I did work with many of the people and the descriptions of them resonate. I learned new details of things I saw at the company that were worse than I expected.
Photo of the book Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
For anyone looking to see the steps to download your Facebook and Instagram information, here is what I did on Android
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Brian Boland @btb.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Facebook and Instagram deleted
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