Reposted by BrandonWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 6hOne thing that Ossoff does - thank god - is COMPLETELY abandon the weird liberal wisdom that you should never say your opponent’s name. He says “Mike Collins” about 30 times in this clip, not “my opponent” or some such, and the directness make his attacks exponentially more brutal. 422365309
Reposted by BrandonGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 17hif we are gonna bring back an energy crisis and an inflation crisis, we may as well bring back the senator who destroys your entire sense of self worth on national television 537425
Reposted by BrandonNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 20hI will say, I am far from convinced that this is the automatic trick for winning that a lot of people do, but it is important that *somebody* say this stuff in public, because that's the only way we reestablish any kind of societal norms or push the boundaries of acceptability away from this filth. 1767390
Reposted by Brandontferg23.bsky.social @tferg23.bsky.social · 21hBetween this and the AES debate tonight, it's refreshing to hear this from democrats. I'm glad every question is not treated as an opportunity to pivot to "kitchen table issues," but is instead met with all the reasons why the R is a gigantic piece of shit. 41258109
Reposted by BrandonVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 20hI'm glad a Democrat is being honest about who these folks are. It is shameful it took so long. 217926
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 21hI’ll go out on a limb and say despite being quite anti-capital punishment at this point in my life, and very obviously against turning this one into a public spectacle, I’m… kind of ok with the military keeping it and leaving it as an option for members, when convicted by a jury of other members? 200
Reposted by Brandonlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 05/10/2026you'd like to schedule a doctor's appointment? have you logged into MyHealthChart yet? Remember that MyHealthChart used to be Healbe. If you migrated your chart from Healbe Now or Healbe Epic, you are not eligible to make an account. Please make note Healbe Epic is formerly MyHealthChartRX. 762625314
Reposted by BrandonWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I do think that ‘Hi-def video of horrible shit’ is our generation’s version of smoking or leaded gasoline tbh. As in it’s something that future generations will look back on and be appalled that we thought it was ok to have as an environmental hazard. 1550372
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026static.klipy.comMhmm Reading: I Know Some of These WordsAlt: Goodburger: I Know Some of These Words 030
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In an era of government falling apart, being gutted, and competent people being forced out, I’m thankful the USCSB’s video series has continued apace. Sheldon Smith’s narration for 20 years has been so effective in communicating complex topics. Now we welcome a new voice—Darth Maul?? (Actually!)youtu.beAlarming Mistakes, Deadly Decisions: Fatal Fire at BP-HuskyYouTube video by USCSB 100
Reposted by BrandonVibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The most important thing to know about foreign policy is that unless you are in the room, you only ever publicly see the end result. You cannot know about the processes that led to it (or what the counterfactuals were) for years and years. It's arrogant to claim otherwise, yet people always do. 15614
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I never saw Biden selling something direct to camera like Z does. Z does a video with Linda from the Department of Pothole Filling and takes a few calls, seems completely sincere about Linda’s importance to government. Biden’s team would get PR Jake from USDA to talk about methane reductions, alone 100
Reposted by BrandonMicah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026genuinely I think we would be in a better place, morally, as a society if all of these fraudsters were in jail and people saw that there were consequences for behaving in such a flagrantly antisocial manner rather than endlessly lucrative rewards 131039101
Reposted by Brandonellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 25/09/2026I will say that I think one of the few not-idiotic reasons why people in very blue areas think Dems suck is that our local Dems usually do (and they're also much more likely to be corporate centrists for complex reasons) 3845
Reposted by BrandonJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is what winning looks like 291329112
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If I had a nickel for every time Olivia scooped a particular word/concept from another pop girlie between the time the other song was written and released, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. 000
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It’s almost 10pm, I tuned in late to the Gardena City Council meeting, and I’m trying to figure out why the current state senator is here seemingly arguing with a huge group of local Jazz Festival supporters AND the previous state senator about it? I have absolutely nobody to talk to about this lol 250
Reposted by BrandonClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026these people will happily whitewash and paraphrase unhinged Trump rants to make them seem grammatically coherent and authoritative, but if a young woman says “like” we must keep it in there to make sure you know she’s a bimbo infuriating actually 11016207
Reposted by BrandonVituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This ad is a pro-trans dog whistle virtuously designed to mislead hogs. “Washington needs to stay out of it” the only thing Washington is doing is trying to impose a national ban, Washington staying out of it means “no ban” 15658102
Reposted by Brandonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026i gotta hand it to thomas massie youtu.be/RPOxBl_WMWcyoutu.beImpeach them all!YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 28949141
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Speaking of the group chat mind virus bsky.app/profile/jayv... 100
Reposted by BrandonGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward 18195031815
Reposted by BrandonNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Yes, every billionaire is a policy failure. You know who else is a policy failure? Your Berkeley hippie grandpa who pays $100 in annual property taxes on a $2.5 million house and uses the leftover cash to sue people who try to build apartments in his neighborhood. 237763
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“I am a YISEBY—yes in somebody else’s backyard” 000
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“Haha wow California is a mess, look at all the societal problems they have there. Anyway I’m excited to vote Yes on the Eliminate Basically All Property Taxes Act!”apple.newsThe Property-Tax Revolution — The AtlanticStates can’t afford these cuts. 011
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Not voting isn’t a signal about anything, people don’t vote for all sorts of reasons. Grouping yourself in with people who may hate you and forgot to return a ballot; people who have never voted before; people who don’t know anything about the world Not voting provides no actionable information 010
Reposted by BrandonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Credit to Tapper here, asking the sort of question about a Republican candidate that we normally only hear about Twitch streamers 322131
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I literally live on the wrong side of the street to vote for Nithya but if you can, you should! 040
Reposted by BrandonJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Money that comes into the United States government is government revenue. It is part of the public fisc. There's not "taxpayer money" and then "extra bonus money outside the rules." It's all taxpayer money. And spending *any* of it requires Congressional authorization. 2/ 121884384
Reposted by BrandonSam @samd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The entire CA-11 race makes me feel like I’m taking crazy pills. there is literally not a single issue where Connie Chan is to the left of Scott Wiener. the only real difference is that Connie Chan is an incompetent car-loving NIMBY. it’s insane that so many progressives are supporting her 2452290
Reposted by BrandonMicah @rincewind.run · 11/09/2026yeah the one plausible silver lining of “the budget is turbofucked” is that because you can’t deliver massive new policy programs the best way to show you’re Doing Something is to be the Consequences President SCOTUS reform and new states would also help 734540
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Hot take: something close to 4:3 will be the long term aspect ratio of most phones in the ~decade+ future 001
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Not at all in the market for a new phone, currently have one less than a year old… but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t intrigued with this folding iPhone. At least enough to want to feel one in the pocket 000
Reposted by BrandonMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026<Googles "politics"> Oh no Oh no no no 31117
Reposted by BrandonNext door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you live in California, you need to read this and *not* vote for Jane Kim this fall. Vote for Ben Allen. (I voted for the author of this piece) 39725
Reposted by BrandonSan Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 08/09/2026Local and state officials are advising voters to return their ballots to official drop boxes instead of relying on the Postal Service.bit.lyCalifornia officials urge voters to circumvent USPS as Trump’s war on mail voting escalatesLocal and state officials are advising voters to return their ballots to official drop boxes instead of relying on the Postal Service. 12915
Reposted by BrandonBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Mamdani is a charismatic guy but I promise you anyone can replicate this. 1) Unapologetically use the government to help ordinary people; and 2) Tell them about it 332871436
Reposted by BrandonQuinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Navier-Stokes fight is a perfect encapsulation of where AI development is right now: this should be really cool and exciting, and instead because of Silicon Valley egos it's become a fight over cheating, surveillance, and companies trying to get one up over the other 749682
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Look man, they might be stochastic parrots but we’re quickly finding out that if you have enough stochastic parrots, they’ll all talk to each other and (potentially) solve the Navier-Stokes equationsscientificamerican.comAI may have just solved a million-dollar math problem. The field will never be the sameA mathematician compared the feat to the history-making chess competition in which IBM’s Deep Blue computer beat Garry Kasparov in 1997 200
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Brian Williams lost a job for less of a lie than this 011
Reposted by Brandonrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026the real answer to "how do you defeat the far right in an election" is "you say they can't run." 15982126
Reposted by BrandonFyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026They are just pathetically averse to conflict. All of this stuff is insanely unpopular. He demolished half the White House ! Like a movie villain! 117325
Reposted by BrandonDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026Convincing young people that America is poor & no one can afford anything & everyone is living paycheck to paycheck & their economic future is doomed ... IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICY. People who feel anxious & under threat do not respond with openness & generosity! Look it up! 551664270
Brandon @childlessbrandino.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Formulating a take that Dems gain back lots of medium-term goodwill by showing that they will make crime illegal again, because most major policies take multiple election cycles to work. Things like blitzkrieg court reform and ICE detainees testifying to Congress show that adults in charge again, 100