Reposted by Greg BrownKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2hI introduce the concept of “Emotional Administrative Burden” to describe the additional labor required by having to look at that guy’s face every time I need to conduct some piece of official business. In this essay I w 413426
Reposted by Greg BrownAren Aizura @incommensurati.bsky.social · 1h💯. Especially in the context of massive budget cuts or restructuring, the “decline of public trust in the university” conceals an agenda to discipline labor. Too many grad worker unions, faculty organizers, protesting students making demands. 12315
Reposted by Greg BrownSteveLibrarian @librariansteve.bsky.social · 2hJournalists keep wanting the story to be "normal working class centrist has questions," not "our country is currently dominated by stupid people in a right wing echo chamber." 111207193
Reposted by Greg Brownmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2hone of the ways the media shows which side they prefer, is which politicians they quote uncharitably out-of-context and which they clean up for even when what they actually say and do is offensive (the Biden story ran on the front page less than a week before the 24 election) 291949547
Reposted by Greg BrownGretchen Leigh 🇨🇦 @gretchenleigh.zone · 21hIn much the same way that COVID laid bare that a whole lot of people don't give a shit about the wellbeing of others, AI has made it clear just how many people care more about the perception of being good at something than actually putting the fucking work in to get good at it. 26622
Greg Brown @gregbrown.bsky.social · 3hThey did it, they figured out how to make CGI aliens kinda scuzzy 020
Reposted by Greg BrownMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14hdennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry 1886896980
Reposted by Greg BrownDown Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.social · 21hthis is what we deal with😩 3775460
Reposted by Greg BrownDougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026sadly we know where the D went 39914
Reposted by Greg Brownbort @crushbort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026massive pedophile dennis hastert has been killed by the ravages of time, his body pummeled to a pulp by existing for too long. he is survived by perverts 128430
Greg Brown @gregbrown.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I think “fall from grace” is a little too cute to describe sexually abusing kids and paying them off for years afterwards. 111
Reposted by Greg BrownAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026All prisoners should have the right to vote while in prison 7655181080
Reposted by Greg Brownzenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026So, this very sympathetic piece where the subject is “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024”. 5 minutes of checking his facebook shows pro Trump posts as far back as 2019, and a post saying that he “stands with Trump” posted just a couple of days after Trumps coup. 261617424
Reposted by Greg Brownbort @crushbort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026if you deleted every account on here with “professor,” “economics,” or “political science” in their bio the average IQ would shoot up so fast everyone would get the bends 115610
Reposted by Greg Brownjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead 824695579
Reposted by Greg BrownW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Why is reducing ideological bias a goal? To what end? Politics is almost always a fight over values, not facts. I don’t care if I am “biased” towards social justice, whatever that means. 421352174
Reposted by Greg Brownfredesque @fredtaming.bsky.social · 04/10/2026emergency hotdog that heats up when you crack it like a glow stick 401880319
Reposted by Greg BrownChris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Cornell’s new era of transparency should begin with this guy admitting he hit Gaza protestors with his car on purpose and then lied about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...nytimes.comCornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for CampusMichael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention. 251534400
Reposted by Greg BrownJoe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Also, pretty clear HBO Max is using AI to translate its show descriptions into UK English, because look what they call John Candy… 251045227
Greg Brown @gregbrown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Does anyone have $35k I can borrow for the coolest Blade Runner 2049 prop propstoreauction.com/lot-details/...propstoreauction.com 001
Reposted by Greg Brownbort @crushbort.bsky.social · 03/10/2026i think if dems ran on being nice to the harried teen employee behind the register you would do reagan 84 numbers for generations 1694
Reposted by Greg Brownworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10260561698
Reposted by Greg Brownlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 03/10/2026"I should get to sit down when I work but you shouldn't" is a great high level summary of labor disputes 572930476
Reposted by Greg Brownryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 02/10/2026“In an influencer-occupied government, the functions of elected and unelected officials converge on the same goal, which is making little videos for their distractible boss to watch on his phone, and later to watch other people talking about on his TV.” defector.com/jack-smith-e...defector.comJack Smith Did Not Conspire Against Donald Trump While Watching Steph Curry Score 60 Points In An Overtime Loss To The Hawks | DefectorThe most salient part of the accusation that Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt lodged against former special prosecutor Jack Smith in a Senate hearing on Tuesday is that it was wrong. It was ecstatically and... 313136
Greg Brown @gregbrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This stuff is funny because they’re trying to work the pope like he’s a politician. Buddy I don’t think he’s joining any corporate boards or consulting after his current job. 000
Reposted by Greg Brownjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25561391143
Reposted by Greg BrownMr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think so. Not corded but more 2phone art: 0497
Reposted by Greg BrownTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7938341
Reposted by Greg Brownbort @crushbort.bsky.social · 02/10/2026on the subject of prescient 2016 tweets 628526
Reposted by Greg BrownBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I don't think they'll ever recreate what it was like to be on twitter in the 2010s. Soap opera stuff happening constantly. Poster you were vaguely aware of involved in federal fentanyl bust. Poster whose jokes you occasionally liked posed as his aunt (or wife?) for 6 years. Pastor who steals jokes 1875556484
Greg Brown @gregbrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026clearing the local animal shelters after a few mishaps in my “Paw Patrol but for real” scheme 000
Greg Brown @gregbrown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Makes sense, though; the Trump coalition is all about visitation rights. 010
Greg Brown @gregbrown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s just like the constant demands to condemn Louis Farrakhan a decade or two ago: a bizarre right-wing radio talking point they try to boil into the mainstream through repetition. But nobody cares! 010
Reposted by Greg BrownPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comThe Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly TooThe paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today. 431675442
Reposted by Greg BrownSupper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In Paper Mario, Mayor Penguin is found seemingly dead, with Mario being suspected of his murder. However, if a letter is delivered to him during that time, he will get up, thank Mario, and promptly go back to being dead. Unfortunately, this cannot prove Mario's innocence. 132044626
Reposted by Greg BrownCharles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I see we’ve temporarily abandoned the incoherent theory that “crime stats are fake.” 5406
Greg Brown @gregbrown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"The Non-ideological Clown" a free display name to whoever wants it 000
Greg Brown @gregbrown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Warner Brothers released one Joker 2 in 2024 and at least two in this year. By 2034, the entire Paramount-WB lineup will be Joker 2-style flops. 000
Reposted by Greg BrownUncleofJamiroquai @jessefarrar.com · 01/10/2026It seems quaint now that we do all our banking and race science there, but, nevertheless, it's true: at one time, people mostly wrote jokes on Twitter. 10 years ago, I wrote one about an old asshole and it kinda changed my life. Not his, though. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...cnn.comThe tweet that defined a decade of Trump | CNNIt’s been 10 years since Jesse Farrar accidentally defined a political era with one pithy, prescient tweet. He wishes it never happened. 882261389
Reposted by Greg BrownDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Story time. My wife's post here reminds me of one of my favorite stories from my time on the Hill, of which there are many. I was in Comms for a Dem member, and the Caucus would put on a weekly talking points seminar for comms staffers. More often than not, these were run by Third Way. 822266
