Reposted by the infamous BradThe Big Picture @readthebigpicture.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The algorithm doesn't want you calm, informed, or connected. It wants you angry, addicted, and isolated. Because that's what lines the pockets of folks like Musk and Zuckerberg. 10723170
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 05/10/2026And CBD Kratom insisted that 7-OH was different from heroin. The question should have been "different ENOUGH?" and the answer was "LOL no." Same here. There are no meaningful differences between prediction markets and other forms of betting, no matter how finely they split hairs. 000
Reposted by the infamous BradSt. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hundreds gathered in downtown Belleville on Saturday for the city’s final fall Pride festival before the event moves back to June next year.stlpr.orgFor LGBTQ families, Belleville offers a different experience than MissouriHundreds gathered in downtown Belleville on Saturday for the city’s final fall Pride festival before the event moves back to June next year. 0132
Reposted by the infamous BradRNS @rns.org · 04/10/2026OPINION: (The Conversation) — When the Supreme Court hears arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, Colorado will defend antidiscrimination laws for the fourth time in 10 years.religionnews.comA Colorado preschool case will be the Supreme Court’s latest to test boundaries of LGBTQ rights and religious freedom(The Conversation) — When the Supreme Court hears arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, Colorado will defend antidiscrimination laws for the fourth time in 10 years. 042
Reposted by the infamous Bradjames @cranberrymuffins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Often I’ll remember this xkcd comic and get depressed. We’ve known climate change is real my entire life but spent decades pretending it wasn’t 16713
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026O M G. Mother Earth Products used to make a whole line of this stuff that was really good. 001
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Oscar Wilde said it first: "the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." 020
Reposted by the infamous Bradwhetstone @whetstone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If the job is awful, dangerous, boring, and a machine can do it? A machine *should* do it. If a machine can’t, then the humans who keep society going instead should be paid enough to allow them to retire well before the work ruins their bodies. 1154
Reposted by the infamous BradTKarney @pecunium.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Fraternities are the ur-old boy network in the US. Joining one won't guarantee you end up running a fortune 500 company, or sitting on the Supreme Court... but if you don't join one the odds of those things happening are practically zilch. And that's a problem. 03616
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I swear to god, ever since Altemeyer's seminal work on authoritarianism, the damned fascists have been desperately trying to argue, "Nuh uh! It's the commies!" 010
Reposted by the infamous BradJustin Oaksford @justinoaksford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the cashiers at the store we walk to live next door to us in the heart of one of the most expensive urban neighborhoods in the country. so do our baristas. as do teachers, and nurses. 15614
Reposted by the infamous BradThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/09/2026Police in southeast Michigan are investigating after a toddler pulled out a loaded pistol at a daycare.bit.lyPolice investigate after toddler pulls out loaded gun at Michigan daycarePolice in southeast Michigan are investigating after a toddler pulled out a loaded pistol at a daycare. 209131
Reposted by the infamous BradGiles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026AfD bans Stolpersteine: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGerman town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victimsGermany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal". 24266160
Reposted by the infamous BradArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/09/2026arstechnica.comUS being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%The new LFP battery charges from 10 to 70% in 4.5 minutes at just 65˚C. 1526567
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My hope for our eventual Underwater Battleground map remains undimmed. Maybe next time! 000
Reposted by the infamous BradJeffrey Rowland @wigu.org · 22/09/2026I'm basically a soothsayer. Comic from 2007 which was NOT 9 years ago turns out 334991
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Okay, wait. I've BEEN in the Hazelwood lockup, and there is nothing in those cells to kill yourself WITH. How's he supposed to have done it? 000
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Summarized: "We expect a global collapse of agriculture in 24 years. Fortunately, we do not expect this to reduce demand for our farmland-destroying product." 010
Reposted by the infamous Bradthe infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And also surrender on decarbonization. That's what they think it's going to cost us to defeat fascism, despite record-low voter approval numbers for the fascists. They want us to murder every trans woman and accept the desertification of everything south of Minneapolis. While we're already winning. 0164
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026And also surrender on decarbonization. That's what they think it's going to cost us to defeat fascism, despite record-low voter approval numbers for the fascists. They want us to murder every trans woman and accept the desertification of everything south of Minneapolis. While we're already winning. 0164
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Read the article, not just the headline, because this is what "abolish the police" really looks like. It doesn't mean no peace or law enforcement. It means that any entirely corrupt dept should get disbanded and their responsibilities assigned to a new or higher agency. 120
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Anyone who wasn't at least okay with bigotry left the SBC decades ago. 000
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"Musk ... might be the world’s richest man, but someday someone else will be, and if we continue to let wealth inequality grow and valorize strongman posturing over strength of character, there’s no reason why the next Musk might not be just as bad, if not worse." 031
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Younger people don't know this, I think, but in the aftermath, when President Bush was asked what ordinary Americans could do about it, he literally told us not to do anything. Go shopping. Take your family to Disneyland. I knew already on that day that we were going to lose the US/Afghan war. 011
Reposted by the infamous Bradalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026look, the fact is, a lot of swing voters looooove torturing the omelas kid. they want to put more kids in the hole, actually, yeah. but not YOUR kid--oh, okay. well. still, big picture, thinking about the electoral map-- 112193330
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My home town of St. Louis is having one of these specific problems, too. "These water lines have been just fine for the last 75-100 years, why are they breaking now?" 000
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Um, Mr. Roberts? Some of us noticed that this is the fourth of your last five podcasts promoting "AI" as a solution to the climate crisis. Blink twice if you're being held hostage and we'll send for help. If not, WTH has gotten INTO you?!? 000
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My whole attitude towards the homeless-shelter system changed when I found out that both of the biggest shelters in my area *immediately* send client's pets to animal control and that animal control euthanizes those pets if the sheltered person cannot find permanent housing *within two weeks.* 1131
Reposted by the infamous BradNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 09/09/20261. Shelters generally give you a bunk in a huge room full of people. A tent in an encampment gives you at least SOME privacy, some space that's yours. 2. Most shelters kick you out every morning, and have a curfew at night. 3. Shelters don't allow pets. 642247
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?" 000
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...press.princeton.eduBetter Buses, Better Cities"Better Buses, Better Cities is likely the best book ever written on improving bus service in the United States." — Randy Shaw, Beyond Chron"The ultimate roadmap for how to make the bus great again in... 010
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"IT'S EDUCATIONAL." "What if she hurts herself?!?" "THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON." 000
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I hope you can come up with SOME explanation for why a district court thinks they can overturn SCOTUS? 001
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Okay, I don't "get" how a federal district court thinks that they can overturn SCOTUS? 121
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Given that the whole point of cryptocurrency was to operate outside of the law, I don't think it should be illegal to steal cryptocurrency. 051
Reposted by the infamous BradMary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Anyway, if you're pro-AI and think all anti-AI people just haven't used it enough to give it a fair chance, know that I've given it a fair chance. On a daily basis. And I've found it to be a creepy little liar bot that's only marginally usable once you strip out the cultspeak. 718520
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Okay, bit of a stretch, but: ask him if he's seen or read Thank You For Smoking and what he thinks about its portrayal of lobbyists? 001
Reposted by the infamous BradBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/12/2024I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.” The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party. 935166786568
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026And the reason the motivational slogan is in Fraktur typeface is because we've seen this before, in Germany in the 20s and 30s, when they called it "body culture." 000
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 05/09/2026If you're talking about RemovePaywalls, it still works on Firefox. Which is also the only browser left that still runs uBlock Origin, too, as if you needed another reason. 0150
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Foreign nazis moving to Argentina is a proud tradition. 000
Reposted by the infamous BradMicah @rincewind.run · 02/09/2026it's not an exaggeration to say that jk rowling is the world's most powerful and prominent transphobe outside of elon musk it's easy to not buy a tesla and it's easy to not watch the harry potter tv show 3368832224
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026So, there's a thing I learned the hard way about middle managers in general and human resources employees in particular: whatever random thing that goes wrong needs to not be their fault. They're desperate for proof that they used due diligence. These companies sell that excuse. 010
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Old Google would have. Old Google saw their job as, among other things, promoting best-quality sources. 180
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 29/08/2026The reason it's all zealots is that there's no other way to even try it. Limit Israel to Jewish-majority land and it's physically indefensible. Include enough land to be defensible and it's no longer Jewish-majority. There's no splitting that hair. 100
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 29/08/2026In the '80s, roughly half the Russian Jews fleeing pogroms came to the US and the other half went to Israel. On average, which group do you think ended up safer from anti-Semitic terrorism? "Nationalism will make us safer," has always been a false promise, it just makes more enemies. 000
the infamous Brad @infamousbrad.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I've been saying for some time that even if you believe that there needs to be a Jewish nationalist state, insisting on putting it in the most Jew-hating place on Earth was never going to end the way they thought it would. ... 210
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“Global Temperature Over My Lifetime”
November 1982
Exxon International report predicts that fossil fuel use will raise global temperatures to about 1°C above their normal levels within 40 years
October 1984
I’m born in Easton, PA
Summer 1991
I learn to ride a bike
Spring 1992
My elementary school celebrates Earth Day and I learn about the greenhouse effect
1993-1996
I get very into Star Wars and Animorphs
Fall 1996
I stand around awkwardly at my first middle school dance
Spring 2002
I get accepted into college
Spring 2006
I somehow graduate despite spending most of my time playing Mario Kart
Summer 2006
I see An Inconvenient Truth in the theater and feel anxious
Fall 2011
I get married
Summer 2012
I read headlines about a global warning “pause” and hope that maybe things aren’t so bad
2013-2021
I read more about climate science and get steadily more alarmed
Spring 2016
I read the 1982 Exxon report
June 2020
Global 60-month average reaches +0.94°C, Easton, PA is 2°C hotter than normal for the fifth year in a row
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2022 (near future)
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![Weedmaster P: Americans can't build a car that stays together or a shoe that costs less than ten thousand dollars but boy howdy we sure can build one hell of an internet huh Jeffrey: Yeah. Jeffrey: America invented the internet because they were afraid Russia would drop bombs on us from outer space. [[A bomb falls]] Weedmaster P: Maybe some hype shit will get made because of the global war on terrors Jeffrey: A vast computer network that believes in "evil", costs a billion dollars an hour and says the same 5 phrases over and over. {{Underneath}} Instead of showing you pictures of cats Internet 5.0 will question your patriotism](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5onccce6xnadm5ooqeratqe4/bafkreiab2egdxb5hjeawe3c3ijdkroicl2jpplnps6qghbyo6fcbca5wha)
