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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Not to mention the propaganda machine supporting (and even guiding) the GOP makes fomenting and propagating said outrage much easier. We can't develop a similar outrage machine; there's no market for it.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

"Keeping a close eye on" as in eyeing with disdain, maybe.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

For real. AIPAC is gunning for Ossoff. Some erstwhile Democratic donors even floated the idea of recruiting Brian Kemp to run against him. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...

nytimes.com

Georgia’s First Jewish Senator Is Losing Jewish Support (Published 2025)

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I do not, because 1) my salad container is too full, ideally, for there to be much movement by the ingredients within and 2) if the container fails there will be an unmitigated disaster.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I've read something in the past about (white?) American-born doctors tending to gravitate toward more lucrative specialized practices, so -- to the extent that's true -- internal medicine is *exactly* where we'd need these doctors.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Those are all median Democratic positions at this point.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Haven't read Artemis, but The Martian and PHM are also rooted in state investment in (and nations working together on) huge scientific projects for the good of mankind, which doesn't exactly scream "Libertarian"

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Took a little break for my sanity.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Damn, someone should tell AIPAC that so they stop running ads against him for voting to condition aid to Israel.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The one collage of photos I've seen appear to be Patel dicking around in Cuba? Which is, as the very least, a bad look given what is happening there at the moment

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I feel like those have to mostly be people who are upset that she lost. The "I want to vote for the winner" people would switch to Trump. The rest are likely "I wish I'd had a different nominee to vote for" people. It's not like Harris has done anything since the election to give them regrets...?

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

He's talking about someone actively pissing in a subway car, not someone just smelling bad. And I think the argument he's making is not that calling the police on the subway car pisser is the leftist position, but that the leftist position of "go ahead and piss there" is detrimental.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

And some of the same people who treated Biden as 100% responsible for Gaza, as if Israel had no agency, have been quick to blame Israel for luring Trump into attacking Iran.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

General racism General misogyny 2 years of incessant stories about inflation and "recession likely" by the media, as well as "Is Biden too old?" while ignoring Trump's obvious descent into dementia A number of things were against her.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Sentenced by a jury of your peers* *posters on Nextdoor

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Bridgerton specifically has received a ton of hate due to its diversity in casting.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Killing Iraqis in a war Collins voted for. She may not have a tattoo, but if she were so averse to Nazis, she'd fight back against her party with more than occasional concern and disappointment. Send your money to Ossoff instead.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Same, but it would be less a vote for Schumer as majority leader and more a vote against John Thune.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

There's a good response as to why it's necessary?

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Do I think the administration lets twitter influence its decisions/messaging? Yes. Is this bad? Yes. Could we influence Trump by going on twitter? No.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

...except the vitamins they add back to it?

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Supposedly it was PT Barnum that told them to do that, but, yeah. And I'd expect we could find said cans still lingering around somewhere.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Neither of my grandmothers probably saw a kiwifruit until they were in their 40s. They probably died without ever hearing of jackfruit, much less seeing them in person.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

"I'm not handing anyone anything" Hands the legal system to cops

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

This is especially true for those in red areas. It can feel like you're the only one with their head on straight sometimes, but remember that a district voting 80-20 for Republicans still means 1 in 5 people do NOT vote GOP, and this helps connect with them.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I think that's part of why the "Actual author vs AI" thing the NYT ran a few days ago may have resulted in people "preferring" AI. We're going to tend to "prefer" the thing that doesn't cause discomfort, so we're picking the passage that's NOT Cormac McCarthy.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

But I don't know that we need state laws for this sort of thing.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

He was kind of embarrassed when he was getting his driver's license and had to sign the thing four times before it looked like it wasn't written by a 4th grader. I don't know; penmanship is one of those things that people judge others on, even though they probably shouldn't.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I'm pretty sure research has shown that writing information helps you commit that information to memory significantly better than typing or just reading the info. And knowing cursive helps you develop a signature. I regret not having my youngest work on writing his name in cursive earlier...

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I use cursive on checks, but 95% of the checks I've written in the past 10 years have been for payments for things at my kids' school, and I probably only do it our of nostalgia.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I think Manchin would at least have pushed back against the idea that this is the Dems' fault. Fetterman is just willingly absolving Republicans of any responsibility, even when a majority of his constituents would likely take the Dems' side.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I'd argue -- based solely on the people vocally supporting him in the runup to his election -- that the expectation was that he'd be more to the left.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

And you could make similar videos of literally any country.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I'm sorry, I should've clarified that I was only talking about serious people.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Random startups operating unlicensed nuclear reactors in their basements in the middle of population centers is an objectively bad idea.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Including content from the books often makes for a worse viewing experience.

Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" showing a man standing up, talking

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Visual arts? You're just ignoring the masterwork of Jon McNaughton?

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Why is Lilith front and center? I love Bebe Neuwirth, but I'm starting to think this artwork is not an accurate representation of the show itself.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Half of David's team is in Dune...

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Or in shoulder pads. Football players do this all the time. I have iffy shoulders at the moment, and I'll do this on occasion to take pressure off my shoulders even if I'm just wearing a polo. It's more comfortable than letting my arms hang.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

I do it now on occasion with my regular polo shirt just to take a little pressure off my shoulders.

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Billy Brooksher @mrbrooksher.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Yeah, this is it. I used to do this when wearing shoulder pads in high school, and I occasionally do it now just with my shirt. My shoulders aren't in great condition, and it takes a little pressure off of them -- almost like a makeshift sling.

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