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Brandon

@optimismprime01.bsky.social
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he/him. big ol nerd of: music/guitar, ttrpgs, pc games, sf/fantasy, politics, food. not here for followers, if i don't follow you you'll get blocked.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 4h
Honestly at this point the Democrats should probably be petitioning the networks to carry Trump rallies live.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h
legitimately looking forward to this street fighter movie. if it isn’t stupid fun i will be very disappointed
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h
"I don't want the government giving things to me, see"
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6h
Historians: What the fuck are you talking about, you insane clown?
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GOP lawmaker: Nixon was ‘couped out of office,’ ‘framed’ during Watergate
Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) said Thursday that former President Nixon was “absolutely couped out of office” and added that he was “framed” during the infamous Watergate scandal. “We now know more ab…
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 6h
Jesus Christ, yes all fucking men.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h
It is 2006, and Karl Rove is mocking people for calling Republicans "Nazis" It is 2026, and Karl Rove is encouraging people to call Republicans "Nazis"
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Feminist Proper Gander @dappergander.bsky.social · 14h
the problem is that everyone currently developing AI seems to be a believer in Roko's Basilisk
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 14h
Happy Saturday
Michael Tracey: “Go fuck yourself”

Jared: “Buddy I would rather drive off a bridge than live the life you make for yourself”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a lot of Trump officials who need to be impeached, but Russell Vought -- the quarterback of all the Project 2025 fuckery and a central player in the administration's overreach -- really needs to be at the top of the list.
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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Highly-placed government officials are working overtime on a totalitarian takeover of the election to consolidate power for a man who spent last night claiming Iran has dual-use nuclear facilities and drug labs, and who literally does not remember things he talked about an hour ago. Wild stuff.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Depression Quest (if you know you know)
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Brandon @optimismprime01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
this guy ain't it yall
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not so much an October surprise as an October yes that sounds right
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He’s going to use nukes before it’s all over. People need to wake up
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Come on, Pete, show us how your warrior fighters do kinetic asskicking without the beardos and weirdos slowing you down. If anyone can do it, you can, Major Fuckup.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Someone should tell President Trump that the best way to turn the Iran War around and stick it to the Democrats this fall is to have Pete Hegseth lead an infantry charge that they'll air on live TV.
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Feminist Proper Gander @dappergander.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm sorry does this guy think he won 86% of the popular vote?
Why should Americans believe that you respect the free press when you're restricting access to the White House to some of our colleagues? 

Because I do respect the free press, but I don't respect fake news. I'll give you an example. CNN and MSDNC, which is MS Now—they changed the name because it does so poorly. But I won the election. I won it handily by massive numbers. I won the popular vote. I won all seven swing states. They said if you won three swing states, I won all seven. I won the counties. It's very important, 86% popular vote. Everything, and very conclusively, I haven't had a good story on CNN for years. They're incapable of being—they're fake news. Same thing on MS NOW.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 01/10/2026
"you'll probably have to fight robots over concert tickets and booking appointments" we already have this problem?
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And somehow people were convinced *I* was the biggest nerd on the Vikings
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Michael Tracey is forcing himself back into the news cycle discourse in his own predictably disgusting ways, so here’s a link to the longform biographical episode we put out about him earlier this year with @robertsilverman.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
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110: Who the Hell is Michael Tracey? feat. Bobby Silverman
Podcast Episode · Posting Through It · June 1 · 2h 31m
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Brandon @optimismprime01.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
look we can't expect these people to remember how to write their name, they've got ultra-mega-extra-ultra-super-duper-intelligence to do that for them
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That’s it for me tonight. I’ve had enough.
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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It was always a grift. Tying for 5th was the best thing that ever happened to her.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is”
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All this used to be fields @solveforgenx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt just invented the Gotchme Question
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
CLAYFACE (2026)
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Angela Benander @abenander.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
also - I would bet $1m that it didn't remotely occur to the staffers in the "we need to protect women in sports" party to check the women's NCAA schedule for that date. f these losers
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh my God, this just keeps getting better.
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Feminist Proper Gander @dappergander.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
loving this thread
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Get you "friends" who make fun of your team in their lede graphs, AND THEN TELL YOU that you're not paranoid and the swipe was meant *specifically* for you. :(
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The anti-trans right always claims they're just trying to protect women's sports, but Jack Smith proved himself to be the real women's sports fan.
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Brandon @optimismprime01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Brandon @optimismprime01.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious People
Alt: Succession Logan Roy: You Are Not Serious People
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give up. I’m moving into a cave.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Technically, the New Dealers gave it to the Greatest Generation and to the Boomers, but yes, absolutely
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This would provide real relief and opportunities for struggling students but would also be a massive investment in the local economies. We've done this before and we can do it again.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what it feels like trying to get to Monday Night Football through a sea of sports betting segments and Draft Kings ads
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Airplane (reverend moon, Jews for Jesus, Jehovah Witness, Buddhism, Jerry's Kids, Scientology)
YouTube video by thejewishhipster
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're being governed by cruelty
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thesis: www.offmessage.net/p/donald-tru...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"This laughably insane thing I am saying is *not* a conspiracy theory."
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Brandon @optimismprime01.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
done
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I would like everyone to read this, from @eoinhiggins.bsky.social eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/there-are-...
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There are no “rogue” AI agents
Identifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/09/2026
Star Wars Episode XIII: Hey, We Fixed The Plot Hole Of Anakin Not Finding His Son When He Didn't Change His Name And Lived With His Uncle, Turns Out He Had Literally Billions Of Relatives All Caled Skywalker
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/09/2026
Star Wars Episode X: We Have More Planets Than People And Somehow Everyone Is From One Family Star Wars Episode XI: Revenge Of The Recessive Allele Star Wars Episode XII: We Did The Twincest Plot Decades Before Game Of Thrones, Okay?
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Bruce Wilson @brucewilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yes. The *real* threat is that shitty, non-sentient, inept Skynet will whoops, sorry us into planetary destruction.
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