Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 8mEven if Schmitt (so glad it's spelled wrong) had been right that Smith had been in Atlanta once in 2024, so what? How does that prove Smith met with Fani Willis? The whole thing was stupid from the beginning. 000
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 6hI think carbon capture may work someday, but playing games to stop action on climate change isn't the way forward. www.politico.com/news/2026/09... 000
Reposted by Brian SchmidtSahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 13hA phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED 54559351343
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 11hNot much room for nuance in BSky over Israel, but there's nothing requiring nuance over this attempt to further destroy Israeli democracy (note that it's not final though): www.dw.com/en/israel-ba...dw.comIsrael has banned Arab parties from standing in the upcoming election. How can they do that?Israel's push to ban Arab parties from standing in the upcoming election has been called "another nail in the coffin of democracy." Is there a legal basis for doing this, and what could it mean for Ar... 210
Reposted by Brian SchmidtSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 20170072257
Reposted by Brian SchmidtTyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 28/09/2026NEW: A Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report released today "exposes how [Howard Lutnick-linked] Tether & its...token have become central to Iran’s shadow banking system" allowing Iran to fund proxies, commit human rights abuses, and...defy US sanctions, says Senator Blumenthal. 313087
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Agreeing with this: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Democrats’ Policy on Palestine Is Detached From RealityThe party needs more than a stance on Israel. 000
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Any anti-crypto super-PACs out there, especially effective ones? So many grifters out there, fortunately mostly Republican but also some Democratic ones. 000
Reposted by Brian SchmidtRep. Sam Liccardo @liccardo.house.gov · 22/09/2026We don’t talk to the Chinese because we trust them or agree with them; we shouldn’t and don’t. We talk to the Chinese because—as with the USSR during the Cold War—all of our lives depend on it. 1102
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Susan Collins' campaign engaging in corruption and entangling her own work. And not just her, while the Republican Administration dismantles public corruption investigations. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-fbi...talkingpointsmemo.comThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayThis story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates... 020
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Problems with a chaos monkey, possessing only a chaotic sense of what's its own self-interest: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thing...talkingpointsmemo.comThings Fall Apart (in the Middle East): The Donald Trump StoryOne of the key arguments for a great power — other than... 000
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Crypto isn't as dangerous as AI, but it's really bad. Most Republicans are playing with explosives, a few Democrats are playing along. We're tottering along from one crisis to another. We might make it through if we get change this November. Maybe. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...msn.comMSN 021
Reposted by Brian SchmidtFreethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 20/09/2026 15539301429
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There is a Planet B, folks. It's Giedi Prime. phys.org/news/2026-09... That's what the current Republican Party is fighting for. Not MAGA but MEGP ("MegPee").phys.orgTrump administration makes major cuts to endangered species protectionsPresident Donald Trump's administration will no longer treat the unintentional killing of protected wildlife as unlawful, officials confirmed Thursday, in a shift conservationists say could gut the En... 000
Reposted by Brian SchmidtAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A new report from independent investigators appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council says there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes during two strikes in Iran in February. 13341951209
Reposted by Brian SchmidtSpotGideon @shepf.art · 18/09/2026it's so stupid, and yet I love it 1051853217
Reposted by Brian SchmidtThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the most masculine video on the internet right now 335185215051
Reposted by Brian SchmidtCOOLJEN @cooljenim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026ALERT FOR YOU GREEN CANDIDATE NUTS... 185
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The DHS video in the link is unbelievable. I bet a lot of people supporting this think they're Christian. www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...cbc.ca'Blood is on our hands': Haitian honour student's death sparks outcry over ICE ankle monitors | CBC NewsPierre Damas Bel fled Haiti and came to the U.S. with a dream of becoming a neurosurgeon. But after U.S. immigration authorities fitted the 20-year-old university student with an ankle monitor, he fel... 000
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Give it up to endangered fish, they've protected us from racism and xenophobia: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...sfgate.comGilroy ICE facility blocked after sparking 'wave of fear' among residents"It kind of felt like a UFO landed in our community," Rebecca Armendariz told SFGATE. 010
Reposted by Brian SchmidtDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Correct me if I'm wrong, but letting a building go to seed and then swooping in to "save" it with a rebuild is sort of an old developer trick, isn't it? 834960
Reposted by Brian SchmidtJeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026San Francisco has seen an enormous drop in vehicle burglaries since 2023. Most of the discussion I've seen about why has centered on new technologies (drones and license plate readers) & more enforcement. I wrote about why I'm skeptical of these explanations. jasher.substack.com/p/is-technol...jasher.substack.comIs Technology Driving Down San Francisco's Vehicle Burglaries?A deeper dive into what may and probably is not be behind a massive drop. 181
Reposted by Brian SchmidtEric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026for two years we have been saying that the current Democratic leadership — including Schumer, Jeffries, and Gillibrand — are a problem.politico.comCrypto billionaire among dozens to back startup from Gillibrand’s sonChris Larsen, John Griffin and Mark Ein are angel investors in a new financial exchange led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s 22-year-old son. 19429
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Dear @bsky.app, once again please stop putting posts in my feed from people who disable replies. They have every right to disable replies, that's totally fine, but if they don't want to hear from me then I don't want to hear from them. 000
Reposted by Brian SchmidtL i l y @everlily24.bsky.social · 11/09/2026He thinks they'll fall for his lie again. 26529061431
Reposted by Brian SchmidtTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Is it newsworthy that the President of the United States publicly led his supporters in a pledge to cheat like hell in an upcoming election? 741802587
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026One smaller, but still sad, addition to the 911 tragedy is the minds who let themselves get poisoned by the 911 Inside Job nonsense. An earlier version of the conspiracy theories on the right and left that plague us today. Lost a friend over this. 110
Reposted by Brian SchmidtJohn Mashey @johnmashey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This long piece is very well worth reading, given the rapid & pervasive changes in effective media usage. 012
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is an excellent point. JD is likely, anonymously leaking claims to try to look good about the Iran war (which doesn't mean the leaks are true). 000
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Authoritarian censorship in the US and it barely gets a mention: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... 000
Reposted by Brian SchmidtBerin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel 399208384801
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A relief to see the literally-criminal use of American military reduced to a crime against property (although arguably kidnapping as well) instead of the murder that the Republican Administration had been committing. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u... 000
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Some nicknames are too spot on. www.msn.com/en-us/money/... 000
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Off drugs, maybe, but still a sleazeball who harmed the Democrats in general and convinced Joe to tarnish his presidency and his legacy. I don't care if he can toss off a good burn against Republicans on occasion. 000
Reposted by Brian SchmidtBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So important. "A Judicial Guide to Search Warrants Seeking Election Materials: How Alternatives to Election Material and Ballot Seizures Can Avoid Irreparable Harm, Promote Election Integrity, and Further the Public Interest" law.ucla.edu/sites/defaul... NPR coverage: www.npr.org/2026/09/09/n...npr.orgBallot seizures seemed impossible. But judges and officials are prepping for them nowThe idea of law enforcement taking possession of ballots in the middle of an active election used to be considered impossible. Now, it's a scenario voting officials — and judges — are training for. 37027
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A damning report. And anything being slow-walked is likely to be never-walked in the end. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...nytimes.comRFK Jr. Promised Children’s Health Reforms. Here’s How He Did.A year after the Trump administration laid out its plan to improve the health of American children, we examine where those efforts stand. 010
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Reasons why Trump's PAC may sit on his war chest even past 2028: 1. He wants to steal the money. This is the laziest choice but it might be real. He managed to abuse the Trump Foundation $ for decades before being stopped. Allocation: 30% of his motivation. 2. For post-2028 manipulation.... 100
Reposted by Brian SchmidtMack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Somebody in the room needs the institutional authority to say: “Mr. President… what the fuck is wrong with you?” Apparently that position wasn’t included in the staffing plan. 45550891750
Reposted by Brian Schmidtalexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026#Denmark built so much wind that some blustery hours the turbines out-produce what the whole country is using. When that happens, the extra power doesn’t sit idle. It moves through Denmark’s links into the wider European network and heads to neighbors like Germany, Norway, Sweden. #ActOnClimate 371147024387
Reposted by Brian SchmidtRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fetterman is not only a terrible, lazy senator who was supported by his parents until his mid-40s, he’s just a garbage human being. No surprise he ended up as a regular Fox contributor where he feels most at home. 724124263431
Reposted by Brian SchmidtMichael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is called imperialism. We are profiting from the use of force in another country. American are not imperialists. We fought against empire to obtain our independence. 2623883
Reposted by Brian SchmidtRuthJackson @ruthjack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just a reminder! When the Dems take over.. Fight Fire with Fire…. By the way, Where’s Mitch? 🤔 859167844389
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Republicans passed the Big Beautiful Data Center Tax Break Bill last year, killing cheap renewable energy and spreading data centers everywhere. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...talkingpointsmemo.comTrump’s Big Beautiful Bill Cleared the Way for More Data Centers. Dems Are Hoping You Know That.Democrats are taking a convoluted, complex provision that was included in Republicans’... 000
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Tunisia was the one promising democracy arising from the Arab Spring until Saied came along. Hopefully there will be another chance. www.dw.com/en/tunisian-...dw.comTunisia's activists decry civil society crackdownFive years into Tunisian President Kais Saied’s increasingly authoritarian rule, rights groups warn that the country’s once vibrant civil society is being silenced. 011
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I'm really hoping someone will notice that some of the Patriot missiles built in Ukraine could be sent back to the US for our defense. Throwing that offer into the mix might speed up negotiations. english.nv.ua/nation/rubio...english.nv.uaRubio: Ukraine, U.S. still negotiating Patriot licensingThe United States is still negotiating with Ukraine on licenses that would allow Kyiv to produce interceptors for Patriot air defense systems, according to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 100
Brian Schmidt @schmidtbrian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026People on Bluesky routinely exaggerate what's known about Epstein and Trump, but there's definitely a coverup happening: www.youtube.com/shorts/QqKua...youtube.comAnother layer of the Epstein coverup revealedYouTube video by Lawyer Oyer 111
Reposted by Brian SchmidtClimate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Solar has overtaken coal in China China now has 1,288GW of solar installed capacity, against coal's 1,285GW, a landmark moment for the world's biggest emitter. This is the first time coal's share dropped below 50% in electricity generation in China. www.reuters.com/business/ene...reuters.comSolar overtakes coal as China's largest source of installed power capacitySolar farms overtook coal plants in July to become China's top source of installed power capacity, state-run media reported on Tuesday, although solar still lags well behind coal in terms of power ... 25643253