Reposted by John Brandt Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 23h‘Median wealth for a family in the top 10% of earners increased 31%, while wealth decreased for the bottom 40% of earners.’ www.wsj.com/economy/affl... 12332131
Reposted by John Brandt Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Ernest Hater England and Wales, Census, 1901 4387
Reposted by John Brandt goof_off_artiste746393@yahoomail.com @goofoffartiste.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The main project of the US now is a line-item vindication of the most histrionic and paranoid stuff ever said by Jello Biafra 322194452
Reposted by John Brandt Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity. 16760101466
Reposted by John Brandt James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Still can't live stream Supreme Court oral arguments 935960
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If they’re admitting this what aren’t they saying about net income? 010
Reposted by John Brandt 🦇🎃💀 Riana-mator 💀🎃🦇 @riana.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Microsoft gave $1 million to the inauguration fund and Satya Nadella sat two seats away from Vance at the WH AI luncheon nine days ago. This is what bending the knee gets you. 215155
Reposted by John Brandt Dan Fejes @df1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This 3 minute story is probably more informative and substantive than any comparable length segment on the network news broadcasts over the last month. It's not sensationalized but still conveys the gravity of the situation. 26617
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Because they don’t want to do it. Sometimes the easy answer is the correct one… 170
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026(The answer is zero but that is not what they will do.) 000
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Snap hypothesis: Lefties are supposed to be “the good ones” and Right wingers are at least taking from “them” even if the material rewards never reach supporters 000
Reposted by John Brandt Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Microsoft Word suggests replacing all references to "tarnishment cases" with "garnishment cases" and now I'm imagining what havoc AI could wreak with trademark law 211921
Reposted by John Brandt Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Our built infrastructure robs kids of their freedom of independent mobility. Streets are dominated by oversized vehicles, piloted by aggressive and distracted drivers where one mistake can turn lethal. We sacrificed child development to subsidize the auto industry. 21508108
Reposted by John Brandt The Verge @theverge.com · 05/10/2026AI is junk food for the mind; easy, tempting and ultimately very bad for you. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...theverge.comOur minds aren’t equipped to handle AIAI is junk food for the mind; easy, tempting and ultimately very bad for you. 18416
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Basically never listen to this guy and you’re on the right track.” - John Brandt, shouted into the void re: Rahm Emanuel 000
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“GOONER PILLED gubernatorial ad” was not on my bingo card for today… but here we are. 010
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That was the other thing I said but I wanted to make sure they were thinking about the why not just the what. 040
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I had an editor say to me that they wanted to do a story on W’s favorability going up in the final weeks of his presidency. I had to ask them if they understood that it was because people were glad he wasn’t going to be president much longer. 1130
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This guy is so fragile. Baby soft. Couldn’t bust a grape in a fruit fight. Pathetic. 100
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Every once in a while he stumbles his way into something good… 000
Reposted by John Brandt ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178125022679
Reposted by John Brandt Adam @adamshap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NYC’s congestion pricing program cut ambulance travel times by over a minute 121770294
Reposted by John Brandt Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America. 412648389
Reposted by John Brandt U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 29/09/2026It's a great baby safety tip. 419537
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This coming from the alleged “Real Americans” party btw… 000
Reposted by John Brandt Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary. 8141931740
Reposted by John Brandt Pema Levy @pemalevy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In destroying the Voting Rights Act and gutting the 14th and 15th amendments, the Roberts court is recycling legal arguments once advanced by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction. From me and @ariberman.bsky.socialmotherjones.comJim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past. 14803352
Reposted by John Brandt David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hey remember when Trump announced a plan to lower beef prices by opening the market to imports? Let’s take a big mouthful of coffee and check headlines from the last 24 hours to see how that’s going… 12313
John Brandt @withanh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Also it’s kinda like you need an effective communicator to explain and publicize the “big things” you’re doing all the time rather than hoping people will read a press release or read the smug posts of “thought leader” Matt Yggleggigas. 020