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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 5h

And yes, this song was playing in my head the whole time:
youtu.be/oAZBKlVSLkU?...

Vulfmon & Zachary Barker - Disco Snails (Official Video)

YouTube video by Vulf

youtu.be

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 5h

To paraphrase Christopher Hitchens speaking of Henry Kissinger, these ICE dudes really make you wish Hell existed because there's no earthly punishment that can really do them justice.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 5h

A real life DOCTOR OF SNAILOLOGY!

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 5h

A fellow snail-stan?! Insta-follow!

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

Snails, snails everywhere...crowned snails, especially.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

Walking very slowly around the Snail District of Siena: a medieval city divided into 17 Districts, each with its own animal mascot.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

the lobster scene

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

Fr. Dowling should perform an exorcism at that ICE facility. A little "the power of Christ compels you" couldn't hurt.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 7h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

The guy playing Trump looks so similar to Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Can you imagine if Hoffman had lived? He would have been the most skin-crawlingly perfect Trump of all time.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 7h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 15h

Not just "to turn a blind eye to"...many of these guys were active, eager participants. The lesson of the Epstein files is that there are a lot of paedophiles and rapists running the world.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 15h

The basis for a new Crusade.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 15h

That ship may have sailed. A dozen years ago, wealth managers--the people who keep the rich getting richer--were already telling me that wealth inequality had grown so out of hand that nothing would correct it but grassroots revolution (quoted in my 2016 book, "Capital without Borders.")

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 16h

A timepiece that doubles as a reliquary for pieces of the God-King!

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 16h

Hughes was blissed out on opiates. The Broligarchs are way into psychedelics...
bsky.app/profile/ebha...

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Coincidentally, religious delusions are a known side effect of ingesting psychedelics--a practice now apparently de rigeur among the Broligarchs.

Sources--

Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/tech/silicon...

Nature Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 16h

"Anyone who stops me from stealing is the Antichrist. We must crusade against the regulators."
bsky.app/profile/ebha...

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 16h

you jest, but basically yes--neuroscience and even economics research suggests exactly this (that becoming rich actively makes you less rational AND less empathetic)
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/scie...

Does Having Too Much Money Make Us Stupid ?

The quality of our decisions hinges in part on our ability and inclination to consider the trade-offs.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 16h

this but evil
youtu.be/O7oD_oX-Gio?...

Hey You Got Peanut Butter in My Chocolate High Quality VHS rip 1981

YouTube video by Kevin Noonan

youtu.be

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 16h

Rothbard is a patron saint of the Broligarchs' efforts to establish their own personal empires offshore-which is why the subtitle of my new(ish) book is "The New Colonialism."
Rothbard-inspired techbros are styling themselves as imperial potentates.
See also, @raycraib.bsky.social's cool history.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah, Thiel has been Like That since our undergrad days. Here's a first-person account of his defense of apartheid.
medium.com/indian-thoug...

My Conversation with Peter Thiel about Apartheid… And its Unfolding Aftermath

I posted this on Facebook on the evening of November 1, 2016.

medium.com

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Okay, now I have no choice but to follow you.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Uh, slavers famously *censored* the Christian Bible, ripping out all the parts about justice and liberation, to prevent the slaves from getting any ideas about their own humanity.
www.npr.org/2018/12/09/6...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

You might be onto something, chief.

my.clevelandclinic.org/health/artic...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

bsky.app/profile/ebha...

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Coincidentally, religious delusions are a known side effect of ingesting psychedelics--a practice now apparently de rigeur among the Broligarchs.

Sources--

Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/tech/silicon...

Nature Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Possibly aided and abetted by psychedelics, like Musk:
bsky.app/profile/ebha...

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Coincidentally, religious delusions are a known side effect of ingesting psychedelics--a practice now apparently de rigeur among the Broligarchs.

Sources--

Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/tech/silicon...

Nature Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Genuinely surprised no one has (yet) shot back at the masked goons who won't ID themselves. Can't imagine any jury would convict a homeowner standing his/her ground.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

On the contrary, they're extremely well educated. They're just bad people. Education isn't a magic soul-cleansing.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Thiel may also be experiencing Better Living Through Chemistry:
bsky.app/profile/ebha...

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Coincidentally, religious delusions are a known side effect of ingesting psychedelics--a practice now apparently de rigeur among the Broligarchs.

Sources--

Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/tech/silicon...

Nature Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Coincidentally, religious delusions are a known side effect of ingesting psychedelics--a practice now apparently de rigeur among the Broligarchs.

Sources--

Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/tech/silicon...

Nature Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 17h

Having been a year behind Thiel at Stanford & observing up close what he did there, as well as his subsequent career, Thiel's philosophy is not "just Protocols of Zion for 2025."
That claim erases the much broader scope of his hatred, which encompasses women (majority of the population!) & PoC.