Brad Reed
@bwreed.bsky.social
Currently a staff writer at CommonDreams.org.
Tear. It. Down.
“.. What started as a 500-seat ballroom connected to the East Wing grew to 650 seats. Next, he wanted a 999-seat ballroom, then room for 1,350.” 🤡
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November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tear. It. Down.
Human compartmentilization is a true marvel.
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Human compartmentilization is a true marvel.
If you wonder why I hate AI so much I can boil it down like this: I have a dummy X account I use for work and every day I see people outsourcing their critical thinking skills to a thing that, with just a few tweaks, will start calling itself 'MechaHitler.'
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you wonder why I hate AI so much I can boil it down like this: I have a dummy X account I use for work and every day I see people outsourcing their critical thinking skills to a thing that, with just a few tweaks, will start calling itself 'MechaHitler.'
Finally got Covid after five years. Thankful for the vaccines that have helped make this thing feel like a very severe cold not something much worse.
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Finally got Covid after five years. Thankful for the vaccines that have helped make this thing feel like a very severe cold not something much worse.
I know the Supreme Court has given these fuckers an 'official acts get out of jail free' card but in a healthy society this would be an exhibit in a murder trial.
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I know the Supreme Court has given these fuckers an 'official acts get out of jail free' card but in a healthy society this would be an exhibit in a murder trial.
Stop. Promoting. AI Slop.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Stop. Promoting. AI Slop.
Honestly Reddit just depends on the communities you subscribe to. I use it regularly and am happy to not get bombarded with 'George Floyd Died of a Drug OD' slop like I get on Facebook.
Kind of a horrific future we’ve stumbled into where you read a headline about people leaving Twitter for Reddit and immediately think “oh thank goodness”
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Honestly Reddit just depends on the communities you subscribe to. I use it regularly and am happy to not get bombarded with 'George Floyd Died of a Drug OD' slop like I get on Facebook.
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Incredibly funny how much political discussion is driven by the four things at the bottom while everyone else is getting cooked on Facebook looking at pictures of AI Eminem opening nursing homes for crying veterans
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Incredibly funny how much political discussion is driven by the four things at the bottom while everyone else is getting cooked on Facebook looking at pictures of AI Eminem opening nursing homes for crying veterans
The reason the 'but we don't want the Irish' joke from Blazing Saddles was so funny is that, by the 1970s, Irish Americans had been accepted as part of white America, but when they first came here, they were reviled as other immigrants were. Perfectly shows the absurdity of xenophobia.
This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The reason the 'but we don't want the Irish' joke from Blazing Saddles was so funny is that, by the 1970s, Irish Americans had been accepted as part of white America, but when they first came here, they were reviled as other immigrants were. Perfectly shows the absurdity of xenophobia.
The headlines don't do justice to the actual footage. This is straight-up barbarism from Israeli forces. Imagine what else happens when cameras aren't rolling.
Israel forces kill two Palestinians seen surrendering in West Bank raid
Israel forces kill two Palestinians seen surrendering in West Bank raid
Two Palestinian men were shot dead during an Israeli raid in Jenin on Thursday moments after appearing to surrender, prompting condemnations as footage of the incident sparked widespread outrage.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The headlines don't do justice to the actual footage. This is straight-up barbarism from Israeli forces. Imagine what else happens when cameras aren't rolling.
Honestly I'll defend the internet itself. The problem is more social media that is algorithmically optimized to promote hatred.
There was hate in the internet but you used to have to seek it out. Now it gets actively recommended to you.
There was hate in the internet but you used to have to seek it out. Now it gets actively recommended to you.
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Honestly I'll defend the internet itself. The problem is more social media that is algorithmically optimized to promote hatred.
There was hate in the internet but you used to have to seek it out. Now it gets actively recommended to you.
There was hate in the internet but you used to have to seek it out. Now it gets actively recommended to you.
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What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
What's great about 'Weapons': You're mentally yelling at a character in the (equivalent of the) haunted house to flee before the monsters get him... And he does!
Then the monsters use a wonderfully novel way to get him after his escape.
Then the monsters use a wonderfully novel way to get him after his escape.
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What's great about 'Weapons': You're mentally yelling at a character in the (equivalent of the) haunted house to flee before the monsters get him... And he does!
Then the monsters use a wonderfully novel way to get him after his escape.
Then the monsters use a wonderfully novel way to get him after his escape.
1/ My historic reactions to new tech over the years:
1. Email: wow a new way to keep in touch with friends!
2. Internet: Amazing. So many sources for learning new things!
3. iPhone: Wow the internet in my pocket! Cool!
4. Social media: Another great tool for keeping in touch with people!
1. Email: wow a new way to keep in touch with friends!
2. Internet: Amazing. So many sources for learning new things!
3. iPhone: Wow the internet in my pocket! Cool!
4. Social media: Another great tool for keeping in touch with people!
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
1/ My historic reactions to new tech over the years:
1. Email: wow a new way to keep in touch with friends!
2. Internet: Amazing. So many sources for learning new things!
3. iPhone: Wow the internet in my pocket! Cool!
4. Social media: Another great tool for keeping in touch with people!
1. Email: wow a new way to keep in touch with friends!
2. Internet: Amazing. So many sources for learning new things!
3. iPhone: Wow the internet in my pocket! Cool!
4. Social media: Another great tool for keeping in touch with people!
I have a modest counterproposal: BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS! BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS! BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS! BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS! BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS!
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I have a modest counterproposal: BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS! BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS! BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS! BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS! BLOW IT OUT YOUR ASS!
Yes and also ripping down the ballroom and auctioning off its pieces.
If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Yes and also ripping down the ballroom and auctioning off its pieces.
The wholesale destruction of society has proven to be very profitable. Yay capitalism!
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The wholesale destruction of society has proven to be very profitable. Yay capitalism!
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Once again; you can't moderate your way to neutralizing an issue like immigration.
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Once again; you can't moderate your way to neutralizing an issue like immigration.
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
That's the right message. They never should have been in DC in the first place.
Bowser on injured National Guard members: "These young people should be at home in West Virginia with their families"
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
That's the right message. They never should have been in DC in the first place.
One way to fix this would be to take away Section 230 protections and open up Big Tech to lawsuits for defamatory slop posted on their platforms.
So basically the AI Bros are creating a world where reality will be impossible to decipher. I truly fucking hate them.
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
One way to fix this would be to take away Section 230 protections and open up Big Tech to lawsuits for defamatory slop posted on their platforms.
So basically the AI Bros are creating a world where reality will be impossible to decipher. I truly fucking hate them.
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
So basically the AI Bros are creating a world where reality will be impossible to decipher. I truly fucking hate them.
These fuckers love their Reichstag fires don't they.
Pete Hegseth says that President Trump has asked him to deploy an additional 500 National Guard members to DC. x.com/RapidRespons...
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
These fuckers love their Reichstag fires don't they.
Yeah and it's at this point that I remind people that Adam Smith's parable about the efficiency of the invisible hand describes perfectly competitive markets where buyers and sellers have more of less equal knowledge.
But most markets ain't like that.
But most markets ain't like that.
It really is something that Elon personally tanked the EV side of the business and his plan to turn things around is "robots" and investors haven't crushed each other trying to get out the door
Tesla's EU sales were down 48.5% in October, and are down 30% in a year-to-date when EV sales are up 26%.
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
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Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yeah and it's at this point that I remind people that Adam Smith's parable about the efficiency of the invisible hand describes perfectly competitive markets where buyers and sellers have more of less equal knowledge.
But most markets ain't like that.
But most markets ain't like that.
Absolute fucking losers.
BREAKING from New York Times: Northwestern is nearing a $75 million deal with the Trump administration to free up federal funding and close out ongoing antisemitism investigations
The find would be the second largest after Columbia's $200m payment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
The find would be the second largest after Columbia's $200m payment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
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November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Absolute fucking losers.
I have no idea how it would work, but levying a Pigouvian tax on AI slop videos would be a winning idea.
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I have no idea how it would work, but levying a Pigouvian tax on AI slop videos would be a winning idea.