Carl Brownell
@carlbrownell.bsky.social
Retired high school history teacher and department chair. Music, baseball and basketball passions. Still figuring it all out.
How weak is ICE?
They go south until spring because they can’t handle a Chicago winter
They go south until spring because they can’t handle a Chicago winter
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
How weak is ICE?
They go south until spring because they can’t handle a Chicago winter
They go south until spring because they can’t handle a Chicago winter
Please read the description. It is 100% accurate
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Please read the description. It is 100% accurate
Not been to Miami but have hit all the other cities
I don’t think I’ve been to San Antonio, but I’ve been to all the others
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October 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Not been to Miami but have hit all the other cities
Come to Chicago
dispiriting dearth of under-50yr olds in NYC March
October 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Come to Chicago
This cover version is just what I needed. Thanks for the discovery!!
Okay, hear me out. It's the Punch Bros doing "Just What I Needed" at the AV Club.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTLj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTLj...
October 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This cover version is just what I needed. Thanks for the discovery!!
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I saw this racist bullshit coming the second our classrooms switched from blackboards to whiteboards.
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I saw this racist bullshit coming the second our classrooms switched from blackboards to whiteboards.
Yes!! I stand as well.
I stand with PBS.
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
I stand with NPR.
I stand with Stephen Colbert.
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.
I stand with the First Amendment.
PERIOD.*
*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
September 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yes!! I stand as well.
The Onion always finds the funny
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...
theonion.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Onion always finds the funny
RIP Terence Stamp. A furiously great actor. It is maddening that The Limey isn't being mentioned in his remembrances. A terrific movie where he shows his fantastic range of all kinds of emotions.
August 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
RIP Terence Stamp. A furiously great actor. It is maddening that The Limey isn't being mentioned in his remembrances. A terrific movie where he shows his fantastic range of all kinds of emotions.
I (six years old) wanted to watch, but my four older siblings wouldn't let me. They said it was baby television and kept the channel on Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island reruns. Not sure who was better served in that situation
My mom said to me, “They made a TV show just for you!” And sat me down to watch the premiere in 1970, aged 5.
July 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I (six years old) wanted to watch, but my four older siblings wouldn't let me. They said it was baby television and kept the channel on Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island reruns. Not sure who was better served in that situation
This will brighten up your day, unless you are a fan of the Thunder
Haliburton, as called in:
Brazil, France, Iceland, U.S. (in Spanish), Albania, U.S. (ESPN Radio), Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, the Netherlands, Türkiye, Canada, and Croatia:
Brazil, France, Iceland, U.S. (in Spanish), Albania, U.S. (ESPN Radio), Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, the Netherlands, Türkiye, Canada, and Croatia:
June 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This will brighten up your day, unless you are a fan of the Thunder
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I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out
June 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out
This is exactly right
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is exactly right
Every May 18th (my birthday), I think back to my 16th birthday in 1980 for its two cataclysmic events:
1) Mt. St. Helens eruption
2) Ian Curtis suicide
1) Mt. St. Helens eruption
2) Ian Curtis suicide
May 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Every May 18th (my birthday), I think back to my 16th birthday in 1980 for its two cataclysmic events:
1) Mt. St. Helens eruption
2) Ian Curtis suicide
1) Mt. St. Helens eruption
2) Ian Curtis suicide
I think Trump is finally learning how tariffs work as a tax on US companies and consumers
May 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I think Trump is finally learning how tariffs work as a tax on US companies and consumers
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Trump has been president for 100 days—and he’s made a deliberate attempt to flood the system and exhaust the public.
It can be hard for most people to keep up. That's by design.
As a candidate, Trump said he'd lower prices. As president, here's what he's done 🧵
It can be hard for most people to keep up. That's by design.
As a candidate, Trump said he'd lower prices. As president, here's what he's done 🧵
April 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Trump has been president for 100 days—and he’s made a deliberate attempt to flood the system and exhaust the public.
It can be hard for most people to keep up. That's by design.
As a candidate, Trump said he'd lower prices. As president, here's what he's done 🧵
It can be hard for most people to keep up. That's by design.
As a candidate, Trump said he'd lower prices. As president, here's what he's done 🧵
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This is real. This is happening.
BREAKING NEWS: America Is Back in the Slave Trade
A Trump administration filing in federal court in Maryland may be the most shocking confession any presidential administration has made in generations—as it signals a reinstitution of the slave trade.
sethabramson.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is real. This is happening.
My money is on both
Alabama, your senator is either a shameless liar or a total idiot.
Tommy Tuberville: "We have entire men's teams across this country now that are tuning trans. Women's teams are turning trans. That's gonna be a situation where it's gonna pick up speed because these woke globalists are pushing these kids."
April 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My money is on both
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If you don’t already like Zelenskyy enough:
He said "fuck you bitch (suka, blyat)" to JD Vance during their argument.
He said "fuck you bitch (suka, blyat)" to JD Vance during their argument.
February 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If you don’t already like Zelenskyy enough:
He said "fuck you bitch (suka, blyat)" to JD Vance during their argument.
He said "fuck you bitch (suka, blyat)" to JD Vance during their argument.
I could not love this more
Strap in, nerds...
Over on the cursed bird app, they're debating which of the 45 US presidents would win a Royal Rumble and I'm only sharing it here because, hopefully, m'man @philipmichaels.bsky.social - lapsed A's fan, nemesis of ketchup and presidential fun fact historian - has time to answer this one.
February 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I could not love this more
Please support this organization that is doing the hard work of trying to maintain our democratic institutions!
The Trump administration’s radical plans to overhaul the federal government have taken on alarming proportions with the targeting of civil servants, key government programs and agencies, and mechanisms for oversight. Here’s this week’s newsletter: americanoversight.org/newsletter/n...
Newsletter: Destruction Masked as ‘Innovation’ - American Oversight
The Trump administration’s radical plans to overhaul the federal government have taken on alarming proportions with the targeting of civil servants, key government programs and agencies, and mechanism...
americanoversight.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Please support this organization that is doing the hard work of trying to maintain our democratic institutions!
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The effort to drag America back to the 19th century wouldn’t be complete without the forced resettlement of an indigenous population. 🤬
February 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The effort to drag America back to the 19th century wouldn’t be complete without the forced resettlement of an indigenous population. 🤬
Speaking truth
This is a good description of the GOP:
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest, best financed, most applauded and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy. That is the search for a truly superior moral justification for selfishness.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest, best financed, most applauded and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy. That is the search for a truly superior moral justification for selfishness.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
January 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Speaking truth