Brian Dunbar
@brdunbar.bsky.social
Husband, father, cook, hiker. Retired webmaster at NASA.gov.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Freud, Shakespeare and Dostoevsky
2. History of American Music
3. The Decision to Go to the Moon
4. 20th Century Science Fiction
5. Macroeconomics (asst prof who preached capitalism is inimical to democracy. Denied tenure.)
1. Freud, Shakespeare and Dostoevsky
2. History of American Music
3. The Decision to Go to the Moon
4. 20th Century Science Fiction
5. Macroeconomics (asst prof who preached capitalism is inimical to democracy. Denied tenure.)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Creative Writing - Poetry
2. Modern Art
3. Shakespeare
4. Contemporary Fiction
5. Topics in Religious Studies
1. Creative Writing - Poetry
2. Modern Art
3. Shakespeare
4. Contemporary Fiction
5. Topics in Religious Studies
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
February 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Freud, Shakespeare and Dostoevsky
2. History of American Music
3. The Decision to Go to the Moon
4. 20th Century Science Fiction
5. Macroeconomics (asst prof who preached capitalism is inimical to democracy. Denied tenure.)
1. Freud, Shakespeare and Dostoevsky
2. History of American Music
3. The Decision to Go to the Moon
4. 20th Century Science Fiction
5. Macroeconomics (asst prof who preached capitalism is inimical to democracy. Denied tenure.)
This is beautiful.
‘Obituary’, from my forthcoming poetry collection ‘The Way the Water Held Me’. Sharing for National Grief Awareness Week (2-8 December) and sending solidarity to anyone experiencing grief, no matter how long ago you were bereaved x #bereavement #griefawarenessweek @theemmapress.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is beautiful.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
The world may be terrible, but remember there are cute baby animal stamps at the post office right now
June 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Remembering those who served.
I mean it.
Find a Gold Star parent and ask them what they this of…this
Find a Gold Star parent and ask them what they this of…this
I implore people to think about what Memorial Day means, and then think about…this
May 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Remembering those who served.
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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 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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.
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A sitting cabinet member being unable to define the bedrock principle of Anglo-American law for nearly a millennium will get .00001% of the coverage devoted to Hillary Clinton’s email server or Joe Biden’s mental capacity
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, bungled answers on Tuesday about habeas corpus, incorrectly saying that the legal right of people to challenge their detention by the government was actually the president’s “constitutional right” to deport people.
Noem Incorrectly Defines Habeas Corpus as the President’s Right to Deport People
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A sitting cabinet member being unable to define the bedrock principle of Anglo-American law for nearly a millennium will get .00001% of the coverage devoted to Hillary Clinton’s email server or Joe Biden’s mental capacity
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I have interviewed Mark Kelly and I have interviewed Elon Musk. I have no question about whether one of them has the best interests of the United States at heart.
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I have interviewed Mark Kelly and I have interviewed Elon Musk. I have no question about whether one of them has the best interests of the United States at heart.
Tried it and it did exactly as described. Salute, secret coder.
Apple said it is working on repairing a glitch after some iPhone users noticed that speaking the word “racist” into the voice-to-text feature causes it to write “Trump” before quickly switching to “racist.”
Apple says a bug caused its iPhone voice-to-text feature to spit out 'Trump' when a user says 'racist'
The company said it is rolling out a fix Tuesday, but the issue has spurred outrage among some who are accusing Apple of political bias.
www.nbcnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Tried it and it did exactly as described. Salute, secret coder.
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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.