Brett
@brettkola.bsky.social
Cis hetero ally fellow, aerospace professional
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In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
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Never reactivate it.
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security Department shuts down as Democrats and Trump negotiate changes
The White House and Senate Democrats have been trading offers on changes to DHS and ICE after two Americans were killed in Minneapolis.
nbcnews.to
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Never reactivate it.
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I really don't think a lot of elected Dems understand how radicalized a lot of people like me are right now. Like the only debates about ICE and DHS I want to hear from my candidates is about who has the better plan to dismantle both and who will prosecute the ICE goons better.
February 13, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I really don't think a lot of elected Dems understand how radicalized a lot of people like me are right now. Like the only debates about ICE and DHS I want to hear from my candidates is about who has the better plan to dismantle both and who will prosecute the ICE goons better.
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When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
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nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
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As a man of a certain age (millennial), I heard the audio and immediately knew what to do
February 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
As a man of a certain age (millennial), I heard the audio and immediately knew what to do
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Every celebrity connected to Epstein: “I was there for the big brain conferences”
Every Celebrity email to Epstein:
Celebrity: “Will young girls be there?”
Epstein: “their all coming to my iland”
Every Celebrity email to Epstein:
Celebrity: “Will young girls be there?”
Epstein: “their all coming to my iland”
January 31, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Every celebrity connected to Epstein: “I was there for the big brain conferences”
Every Celebrity email to Epstein:
Celebrity: “Will young girls be there?”
Epstein: “their all coming to my iland”
Every Celebrity email to Epstein:
Celebrity: “Will young girls be there?”
Epstein: “their all coming to my iland”
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
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CHOTINER: Why do you say it's not a lie if it's evident that the hook brings the listener back?
POPPER: It's an expression.
CHOTINER: Many other words rhyme with "rely."
POPPER: Sure sure. I'm a songwriter. I'm sure I've used a lot of them.
CHOTINER: You have. Not this time, though.
POPPER: It's an expression.
CHOTINER: Many other words rhyme with "rely."
POPPER: Sure sure. I'm a songwriter. I'm sure I've used a lot of them.
CHOTINER: You have. Not this time, though.
January 21, 2026 at 4:33 PM
CHOTINER: Why do you say it's not a lie if it's evident that the hook brings the listener back?
POPPER: It's an expression.
CHOTINER: Many other words rhyme with "rely."
POPPER: Sure sure. I'm a songwriter. I'm sure I've used a lot of them.
CHOTINER: You have. Not this time, though.
POPPER: It's an expression.
CHOTINER: Many other words rhyme with "rely."
POPPER: Sure sure. I'm a songwriter. I'm sure I've used a lot of them.
CHOTINER: You have. Not this time, though.
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“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 AM
“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh
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This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.
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1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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i just cant tell you how important it is for democrats to bring some people on who understand how political media works in 2026
the problem is that the dem consulting industrialization complex is more about giving your friends jobs than winning elections
the problem is that the dem consulting industrialization complex is more about giving your friends jobs than winning elections
January 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
i just cant tell you how important it is for democrats to bring some people on who understand how political media works in 2026
the problem is that the dem consulting industrialization complex is more about giving your friends jobs than winning elections
the problem is that the dem consulting industrialization complex is more about giving your friends jobs than winning elections
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To advertise it. Most of the videos on the big box sites showed normal dishwasher functions. We went with the deranged.
December 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
To advertise it. Most of the videos on the big box sites showed normal dishwasher functions. We went with the deranged.
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Guys no billionaire is "leaving California," they're at best gonna leave California for exactly 185 days a year and domicile at some mansion resort in Utah or Montana or USVI but still be in California a lot (but also this will be too big of a hassle for many and they'll just pay the tax)
December 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Guys no billionaire is "leaving California," they're at best gonna leave California for exactly 185 days a year and domicile at some mansion resort in Utah or Montana or USVI but still be in California a lot (but also this will be too big of a hassle for many and they'll just pay the tax)
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Please Do Not Release Any More Epstein Files, They Are Not Important, by A Guy In The Epstein Files
December 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Please Do Not Release Any More Epstein Files, They Are Not Important, by A Guy In The Epstein Files
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Generative AI is amazing at tasks where I am not qualified to judge the output.
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Generative AI is amazing at tasks where I am not qualified to judge the output.
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ever wondered about what ranking officers in the us civil war were like? good news. there's not that many types of them. here you go
May 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
ever wondered about what ranking officers in the us civil war were like? good news. there's not that many types of them. here you go
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The key factor that everyone seems to always forget is that Trump was the host of what was once the highest rated show on network TV - a purportedly non-fiction show that portrayed him as a hyper-savvy and hyper-successful businessman.
Trump has gotten huge numbers of infrequent voters to the polls, twice. He's deeply unpopular but has mobilized a large, unprecedented coalition of Americans motivated by some combination of ignorance, avarice, and cruelty. It is hard to describe what he has as something other than charisma
His charisma is fundamentally incompatible with me (and likely many of the people on Bluesky) but it’s kind of insane to say it doesn’t exist
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The key factor that everyone seems to always forget is that Trump was the host of what was once the highest rated show on network TV - a purportedly non-fiction show that portrayed him as a hyper-savvy and hyper-successful businessman.
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