Brian Wilcox, the Friendly Curmudgeon
@brianwilcox.bsky.social
Social scientist, retired professor, former Senate staffer, enthusiastic guitarist and bass player. More interested in policy than politics.
Californian who's lived in Texas, Ohio, Virginia, DC, Nebraska, and Porto Alegre (Brazil) but returned home.
Californian who's lived in Texas, Ohio, Virginia, DC, Nebraska, and Porto Alegre (Brazil) but returned home.
Methinks the Secretary of Whiskey doth protest too much.
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Methinks the Secretary of Whiskey doth protest too much.
Amazon-branded stuff is crap. Everything else on their site can be bought elsewhere, often for the same amount or less.
Skip Amazon this year.
Skip Amazon this year.
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Amazon-branded stuff is crap. Everything else on their site can be bought elsewhere, often for the same amount or less.
Skip Amazon this year.
Skip Amazon this year.
One of my pet peeves. So not shocked that Pete is semi-literate.
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
One of my pet peeves. So not shocked that Pete is semi-literate.
Abby talks, Katie shouts.
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Abby talks, Katie shouts.
How many people who were convicted of drug trafficking or who facilitated traffickers using their businesses has Trump now pardoned?
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
How many people who were convicted of drug trafficking or who facilitated traffickers using their businesses has Trump now pardoned?
Northwestern faculty should be very poachable right now.
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Northwestern faculty should be very poachable right now.
My Brazilian friends absolutely refuse to travel to the US now, for vacation or for business.
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
My Brazilian friends absolutely refuse to travel to the US now, for vacation or for business.
Screw Northwestern…and Trump.
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Screw Northwestern…and Trump.
Wow. Impressive misreading of a small, deeply flawed study.
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Wow. Impressive misreading of a small, deeply flawed study.
Somalians are "ripping us off?"
Ask him, please, exactly how Somalians are "ripping is off" by taking low wage jobs that others don't want and becoming valued members of their communities?
Ask him, please, exactly how Somalians are "ripping is off" by taking low wage jobs that others don't want and becoming valued members of their communities?
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Somalians are "ripping us off?"
Ask him, please, exactly how Somalians are "ripping is off" by taking low wage jobs that others don't want and becoming valued members of their communities?
Ask him, please, exactly how Somalians are "ripping is off" by taking low wage jobs that others don't want and becoming valued members of their communities?
Miller lacks the manipulative charm of some sociopaths. While his narcissist boss can sometimes be charming in his own disgusting way, Miller is a snarling SOB. He is the classic "antisocial-only" subtype of Antisocial Personality Disorder
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Miller lacks the manipulative charm of some sociopaths. While his narcissist boss can sometimes be charming in his own disgusting way, Miller is a snarling SOB. He is the classic "antisocial-only" subtype of Antisocial Personality Disorder
Intentionally tanking the economy requires a special form of stupidity
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Intentionally tanking the economy requires a special form of stupidity
The smell is absolutely overwhelming when after picking the fields are plowed under.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The smell is absolutely overwhelming when after picking the fields are plowed under.
They've cloned the MAGA look. Older than dirt with shitty taste in clothes.
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
They've cloned the MAGA look. Older than dirt with shitty taste in clothes.
I've been waiting for Ratcliffe to show Americans what a petty ass-kissing loser he is. Our entire national security apparatus is now serving a single purpose: pumping up Trump's ego for having lost decisively to President Biden.
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I've been waiting for Ratcliffe to show Americans what a petty ass-kissing loser he is. Our entire national security apparatus is now serving a single purpose: pumping up Trump's ego for having lost decisively to President Biden.
Judith Miller? She gave an assist in the deaths of many thousand of Iraqis.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Judith Miller? She gave an assist in the deaths of many thousand of Iraqis.
The Sound of Nausea
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Sound of Nausea