Brian
@smadab.bsky.social
Mostly a lurker.
* Software developer
* Pretend guitar player
* Atheist
* Curious
* Disliker of fascism
* Software developer
* Pretend guitar player
* Atheist
* Curious
* Disliker of fascism
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I'm slightly tipsy so I'm just gonna say
if any of you fucks out there with disposable income are staying in hotels or still ordering door dash at this particular moment in time you better be tipping with $50 bills
if any of you fucks out there with disposable income are staying in hotels or still ordering door dash at this particular moment in time you better be tipping with $50 bills
January 25, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I'm slightly tipsy so I'm just gonna say
if any of you fucks out there with disposable income are staying in hotels or still ordering door dash at this particular moment in time you better be tipping with $50 bills
if any of you fucks out there with disposable income are staying in hotels or still ordering door dash at this particular moment in time you better be tipping with $50 bills
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Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
September 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
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I’ve been reading about the rise of Nazism a lot and one thing that’s really clear is that Hitler at the very beginning was envisioning massive violence against Jews and others, and backfilled everything else to get there. That’s how fascism works. And it’s what MAGA is doing.
June 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I’ve been reading about the rise of Nazism a lot and one thing that’s really clear is that Hitler at the very beginning was envisioning massive violence against Jews and others, and backfilled everything else to get there. That’s how fascism works. And it’s what MAGA is doing.
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going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force
March 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force
Gonna vote my Ossoff for this guy. #Georgia
Heated exchange between Sen. Ossoff (D-GA) and CIA Director Ratcliffe
YouTube video by C-SPAN
youtu.be
March 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Gonna vote my Ossoff for this guy. #Georgia
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OSSOFF: Director Ratcliffe, this was a huge mistake, correct?
RATLIFFE: No
OSSOFF: This is an embarrassment
RATLIFFE: No
OSSOFF: This is an embarrassment
March 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
OSSOFF: Director Ratcliffe, this was a huge mistake, correct?
RATLIFFE: No
OSSOFF: This is an embarrassment
RATLIFFE: No
OSSOFF: This is an embarrassment
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Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”
March 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump’s Commerce Secretary just said seniors shouldn’t “call and complain” if they stop getting their Social Security checks: “A fraudster always makes the loudest noise screaming and complaining.”
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Elon Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
THE INSIDE STORY:
THE INSIDE STORY:
Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
www.wired.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Elon Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
THE INSIDE STORY:
THE INSIDE STORY:
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I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.
Elon Musk says "10% of federal expenditures" are due to people having fake Social Security numbers, claiming it is "half a trillion dollars."
March 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.
Goddamn right! You fascists are bound to lose!
Woody Guthrie~ All You Fascists Bound To Lose
YouTube video by UnAmericanBandstand
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Goddamn right! You fascists are bound to lose!
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Protest and boycotts against Tesla could have a chilling effect on future foreign billionaires’ ability to buy the presidency and turn the United States into a fascist autocracy
March 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Protest and boycotts against Tesla could have a chilling effect on future foreign billionaires’ ability to buy the presidency and turn the United States into a fascist autocracy
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congrats democrats, you got played like chumps. but at least you're respecting the office or some bullshit
March 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
congrats democrats, you got played like chumps. but at least you're respecting the office or some bullshit
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Protect your peace.
I’m not watching nonsense.
March 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Protect your peace.
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Don’t fall for Elon Musk’s smoke screen.
What he doesn’t want you to know is that there’s a fix to extend Social Security’s solvency: end the tax cap.
Billionaires like him reach the cap on New Year’s Day. Let them contribute all year long like the rest of us. Problem solved.
What he doesn’t want you to know is that there’s a fix to extend Social Security’s solvency: end the tax cap.
Billionaires like him reach the cap on New Year’s Day. Let them contribute all year long like the rest of us. Problem solved.
March 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Don’t fall for Elon Musk’s smoke screen.
What he doesn’t want you to know is that there’s a fix to extend Social Security’s solvency: end the tax cap.
Billionaires like him reach the cap on New Year’s Day. Let them contribute all year long like the rest of us. Problem solved.
What he doesn’t want you to know is that there’s a fix to extend Social Security’s solvency: end the tax cap.
Billionaires like him reach the cap on New Year’s Day. Let them contribute all year long like the rest of us. Problem solved.
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Whatever you think about Ukraine and Russia, you have to admit that Zelensky's refusal to fellate Trump and Vance on tv was a major diplomatic failure.
March 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Whatever you think about Ukraine and Russia, you have to admit that Zelensky's refusal to fellate Trump and Vance on tv was a major diplomatic failure.
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Sorry Ukraine, some of us over here did try but we all failed catastrophically to make this country do the right thing.
February 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Sorry Ukraine, some of us over here did try but we all failed catastrophically to make this country do the right thing.
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I’m still processing what we saw in the Oval Office and it’s difficult to put into words how disgusted and ashamed I am.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
February 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I’m still processing what we saw in the Oval Office and it’s difficult to put into words how disgusted and ashamed I am.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
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Tesla stock bounced a little today, as bulls defended the 200 day moving average, a key psychological barrier. Don't be discouraged. They are fighting the momentum, it's costing them money to do it, and they know they can't keep it up forever. We're just getting started.
#TeslaTakedown
#TeslaTakedown
March 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Tesla stock bounced a little today, as bulls defended the 200 day moving average, a key psychological barrier. Don't be discouraged. They are fighting the momentum, it's costing them money to do it, and they know they can't keep it up forever. We're just getting started.
#TeslaTakedown
#TeslaTakedown
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There’s a fake transcript of the Oval Office meeting today going around. Here’s a real one.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
Read Trump and Zelensky’s Fiery Oval Office Exchange
The meeting caps weeks of tense relations between Kyiv and Washington as they wrangle a deal.
foreignpolicy.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
There’s a fake transcript of the Oval Office meeting today going around. Here’s a real one.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/28/t...
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Nobody should be surprised that our Secretary of State is a pathetic, weak, cowardly piece of shit.
February 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Nobody should be surprised that our Secretary of State is a pathetic, weak, cowardly piece of shit.
My bosstones? Mighty mighty.
(I'm learning how to internet)
(I'm learning how to internet)
My punk? Daft.
My Patrol? Snow.
February 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
My bosstones? Mighty mighty.
(I'm learning how to internet)
(I'm learning how to internet)
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My punk? Daft.
My Patrol? Snow.
My service? Postal.
February 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
My punk? Daft.