Brian
@xwingfella.bsky.social
History+science geek, gaming, metal, reading, and occasional writing. He/him. Black Lives Matter.
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A fine is merely the cost of doing business. We need to be throwing C-suite level people in jail.
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 AM
A fine is merely the cost of doing business. We need to be throwing C-suite level people in jail.
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When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
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Yeah it's a 75 million dollar bribe
Amazon paid $40 million to acquire the documentary, and is spending $35 million more to promote it. n.pr/4a84qhs
'Melania' is Amazon's airbrushed and astronomically pricey portrait of the First Lady
Amazon paid $40 million to acquire the documentary, and is spending $35 million more to promote it.
n.pr
January 31, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Yeah it's a 75 million dollar bribe
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"if they can get Jeff for being a pedophile, then they can come after me for fraud/organ farming/hush money to victims of son's DUI crashes/etc and that's simply not acceptable."
January 29, 2026 at 10:16 PM
"if they can get Jeff for being a pedophile, then they can come after me for fraud/organ farming/hush money to victims of son's DUI crashes/etc and that's simply not acceptable."
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This is one of my favorite charts because the obvious implication is ... obvious, but you absolutely are not allowed to say it out loud in US public discourse.
January 27, 2026 at 6:41 AM
This is one of my favorite charts because the obvious implication is ... obvious, but you absolutely are not allowed to say it out loud in US public discourse.
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"[Some fear] republican gov. cannot be strong. … I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Gov. on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern." Jefferson
Guys if you see observers thank them. There’s real stress and burnout in the ranks right now. People understand they are waking up every day to chase and monitor federal thugs who can execute them. But they keep doing it nonstop to protect their neighbors
January 25, 2026 at 5:25 AM
"[Some fear] republican gov. cannot be strong. … I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Gov. on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern." Jefferson
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This reminds me of one of my favorite stories. During a Javelin Thrust in Yuma one year, we brought two Navajo Code Talkers out to talk to the comm Marines about doing the job in WW2, get a brief on modern comm gear, and so we could ensure we still had Marines who could say they shook their hands.
I really dislike this leftie tendency to use all of the horrible crimes this country has committed as proof that the country is irredeemable, when the people who fought against it often did so *as Americans* because it implies they were a bunch of stupid fucking rubes
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
This reminds me of one of my favorite stories. During a Javelin Thrust in Yuma one year, we brought two Navajo Code Talkers out to talk to the comm Marines about doing the job in WW2, get a brief on modern comm gear, and so we could ensure we still had Marines who could say they shook their hands.
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Tangential, but I keep seeing an anti-military thread w/ a decent number of flat-out lies, the gist being: "don't join the military it's evil" and I'm sort of dumbstruck. We need a military, and ideally we should have moral people staffing and running it. Don't cede control of that to shitty people!
January 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Tangential, but I keep seeing an anti-military thread w/ a decent number of flat-out lies, the gist being: "don't join the military it's evil" and I'm sort of dumbstruck. We need a military, and ideally we should have moral people staffing and running it. Don't cede control of that to shitty people!
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Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her
January 21, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her
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January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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please put me first on the "people who defended their neighbors" list. bold and underline it while you're at it
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
please put me first on the "people who defended their neighbors" list. bold and underline it while you're at it
The Montgomery bus boycott worked because black people made up a massive chunk of the transit network's revenue. The Target boycott worked because lots of liberals shopped at Target. The Bud Light boycott worked because chuds drink a lot of beer. You have to be a customer for them to care about you.
No, this is stupid. You simply cannot boycott a bunch of major telecoms, shipping companies, and Amazon.
The left needs to learn from the Right on this one. Pick ONE *weak* target, and take it down. Publicly claim the scalp. Repeat.
The left needs to learn from the Right on this one. Pick ONE *weak* target, and take it down. Publicly claim the scalp. Repeat.
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 AM
The Montgomery bus boycott worked because black people made up a massive chunk of the transit network's revenue. The Target boycott worked because lots of liberals shopped at Target. The Bud Light boycott worked because chuds drink a lot of beer. You have to be a customer for them to care about you.
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The number of Gestapo in Germany was 32,000. The population was 70 million. That's one Gestapo for every 2200 citizens.
The number of ICE agents is 20,000. The population of the US is 348 million. That's one ICE agent for every 17,000 citizens.
There are more of us.
The number of ICE agents is 20,000. The population of the US is 348 million. That's one ICE agent for every 17,000 citizens.
There are more of us.
January 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The number of Gestapo in Germany was 32,000. The population was 70 million. That's one Gestapo for every 2200 citizens.
The number of ICE agents is 20,000. The population of the US is 348 million. That's one ICE agent for every 17,000 citizens.
There are more of us.
The number of ICE agents is 20,000. The population of the US is 348 million. That's one ICE agent for every 17,000 citizens.
There are more of us.
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Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Philadelphia sheriff Rochelle Bilal:
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask…No law enforcement professional shoots at a moving vehicle.
“What Trump’s private army is doing…is not only against legal law, but moral law.”
Vows to arrest agents on site who commit crimes.
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I wrote this almost 11 years ago theweek.com/articles/444...
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I wrote this almost 11 years ago theweek.com/articles/444...
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the frontrunners for the Dems should be loudly announcing "we will dissolve ICE, we will delete your pensions, we will prevent any current ICE employees permanently from working in government and will prohibit any government contract to be issued to a company that hires a single one of you"
January 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
the frontrunners for the Dems should be loudly announcing "we will dissolve ICE, we will delete your pensions, we will prevent any current ICE employees permanently from working in government and will prohibit any government contract to be issued to a company that hires a single one of you"
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Charles I was less tyrannical. George III was less erratic. Louis XVI cared more for his people. Nicholas II was less incompetent.
January 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Charles I was less tyrannical. George III was less erratic. Louis XVI cared more for his people. Nicholas II was less incompetent.
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One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
THERE IS VIDEO
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
I really do not want to recommend to everyone a video of a person being shot but there is video from multiple angles
why not cut the crap and just publish "this paper supports random state murder, it makes us feel good, kill kill kill"? same exact meaning, less embarrassing
January 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
One of the core purposes of right-wing media is to rewrite your memory and reprogram your moral response to an event you saw with your own eyes. George Floyd died of a heart attack. Jan 6 was a peaceful picnic. This process has already begun
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this is exactly why having to concede on deployment of the national guard was a big fucking deal
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
this is exactly why having to concede on deployment of the national guard was a big fucking deal
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IF WE DIG DEEP IN OUR HISTORY AND OUR DOCTRINE
AND REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NOT DESCENDED FROM FEARFUL MEN
AND REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NOT DESCENDED FROM FEARFUL MEN
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
IF WE DIG DEEP IN OUR HISTORY AND OUR DOCTRINE
AND REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NOT DESCENDED FROM FEARFUL MEN
AND REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NOT DESCENDED FROM FEARFUL MEN