Brooke
@songstars.bsky.social
Singer, actor, clown, cat lover
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I'm sure the NY Times tomorrow will have another story about Hasan Piker, and not a mention of the VP's "intellectual guru" saying this...
October 8, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I'm sure the NY Times tomorrow will have another story about Hasan Piker, and not a mention of the VP's "intellectual guru" saying this...
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It's like modern feudalism
youtube.com/shorts/CZCg1...
youtube.com/shorts/CZCg1...
The real reason the rural US is so red
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
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October 8, 2026 at 4:39 AM
It's like modern feudalism
youtube.com/shorts/CZCg1...
youtube.com/shorts/CZCg1...
This is beside the point, but I didn't even recognize him at first. That's a lot of work he had done.
BAIER: The president says 'SI.' Are you into SI or AI?
BEZOS: I do like SI, because 'artificial' is not a very flattering thing. Like, nobody wants an artificial sweetener, artificial flavoring.
BEZOS: I do like SI, because 'artificial' is not a very flattering thing. Like, nobody wants an artificial sweetener, artificial flavoring.
October 8, 2026 at 3:20 AM
This is beside the point, but I didn't even recognize him at first. That's a lot of work he had done.
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I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted.
I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.
I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.
The Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual Violence
The “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail.
www.thecut.com
October 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted.
I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.
I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.
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a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
October 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
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White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there.
No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck.
After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home.
Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home.
Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
October 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM
White supremacist cops take a minority citizen, drive him out to the woods as a threat, and leave him there.
No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
No, it's not Mississippi in the 1930s, why do you ask?
Damn. They could have left it out of posterity and history, but no.
“Workers change the sign on the Warner Bros. water tower to say ‘A Skydance Corporation’ on Tuesday”
GETTY IMAGES
GETTY IMAGES
October 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Damn. They could have left it out of posterity and history, but no.
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Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
October 7, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
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Yesterday the President said Iran could “take out Los Angeles or San Diego” and called it a very small price to pay. I don’t know what he meant. I know what he said. And it’s just wrong.
October 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Yesterday the President said Iran could “take out Los Angeles or San Diego” and called it a very small price to pay. I don’t know what he meant. I know what he said. And it’s just wrong.
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If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
‘I’m rather proud’: Barrister, 94, arrested for supporting Palestine Action
Margaret Owen OBE, a celebrated human rights lawyer and friend of Ed Miliband’s late mother, talks to Al Jazeera.
www.aljazeera.com
October 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
If you’re arresting a Jewish 94-year-old human rights lawyer for peacefully protesting, you’re on the wrong side of history.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...
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"Seven former Cornell students are accused of sexually assaulting another student who says she was incapacitated. Messages allegedly inviting other frat members were sent to a group chat during the assault. Everyone is talking about the seven. I keep thinking about the others."
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An Open Letter to Cornell University from the Mother of a Prospective Male Student
“Seven former Cornell students are accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting another Cornell student who says she was incapacitated. Messages alleged...
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October 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"Seven former Cornell students are accused of sexually assaulting another student who says she was incapacitated. Messages allegedly inviting other frat members were sent to a group chat during the assault. Everyone is talking about the seven. I keep thinking about the others."
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Absent major institutional reforms that turn us into a multiparty democracy, totally transform SCOTUS, & significantly rein in the imperial presidency, this is the <best case> scenario of what is going to happen. Other, more permanent authoritarian scenarios are also possible.
Imagine if the 2030s is still just careening back and forth between a normal Democratic party and MAGA every 4 years. With every attempt to rebuild or repair scuttled every 4 years.
I really hate living in the interstitial.
October 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Absent major institutional reforms that turn us into a multiparty democracy, totally transform SCOTUS, & significantly rein in the imperial presidency, this is the <best case> scenario of what is going to happen. Other, more permanent authoritarian scenarios are also possible.
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Groupthink. Lack of diversity in decision making--age, gender, race, socioeconomic background. With groups esp men who are v similar, you get a high-risk frat boy mentality happening. We are seeing it in real time.
October 4, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Groupthink. Lack of diversity in decision making--age, gender, race, socioeconomic background. With groups esp men who are v similar, you get a high-risk frat boy mentality happening. We are seeing it in real time.
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Just about every technology disaster you can name - Chernobyl, the Challenger, etc. - had people close to the workings who spotted potential problems and escalated them, only to be over-ruled by managers thinking only about budgets and deadlines.
October 4, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Just about every technology disaster you can name - Chernobyl, the Challenger, etc. - had people close to the workings who spotted potential problems and escalated them, only to be over-ruled by managers thinking only about budgets and deadlines.
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Ignoring advice to secure and monitor your sandboxes during testing then blaming it on your AI being so smart that it’s a threat to humanity is nasty work
October 4, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Ignoring advice to secure and monitor your sandboxes during testing then blaming it on your AI being so smart that it’s a threat to humanity is nasty work
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For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!
October 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
For everyone who spent #MeToo fretting “what if this goes too far?”—be of good cheer! It turns out we didn’t go too far at all! It turns out we didn’t nearly far enough! Good job guys!
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This piece from @soraya.press gave me a lot to think about. (Still sort of processing)
sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/33-underst...
sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/33-underst...
33. A Long Read About Living in a World Where Men Publicly Bond over Women’s Humiliation and Pain
From the Burnerverse to Cornell to Clavicular, our society is all too happy to shift the cost and burden of sexual violence and male onto victims to protect men
sorayachemaly.substack.com
October 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
This piece from @soraya.press gave me a lot to think about. (Still sort of processing)
sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/33-underst...
sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/33-underst...
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🔥MUST-WATCH: "It sounds like you're just trying to give people a chance to take a breath."
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social & theo von on greed/capitalism leaving too many behind
ZOHRAN: "What I'm fighting for is nobody is priced out of dignity."
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd_wjMk...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social & theo von on greed/capitalism leaving too many behind
ZOHRAN: "What I'm fighting for is nobody is priced out of dignity."
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd_wjMk...
October 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
🔥MUST-WATCH: "It sounds like you're just trying to give people a chance to take a breath."
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social & theo von on greed/capitalism leaving too many behind
ZOHRAN: "What I'm fighting for is nobody is priced out of dignity."
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd_wjMk...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social & theo von on greed/capitalism leaving too many behind
ZOHRAN: "What I'm fighting for is nobody is priced out of dignity."
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/Dd_wjMk...
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He really shouldn't even be under consideration for 2028.
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week:
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
-A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses
-A ban on ICE agents working for the state government
-A ban on websites selling your data
-A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights
-A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
October 2, 2026 at 3:11 AM
He really shouldn't even be under consideration for 2028.
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NOTE: these positions are now CENTER in the US...
October 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NOTE: these positions are now CENTER in the US...
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