Brian Conboy
@briankc.bsky.social
He/him. Happily married. Astronomy nerd. Sports fan. Grew up Catholic, Grown-Up Atheist. Left of center. We've all taken different paths to get to where we are today. Respectfully, no DMs please.
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Brian Conboy
@briankc.bsky.social
· Jan 6
A few notes about myself:
I'm not a journalist. I'm not a political expert. I don't have all the answers. I'm a lousy proofreader. I'm just an opinionated American who strongly believes that a rising tide lifts all boats. And right now, I only see 0.1% of the boats lifting.
I'm not a journalist. I'm not a political expert. I don't have all the answers. I'm a lousy proofreader. I'm just an opinionated American who strongly believes that a rising tide lifts all boats. And right now, I only see 0.1% of the boats lifting.
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Nobody’s making fun of your braces anymore. You are literally a billionaire or a TV star. Grow the fuck up.
October 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Nobody’s making fun of your braces anymore. You are literally a billionaire or a TV star. Grow the fuck up.
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I have a trade deficit with woman who used to own my house.
I paid her thousands of dollars for her home and she paid me nothing.
Now, all I have is a house worth thousand of dollars. I could have saved those thousands of dollars if I lived on a bench in the park. It's just simple Economics.
I paid her thousands of dollars for her home and she paid me nothing.
Now, all I have is a house worth thousand of dollars. I could have saved those thousands of dollars if I lived on a bench in the park. It's just simple Economics.
September 18, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I have a trade deficit with woman who used to own my house.
I paid her thousands of dollars for her home and she paid me nothing.
Now, all I have is a house worth thousand of dollars. I could have saved those thousands of dollars if I lived on a bench in the park. It's just simple Economics.
I paid her thousands of dollars for her home and she paid me nothing.
Now, all I have is a house worth thousand of dollars. I could have saved those thousands of dollars if I lived on a bench in the park. It's just simple Economics.
Mike Johnson affixing himself to the anchor that is Trump and plummeting to the bottom of the ocean is stupid in itself. The fact that he is dragging the rest of America down with him is making it vile.
September 18, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Mike Johnson affixing himself to the anchor that is Trump and plummeting to the bottom of the ocean is stupid in itself. The fact that he is dragging the rest of America down with him is making it vile.
Good people can do bad things. Bad people can do good things. Slapping a label of "bad" or "good" on someone never tells the whole story. We shouldn't forget that people are messy and complicated.
September 16, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Good people can do bad things. Bad people can do good things. Slapping a label of "bad" or "good" on someone never tells the whole story. We shouldn't forget that people are messy and complicated.
I'm a lifelong New England Patriots fan, even as far back as the dark days of the early 1990s. I still follow them even though I don't watch the games all that much anymore. It's going to be harder for me to invest myself more fully based on Robert Kraft's push to remove Macklemore from the tour.
September 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I'm a lifelong New England Patriots fan, even as far back as the dark days of the early 1990s. I still follow them even though I don't watch the games all that much anymore. It's going to be harder for me to invest myself more fully based on Robert Kraft's push to remove Macklemore from the tour.
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Happy Labor Day!
“The upper class keeps all the money and pays no taxes. The middle class pays all the taxes and does all the work. The poor are just there to scare the shit out of the middle class.”
- George Carlin
“The upper class keeps all the money and pays no taxes. The middle class pays all the taxes and does all the work. The poor are just there to scare the shit out of the middle class.”
- George Carlin
September 7, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Happy Labor Day!
“The upper class keeps all the money and pays no taxes. The middle class pays all the taxes and does all the work. The poor are just there to scare the shit out of the middle class.”
- George Carlin
“The upper class keeps all the money and pays no taxes. The middle class pays all the taxes and does all the work. The poor are just there to scare the shit out of the middle class.”
- George Carlin
Can't wait until Trump signs an executive order renaming England Old America...
Sigh...
Sigh...
September 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Can't wait until Trump signs an executive order renaming England Old America...
Sigh...
Sigh...
Rest in peace, Gloria Steinem. She persevered when others tried to tear her down, and by doing so, she elevated others.
September 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Rest in peace, Gloria Steinem. She persevered when others tried to tear her down, and by doing so, she elevated others.
I'm envious of all of those people on the moon who got to see a solar eclipse last night.
August 28, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I'm envious of all of those people on the moon who got to see a solar eclipse last night.
Taking Tim Curry the day after Dolly Parton feels like the cruelest of jokes.
August 26, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Taking Tim Curry the day after Dolly Parton feels like the cruelest of jokes.
Rest in Peace to Dolly Parton. She was a music icon and an even more incredible human being. Her generosity is something we should all learn from and strive towards.
August 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Rest in Peace to Dolly Parton. She was a music icon and an even more incredible human being. Her generosity is something we should all learn from and strive towards.
Natalie Harp appears to be in dire need of a mental health intervention and is being used by a man who only seeks to feed his own narcissism.
August 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Natalie Harp appears to be in dire need of a mental health intervention and is being used by a man who only seeks to feed his own narcissism.
Werner Heisenberg is driving when a cop pulls him over:
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
"No, but I know exactly where I am."
"Well, you were driving 90 MPH."
"Oh great...now I'm lost!"
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
"No, but I know exactly where I am."
"Well, you were driving 90 MPH."
"Oh great...now I'm lost!"
July 26, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Werner Heisenberg is driving when a cop pulls him over:
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
"No, but I know exactly where I am."
"Well, you were driving 90 MPH."
"Oh great...now I'm lost!"
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
"No, but I know exactly where I am."
"Well, you were driving 90 MPH."
"Oh great...now I'm lost!"
Mitch McConnell is currently Schrödinger's Senator.
July 25, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Mitch McConnell is currently Schrödinger's Senator.
I skipped the President's address to the nation last night. It's bad enough he has to lock himself in a closet so he can bask in the smell of his own farts, but does he have to drag the rest of us in there with him?
July 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I skipped the President's address to the nation last night. It's bad enough he has to lock himself in a closet so he can bask in the smell of his own farts, but does he have to drag the rest of us in there with him?
"We will have defeated Iran for the 17th time very soon."
Trump: "We'll have Iran defeated soon. They'll be defeated very soon."
July 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
"We will have defeated Iran for the 17th time very soon."
Lindsey Graham inflicted incalculable damage on this country thanks to his spineless boot-kissing of Trump. I will not dance on his grave...but I will not celebrate him either.
July 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Lindsey Graham inflicted incalculable damage on this country thanks to his spineless boot-kissing of Trump. I will not dance on his grave...but I will not celebrate him either.
"Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority."
― Arthur Schopenhauer
― Arthur Schopenhauer
May 20, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority."
― Arthur Schopenhauer
― Arthur Schopenhauer
I really don't know much about Ted Turner the man, but Ted Turner the media mogul was an icon and his impact cannot be understated.
RIP
(Here's to hoping they schedule his services to begin at five minutes after the hour.)
RIP
(Here's to hoping they schedule his services to begin at five minutes after the hour.)
May 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I really don't know much about Ted Turner the man, but Ted Turner the media mogul was an icon and his impact cannot be understated.
RIP
(Here's to hoping they schedule his services to begin at five minutes after the hour.)
RIP
(Here's to hoping they schedule his services to begin at five minutes after the hour.)
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Forest loss declined significantly in 2025, thanks to countries curbing deforestation and a lull in wildfires in some parts of the world.
Global Forest Loss Fell Sharply in 2025 After Hitting Record High
Clearing of the world’s tropical forests, whether for farmland or by wildfires, declined by 36% last year, according to the Global Forest Watch initiative.
bloom.bg
April 29, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Forest loss declined significantly in 2025, thanks to countries curbing deforestation and a lull in wildfires in some parts of the world.
I'm thinking because he sees his value as how many things he can name after himself. It's always Trump Tower, Trump Steaks, Trump Airlines, Trump This, Trump That... he's a very insecure and vain person.
I’m fascinated by how obsessed Trump is with his ballroom but still unsure why he wants it so bad. There is definitely an untold story there that goes beyond him just wanting a larger event space.
April 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I'm thinking because he sees his value as how many things he can name after himself. It's always Trump Tower, Trump Steaks, Trump Airlines, Trump This, Trump That... he's a very insecure and vain person.
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Imagine the logic-twisting that is required to argue in favor of a taxpayer-funded vanity ballroom.
April 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Imagine the logic-twisting that is required to argue in favor of a taxpayer-funded vanity ballroom.
Like...the shooting last night may have very well been an actual serious incident. But given Trump's propensity to stretch the truth and flat out lie...who can say for sure?
April 26, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Like...the shooting last night may have very well been an actual serious incident. But given Trump's propensity to stretch the truth and flat out lie...who can say for sure?
Translation: We are in way over our heads here and we are in need of help that our arrogance doesn't permit us to ask for.
Hegseth: "We are not counting on Europe, but they need the Strait of Hormuz much more than we do, and might want to start doing less talking and having less fancy conferences in Europe and get in a boat. This is much more their fight than ours."
April 24, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Translation: We are in way over our heads here and we are in need of help that our arrogance doesn't permit us to ask for.