Brian Bruce
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If at first you don't succeed, grab a bigger hammer.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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Also, what oil companies are going to invest billions to extract the oil when the person guaranteeing that investment is the world's most infamous backstabber? The facilities will take years to build and at any time, Venezuela can rightfully decide to just take back what's rightfully theirs.
Very few articles mention that Venezuelan oil is so viscous that it makes sludge seem like springwater, and is full of sulphur.
It is incredibly expensive to extract it and to refine it to usefulness, and it will take billions and a decade to do it.
We are committing the dumbest theft in history.
It is incredibly expensive to extract it and to refine it to usefulness, and it will take billions and a decade to do it.
We are committing the dumbest theft in history.
Oil deal with US is denounced by both sides of Venezuelan politics ft.trib.al/KwnF2xn
August 30, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Also, what oil companies are going to invest billions to extract the oil when the person guaranteeing that investment is the world's most infamous backstabber? The facilities will take years to build and at any time, Venezuela can rightfully decide to just take back what's rightfully theirs.
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You see a lot of glib analysts repeating the line that "Americans just don't want EVs" without taking into consideration that the US auto buying experience is dominated by a network of extremely ignorant, Republican car dealers dependent on the kind of maintenance that EVs don't need.
Having bought two EVs and a hybrid, I think a big part of America’s sloth in adopt adopting EVs is car dealerships’ management being heavily Republican, and having a business model that relies on repairs that EV‘s don’t need.
August 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
You see a lot of glib analysts repeating the line that "Americans just don't want EVs" without taking into consideration that the US auto buying experience is dominated by a network of extremely ignorant, Republican car dealers dependent on the kind of maintenance that EVs don't need.
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As people in uniform ask Malachi’s parents about his birth, death and the two days in between, members of the family’s church watch from folding chairs. People come and go from the bedroom; one woman cradles a sleeping toddler. In other Idaho households, his death would be investigated as a crime.
These Children’s Deaths Were Preventable. Their Parents Prayed Instead of Seeking Medical Care.
For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of tr...
www.propublica.org
August 25, 2026 at 2:33 PM
As people in uniform ask Malachi’s parents about his birth, death and the two days in between, members of the family’s church watch from folding chairs. People come and go from the bedroom; one woman cradles a sleeping toddler. In other Idaho households, his death would be investigated as a crime.
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One way or another, Trump will end up in a spider hole.
August 11, 2026 at 3:26 AM
One way or another, Trump will end up in a spider hole.
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someone tell iran that we call our trooos warfighters now, they probably just hadnt heard about that yet
August 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
someone tell iran that we call our trooos warfighters now, they probably just hadnt heard about that yet
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Tales of everyday corruption.
Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned.
Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!
Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned.
Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!
August 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Tales of everyday corruption.
Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned.
Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!
Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned.
Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!
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True, but let me nominate this one!
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
August 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
True, but let me nominate this one!
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
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The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.
July 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The overwhelming right wing sentiment is that COVID was an engineered bioweapon that was also harmless. Trump overreacted to it by shutting down the country, then engineered a drive to create a vaccine that was the real bioweapon that killed millions, and it's Joe Biden's fault.
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New, from me: It is fine to disagree with aspects of the pandemic response. But what we saw at Fauci's hearing was something different: a show trial where cranks tried to threaten and shift blame to an public servant.
Here is why this is bad for all of us.🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/watching-t...
Here is why this is bad for all of us.🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/watching-t...
Watching the show trials
Anthony Fauci and the politics of retribution
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
New, from me: It is fine to disagree with aspects of the pandemic response. But what we saw at Fauci's hearing was something different: a show trial where cranks tried to threaten and shift blame to an public servant.
Here is why this is bad for all of us.🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/watching-t...
Here is why this is bad for all of us.🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/watching-t...
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It is funny that this person thinks “immigrants defended the union while native born whites sought to destroy it in the name of slavery” is an argument against immigrants being Americans. This is precisely the point, nothing about being born here makes you better bsky.app/profile/aphc...
Another datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right
August 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
It is funny that this person thinks “immigrants defended the union while native born whites sought to destroy it in the name of slavery” is an argument against immigrants being Americans. This is precisely the point, nothing about being born here makes you better bsky.app/profile/aphc...
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The Trump admin had a real theory of war: Put on a show of toughness, tell people how manly you are, disdain law, do war crimes, and you win. Earlier losses came from leaders too "weak" to do that.
It was a very stupid theory. But they espoused it a lot, really seem to believe it, and acted on it.
It was a very stupid theory. But they espoused it a lot, really seem to believe it, and acted on it.
July 30, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The Trump admin had a real theory of war: Put on a show of toughness, tell people how manly you are, disdain law, do war crimes, and you win. Earlier losses came from leaders too "weak" to do that.
It was a very stupid theory. But they espoused it a lot, really seem to believe it, and acted on it.
It was a very stupid theory. But they espoused it a lot, really seem to believe it, and acted on it.
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If Trump isn’t on the phone tomorrow to get Balogun un-suspended what even was the point of all that corruption
July 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
If Trump isn’t on the phone tomorrow to get Balogun un-suspended what even was the point of all that corruption
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Again, we've endured years of legacy media reporters chasing after Donald Trump supporters to find out what they want, and somehow "They want an ethnic cleansing" was never the takeaway, even though it's literally the correct answer.
The explosion of MAGA rage at birthright citizenship ruling confirms again that MAGA is really a movement for ethnic cleansing.
As we discuss on the pod, it's telling that sealed border and end to TPS/asylum don't sate MAGA. They want dramatic ethnic purges.
Listen:
newrepublic.com/article/2125...
As we discuss on the pod, it's telling that sealed border and end to TPS/asylum don't sate MAGA. They want dramatic ethnic purges.
Listen:
newrepublic.com/article/2125...
MAGA Rage Takes Unnerving Turn as Birthright Loss Rattles Trump Badly
As fury mounts at the Supreme Court decision upholding birthright citizenship, an immigration lawyer explains how we’re heading into a long war over the 14th Amendment—and what might come next.
newrepublic.com
July 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Again, we've endured years of legacy media reporters chasing after Donald Trump supporters to find out what they want, and somehow "They want an ethnic cleansing" was never the takeaway, even though it's literally the correct answer.
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One thing that won't get enough attention about John Cornyn's loss to Ken Paxton is that, no matter what happens in November, Texas Republicans just willingly gave up seniority in the Senate, one of the most prized currencies in federal politics.
Let me explain what I mean...
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Let me explain what I mean...
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May 27, 2026 at 8:26 AM
One thing that won't get enough attention about John Cornyn's loss to Ken Paxton is that, no matter what happens in November, Texas Republicans just willingly gave up seniority in the Senate, one of the most prized currencies in federal politics.
Let me explain what I mean...
(thread)
Let me explain what I mean...
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People be talking about EVs today and that's like my whole thing so here's what I've identified as The Problem:
The idea of being inconvenienced AT ALL overrides the average person's ability to consider whether a small inconvenience in one context might be outweighed by upsides in other contexts.
The idea of being inconvenienced AT ALL overrides the average person's ability to consider whether a small inconvenience in one context might be outweighed by upsides in other contexts.
May 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
People be talking about EVs today and that's like my whole thing so here's what I've identified as The Problem:
The idea of being inconvenienced AT ALL overrides the average person's ability to consider whether a small inconvenience in one context might be outweighed by upsides in other contexts.
The idea of being inconvenienced AT ALL overrides the average person's ability to consider whether a small inconvenience in one context might be outweighed by upsides in other contexts.
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Cursed to scream this into the void forever but: this is an absurd comparison and tells you absolutely nothing at all about whether aggressive deregulation and The Free Market results in a lot of clean energy
@ramez.bsky.social should 1,000% know better than to say something like this
A short 🧵
@ramez.bsky.social should 1,000% know better than to say something like this
A short 🧵
May 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Cursed to scream this into the void forever but: this is an absurd comparison and tells you absolutely nothing at all about whether aggressive deregulation and The Free Market results in a lot of clean energy
@ramez.bsky.social should 1,000% know better than to say something like this
A short 🧵
@ramez.bsky.social should 1,000% know better than to say something like this
A short 🧵
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Okay, so a few things 🧵
1. There is in vitro evidence that ivermectin can inhibit importins (proteins that import things into the nucleus). However, hantaviruses, like Andes virus, do not have a phase of their replication cycle that requires them to go to the nucleus.
ictv.global/report/chapt...
1. There is in vitro evidence that ivermectin can inhibit importins (proteins that import things into the nucleus). However, hantaviruses, like Andes virus, do not have a phase of their replication cycle that requires them to go to the nucleus.
ictv.global/report/chapt...
May 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Okay, so a few things 🧵
1. There is in vitro evidence that ivermectin can inhibit importins (proteins that import things into the nucleus). However, hantaviruses, like Andes virus, do not have a phase of their replication cycle that requires them to go to the nucleus.
ictv.global/report/chapt...
1. There is in vitro evidence that ivermectin can inhibit importins (proteins that import things into the nucleus). However, hantaviruses, like Andes virus, do not have a phase of their replication cycle that requires them to go to the nucleus.
ictv.global/report/chapt...
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The public health field has bent over backwards to assuage the ‘concerns’ of anti-vaxxers for almost 3 decades now. It’s not working.
The way forward is stigmatizing these child-killing freaks and mandating that every kid gets a jab. Expand access, sure but that’s not going to move the needle.
The way forward is stigmatizing these child-killing freaks and mandating that every kid gets a jab. Expand access, sure but that’s not going to move the needle.
March 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The public health field has bent over backwards to assuage the ‘concerns’ of anti-vaxxers for almost 3 decades now. It’s not working.
The way forward is stigmatizing these child-killing freaks and mandating that every kid gets a jab. Expand access, sure but that’s not going to move the needle.
The way forward is stigmatizing these child-killing freaks and mandating that every kid gets a jab. Expand access, sure but that’s not going to move the needle.
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this chart was life altering to me
April 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
this chart was life altering to me
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"No one could stop the US raiding modern shipping, but it doesn't because it knows it benefits far more from unmolested maritime trade than any potential piracy spoils", used to be my go-to example illustrating how international law works.
Will need to update with a "fucking idiot" caveat.
Will need to update with a "fucking idiot" caveat.
Trump on US seizing ships: "It’s a very profitable business. We’re like pirates."
May 2, 2026 at 9:59 AM
"No one could stop the US raiding modern shipping, but it doesn't because it knows it benefits far more from unmolested maritime trade than any potential piracy spoils", used to be my go-to example illustrating how international law works.
Will need to update with a "fucking idiot" caveat.
Will need to update with a "fucking idiot" caveat.
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We now know the Iran war price tag is more like $50 billion - hundreds of dollars per household - and counting.
It's enough to cover all the health insurance premium credits that the Republicans got rid of for this year, and next. It could save rural hospitals, pay teachers, fix roads.
It's enough to cover all the health insurance premium credits that the Republicans got rid of for this year, and next. It could save rural hospitals, pay teachers, fix roads.
May 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
We now know the Iran war price tag is more like $50 billion - hundreds of dollars per household - and counting.
It's enough to cover all the health insurance premium credits that the Republicans got rid of for this year, and next. It could save rural hospitals, pay teachers, fix roads.
It's enough to cover all the health insurance premium credits that the Republicans got rid of for this year, and next. It could save rural hospitals, pay teachers, fix roads.
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And we know where this logic takes people, because we've got approximately eleventy billion historical examples
the natural move from “bad people deserve state violence” to “victims of state violence must have been bad people.”
This weekend I learned that when someone dies in one of ICE's prisons, ICE issues a report that begins claiming they were a horrible person who deserved to die. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it is so awful that these people and their families cannot even have a little peace even in death.
April 27, 2026 at 11:02 AM
And we know where this logic takes people, because we've got approximately eleventy billion historical examples