John

John

@brkjohn.bsky.social

avoiding the oligarchy, refusing to stay chained to meta midwesterner. thoughtful. open.

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The reason they’re trying to rename it Super Intelligence is so Linda McMahon doesn’t confuse it with A1 steak sauce again.

Hey, web developers, if your website won’t even let me look at a news article with an ad blocker turned on, which is just on by default on my phone and I can’t even exit the tab without force closing my browser, I’m just not going to use your website and I’ll find it posted elsewhere.

$100 increasing to $600 is a 500% increase. That’s all anyone needs to know about this interaction. Oh and that the 10 people who agreed with RFK here, or said nothing, are equally as stupid as he is.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

RFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'" Trump: "Right"

The non response given by two lawyers, one of them, a criminal defense attorney, tells you everything you need to know here.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

REPORTER: Can you say definitively that you have not been intoxicated or absent during your tenure as FBI director? PATEL: I can say unequivocally I never listen to the fake news mafia. This director has been on the job twice as many days as every one before me. I've taken half as many days off.

John reposted

This is the most horrifying, psychotic, grotesque message Trump has ever posted—openly threatening to commit genocide. This is beyond reckless. It’s dangerous, dehumanizing, and utterly unfit for any leader.

This was everything I needed this morning. Absolutely hysterical, light hearted, and fun. Go enjoy! It’s wonderful.

Pop Base@popbase.tv

Taylor Swift has released the music video for ‘Opalite’ on Spotify and Apple Music.

I just realized that I haven’t set foot in a Target store in over a year now. What used to be a weekly ritual of “Target will tell me what I need…” has turned into Dollar Tree and Aldi are so much better.

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You roll into Ohare one week before Christmas and cause chaos in the rideshare lot for only one reason and it's not to keep people safe.

Dan Mihalopoulos@dmihalopoulos.bsky.social

Border patrol under command of Greg Bovino running a checkpoint at the exit to the Uber lot at O’Hare airport in Chicago, asking drivers for proof of valid residency in this country

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Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Block list for Trump regime government accounts. How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation. #3E bsky.app/profile/did:...

This is a thread worth reading. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Endless Screaming@infinitescream.bsky.social

hello, i made this bot. i am a trans autistic anti-fascist. you are following a work of trans autistic anti-fascist art. that is why it is screaming

John reposted

Was able to speak for a while this morning as @booker.senate.gov enters Hour 13 of holding the Senate floor. With two glasses of water and sheer determination, he’s telling the world that America is fighting back against this President. Go Cory!

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The morning has arrived and he’s still speaking. Headed to the Senate floor to join Senator Booker in his marathon speech to stand up for people of this country. Thanks Cory!

I have a hard time believing that a white South African man, who lives on the world stage, doesn’t understand the implications of what he did on Monday. No amount of weirdness or neurodivergence causes that kind of lack of self awareness. He knew what he was doing.

Why is anyone making money from cancer treatment?

Reuters@reuters.com

Johnson & Johnson, fresh off a $14.6 billion deal to buy neurological drugmaker Intra-Cellular, reported fourth-quarter revenues and profit above Wall Street estimates, driven by strong sales of its cancer treatments reut.rs/4jsk8aR

Does it really take an expert to realize that?

If we don’t have respect for one another, then what the hell are we actually doing? I will never… ever understand this argument from the right. Sorry. If Lindsay Graham can be straight, Sally can be Sam, and we can refer them as he/they if that’s what they fucking want.

Shaundai Person@shaundai.com

Whichever pronouns you want me to use are the ones I’m using for you