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Brian S

@briansemerick.bsky.social

Father, gamer, atheist, feminist, 🏳️‍🌈ally, liberal. I like Twin Peaks a lot.

created November 13, 2024

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Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social)

Huh?

2/9/2025, 12:12:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

No all caps. No ‘attention to this matter’

1/9/2025, 7:00:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Which is exactly the average (or a bit under, which is 6) per day normally. This headline only gives ammo to Trump. Stop it. We have 3 million people.

1/9/2025, 12:02:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

I went to Disney 5x as a kid, at least. And lived in the Midwest. My kids will go once or twice at most and it’ll be the one big vacation for the surrounding years.

31/8/2025, 7:40:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish this were true. Source?

31/8/2025, 12:31:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Chicken livers are great in Thanksgiving stuffing. You grind them up with the sausage.

31/8/2025, 12:14:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits

31/8/2025, 12:00:10 AM | 21647 6012 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Nagler (@aaronnagler.bsky.social) reposted

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29/8/2025, 11:44:27 PM | 3425 708 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) reposted

As Carl Schmitt explained in his fascist handbook, a crisis must be created where none exists in order to collapse democratic institutions and hasten the transition towards totalitarian dictatorship

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30/8/2025, 9:03:28 PM | 562 181 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

As a separate item. Not built into a cooktop.

30/8/2025, 9:10:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah that’s definitely not true. Wish it was. Most people can’t afford wall batteries and won’t be able to for a long time.

30/8/2025, 9:10:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Gas shouldn’t be smelly. If you can smell it that’s a problem. Means it’s not burning correctly or there is a leak.

30/8/2025, 9:08:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Also as I experienced recently, gas still works during power outages. Just need a lighter.

30/8/2025, 9:07:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Induction is awesome. But it’s not the best for every situation. Woks for instance.

30/8/2025, 9:06:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture darren32359.bsky.social (@darren32359.bsky.social) reposted

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30/8/2025, 12:09:23 PM | 8031 2800 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Governor Newsom Press Office (@newsonpressoffice.bsky.social) reposted

Florida’s homicide rate is 130% higher than California’s, but you’d never know by watching FOX NEWS!

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29/8/2025, 1:43:52 AM | 158 75 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lake Superior (@lakesuperior.bsky.social) reposted

Cleaner than you.

28/8/2025, 11:42:22 PM | 1495 211 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Only on his BadlandsSips channel.

29/8/2025, 12:27:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Governor Newsom Press Office (@newsonpressoffice.bsky.social) reposted

Texas’ homicide rate is 140% higher than California’s, why is Fox News not covering that?

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29/8/2025, 12:19:01 AM | 140 57 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted

Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post. #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

29/8/2025, 12:23:39 AM | 37705 5902 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Joe six pack only cares about totals, not per capita.

28/8/2025, 5:16:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Sigh. Should have waited on buying it.

28/8/2025, 12:48:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

I think he means the whole film.

28/8/2025, 12:35:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Happy 33rd.

28/8/2025, 12:28:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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28/8/2025, 12:28:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted

Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.

28/8/2025, 12:02:27 PM | 30944 7180 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social)

I completed the game Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, via @trueachievements.com

28/8/2025, 5:08:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Guess we just have to wait for it to……. Continue.

27/8/2025, 10:36:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted

The United States, just months before its 250th birthday as the world’s leading democracy, has tipped over the edge into authoritarianism and fascism.

27/8/2025, 10:01:29 PM | 1030 415 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

I think a lot of the reason is the splitting it in half to get two months of subs out of it. No resolution so we are all just waiting.

27/8/2025, 9:58:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

You knew numbers? We like it but it’s treading water a bit.

27/8/2025, 9:51:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

"to ensure the long-term health of our studio and core creative priorities in a continually shifting market." It’s like a copy and paste from all layoffs the past 2 years

27/8/2025, 9:50:30 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Dump can’t write his way out of a paper bag. All policy is made by his lackeys. He does not give one shit about anything that doesn’t directly affect him.

27/8/2025, 5:43:28 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

The height of stupidity.

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27/8/2025, 1:04:49 PM | 1897 563 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah he can’t do this.

25/8/2025, 11:01:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

My gov.

25/8/2025, 9:46:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

25/8/2025, 8:55:07 PM | 56271 17780 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Little Nightmares III is my only must buy.

25/8/2025, 8:01:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Trump's troops are making federal cases out of low-level arrests — such as possession of an open container — in DC. Meanwhile, his administration has rolled back enforcement actions against 165 lawbreaking corporations since January. "Tough on crime."

25/8/2025, 7:31:08 PM | 2849 933 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Seriously. How can a naked man attack armed police officers?

25/8/2025, 6:28:00 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 (@kojamf.bsky.social) reposted

🤘🙂☕ stevenwilhelm555 Steven

25/8/2025, 10:48:04 AM | 19925 4371 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

I wish regular people were allowed to read articles anymore.

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24/8/2025, 11:31:53 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted

As soon as Trump was elected, @davidcorn.bsky.social warned us that he would need a police state to turn his authoritarian dreams into a reality. With the occupation of DC and threats to invade other US cities, we're seeing Corn's predictions come true in real time.

24/8/2025, 11:01:02 PM | 506 202 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) reposted

Words/phrases Democrats should never use: * bipartisan * my Republican friends * real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans) * yea (when voting on Republican bills) * distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did) * woke (in derogatory sense)

24/8/2025, 1:33:18 PM | 10607 2860 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Governor Newsom Press Office (@newsonpressoffice.bsky.social) reposted

San Francisco’s murder rate just hit its lowest point in 60 years. Meanwhile, Memphis had 8x as many murders last year. Guess which city Fox talks about?

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24/8/2025, 10:10:48 PM | 189 91 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

@irrg.org

24/8/2025, 6:10:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

I love HACF so much.

24/8/2025, 5:16:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bryan Behar (@bryanbehar.bsky.social) reposted

Why is it that 26 women can credibly accuse Trump of sexual misconduct and nobody seems to care. But if sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell says Trump’s a “gentleman,” we’re expected to accept that like it’s the word of God?

24/8/2025, 7:19:07 AM | 652 204 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) reposted

If a Democratic president starting sending Blue state national guard troops to occupy a red city as a power grab, the GOP officials in that state would arrest the invading guard troops to send a message that they are defending their sovereignty.

23/8/2025, 10:51:22 AM | 4547 1208 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social)

Just wait. The pardon is coming.

23/8/2025, 1:11:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ethan Embry (@ethanembry.bsky.social) reposted

Not a drag queen. Not a trans person.

23/8/2025, 2:45:56 AM | 54 16 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Looking for the docs Trump stole and stored in his bathroom? I thought we already had those.

22/8/2025, 2:01:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken (@papawoof.bsky.social) reposted

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22/8/2025, 11:35:13 AM | 75 31 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

22/8/2025, 2:00:01 AM | 40019 10382 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s tea leaves. This is taking it way too seriously.

22/8/2025, 12:55:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture thethinkingatheist.com (@thethinkingatheist.com) reposted

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21/8/2025, 4:47:02 PM | 16 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Tacky.

19/8/2025, 12:17:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Stop reposting the same article all day. I’ve seen this like 5 times.

19/8/2025, 3:08:44 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

From afar I can’t tell which vapid Trump supporter this is. All his talking heads look the same.

19/8/2025, 12:01:51 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.

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18/8/2025, 7:37:37 PM | 1063 243 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CAKE (@thebandcake.bsky.social) reposted

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.

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18/8/2025, 4:19:11 PM | 13587 4228 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Dooooooood. Same.

18/8/2025, 4:07:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

They seriously changed Microsoft to ‘My Source’

18/8/2025, 4:06:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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18/8/2025, 4:04:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Hard disagree. :)

18/8/2025, 4:03:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

TikTok was banned by law. Every minute that it’s not enforced makes all ours laws weaker.

18/8/2025, 12:53:11 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted

If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:

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17/8/2025, 2:09:33 AM | 23908 6591 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow. Trolling level is high.

18/8/2025, 12:41:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Our power was out for 24 hours from one branch.

18/8/2025, 12:38:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Our gov is amazing. But I want to keep him here, selfishly.

17/8/2025, 2:49:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah. Gavin has been shitty but lately at least he’s playing the game.

17/8/2025, 2:47:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

“she was the better option”. This is all that your post needed to say. We get two choices. That’s the only thing that matters, period. You will never have a perfect candidate that pleases 400 million people.

17/8/2025, 2:37:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Just imagine how hard Russia is laughing at us right now.

17/8/2025, 2:26:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow. I don’t remember who gave me a TP card at one of the music box fests but I thought it was you.

17/8/2025, 2:23:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Oldie but goodie.

17/8/2025, 2:52:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Ah, the “we should do nothing because something negative might happen too” strategy.

17/8/2025, 2:40:05 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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17/8/2025, 1:08:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Power out for 4 hours in Des Plaines so far.

17/8/2025, 1:06:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social)

@scottryanfmp.bsky.social have you bought a sealed set of Star Pics TP cards and found an autograph? I struck out on my first attempt.

17/8/2025, 1:00:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Btw as someone who manages databases with special indexes, I hate them.

16/8/2025, 5:56:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Emdashes are used by ChatGPT? Why?

16/8/2025, 5:55:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) reposted

Keep in mind that EVERYTHING he says or does going forward is to distract from the EPSTEIN files. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.

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16/8/2025, 5:37:15 PM | 12858 3287 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Schwarz (@adamjschwarz.bsky.social) reposted

“Putin would eat you for lunch.” Today, exactly that happened.

15/8/2025, 11:48:12 PM | 23750 7635 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social) reposted

Trump‘s sluggish performance at today’s summit raises new questions about Joe Biden’s energy level

16/8/2025, 1:00:18 AM | 2676 284 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Pfft. 800 or bust.

16/8/2025, 3:46:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Ok well, help get rid of the current administration and we will talk. Otherwise, nobody asked you.

14/8/2025, 12:21:48 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Filth? Wonder which race he is talking about.

13/8/2025, 11:58:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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13/8/2025, 12:29:44 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted

America's first family is conducting their grift in full view of the public, but the profits remain a guessing game. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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13/8/2025, 12:09:16 AM | 649 319 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Couldn’t be racism. No…

11/8/2025, 2:42:27 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social)

I completed the game Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, via @trueachievements.com

11/8/2025, 6:37:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

We really need him here.

11/8/2025, 3:33:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted

Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

11/8/2025, 3:02:50 AM | 9388 4493 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

Good luck…

11/8/2025, 2:11:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

I think he think it’s a tax that other countries pay for the privilege of selling goods here or something.

11/8/2025, 2:10:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

30 year old divorce. Who. Cares.

11/8/2025, 2:09:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hemant Mehta (@friendlyatheist.com) reposted

A blistering review of Lawrence Krauss’ awful “The War on Science” book from @sarahjones.bsky.social: “The writers are too caught up in their resentment to acknowledge reality; they do not grasp their own role in the global rise of the illiberal right.” nymag.com/intelligence...

10/8/2025, 1:01:33 PM | 122 38 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brian S (@briansemerick.bsky.social) reply parent

I loved the smell back in the early 90s when it still had black and white photos in the wallpaper and they cut the U in the top.

10/8/2025, 2:48:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ernie Smith (@ernie.tedium.co) reposted

So apparently we are within the last 60 days of dial-up AOL being a thing. help.aol.com/articles/dia... ht @mat.tl

Dial-up Internet to be discontinued AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet. This service will no longer be available in AOL plans. As a result, on September 30, 2025 this service and the associated software, the AOL Dialer software and AOL Shield browser, which are optimized for older operating systems and dial-up internet connections, will be discontinued. This change will not affect any other benefits in your AOL plan, which you can access any time on your AOL plan dashboard. To manage or cancel your account, visit MyAccount.
9/8/2025, 12:41:51 AM | 1351 662 | View on Bluesky | view