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Doug Brown

@bugdrown.bsky.social

Husband to T. Friend to animals. Oxford comma(ndo). Excel fanatic. Power Query proponent. Database dude. Retired guy. EVs forEVer 🚘⚡🔌. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 Gulf of 🇲🇽

created November 8, 2024

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Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

"I've started throwing laundry out the window."

2/9/2025, 2:00:00 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Rest in peace, Graham Greene.

2/9/2025, 1:29:19 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Is an SNL Weekend at Bernie's skit with guest hosts Jonathan Silverman and Andrew McCarthy over the line?

2/9/2025, 12:45:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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2/9/2025, 12:40:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Reward for info on what he uses to pad the 🍄 part.

1/9/2025, 3:49:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

We could put up signs that read "Trump is denying me health care" wherever soldiers are raking. Soldiers could rake directly behind the signs.

1/9/2025, 3:37:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted

This says it all.

1/9/2025, 2:51:43 PM | 2201 453 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

I hear he's good at scattering rocket debris.

1/9/2025, 3:19:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

LOL. A backpack leaf-blower soldier would be a good analog to the flameflower soldier.

1/9/2025, 3:16:33 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

What if Americans could directly subsidize farmers through social media funding sites? The money could help them cover the costs mentioned in the TikTok. It would be a ton of money but the U.S. cannot let its farm industry collapse.

1/9/2025, 3:12:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

It fits the GOP's traitor as hero narrative.

1/9/2025, 3:05:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

But I prefer a text-based social media platform because voicing my outrage at the use of phrases like "adding an additional..." isn't as satisfying on a Big Video and Picture Slop site.

1/9/2025, 2:05:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

And higher average wages in non-RTW vs. RTW states.

1/9/2025, 1:52:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

One of my all time favorite films!

1/9/2025, 1:50:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Can they get more?

1/9/2025, 10:15:39 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

📌

31/8/2025, 5:05:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sherrilyn Ifill (@sifill.bsky.social) reposted

I’m serious. This REALLY infuriates me. @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @cnn.com Do your job. You failed to lift this up in 2024. If farmers are hurting, explain why and who is to blame. And remind Americans that we paid BILLIONS for Trump’s first tariff blunder. It’s so irresponsible to ignore this.

31/8/2025, 2:25:42 AM | 1948 744 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

For context on top of this, you could ask employers why they require a college degree for a particular job, even when the applicant pool is really shallow/limited.

31/8/2025, 3:45:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social)

Thanks, Elie. This is the way.

31/8/2025, 3:35:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Welcome to Stepford.

31/8/2025, 3:25:22 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Brood bleccch. I hope her ass falls off.

31/8/2025, 3:23:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

He wants to leave guns out of the equation and blame constituencies he doesn't care about. When a white cis gender massacres people, pound the table and yell "inanimate object!" When anyone else massacres people yell "shooter was anti one of our constiuencies!"

31/8/2025, 3:21:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

In general, depends on alternatives and their platforms. If the alternative candidate held the same abortion view plus they promised to do things that restrict voting rights then I'd vote for the former.

31/8/2025, 1:51:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

LOL. Someone's mad she can't make a proper sourdough loaf.

31/8/2025, 12:49:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

I've had bullies say crap like that to me when I was in grade school.

31/8/2025, 12:45:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm part of the problem, then.

31/8/2025, 12:42:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

More Q b.s. is on its way and this time with religious b.s., probably saying he's the 2nd coming of Christ.

31/8/2025, 12:41:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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31/8/2025, 12:39:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe project colored lights onto the xwalk at night, like was done on the Russian embassy.

31/8/2025, 12:25:58 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

I think she said moove.

31/8/2025, 2:07:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Cheese cloth.

31/8/2025, 1:49:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

No E. Also, I believe the collective noun is "administration." An administration of dildos.

31/8/2025, 12:13:04 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

No. And no follow up questions!

30/8/2025, 7:20:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Is that some sort of fascist march?

30/8/2025, 7:03:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

LOL. Ok. They should stop listening to their automechanics.

30/8/2025, 6:58:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Stress about Vance.

30/8/2025, 4:47:53 PM | 63 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

In his mind an arm's length transaction, so, he'll allow it.

30/8/2025, 3:07:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Carrying his burial suit?

30/8/2025, 1:58:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Counterpoint: True.

30/8/2025, 1:41:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

He was probably just summoned to the mother ship.

30/8/2025, 12:55:14 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Or maybe that "F*** Donald Trump" track.

30/8/2025, 11:45:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

And, while it requires approval, abortion is still 100% legal in Israel.

30/8/2025, 11:41:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Dean Martin in Five Card Stud

30/8/2025, 3:08:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

And Gremlins

30/8/2025, 3:02:48 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Dwight Yoakam in Slingblade Reba McEntire in Tremors

30/8/2025, 3:01:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Purrfect choice.

30/8/2025, 12:02:39 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm now so used to Trump supporters and apologists voting against their own self interest that I fully expect a 5-4 (liberals plus Roberts) decision in favor of Trump.

29/8/2025, 10:06:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

I think we know where things are headed. I cannot see how SCOTUS would rule against POTUS given their recent deference to presidential power.

29/8/2025, 9:51:52 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Yet Homan talks like a punch drunk boxer. A paradox 🤔

29/8/2025, 7:47:59 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

It's why you'll occasionally see me seemingly wince in pain.

29/8/2025, 5:09:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Would love it if Newsom showed video clips of crime and said "look what's happening in Speaker Johnson's district."

29/8/2025, 1:45:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

A direct hit!

29/8/2025, 1:43:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait. I thought the GOP line was that therw are only two biological sexes: males and females. Mike Johnson, shouldn't you be asking about sex assigned at birth?

29/8/2025, 1:38:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Be on the lookout for goods in packaging with phrases like "improved" or "new look." Cause, yeah, it looks smaller. The price will be the same or it will go up. My cynical reaction. I just hope whitehouse staff are hooked on coffee so they'll feel what tariffs mean.

29/8/2025, 12:15:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

National Institutes of Hell

29/8/2025, 3:28:00 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe "1 percentilers."

29/8/2025, 3:25:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

build a modern bridge over the Potomac River that would complete the express connection btw DC and Virginia, and thereby link the northeast corridor all the way to FL. I believe it'll be dedicated track, unimpeded by freight trains (currently a problem). Expect typical speeds well shy of 160 mph.2/2

29/8/2025, 3:19:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

The northeast corridor (and east coast in general) effort long precedes Duffy. This ball has been in motion for over a decade and, at least where I live, got a boost from the infrastructure legislation under Biden. I believe efforts have been made to claw back funds that would be used to 1/2

29/8/2025, 3:19:35 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Or one specializing in hearts - UberBeats.

29/8/2025, 2:12:41 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Unused?

29/8/2025, 2:08:05 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm so confused!

29/8/2025, 1:32:11 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Sure, let's surrender the votetanland to Trump and things will work out.

28/8/2025, 4:20:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

re: Alt tag, I think thposter image is of Karoline Leavitt, not Pam Bondi.

28/8/2025, 1:18:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

The murder of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman (it's my belief that Martin was the one standing his ground.) Add to these countless road rage incidents.

28/8/2025, 1:06:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Mental illness is certainly a factor in mass shootings but it doesn't explain everything. Examples are innocent people being shot because they knocked on the wrong door. Stand your ground incidents like Horn murdering a thief in TX, TX car repossession murder, and

28/8/2025, 1:06:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

For all the right wing bitching about government employees being dumb and lazy, they're only qualification test is now CAN YOU FOG A MIRROR?

28/8/2025, 11:06:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Could they make it a little smaller?

28/8/2025, 12:22:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Go, Tom Clancy's Dog. Go!

28/8/2025, 12:17:35 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Let the feds enforce it, then.

28/8/2025, 12:07:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jennifer ✨Get In Good Trouble (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) reposted

🔥 The Veteran Sit-In at Union Station is already breaking the regime’s grip. The Guard was posted there EVERY day—until today. Why? Because fearless vets schooled them: you don’t have to obey unlawful orders. You have a CHOICE. And today, they chose not to stand against the people.

27/8/2025, 6:05:07 PM | 1130 423 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Let me guess. Erik Prince is one.

27/8/2025, 5:20:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Out: Charged with Felony assault In: Chard with Fennel-leaf assault

27/8/2025, 4:03:25 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

In case it helps anyone, I found the Permission Slip app from Consumer Reports to be helpful: Permission Slip by CR share.google/DUrFsIF3jFeI...

27/8/2025, 3:42:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm afraid we'll own it, too.

27/8/2025, 12:51:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Had lunch with former coworkers recently. They told me the organization is no longer hiring junior programmers because that type of work can be done by AI.

27/8/2025, 12:44:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, Byron Donalds, please run for governor of Florida. Can't wait for you to be unemployed.

27/8/2025, 12:40:17 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Poor ice officers.

27/8/2025, 9:54:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Roadkill Bob

27/8/2025, 9:47:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A paradox when paired with the junior size jar of mayo.

27/8/2025, 2:32:23 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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📌

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📌

26/8/2025, 9:08:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🤣

26/8/2025, 8:53:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Perry Bacon (@perrybaconjr.bsky.social) reposted

"Third Way is in the business of representing corporate interests within the Democratic Party. The point isn’t necessarily that Democrats win, but that the balance of power within the party tilts to the favor of big business." stringinamaze.net/p/is-activis...

26/8/2025, 6:44:54 PM | 108 24 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

A huge thing being done is the lawsuits by folks like @marcelias@bsky.social and normeisen@bsky.social. They're taking direct aim at the entities harming immigrants and citizens and they're winning in the courts. 2/2

26/8/2025, 1:12:24 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

A couple of things that I think are also critically important. The media is also either terrified of repercussions or they are complicit, so not everyone is getting the facts that might move them to act. 1/2

26/8/2025, 1:12:24 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

LOL. Farmers yield record bumper crops with this one cool trick.

26/8/2025, 9:46:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

It's because of the increase in the consumer proof index (CPI). You're no longer drinking in 2016 proof.

26/8/2025, 1:42:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) reposted

On the left, my warning from September 2024 about what Trump 2.0 would look like. On the right, recent headlines. I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, it’s up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while it’s still possible.

Excerpt from NBC News headline: National Guard troops in DC begin carrying firearms Washington Post headline: Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown
25/8/2025, 6:49:13 PM | 5064 1639 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) reposted

Yes, the stakes here are large. Very large.

26/8/2025, 12:29:23 AM | 2760 1222 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

The gif needs updating to include more fire.

26/8/2025, 1:01:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Nice. Keep 'em guessing, Tom.

26/8/2025, 12:47:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Dogsplaining is entertaining.

25/8/2025, 7:08:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Etiquette is completely gone.

25/8/2025, 7:06:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And a Marine veteran. He should be mercilessly ridiculed for this.

25/8/2025, 3:15:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adrian Randall (@anidealhusbando.bsky.social) reposted

“This is how Republicans talk about Democrats. A Democrat does something that has any hint of corruption or scandal about it, Republicans just assume that's true and then proceed from there. They don't sit there and say, Well, let's look at it the most favorable light.”

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Profile picture Nina Jankowicz (@ninajankowicz.com) reposted reply parent

And I'm working on something new... on which more soon. 😇 If you want more of my writing direct to your inbox, I have a personal Substack, too. Thanks for being here. I won't stop fighting. I want my kids and yours to live in a peaceful, safe country with a shared reality. wiczipedia.substack.com

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Profile picture Nina Jankowicz (@ninajankowicz.com) reposted reply parent

(We're waiting for a decision of our appeal against Fox, but I continue to receive big legal bills for the defensive actions I have to take regularly. By my math, my legal and security costs are somewhere in the $100k realm. If you can donate to my GoFundMe, it would be much appreciated.) 6/

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Profile picture Nina Jankowicz (@ninajankowicz.com) reposted reply parent

I was subpoenaed by Jim Jordan's bogus investigation of the "weaponization" of government. I had a cyberstalker. I've been named in frivolous lawsuits. And my physical security has been changed forever. All driven primarily by Fox News. So I sued them. www.gofundme.com/f/help-nina-... 5/

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Profile picture Doug Brown (@bugdrown.bsky.social) reply parent

Incredibly difficult. Shadows and light tend to be a bit too crisp in AI images.

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