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Shawn Brick

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Financial Aid Director at the University of California, improv nerd, nerd nerd, nerdy and non-nerdy opinions my own. He/him

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Roll 3d6 for damage.

10.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dream of Finishing One’s To-Do List in β€œRetirement Plan” Dailymotion video by The New Yorker

The 7 minute Irish animation that is nominated for an Oscar. Worth a watch. #SpeirGorm

10.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 1396 πŸ” 346 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 40
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Bouquets for Art event in San Francisco.

08.03.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Quote skeet with a gif of a powerful woman.

08.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PAT RYAN: 'Does the US want to be the policeman of the Middle East getting nothing but spending precious lives & trillions.' Rng a bell?

COLBY: Defer to you

R: That was Trump. How about this - 'we simply cannot afford to get enmeshed in a Middle East war'

C: Defer to you

R: That was actually you

05.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 4761 πŸ” 1377 πŸ’¬ 135 πŸ“Œ 81

The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies.

If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?

01.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 12186 πŸ” 3672 πŸ’¬ 397 πŸ“Œ 110

Amazing. I saw something about Ramadan this morning and thought, β€œI really need to learn more about this holiday.” And here you have provided!

27.02.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to stop a dictator I spent months studying how authoritarians like Trump lose. The answer is shockingly simple.

If you're interested in learning more, please read the whole piece here (GIFT LINK).

It represents the results of months of research, distilled down to a (hopefully) readable form. Let me know what you think!

www.vox.com/politics/479...

24.02.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 622 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 13

If you get a chance, see the animated shorts nominated for an Oscar! So good.

24.02.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay

22.02.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jelly.

19.02.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jelly.

19.02.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you like making love to music, put on a live album. That way, you get applause every two to four minutes.

14.02.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 3854 πŸ” 395 πŸ’¬ 235 πŸ“Œ 66

He’s such a good actor!

30.01.2026 07:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do not know what these words mean.

28.01.2026 07:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.

people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.

26.01.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 15697 πŸ” 4429 πŸ’¬ 442 πŸ“Œ 225
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He really is doing all of it.

15.01.2026 04:36 πŸ‘ 6489 πŸ” 1985 πŸ’¬ 152 πŸ“Œ 119
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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

Breaking NYT:

The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.

That is a war crime called "perfidy."

13.01.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 27873 πŸ” 12200 πŸ’¬ 1501 πŸ“Œ 1345

ICE killed an unarmed mom and the administration's response was to drag her corpse through the mud by calling her a terrorist

09.01.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 3466 πŸ” 596 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 15

Sums it up!

09.01.2026 05:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

08.01.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 45486 πŸ” 7038 πŸ’¬ 1840 πŸ“Œ 772
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

04.01.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 43457 πŸ” 16076 πŸ’¬ 326 πŸ“Œ 411

Whatever happens now, we absolutely cannot allow Trump's refusal to seek Congressional authorization for what appears to be a large scale military attack on another country vanish from the media discussion, which already appears to be happening.

03.01.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 10836 πŸ” 3012 πŸ’¬ 345 πŸ“Œ 111

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.

consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

02.01.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 11741 πŸ” 5192 πŸ’¬ 277 πŸ“Œ 362

Rolling Stone Roses

29.12.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I just introduced My Neighbor Totoro to a friend, my third time watching. I need to watch this every few years. So cozy and magical.

28.12.2025 06:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You’ve just opened up a Star Trek themed restaurant.

What are you calling it?

Section 31 Flavors

27.12.2025 05:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Scene from Star Trek The Next Generation's Christmas Special and it's a real Worf masterpiece. He's standing, in uniform, and holding his arms out gripping the air like Macho Man Randy Savage pumping up the crowd. There are two black cattle prod looking objects with glowing red lights on the end of them being poked into his chestal region, basically straight in them nipples. His face is alive with the fire of a thousand suns. Merry Christmas.

Scene from Star Trek The Next Generation's Christmas Special and it's a real Worf masterpiece. He's standing, in uniform, and holding his arms out gripping the air like Macho Man Randy Savage pumping up the crowd. There are two black cattle prod looking objects with glowing red lights on the end of them being poked into his chestal region, basically straight in them nipples. His face is alive with the fire of a thousand suns. Merry Christmas.

O holy night

25.12.2025 01:11 πŸ‘ 2681 πŸ” 494 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 37

Deep memory unlocked.

24.12.2025 04:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

23.12.2025 01:28 πŸ‘ 35881 πŸ” 18246 πŸ’¬ 563 πŸ“Œ 1735