Seth Brown

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In addition to the usual misogyny and anti-science bs coming from this administration, this is one of the dumbest cuts to be making when there's already a healthcare worker shortage and forecasting almost universally agrees that healthcare will be the sector most in need of workers looking forward.

We did some good when it at 94% for a while, and even a humble 70% - the floor we had for the top tax rate for decades - would be a good start that we should return to ASAP.

I love when I open BlueSky and there's a joke written specifically for me.

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

and now I want both

A tweet from Roy Doorenspleet (@DoorenspleetR) reads: “Someone told me if 400,000 papers documenting the harms of COVID won’t convince anyone, then 500,000 won’t either. This is a sad situation.” He links to the LitCovid database and notes there are currently 472,000 publications. A LitCovid preview card with an illustrated virus icon appears below. The tweet timestamp shows November 13, 2025, with 17.9K views.

Almost 500k studies showing COVID causes lasting damage… if that doesn’t convince anyone, nothing will.

Source: x.com/Doorenspleet...

Apparently you can skip a year of therapy with the right Bluesky TL.

Fine distinctions seem obvious to genre fans, who can easily distinguish between 7 kinds of sub-sub-genre and explain the differences.

To haters it all looks the same: "Oh, more of this stuff I hate".

Sorta feeling this today with the very granular child-rape distinctions making the rounds.

The man from the 1920s The more things change, the more they stay the same.

"It must be a great shock for you to be here in what is, for you, 100 years in the future."

"No, it's pretty much the same."

"Pretty much the same? The world has changed drastically!"

"You've still got people, and they're still a pain in the butt."

www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/colu...

@dannygallagher.bsky.social - perhaps of interest?

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Find the error in the sentence: "We should have shrimp scampi or pizza for dinner."

Answer: the word "or" is incorrect, and should be replaced with "on".

@starfishknits.bsky.social makes a damn fine shrimp scampi pizza.

Money is dumb because I spent ten minutes talking myself out of spending $5 on a video game and then saw the 4-figure medical bill on my desk.

"I need a gyro!
I'm holding out for a gyro for my dinner tonight,
With tzatziki, I stress, it could make a big mess,
So it's gotta be wrapped pretty tight..."

I have a lovely edition of Meditations that was a college graduation gift, and of the many passages that have held up quite well, this is perhaps the one that always feels the most relevant to me.

Oh, Ozymandias, you're the one
Even though your reign's now done
Ozymandias, I'm awfully fond of you
(Bo bo bo de oh)
Ozymandias, King of Kings
Passions stamped on lifeless things
Ozymandias, your feet at least made it through

[Seth Says] Forget-Me-Yep Q: What do you call appetizers for Dracula?A: Vlad Tapas Okay, so it's a bit of an arcane reference (Jinx!), but most bad Halloween puns are all like,...

The Halloween issue of my newsletter has all the stuff I forgot last newsletter, plus terrible vampire puns:

buttondown.com/RisingPun/ar...

CBS News is dead.

A right-wing content mill is about to take its place.

Paramount deserves to hemorrhage money over this. Cancel Paramount+. Boycott their movies in theaters.

The political Right is waging a war on journalism and truth.

Kick them in the profits.

The Pun Also Rises: Repurposed costume advice Humorist Seth Brown offers a pun-filled guide to transforming overused Halloween costumes into clever, customized creations that are anything but scary-similar.

Last-minute costume advice to turn that inflatable frog into something UNFROGGETTABLE:

www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/colu...

Between this guy and @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social bluesky is clearly the be... well, okay, it's a low bar when the competing site is Twitter, but still.

GDrive > top right gear:

Manage Apps > uncheck Gemini
ALSO
Privacy > Manage Workspace smart feature settings > two Gemini settings, toggle off

(Gemini AI is on by default and it explicity scans and "shares" or "uses" your info and activity across Google products)

It's better to have Louvred and lost than never to have Louvred at all.

If I said the trees are better in Michigan it'd be Ann Arborist.

Long COVID isn’t rare. It’s a complex, chronic condition affecting millions worldwide, often for months or years after infection. Our latest article breaks down 7 key facts everyone should know about long COVID — from how common it is, to why prevention still matters.

whn.global/seven-things...

Phones are so high-tech today, it's hard to believe older basic computers took up a whole room -- that shit is Cray!

An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below: 1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. 2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation … 3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people. 4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners … 5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice … 6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices … 7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. 8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. 9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. 10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: 11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: 12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit … 13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: 14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: 15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury: 16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: 17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: 18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. 19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people. 20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.

Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

[Seth Says] Use It Or Lose It Q: Why will lots of teachers be out and about on Saturday?A: Because teachers are pro-test. (I realize this joke is undercut slightly by the fact that many...

I may have burnt a pancake, but I've got an easy recipe for turnip greens and some tales of college stupidity:

buttondown.com/RisingPun/ar...

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings.

These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate.

Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.