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Brian Boland

@btb.bsky.social

Former tech exec turned advocate for economic justice. Anti-Milton Friedman, pro-progressive economics à la Stiglitz, Raworth, and Graeber. Passionate about justice, rethinking capital's role, and aligning finances with values.

275 Followers  |  122 Following  |  148 Posts  |  Joined: 18.08.2023  |  2.0796

Latest posts by btb.bsky.social on Bluesky

Very true

31.07.2025 01:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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EX GREEN BERET: “In my entire career, I never witnessed the brutality and use of indiscriminate & unnecessary force against an unarmed, starving civilian population until I was in Gaza at the hands of IDF & US contractors… without question, war crimes.”

26.07.2025 04:10 — 👍 5120    🔁 2144    💬 95    📌 114

Would love to test. Also would love to know what perspective you are bringing to a stand alone client

26.07.2025 03:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

With the changing of federal funding of EV charging networks, does this leave Tesla in a position to dominate charging across the US?

17.07.2025 15:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This--that Signal would rather exit a market than undermine the core security and privacy technology that protects the people who use Signal--always still holds. We don't change our principles based on jurisdiction, legislative attack, or time of day...

11.07.2025 08:42 — 👍 818    🔁 117    💬 15    📌 12
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Ok. Fine. I finally accept that we are living in a simulation.

04.07.2025 05:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Equity-Washing: KKR, Ownership Works and The Polished New Face of Corporate Greed "Equity-Washing" is a predatory PR strategy, not a revolution in worker empowerment. Private equity giants like KKR use the language of "shared ownership" as a cynical ploy to boost their reputation a...

"Equity-washing" is the story private equity tells to align a worker's loyalty with an investor's short-term profit motive. It offers the feeling of ownership to motivate the workforce. A bonus for workers, while the temporary owners keep the long-term wealth.

www.delta-fund.org/post/equity-...

01.07.2025 15:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

So now in the United States you might be safer in jail than out in the public?

01.07.2025 01:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Need to keep up this trend

25.06.2025 03:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is very very good. Replace the legacy party!

25.06.2025 02:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Desantis says it's ok to run over protesters...

15.06.2025 23:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hands full to keep it under 5 goals against

15.06.2025 20:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings

14.06.2025 19:25 — 👍 33850    🔁 6182    💬 297    📌 269
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#NoKings Seattle march

14.06.2025 21:38 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The founders warned us about men like Trump. #NoKings

14.06.2025 21:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Quitting my lucrative job as an international fentanyl smuggler to pursue my true passion, vacuuming the hallways of a Holiday Inn Express

12.06.2025 15:36 — 👍 1680    🔁 318    💬 40    📌 8
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‘You essentially destroyed any chance I have,’ DNC chair told David Hogg in private meeting Ken Martin expressed frustration and self-doubt in a meeting with other party leaders, according to a two-minute recording obtained by POLITICO.

FWIW Hogg is right and we need to reboot the Democratic party - which by necessity requires replacing current ineffective Dems with new candidates who can lead with policies that actually help Americans

09.06.2025 17:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Greta Thunberg announces she and her shipmates have been kidnapped by Israeli forces presumably for the crime of delivering aid to Palestinian residents.

09.06.2025 03:03 — 👍 96    🔁 31    💬 1    📌 1
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Gabbard fires officials who released memo contradicting Trump’s Venezuela gang claims Two highest-ranking employees fired due to opposition to Trump, says Tulsi Gabbard’s office, without giving examples

"free speech"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

15.05.2025 01:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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US and Qatar sign defense and aviation deal as Trump says of emir: ‘we just like each other’ – live US president says $200bn Boeing order is ‘largest order of jets’ in its history and is full of praise for Qatar’s leader and country’s marble palaces

"Free markets"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

14.05.2025 16:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Generous Loophole: Is Our Charity System Meeting or Missing the Moment? We all love the idea of charity. Giving back, supporting good causes, and improving the world. What’s not to love? And in the U.S., the government encourages this generosity with a hefty system of tax...

Tax deductions for charitable contributions aren't a good deal for the tax payer with how our system works today

www.delta-fund.org/post/the-gen...

14.05.2025 00:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I imagine part of it comes from mission oriented people who came to realize the mission was BS and Mark didn't actually care about it.

03.05.2025 12:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is there any way to see what you presented?

03.05.2025 12:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Brooks is out of touch on this one. Americans don't trust the establishment because for most this economic system has failed them and each new administration fails to deliver for them in ways that make their lives better. It isn't just slowing Trump down but offering an alternative that delivers.

26.04.2025 17:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🤔 that's indeed true

26.04.2025 03:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That too... But also...

26.04.2025 03:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Monopolies are also pretty good

26.04.2025 02:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ben Thompson's readers sure think so

26.04.2025 02:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That's wild. I remember hearing from people inside of Meta that they were discussing how Frances Haugen was a plant tasked with undermining the company.

24.04.2025 20:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Breaking the U.S. isn’t a Bug, It’s the Plan This is an unsettling time for almost everyone worldwide. The initial months of the Trump administration have shocked many, not merely because of Trump himself but because of the broader, deliberate d...

He's leading a coup

www.delta-fund.org/post/breakin...

24.04.2025 15:43 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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