Brian Ward

  • Went to the Rick Steves rally today in my hometown. It was great fun – and saw some familiar faces there! ✊

  • It’s not over until these people are out of power.

  • When I was on lunch today, I experienced my first migraine. A visual aura. Lasted about 30 minutes. I immediately stopped what I was doing to go take a nap. If you have never had one before, it is truly terrifying. 😵‍💫🌈

  • Why due process matters: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjN6nq…

  • Let’s use our brains: How many coups have you heard about where the media remains trustworthy?

    We are being placated.

  • Here’s why we are underreacting: Google the Milgram Experiment – in which people stood by while heinous acts occurred in front of their own eyes, deferring to authority. We are doing a reenactment of this in real time nationally right now. It is deathly urgent we STOP doing that.

  • The Republicans are not going to suddenly see the light. The Democrats have unfortunately enabled much of this while stringing us along with hope. The courts are complicit. That doesn’t leave a whole lot of options here. Protests and a national general strike need to be things we are preparing for.

  • I feel her sense of helplessness: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjLBep…

    We have power, but we need to use it. My two thoughts:

    1. Lone protest with a sign commands the attention of your neighbors and short circuits the media;

    2. Join a labor union. I picked the IWW. We need a general strike right now.

  • We are going to need to do better than watching them dismantle our democracy on television and social media aghast at what is happening. What are we going to do?

  • They are demanding US-born people leave the country. What are we going to do about it? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…

  • They knowingly kidnapped an innocent 19-year-old kid off the street and sent him to a torture gulag in El Salvador. What are we going to do about this? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…

  • Regarding the April 22nd special election. The Stranger rejected renewing the AFIS levy in 2018. Their explanation still sounds good to me. I’m not sure why nobody is standing against it now, but I can’t vote to enhance the police state. www.thestranger.com/features/…

  • We have so much more in common with each other than we realize. Numbers are our greatest strength, but distractions and petty differences continue to divide us. An elegy for our fractured working class: www.youtube.com/watch

    Let there be justice in our world.

  • Watching tonight: Matewan www.youtube.com/watch 🎬

  • We’re living Animal Farm here: youtu.be/fGdOXjlB3…

  • Hey, Apple: Now would be a really good time to add support for third-party extensions in Mail on iOS so that GPG Tools can ship an iOS release. Make PGP-style encryption a thing others can add to Mail, OR do it yourselves. But like… just do it. Kthxbai 🔒

  • There is much to be done such as repealing the Taft-Hartley Act. This legislation has destroyed the ability of unions to mount coordinated comprehensive opposition to entrenched organized power. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft…

  • This is a despicable decision that destroys the first amendment. Hopefully, it is overturned. www.npr.org/2025/04/1…

  • Why won’t Trump release the INNOCENT MAN he sent to an El Salvadoran TORTURE PRISON? Did they MURDER him? Are they AFRAID OF WHAT HE WILL SAY if he makes it back? www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjdYdQ…

  • A way to do this and demonstrate clear intent that your aim is NOT voter suppression would be to make the accepted forms of identification free of charge to obtain; otherwise, it’s voter suppression. Full stop. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…

  • LegalEagle – On Due Process: youtu.be/ryxRgQWuU…

  • The Trump regime appears to be pressuring Amazon to ban books that they don’t like (under threat of withholding federal contracts): www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjeXcB… 😡

  • Well, I’m glad that SCOTUS is gingerly trying to get the regime to bring back that guy they wrongly kidnapped and sent to a gulag in another country. But we need to have a conversation about how this info is reported: Fox News straight up ignores the story; it never surfaces it on its website. Ever.

  • I want to live in the world where pop music sounds like THIS: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjJMqa… 🎵

  • xkcd: Tariffs xkcd.com/3073/

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