BR Cross
Father of two awesome kids.
Activist, anarchist, transhumanist and humanist.
1/4 of Posthuman Studios and co-creator of Eclipse Phase RPG.
Former sociology professor, former online wellbeing researcher.
Loves cats, games, and so much nerd shit.
- Reposted by BR CrossSo it's Black History Month and that means I think it's a good time to get familiar with Mike Pondsmith, if you're not already. When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world. Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him. cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...
- Reposted by BR Cross🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US. Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records. Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
- Thanks Joe! I posted a bad link to the campaign but @gigolojoe.bsky.social has reposted the correct one.
- Lol, lmfao.
- So this is wild but a little bit of clarification in that the /pol/ being described here was a 'reincarnation' of the older version that existed prior to it but which was just as vile in the mid 00's.
- Getting arrested has rarely helped your movement. It just puts you in increased danger of suffering violence, and makes it more likely you'll be on their radar next time around.
- When going out to protest, the goal shouldn’t be to get arrested. Do not run yourself into arrests. Do not just hand yourself over to the state. Watch and share on instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DGV_jSt...
- I love that Trump, in slow rolling the Epstein releases to presumably protect himself, is throwing everyone else named in them to the wolves as each drip drop release names a new handful of wealthy assholes who get their very own media circus until the next drop.
- Hey, my comrades at @posthumanstudios.com (Eclipse Phase) are gearing up to launch our next RPG, The Snarl a 'weird sylvan' setting. It'd be great if you could give it a signal boost. www.kickstarter.com/projects/507..
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- Lotta 'checkmate leftists' energy in the replies to Obama's post promoting <squints> an Ezra Klein podcast? Guess it's all sorted now that America's nicest war criminal president has recommended the 'let's all just get along and let rich people lead us' guy's podcast.
- Reposted by BR CrossThis is the way. Any 2028 Dem candidates need to start saying that on Day One: (1) all ICE agents fired; (2) pensions/benefits defunded; (3) forced to pay backpay as restitution to victims; and (4) only way to avoid prison is to become a cooperating informant
- Reposted by BR CrossNATURE has done a terrific (if depressing) job of summarizing the devastating cuts to science during Trump's first year. At this point, only the willingness of the House and Senate to restore research budgets prevents scientific extinction. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
- I don't want to be the killjoy here, but this is something that's been happening for decades with regular cops. Richard Leo covered it in the '90s describing police taping phone books to suspects' heads and beating them with batons to prevent them from showing any bruising in court.
- A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
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- Listening to elected Democrats talk about how being too critical of ICE might turn off some swing voters AND that they don't even know if they could get rid of ICE is just so frustrating. You're gonna lose more than swing voters, and the GOP seems to have no problems defunding entire departments.
- Getting real tired of politicians who roll around with an entire team of body guards telling people in communities under assault to just lie down and take it and to not do anything to distract from the midterms.
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- Name and shame em!
