Jack Brown

Jack Brown

@pastorjack.bsky.social

Not-that-kind-of-pastor. Born in the USA, at home in Bonnie Scotland. Lover of pop culture, teacher and student of film. Just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe.

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They care more for fictional kids at fictional schools getting fictional surgeries than they do for real kids at real schools getting shot by real bullets.

The new “America.gov” website, highly touted by the Trump administration, answers “Joe Biden” when you ask it who won the 2020 election!

If the Democrats were smart they would latch onto AI as a central campaign issue, pledging to pursue safeguards and boundaries to protect the world from malicious use of AI, either by dodgy individuals or by the AI bots themselves. People would support that, methinks.

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After a week of taking heat for his Trump jokes, Jelly Roll used his final night guest-hosting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to tearfully set the record straight about his politics, his faith, and that photo with the president.

dlvr.itJelly Roll Tearfully ‘Sets the Record Straight’ on KimmelAfter a week of taking heat for his Trump jokes, Jelly Roll used his final night guest-hosting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to tearfully set the record straight about his politics, his faith, and that photo with the president.

So...let me understand this latest episode of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds"... ...it takes place in a star system where radiation makes everything look black and white. And it just so happens that in this star system there's a planet whose culture physically resembles noir films of the 40s...

...and on this planet there is a struggle taking place that emulates a classic black-and-white film, "Casablanca," down to having a parallel scene to the famous "La Marseillaise" scene from that very film. Even the people on this planet dress like characters from that film and hang out in a bar...

...that resembles Rick's Café Américain from yet again the same film. Gotcha. Just making sure I had it all straight. Look...I have no beef with those who like this show. But I just can't make the leaps it wants its audience to make. And I'm their prime target audience, too. Makes me sad.

So it looks like Thursday's speech is going to be recycled claims from D'Souza's ridiculous "2000 Mules" film. But the cult will eat it all up. They will buy it hook, line, and sinker. And I really fear for the midterms. Remember, folks...every accusation is a confession.

I know complaining about verisimilitude in a movie about talking toys is kinda ridiculous...but can we talk about device connectivity in Toy Story 5? I mean, seriously...how does that work???

The Trump cult tells you that if you disagree with his direction for the country it's because you hate America. I believe the opposite. I believe that opposition to Trump and his ilk is driven by love for America and grief over how it is being destroyed all to stroke the ego of one man.

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Victories yesterday by candidates who believe all Muslims should be deported from the UK and who believe the Holocaust was a hoax... ...c'mon, UK, I thought I escaped the crazy when I moved here from the States. Don't let it spread here!

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The effects of our policies are so bad that we promise not to put them in your constituency is certainly an interesting campaign message

Funny how the economy was so good a couple of months ago and it was all Trump, but now that it's faltering it's back to being "Biden's economy." So predictable.

The way Trump wields tariffs it's like he's trying to run his own little protection racket: "Nice little economy you've got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it."

People keep saying it's about the oil. And yes, for sure it's about the oil. But it's also about the fragile ego of a feckless leader who is weak but desperately needs to be seen as strong.

Watching this Presidential administration is like watching a bizarre combination of the Three Stooges, The Little Rascals, and Don Quixote. I'm surprised the door to the Oval Office doesn't have a sign that says "He-Man Biden Hater's Club."

It's been proven that every mother who has given birth to an autistic child breathed in a mixture of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and about 1% other gases such as argon, carbon dioxide, neon, and helium. These elements in this particular formulation must be banned IMMEDIATELY.

I love Michael Giacchino's music. His scores are always top-notch. But man...give it up with the pseudo-clever track names, please. It's just not funny, not cute, and not needed. #uselesssoundtrackrantover

Recently I got into a debate on another social media site. Not worth going into the details, but to make my point I posted ACTUAL DATA, as in "I literally did the math." I showed how his premise was wrong & could be proven wrong with FACTS. But even with the hard & fast numbers in front of him.../1

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...our narrative, such as firing the person who reports the facts or going back and altering published works that no longer agree with the narrative you want to promote. We live in a post-truth society. Confirmation bias used to be the main problem created by social media, where we gravitate... /4

...only towards interpretations of facts that align with our worldview. Now it's a secondary issue, because now those facts are being erased and voices that offer a contrary interpretation are being silenced. It's so sad, folks. So very sad. /end

Recently I got into a debate on another social media site. Not worth going into the details, but to make my point I posted ACTUAL DATA, as in "I literally did the math." I showed how his premise was wrong & could be proven wrong with FACTS. But even with the hard & fast numbers in front of him.../1

...he continued to call me a liar. To "bolster" his point he found a quote from someone and took it completely out of context and then treated it as a "mic drop." I was trying to figure out why I had such an inordinate response to this stupidity from a stranger on the internet, and it took me... /2

...a while to realize that I was mad because it was reflective of our world's increasing acceptance of false narratives even when the facts are right in front of us. What triggers an even stronger response from me is that we are seeing a willingness to change the facts when they don't fit... /3

So...we're all quite a ways into our post-Twitter lives. Like many of you, I've kept accounts on both Threads and here. I'm curious...what's been you're experience? What's working well for you? What isn't? Y'all gonna keep doing what you're doing or is a permanent post-Twitter plan forming for you?