Brandon M
@beemooney.bsky.social
Gay🏳️🌈 | Ohio Politico | Gaymer 🎮 | Graphic Designer 👨🏻💻 | Community Activist | Trans Rights 🏳️⚧️ | Pro-Abortion | He, Him, His
Hot take: I think $20+ to RENT a movie is absurd. Idc how new it is.
December 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Hot take: I think $20+ to RENT a movie is absurd. Idc how new it is.
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sincerely, if you're in wargaming i strongly recommend getting very good at spotting which people play the black templars because of the "templars" part, there's a lot of fash hiding behind the fandom in some spaces
Far-right groups are co-opting the aesthetics of the Crusades for their own objectives, transforming an obsession with feudal justice into a campaign for a White Christian nation.
Why We Should All Be Worried About "Crusadercore"
This online trend equips young, White men with a historically bastardized visual lexicon — one that gives new credence and religious authority to far-right bigotry.
hyperallergic.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
sincerely, if you're in wargaming i strongly recommend getting very good at spotting which people play the black templars because of the "templars" part, there's a lot of fash hiding behind the fandom in some spaces
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I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
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@marisakabas.bsky.social managing to concisely lay out what's going on, without screaming and cursing like when I do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
@marisakabas.bsky.social managing to concisely lay out what's going on, without screaming and cursing like when I do it
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December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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“Did the military do that?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
I suspect he just blew a deniable CIA covert op, because he’s a big dummy.
“It doesn’t matter.”
I suspect he just blew a deniable CIA covert op, because he’s a big dummy.
Q: Can you say any more about the explosion in Venezuela that you mentioned in a radio interview. Did the military do that?
TRUMP: Well, it doesn't matter. But there was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs. We hit the area.
TRUMP: Well, it doesn't matter. But there was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs. We hit the area.
December 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“Did the military do that?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
I suspect he just blew a deniable CIA covert op, because he’s a big dummy.
“It doesn’t matter.”
I suspect he just blew a deniable CIA covert op, because he’s a big dummy.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich not to throw a huge embarrassing snit over not having his ego fluffed.
tell me if you've heard this one before: a billionaire gets upset for being criticized for saying stupid things on social media, then confidentially concludes the problem is most certainly everybody else
Mark Cuban Says It’s ‘CRAZY’ That 'Real Conversations' Are Easier On X Or Threads Than On Bluesky
Mark Cuban, billionaire entrepreneur and longtime "Shark Tank" star, is stepping back from Bluesky, the social media platform once hailed as a kinder, more
offthefrontpage.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich not to throw a huge embarrassing snit over not having his ego fluffed.
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Yeah guys, Alex Karp of Palantir is a totally normal guy who just happens to quote several minutes’ worth of a Nazi speech, before doing random tai chi and leaving
Karp is a dangerous, completely unhinged lunatic and it’s made worse by the fact that he’s obviously on coke too
Karp is a dangerous, completely unhinged lunatic and it’s made worse by the fact that he’s obviously on coke too
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Yeah guys, Alex Karp of Palantir is a totally normal guy who just happens to quote several minutes’ worth of a Nazi speech, before doing random tai chi and leaving
Karp is a dangerous, completely unhinged lunatic and it’s made worse by the fact that he’s obviously on coke too
Karp is a dangerous, completely unhinged lunatic and it’s made worse by the fact that he’s obviously on coke too
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Trump guys on Twitter are using Grok to “hunt” daycares in their nearest city to see if there are kids in them and, if there are, if they’re Somali.
December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Trump guys on Twitter are using Grok to “hunt” daycares in their nearest city to see if there are kids in them and, if there are, if they’re Somali.
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Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny
Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.
www.motherjones.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it
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OK, a little pie-in-the-sky goal here: Any chance we could get Law Dork 549 new subscribers — free or paid — before the new year?
That would give Law Dork 80,000 total subscribers!
If you've relied on my work this year, share this with your recommendation!
www.lawdork.com
That would give Law Dork 80,000 total subscribers!
If you've relied on my work this year, share this with your recommendation!
www.lawdork.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
OK, a little pie-in-the-sky goal here: Any chance we could get Law Dork 549 new subscribers — free or paid — before the new year?
That would give Law Dork 80,000 total subscribers!
If you've relied on my work this year, share this with your recommendation!
www.lawdork.com
That would give Law Dork 80,000 total subscribers!
If you've relied on my work this year, share this with your recommendation!
www.lawdork.com
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The FDA warned companies selling chest binders to register their products as medical devices. Here's how they're responding.
Chest binder vendors respond to 'absurd' FDA warning letter: 'Clearly discrimination'
www.advocate.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The FDA warned companies selling chest binders to register their products as medical devices. Here's how they're responding.
Putin also told me Valve is definitely about to release the half-life game soon. He wouldn’t lie to me.
Trump to a reporter: "You're saying maybe the attack didn't place? That's possible too I guess. But President Putin told me this morning it did."
December 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Putin also told me Valve is definitely about to release the half-life game soon. He wouldn’t lie to me.
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If only we had this thing called the United States Intelligence Community that could advise the old man.
Trump to a reporter: "You're saying maybe the attack didn't place? That's possible too I guess. But President Putin told me this morning it did."
December 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If only we had this thing called the United States Intelligence Community that could advise the old man.
It’s Heated Rivalry but it’s just the two guys in my house installing two doors for me. 🥹
two young men are posing for a picture and one has a speech bubble above his head that says ' i love you '
ALT: two young men are posing for a picture and one has a speech bubble above his head that says ' i love you '
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It’s Heated Rivalry but it’s just the two guys in my house installing two doors for me. 🥹
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Thinking about how this will play out in the legal market.
The question then becomes: how much more expensive will mid-career employees be if you have to bid them away from firms that are producing them in a few years, and does that exceed what you save by using AI as an excuse not to hire now?
December 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Thinking about how this will play out in the legal market.
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2025 was brutal for games media, but I'm seeing some glimmers of hope as worker-owned sites like @aftermath.site, @rascal.news, and @giantbomb.bsky.social have carved out vital spaces in the games community.
Earlier this year, I made a huge Indie Games Media starter pack for y'all. Let's celebrate.
Earlier this year, I made a huge Indie Games Media starter pack for y'all. Let's celebrate.
December 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
2025 was brutal for games media, but I'm seeing some glimmers of hope as worker-owned sites like @aftermath.site, @rascal.news, and @giantbomb.bsky.social have carved out vital spaces in the games community.
Earlier this year, I made a huge Indie Games Media starter pack for y'all. Let's celebrate.
Earlier this year, I made a huge Indie Games Media starter pack for y'all. Let's celebrate.
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We raise similar objections in Generative Misinterpretation. Using AI for empirical interpretive tasks is much trickier than it looks, and while there may be good solutions to some of the challenges, no good will come of ignoring them.
5/5
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
5/5
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Generative Misinterpretation
In a series of provocative experiments, a loose group of scholars, lawyers, and judges has endorsed generative interpretation: asking large language models (LLM
papers.ssrn.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We raise similar objections in Generative Misinterpretation. Using AI for empirical interpretive tasks is much trickier than it looks, and while there may be good solutions to some of the challenges, no good will come of ignoring them.
5/5
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
5/5
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
BRING IN THE DANCING LOBSTERS
December 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
BRING IN THE DANCING LOBSTERS
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Alternate media is now essential media, because the "mainstream" press is no longer reporting on essential stories, including the rapid decaying of Trump's mind and body.
December 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Alternate media is now essential media, because the "mainstream" press is no longer reporting on essential stories, including the rapid decaying of Trump's mind and body.
[non New Yorker here]
Isn’t that where the river of pink slime was in Ghostbusters 2?
Isn’t that where the river of pink slime was in Ghostbusters 2?
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
[non New Yorker here]
Isn’t that where the river of pink slime was in Ghostbusters 2?
Isn’t that where the river of pink slime was in Ghostbusters 2?