John Birmingham
@birmo.bsky.social
I write for food and shelter.
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I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE
With Bardot's passing, the only named individuals in Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire that are still alive are Bob Dylan, Chubby Checker, and Bernie Goetz. The last one standing will claim The Prize.
Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91
January 1, 2026 at 6:36 AM
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE
And so another year ends and I draw closer to my dream of prowling the ruins of our fallen civilization to hunt down the monsters who did this to us.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
And so another year ends and I draw closer to my dream of prowling the ruins of our fallen civilization to hunt down the monsters who did this to us.
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Or it's a grand conspiracy 😏
December 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Or it's a grand conspiracy 😏
Been getting lots of correspondence (on paper!) from the law firm handling the Anthropic settlement and it’s been like having a second, secret Christmas wrapped up in the first. Very much looking forward to taking Anthropic’s money. Might spend it on some paper books.
December 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Been getting lots of correspondence (on paper!) from the law firm handling the Anthropic settlement and it’s been like having a second, secret Christmas wrapped up in the first. Very much looking forward to taking Anthropic’s money. Might spend it on some paper books.
Just read this in Men’s Health magazine and I have never felt more seen: ‘In my experience, lazy people don’t get insomnia. If [a lazy person’s] sleep goes a bit wrong, they’re like, “What can I do about it? Nothing.” And then it resolves itself.’
December 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just read this in Men’s Health magazine and I have never felt more seen: ‘In my experience, lazy people don’t get insomnia. If [a lazy person’s] sleep goes a bit wrong, they’re like, “What can I do about it? Nothing.” And then it resolves itself.’
Doing a Rob Reiner retrospective for Christmas. Started with Spinal Tap, a great movie, very funny, but it reminded me of how much of rock ‘n’ roll was really terrible
December 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Doing a Rob Reiner retrospective for Christmas. Started with Spinal Tap, a great movie, very funny, but it reminded me of how much of rock ‘n’ roll was really terrible
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Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
There’s a reason Santa’s so fucking jolly
December 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
There’s a reason Santa’s so fucking jolly
You know, it’s possible the Trump Class battleship will deter Chinese adventurism because no PLAN admiral wants to risk the loss of face involved in soiling his dress whites while laughing so hard at these fucking things during an engagement that he loses control of his bladder.
December 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
You know, it’s possible the Trump Class battleship will deter Chinese adventurism because no PLAN admiral wants to risk the loss of face involved in soiling his dress whites while laughing so hard at these fucking things during an engagement that he loses control of his bladder.
If you’re booing someone at funeral, you should probably take a look at yourself
December 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
If you’re booing someone at funeral, you should probably take a look at yourself
I had to cut and cut again to remove Bad JB from the final copy
What would Ahmed do?
This is a tough one.
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I had to cut and cut again to remove Bad JB from the final copy
I’d been holding off updating my iPhone OS because all my favorite Apple podcast bros hate Liquid Glass with the power of a thousand suns. But I updated yesterday and I don’t mind it at all.
December 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I’d been holding off updating my iPhone OS because all my favorite Apple podcast bros hate Liquid Glass with the power of a thousand suns. But I updated yesterday and I don’t mind it at all.
This is why Lee is my favorite. Also, he’s inspired me to write another one next year
What a cracking fun read @birmo.bsky.social. Looking forward to Book 2.
December 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is why Lee is my favorite. Also, he’s inspired me to write another one next year
Meanwhile back at the legacy content farm… NYT: “In combative speech Trump tries to deflect blame for economic worries.”
It’s like they’ve forgotten how to write down what’s happening and put it in an article.
It’s like they’ve forgotten how to write down what’s happening and put it in an article.
He is literally ranting and raving, and I am really really glad this is being carried by the networks
December 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Meanwhile back at the legacy content farm… NYT: “In combative speech Trump tries to deflect blame for economic worries.”
It’s like they’ve forgotten how to write down what’s happening and put it in an article.
It’s like they’ve forgotten how to write down what’s happening and put it in an article.
Boy, I haven’t seen the news yet but really surprised at Josh Frydenberg blaming Netanyahu for the Bondi massacre.
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Boy, I haven’t seen the news yet but really surprised at Josh Frydenberg blaming Netanyahu for the Bondi massacre.
Having lunch. Reading the third of Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet and loving the shit out of Elena morphing from novelist to journalist. It feels like Ferrante wrote it just for me.
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Having lunch. Reading the third of Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet and loving the shit out of Elena morphing from novelist to journalist. It feels like Ferrante wrote it just for me.
Just wrote a bad sentence: He wedged his back against the slab of broken cement block and pushed.
Was about to delete it and start again, when I thought, wait, maybe I should leave this as a humble organic flaw. Proof that I alone wrote this terrible garbage copy.
Then I deleted it.
Was about to delete it and start again, when I thought, wait, maybe I should leave this as a humble organic flaw. Proof that I alone wrote this terrible garbage copy.
Then I deleted it.
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Just wrote a bad sentence: He wedged his back against the slab of broken cement block and pushed.
Was about to delete it and start again, when I thought, wait, maybe I should leave this as a humble organic flaw. Proof that I alone wrote this terrible garbage copy.
Then I deleted it.
Was about to delete it and start again, when I thought, wait, maybe I should leave this as a humble organic flaw. Proof that I alone wrote this terrible garbage copy.
Then I deleted it.
This is a legitimate concern. But Imma still throw an absofuckinglutely banging kegger to celebrate.
Everyone’s gonna die someday. Trump may die sooner, and when he does, I worry there will be a genuine explosion of violence by people who will be enraged by the celebrations, a deepening of the rift.
December 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is a legitimate concern. But Imma still throw an absofuckinglutely banging kegger to celebrate.
Oh cool. The shitty AI book promo scammers have evolved into shitty AI Newsletter scammers.
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Oh cool. The shitty AI book promo scammers have evolved into shitty AI Newsletter scammers.
Miracles do happen. I just convinced the power company they read my mother’s meter wrong and they owed her an apology and a refund.
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Miracles do happen. I just convinced the power company they read my mother’s meter wrong and they owed her an apology and a refund.
I hand wrote today’s column about writing by hand.
I literally wrote this for you.
Something a little different this week.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I hand wrote today’s column about writing by hand.
The Lemonheads were really good. People forget that sometimes.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Lemonheads were really good. People forget that sometimes.
My broadband is out, so I am writing a letter to a friend by hand. I feel like quite the steam powered gentleman
December 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
My broadband is out, so I am writing a letter to a friend by hand. I feel like quite the steam powered gentleman