Brady J. Frey
@bradyjfrey.com
Executive, postgraduate philosophy, loves reading, sports, things, stuff. Find me at https://www.bradyjfrey.com
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... "They will age out of adrenaline and into consequence... realizing the violence they executed, the way they executed it, wasn’t a show of strength but a moment when the state handed them permission to become someone they are not built to live with forever."
How Today’s Righteous Violence Turns Into Tomorrow’s Psychological Suffering
A veteran reflects on how violence that contradicts our conscience leads to severe moral anguish over time.
greatergood.berkeley.edu
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... "They will age out of adrenaline and into consequence... realizing the violence they executed, the way they executed it, wasn’t a show of strength but a moment when the state handed them permission to become someone they are not built to live with forever."
“Just to get the awkward part out of the way, I acknowledge that, in a weak moment, and having lost a bet years ago, I have been pierced at Claire’s,” confessed Steven Fox, a Riemer & Braunstein lawyer representing liquidator Hilco. “The location will remain unnamed.” www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cl...
The Bankruptcy Court Where People Can’t Stop Talking About Piercing Their Ears
Restructuring proceedings for tween retailer Claire’s devolved into ear-piercing stories, confessions and a fateful wager
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October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“Just to get the awkward part out of the way, I acknowledge that, in a weak moment, and having lost a bet years ago, I have been pierced at Claire’s,” confessed Steven Fox, a Riemer & Braunstein lawyer representing liquidator Hilco. “The location will remain unnamed.” www.wsj.com/lifestyle/cl...
Ooooh, tomorrow’s Batman day! Miller’s @farawaypress.com Batman: Revolution arrives.
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Ooooh, tomorrow’s Batman day! Miller’s @farawaypress.com Batman: Revolution arrives.
So glad google added AI to its cameras:
October 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
So glad google added AI to its cameras:
The dawn of the post-literate society jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
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September 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The dawn of the post-literate society jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
Charlie Kirk’s killing sparks calls to temper the violent tones of US politics www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
Charlie Kirk’s killing sparks calls to temper the violent tones of US politics
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on Wednesday while speaking at a Utah university. While the motive remains unknown, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called it “a political assassination.”
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September 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Charlie Kirk’s killing sparks calls to temper the violent tones of US politics www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics...
When John McCain passed, the president resisted calls for the senator, congressman, POW, and naval officer to receive full honors while flying the flag at half-staff. An unelected activist receives it without question:
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John McCain death: Trump lowers White House flag after criticism
President Trump reacts to criticism that he offered a half-hearted tribute to the late John McCain.
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September 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
When John McCain passed, the president resisted calls for the senator, congressman, POW, and naval officer to receive full honors while flying the flag at half-staff. An unelected activist receives it without question:
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“Chat! I finally clocked why biggie ate that meme.” messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
My daughters’ slang taught me something cool about how language evolves
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September 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“Chat! I finally clocked why biggie ate that meme.” messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
“Change is random. Change is rude-uh!” messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
A wonderfully petulant example of how language changes
messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Change is random. Change is rude-uh!” messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...
‘LegoGPT’ designs Lego models with nothing but a prompt www.fastcompany.com/91335682/leg...
‘LegoGPT’ designs Lego models with nothing but a prompt
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University just developed an AI model that can use text prompts to build Lego structures.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
‘LegoGPT’ designs Lego models with nothing but a prompt www.fastcompany.com/91335682/leg...
For Some International Students, U.S. Dreams Dim Under Trump
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids, and start raising kind ones.
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Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids
And start raising kind ones.
www.theatlantic.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids, and start raising kind ones.
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www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Phew, for a minute there, I thought the arts were going to get too much funding
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Phew, for a Minute There, I Thought the Arts Were Going to Get Too Much Funding
“Dozens of US arts organizations have been notified that offers of government grants have been terminated, hours after Donald Trump proposed elimin...
www.mcsweeneys.net
May 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Phew, for a minute there, I thought the arts were going to get too much funding
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/phe...
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Meta’s AI bots are empowered to engage in “romantic role-play.” The chats can turn explicit, even when the users are children. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children
Chatbots on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are empowered to engage in ‘romantic role-play’ that can turn explicit. Some people inside the company are concerned.
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April 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Meta’s AI bots are empowered to engage in “romantic role-play.” The chats can turn explicit, even when the users are children. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
“The legal profession can never be superseded by automata.” Famous last words, Alfred North Whitehead.
April 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“The legal profession can never be superseded by automata.” Famous last words, Alfred North Whitehead.
Majority of attempts to ban books in US come from organised groups, not parents www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Majority of attempts to ban books in US come from organised groups, not parents
Last year 72% of demands to censor books were initiated by pressure groups and government entities; with just 16% of ban attempts made by parents
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April 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Majority of attempts to ban books in US come from organised groups, not parents www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Trump’s Secret Police Are Now Disappearing Students For Their Op-Eds www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/t...
Trump’s Secret Police Are Now Disappearing Students For Their Op-Eds
For years, we’ve been hearing breathless warnings about a “campus free speech crisis” from self-proclaimed free speech warriors. Their evidence? College students doing what colleg…
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March 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Trump’s Secret Police Are Now Disappearing Students For Their Op-Eds www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/t...
Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading
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Pluralistic: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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March 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading
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How 76 coffee orders turned into a morning of chaos for two top Red Sox prospects
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How 76 coffee orders turned into a morning of chaos for two top Red Sox prospects
During a chat, Walker Buehler decided Anthony would buy coffee for everyone in the Red Sox organization. Early morning chaos ensued.
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March 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
How 76 coffee orders turned into a morning of chaos for two top Red Sox prospects
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Your guide to the new anti-immigration argument econ.st/41LQbdR
Your guide to the new anti-immigration argument
Nativists say that migrants raise house prices, cost money and undermine economic growth. Do they have a point?
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March 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Your guide to the new anti-immigration argument econ.st/41LQbdR