Brian Maggi
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Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
October 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Prime example of white privilege in plain sight.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called “kids” to excuse their hate. They’re not boys and girls, they’re grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
When people get upset comparing Trump to Hitler and MAGA to Nazis, its hard to tell whose reputation they’re trying to protect.
October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
When people get upset comparing Trump to Hitler and MAGA to Nazis, its hard to tell whose reputation they’re trying to protect.
Where the fuck do they expect the missliles to land?
Governor Newsom has issued a response on social media:
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Where the fuck do they expect the missliles to land?
It ought to be No Dipshits.
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
It ought to be No Dipshits.
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George Stephanopolous did what every anchor and host should have been doing since Bush 2000: Rejecting the bullshit, gaslighting, and rude, evasive filibustering the GOP has perfected to hide their lies.
NO MORE BULLSHIT.
NO MORE BULLSHIT.
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
George Stephanopolous did what every anchor and host should have been doing since Bush 2000: Rejecting the bullshit, gaslighting, and rude, evasive filibustering the GOP has perfected to hide their lies.
NO MORE BULLSHIT.
NO MORE BULLSHIT.
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It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.
October 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.
I hate to break it to the AP nerds leading the resistance, but dressing up as Handmaids and chanting "No Kings" is not the sick burn you think it is. If anything, it's flattering because MAGA doesn't read and it's actually what they've been promised.
October 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I hate to break it to the AP nerds leading the resistance, but dressing up as Handmaids and chanting "No Kings" is not the sick burn you think it is. If anything, it's flattering because MAGA doesn't read and it's actually what they've been promised.
ICE agents on the streets make America safer because they're not home abusing their wives and children.
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
ICE agents on the streets make America safer because they're not home abusing their wives and children.
"Both sides" is chump for "I lost the argument, but won't change my mind."
October 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"Both sides" is chump for "I lost the argument, but won't change my mind."
I imagine the first couple will taste amazing, but they'll keep changing the ingredients.
www.stereogum.com/2325803/the-...
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The Smashing Pumpkins Announce Goth Erewhon Smoothie
A lot of musicians have collaborated with Erewhon for signature smoothies, like Kacey Musgraves, Travis Scott, and Kali Uchis. Now, the Smashing Pumpkins are joining forces with the grocery store to l...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I imagine the first couple will taste amazing, but they'll keep changing the ingredients.
www.stereogum.com/2325803/the-...
www.stereogum.com/2325803/the-...
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I'm interviewing Paulina Borsook for the Nerd Reich podcast on Friday. Got any questions for her/us?
Let me know—and sign up to get notified when it gets published.
Newsletter (paywall-free!): www.thenerdreich.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheNerdReic...
Let me know—and sign up to get notified when it gets published.
Newsletter (paywall-free!): www.thenerdreich.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheNerdReic...
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I'm interviewing Paulina Borsook for the Nerd Reich podcast on Friday. Got any questions for her/us?
Let me know—and sign up to get notified when it gets published.
Newsletter (paywall-free!): www.thenerdreich.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheNerdReic...
Let me know—and sign up to get notified when it gets published.
Newsletter (paywall-free!): www.thenerdreich.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheNerdReic...
If incompetency wasn't enough to keep people from voting for trump, then why expect fascism, authoritarianism and treason to bother them either.
October 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If incompetency wasn't enough to keep people from voting for trump, then why expect fascism, authoritarianism and treason to bother them either.
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Now available at Barnes & Noble!
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October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Now available at Barnes & Noble!
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That's right, make America Byzantine again.
October 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
That's right, make America Byzantine again.
I can't picture this movie being anything but a series of rock n' roll clichés. I'd actually pay money to see The Replacements cast as 'The Party' in Stranger Things though. @pitchfork.com
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The Replacements Biopic in the Works From Eric and Finn Wolfhard
The Stranger Things actor, his father, and producer Rich Peete are adapting Bob Mehr’s biography Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements for the big screen
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October 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I can't picture this movie being anything but a series of rock n' roll clichés. I'd actually pay money to see The Replacements cast as 'The Party' in Stranger Things though. @pitchfork.com
pitchfork.com/news/the-rep...
pitchfork.com/news/the-rep...
Finding out Tom Arnold is a “comedy legend“ is a much bigger scoop.
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'They're in Kansas': Comedy legend gives inside scoop on location of tapes to hurt Trump
Tom Arnold has been claiming for years to know about recordings so shocking they could end President Donald Trump's political career, and he recently pinpointed their whereabouts.The comedian and acto...
www.rawstory.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Finding out Tom Arnold is a “comedy legend“ is a much bigger scoop.
www.rawstory.com/tom-arnold-t...
www.rawstory.com/tom-arnold-t...
Hegseth a man covered in faux religious tattoos like a man perpetually on spring break, says no beard or long hair.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hegseth a man covered in faux religious tattoos like a man perpetually on spring break, says no beard or long hair.
www.aol.com/tattooed-sec...
www.aol.com/tattooed-sec...
Comedians who say comedy is the hardest thing they've ever done probably weren't doing very hard things before.
October 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Comedians who say comedy is the hardest thing they've ever done probably weren't doing very hard things before.
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NEW VIDEO: "AN ABUSE COVER-UP TO PROTECT TAX BREAKS MORE PRECIOUS THAN CHILDREN"
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AN ABUSE COVER-UP TO PROTECT TAX BREAKS MORE PRECIOUS THAN CHILDREN
YouTube video by Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian
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October 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NEW VIDEO: "AN ABUSE COVER-UP TO PROTECT TAX BREAKS MORE PRECIOUS THAN CHILDREN"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnzI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnzI...
I wasn't worried Bill Burr would lose his head by going to Riyadh…just his balls. Nihilism has supplanted irony among the comics who signed up for this shit show.
Remember kids, it's not censorship if the contract tells you what you can and cannot say.
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Remember kids, it's not censorship if the contract tells you what you can and cannot say.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Bill Burr Defends Riyadh Comedy Festival Gig Amid Backlash: ‘Definitely Top Three Experiences I’ve Had’
Bill Burr defended his appearance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival amid the backlash from fellow comedians and human rights organizations.
variety.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I wasn't worried Bill Burr would lose his head by going to Riyadh…just his balls. Nihilism has supplanted irony among the comics who signed up for this shit show.
Remember kids, it's not censorship if the contract tells you what you can and cannot say.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Remember kids, it's not censorship if the contract tells you what you can and cannot say.
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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David Cross folks.
September 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
David Cross folks.
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None of the 37 contributors to In Formation were monetarily compensated, but I was given a couple of boxes of the magazine & I still have a few for sale through my 'buy me a coffee' page. (Or, you can get a copy from informationmagazine dot com. ) 4/4 buymeacoffee.com/johnsundman/...
In Formation magazine, issue #3
A beautiful, funny, profound work of art and analysis from inside the belly of the Silicon Valley beast. Includes my essay The Varieties of Silicon Valley Religious Experience. For a complete descript
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September 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
None of the 37 contributors to In Formation were monetarily compensated, but I was given a couple of boxes of the magazine & I still have a few for sale through my 'buy me a coffee' page. (Or, you can get a copy from informationmagazine dot com. ) 4/4 buymeacoffee.com/johnsundman/...
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I'm supposed to be laser-focused on book edits this week. So of course I wrote something for The Atlantic yesterday and then spent this morning on a links-and-commentary roundup.
(...Nobody tell my editor, okay?)
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
(...Nobody tell my editor, okay?)
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Bullet Points: A Few Good Reads
"Every Day, Computers Are Making People Easier to Use"
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September 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'm supposed to be laser-focused on book edits this week. So of course I wrote something for The Atlantic yesterday and then spent this morning on a links-and-commentary roundup.
(...Nobody tell my editor, okay?)
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
(...Nobody tell my editor, okay?)
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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Eye-opening thread
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Eye-opening thread
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14/ She recently helped launch a new magazine, In|Formation, and wrote some pieces.
informationmagazine.com
informationmagazine.com
In Formation Magazine
Every day, computers are making people easier to use. The cult magazine about what tech is doing to us is back after 25 years.
informationmagazine.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
14/ She recently helped launch a new magazine, In|Formation, and wrote some pieces.
informationmagazine.com
informationmagazine.com