Brian White
@brianwhite.bsky.social
Learning design/tech. Jazz guitar, and cocktail enthusiast. Former broadcaster. Sighthound owner. Advised a handful of political campaigns.
Opinions are my own.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianwhite55
Opinions are my own.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianwhite55
@dansinker.com is a very good, thoughtful writer. This idea of Doing the Work –whether it’s writing, or music, or being a parent, or whatever is important to you – is something to think about as we head into 2026.
This year we've been told over and over that there are shortcuts to Doing The Work. But there aren't, not really.
Here on the shortest day of the longest year I wrote a little defense of Doing The Work. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
Here on the shortest day of the longest year I wrote a little defense of Doing The Work. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
A note in defense of Doing The Work, written on the shortest day of the longest year | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@dansinker.com is a very good, thoughtful writer. This idea of Doing the Work –whether it’s writing, or music, or being a parent, or whatever is important to you – is something to think about as we head into 2026.
There are three key “shadow fleets” - Russia, Venezuela and Iran. The less Venezuelan oil on the market, the better for Russia. With this administration, there is ALWAYS a Russia angle.
This is an act of war and the Trump admin is doing everything they can to provoke a Gulf of Tonkin incident.
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There are three key “shadow fleets” - Russia, Venezuela and Iran. The less Venezuelan oil on the market, the better for Russia. With this administration, there is ALWAYS a Russia angle.
This @adamserwer.bsky.social Atlantic piece shows how the 14th and 15th Amendments are being rolled back, pushing us toward an “Antebellum Constitution” that tolerated racial inequality instead of protecting equal citizenship. It’s a powerful critique, and well worth your time. Gift article below.
The Return of the Antebellum Constitution
The Supreme Court and the president are undermining the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
www.theatlantic.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This @adamserwer.bsky.social Atlantic piece shows how the 14th and 15th Amendments are being rolled back, pushing us toward an “Antebellum Constitution” that tolerated racial inequality instead of protecting equal citizenship. It’s a powerful critique, and well worth your time. Gift article below.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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The @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have done a great job on Epstein. My only suggestion to them, and to their colleagues, is that they say, instead of “we need transparency,” “we need the truth.” “We need the truth” is simple, kind of catchy…and true.
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have done a great job on Epstein. My only suggestion to them, and to their colleagues, is that they say, instead of “we need transparency,” “we need the truth.” “We need the truth” is simple, kind of catchy…and true.
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Caller: My house is on fire. (1/7)
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Caller: My house is on fire. (1/7)
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
🧵— [Phone rings]
Dispatcher: Thank you for calling IgniteSure™ Fire Response, a SynergyCore Capital portfolio company. This call may be recorded to improve shareholder value. How may I route your emergency today?
Caller: My house is on fire. (1/7)
Dispatcher: Thank you for calling IgniteSure™ Fire Response, a SynergyCore Capital portfolio company. This call may be recorded to improve shareholder value. How may I route your emergency today?
Caller: My house is on fire. (1/7)
Killing human beings is never anything to make light of – particularly when it comes from someone who has the most powerful military in the history of the world at his disposal. This is beyond obscene.
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Killing human beings is never anything to make light of – particularly when it comes from someone who has the most powerful military in the history of the world at his disposal. This is beyond obscene.
Maybe he used the AutoPost
Trump’s night of 160 posts on Truth Social fuels debate about US president’s stamina
The 79-year-old president’s social media blitz included conspiracies, attacks on political foes and self-praise
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Maybe he used the AutoPost
Other, apparently more morally developed countries, deal with this stuff appropriately.
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Other, apparently more morally developed countries, deal with this stuff appropriately.
🧵 An observation: I’m often disappointed when people, particularly academics, declare “AI is bad.” It seems intellectually lazy. It’s like saying “books are bad” because a reader did something dumb based on bad information from a book. The tech is bigger than a bad recipe answer from ChatGPT. 1/9
"An AI-assembled version of Gargano’s Christmas cake, for instance, would have people cooking a 6-inch cake for 3 to 4 hours at 320°F (160°C).
'You’d end up with charcoal!' she said. Meanwhile, traffic to her turkey recipe is already down 40% year over year."
'You’d end up with charcoal!' she said. Meanwhile, traffic to her turkey recipe is already down 40% year over year."
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🧵 An observation: I’m often disappointed when people, particularly academics, declare “AI is bad.” It seems intellectually lazy. It’s like saying “books are bad” because a reader did something dumb based on bad information from a book. The tech is bigger than a bad recipe answer from ChatGPT. 1/9
Very much this.
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Very much this.
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The Mirage of “Direct to the People”: How Trump’s Healthcare Plan Would Destroy the System Overnight
It sounds populist. It’s actually a handout to insurance companies and a disaster for working Americans.
My new piece for the Resistance Manual.
It sounds populist. It’s actually a handout to insurance companies and a disaster for working Americans.
My new piece for the Resistance Manual.
The Mirage of “Direct to the People”: How Trump’s Healthcare Plan Would Destroy the System Overnight
It sounds populist. It’s actually a handout to insurance companies and a disaster for working Americans.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Mirage of “Direct to the People”: How Trump’s Healthcare Plan Would Destroy the System Overnight
It sounds populist. It’s actually a handout to insurance companies and a disaster for working Americans.
My new piece for the Resistance Manual.
It sounds populist. It’s actually a handout to insurance companies and a disaster for working Americans.
My new piece for the Resistance Manual.
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
It’s a safe bet he’s never read The Great Gatsby, but the irony couldn’t be sharper. Fitzgerald’s novel is a searing critique of obscene wealth, selfishness, and moral decay – and yet, Trump’s circle saw it as a party theme.
While Children Go Hungry, Trump Throws a Gatsby Party
One in four American children rely on SNAP food assistance to eat.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It’s a safe bet he’s never read The Great Gatsby, but the irony couldn’t be sharper. Fitzgerald’s novel is a searing critique of obscene wealth, selfishness, and moral decay – and yet, Trump’s circle saw it as a party theme.
“I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man.”
—Thomas Paine, “The American Crisis”
—Thomas Paine, “The American Crisis”
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man.”
—Thomas Paine, “The American Crisis”
—Thomas Paine, “The American Crisis”
I love this. Candy + a book. Fantastic.
I always thought if I ever owned a house I’d make us “the book house” each Halloween.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
Getting all the chapter books, MG reads, and YA (we had a lot of teens last year, and yes, teenagers are kids don’t be jerks to them on Halloween) sorted for tomorrow!
250 giveaway books! But also candy.
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I love this. Candy + a book. Fantastic.
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sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes within military bases. This would seem to portend not good things.
Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes within military bases. This would seem to portend not good things.
They are, of course, talking about farm workers, house cleaners, construction workers, small business owners and small children. That’s “the flood” that apparently requires Trump’s heavily armed Stasi/Gestapo of sociopaths.
October 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
They are, of course, talking about farm workers, house cleaners, construction workers, small business owners and small children. That’s “the flood” that apparently requires Trump’s heavily armed Stasi/Gestapo of sociopaths.
SNAP benefits are ending. Food banks are bracing. And the GOP’s blaming Democrats for a shutdown they caused. The good news? America sees through it — and you can help your neighbors while keeping truth alive.
SNAP Cuts and Shutdown Chaos: America Isn’t Buying the GOP Lie
The GOP controls the House, Senate, and White House. Yet they’re blaming Democrats for a crisis they created. The good news: most Americans aren’t buying it — and you can help make sure they never do.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
SNAP benefits are ending. Food banks are bracing. And the GOP’s blaming Democrats for a shutdown they caused. The good news? America sees through it — and you can help your neighbors while keeping truth alive.
Jack DeJohnette has died. His work as a leader, and with Keith Jarrett, Miles, Pat Metheny and so many others changed modern jazz. What a legacy.
Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion recordings, dies aged 83
Drummer played on Bitches Brew and other landmark recordings, as well as making numerous albums as a bandleader
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Jack DeJohnette has died. His work as a leader, and with Keith Jarrett, Miles, Pat Metheny and so many others changed modern jazz. What a legacy.
Loved this from @meredithmeredith. A plain-spoken look at the nuts-and-bolts reality of running a service like Signal. This is a clear-eyed explainer on what it takes to make apps like Signal work at scale – and the dependence on a staggeringly complex infrastructure only a few companies provide.
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Loved this from @meredithmeredith. A plain-spoken look at the nuts-and-bolts reality of running a service like Signal. This is a clear-eyed explainer on what it takes to make apps like Signal work at scale – and the dependence on a staggeringly complex infrastructure only a few companies provide.
He’s a Billionaire, a Reformer, and a Farmer. America
May Finally Have Its Everyman.
May Finally Have Its Everyman.
October 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
He’s a Billionaire, a Reformer, and a Farmer. America
May Finally Have Its Everyman.
May Finally Have Its Everyman.
🧵 I tend to avoid weighing in on Irish politics — it’s not my place. But I’ve been fortunate over the years to spend some time with President Michael D. Higgins and his wife, Sabina, and I can’t let his tenure end without saying something. 1/5 #ireland
October 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🧵 I tend to avoid weighing in on Irish politics — it’s not my place. But I’ve been fortunate over the years to spend some time with President Michael D. Higgins and his wife, Sabina, and I can’t let his tenure end without saying something. 1/5 #ireland