Bryan Harvey
@bryanharvey.bsky.social
same writer, runner, teacher, and basketball fan from twitter (@Bryan_S_Harvey) all around (https://bryanharveywrites.wordpress.com/) medium (https://medium.com/@bryan-s-harvey)
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When Paul Bunyan Logs On
Ev’rybody’s building them big data centers, but they’re not big enough for what’s in store. When Paul Bunyan logs on, you can bet your…
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my kids asked me to tell them a paul bunyan story. i looked out the car window and we were driving by a bunch of land fenced off for data center development. and that's a story about how inspiration is often just a conspiracy of coincidences. here's what i told them medium.com/@bryan-s-har...
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Absolutely bonkers.
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Absolutely bonkers.
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The media saw the Senate vote to reject the election challenges, and Lindsey Graham drunk crying on the Senate floor that enoughw as enough, and assumed it meant that Trump was through and they could speak the truth. As soon as it started to be clear Trump wasn't through they started hedging again.
January 6, 2026 at 7:32 AM
The media saw the Senate vote to reject the election challenges, and Lindsey Graham drunk crying on the Senate floor that enoughw as enough, and assumed it meant that Trump was through and they could speak the truth. As soon as it started to be clear Trump wasn't through they started hedging again.
I admit I did not think of the butter dispenser this Christmas bsky.app/profile/jdco...
Top: A well-reported story about how ChatGPT basically killed a kid giving him drug advice
Bottom: A desperate plea to help SFGate survive in the era of Google's AI summaries
In between: A GenAI ad for an impossible object that dispenses butter, and generates the money to pay for the reporting
Bottom: A desperate plea to help SFGate survive in the era of Google's AI summaries
In between: A GenAI ad for an impossible object that dispenses butter, and generates the money to pay for the reporting
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I admit I did not think of the butter dispenser this Christmas bsky.app/profile/jdco...
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the craziest thing in godfather 2 is michael eating an orange like an apple
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
the craziest thing in godfather 2 is michael eating an orange like an apple
A lot of hyphens don't need to be there.
January 5, 2026 at 7:52 PM
A lot of hyphens don't need to be there.
one of the best things about @jasondiamond.bsky.social's novel Kaplan's Plot is the detail/description given to food in diff eras of Chicago bsky.app/profile/thec...
January 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
one of the best things about @jasondiamond.bsky.social's novel Kaplan's Plot is the detail/description given to food in diff eras of Chicago bsky.app/profile/thec...
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I honestly believe that the regularly scheduled reminders of Trump's mortality are at least a partial cause of his violent foreign policy. He thinks blowing stuff up and hurting people can save him from dying.
January 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I honestly believe that the regularly scheduled reminders of Trump's mortality are at least a partial cause of his violent foreign policy. He thinks blowing stuff up and hurting people can save him from dying.
Tennis is upon us bsky.app/profile/have...
today from Binh Do! 🎾 🎾
"4. Your grandfather and I started playing tennis after the War. There were old, rundown courts a block away from the Americans resettled us. They’re still there, I believe.
5. Plant your feet, and swing."
https://www.havehashad.com/hpzt7
"4. Your grandfather and I started playing tennis after the War. There were old, rundown courts a block away from the Americans resettled us. They’re still there, I believe.
5. Plant your feet, and swing."
https://www.havehashad.com/hpzt7
Things My Father Says About Tennis by Binh Do
Bounce the ball a few times on the baseline. Hold it against your racquet. Toss it high above your head. If you do everything right, you can swing your racquet up and have the ball just screaming down…
www.havehashad.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Tennis is upon us bsky.app/profile/have...
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The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
January 4, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The wisdom of Mr. Rogers is eternal:
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*this one goes to 11 voice* but i took the oil
January 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
*this one goes to 11 voice* but i took the oil
Trump obsessed with tariffs cause of McKinley. McKinley president from 1897 to 1901. Spanish-American War was what 1898. That’s what we’re doing, right? Some version of grotesque reenactment. We’re definitely doing Cuba, aren’t we?
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Trump obsessed with tariffs cause of McKinley. McKinley president from 1897 to 1901. Spanish-American War was what 1898. That’s what we’re doing, right? Some version of grotesque reenactment. We’re definitely doing Cuba, aren’t we?
2026 kind of sucks already.
January 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM
2026 kind of sucks already.
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Just so we understand: This administration wants to prosecute foreign heads of state in US court but claims that President Trump himself is immune from prosecution in those same courts. This is authoritarianism, plain and simple.
January 4, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Just so we understand: This administration wants to prosecute foreign heads of state in US court but claims that President Trump himself is immune from prosecution in those same courts. This is authoritarianism, plain and simple.
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"Well, he's a dictator whose people don't actually want him in charge" is an interesting precedent for this guy to set
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"Well, he's a dictator whose people don't actually want him in charge" is an interesting precedent for this guy to set
Feckless, him and those who voted to confirm him bsky.app/profile/patr...
I'm sure glad every single US Senator voted to confirm Marco Rubio.
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Feckless, him and those who voted to confirm him bsky.app/profile/patr...
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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
All these shellshocked reporters who can’t articulate what they’re witnessing but grin because they find it mildly exciting because they know they’re about to be seen
January 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
All these shellshocked reporters who can’t articulate what they’re witnessing but grin because they find it mildly exciting because they know they’re about to be seen
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The fact that someone calculated that a $25,000,000 political donation in a six month period was a rational business decision says a lot about how precarious the people pushing AI think the fate of the technology is.
In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor
January 3, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The fact that someone calculated that a $25,000,000 political donation in a six month period was a rational business decision says a lot about how precarious the people pushing AI think the fate of the technology is.
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Kane fucking *rips*. It's perfect entertainment.
January 3, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Kane fucking *rips*. It's perfect entertainment.
Prepping myself for whatever 2026 has in store with these passages from @jackbedell.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Prepping myself for whatever 2026 has in store with these passages from @jackbedell.bsky.social
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At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!
How 2026 was depicted in the sci-fi classic 'Metropolis' (1927)
January 2, 2026 at 11:57 AM
At least we don’t live in a world of staggering class disparity in which a tech magnate attempts to quash left-wing sentiment using sexualized artificial intelligence!
Finished most of these. Will finish some in January. Don't think there was much of a common thread in what I read this year. Enjoyed most of the books. Might not be as piecemeal in 2026. bryan-s-harvey.medium.com/what-i-was-r...
What I was reading from in November and December (2025)
Karen Russell’s The Antidote (2025)
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January 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Finished most of these. Will finish some in January. Don't think there was much of a common thread in what I read this year. Enjoyed most of the books. Might not be as piecemeal in 2026. bryan-s-harvey.medium.com/what-i-was-r...
I've thought about Mike Bobo too much this morning.
January 2, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I've thought about Mike Bobo too much this morning.
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Trinidad Chambliss doesn’t care about your d-line, your d-backs or the due diligence coach put into it all. 13 passes in a row, insane.
January 2, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Trinidad Chambliss doesn’t care about your d-line, your d-backs or the due diligence coach put into it all. 13 passes in a row, insane.