Brandon Hardin
@hardin.bsky.social
Terminally online journalist (sorry). Formerly BuzzFeed News, Facebook, Check My Ads, other places. @hardin on Twitter, Threads. Delight in the life that comes unbidden. (He/They)
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“Yeah I love vibe coding” — software engineer trying to get hired at a dildo factory
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“Yeah I love vibe coding” — software engineer trying to get hired at a dildo factory
The bonus of the Wide Awakes is you get Wide Awake by Parquet Courts in your head every time you see their name. IM WIDE AWAKE BUM DA DANA BUM, BUM BUMBA DI BUM, BA DADUM
you're hearing about the wide awakes more and more
on a side note i’m becoming really fascinated with the history and politics of radical republicans from 1855 to 1870
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The bonus of the Wide Awakes is you get Wide Awake by Parquet Courts in your head every time you see their name. IM WIDE AWAKE BUM DA DANA BUM, BUM BUMBA DI BUM, BA DADUM
get their ass ms rachel
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
get their ass ms rachel
trapped in a dream by the protagonist of half-life, call that a visit from the sleep paralysis freeman
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
trapped in a dream by the protagonist of half-life, call that a visit from the sleep paralysis freeman
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Handing the Smallest Known Jumping Spider Species On Earth to Bugfriend 🖤
(full grown Neonella camillae lad)
#EmotionalSupportSpood
(full grown Neonella camillae lad)
#EmotionalSupportSpood
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Handing the Smallest Known Jumping Spider Species On Earth to Bugfriend 🖤
(full grown Neonella camillae lad)
#EmotionalSupportSpood
(full grown Neonella camillae lad)
#EmotionalSupportSpood
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Well, that looks pretty bad... thank god the safety crew got there to make it worse
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Well, that looks pretty bad... thank god the safety crew got there to make it worse
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A Facebook scammer took a close relative's entire life's savings away from them. Seven decades, poof, gone. Mark Zuckerberg did that to my family on purpose to make money for himself.
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A Facebook scammer took a close relative's entire life's savings away from them. Seven decades, poof, gone. Mark Zuckerberg did that to my family on purpose to make money for himself.
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yes senator they're roasting you on Bluesky, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
yes senator they're roasting you on Bluesky, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
yes full roast sir, the communists, the wine moms, Bill Kristol, they're all roasting you, sir
no, sir, I haven't seen him in Waiting for Godot, but he's roasting you, too, sir
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When you yell at me, this is who you’re yelling at
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
When you yell at me, this is who you’re yelling at
lol, lmao
Senate Democrats are meeting behind closed doors to discuss the emerging deal. “Stay tuned,” Schumer tells us with a grin.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
lol, lmao
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to take back your peanut butter."
Trump administration demands states "undo" efforts to provide full SNAP payouts for November amid court battle
Trump administration demands states 'undo' full SNAP payouts as states warn of "catastrophic impact"
President Donald Trump's administration is demanding that states reverse full SNAP benefits issued under recent court orders. The U.S.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to take back your peanut butter."
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sawstop for sale on fb marketplace ... slightly more expensive than a normal contractor's saw ... but much cheaper than new fingers ...
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
sawstop for sale on fb marketplace ... slightly more expensive than a normal contractor's saw ... but much cheaper than new fingers ...
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Apparently there’s a kitschy retro 90’s coffee shop opening in my neighborhood that will be selling bubble tea on a menu with Blockbuster Video fonts, and I think this is how Rutger Hauer felt in Blade Runner when he decided it was time to die
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Apparently there’s a kitschy retro 90’s coffee shop opening in my neighborhood that will be selling bubble tea on a menu with Blockbuster Video fonts, and I think this is how Rutger Hauer felt in Blade Runner when he decided it was time to die
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
kid is watching The Little Mermaid so the only thing in my head is LEAVE HER ALONE SHE'S 16!!!
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
kid is watching The Little Mermaid so the only thing in my head is LEAVE HER ALONE SHE'S 16!!!
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your honor, every single crunchwrap is more supreme than this court
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
your honor, every single crunchwrap is more supreme than this court
Incredible
November 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Incredible
MÖNCH
GarLab analyzes how these fishes can be indicators of restoration success. At a 6,000-acre floodplain property (Loch Leven), water control mechanisms were successfully implemented over the course of a six year project.
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
MÖNCH
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Zohran already failing to deliver what we were promised
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Zohran already failing to deliver what we were promised
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