Randall Gross
@randallgross.bsky.social
(he/him) Retired Global Sr. tech manager, & inveterate news junkie. Everyone is my friend until they firmly prove otherwise. Active on social media since the '80's
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New to Bluesky? You can stay reasonably well-informed if you add a column for my bluesky news list:
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Yes, that is Howard Beale, mad prophet of the airwaves.
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Yes, that is Howard Beale, mad prophet of the airwaves.
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judge a quarterback by whether or not he defrauds millions of dollars from poor people
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
judge a quarterback by whether or not he defrauds millions of dollars from poor people
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EV's + AI + Climate Change = Clean Power Boom - The Republicans ruling our country want to deny this, but by every knee jerk protectionist thing that they do: from EO's, to legislation, to anti-environmental court rulings, they are crushing our children's futures and dreams
If Google/Alphabet pull green energy away from the market, will fossil fuels rush to fill the power void created?
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
February 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
EV's + AI + Climate Change = Clean Power Boom - The Republicans ruling our country want to deny this, but by every knee jerk protectionist thing that they do: from EO's, to legislation, to anti-environmental court rulings, they are crushing our children's futures and dreams
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If Google/Alphabet pull green energy away from the market, will fossil fuels rush to fill the power void created?
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
If Google/Alphabet pull green energy away from the market, will fossil fuels rush to fill the power void created?
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
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3. If your business model involves violating copyright law on an unprecidented scale to destroy another industry with an inferior product just long enough for you to escape with bags of cash before lawmakers catch on —
You’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
June 20, 2024 at 6:05 PM
3. If your business model involves violating copyright law on an unprecidented scale to destroy another industry with an inferior product just long enough for you to escape with bags of cash before lawmakers catch on —
You’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
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The median ticket price for Sunday’s Super Bowl is $7,497.
I don’t even want to know what a beer costs.
But even if you want to go to a regular-season sporting event, tickets and concession prices will cost you a small fortune.
Here’s one thing we can do about it.
I don’t even want to know what a beer costs.
But even if you want to go to a regular-season sporting event, tickets and concession prices will cost you a small fortune.
Here’s one thing we can do about it.
How Billionaires Are Ruining Sports
The median ticket price for Sunday’s Super Bowl is $7,497.I don’t even want to know what a beer costs.But even if you wa
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February 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The median ticket price for Sunday’s Super Bowl is $7,497.
I don’t even want to know what a beer costs.
But even if you want to go to a regular-season sporting event, tickets and concession prices will cost you a small fortune.
Here’s one thing we can do about it.
I don’t even want to know what a beer costs.
But even if you want to go to a regular-season sporting event, tickets and concession prices will cost you a small fortune.
Here’s one thing we can do about it.
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Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
Remember: Real losers get boos.
Our Regime friendly media protects your tender ears from reality if you are conservative you get a "safe space" from them.
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
Bryan Armen Graham in Milan
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
Bryan Armen Graham in Milan
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Remember: Real losers get boos.
The Hard Right continues consolidating their growing local news monopoly with Trump and FCC chair cheering them on.
Trump Says Nexstar-Tegna Merger Will “Knock Out the Fake News,” FCC Chair Says “Let’s Get It Done”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Trump Says Nexstar-Tegna Merger Will “Knock Out the Fake News,” FCC Chair Says “Let’s Get It Done”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Trump Says Nexstar-Tegna Merger Will “Knock Out the Fake News,” FCC Chair Says “Let’s Get It Done”
"Those that are opposed don’t fully understand how good the concept of this Deal is for them, but they will in the future," the president wrote on Truth Social Saturday.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The Hard Right continues consolidating their growing local news monopoly with Trump and FCC chair cheering them on.
Trump Says Nexstar-Tegna Merger Will “Knock Out the Fake News,” FCC Chair Says “Let’s Get It Done”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Trump Says Nexstar-Tegna Merger Will “Knock Out the Fake News,” FCC Chair Says “Let’s Get It Done”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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This document appears to have been removed from the Epstein records. I wonder why. Did Woody Allen complain?
Woody Allen seemingly "joking" about Epstein's preference for girls over women and referring to the money Epstein spends on them.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
This document appears to have been removed from the Epstein records. I wonder why. Did Woody Allen complain?
Our Regime friendly media protects your tender ears from reality if you are conservative you get a "safe space" from them.
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
Bryan Armen Graham in Milan
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
Bryan Armen Graham in Milan
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham
The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Our Regime friendly media protects your tender ears from reality if you are conservative you get a "safe space" from them.
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
Bryan Armen Graham in Milan
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
Bryan Armen Graham in Milan
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
EV's + AI + Climate Change = Clean Power Boom - The Republicans ruling our country want to deny this, but by every knee jerk protectionist thing that they do: from EO's, to legislation, to anti-environmental court rulings, they are crushing our children's futures and dreams
If Google/Alphabet pull green energy away from the market, will fossil fuels rush to fill the power void created?
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
February 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
EV's + AI + Climate Change = Clean Power Boom - The Republicans ruling our country want to deny this, but by every knee jerk protectionist thing that they do: from EO's, to legislation, to anti-environmental court rulings, they are crushing our children's futures and dreams
If Google/Alphabet pull green energy away from the market, will fossil fuels rush to fill the power void created?
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
If Google/Alphabet pull green energy away from the market, will fossil fuels rush to fill the power void created?
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
Amid Rising opposition to Data Centers Google buys Green Power Producer.
www.eetimes.com/google-bets-...
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I'm curious: has there been any reporting about whether or not big names paid to use Substack have agreed to contract language prohibiting them from openly criticizing or talking about Substack's Nazi problem?
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I'm curious: has there been any reporting about whether or not big names paid to use Substack have agreed to contract language prohibiting them from openly criticizing or talking about Substack's Nazi problem?
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It doesn’t break his heart. He fucking loves the cruelty, like all Republicans.
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
It doesn’t break his heart. He fucking loves the cruelty, like all Republicans.
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What Hess said:
“There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren’t. … Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.”
Trump, the actual president, has insulted Dems repeatedly.
wapo.st/46eFns3
“There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren’t. … Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.”
Trump, the actual president, has insulted Dems repeatedly.
wapo.st/46eFns3
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
What Hess said:
“There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren’t. … Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.”
Trump, the actual president, has insulted Dems repeatedly.
wapo.st/46eFns3
“There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren’t. … Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.”
Trump, the actual president, has insulted Dems repeatedly.
wapo.st/46eFns3
Standard fees for passports are ~ $165.00 and if you have to have the search for lost birth certs etc then it's an additional $150.00
PAPERS! PLEASE!
Some of the GOP controlled legislatures in some GOP states are readying to enact laws that require in-hand proof of citizenship to VOTE this November. If you are in one of those states, find your papers or get them now. Yes, threre are fees
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
Some of the GOP controlled legislatures in some GOP states are readying to enact laws that require in-hand proof of citizenship to VOTE this November. If you are in one of those states, find your papers or get them now. Yes, threre are fees
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
Passport Forms
Download your U.S. passport form on this page.
travel.state.gov
February 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Standard fees for passports are ~ $165.00 and if you have to have the search for lost birth certs etc then it's an additional $150.00
PAPERS! PLEASE!
Some of the GOP controlled legislatures in some GOP states are readying to enact laws that require in-hand proof of citizenship to VOTE this November. If you are in one of those states, find your papers or get them now. Yes, threre are fees
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
Some of the GOP controlled legislatures in some GOP states are readying to enact laws that require in-hand proof of citizenship to VOTE this November. If you are in one of those states, find your papers or get them now. Yes, threre are fees
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
Passport Forms
Download your U.S. passport form on this page.
travel.state.gov
February 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
PAPERS! PLEASE!
Some of the GOP controlled legislatures in some GOP states are readying to enact laws that require in-hand proof of citizenship to VOTE this November. If you are in one of those states, find your papers or get them now. Yes, threre are fees
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
Some of the GOP controlled legislatures in some GOP states are readying to enact laws that require in-hand proof of citizenship to VOTE this November. If you are in one of those states, find your papers or get them now. Yes, threre are fees
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
To prove her citizenship for her long expired passport, my wife had to provide her birth certificate, her mother's birth certificate and marriage certificate, as well has her two marriage certificates before they would believe the name changes she had during life.
Think about students, renters, women who changed their names, and rural voters without easy access to records. The SAVE ACT makes them prove citizenship with specific documents or lose their voice. The people already on the margins get pushed out completely. #sheshed
February 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
To prove her citizenship for her long expired passport, my wife had to provide her birth certificate, her mother's birth certificate and marriage certificate, as well has her two marriage certificates before they would believe the name changes she had during life.
e.g. I would sub to Aaron in an eyeblink if he were anywhere but substack -- I even occasionally & guitily share his links but it's galling knowing that substack supports real Nazis.
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
e.g. I would sub to Aaron in an eyeblink if he were anywhere but substack -- I even occasionally & guitily share his links but it's galling knowing that substack supports real Nazis.
Reminder: when you link to any substack you are sending people to a publishing site that actively pays real Nazis.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Reminder: when you link to any substack you are sending people to a publishing site that actively pays real Nazis.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Happy that AP recognizes that Republican rebukes for Trump's racism is just a prevailing wind movement, and nothing permanent.
Republicans rarely criticize Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Republicans rarely criticize Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Republicans rarely criticize Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that
President Donald Trump is facing rare criticism from his Republican Party over a racist video. Trump's White House removed a video that contained a racist image of former President Barack Obama and fo...
apnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Happy that AP recognizes that Republican rebukes for Trump's racism is just a prevailing wind movement, and nothing permanent.
Republicans rarely criticize Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that
apnews.com/article/trum...
bsky.app/profile/rand...
Republicans rarely criticize Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that
apnews.com/article/trum...
bsky.app/profile/rand...
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this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth
Americans knew they were racist during the campaign, remember "They're eating the dogs!"???
Trump 2.0’s Most Racist Moments, Ranked
The Obamas-as-apes video is the latest in a long line of racist acts and statements from this administration.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-seco...
Trump 2.0’s Most Racist Moments, Ranked
The Obamas-as-apes video is the latest in a long line of racist acts and statements from this administration.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-seco...
Trump 2.0’s Most Racist Moments, Ranked
The Obamas-as-apes video is the latest in a long line of racist acts and statements from this administration.
www.thebulwark.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Americans knew they were racist during the campaign, remember "They're eating the dogs!"???
Trump 2.0’s Most Racist Moments, Ranked
The Obamas-as-apes video is the latest in a long line of racist acts and statements from this administration.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-seco...
Trump 2.0’s Most Racist Moments, Ranked
The Obamas-as-apes video is the latest in a long line of racist acts and statements from this administration.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-seco...
DHS wears masks because they are paranoid little cowards who cannot cope with a truly free society.
DHS views any online call to join in a protest as a threat, and worries about things like "reputational risks" -- but you don't have to wonder why post Pretti.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...
DHS views any online call to join in a protest as a threat, and worries about things like "reputational risks" -- but you don't have to wonder why post Pretti.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...
Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users
Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
DHS wears masks because they are paranoid little cowards who cannot cope with a truly free society.
DHS views any online call to join in a protest as a threat, and worries about things like "reputational risks" -- but you don't have to wonder why post Pretti.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...
DHS views any online call to join in a protest as a threat, and worries about things like "reputational risks" -- but you don't have to wonder why post Pretti.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/homeland-s...