Russ Burlingame
@russburlingame.com
I wrote that book about 'Josie and the Pussycats.’
Husband to Cali, Dad to Daniel, Sammy and Charlie.
Publisher - ECV Analog • News Editor - The Beat
https://emeraldcityvideo.net
https://ko-fi.com/russburlingame
Husband to Cali, Dad to Daniel, Sammy and Charlie.
Publisher - ECV Analog • News Editor - The Beat
https://emeraldcityvideo.net
https://ko-fi.com/russburlingame
I won't spend $200 on a John Lennon record, but I sure did just drop $5 on digital downloads of the first-ever official release of the Lennon/Phil Ochs jam session tracks.
Historic John Lennon/Phil Ochs Recordings Finally Get an Official Release
A new box set of John Lennon recordings has unearthed an official version of one of folk music’s most famous bootlegs: a brief jam session between Lennon and folk singer Phil Ochs.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I won't spend $200 on a John Lennon record, but I sure did just drop $5 on digital downloads of the first-ever official release of the Lennon/Phil Ochs jam session tracks.
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It is my birthday, please celebrate according to tradition: as a skeleton screaming for 30 seconds
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It is my birthday, please celebrate according to tradition: as a skeleton screaming for 30 seconds
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"Trump is willing to play both sides [when] he feels he’s getting out of line with ... the MAGA base. He’s willing to do that on a lot of issues, but on Epstein, he’s never been willing to do this. This has been the one place where his self-interest has gotten in the way." trib.al/ijnPsq3
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Trump is willing to play both sides [when] he feels he’s getting out of line with ... the MAGA base. He’s willing to do that on a lot of issues, but on Epstein, he’s never been willing to do this. This has been the one place where his self-interest has gotten in the way." trib.al/ijnPsq3
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If my time zone math is right, Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler published this gem about two hours before the WSJ published their story hahaha
July 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If my time zone math is right, Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler published this gem about two hours before the WSJ published their story hahaha
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Replacing their amoral cynic enablers with true-believer psychos is lowkey one of the biggest mistakes these people ever made
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Replacing their amoral cynic enablers with true-believer psychos is lowkey one of the biggest mistakes these people ever made
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I thought the Illuminati would have cooler people
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I thought the Illuminati would have cooler people
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November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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NEW: The classified opinion by Trump's Office of Legal Counsel says the US personnel taking part in lethal strikes on boats would not be exposed to future prosecution, per sources. “It sounds like an admission that there is no legal basis for these strikes” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW: The classified opinion by Trump's Office of Legal Counsel says the US personnel taking part in lethal strikes on boats would not be exposed to future prosecution, per sources. “It sounds like an admission that there is no legal basis for these strikes” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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high-level drug dealers: "we never mention anything illegal over text. basic details of transit and logistics are discussed only via encrypted comms."
child sex traffickers: "lmao the future president hurt himself in my pedophile mansion bc he was too busy oogling naked children"
child sex traffickers: "lmao the future president hurt himself in my pedophile mansion bc he was too busy oogling naked children"
Amazing how many criminals get together and decide the first order of business is emailing each other about the crimes every three minutes
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
high-level drug dealers: "we never mention anything illegal over text. basic details of transit and logistics are discussed only via encrypted comms."
child sex traffickers: "lmao the future president hurt himself in my pedophile mansion bc he was too busy oogling naked children"
child sex traffickers: "lmao the future president hurt himself in my pedophile mansion bc he was too busy oogling naked children"
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Emmer is lying. The entire business strategy of Trump & Republicans is built on mergers, acquisitions & deregulation to drive consolidation & corporate profits. There have been no steps taken or policies made by Trump that increased competition. Every policy has reduced competition & increased costs
FOX NEWS: Give me one thing that you want to do with healthcare
EMMER: More choice. More transparency. More competition. There's all kinds of ideas.
(So, nothing)
EMMER: More choice. More transparency. More competition. There's all kinds of ideas.
(So, nothing)
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Emmer is lying. The entire business strategy of Trump & Republicans is built on mergers, acquisitions & deregulation to drive consolidation & corporate profits. There have been no steps taken or policies made by Trump that increased competition. Every policy has reduced competition & increased costs
I bet I'm the first one ever to use Charlie Brown and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" together in an article.
Elf on the Shelf Offering a Swarovski-Adorned Scout Elf for $5,000
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Elf on the Shelf phenomenon, and The LumiStella Company is teaming with Swarovski to offer a “luxury edition” Elf on the Shelf that features …
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November 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I bet I'm the first one ever to use Charlie Brown and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" together in an article.
Just COMICALLY inept.
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Just COMICALLY inept.
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White House declines to disclose specific details of Trump's health imaging reut.rs/4i6TPa3
White House declines to disclose specific details of Trump's health imaging
The White House on Wednesday declined to provide specific details of medical images that doctors took of President Donald Trump's body during a physical a month ago, but said the exam showed he was in exceptional health.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
White House declines to disclose specific details of Trump's health imaging reut.rs/4i6TPa3
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You guys wanna see a dead body?
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You guys wanna see a dead body?
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Huge scoop from Ed, who had several years of financial reports leaked to him. OpenAI has been over-reporting their revenue. The company is even less profitable than we knew.
Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft
As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or f...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Huge scoop from Ed, who had several years of financial reports leaked to him. OpenAI has been over-reporting their revenue. The company is even less profitable than we knew.
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hanging this on the wall next to “I wish ill on JK Rowling” 🙃
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
hanging this on the wall next to “I wish ill on JK Rowling” 🙃
This should be out in theaters soonish, then. It seems like Jake Kasdan turns these blockbusters around faster than most.
We’re going back to the jungle.
Jumanji 3 is officially in production — but will be the last sequel in the series, according to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. bit.ly/3JVwJ9A
Jumanji 3 is officially in production — but will be the last sequel in the series, according to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. bit.ly/3JVwJ9A
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This should be out in theaters soonish, then. It seems like Jake Kasdan turns these blockbusters around faster than most.
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This interview was a pleasure!
Interview: Lena Atanassova on LoveLove’s inclusive vision and bringing UNNIE, I LIKE YOU! to print
"Maybe we are 'just' a manga and comics publisher, but stories matter, representation matters, and access and availability of content matters." -- Lena Atanassova, TOKYOPOP editor in chief
"Maybe we are 'just' a manga and comics publisher, but stories matter, representation matters, and access and availability of content matters." -- Lena Atanassova, TOKYOPOP editor in chief
Interview: Lena Atanassova on LoveLove’s inclusive vision and bringing UNNIE, I LIKE YOU! to print
"Maybe we are 'just' a manga and comics publisher, but stories matter, representation matters, and access and availability of content matters." -- Lena Atanassova, TOKYOPOP editor in chief
www.comicsbeat.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This interview was a pleasure!
Retailers are going to be BIG mad.
DC and Marvel unveil digital exclusive crossover comics
DC and Marvel unveil digital exclusive crossover comics
Flash/Fantastic Four and Thor/Shazam collide!
www.comicsbeat.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Retailers are going to be BIG mad.
I wasn't a huge fan of TS4, but I am endlessly entertained by the fact that all the top comments under the trailer's YouTube video are people making jokes about this.
TOY STORY 5 trailer leaves the movie’s biggest question unanswered
Disney and Pixar yesterday released the first teaser trailer for Toy Story 5, the sequel that brings Tom Hanks and Tim Allen back to the roles of Woody and Buzz yet again. The duo will share the screen, but most fans have wondered…
Disney and Pixar yesterday released the first teaser trailer for Toy Story 5, the sequel that brings Tom Hanks and Tim Allen back to the roles of Woody and Buzz yet again. The duo will share the screen, but most fans have wondered…
TOY STORY 5 trailer leaves the movie’s biggest question unanswered
Disney and Pixar yesterday released the first teaser trailer for Toy Story 5, the sequel that brings Tom Hanks and Tim Allen back to the roles of Woody and Buzz yet again. The duo will share the screen, but most fans have wondered exactly how that will work out -- and the new trailer doesn't have any clues.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I wasn't a huge fan of TS4, but I am endlessly entertained by the fact that all the top comments under the trailer's YouTube video are people making jokes about this.
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this is a pretty iconic example of how partisanship drives motivated reasoning.
maybe Rs did some bad thing...but the real problem is Ds pointing out that bad thing at the wrong time, or in the wrong way, or really at all.
maybe Rs did some bad thing...but the real problem is Ds pointing out that bad thing at the wrong time, or in the wrong way, or really at all.
Pretext to pull her name off the Discharge Petition before Grijalva can sign it later today?
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
this is a pretty iconic example of how partisanship drives motivated reasoning.
maybe Rs did some bad thing...but the real problem is Ds pointing out that bad thing at the wrong time, or in the wrong way, or really at all.
maybe Rs did some bad thing...but the real problem is Ds pointing out that bad thing at the wrong time, or in the wrong way, or really at all.
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MEDIOCRE JOURNO: (bad take)
TWITTER REPLIES: you seem jewish, it'd be a shame if you were attacked, here's your home address
BLUESKY REPLIES: you're helping fascists. you're in the wrong vocation b/c you're objectively awful at this
MEDIOCRE JOURNO: (sobbing) bluesky is so much worse than twitter
TWITTER REPLIES: you seem jewish, it'd be a shame if you were attacked, here's your home address
BLUESKY REPLIES: you're helping fascists. you're in the wrong vocation b/c you're objectively awful at this
MEDIOCRE JOURNO: (sobbing) bluesky is so much worse than twitter
September 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
MEDIOCRE JOURNO: (bad take)
TWITTER REPLIES: you seem jewish, it'd be a shame if you were attacked, here's your home address
BLUESKY REPLIES: you're helping fascists. you're in the wrong vocation b/c you're objectively awful at this
MEDIOCRE JOURNO: (sobbing) bluesky is so much worse than twitter
TWITTER REPLIES: you seem jewish, it'd be a shame if you were attacked, here's your home address
BLUESKY REPLIES: you're helping fascists. you're in the wrong vocation b/c you're objectively awful at this
MEDIOCRE JOURNO: (sobbing) bluesky is so much worse than twitter
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I'd say that it's reasonable that mods might miss that this was a reference to a Johnny Cash lyric, or even think that, absent of a Cash-related context, it still might be a threat.
But it was a post commenting on an article about Johnny Cash.
She quoted Johnny Cash in response to a piece on Cash.
But it was a post commenting on an article about Johnny Cash.
She quoted Johnny Cash in response to a piece on Cash.
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'd say that it's reasonable that mods might miss that this was a reference to a Johnny Cash lyric, or even think that, absent of a Cash-related context, it still might be a threat.
But it was a post commenting on an article about Johnny Cash.
She quoted Johnny Cash in response to a piece on Cash.
But it was a post commenting on an article about Johnny Cash.
She quoted Johnny Cash in response to a piece on Cash.
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Do I care that Clinton is in the Epstein files? No. Do I wish he wasn't? Of course.
He's a big boy. He made his choices. Now he will have to live with the consequences.
#Epstein
He's a big boy. He made his choices. Now he will have to live with the consequences.
#Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Do I care that Clinton is in the Epstein files? No. Do I wish he wasn't? Of course.
He's a big boy. He made his choices. Now he will have to live with the consequences.
#Epstein
He's a big boy. He made his choices. Now he will have to live with the consequences.
#Epstein