Terrence O'Brien
@terrenceobrien.bsky.social
Verge weekend editor. MusicTech contributor. Former Engadget, Wired & Switched. Musician. Serial hobbyist.
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
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Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Schumer (NY) 202 224-6542
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
Booker (NJ) 202 224-3224
King (ME) 202 224-5344
Hassan (NH) 202 224-3324
Durbin (IL) 202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA) 202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH) 202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY) 202 224-4451
Masto (NV) 202 224-3542
Warner (VA) 202 224-2023
The algorithm let us down.
But at least we still have each other.
(Drop some music recs.)
But at least we still have each other.
(Drop some music recs.)
The algorithm failed music
The algorithm failed music
True music discovery has suffered.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The algorithm let us down.
But at least we still have each other.
(Drop some music recs.)
But at least we still have each other.
(Drop some music recs.)
All hail the death ball.
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
All hail the death ball.
What fucked up timeline are we in where Instacart and DoorDash are doing more to help those in need than the federal government?
November 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What fucked up timeline are we in where Instacart and DoorDash are doing more to help those in need than the federal government?
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How are Democrats not immediately suing CBS News over this?
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
How are Democrats not immediately suing CBS News over this?
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
This movie contains one of the most haunting single frames in cinema history.
You need to watch the found footage classic, Lake Mungo
You need to watch the found footage classic, Lake Mungo
Lake Mungo is a slow burn horror mokumentary that will get under your skin and leave you heartbroken.
buff.ly
November 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This movie contains one of the most haunting single frames in cinema history.
This is a lie.
It's a racist lie.
It's not simply misguided or a misunderstanding.
It's a willful lie. A purposeful attack on the public.
One designed to keep the American people fighting each other instead of injustice, billionaires and corrupt officials.
It's a racist lie.
It's not simply misguided or a misunderstanding.
It's a willful lie. A purposeful attack on the public.
One designed to keep the American people fighting each other instead of injustice, billionaires and corrupt officials.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is a lie.
It's a racist lie.
It's not simply misguided or a misunderstanding.
It's a willful lie. A purposeful attack on the public.
One designed to keep the American people fighting each other instead of injustice, billionaires and corrupt officials.
It's a racist lie.
It's not simply misguided or a misunderstanding.
It's a willful lie. A purposeful attack on the public.
One designed to keep the American people fighting each other instead of injustice, billionaires and corrupt officials.
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maybe we should start, idk, regulating things?
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
maybe we should start, idk, regulating things?
These are deeply unserious people.
Unfortunately, the power they wield is VERY serious.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
Unfortunately, the power they wield is VERY serious.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
When This Reporter Comes Calling, the White House Insults Go Flying
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
These are deeply unserious people.
Unfortunately, the power they wield is VERY serious.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
Unfortunately, the power they wield is VERY serious.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
There isn't a writer in this world twisted and creative enough to imagine this particular dystopia.
I don't know what's worse, the fact that I'm surprised by this headline or the fact that I probably shouldn't be:
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
There isn't a writer in this world twisted and creative enough to imagine this particular dystopia.
My series of spooky season recommendations is almost done. (I'll squeeze in one more next week.)
But you can still look forward to one suggestion for something to read / watch / listen to / play even after Halloween is over.
But you can still look forward to one suggestion for something to read / watch / listen to / play even after Halloween is over.
You need to listen to the brutally oppressive I’ve Seen All I Need to See
You need to listen to the brutally oppressive I’ve Seen All I Need to See
The Body’s 2021 record sounds like being buried alive.
buff.ly
October 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
My series of spooky season recommendations is almost done. (I'll squeeze in one more next week.)
But you can still look forward to one suggestion for something to read / watch / listen to / play even after Halloween is over.
But you can still look forward to one suggestion for something to read / watch / listen to / play even after Halloween is over.
I refuse to post a link to this review from Variety, but I'm not above taking the bait: I will fight Owen Gleiberman in the streets.
October 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I refuse to post a link to this review from Variety, but I'm not above taking the bait: I will fight Owen Gleiberman in the streets.
Fully embracing my "old man yells the clouds" phase.
In 2000, 52.3% of 16-19 year olds were active in the labor force. In 2025, that number is just 34.8%.
There's a lot of reasons why, but mostly it's "technology".
In 2000, 52.3% of 16-19 year olds were active in the labor force. In 2025, that number is just 34.8%.
There's a lot of reasons why, but mostly it's "technology".
Tech left teens fighting over scraps, and now it wants those too
Tech left teens fighting over scraps, and now it wants those too
Teens have been pushed out of the workforce, and now we’re training robots to take what few scraps are left.
buff.ly
October 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Fully embracing my "old man yells the clouds" phase.
In 2000, 52.3% of 16-19 year olds were active in the labor force. In 2025, that number is just 34.8%.
There's a lot of reasons why, but mostly it's "technology".
In 2000, 52.3% of 16-19 year olds were active in the labor force. In 2025, that number is just 34.8%.
There's a lot of reasons why, but mostly it's "technology".
Would have loved for the follow up question to this be, "Mr President, why are you such a petty asshole?"
COLLINS: Today you pardoned the founded of Binance. Can you explain why you did that?
TRUMP: Which one was that?
COLLINS: The founder of Binance
TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.
TRUMP: Which one was that?
COLLINS: The founder of Binance
TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Would have loved for the follow up question to this be, "Mr President, why are you such a petty asshole?"
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“Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, spent the end of Tesla Inc.’s earnings call pleading with investors to ratify his upcoming $1 trillion pay package and blasting the shareholder advisory firms that have come out against the plan.”
Musk Hijacks Tesla Earnings Call to Pitch $1 Trillion Pay Plan
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, spent the end of Tesla Inc.’s earnings call pleading with investors to ratify his upcoming $1 trillion pay package and blasting the shareholder advisory firms th...
www.bloomberg.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, spent the end of Tesla Inc.’s earnings call pleading with investors to ratify his upcoming $1 trillion pay package and blasting the shareholder advisory firms that have come out against the plan.”
Apparently destroying the White House figuratively wasn't enough.
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Apparently destroying the White House figuratively wasn't enough.
"Job losses could shave 30 cents off each item purchased by 2027."
See, Amazon is just doing what's best for the consumer!
See, Amazon is just doing what's best for the consumer!
Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents
Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents
They’re taking our jobs.
buff.ly
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"Job losses could shave 30 cents off each item purchased by 2027."
See, Amazon is just doing what's best for the consumer!
See, Amazon is just doing what's best for the consumer!
My favorite book I've read in the last several years.
You need to read the epic Argentinian horror novel Our Share of Night
You need to read the epic Argentinian horror novel Our Share of Night
Mariana Enriquez’s Our Share of Night uses occult horror to explore familial trauma, political violence, and the exploitation of the poor.
buff.ly
October 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My favorite book I've read in the last several years.
A decade is an insanely long time to go without a major new revision in today's age. Guess we'll find out if Omnisphere 3 is worth the way on October 21st. youtu.be/Gu44gDmhAzg
Introducing Omnisphere 3
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October 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A decade is an insanely long time to go without a major new revision in today's age. Guess we'll find out if Omnisphere 3 is worth the way on October 21st. youtu.be/Gu44gDmhAzg
Did you know that I host a semi-weekly show on @makerparkradio.bsky.social ? You can watch / listen to last night's episode right here. I open with an extended D'Angelo block, end on NIN, and get real dancey in-between. vimeo.com/1127681942?s...
A Show w/ Terrence 10/15/2015
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October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Did you know that I host a semi-weekly show on @makerparkradio.bsky.social ? You can watch / listen to last night's episode right here. I open with an extended D'Angelo block, end on NIN, and get real dancey in-between. vimeo.com/1127681942?s...
RIP to one of the best.
I got to see D'Angelo perform live once. It was a short set at a press event - not exactly an ideal setting. But getting to see one of the undeniable greats work up close is definitely one of my favorite perks I've enjoyed in my career.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
I got to see D'Angelo perform live once. It was a short set at a press event - not exactly an ideal setting. But getting to see one of the undeniable greats work up close is definitely one of my favorite perks I've enjoyed in my career.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
D’Angelo, Acclaimed and Reclusive R&B Innovator, Dies at 51
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
RIP to one of the best.
I got to see D'Angelo perform live once. It was a short set at a press event - not exactly an ideal setting. But getting to see one of the undeniable greats work up close is definitely one of my favorite perks I've enjoyed in my career.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
I got to see D'Angelo perform live once. It was a short set at a press event - not exactly an ideal setting. But getting to see one of the undeniable greats work up close is definitely one of my favorite perks I've enjoyed in my career.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...
It's a long weekend, weather is gray and miserable on the east coast. Why not get cozy at home with one of the most bonkers movies ever made: 1977's Japanese fantasy horror film House.
You need to watch the bonkers Japanese fantasy horror film House
You need to watch the bonkers Japanese fantasy horror film House
The nightmare logic and surreal visuals of Japanese fantasy horror film House will leave you wondering “WTF did I just watch?”
buff.ly
October 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's a long weekend, weather is gray and miserable on the east coast. Why not get cozy at home with one of the most bonkers movies ever made: 1977's Japanese fantasy horror film House.