Brad L
@uxbrad.bsky.social
Cautiously pessimistic.
My radio show: Mood Music, Tuesday nights on WOWD (https://takomaradio.org/ or 94.3FM in Takoma Park, Md)
My book: Human-Centered Agile: https://www.amazon.com/Human-Centered-Agile-Unified-Approach-Outcomes-ebook/dp/B0C9XJ9NPC/
My radio show: Mood Music, Tuesday nights on WOWD (https://takomaradio.org/ or 94.3FM in Takoma Park, Md)
My book: Human-Centered Agile: https://www.amazon.com/Human-Centered-Agile-Unified-Approach-Outcomes-ebook/dp/B0C9XJ9NPC/
I think I have finally learned to describe myself. I am a macrocynic but a microoptimist.
January 21, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I think I have finally learned to describe myself. I am a macrocynic but a microoptimist.
Legacy media summed up.
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Legacy media summed up.
I have never felt so personally seen (or perhaps scrutinized) as when I read this piece by @monteiro.bsky.social. This is me and my wife. Also, I am incredibly lucky.
(All of his writing is this good, go subscribe)
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(All of his writing is this good, go subscribe)
buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to avoid listening to Radiohead
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January 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I have never felt so personally seen (or perhaps scrutinized) as when I read this piece by @monteiro.bsky.social. This is me and my wife. Also, I am incredibly lucky.
(All of his writing is this good, go subscribe)
buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
(All of his writing is this good, go subscribe)
buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
Aimee Mann or Astroman?
Ruin two bands by combining them:
R.E.M Speedwagon
R.E.M Speedwagon
December 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Aimee Mann or Astroman?
If there were a Spotify Wrapped but for food, fruit and yogurt w/ granola would easily be my top track, but I don’t have any idea what genre it would be.
December 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If there were a Spotify Wrapped but for food, fruit and yogurt w/ granola would easily be my top track, but I don’t have any idea what genre it would be.
"Duty to perform" is a new one on me. Adding "for everyone" is next-level.
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Duty to perform" is a new one on me. Adding "for everyone" is next-level.
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Fun fact: we kept our glass bottles for recycling out on the floor because our hamster liked to roll her ball into them, bowling style, and make a huge crashing sound.
I miss Daisy The Hamster.
I miss Daisy The Hamster.
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Fun fact: we kept our glass bottles for recycling out on the floor because our hamster liked to roll her ball into them, bowling style, and make a huge crashing sound.
I miss Daisy The Hamster.
I miss Daisy The Hamster.
People clean while listening to Earl Sweatshirt, right? That’s gotta be a thing.
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
People clean while listening to Earl Sweatshirt, right? That’s gotta be a thing.
At some point, everyone is forced to confront their frailties, face the darkness, and ask themselves the question we all must face sooner or later:
Can I Kick It?
Can I Kick It?
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
At some point, everyone is forced to confront their frailties, face the darkness, and ask themselves the question we all must face sooner or later:
Can I Kick It?
Can I Kick It?
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It's not Democrats that have introduced thousands of bills focusing on trans people, it's republicans. This dichotomy where Republicans obsess over these things but it's Dems that get tagged as being obsessed drives me up a wall.
October 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It's not Democrats that have introduced thousands of bills focusing on trans people, it's republicans. This dichotomy where Republicans obsess over these things but it's Dems that get tagged as being obsessed drives me up a wall.
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i'm starting to realize people are really saying "solidarity is too hard for me" when they complain about purity tests
October 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
i'm starting to realize people are really saying "solidarity is too hard for me" when they complain about purity tests
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billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
billionaires should not be allowed to exist because the downside of "one of them loses their mind" is simply too dangerous for a functional society
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
also, having a billion dollars tends to make you lose your mind
just about my favorite thing that happened this year.
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
October 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
just about my favorite thing that happened this year.
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Equal rights for trans people is frankly a low bar. Trans people go through so much. I think they deserve a bonus right, as a treat.
October 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Equal rights for trans people is frankly a low bar. Trans people go through so much. I think they deserve a bonus right, as a treat.
Might need to buy stock in whoever makes inflatable costumes.
October 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Might need to buy stock in whoever makes inflatable costumes.
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if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
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you're already seeing & will see more stories about how various attempts at reducing energy use "aren't working," etc -- those are propaganda. this is fantastic
Huge historic turning point — Renewables surpassed coal as the world’s leading electricity source for the first half of 2025!
#greensky #energysky #renewableenergy
#greensky #energysky #renewableenergy
October 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
you're already seeing & will see more stories about how various attempts at reducing energy use "aren't working," etc -- those are propaganda. this is fantastic
One of those observations that hits you really hard.
Jane Goodall is gone, and it feels like, a world that could produce and listen to and revere a Jane Goodall is gone with her.
Jane Goodall, chimpanzee expert and animal rights campaigner, dies age 91 - follow live
The campaigner, a
www.bbc.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One of those observations that hits you really hard.
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Okay, funny bookstore category
September 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Okay, funny bookstore category
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my kid's rights are not window dressing, amd they are not trivial
my child is not a "distraction" or a "purity test" and my kid is not an incomprehensible alien
your willingness to sell out a disfavored group preemptively is a huge red flag
go learn some shit
#NeverNewsome
my child is not a "distraction" or a "purity test" and my kid is not an incomprehensible alien
your willingness to sell out a disfavored group preemptively is a huge red flag
go learn some shit
#NeverNewsome
August 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
my kid's rights are not window dressing, amd they are not trivial
my child is not a "distraction" or a "purity test" and my kid is not an incomprehensible alien
your willingness to sell out a disfavored group preemptively is a huge red flag
go learn some shit
#NeverNewsome
my child is not a "distraction" or a "purity test" and my kid is not an incomprehensible alien
your willingness to sell out a disfavored group preemptively is a huge red flag
go learn some shit
#NeverNewsome
Look for my new children's book "80 Different Vaccines, and Beyond Vaccines" in which I make up lots of new vaccines that rhyme with animal names and we go visit them at the vaccine zoo.
September 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Look for my new children's book "80 Different Vaccines, and Beyond Vaccines" in which I make up lots of new vaccines that rhyme with animal names and we go visit them at the vaccine zoo.
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True mensches (decent human beings) are willing to hear when someone says, "you failed here; there's repair that's needed."
True mensches are willing to ask what might be useful if they're not sure.
I just had a conversation with someone who listened & responded like a grownup. It was refreshing.
True mensches are willing to ask what might be useful if they're not sure.
I just had a conversation with someone who listened & responded like a grownup. It was refreshing.
September 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
True mensches (decent human beings) are willing to hear when someone says, "you failed here; there's repair that's needed."
True mensches are willing to ask what might be useful if they're not sure.
I just had a conversation with someone who listened & responded like a grownup. It was refreshing.
True mensches are willing to ask what might be useful if they're not sure.
I just had a conversation with someone who listened & responded like a grownup. It was refreshing.
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Concerts (most recently TVoTR)
2. A good cocktail on the porch in great weather
3. The smell of a book
4. Making my friends laugh
5. Whatever the hell was happening on this strange night
1. Concerts (most recently TVoTR)
2. A good cocktail on the porch in great weather
3. The smell of a book
4. Making my friends laugh
5. Whatever the hell was happening on this strange night
September 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Concerts (most recently TVoTR)
2. A good cocktail on the porch in great weather
3. The smell of a book
4. Making my friends laugh
5. Whatever the hell was happening on this strange night
1. Concerts (most recently TVoTR)
2. A good cocktail on the porch in great weather
3. The smell of a book
4. Making my friends laugh
5. Whatever the hell was happening on this strange night
This is sweet, and I am suddenly wondering whether I could handle being called 'Bradder'.
Oh who am I kidding? I've been called worse.
Oh who am I kidding? I've been called worse.
This past Sunday, Brad and I celebrated 17 years of marriage together. That’s 6,209 days of love, laughter, and levity through it all. Happy Anniversary, Bradder! Here’s to many more.
September 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is sweet, and I am suddenly wondering whether I could handle being called 'Bradder'.
Oh who am I kidding? I've been called worse.
Oh who am I kidding? I've been called worse.