Brad VanSickle
@anarchybrownies.bsky.social
Failed bookstore owner, hater of the attention economy, lover of reading and basketball.
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Infinite scroll driven by engagement algorithms was a mistake on a civilizational scale.
Christmas holidays are about laying in front of the fire and turning periodically to warm all sides like a rotisserie chicken.
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Christmas holidays are about laying in front of the fire and turning periodically to warm all sides like a rotisserie chicken.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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The NBA leader in total minutes played, 2 months into the season: Brandon Ingram. Who would’ve guessed?
He still hasn’t missed a game and is at 924 minutes, 329 more than he logged all of last season.
He still hasn’t missed a game and is at 924 minutes, 329 more than he logged all of last season.
December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The NBA leader in total minutes played, 2 months into the season: Brandon Ingram. Who would’ve guessed?
He still hasn’t missed a game and is at 924 minutes, 329 more than he logged all of last season.
He still hasn’t missed a game and is at 924 minutes, 329 more than he logged all of last season.
Times New Roman insists upon itself.
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Times New Roman insists upon itself.
"Broadcast radio was, in its early days, thought of as a miracle of science, a sacred and blessed realm that ought to be free from commercial intrusion. It was to be for the education, entertainment, and enlightenment of the public..."
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 by Tim Wu
#BookSky
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 by Tim Wu
#BookSky
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Broadcast radio was, in its early days, thought of as a miracle of science, a sacred and blessed realm that ought to be free from commercial intrusion. It was to be for the education, entertainment, and enlightenment of the public..."
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 by Tim Wu
#BookSky
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 by Tim Wu
#BookSky
I would love to know how many more articles we need about this before we actually follow through with the actions that would indicate we truly believe these giant, unregulated social media companies are destroying us.
Data analysis of social media posts painting Taylor Swift as a Trump supporter or white supremacist revealed a network of inauthentic accounts.
Taylor Swift's Last Album Sparked Bizarre Accusations of Nazism. It Was a Coordinated Attack
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I would love to know how many more articles we need about this before we actually follow through with the actions that would indicate we truly believe these giant, unregulated social media companies are destroying us.
I love Blade Runner (Original and 2049), simply because I am totally enthralled by how their stories and characters ask the question of what it means to be human.
SOMEHOW, I have never seen Ghost in the Shell, and given the theme, that's a pretty big oversight on my part.
SOMEHOW, I have never seen Ghost in the Shell, and given the theme, that's a pretty big oversight on my part.
December 8, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I love Blade Runner (Original and 2049), simply because I am totally enthralled by how their stories and characters ask the question of what it means to be human.
SOMEHOW, I have never seen Ghost in the Shell, and given the theme, that's a pretty big oversight on my part.
SOMEHOW, I have never seen Ghost in the Shell, and given the theme, that's a pretty big oversight on my part.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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i wish neil armstrong had brutally flubbed the moon landing line. that's one small step for moon. one small step ON moon. for a man. one giant man.. 's leap. one GIANT LEAP for moonkind. moon man. one giant moon for manmind. you can hear buzz rollin around in the lander, just howling
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
i wish neil armstrong had brutally flubbed the moon landing line. that's one small step for moon. one small step ON moon. for a man. one giant man.. 's leap. one GIANT LEAP for moonkind. moon man. one giant moon for manmind. you can hear buzz rollin around in the lander, just howling
"...in the battle for our attention, there is a particular importance in who gets there first or most often."
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠, by Tim Wu
#BookSky
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠, by Tim Wu
#BookSky
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"...in the battle for our attention, there is a particular importance in who gets there first or most often."
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠, by Tim Wu
#BookSky
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠, by Tim Wu
#BookSky
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On Scottie Barnes’ remarkable consistency this season and Brandon Ingram’s mini slump - is he starting to hit a bit of a wall?
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
On Scottie Barnes’ remarkable consistency this season and Brandon Ingram’s mini slump - is he starting to hit a bit of a wall?
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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What’s the clean version of that Brandon Ingram said after hitting tonight’s game winner?
“I said, ‘This is why I’m here’. That’s as clean as I can say it.”
“I said, ‘This is why I’m here’. That’s as clean as I can say it.”
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What’s the clean version of that Brandon Ingram said after hitting tonight’s game winner?
“I said, ‘This is why I’m here’. That’s as clean as I can say it.”
“I said, ‘This is why I’m here’. That’s as clean as I can say it.”
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"The dead appear to us in dreams, said Julian, because that's the only way they can make us see them; what we see is only a projection, beamed from a great distance, light shining at us from a dead star..."
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦, by Donna Tartt
#BookSky
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦, by Donna Tartt
#BookSky
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
"The dead appear to us in dreams, said Julian, because that's the only way they can make us see them; what we see is only a projection, beamed from a great distance, light shining at us from a dead star..."
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦, by Donna Tartt
#BookSky
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦, by Donna Tartt
#BookSky
Joseph Weizenbaum's thoughts on his primitive "chatbot" program in 1965:
"... what shocked him was how quickly and deeply people using the software 'became emotionally involved with the computer,' talking to it as if it were an actual person."
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
#BookSky
"... what shocked him was how quickly and deeply people using the software 'became emotionally involved with the computer,' talking to it as if it were an actual person."
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
#BookSky
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Joseph Weizenbaum's thoughts on his primitive "chatbot" program in 1965:
"... what shocked him was how quickly and deeply people using the software 'became emotionally involved with the computer,' talking to it as if it were an actual person."
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
#BookSky
"... what shocked him was how quickly and deeply people using the software 'became emotionally involved with the computer,' talking to it as if it were an actual person."
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
#BookSky
"The offloading of memory to external data banks doesn't just threaten the depth and distinctiveness of the self. It threatens the depth and distinctiveness of the culture we all share."
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"The offloading of memory to external data banks doesn't just threaten the depth and distinctiveness of the self. It threatens the depth and distinctiveness of the culture we all share."
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
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finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
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I’ll turn my head but I refuse to do the performative cough
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’ll turn my head but I refuse to do the performative cough
"...Page and Brin were averse to injecting advertisements into their search results, fearing it would corrupt Google's pristine mathematical objectivity. 'We expect... that advertising-funded search engines will be inherently biased towards the advertisers...'"
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"...Page and Brin were averse to injecting advertisements into their search results, fearing it would corrupt Google's pristine mathematical objectivity. 'We expect... that advertising-funded search engines will be inherently biased towards the advertisers...'"
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠, by Nicholas Carr
"'My daddy says kissing folks in public is the most disgusting thing there is.' The man who had told her that was under indictment for swindling his neighbours and his country out of six million dollars."
-𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑒, by Kurt Vonnegut
-𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑒, by Kurt Vonnegut
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"'My daddy says kissing folks in public is the most disgusting thing there is.' The man who had told her that was under indictment for swindling his neighbours and his country out of six million dollars."
-𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑒, by Kurt Vonnegut
-𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑒, by Kurt Vonnegut