Brian
@brianlion.bsky.social
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So once upon a time, I got savaged on Twitter for saying that all a man in the games industry had to do to end a woman’s employment at the same company was sexually harass her. As soon as it happened, the timer began counting down. (Thread)
"The girls begged for help, first from a school guidance counselor and then from a sheriff’s deputy assigned to their school...The principal had doubts they even existed." 1/
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
And now one girl is expelled for fighting back.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. She was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her
abcnews.go.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
So once upon a time, I got savaged on Twitter for saying that all a man in the games industry had to do to end a woman’s employment at the same company was sexually harass her. As soon as it happened, the timer began counting down. (Thread)
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"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
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It almost goes without saying, but this is illegal. The name "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" is established by law and the board doesn't have the power to change it. 20 USC 3 §§ 76h - 76s.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It almost goes without saying, but this is illegal. The name "John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" is established by law and the board doesn't have the power to change it. 20 USC 3 §§ 76h - 76s.
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These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
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In 1988 Umberto Eco wrote Foucault's Pendulum.
The plot is: a bunch of guys working at a self-publisher house, for fun, take their huge crackpot and crank slush pile and jam it all together using a simple markov chain program written in BASIC.
They create a Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory.
The plot is: a bunch of guys working at a self-publisher house, for fun, take their huge crackpot and crank slush pile and jam it all together using a simple markov chain program written in BASIC.
They create a Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory.
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In 1988 Umberto Eco wrote Foucault's Pendulum.
The plot is: a bunch of guys working at a self-publisher house, for fun, take their huge crackpot and crank slush pile and jam it all together using a simple markov chain program written in BASIC.
They create a Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory.
The plot is: a bunch of guys working at a self-publisher house, for fun, take their huge crackpot and crank slush pile and jam it all together using a simple markov chain program written in BASIC.
They create a Grand Unified Conspiracy Theory.
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This is stunningly offensive, even by the standards of this two-bit, tacky-ass President.
It’s not his house, and it’s not his place to do this.
And I don’t want any “what do you expect” replies.
This is outrageous. We need to maintain our outrage. Do not accept this as “oh well.”
Be furious.
It’s not his house, and it’s not his place to do this.
And I don’t want any “what do you expect” replies.
This is outrageous. We need to maintain our outrage. Do not accept this as “oh well.”
Be furious.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is stunningly offensive, even by the standards of this two-bit, tacky-ass President.
It’s not his house, and it’s not his place to do this.
And I don’t want any “what do you expect” replies.
This is outrageous. We need to maintain our outrage. Do not accept this as “oh well.”
Be furious.
It’s not his house, and it’s not his place to do this.
And I don’t want any “what do you expect” replies.
This is outrageous. We need to maintain our outrage. Do not accept this as “oh well.”
Be furious.
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Alex Epstein writes a lot of thoughtful stuff about narrative, and I was fascinated to read about him wrestling with the ideas of social conflict in the context of computer games.
Specifically, I like his framing of “dramatic dialogue”
complicationsensue.blogspot.com/2025/12/conv...
Specifically, I like his framing of “dramatic dialogue”
complicationsensue.blogspot.com/2025/12/conv...
Conversational Combat?
complicationsensue.blogspot.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Alex Epstein writes a lot of thoughtful stuff about narrative, and I was fascinated to read about him wrestling with the ideas of social conflict in the context of computer games.
Specifically, I like his framing of “dramatic dialogue”
complicationsensue.blogspot.com/2025/12/conv...
Specifically, I like his framing of “dramatic dialogue”
complicationsensue.blogspot.com/2025/12/conv...
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Amazing how many articles are just “I’m a white guy who didn’t get the promotion I wanted and the only answer to this problem that concerns every single one of us is to re-segregate the workplace”
December 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Amazing how many articles are just “I’m a white guy who didn’t get the promotion I wanted and the only answer to this problem that concerns every single one of us is to re-segregate the workplace”
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“everyone is twelve” has - sigh - made it to politico now
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“everyone is twelve” has - sigh - made it to politico now
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Also, this tweet should be a scandal in its own right! The Secretary of Defense, currently under bipartisan scrutiny for potentially committing cold-blooded murder of shipwrecked men, is cracking public jokes about what he did - essentially spitting in the face of his victims AND Congress.
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Also, this tweet should be a scandal in its own right! The Secretary of Defense, currently under bipartisan scrutiny for potentially committing cold-blooded murder of shipwrecked men, is cracking public jokes about what he did - essentially spitting in the face of his victims AND Congress.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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Iowa Republicans blocked a Satanic Temple holiday display AGAIN because "anything that is not God first" is harmful to children.
(Yes, they actually said that.)
This is what the collapse of “religious freedom” looks like.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/iowa-offic...
(Yes, they actually said that.)
This is what the collapse of “religious freedom” looks like.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/iowa-offic...
Iowa officials block Satanic display again, exposing GOP's true stance on religious liberty
State officials keep inventing rules to silence The Satanic Temple while pretending they only care about “protecting children”
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Iowa Republicans blocked a Satanic Temple holiday display AGAIN because "anything that is not God first" is harmful to children.
(Yes, they actually said that.)
This is what the collapse of “religious freedom” looks like.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/iowa-offic...
(Yes, they actually said that.)
This is what the collapse of “religious freedom” looks like.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/iowa-offic...
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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Trump just said one of the most outrageous things a modern president has ever said, and he'll probably manage to top it somehow before the week is over.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Trump just said one of the most outrageous things a modern president has ever said, and he'll probably manage to top it somehow before the week is over.
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This is real. Our govt is Tweeting like a 14 year old and calling Americans imbecilic morons. We worry about children being bullied but this is the example set by the U.S. GOVERNMENT. This is so shameful. I’m embarrassed for any of you that think this is okay or make excuses for it.
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is real. Our govt is Tweeting like a 14 year old and calling Americans imbecilic morons. We worry about children being bullied but this is the example set by the U.S. GOVERNMENT. This is so shameful. I’m embarrassed for any of you that think this is okay or make excuses for it.
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Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
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The Joyce Carol Oates and “books written between 1890-1930 are so ALPHA” thing struck home because it showed how many elites nowadays lack the ability to be moved or find meaning in art beyond what we did watching John Wick and going fuck yea this rules and that explains why they believe in AI art
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Joyce Carol Oates and “books written between 1890-1930 are so ALPHA” thing struck home because it showed how many elites nowadays lack the ability to be moved or find meaning in art beyond what we did watching John Wick and going fuck yea this rules and that explains why they believe in AI art
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good work everyone we've got Adam fucking Schiff out here on the Sunday shows Serwer-posting
it's a slam dunk but it's important they're actually taking the opportunity
it's a slam dunk but it's important they're actually taking the opportunity
Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
good work everyone we've got Adam fucking Schiff out here on the Sunday shows Serwer-posting
it's a slam dunk but it's important they're actually taking the opportunity
it's a slam dunk but it's important they're actually taking the opportunity
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.