Brian Silliman
@briansilliman.bsky.social
Your #1 source for random lyrics from Pacific Overtures
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projecting strength by getting chased out of town by a guy on a single crutch
July 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
projecting strength by getting chased out of town by a guy on a single crutch
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There is nothing coming to save you in creative writing. Why wouldn't you give into your worst instincts
June 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
There is nothing coming to save you in creative writing. Why wouldn't you give into your worst instincts
I’m the fragment underneath
June 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I’m the fragment underneath
Guess that’s it then
June 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Guess that’s it then
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The Backroom Deal Of An Obedient S********l Shoplifter
May 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Backroom Deal Of An Obedient S********l Shoplifter
Thanks to Joni Ernst for the spring in my step, such incredible insight
May 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thanks to Joni Ernst for the spring in my step, such incredible insight
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Tom Cruise couldn’t make The Rehearsal but Nathan Fielder could make Mission Impossible
May 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Tom Cruise couldn’t make The Rehearsal but Nathan Fielder could make Mission Impossible
Kings are burning somewhere
May 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Kings are burning somewhere
SOMEONE READS A LIST FROM A BOX, SOMEONE TALKS OF LAWS
May 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
SOMEONE READS A LIST FROM A BOX, SOMEONE TALKS OF LAWS
Shoeboxes are useful
May 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Shoeboxes are useful
“He missed the Poison concert because he was masturbating, and he loved Poison.”
May 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“He missed the Poison concert because he was masturbating, and he loved Poison.”
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My summer readinge recommendacioun for the Chicago Sun-Tymes ys the newe *Mad Max: Fury Road* novelization by Virginia Woolf
May 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My summer readinge recommendacioun for the Chicago Sun-Tymes ys the newe *Mad Max: Fury Road* novelization by Virginia Woolf
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I thought that the Salvation Army was the “Starvation Army” and that they won battles by starving their enemies
Folks, get in here. We’re admitting all the dumb wrong shit we believed until we were way too old.
Fun fact: until I was appreciably into my 20s, I thought they were called oncologists because they were always “on call.”
May 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I thought that the Salvation Army was the “Starvation Army” and that they won battles by starving their enemies
We’ll see what happens when he stops being polite and continues to be a corrupted toilet
NEW: Former Real World cast member Duffy is the second cabinet secretary to have sold stock shortly before a Trump tariff announcement.
Last week, @propublica.org reported Pam Bondi sold at least $1M worth of Trump Media shares on “Liberation Day.”
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
Last week, @propublica.org reported Pam Bondi sold at least $1M worth of Trump Media shares on “Liberation Day.”
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs
Duffy is the second member of Trump’s cabinet who sold securities shortly before the president’s tariff announcements sent markets plunging. A spokesperson for Duffy said an account manager made the t...
www.propublica.org
May 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We’ll see what happens when he stops being polite and continues to be a corrupted toilet
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Stop calling A.I. slop “art” and real human-created works “content”
May 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Stop calling A.I. slop “art” and real human-created works “content”
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Stop using AI. We're all going to fucking die and if you want to leave anything behind you better start screaming in your own words
yes, ChatGPT is in schools; there are K-12 school districts and DOEs entering into AI contracts, too. so rather than panicking over the death of academia as a foregone conclusion—particularly when LLMs are frequently wrong—why don't we talk about the climate costs of AI?
my latest @teenvogue.com
my latest @teenvogue.com
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
www.teenvogue.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Stop using AI. We're all going to fucking die and if you want to leave anything behind you better start screaming in your own words
Take a bat to every damn server
Hate this a lot. Value human creators, writers, artists, narrators, editors -- everyone in the chain of making a book and putting it out into the world should be a human being. Humans make art for humans.
P.S. fuck AI -- eat shit, artbarf robots
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
P.S. fuck AI -- eat shit, artbarf robots
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Take a bat to every damn server
A powerful “just give up” moment
I suspect as influencers grow more and more famous than actors we’ll be seeing more of this “Mr. Beast and Helen Mirren are… LA SLEUTHS” type stuff.
May 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A powerful “just give up” moment
I make the same promise on my OnlyFans page
May 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I make the same promise on my OnlyFans page
“They basically gave me a blank check as long as I don’t go over budget.”
May 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“They basically gave me a blank check as long as I don’t go over budget.”
Ugly tacky malevolent ridiculous piece of shit. Also the plane
It’s the first Air Force One that comes with gold trim, mood lighting, and gold faucets to blind incoming missiles.
May 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Ugly tacky malevolent ridiculous piece of shit. Also the plane
Is it great yet
*Open bribery
*Masked armed officials arresting residents without warrants, citizens who try to intervene
*Arrests for engaging in non-violent speech
*Destruction of government capacities
*Massive economic uncertainty and damage
*Unprecedented targeting of government power against political enemies
*Masked armed officials arresting residents without warrants, citizens who try to intervene
*Arrests for engaging in non-violent speech
*Destruction of government capacities
*Massive economic uncertainty and damage
*Unprecedented targeting of government power against political enemies
May 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Is it great yet