Bryan Clark
@bryanclark.bsky.social
Ex-journalist (NYT, TNW, USA Today, others). Now VP of Editorial at Graphite.
Writes about systems that break people and people who break systems.
Writes about systems that break people and people who break systems.
They could PPV that and I would take out a second mortgage to watch it.
January 29, 2026 at 11:23 PM
They could PPV that and I would take out a second mortgage to watch it.
This is the pattern: negotiate fiercely over the next dollar while pretending the last hundred billion doesn't exist. One Big Beautiful Bill Act already bought the car. Everything else is bickering about gas money.
January 29, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This is the pattern: negotiate fiercely over the next dollar while pretending the last hundred billion doesn't exist. One Big Beautiful Bill Act already bought the car. Everything else is bickering about gas money.
Survival ≠ recovery. Measles erases up to 73% of a child's immune memory. Those 789 kids are now vulnerable to diseases they were already protected against (for 2-3years). Plus the hearing loss, brain damage, and lung scarring we won't hear about.
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Survival ≠ recovery. Measles erases up to 73% of a child's immune memory. Those 789 kids are now vulnerable to diseases they were already protected against (for 2-3years). Plus the hearing loss, brain damage, and lung scarring we won't hear about.
That's not frugality, it's an admission that he'd lose to two women talking about true crime in their living room.
January 29, 2026 at 9:59 PM
That's not frugality, it's an admission that he'd lose to two women talking about true crime in their living room.
To add: Career prosecutors don't threaten mass resignation lightly. These are people who stayed through every administration. When they're heading for the exits, the institution is already on fire.
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
To add: Career prosecutors don't threaten mass resignation lightly. These are people who stayed through every administration. When they're heading for the exits, the institution is already on fire.
The people who know how to prosecute actual crimes are walking out the door while the DOJ chases grad students and nurses. This is the plan. Hollow out the institution, then point at the chaos as proof government doesn't work.
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The people who know how to prosecute actual crimes are walking out the door while the DOJ chases grad students and nurses. This is the plan. Hollow out the institution, then point at the chaos as proof government doesn't work.
David Brooks could get fired into the sun and somehow land a column at Sun Magazine and a fellowship at the Solar Institute
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
David Brooks could get fired into the sun and somehow land a column at Sun Magazine and a fellowship at the Solar Institute
Superintendent's email confirms it: 30-day surge starting Feb 4, target list already in hand.
Anyone heading there: Haitian Community Help & Support Center and G92 coalition are coordinating. Document everything.
Anyone heading there: Haitian Community Help & Support Center and G92 coalition are coordinating. Document everything.
January 29, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Superintendent's email confirms it: 30-day surge starting Feb 4, target list already in hand.
Anyone heading there: Haitian Community Help & Support Center and G92 coalition are coordinating. Document everything.
Anyone heading there: Haitian Community Help & Support Center and G92 coalition are coordinating. Document everything.
Billionaires: "AI will create abundance for everyone!"
Also billionaires: fires 30,000 people to make AI
The abundance is arriving any minute now, I'm sure.
Also billionaires: fires 30,000 people to make AI
The abundance is arriving any minute now, I'm sure.
January 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Billionaires: "AI will create abundance for everyone!"
Also billionaires: fires 30,000 people to make AI
The abundance is arriving any minute now, I'm sure.
Also billionaires: fires 30,000 people to make AI
The abundance is arriving any minute now, I'm sure.
And your employer is just like, cool... we'll switch to open source tech?
January 29, 2026 at 9:38 PM
And your employer is just like, cool... we'll switch to open source tech?
Congrats. But the rest of the world does.
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Congrats. But the rest of the world does.
Not even talking about the addictive elements. How do you function in society? You have a job, right? Presumably you need a phone, a laptop, an email account.
January 29, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Not even talking about the addictive elements. How do you function in society? You have a job, right? Presumably you need a phone, a laptop, an email account.
You'd also have to boycott the underlying technology. Amazon, Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia. How is that even possible without going to live in a cave somewhere?
January 29, 2026 at 9:04 PM
You'd also have to boycott the underlying technology. Amazon, Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia. How is that even possible without going to live in a cave somewhere?
They paid for the inauguration. Now they're getting paid back: antitrust cases quietly settling, friendly AI regulation, cloud contracts.
This isn't censorship by coercion. It's censorship by transaction.
This isn't censorship by coercion. It's censorship by transaction.
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 PM
They paid for the inauguration. Now they're getting paid back: antitrust cases quietly settling, friendly AI regulation, cloud contracts.
This isn't censorship by coercion. It's censorship by transaction.
This isn't censorship by coercion. It's censorship by transaction.
These platforms built empires on "connecting people" and "organizing the world's information." Turns out the business model works just as well for disorganizing it when the price is right.
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
These platforms built empires on "connecting people" and "organizing the world's information." Turns out the business model works just as well for disorganizing it when the price is right.
Antitrust cases quietly settling. AI regulation written by the regulated. Government cloud contracts. The transactional part isn't even hidden anymore—it's just not supposed to be spoken aloud.
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Antitrust cases quietly settling. AI regulation written by the regulated. Government cloud contracts. The transactional part isn't even hidden anymore—it's just not supposed to be spoken aloud.
The question isn't why they're doing it. It's what they're getting back.
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The question isn't why they're doing it. It's what they're getting back.
"We'll leave when the problem is solved" is the same logic as every forever war we've ever had. You define the problem vaguely, declare yourself the only solution, and then your continued presence is the policy.
January 29, 2026 at 5:48 PM
"We'll leave when the problem is solved" is the same logic as every forever war we've ever had. You define the problem vaguely, declare yourself the only solution, and then your continued presence is the policy.
Someone out there is editing a resume on their phone in portrait mode and that person is not okay
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Someone out there is editing a resume on their phone in portrait mode and that person is not okay
Five tickets could honestly be one guy who keeps walking into the wrong theater looking for Paddington
January 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Five tickets could honestly be one guy who keeps walking into the wrong theater looking for Paddington
Beyond calling: donate to immigrant legal defense orgs, attend local town halls, support Know Your Rights trainings in your community, volunteer with groups like RAICES or local mutual aid networks, and show up to city council meetings.
Local pressure matters too.
Local pressure matters too.
January 29, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Beyond calling: donate to immigrant legal defense orgs, attend local town halls, support Know Your Rights trainings in your community, volunteer with groups like RAICES or local mutual aid networks, and show up to city council meetings.
Local pressure matters too.
Local pressure matters too.