Brendan
@bschneider30.bsky.social
Pop culture fan, podcast connoisseur, player of games, axis inverter, puppy wrangler, amateur chef, pro wrestling fan. IBEW he/him
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A lot of liars saying this is a doink. This is not a doink, this is a sound we've never heard before.
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A lot of liars saying this is a doink. This is not a doink, this is a sound we've never heard before.
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Mid-THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR and man, the “Battle Without Honor or Humanity” and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” needle drops really are two of the like top five all time for me
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Mid-THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR and man, the “Battle Without Honor or Humanity” and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” needle drops really are two of the like top five all time for me
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This is where you see people genuinely treating LLMs as if they know things, rather than that they are, at best, a version of reading a lot of stuff that’s already on the internet. Even if the idea that Carol is Kim weren’t silly, which it is, that would be inside the head of Vince Gilligan.
How about you just watch the tv show like a normal person?
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is where you see people genuinely treating LLMs as if they know things, rather than that they are, at best, a version of reading a lot of stuff that’s already on the internet. Even if the idea that Carol is Kim weren’t silly, which it is, that would be inside the head of Vince Gilligan.
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Not only should sports gambling be made illegal again, people should be legally obligated to Paypal someone $5 every time they bring up their fantasy football team in casual conversation with them.
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Not only should sports gambling be made illegal again, people should be legally obligated to Paypal someone $5 every time they bring up their fantasy football team in casual conversation with them.
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How about you just watch the tv show like a normal person?
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
How about you just watch the tv show like a normal person?
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Everyone is 12
LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well
STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people
MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Everyone is 12
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i asked @davidjroth.bsky.social to write a "a quick 2-3 graf sub appeal" based on his typically excellent blog earlier this week. because he can only be himself, roth turned in 600 original words, trimmed down and reproduced here. if you also liked reading this, consider a sub: defector.com/products
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
i asked @davidjroth.bsky.social to write a "a quick 2-3 graf sub appeal" based on his typically excellent blog earlier this week. because he can only be himself, roth turned in 600 original words, trimmed down and reproduced here. if you also liked reading this, consider a sub: defector.com/products
ACAB includes the boys of the NYPD choir.
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
ACAB includes the boys of the NYPD choir.
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My dad was listening to Atlantic City in front of Willow and she asked who the Chicken Man is and I wasn’t there to explain the history of power struggles in the Philadelphia Mafia, this is the worst day of my life
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My dad was listening to Atlantic City in front of Willow and she asked who the Chicken Man is and I wasn’t there to explain the history of power struggles in the Philadelphia Mafia, this is the worst day of my life
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nobody’s saying he should be sentenced to death for what he did, but buddy you gotta go become a janitor or something now
November 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
nobody’s saying he should be sentenced to death for what he did, but buddy you gotta go become a janitor or something now
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thing that always drove me nuts about the Louis CKs of the world is that “you abused your stature in an industry to harm people, therefore you shouldn’t be allowed to work in said industry anymore” is a relatively modest and reasonable ask
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
thing that always drove me nuts about the Louis CKs of the world is that “you abused your stature in an industry to harm people, therefore you shouldn’t be allowed to work in said industry anymore” is a relatively modest and reasonable ask
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I did a comic about this three years ago.
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I did a comic about this three years ago.
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since ur not gonna read it, just know that the article ends by talking about his triumph over masturbation addiction lmao
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
since ur not gonna read it, just know that the article ends by talking about his triumph over masturbation addiction lmao
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You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.
A house divided when I adopt the Bears for the playoffs with a Packer fan on the other side of the couch.
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A house divided when I adopt the Bears for the playoffs with a Packer fan on the other side of the couch.
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Repeal the Hague Invasion Act and try everyone responsible, this is non-negotiable www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Repeal the Hague Invasion Act and try everyone responsible, this is non-negotiable www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Perpetual 2016
I don't mind being called USian. I get why. In my work I've been trying to minimize the use of "Americans" as a term when I can, instead saying "people in the US".
It's a little thing, but I don't think it matters much.
It's a little thing, but I don't think it matters much.
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Perpetual 2016
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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This is like SWINGERS for people with massive credit card debt
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is like SWINGERS for people with massive credit card debt
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Exactly. It's harder to manufacture consent (the Times' core purpose) if everyone thinks our leaders are imbeciles and the government is illegitimate. While you may disagree with them, our leaders are serious and competent people chosen by a real and functional meritocratic democracy ;)
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Exactly. It's harder to manufacture consent (the Times' core purpose) if everyone thinks our leaders are imbeciles and the government is illegitimate. While you may disagree with them, our leaders are serious and competent people chosen by a real and functional meritocratic democracy ;)
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I presume Foreign Affairs is not yet running my one-word rebuttal "don't"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Topple Maduro
And why regime change is the only way forward in Venezuela.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I presume Foreign Affairs is not yet running my one-word rebuttal "don't"
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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They're saying this because they're all addicted to posts and it's a popular genre of "RETVRN to 50s magazine ads" tweet
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
They're saying this because they're all addicted to posts and it's a popular genre of "RETVRN to 50s magazine ads" tweet