Brian
@realbreal.bsky.social
Executive, fitness and sports enthusiast, endlessly curious. Celtics Sox Patriots
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Just published my 20-Game Lakers Check...my deepest mix of charts, context, and data storytelling this season.
I made it free (no paywall) so more people can discover the work.
If you enjoy these deep dives, a repost is the best “thank you.” 🙏
digginbasketball.substack.com/p/lakers-20-...
I made it free (no paywall) so more people can discover the work.
If you enjoy these deep dives, a repost is the best “thank you.” 🙏
digginbasketball.substack.com/p/lakers-20-...
Stats With Context: 20-Game Check
Plenty of wins, plenty to like… but also Lakers kryptonite showing.
digginbasketball.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just published my 20-Game Lakers Check...my deepest mix of charts, context, and data storytelling this season.
I made it free (no paywall) so more people can discover the work.
If you enjoy these deep dives, a repost is the best “thank you.” 🙏
digginbasketball.substack.com/p/lakers-20-...
I made it free (no paywall) so more people can discover the work.
If you enjoy these deep dives, a repost is the best “thank you.” 🙏
digginbasketball.substack.com/p/lakers-20-...
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Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation
Paradox of automation
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The paradox of automation says that the more efficient the automated system, the more crucial the human contribution of the operators. Humans are less involved, but their involvement becomes more critical. Lisanne Bainbridge, a cognitive psychologist, identified these issues notably in her widely cited paper "Ironies of Automation."[49] If an automated system has an error, it will multiply that error until it is fixed or shut down. This is where human operators come in.[50] A fatal example of this was Air France Flight 447, where a failure of automation put the pilots into a manual situation they were not prepared for.[51]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:byjjq67p7iau6qufzjmizpbn/bafkreie4ootzzyowpylsxjg7gxsp63iujxh4qceuuxxhwm63yrm2qffa4e@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
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Anyone see the Northern lights this week?
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Anyone see the Northern lights this week?
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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The new Virginia congressional map should be 10-1.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The new Virginia congressional map should be 10-1.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I hope everyone feeling good about tonight’s election results knows it will only further motivate attacks on democratic institutions. The work has just begun.
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I hope everyone feeling good about tonight’s election results knows it will only further motivate attacks on democratic institutions. The work has just begun.
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Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
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welcome to a lil corner of my life :3 happy to have ya here
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October 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wondering what you think about this @sallyjenx.bsky.social will you respond?
Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?
This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
October 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wondering what you think about this @sallyjenx.bsky.social will you respond?
Really stupid people having access to really powerful weapons isn’t the best situation.
A U.S. drone hit one of the “go fast” type UAPs with a Hellfire “tank buster” missile. Then it got interesting! The missile bounced off and kept going, while the UAP also kept going on its way. Debris from the strike appeared to follow the object as it moved. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Video of US missile fired at mystery orb shown at UFO hearing
The footage was shown during a Congressional hearing on "unidentified anomalous phenomena," which in the air are commonly referred to as as UFOs.
www.bbc.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Really stupid people having access to really powerful weapons isn’t the best situation.
If I could say something a million times.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk makes we worry we can no longer have peaceful discussions of whether gays should be stoned to death or civil and collegial debates about whether black people are inherently inferior. Our culture will suffer.
New York Times tomorrow
New York Times tomorrow
September 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
If I could say something a million times.
In all the noise, this will be one of the most impactful decisions we’ll see this year.
🚨NEW: Reversing *generations* of practice, the Board of Immigration Appeals gives ICE exactly what it demanded, ruling that any undocumented immigrant who entered illegally is categorically ineligible for release from detention on bond — expanding mandatory detention by millions of people.
September 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
In all the noise, this will be one of the most impactful decisions we’ll see this year.
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💊 ADHD meds cut major risks
A Swedish registry study of 148k people with ADHD found medication reduced risks of suicide, substance misuse, crashes, and crime (but not injuries).
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
#SciComm #ADHD 🧪
A Swedish registry study of 148k people with ADHD found medication reduced risks of suicide, substance misuse, crashes, and crime (but not injuries).
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
#SciComm #ADHD 🧪
ADHD drug treatment and risk of suicidal behaviours, substance misuse, accidental injuries, transport accidents, and criminality: emulation of target trials
Objective To examine the effects of drug treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on suicidal behaviours, substance misuse, accidental injuries, transport accidents, and criminali...
www.bmj.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
💊 ADHD meds cut major risks
A Swedish registry study of 148k people with ADHD found medication reduced risks of suicide, substance misuse, crashes, and crime (but not injuries).
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
#SciComm #ADHD 🧪
A Swedish registry study of 148k people with ADHD found medication reduced risks of suicide, substance misuse, crashes, and crime (but not injuries).
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
#SciComm #ADHD 🧪
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Whoever you are, you're a genius.
Studio City, CA
Studio City, CA
August 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Whoever you are, you're a genius.
Studio City, CA
Studio City, CA
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1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.
popular.info
August 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.
Here's why.
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Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
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Defund the police: something that never really happened, but everybody talked about.
Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.
Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.
July 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Defund the police: something that never really happened, but everybody talked about.
Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.
Defund the scientists: something that's actually happening, but almost nobody's talking about in those terms.
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June 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Masked ICE agents spotted swapping out license plates this morning in Bell Gardens, CA
June 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Masked ICE agents spotted swapping out license plates this morning in Bell Gardens, CA
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Something is fundamentally wrong with America when millions of dollars can’t buy you a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the respect of your children, the silence of your baby mammas, or a functional penis implant.
April 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Something is fundamentally wrong with America when millions of dollars can’t buy you a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the respect of your children, the silence of your baby mammas, or a functional penis implant.
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A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
March 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.
Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.