Mike Brock 🇺🇸
@brockm.bsky.social
Ex-tech exec. Deeply unfashionable. Penning dispatches from democracy's peril at notesfromthecircus.com. Unmasking the unholy alliance of Silicon Valley and aspiring despots. 2+2=4, even when power insists otherwise. For Frodo.
Pinned
Revenge of the Technocrats Could Be the End of Democracy
A Response to Ruy Teixeira
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A return to technocratic liberal centrism would be the death knell of democracy.
This is an essay that is mostly about Ben Shapiro.
Monsters Everywhere
It didn't start out being about Ben Shapiro, but it's about Ben Shapiro.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This is an essay that is mostly about Ben Shapiro.
Someone has to talk about this.
Narcissism
A meditation on our epistemic culture.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Someone has to talk about this.
Reposted by Mike Brock 🇺🇸
I didn't know this would be about Ben Shapiro when I started writing this. But I think it's fair to say it's about Ben Shapiro.
Monsters Everywhere
It didn't start out being about Ben Shaprio, but it's about Ben Shaprio.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I didn't know this would be about Ben Shapiro when I started writing this. But I think it's fair to say it's about Ben Shapiro.
I mean, if these justices relent in Trump's direction, I would see that as a form of treason, personally.
If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I mean, if these justices relent in Trump's direction, I would see that as a form of treason, personally.
A personal note.
A Personal Note, from the Circus
A meta-meditation on authenticity
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December 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A personal note.
Thoughts about thoughts.
On Elitism
A meditation, since the accusation has been made.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Thoughts about thoughts.
I'm not elitist. I'm intellectually hygienic. I'm on the people's side.
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I'm not elitist. I'm intellectually hygienic. I'm on the people's side.
I didn't know this would be about Ben Shapiro when I started writing this. But I think it's fair to say it's about Ben Shapiro.
Monsters Everywhere
It didn't start out being about Ben Shaprio, but it's about Ben Shaprio.
www.notesfromthecircus.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I didn't know this would be about Ben Shapiro when I started writing this. But I think it's fair to say it's about Ben Shapiro.
Reposted by Mike Brock 🇺🇸
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
America, can you not see? The country belongs to you. It is being stolen from you. You must act if you are to save your inheritance. People died so that you may have it, you know.
December 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
America, can you not see? The country belongs to you. It is being stolen from you. You must act if you are to save your inheritance. People died so that you may have it, you know.
For all of the people within Silicon Valley and the tech industry who have reached out to me with warm recognition of my honest gesture, I thank you. It means the world to me. I am not motivated by hate.
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For all of the people within Silicon Valley and the tech industry who have reached out to me with warm recognition of my honest gesture, I thank you. It means the world to me. I am not motivated by hate.
Reposted by Mike Brock 🇺🇸
Scott Bessent pushed for some softening of the language about Beijing, according to two people familiar with the matter. Bessent is currently involved in sensitive U.S. trade talks with China, and Trump himself is wary of the delicate relations with Beijing.
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Scott Bessent pushed for some softening of the language about Beijing, according to two people familiar with the matter. Bessent is currently involved in sensitive U.S. trade talks with China, and Trump himself is wary of the delicate relations with Beijing.
I have decided to drop the paywall early on this piece.
LLMs Are Universal Translators, Not Universal Thinkers
Or: Why the AGI Skeptics Are Right But Missing the Deeper Point
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December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have decided to drop the paywall early on this piece.
Yes! The American people have reasonable questions, Congress. We seek redress of these grievances so presented!
Where to begin. Let’s start w/the ARTICLE about the plan. A plan that dt surely did not write. Is the author familiar w/dt? dt’s only focus is self-aggrandisement & personal enrichment. Oh, and pleasing Putin.
Will leave it to experts to assess the actual plan & guess who wrote it.
Seriously?👇👇
Will leave it to experts to assess the actual plan & guess who wrote it.
Seriously?👇👇
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Yes! The American people have reasonable questions, Congress. We seek redress of these grievances so presented!
We have to put a stop to this, America.
Trump reveals what he wants for the world
The National Security Strategy, which presidents usually release once each term, offers a formal statement of U.S. global priorities.
www.politico.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We have to put a stop to this, America.
If anyone was ever thinking about being a hero, history is taking applications right now.
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
If anyone was ever thinking about being a hero, history is taking applications right now.
They didn't want to hire me because I held close to the notion that I have a responsibility as a citizen. That my public voice should be used to draw attention to Trump's moral crimes. But I continue my work.
LLMs Are Universal Translators, Not Universal Thinkers
Or: Why the AGI Skeptics Are Right But Missing the Deeper Point
www.notesfromthecircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
They didn't want to hire me because I held close to the notion that I have a responsibility as a citizen. That my public voice should be used to draw attention to Trump's moral crimes. But I continue my work.
Leadership of virtue looks like narcissism to the corrupt of heart.
"Why so serious?" says the Joker ...
People either perform to reveal. Or to conceal. And then history forms its opinions.
"Why so serious?" says the Joker ...
People either perform to reveal. Or to conceal. And then history forms its opinions.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Leadership of virtue looks like narcissism to the corrupt of heart.
"Why so serious?" says the Joker ...
People either perform to reveal. Or to conceal. And then history forms its opinions.
"Why so serious?" says the Joker ...
People either perform to reveal. Or to conceal. And then history forms its opinions.
Here's how to think of LLMs, Silicon Valley.
LLMs Are Universal Translators, Not Universal Thinkers
Or: Why the AGI Skeptics Are Right But Missing the Deeper Point
www.notesfromthecircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Here's how to think of LLMs, Silicon Valley.
I am just saying what I honestly believe is true. I am not doing anything else. It's a curious thing about our culture, the cosmology of inhibitions of our speech, that we don't just say to the world what we really think. 1/2
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I am just saying what I honestly believe is true. I am not doing anything else. It's a curious thing about our culture, the cosmology of inhibitions of our speech, that we don't just say to the world what we really think. 1/2
I am proud of the American people.
A Note From The Circus: The People Say No
The People are Sovereign!
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December 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I am proud of the American people.
Reposted by Mike Brock 🇺🇸
“we are not alone. The people attempting this coup want us to believe everyone is corrupt, everyone is cynical, everyone would do the same if given the chance.
But the grand jury—that ancient democratic ritual requiring the genuine assent of randomly selected citizens—keeps proving them wrong.”
But the grand jury—that ancient democratic ritual requiring the genuine assent of randomly selected citizens—keeps proving them wrong.”
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“we are not alone. The people attempting this coup want us to believe everyone is corrupt, everyone is cynical, everyone would do the same if given the chance.
But the grand jury—that ancient democratic ritual requiring the genuine assent of randomly selected citizens—keeps proving them wrong.”
But the grand jury—that ancient democratic ritual requiring the genuine assent of randomly selected citizens—keeps proving them wrong.”
I have great news!
A Note From The Circus: The People Say No
The People are Sovereign!
www.notesfromthecircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I have great news!
The Great People of the United States, looking out for their fellow citizen, refuse Treason on behalf of Power.
BREAKING: Federal grand jury REFUSES TO INDICT New York Attorney General Letitia James again
December 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Great People of the United States, looking out for their fellow citizen, refuse Treason on behalf of Power.
I cannot overstate the pathos that awaits one in moral hell. It is a path one should avoid. I write this in great effigy to the great mistake of a tragic soul.
Marco Rubio Has Gone to Moral Hell
The Secretary of State of the United States—chief diplomat of what was once a proud republic—has renamed the United States Institute of Peace after Donald Trump.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I cannot overstate the pathos that awaits one in moral hell. It is a path one should avoid. I write this in great effigy to the great mistake of a tragic soul.