Russell Brandom
@russellbrandom.bsky.social
I want to speak very plainly to you, so that we are both comforted by the honesty.
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NEW: I tried to explain why there are so many victims of spyware, despite the fact that its makers have been telling us for years that the tech is only intended to be used in limited cases.
There are several reasons, including how the spyware systems are designed, and how powerful they are.
There are several reasons, including how the spyware systems are designed, and how powerful they are.
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch
Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficul...
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
NEW: I tried to explain why there are so many victims of spyware, despite the fact that its makers have been telling us for years that the tech is only intended to be used in limited cases.
There are several reasons, including how the spyware systems are designed, and how powerful they are.
There are several reasons, including how the spyware systems are designed, and how powerful they are.
At last, we have sufficiently advanced technology to allow men to be loved techcrunch.com/2025/11/09/e...
Elon Musk uses Grok to imagine the possibility of love | TechCrunch
After Tesla shareholders approved a new compensation package that could be worth $1 trillion, CEO Elon Musk appears to be celebrating with a normal weekend on his social media platform X.
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
At last, we have sufficiently advanced technology to allow men to be loved techcrunch.com/2025/11/09/e...
The three genders (pig, bear, rabbit)
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The three genders (pig, bear, rabbit)
Folks, you can’t just tweet that some specific change has made you leave New York. It doesn’t count unless you write the whole essay.
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Folks, you can’t just tweet that some specific change has made you leave New York. It doesn’t count unless you write the whole essay.
Hard to imagine this level of success for Zohran without the reemergence of Allison Crutchfield as a creative force. Indeed, many analysts are already calling this "the Snocaps wave."
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Hard to imagine this level of success for Zohran without the reemergence of Allison Crutchfield as a creative force. Indeed, many analysts are already calling this "the Snocaps wave."
Get his ass, Ishmael
The greater idiot ever scolds the lesser
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Get his ass, Ishmael
Rhonda Santis
November 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Rhonda Santis
Meta is spending billions on AI — but so far, there’s no plan for how to make money from it techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/m...
Meta has an AI product problem | TechCrunch
Meta's AI spending is starting to make Wall Street nervous.
techcrunch.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Meta is spending billions on AI — but so far, there’s no plan for how to make money from it techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/m...
One of the most touching things about AI discourse is the absolute certainty that putting more intelligence into the world will make society richer and happier.
People see it as so obvious that it’s hardly even discussed.
People see it as so obvious that it’s hardly even discussed.
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
One of the most touching things about AI discourse is the absolute certainty that putting more intelligence into the world will make society richer and happier.
People see it as so obvious that it’s hardly even discussed.
People see it as so obvious that it’s hardly even discussed.
Tag yourself, I'm _oo_.
Mitchell Crew, 1983
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5241
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5241
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Tag yourself, I'm _oo_.
The OpenAI conversion includes a provision for independent verification of AGI, if the company ever thinks they have achieved it techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/o...
OpenAI completes its for-profit recapitalization | TechCrunch
OpenAI has completed its recapitalization, splitting the AI lab into a for-profit corporation nested inside a non-profit foundation.
techcrunch.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The OpenAI conversion includes a provision for independent verification of AGI, if the company ever thinks they have achieved it techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/o...
That is a lot of suicidal users! techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...
OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly | TechCrunch
OpenAI released data on just how many of ChatGPT's users are facing mental health challenges, and how its addressing them.
techcrunch.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
That is a lot of suicidal users! techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...
The Harper's Goon piece is great — easily one of the best things I've read about the contemporary internet harpers.org/archive/2025...
The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz
Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation
harpers.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Harper's Goon piece is great — easily one of the best things I've read about the contemporary internet harpers.org/archive/2025...
this was before they knew enough to call it "that dog"
There is that in me .... I do not know what it is .... but I know it is in me.
October 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
this was before they knew enough to call it "that dog"
Holding onto this one
October 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Holding onto this one
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Cannot stress enough how little Jesus talks about sex and how much he talks about money. Every other line out of the guy’s mouth is like, “You absolutely have to give away all of your money to the poor.”
October 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Cannot stress enough how little Jesus talks about sex and how much he talks about money. Every other line out of the guy’s mouth is like, “You absolutely have to give away all of your money to the poor.”
Reposted by Russell Brandom
The Coca-Cola Freestyle machine is an echo chamber. Good luck finding nuanced debates about hot button issues on that touch screen. It’s just soda names and flavored syrups
September 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Coca-Cola Freestyle machine is an echo chamber. Good luck finding nuanced debates about hot button issues on that touch screen. It’s just soda names and flavored syrups
One Battle After Another would have been better if it had ended with Ghetto Pat turning to the camera and saying "I am a liberal now" and then specifying he's the exact same kind of liberal I am
October 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
One Battle After Another would have been better if it had ended with Ghetto Pat turning to the camera and saying "I am a liberal now" and then specifying he's the exact same kind of liberal I am
*Tres* leches?? En esta economia?!
October 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
*Tres* leches?? En esta economia?!
Once again, I have been passed over for the Nobel Prize for Literature
October 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Once again, I have been passed over for the Nobel Prize for Literature
After OpenAI’s dev day, all the pieces are in place for AI-driven commerce techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/o...
OpenAI and the race for AI-driven commerce | TechCrunch
OpenAI now has all the pieces in place for AI-driven commerce, establishing ChatGPT as a place customers go to buy and retailers go to sell.
techcrunch.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
After OpenAI’s dev day, all the pieces are in place for AI-driven commerce techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/o...
They’re selling Labubus at the Grover Cleveland Memorial Truck Stop
October 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
They’re selling Labubus at the Grover Cleveland Memorial Truck Stop
Ultimately, Hard Boiled is a film about the corrupting power of jazz music
October 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Ultimately, Hard Boiled is a film about the corrupting power of jazz music