Mark Brandriss
@markbrandriss.bsky.social
Geologist, bird enthusiast
He wouldn't enter any other part of his house until the end of the day, when he'd leave his office through the back door, walk around the house, and go back in the front.
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
He wouldn't enter any other part of his house until the end of the day, when he'd leave his office through the back door, walk around the house, and go back in the front.
In the 80s-early 90s I lived in Silicon Valley, the birthplace of modern work-from-home. I remember the newspaper interviewed a guy who would eat breakfast, get dressed, pack his briefcase, walk out the front door, go around to the back of the house, and go in the back door where his office was.
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In the 80s-early 90s I lived in Silicon Valley, the birthplace of modern work-from-home. I remember the newspaper interviewed a guy who would eat breakfast, get dressed, pack his briefcase, walk out the front door, go around to the back of the house, and go in the back door where his office was.
Since the beginning of film, one of the great attractions has been the fact that the audience knows the actors are real people. That's why movie stars are movie stars.
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Since the beginning of film, one of the great attractions has been the fact that the audience knows the actors are real people. That's why movie stars are movie stars.
Sort of what's happened with blockbuster superhero movies, where we know the entire thing is ridiculously and intentionally fake but we're fine with it until the movie becomes so overwhelmed with computer-generated characters and scenes that it ceases to seem "real". Then it's just boring.
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Sort of what's happened with blockbuster superhero movies, where we know the entire thing is ridiculously and intentionally fake but we're fine with it until the movie becomes so overwhelmed with computer-generated characters and scenes that it ceases to seem "real". Then it's just boring.
I'm curious whether it'll turn out that people will find ads less attractive if they know the actors in them aren't real — as in, the subliminal emotional connection drops to zero.
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I'm curious whether it'll turn out that people will find ads less attractive if they know the actors in them aren't real — as in, the subliminal emotional connection drops to zero.
Cox & Combes' Washington was better.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6O...
George Washington- [Brad Neely]
YouTube video by DuckDuckCamel1996
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December 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Cox & Combes' Washington was better.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6O...
Finally, the tool we need to get the Founders' TRUE original intent! For each case on the Supreme Court's docket, the Federalist Society should make an AI Antonin Scalia and have him interview a roomful of AI Founders, then submit AI Scalia's report as an amicus brief.
December 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Finally, the tool we need to get the Founders' TRUE original intent! For each case on the Supreme Court's docket, the Federalist Society should make an AI Antonin Scalia and have him interview a roomful of AI Founders, then submit AI Scalia's report as an amicus brief.
No, just skim it from the tariffs! Congressional budget allocations are passé.
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
No, just skim it from the tariffs! Congressional budget allocations are passé.
Four sentences, four blatant lies. And extremely efficient: an average of only 6.5 words per lie!
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Four sentences, four blatant lies. And extremely efficient: an average of only 6.5 words per lie!
A valid question, given that practically everything that anyone says in that room is a lie.
December 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A valid question, given that practically everything that anyone says in that room is a lie.
Yeah, we keep seeing these "concerned voter" testimonies and then it turns out the "concerned voter" is chairman of the Beauregard County Republicans and was also regional chairman of the Trump 2024 campaign.
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Yeah, we keep seeing these "concerned voter" testimonies and then it turns out the "concerned voter" is chairman of the Beauregard County Republicans and was also regional chairman of the Trump 2024 campaign.
It appears they're not having fun.
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It appears they're not having fun.
My 2-year-old said he doesn't want to see Santa Claus, he wants to see James Comey go to jail.
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My 2-year-old said he doesn't want to see Santa Claus, he wants to see James Comey go to jail.
True, and I'll add that the MAJORITY opinion is that Trump is entitled to reconstitute entire agencies for the purpose of directing bribes and payoffs to himself, because overseeing executive agencies is among the president's official duties and he's therefore entitled to use them to commit crimes.
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
True, and I'll add that the MAJORITY opinion is that Trump is entitled to reconstitute entire agencies for the purpose of directing bribes and payoffs to himself, because overseeing executive agencies is among the president's official duties and he's therefore entitled to use them to commit crimes.
[unsigned 6-3 ruling]
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
[unsigned 6-3 ruling]
Congress is unconstitutional because the Founders intended that there should be no constraints on the powers of the Unitary Executive. Article I was clandestinely slipped into the final draft right before the vote, so nobody had a chance to read it. This renders the ratification illegitimate.
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Congress is unconstitutional because the Founders intended that there should be no constraints on the powers of the Unitary Executive. Article I was clandestinely slipped into the final draft right before the vote, so nobody had a chance to read it. This renders the ratification illegitimate.
...a really bad shower he once had, the affordability hoax, his incredible new ballroom, how he was cheated out of a Nobel Prize, the 9 wars he ended, his amazing MRI results (the best the doctors have ever seen), crooked James Comey, the stupid ungrateful Marjorie Taylor Greene, etc.
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
...a really bad shower he once had, the affordability hoax, his incredible new ballroom, how he was cheated out of a Nobel Prize, the 9 wars he ended, his amazing MRI results (the best the doctors have ever seen), crooked James Comey, the stupid ungrateful Marjorie Taylor Greene, etc.
It would be absolutely great for Trump to go on a new rally tour. Two-hour marathons where he whines about Leslie Stahl, Hunter Biden's laptop, the traitors at CBS who in the old days would have gotten the punishment for treason (why don't we do that anymore, maybe we should, who knows, maybe)...
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It would be absolutely great for Trump to go on a new rally tour. Two-hour marathons where he whines about Leslie Stahl, Hunter Biden's laptop, the traitors at CBS who in the old days would have gotten the punishment for treason (why don't we do that anymore, maybe we should, who knows, maybe)...
It's mind-boggling. Some time in the near future, political analysts will be saying "Trump was taking dementia screening tests for years, and he kept telling us they were extremely difficult. We should have been able to connect the dots".
December 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It's mind-boggling. Some time in the near future, political analysts will be saying "Trump was taking dementia screening tests for years, and he kept telling us they were extremely difficult. We should have been able to connect the dots".
He's been taking dementia screening tests for years, gets MRIs for reasons he doesn't know, and constantly has bruises and bandages on the back of his hand. Seems like the press should be more interested, given their endless fascination and speculation regarding Biden's fitness and mental acuity.
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
He's been taking dementia screening tests for years, gets MRIs for reasons he doesn't know, and constantly has bruises and bandages on the back of his hand. Seems like the press should be more interested, given their endless fascination and speculation regarding Biden's fitness and mental acuity.
If black pudding and bacon-and-cabbage were readily available in the US, every trip to Ireland would be less thrilling.
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If black pudding and bacon-and-cabbage were readily available in the US, every trip to Ireland would be less thrilling.
Next they'll be calling it "a plausible view", then "a long-time assumption that is now being challenged".
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Next they'll be calling it "a plausible view", then "a long-time assumption that is now being challenged".
Trump can instruct the director of NEH director to give him a billion dollar grant and present him with a medal for "The Most Incredible Best Poetry Anyone Has Ever Seen".
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Trump can instruct the director of NEH director to give him a billion dollar grant and present him with a medal for "The Most Incredible Best Poetry Anyone Has Ever Seen".
By the way, the header on NEH's website says "NEH is an independent federal agency that supports the humanities in every state and U.S. jurisdiction." Ha ha ha. As the Supreme Court has determined, and as Trump has demonstrated, there's no such thing as an "independent federal agency".
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
By the way, the header on NEH's website says "NEH is an independent federal agency that supports the humanities in every state and U.S. jurisdiction." Ha ha ha. As the Supreme Court has determined, and as Trump has demonstrated, there's no such thing as an "independent federal agency".