Russell Brandon
@runtzel.bsky.social
Library Barbarian, Cognitive Scientist
|: play is how we learn to :| games is arts is books is talks (he/him), tratando de aprender español, gracias por sus paciencia, scrooge in training
|: play is how we learn to :| games is arts is books is talks (he/him), tratando de aprender español, gracias por sus paciencia, scrooge in training
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everyone should think less about the stuff on here and more about microbes. right now there's a bunch of guys hanging out in your water jug eating stuff they find. eating other guys. wagging their tails like dogs, living their entire lives as blobs who eat blobs. they're happier than we are
January 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM
everyone should think less about the stuff on here and more about microbes. right now there's a bunch of guys hanging out in your water jug eating stuff they find. eating other guys. wagging their tails like dogs, living their entire lives as blobs who eat blobs. they're happier than we are
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MAIHT3k newsletter:
The narrative of the denialism frame is that those opposing "AI" are afraid, under-informed and/or engaging in wishful thinking. None of that is true: The people who oppose the "AI" project are actively fighting and refusing to accept the premise of tech bros and AI boosters.
The narrative of the denialism frame is that those opposing "AI" are afraid, under-informed and/or engaging in wishful thinking. None of that is true: The people who oppose the "AI" project are actively fighting and refusing to accept the premise of tech bros and AI boosters.
Resistance Isn't Denialism
By Emily I've recently noticed a new tactic on the part of AI boosters to attempt to erase the work of people who are resisting the project of "AI" and...
buttondown.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
MAIHT3k newsletter:
The narrative of the denialism frame is that those opposing "AI" are afraid, under-informed and/or engaging in wishful thinking. None of that is true: The people who oppose the "AI" project are actively fighting and refusing to accept the premise of tech bros and AI boosters.
The narrative of the denialism frame is that those opposing "AI" are afraid, under-informed and/or engaging in wishful thinking. None of that is true: The people who oppose the "AI" project are actively fighting and refusing to accept the premise of tech bros and AI boosters.
Realizing that the looter shooter logic that broke my brain for game enjoyment as play (it's taken a bit to break it back out of "small acts of play driven by advancement") has influenced ALL of my media joy, hard to book/movie/show when my habit is to seek advancement signals that aren't there
January 10, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Realizing that the looter shooter logic that broke my brain for game enjoyment as play (it's taken a bit to break it back out of "small acts of play driven by advancement") has influenced ALL of my media joy, hard to book/movie/show when my habit is to seek advancement signals that aren't there
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I'm requesting legislation establishing that if you're not a law enforcement officer, you can't be wearing something that gives the impression you are.
I also completely support the concept to ban face coverings for law enforcement officers, which Sen. Valdez has proposed.
I also completely support the concept to ban face coverings for law enforcement officers, which Sen. Valdez has proposed.
January 10, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I'm requesting legislation establishing that if you're not a law enforcement officer, you can't be wearing something that gives the impression you are.
I also completely support the concept to ban face coverings for law enforcement officers, which Sen. Valdez has proposed.
I also completely support the concept to ban face coverings for law enforcement officers, which Sen. Valdez has proposed.
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Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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Today in my quest to draw every Simpsons character ever: having established he is NOT Buddy Hodges, I’m now covering this air steward!
Today in my quest to draw every Simpson character ever: Original Fallout Boy Buddy Hodges! But is he ALSO an air steward and a realtor? Are they the same guy?!??!
January 9, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Today in my quest to draw every Simpsons character ever: having established he is NOT Buddy Hodges, I’m now covering this air steward!
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Humanity will win
I don't know when and I don't know how
But I know that those who oppose it cannot win because the level of absolute power and control they demand can never be established in reality. That is why they are so angry and so desperate.
I don't know when and I don't know how
But I know that those who oppose it cannot win because the level of absolute power and control they demand can never be established in reality. That is why they are so angry and so desperate.
January 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Humanity will win
I don't know when and I don't know how
But I know that those who oppose it cannot win because the level of absolute power and control they demand can never be established in reality. That is why they are so angry and so desperate.
I don't know when and I don't know how
But I know that those who oppose it cannot win because the level of absolute power and control they demand can never be established in reality. That is why they are so angry and so desperate.
learn to BE IN community - this a thousand times - it takes effort and you will have to give up and get over many thing's instead of driving somewhere else where you don't have to try
the way you stay plugged in to movement work is by working constantly on community
learning how to BE IN community is an individual skill
actively working on your own accountability
deprogramming the white supremacy, ego, misogyny you bring to the work
it takes practice and you'll make mistakes
learning how to BE IN community is an individual skill
actively working on your own accountability
deprogramming the white supremacy, ego, misogyny you bring to the work
it takes practice and you'll make mistakes
January 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
learn to BE IN community - this a thousand times - it takes effort and you will have to give up and get over many thing's instead of driving somewhere else where you don't have to try
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oldhead advice from an oldhead.
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
January 8, 2026 at 7:32 AM
oldhead advice from an oldhead.
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
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"Recording government agents is one of the few tools citizens have to hold state power accountable. Any attempt to redefine observation as "violence" is not only unconstitutional—it's authoritarian gaslighting."
The Trump administration says it's illegal to record videos of ICE. Here's what the law says.
"Violence is anything that threatens them and their safety, so it is doxing them, it's videotaping them where they're at when they're out on operations," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
reason.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"Recording government agents is one of the few tools citizens have to hold state power accountable. Any attempt to redefine observation as "violence" is not only unconstitutional—it's authoritarian gaslighting."
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“Three years is a long time to resist and to endure with all our might. But it is not long enough for them to triumph, not the way they’re going. We’ve got this. It’s going to be hard, there will be more losses, but we will beat them in the end.” www.liberalcurrents.com/murder-in-mi...
Murder in Minneapolis
What this violent crime perpetrated by agents of the state means for the next three years.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
“Three years is a long time to resist and to endure with all our might. But it is not long enough for them to triumph, not the way they’re going. We’ve got this. It’s going to be hard, there will be more losses, but we will beat them in the end.” www.liberalcurrents.com/murder-in-mi...
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The US administration is staffed entirely by bigots, streamers, Z-tier TV personalities and wannabe influencers who thrive on performative and spectacular cruelty, and their opposition is led by people whose sole steadfast belief is that good politics is contingent upon those people’s participation.
January 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
The US administration is staffed entirely by bigots, streamers, Z-tier TV personalities and wannabe influencers who thrive on performative and spectacular cruelty, and their opposition is led by people whose sole steadfast belief is that good politics is contingent upon those people’s participation.
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At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
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If you are reading this and you consider yourself a socialist or communist but you haven’t educated yourself or worked with others to get yourself educated I know it seems silly in the face of it all but collective study and organization will lead to effective action. It’s not too late.
January 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
If you are reading this and you consider yourself a socialist or communist but you haven’t educated yourself or worked with others to get yourself educated I know it seems silly in the face of it all but collective study and organization will lead to effective action. It’s not too late.
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“President Petro is not a drug trafficker."
“This Is Our Hemisphere”: Report from Colombia on Trump’s Escalating Threats to the Region
Following his attack on Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump has escalated his threats against Colombia and claimed without evidence that President Gustavo Petro is in...
www.democracynow.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
“President Petro is not a drug trafficker."
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I also redid the home page, why not? alejandrobruzzese.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I also redid the home page, why not? alejandrobruzzese.com
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Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially.
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially.
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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It took me nearly two months to complete this, due to having a bad brain that is not always cooperative. It sucked. But I'm happy with some of the detail that came out of it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
It took me nearly two months to complete this, due to having a bad brain that is not always cooperative. It sucked. But I'm happy with some of the detail that came out of it.
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sasquatch diaries Jan 6th
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sasquatchdiaries.neocities.org
January 6, 2026 at 8:29 PM
sasquatch diaries Jan 6th
sasquatchdiaries.neocities.org
sasquatchdiaries.neocities.org
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DID YOU KNOW that you can support Rigsby WI through Ko-Fi? If you don't like Patreon, you can subscribe to get early Rigsby WI updates thru Ko-Fi instead! AND it's cheaper than Patreon — $3 a month gets you access to a month's worth of RWI pages before they go up on the site.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
DID YOU KNOW that you can support Rigsby WI through Ko-Fi? If you don't like Patreon, you can subscribe to get early Rigsby WI updates thru Ko-Fi instead! AND it's cheaper than Patreon — $3 a month gets you access to a month's worth of RWI pages before they go up on the site.
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> To no one’s surprise, building towards fake productivity metrics rather than real user outcomes makes doing good work essentially impossible. Rather than optimizing the user experience, teams are incentivized to tweak their metrics collection processes
VCs fund companies who get on the latest hype train. But when the product doesn't solve any real problems, showing "progress" is impossible!
So a lot of people are going to come back to the office this week and set goals based on what activity is easiest to measure, rather than what is important.
So a lot of people are going to come back to the office this week and set goals based on what activity is easiest to measure, rather than what is important.
Your metrics are an avoidance strategy
Being able to quantify outcomes doesn't make them meaningful. Moving past artificial metrics requires building shared intention with colleagues.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
> To no one’s surprise, building towards fake productivity metrics rather than real user outcomes makes doing good work essentially impossible. Rather than optimizing the user experience, teams are incentivized to tweak their metrics collection processes
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By framing this brazen act of aggression in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
The Media Refuses to Call Trump’s Venezuela Attack an Act of War
By framing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
interc.pt
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
By framing this brazen act of aggression in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.