Azby Brown

I've gone deep into the Public Domain Review. It's very grounding: publicdomainreview.org

Helpfully informed thread:

A warning from an anonymous DOD employee about how China could seize on the dangerous precedents Trump is creating www.defensenews.com/opinion/2025...

the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.

I missed this dispatch earlier. Details on the companies that should live in shame for their role in rushed destruction of White House East Wing.

Remember them, and their "leaders."

Main point: read the @birddroneone.bsky.social thread.

Here's what experts say 'A House of Dynamite' gets wrong (and right) about nuclear war Some praised realistic elements like the depiction of the White House situation room. But others said parts of the plot didn't ring true.

A House of Dynamite is a gripping nuclear thriller... that makes no sense?

Here, finally, is my piece about what experts have to say about the movie (short 🧵 and then I'll do another 🧵 on what I think about it)....

www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

It’s a money laundromat. And a fortified bunker for the end times.

ignoring laws and norms about killing civilians is never a good thing, obviously, but to understand how this could get to a war, just imagine how the u.s. would react if american fishing boats were being smoked by the mexican navy

Found this video while explaining the Portland Frogs to someone. Enjoy!

Tactical frivolity - Wikipedia

I vastly underestimated the appetite for inflatable cosplay protest.

Tactical frivolity FTW!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactica...

I am glad that demonstrations seem to have gone decently and have involved the most attendees so far. Well done y’all.

A diversity of tactics remains necessary as does continued action.

this is a tacit admission that the administration is not confident in the legal arguments it would have to make in order to detain them, which should also cast into question the legality of the operation in the first place

I hear from informed sources that these #NoKings rallies are more than twice as big as last time, making them easily the largest protests in US history. Thanks to everyone and especially organizers.

#A_NewHope ✊

Also, they want to make content. And that means they are going to take the worst stuff people say in response to them (this being the internet, some of which might be quite bad) and splash it across the official comms organs of every major federal law enforcement agency. So take that into mind.

Apropos of nothing, once the President of the United States confirms covert CIA operations in a country… say, Venezuela, those operations are no longer covert.

And it puts CIA officers at significantly more risk.

IT'S NOT COVERT IF YOU ANNOUNCE IT

A letter on white paper. At the top is the triangular oblong logo of the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History. The letter reads: September 27, 2025 Martin Pfeiffer PO Box 40120 Albuquerque, NM 87196 Re: Revocation of Membership Dear Mr. Pfeiffer: On September 27, 2025, the Board of the National Atomic Museum Foundation voted to revoke your membership. Article IIC) of the Nuclear Museum's bylaws allows for a membership to be revoked by the Board (in its sole discretion) for any reason that the Board deems "good and sufficient." Our website also notes that: Memberships are revocable licenses. The museum reserves the right to refuse or revoke membership and/or deny admission without refund. The purchase of an annual membership does not entitle the purchaser to a renewal il the subsequent years. (https://www.nuclearmuseum.org/visit/general-faqs). We are refunding your membership fee, and the check is enclosed. Regards, [SIGNATURE] Toni Hiley National Atomic Museum Foundation Board Chair CC: Jennifer Hayden, President and Chief Executive Officer Jennifer Galloway, Director of Development

I have been EXPELLED!

From the National Atomic Museum Foundation.

Which I kind of expected and would have done to me if I were in their place.

Even so, not a good look to expel members because they use state law to make record requests about the organization.

FULL REFUND, WINNING!

At some point I hope you can share more about what you requested that provoked this reaction. All in due time of course...

In #Odesa, the choir and audience continued the performance in the shelter of the Philharmonic Theater despite a Russian attack.

📹: y.krasinskyi

Well gang, it's happened: OpenAI has built a platform filled exclusively with fake, AI content.

I've been playing with it for a few days, and I think it's safe to say we're basically kissing reality goodbye.

Here's the story: www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

And some thoughts 🧵

BREAKING: CDC is apparently reversing many of its layoffs. Letters seen by NPR indicate that many employees working with infectious diseases have had their RIFs revoked.

Small cute dog (Chihuahua probably) wearing a fetching green “frog” sweatshirt/costume.

SUITED UP AND REPORTING FOR DUTY 🐸

"If we were even to suppose the national rulers actuated by the most ungovernable ambition, it is impossible to believe that they would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs."

Oh Alexander, honey.

I was writing this anyway, and then the Russian Duma dumped the agreement once and for all.

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

I think this is a key thing between early AI adopters and creatives — whether or not you view the process happening in your brain as the whole point, or whether you think the computer is making boring or “hard” things faster so you can do something else

Good point.

One of the risks of bowerbirds sharing space with a university - sometimes scientific equipment (and samples) get pinched! Soy sauce containers also seem to be popular