Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander

Carry on. I only found out yesterday and I’m no richer for it.

When I’m president (now that presidents have dictatorial powers - thanks Supes!) I am starving this company to death.

We don’t need no Murdochs. I don’t have to show you no stinking Murdochs!

The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion

I've come to believe that technology journalists are creating the phenomenon...writing about these small enclaves as if they were a large and thriving community rather than just a small freak show of philosophy-sotted sophists.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/t...

Spoke last night to a patisserie owner with a small, but thriving, shop who is now facing huge cost hikes due to tariffs.
The new tax on Belgian chocolate alone threatens the business and has forced retail price hikes.

The worst corporate board in America, and that's saying something.

Liz Warren to her absolute credit shows up on CNBC and is willing to call everyone a stupid piece of shit in a way that even Bernie would refrain from

Democrats could learn a lot from the culinary workers union.

This, by Mike Isaac in the @nytimes.com is so good. And so much like the dawn of the biotech era in Silicon Valley when companies were formed around...nothing. One, California Biotech, was literally just a generic name made up by a VC.

I try not to buy anything made of plastic or packaged in plastic. Impossible to go to zero, of course but I feel better about trying. I even changed my peanut butter brand. (Thanks, Laura Scudders, for using glass jars.)

Woman Injured by Falling Patio Furniture at Tesla Diner in Hollywood A lunch outing turned into a terrifying ordeal for a family at the Tesla Diner in Los Angeles -- and now, they’re planning legal action.

This is an unusual story. Normally you'd expect the traumatic head injury to have happened *before* someone decided to eat at the Tesla Diner. www.tmz.com/2025/07/28/w...

You May Be Asking Yourself How Did Dan Bongino Get Here A review of how Dan Bongino went from Secret Service agent to conspiratorial podcaster to the FBI deputy director who needed a personal day.

Dan Bongino decided to apply to med school while watching an episode of Grey's Anatomy. (His wife thought it was a bad idea). It went about as well as his Epstein promises. Now, he runs ops at the FBI with, well, uncertain emotion. I ponder Being Bongino. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Actually kind of cool that they got the Wealthy Capitalist Ogre from all those 1930s editorial cartoons to run the IRS

My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab.

Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us.

It’s time to fight back.

Holy cow.

Kentucky hospital group warns of closures, reduced services, job losses due to Medicaid cuts Healthcare in Kentucky is facing a tough future with billions in Medicaid cuts on the horizon, according to the Kentucky Hospital Association.

Kentucky hospital group warns of closures, reduced services, job losses due to Medicaid cuts www.lex18.com/news/coverin...

Obituary | Michael J. Messerly of Danville, California | SHERIDAN FUNERAL HOME View The Obituary For Michael J. Messerly of Danville, California. Please join us in Loving, Sharing and Memorializing Michael J. Messerly on this permanent online memorial.

Here’s the obit I helped write for my good friend. Family, his wife, all helped. It was like a narrative laying on of hands.

www.sheridanfuneralhome.net/obituary/mic...

Too lazy to write a memorial for your loved ones is a new low.

Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Trump’s mental decline is undeniable — so what now? hemselves, that there is a problem, just as Biden’s supporters did for him.    Donald Trump is showing all the signs of suffering from dementia. If this were a neighbor, a parent, or a family frien…

"In older people, confabulation is one of the clearest early signs of dementia...Once you have seen that Donald Trump is confabulating, it cannot be unseen — and all sorts of other mildly disturbing incidents suddenly fall into place."
thehill.com/opinion/camp...

Today, I'm wishing a happy birthday to Bill Phillis, one of the great champions of public education in our state and nation.

Public schools saved my life. They're the heart of our communities. Ohio thanks you, Bill, for your tireless advocacy.

This is now my second favorite bear titled book after Bear v. Shark: The Novel.

We must put an end to the corruption in Columbus and give power back to the people.

I’ll do it on day one.

Anybody here know an expert in Latin? I am in need of a fact check for a phrase.

You May Be Asking Yourself How Did Dan Bongino Get Here A review of how Dan Bongino went from Secret Service agent to conspiratorial podcaster to the FBI deputy director who needed a personal day.

READ @stephenrodrick.bsky.social on the Dan Bongino anger rodeo. Lots of fear and loathing throughout.
rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Is the president John McEnroe in 1981?

All true. And they’ve tried to gerrymander @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social out of office for years but she has hung on. Why? Because, unlike Big Name national Democrats, she gets it.

Protesters outside the Easton Tesla in Columbus; sign says, Stop the Oligarch Terror - Power to the People! Protesters gather every Saturday at 4:30 PM.

Out and about today - looking forward to being together w activists and freedom fighters.

@ohio50501.bsky.social supply drive/protest at the Statehouse, 2-4 pm. Bring school supplies, kids clothing, non-perishable food.

@indivcentraloh.bsky.social #TeslaTakedown at Easton 4:30-5:30.

Keep going!

Top Biden Aide Had $4 Million Incentive to Secure a 2024 Win

Jesus Christ almighty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...

“clogged the heavily traveled artery” stop stop I can’t breathe