Jeremy Neill

Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall.

If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is

(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)

Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.

AI wearables are quietly listening to everyone in Silicon Valley Discreet devices and software are recording everything. Is it legal? And do you consent?

“My general sense is that we should assume we are being recorded at all times,” said Clara Brenner, a partner at venture capital firm Urban Innovation Fund. “Of course, this is a horrible way to live your life.”

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Underrated 90s banger

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.

The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:

$678M raised through those spam tactics

$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.

$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)

The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.

YouTube video by Floyd Reynolds This Week in Baseball Closing Credits (1988)

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This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.

It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.

They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.

I keep coming back to Ed Zitron’s essay on “business idiots”

Prof. @jmiers230.bsky.social points out that the latest South Park "Trump PSA" with a deepfake naked Trump could violate the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which Trump himself announced he was eager to use to censor content critical of himself.

For me it would be Tigana that I’d most like to see adapted for a series

Love moments like this. Public Enemy meets Mavis Staples ❤️

Getting rid of PBS is also meant to clear the field for Prager U to be the place for children programming.

GO! MY LABUBU MISSILE! KILL!

"My daddy is coming home on July 14th"
📽️ Happy #ConAirDay to all who celebrate

New York Times headline: "Is it Time to Stop Snubbing Your Right-Wing Family?" Above the headline a photo of the vampires from Sinners, asking to be let in. The photo has been modified with a downward-facing word balloon to create the effect that the vampires are speaking the headline.

[Ray Liotta voiceover]: … and then there was Davey Dogtags…

Parents insist their kids go to college to get business degrees. Administrators respond by defunding the humanities and social sciences, while hiring business profs at ~2X what historians get paid. Meanwhile, businesses say over and over that they want to hire humanities and social science majors.

Got damn

I would say 95 with no I because that’s what got imprinted on me in Maine, or more regionally just call it the Turnpike.

It is the one California-ism I picked up out there, unless it is a highway I’m familiar with - so I-95 remains I-95 but random highways in NJ get “the” added on

YouTube video by Classic Comedy Mitch Hedberg - Tennis (1997) #shorts #standupcomedy #comedyshorts #standup #comedy #tennis

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a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table .

When Jimmy decides

My current top ten

‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.

How profoundly sad. The kids deprived of reading Calvin and Hobbes are the kids who need them the most. My brother put it best: "We know we’re fucked when they come for your cartoon stuffed tigers."

Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
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ICE agent points gun directly at the head of innocent civilian—just for taking picture of his license plate.

He drew his gun with one hand—while fumbling to open the car door with the other.

The "agent" did not seem to be aware someone else was already recording his vehicle.

Pasadena, California.

The Era Of The Business Idiot Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize. Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic Listen to my podcast Better Offline. We have merch. Last week, Bloomberg profiled ...

Newsletter: We are in the era of the Business Idiot, where middle management has seized power, breeding out true meritocracy and value-creation in favor of symbolic growth and superficial intelligence. This piece ties together everything I've ever written.

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He could release the DMs - that always seems like the background nuclear option

RIP to a legend

YouTube video by Rick Astley Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)

Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.

The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':

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