the most thoroughly vindicated man in hollywood.
trade disputes and conspiracies ✔️
republic subverted over sex hangups ✔️
“sand people” killed, royalty indifferent ✔️
naive idiot casts vote for tyranny ✔️
villains with silly names like “dooku” ✔️
powerful clerical order screwing up ✔️
list goes on
There's been a whole lot of collective anxiety about the future state of open source, so I wrote about it. Open Source will be as important, if not more, than ever, but it will look very different. And it will not be without consequences or harm...
osenetwork.com/2026/03/09/o...
Afghanistan started at 92 percent approval. Iraq started at 71. Iran started at 27. The "whose side are you on" rhetoric is identical. The country underneath it isn't. I wrote about how the framework works, and who's deploying it. www.readtpa.com/p/with-us-or...
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.
One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
your enemies fighting each other can be useful but it doesn't make them your friends. anthropic doesn't want to help with hegseth's apocalyptic fantasy *because they have their own*
you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to them
Kelsey!!!
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This is my shocked face.
It's only Tuesday.
I've been noticing a pattern recently among my friends who have become "AI-centric" - they seem to be suffering from anxiety, and I was wondering why. I've settled on an explanation: "AI Brain" and I try to examine some of the causes
aint.johnmark.org/2026/02/22/t...
This is the last entry in my "New Open Source Playbook" series. Whereas in the previous entries I focused on platforms, in this one, I talk about the product space:
- What are free products?
- How to accelerate free to paid
- How to adapt to an agentic world
osenetwork.com/2026/02/20/t...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who became the leading voice of Black American aspirations after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and was the first African American to gain significant traction as a presidential candidate, died Tuesday.
if you want schumer out, you might consider donating to stratton's campaign. she is cash poor, and the leader with all the money is a centrist asshole who I think would legit be worse than Durbin.
The @nytimes.com called this debacle "striking a more conciliatory tone" (forgot the actual language) - it's funny what passes for conciliatory these days. I guess it is compared to flaming poo
It's happened again - some AI hype bro wrote the latest missive that has everyone agog. Matt Shumer wrote a lot of breathless words to basically say that "AI is coming for all yer jobs! Fear!!!!"
I argue that we should treat these things as apologia
aint.johnmark.org/2026/02/13/a...
Art.
Every now and then I think of the 2 young women accused of the Manson murders who waltzed into a courtroom singing and laughing, oblivious to everyone's horror at their behavior.
So anyway Pam Bondi...
What I loved about the #badbunny #halftime - he was a wandering observer, allowing us to see his world through his eyes. He was the narrator, letting us into his jaunt through PR culture.
It's the selflessness that got me. It's not "look at me" it's "look at all this"
Just beautiful stagecraft
Matt Yglesias thinks the half-time show should have been about grocery prices.
My kingdom for a world where people understand the "reply all" button
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White Americans are learning once again that the *only* thing that has ever made you safe from fascism is being willing to sacrifice non-white people. That is your contract with white supremacy. "Give us someone else so it won't be you."
This would be a core feature of any DeMAGAfication project
If you want even more Flytrap thoughts on the new record-holder for Oscar nominations, Sinners, check out my spooky season Flytrap Friday post on how I learned to love Supernatural Horror:
www.theflytrapmedia.com/how-i-learne...
“Never Despair,” Sam Adams wrote to a friend during the Siege of Boston. “Where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.”
“Never despair” is a good message for this moment. The year ahead will bring more challenges, no doubt.
But we will stand strong. #MASOTC
Would be very interested in the MLS breakdown
Because Dems are too honest :(
They didn't hang repubs with it because they knew it wasn't their fault. But when the shoe was on the other foot...
New article on the TESCREAL ideologies and ongoing race to build a Digital Deity. I discuss my recent Oxford Research Encyclopedia article on the topic, as well as my forthcoming book: "Digital Deities: Silicon Valley’s Quest to Replace Humanity with AI." Like and subscribe. :-)
i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
