Brian King

lmao at the response to this. If people can’t handle a fourth-grade level of nuance online, we’re literally never going to elect a candidate.

voterguide.sos.ca.gov/proposition/...

The bar is so low. He’s doing better than the literal nothing of most of the democrats. He’s pushing back.

However, as a California resident, I take every opportunity to call his office and bitch about all the corruption.

It’s like some politicians can do shitty things /and/ good things.

PG&E. Oppo campaigns just need to point out how absolutely fucked we’re getting while PG&E is “under his watch” and ask if Americans want to get on a national version of that ride. Dealbreaker.

Gavin is doing great work against the current administration, but he does SO MUCH shady bullshit that he would get destroyed in a presidential run.

A System of a Down t-shirt with a birthday card indicating tickets to see the band in June.

App screenshot of the daylight forecast for the show date in Stockholm. 18 hours of daylight!

For my birthday, my wife got us tickets to see System of a Down in Stockholm and also stepped foot into a Hot Topic. A++.

Interior phone photo of a sign reading “welcome to Kahala mall”. It has a digital time and date superimposed, emulating an old film camera.

Every five years or so, I get excited about another film-emulating camera app.

Did not successfully keep my cool for this year’s Christmas dinner table argument with That One Aunt. I can blame sobriety for that, right?

I’ve been making an effort to not touch my phone while walking.

The feedback loop of being more observant and watching people swerve around while scrolling has reinforced how messed up of a habit it is.

Billionaire founders who mismanage their startups into the ground shouldn’t be able to walk away unscathed as billionaires.

Especially if employee comp packages were heavily RSU-based.

This post has nothing to do with my previous job.

Craig: Incel/far-right all day. Thinks JD is a misunderstood cool dude. Is floored when he finds out one of his cousins uses SNAP benefits.

Secret rich guy shit.

The thing that nobody talks about: background characters outside the original framing are complete AI nightmare fuel. Lots of people idly waving for entire scenes, looping body tics or having weird conversations when they wouldn’t. No human being would animate humans like this.

I need a support group for folks with VFX experience who’ve seen Wizard of Oz at the Sphere. So. Many. Notes.

100% valid point, but isn’t this from like a year ago?

Amazing.

Looking forward to people reading the headline, getting mad, and not following up by actually reading the story.

Here in California’s SF Bay Area, it’s $.45/kwh. The rural parts of the state are bringing that average way down.

Spotted a guy in Palo Alto wearing a black tee that just said AI LABS in huge letters across the front, and a QR code on the back.

Somebody thinks that’s corporate swag, but it reads more like a uniform from a near-future human internment camp.

Screenshot of my Books app showing the near completion of Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.

I’ve been trying to read more and doomscroll less. This book about Meta enabling tons of abuse and genocide probably wasn’t the least doomscrolliest selection.

Just realized I should have used the name “DJ Carl Coccyx” when the trick or treaters asked. Absolutely furious with myself.

A Gen Alpha said “the DJ is vibe”, referring to me as I did DJ stuff from the patio for trick or treaters. Such validation.

Reading strangers’ opinions used to be a rare and novel idea. There was a whole “Opinions” section in newspapers so people could get a little daily taste of them while having a sensible breakfast cigarette.

A local discussion thread about empty local food banks with the OP imploring us to “not let this devolve into politics”.

Good call. Let’s shield people’s feelings from the real-world consequences of their actions.

What’s a guy gotta do to find a TV-sized greyscale eink screen that isn’t some digital signage nonsense for conference centers?

If this was announced ahead of time, Charles de Gaulle airport would have been overwhelmed by electronic music nerds.

Criminally underrated. Steven Spielberg should bring it back.

For reasons too complex to explain here, I wrote an Apple II program designed for Early Modern Age Catholics to determine if they're allowed to have sex with their wife, or if it'd be a sin.

Here's the video of it running.

I was so excited when that news broke. Not just a heist, but a heist for Crown Jewels at the Louvre. It’s great to see that people are still living their dreams.