@brianjohnroach.bsky.social
Girl Dad, Democrat, music fan, book reader, happy husband, dog and cat owner, Maryland resident. Also produces electronic music under the name ANHNCH.
First book of 2026. Been reading his Substack for a few months now so enthused to dig into this!
January 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
First book of 2026. Been reading his Substack for a few months now so enthused to dig into this!
Thought 'Stranger Things' finale was terrible. Even with obvious need for suspension of disbelief it was ridiculous. Started as such a fun show especially for 80s kids like myself, ended as overblown franchise slop. Terrible writing, absurd plot twists, just awful. Good riddance such a sad end.
January 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Thought 'Stranger Things' finale was terrible. Even with obvious need for suspension of disbelief it was ridiculous. Started as such a fun show especially for 80s kids like myself, ended as overblown franchise slop. Terrible writing, absurd plot twists, just awful. Good riddance such a sad end.
Terrible year but I made some important changes. Ditched all Meta products. Ditched Amazon Prime. Ditched Spotify. Working on Google and Apple too. All we can do is try to not reward shit companies! Here's to 2026 being better!
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Terrible year but I made some important changes. Ditched all Meta products. Ditched Amazon Prime. Ditched Spotify. Working on Google and Apple too. All we can do is try to not reward shit companies! Here's to 2026 being better!
This should be required reading for every human being. Period. Full stop! This guy is a national treasure! Warning it's not easy reading and there's lots of numbers ha ha!
My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
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www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
The Enshittifinancial Crisis
Soundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd — Free Bird
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December 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This should be required reading for every human being. Period. Full stop! This guy is a national treasure! Warning it's not easy reading and there's lots of numbers ha ha!
I'm on an end of year social media break but had to post my Substack on the books I've read this year. Just a list no commentary:
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2025 Books I've read
I waited until very close to the end to make sure that this list would be inclusive of everything I read this year.
brjoro.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I'm on an end of year social media break but had to post my Substack on the books I've read this year. Just a list no commentary:
brjoro.substack.com/p/2025-books...
brjoro.substack.com/p/2025-books...
I'm excited to see the U.S.S. Bone Spurs when it's finally built!
December 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I'm excited to see the U.S.S. Bone Spurs when it's finally built!
When things look grim it's helpful to remember that, in addition to these being evil, the Trumpers are incompetent. I'm sure they're pulling it down everywhere it pops up, but archivists know how to save shit and once something's on the Internet it never goes away. Fuck you Bari Weiss!
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
When things look grim it's helpful to remember that, in addition to these being evil, the Trumpers are incompetent. I'm sure they're pulling it down everywhere it pops up, but archivists know how to save shit and once something's on the Internet it never goes away. Fuck you Bari Weiss!
This seems problematic. 'Minority Report' looking like it was predicting the future, again!
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This seems problematic. 'Minority Report' looking like it was predicting the future, again!
For fans of ambient/electronic/techno this man is a giant whose contributions go back decades and whose influence is utterly incalculable. From late 1980s until just recently an utterly flawless discography with a variety of colleagues. Condolences to all associated with @theblackdog.bsky.social
It’s with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Ken Downie on 20/12/25. Rest In Peace brother, you will be deeply missed and never forgotten. Our condolences to Sheena and his family.
December 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
For fans of ambient/electronic/techno this man is a giant whose contributions go back decades and whose influence is utterly incalculable. From late 1980s until just recently an utterly flawless discography with a variety of colleagues. Condolences to all associated with @theblackdog.bsky.social
Come on @wtopnews.bsky.social they didn't "disappear" they were taken down by criminals at our dept of justice. As a news org you can't use neutral words like "disappeared" when what's obvious to anyone with working brain cells is this is part of ongoing cover-up. Do better!
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein - WTOP News
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
wtop.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Come on @wtopnews.bsky.social they didn't "disappear" they were taken down by criminals at our dept of justice. As a news org you can't use neutral words like "disappeared" when what's obvious to anyone with working brain cells is this is part of ongoing cover-up. Do better!
I really would love to have conversations with some of these people. As a fellow white person, I'd like to confirm that we are NOT victims. White men have EVERYTHING, we control EVERYTHING, we want for NOTHING. These people are batshit crazy and delusional.
“American whites are victims of a cultural genocide,” said Jeremy Carl, a Trump nominee for the State Department. He downplayed the Holocaust, authored The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism is Tearing America Apart, and imagined “a great replacement of whites.”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
State Dept. nominee espoused antisemitic views, downplayed the Holocaust
Jeremy Carl, a Trump administration nominee for a senior position at the State Department, has expressed a range of derogatory views of the Jewish community, characterizing in writings and public inte...
www.yahoo.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I really would love to have conversations with some of these people. As a fellow white person, I'd like to confirm that we are NOT victims. White men have EVERYTHING, we control EVERYTHING, we want for NOTHING. These people are batshit crazy and delusional.
Everything is shit. That is all...
December 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Everything is shit. That is all...
Well I'll be officially NOT going to @kennedycenter.bsky.social I know that the workers there are NOT at fault here and I'm sorry for all of them, but I won't give a dime to anything that has that piece of shit's name on it.
December 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Well I'll be officially NOT going to @kennedycenter.bsky.social I know that the workers there are NOT at fault here and I'm sorry for all of them, but I won't give a dime to anything that has that piece of shit's name on it.
I didn't watch it I can't even look at him let alone listen but I did read the transcript. If this is their "wag the dog" ploy to get people to stop asking about Epstein, yikes! Changing the topic by making the so called "leader" look even more bat shit crazy than normal?
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I didn't watch it I can't even look at him let alone listen but I did read the transcript. If this is their "wag the dog" ploy to get people to stop asking about Epstein, yikes! Changing the topic by making the so called "leader" look even more bat shit crazy than normal?
This might be the most powerful book I've ever read (and I've read a lot of books). I can't even summon the words to share how much it's moved me. This should be mandatory reading to be a decent human being and participate in society in 2025!
December 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This might be the most powerful book I've ever read (and I've read a lot of books). I can't even summon the words to share how much it's moved me. This should be mandatory reading to be a decent human being and participate in society in 2025!
These are genuinely tough because all of these people are human garbage, but someone has to 'win' and be the biggest piece of human garbage. Get your votes in!
🚨 ROUND TWO STARTS NOW 🚨
We’re down to the final 16 contestants as you decide who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-round...
We’re down to the final 16 contestants as you decide who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/wpit25-round...
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
These are genuinely tough because all of these people are human garbage, but someone has to 'win' and be the biggest piece of human garbage. Get your votes in!
In 100 years people will still be getting joy from and quoting 'This is Spinal Tap' and 'When Harry Met Sally.' He'll be an embracing footnote from a dark period in American history, reviled and scorned by all.
December 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In 100 years people will still be getting joy from and quoting 'This is Spinal Tap' and 'When Harry Met Sally.' He'll be an embracing footnote from a dark period in American history, reviled and scorned by all.
I know the answer to this, but do people that drive Cybertrucks know that everyone is laughing at them, and that by virtue of driving you, you're automatically assumed to be a moron and a loser?
December 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I know the answer to this, but do people that drive Cybertrucks know that everyone is laughing at them, and that by virtue of driving you, you're automatically assumed to be a moron and a loser?
I probably haven't paid enough attention to this to have an opinion (which is of course a meta comment on social media writ large yes?), but it's sad that my initial gut reaction to "House Republican committee accuses black women appointed official is doing wrong" is to assume the R's are lying!
DC police chief accused of manipulating crime data in new House Oversight Committee report - WTOP News
D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith has been accused of manipulating crime data to “maintain the appearance of low crime” in a new report released Sunday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government ...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I probably haven't paid enough attention to this to have an opinion (which is of course a meta comment on social media writ large yes?), but it's sad that my initial gut reaction to "House Republican committee accuses black women appointed official is doing wrong" is to assume the R's are lying!
In case we need another reason to hate AI. The hero in the Australia video was a MUSLIM man, NOT a WHITE man. Insane that we have to push back on this propaganda.
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In case we need another reason to hate AI. The hero in the Australia video was a MUSLIM man, NOT a WHITE man. Insane that we have to push back on this propaganda.
Just a reminder that the GOVT of Israel is a criminal, terrorist state. NOT the people, the GOVT!
New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland
Palestinians who have worked the ‘breadbasket’ area for generations face being replaced by Israeli settlers
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Just a reminder that the GOVT of Israel is a criminal, terrorist state. NOT the people, the GOVT!
This was my work soundtrack today. PF doesn't need any props from me, but as someone who doesn't listen to much mainstream music anymore it's interesting to hear this with fresh ears and realize there's a reason it's held up for 50 years. Because it's brilliant!
New Pink Floyd Box Set Finally Reveals Which One's 'Pink'
Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here 50' box set, reviewed by Rolling Stone.
www.rollingstone.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This was my work soundtrack today. PF doesn't need any props from me, but as someone who doesn't listen to much mainstream music anymore it's interesting to hear this with fresh ears and realize there's a reason it's held up for 50 years. Because it's brilliant!
Trying to get people to share 5 years of social media history will definitely help reverse this trend though!
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trying to get people to share 5 years of social media history will definitely help reverse this trend though!
Another day another 'oh look ChatGPT killed someone' story. It's almost like these tools maybe aren't fit for prime time and maybe serve no purpose?
OpenAI sued for allegedly enabling murder-suicide https://aje.io/fxcih6
December 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Another day another 'oh look ChatGPT killed someone' story. It's almost like these tools maybe aren't fit for prime time and maybe serve no purpose?
Truly among the dumbest human beings we could possibly have raised up to positions of authority, it's mind boggling. A font is an inanimate object it can't be "woke" you freaking morons! I guess given all the horrible other things he's not doing while he goes after fonts I guess its a blessing!?
Calibri font becomes the latest DEI target as Rubio orders return to Times New Roman - WTOP News
Rubio reversed a Biden administration shift to the less formal typeface that he called wasteful, confusing and unbefitting the dignity of U.S. government documents.
wtop.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Truly among the dumbest human beings we could possibly have raised up to positions of authority, it's mind boggling. A font is an inanimate object it can't be "woke" you freaking morons! I guess given all the horrible other things he's not doing while he goes after fonts I guess its a blessing!?