Russell Brandom
@russellbrandom.bsky.social
I want to speak very plainly to you, so that we are both comforted by the honesty.
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Babies’ most remarkable skill is the ability to go from directionless rage immediately to sleep, then wake up five minutes later and still be mad. There’s a lot to learn from there.
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Babies’ most remarkable skill is the ability to go from directionless rage immediately to sleep, then wake up five minutes later and still be mad. There’s a lot to learn from there.
Having a child has really made me appreciate the part in Hard Boiled when Chow Yun Fat tucks a baby into his jacket then shoots a bunch of ppl and jumps out a window
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Having a child has really made me appreciate the part in Hard Boiled when Chow Yun Fat tucks a baby into his jacket then shoots a bunch of ppl and jumps out a window
I liked the HBO show Task, but it would have been better if Ruffalo’s character were named John Task and if, before the main confrontation, he said something like, “lets take them to task”
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I liked the HBO show Task, but it would have been better if Ruffalo’s character were named John Task and if, before the main confrontation, he said something like, “lets take them to task”
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I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Bojack Horseman is really the neigh plus ultra of animal puns
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Bojack Horseman is really the neigh plus ultra of animal puns
Saw a Cybertruck in consular parking outside the Iraqi embassy
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Saw a Cybertruck in consular parking outside the Iraqi embassy
You need to be Howl-maxing. If you're not reading Allen Ginsberg's Howl at least twice a week, you're going to lose out to the people who are.
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
You need to be Howl-maxing. If you're not reading Allen Ginsberg's Howl at least twice a week, you're going to lose out to the people who are.
Identifying AI-generated writing is not as hard as it looks techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/t...
The best guide to spotting AI writing comes from Wikipedia | TechCrunch
Wikipedia's guide to “Signs of AI writing” is a great resource for learning to spot LLM-generated prose.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Identifying AI-generated writing is not as hard as it looks techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/t...
This whole Nuzzi situation is making me appreciate what a good writer Emily Gould is.
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This whole Nuzzi situation is making me appreciate what a good writer Emily Gould is.
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NEW: I tried to explain why there are so many victims of spyware, despite the fact that its makers have been telling us for years that the tech is only intended to be used in limited cases.
There are several reasons, including how the spyware systems are designed, and how powerful they are.
There are several reasons, including how the spyware systems are designed, and how powerful they are.
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch
Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficul...
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
NEW: I tried to explain why there are so many victims of spyware, despite the fact that its makers have been telling us for years that the tech is only intended to be used in limited cases.
There are several reasons, including how the spyware systems are designed, and how powerful they are.
There are several reasons, including how the spyware systems are designed, and how powerful they are.
At last, we have sufficiently advanced technology to allow men to be loved techcrunch.com/2025/11/09/e...
Elon Musk uses Grok to imagine the possibility of love | TechCrunch
After Tesla shareholders approved a new compensation package that could be worth $1 trillion, CEO Elon Musk appears to be celebrating with a normal weekend on his social media platform X.
techcrunch.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
At last, we have sufficiently advanced technology to allow men to be loved techcrunch.com/2025/11/09/e...
The three genders (pig, bear, rabbit)
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The three genders (pig, bear, rabbit)
Folks, you can’t just tweet that some specific change has made you leave New York. It doesn’t count unless you write the whole essay.
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Folks, you can’t just tweet that some specific change has made you leave New York. It doesn’t count unless you write the whole essay.
Hard to imagine this level of success for Zohran without the reemergence of Allison Crutchfield as a creative force. Indeed, many analysts are already calling this "the Snocaps wave."
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Hard to imagine this level of success for Zohran without the reemergence of Allison Crutchfield as a creative force. Indeed, many analysts are already calling this "the Snocaps wave."
Get his ass, Ishmael
The greater idiot ever scolds the lesser
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Get his ass, Ishmael
Rhonda Santis
November 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Rhonda Santis
Meta is spending billions on AI — but so far, there’s no plan for how to make money from it techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/m...
Meta has an AI product problem | TechCrunch
Meta's AI spending is starting to make Wall Street nervous.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Meta is spending billions on AI — but so far, there’s no plan for how to make money from it techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/m...
One of the most touching things about AI discourse is the absolute certainty that putting more intelligence into the world will make society richer and happier.
People see it as so obvious that it’s hardly even discussed.
People see it as so obvious that it’s hardly even discussed.
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
One of the most touching things about AI discourse is the absolute certainty that putting more intelligence into the world will make society richer and happier.
People see it as so obvious that it’s hardly even discussed.
People see it as so obvious that it’s hardly even discussed.
Tag yourself, I'm _oo_.
Mitchell Crew, 1983
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5241
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5241
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Tag yourself, I'm _oo_.
The OpenAI conversion includes a provision for independent verification of AGI, if the company ever thinks they have achieved it techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/o...
OpenAI completes its for-profit recapitalization | TechCrunch
OpenAI has completed its recapitalization, splitting the AI lab into a for-profit corporation nested inside a non-profit foundation.
techcrunch.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The OpenAI conversion includes a provision for independent verification of AGI, if the company ever thinks they have achieved it techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/o...
That is a lot of suicidal users! techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...
OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly | TechCrunch
OpenAI released data on just how many of ChatGPT's users are facing mental health challenges, and how its addressing them.
techcrunch.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
That is a lot of suicidal users! techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...
The Harper's Goon piece is great — easily one of the best things I've read about the contemporary internet harpers.org/archive/2025...
The Goon Squad, by Daniel Kolitz
Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation
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October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Harper's Goon piece is great — easily one of the best things I've read about the contemporary internet harpers.org/archive/2025...