Alex P. Berg
@alexpberg.bsky.social
Writer of Mystery, SF/F, and other stuff. I'm anti-fascism, anti-AI, and pro-dog. Cute ones, especially. He/him. http://alexpberg.com
Well, at least I'm not alone in hating this new iPhone update. It's dreadful. I've tinkered with it in the accessibility settings so now it's merely ugly rather than dizzying, but it's like... who thought this was a good idea?
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled. www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Phone Updates Used to Be Annoying. The Latest iOS Is Awful
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Well, at least I'm not alone in hating this new iPhone update. It's dreadful. I've tinkered with it in the accessibility settings so now it's merely ugly rather than dizzying, but it's like... who thought this was a good idea?
I mean, duh.
CDC study says Covid shots continue to protect healthy kids from severe illness
Researchers found that Covid vaccines reduced the risk of emergency room and urgent care visits by 56% to 76%. It comes as some federal health officials have sowed doubt in the shots.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I mean, duh.
If by "not doing enough" they mean "making everything drastically worse" then yes, they should worry.
'People aren't dumb': Republicans worry they're not doing enough on affordability
Republican lawmakers, aides and strategists tell NBC News they worry that high prices and their party’s poor messaging on affordability could cost them in the midterms.
www.nbcnews.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
If by "not doing enough" they mean "making everything drastically worse" then yes, they should worry.
The great thing about the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship clause is that anyone with two brain cells can read it and understand exactly what it means. Unfortunately, we're about to find out just how many justices don't even have two brain cells.
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The great thing about the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship clause is that anyone with two brain cells can read it and understand exactly what it means. Unfortunately, we're about to find out just how many justices don't even have two brain cells.
Put a crank in charge, get crank results.
The most amusing part are the Republicans who voted for RFK saying that this shit is unwise. Ya think?
The most amusing part are the Republicans who voted for RFK saying that this shit is unwise. Ya think?
CDC advisory panel rolls back universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation
The change upends decades of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance and goes against widespread public health consensus.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Put a crank in charge, get crank results.
The most amusing part are the Republicans who voted for RFK saying that this shit is unwise. Ya think?
The most amusing part are the Republicans who voted for RFK saying that this shit is unwise. Ya think?
Trump hates Democrats, but he loves conmen and grifters even more.
Trump says he is pardoning Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who was indicted on bribery charges
"Henry, I don't know you, but you can sleep well tonight," the president said.
www.nbcnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trump hates Democrats, but he loves conmen and grifters even more.
This is absolute lunacy. Even if boosters end up paying all of this (which I doubt will be the case, taxpayers are probably on the hook in some of these cases), that’s $228 million those same boosters won’t be donating to university hospitals, scholarship funds, etc.
This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
December 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is absolute lunacy. Even if boosters end up paying all of this (which I doubt will be the case, taxpayers are probably on the hook in some of these cases), that’s $228 million those same boosters won’t be donating to university hospitals, scholarship funds, etc.
Getting an MRI on your abdomen for no reason, as one does.
White House said Trump underwent MRI on heart and abdomen in October, with his physician saying all was 'normal'
White House physician Sean P. Barbabella characterized the scan as "standard for an executive physical at President Trump's age."
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Getting an MRI on your abdomen for no reason, as one does.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Tool
Primus
Stone Temple Pilots
Halestorm
Ludacris
Tool
Primus
Stone Temple Pilots
Halestorm
Ludacris
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
Bowie *
Roger Waters
July Talk *
Metric *
Alice Phoebe Lou *
* multiple times
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Tool
Primus
Stone Temple Pilots
Halestorm
Ludacris
Tool
Primus
Stone Temple Pilots
Halestorm
Ludacris
‘Crushed by his workload’? LOL. He should try getting a real job.
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
‘Crushed by his workload’? LOL. He should try getting a real job.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
This lines up with research in a wide variety of fields with regards to AI. Basically, using AI makes you dumber and less informed.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This lines up with research in a wide variety of fields with regards to AI. Basically, using AI makes you dumber and less informed.
So in addition to our health insurance rates skyrocketing due to Republicans gutting the ACA, our home insurance rates are also going up over 50% due to inflation, labor shortages, and climate change.
So yeah. That sucks.
So yeah. That sucks.
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So in addition to our health insurance rates skyrocketing due to Republicans gutting the ACA, our home insurance rates are also going up over 50% due to inflation, labor shortages, and climate change.
So yeah. That sucks.
So yeah. That sucks.
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Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
TLDR: Dems caved because they want to campaign on Republicans screwing folks on healthcare (and because they feared the elimination of the filibuster), which all sounds plausible.
Which means: primary these clowns and then vote for Democrats who might have spines.
Which means: primary these clowns and then vote for Democrats who might have spines.
The Real Reason Dems Caved on Shutdown Will Make You Want to Scream
Turns out, senators were only thinking of holding onto their own power.
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
TLDR: Dems caved because they want to campaign on Republicans screwing folks on healthcare (and because they feared the elimination of the filibuster), which all sounds plausible.
Which means: primary these clowns and then vote for Democrats who might have spines.
Which means: primary these clowns and then vote for Democrats who might have spines.
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I assumed that since Schumer asked for such a pathetically low number on the ACA extension (1 year) it would get whittled down to maybe four months and pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
BREAKING: Deal to end government shutdown in reach
Deal to end government shutdown in reach
At least 10 Senate Democrats are expected to support a key procedural motion.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I assumed that since Schumer asked for such a pathetically low number on the ACA extension (1 year) it would get whittled down to maybe four months and pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
But if this reporting is accurate, they're not even going to try for four months. They're just going to take the pinky promises.
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"Among the top 10 declining roles, 3 are creative positions: computer graphic artists (-33%), photographers (-28%), and writers (-28%). Computer graphic artists includes roles such as technical artists, 3d artists, and VFX artists. Writers include copywriters, copy editors and technical writers."
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Among the top 10 declining roles, 3 are creative positions: computer graphic artists (-33%), photographers (-28%), and writers (-28%). Computer graphic artists includes roles such as technical artists, 3d artists, and VFX artists. Writers include copywriters, copy editors and technical writers."
After Democrats try to punch themselves in their own dick with a craven capitulation, Republicans snatch their wrists mid-air, insisting *they* are the only ones allowed to punch themselves in their own dicks.
Democrats make a new offer to end the shutdown, but Republicans aren't buying it
The offer, crafted by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and championed by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would also extend expiring health care subsidies for one year.
www.nbcnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
After Democrats try to punch themselves in their own dick with a craven capitulation, Republicans snatch their wrists mid-air, insisting *they* are the only ones allowed to punch themselves in their own dicks.
We should have tax policy that makes this impossible. This man should have 1/1000th the wealth he has.
Something deeply fucked up when you can blindly break basic state functions and condemn millions to death and then people make you the richest man in the world instead of a pariah
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We should have tax policy that makes this impossible. This man should have 1/1000th the wealth he has.
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the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
the reason republicans lost yesterday is because theyre a bunch of weird freaks pushing policy that everyone hates
Instead of caving on the enhanced premium tax credits for the ACA, feels to me like it would be a perfect moment for Senate Democrats to dig in their heels and say, "Actually, I think it's time we enacted Medicare for All."
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Instead of caving on the enhanced premium tax credits for the ACA, feels to me like it would be a perfect moment for Senate Democrats to dig in their heels and say, "Actually, I think it's time we enacted Medicare for All."
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The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
Wow, what a shock. I never would've guessed that granting faceless ghouls unlimited power could have negative consequences.
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Wow, what a shock. I never would've guessed that granting faceless ghouls unlimited power could have negative consequences.