Brian Martinez
@bmart517.bsky.social
LI: /in/brianrmartinez | Discord: bmart517
Infosec. GRC. #misec Lansing. Leadership. Parenting.
Pretty good conversationalist. Cares about you and society. Contains multitudes.
Infosec. GRC. #misec Lansing. Leadership. Parenting.
Pretty good conversationalist. Cares about you and society. Contains multitudes.
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Being unaware of a *few* things that are important, but inconvenient, might suggest an inattention to things it is your job to pay attention to.
Being unaware of *everything* that is inconvenient means you are definitely a liar. Sanctimonious Pixie Mike Johnson is a liar.
Being unaware of *everything* that is inconvenient means you are definitely a liar. Sanctimonious Pixie Mike Johnson is a liar.
Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...
October 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Being unaware of a *few* things that are important, but inconvenient, might suggest an inattention to things it is your job to pay attention to.
Being unaware of *everything* that is inconvenient means you are definitely a liar. Sanctimonious Pixie Mike Johnson is a liar.
Being unaware of *everything* that is inconvenient means you are definitely a liar. Sanctimonious Pixie Mike Johnson is a liar.
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Thanks, New Yorker
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks, New Yorker
On this day, 46 years ago, President Jimmy Carter was attacked by a Killer Rabbit!
April 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
On this day, 46 years ago, President Jimmy Carter was attacked by a Killer Rabbit!
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This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻♀️
April 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This stock market crash thing is so confusing. On one hand you have every economist and bank in the free world freaking out. On the other, there are some blue check accounts on Twitter with ancient statues as their profile pics doing 20 part threads on why down is the new up. 🤷🏻♀️
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‘Rhythm’ has two h’s and no vowels.
Just remember:
Rhythm
Helps
Your
Two
Hips
Move
Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.
Just remember:
Rhythm
Helps
Your
Two
Hips
Move
Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.
March 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
‘Rhythm’ has two h’s and no vowels.
Just remember:
Rhythm
Helps
Your
Two
Hips
Move
Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.
Just remember:
Rhythm
Helps
Your
Two
Hips
Move
Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.
I have no inside track on this, but following the adage that "every conservative accusation is a confession" I have to imagine the ineptitude in approach, while meaning to be the final and only step, inadvertently becomes step 1 of 2. They then point at the ineptitude they created and say "See!"
Civil servant source says DOGE has made agencies much less efficient: "Work has ground down to a stunning degree and management is spending a significant amount of time responding & preparing to respond to the chaos incited by the never ending barrage of EOs & accompanying memos"
Many make no sense🧵
Many make no sense🧵
March 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I have no inside track on this, but following the adage that "every conservative accusation is a confession" I have to imagine the ineptitude in approach, while meaning to be the final and only step, inadvertently becomes step 1 of 2. They then point at the ineptitude they created and say "See!"
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One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone.
March 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone.
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(buying a $10 tomato)
At least this will stop that 1 ziploc bag of Canadian fentanyl from crossing the border each year
At least this will stop that 1 ziploc bag of Canadian fentanyl from crossing the border each year
March 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
(buying a $10 tomato)
At least this will stop that 1 ziploc bag of Canadian fentanyl from crossing the border each year
At least this will stop that 1 ziploc bag of Canadian fentanyl from crossing the border each year
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Whether in our water, on its bench, or in the White House, the Supreme Court is a big fan of raw sewage.
March 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Whether in our water, on its bench, or in the White House, the Supreme Court is a big fan of raw sewage.
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Where are the country songs lamenting Long Covid? Where are the angry punk/hip-hop songs protesting our society's lack of action? Where are the folk ballads chronicling our healthcare workers' struggles? Why is there a hole where our culture's heart should be?
March 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Where are the country songs lamenting Long Covid? Where are the angry punk/hip-hop songs protesting our society's lack of action? Where are the folk ballads chronicling our healthcare workers' struggles? Why is there a hole where our culture's heart should be?
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13yo has suggested there should be a Magic School Bus but for history
she proposed it be called Tragic School Bus
she proposed it be called Tragic School Bus
February 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
13yo has suggested there should be a Magic School Bus but for history
she proposed it be called Tragic School Bus
she proposed it be called Tragic School Bus
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“I still haven’t heard a ‘thank you,’” I say, hands on hips, after bulldozing a homeless man’s tent and giving him five cans of expired creamed corn.
March 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“I still haven’t heard a ‘thank you,’” I say, hands on hips, after bulldozing a homeless man’s tent and giving him five cans of expired creamed corn.
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I'm a Clinical Social Worker. I've served folks thousands of low income and unhoused folks during my career and I can tell you this is the absolute truth.
February 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I'm a Clinical Social Worker. I've served folks thousands of low income and unhoused folks during my career and I can tell you this is the absolute truth.
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We don't need NOAA because A.I. is so good at predicting the weather.
For instance, there is a predictably higher likelihood of wildfire and drought because A.I. sucked up a lake.
For instance, there is a predictably higher likelihood of wildfire and drought because A.I. sucked up a lake.
February 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We don't need NOAA because A.I. is so good at predicting the weather.
For instance, there is a predictably higher likelihood of wildfire and drought because A.I. sucked up a lake.
For instance, there is a predictably higher likelihood of wildfire and drought because A.I. sucked up a lake.
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Watching Joffrey and Reek trying to bully Jon Snow was quite a thing.
February 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Watching Joffrey and Reek trying to bully Jon Snow was quite a thing.
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I can’t get past the sheer stupidity of wanting employees to summarize their value via five bullet-point accomplishments in the past week.
Anyone who thinks this is a desirable productivity metric is obviously shit at management.
#uspoli
Anyone who thinks this is a desirable productivity metric is obviously shit at management.
#uspoli
February 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I can’t get past the sheer stupidity of wanting employees to summarize their value via five bullet-point accomplishments in the past week.
Anyone who thinks this is a desirable productivity metric is obviously shit at management.
#uspoli
Anyone who thinks this is a desirable productivity metric is obviously shit at management.
#uspoli
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I don’t think this is a profound observation on my part but it is certainly remarkable how much of the ongoing situation seems to be centered around trying to find a way to shoehorn AI into the government and make it an indispensable utility before the bubble bursts
UPDATE: Responses to the Elon Musk-directed email to government employees about what work they accomplished over the past week are expected to be fed into an artificial intelligence system to determine whether those jobs are necessary or not, sources say.
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses from federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond to an email from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
nbcnews.to
February 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I don’t think this is a profound observation on my part but it is certainly remarkable how much of the ongoing situation seems to be centered around trying to find a way to shoehorn AI into the government and make it an indispensable utility before the bubble bursts
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This, right here…👇
Pass. It. On. 🌈✨
Pass. It. On. 🌈✨
February 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This, right here…👇
Pass. It. On. 🌈✨
Pass. It. On. 🌈✨