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Brian Ford
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Politics. Law. Tech. TV.
It worries me that some people might read this and think you’re arguing in favor of Mr.Goodbar and agree with that take.
February 3, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I’m happy that he’s the Mayor and that he won (although only as happy as someone from a midwestern state should be about a mayor in NYC) but the actual test is gonna come when “NY is not just a small town” reality hits. He should soak up this easy stuff while he can though.
January 25, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Ah, the hard to find “Star Wars Fan-Fic Collection” starter set.
December 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Unrelated, but I got a pop-up this morning asking me to allow ads, despite being a logged-in subscriber. I assume this was in error.
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I liked this game a lot but sheepishly admit I never would have finished it without cheating.
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
“Wicked: For Good sort of glosses over everything…” is basically my review of the movie which I rate lower the more I think about it.
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What control does Netflix give consumers? They cancel shows at at high rate. They don’t allow any real integration with the hardware consumers buy, and they raise rates as much or more than any other service while introducing ads that no consumer asked for.
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I’m looking forward to playing as someone who never really got into any Metroid game (just never played). It seems like the worst reviews are from people who have that past experience.
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I’ll be curious to see if this sticks, though. A trial over an expired patent where the plaintiff had to present evidence on an unrelated-to-the-patent feature to convince the jury that the device is the type of device the patent covers feels ripe for review.
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Setting aside the company name joke, it seems crazy to me that a jury gets to hear evidence on and decide what product category a consumer device falls into. Feels like the sort of thing a judge would sort out before trial.
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Being British, they’d go straight nuclear with the c-word.
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I don’t know for sure either other than I know past efforts have failed despite an attempt to avoid getting pegged with racial gerrymandering. Your point stands though. It’s rank hypocrisy and gamesmanship from the DOJ. I just don’t know what the mechanism is for making that matter to the court.
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Even if you don’t mention it, it can be apparent from the result. I honestly didn’t follow the maps close enough to say but if anything would guess TX is more at risk of that.
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The argument will be bad faith, but it will essentially be that CA considered race in redrawing the map where TX did not. Instead, they’ll claim, TX was a purely political gerrymander, which isn’t reviewable. That’s if the comparison is even entertained.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
It feels very similar to AC Shadows which is probably the one thing that’s kept me from diving in, having recently finished Shadows.
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
But I also would have settled for a “further adventures of Sophie” DLC. Alas.
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Rockstar had an opportunity to do the coolest thing ever by making a remake of RDR a playable coda to RDR2.
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Oh I see NOW they’re concerned about an amendment rewarding illegal behavior in ways the drafters never endorsed.
October 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
We ordered a coffee at a Starbucks on the tail end of a road trip and they served it in mugs. (Although in that case we actually wanted them to go.) I think that’s a thing now. I would have just assumed non-chain places were mug by default.
October 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM