Alex Cranz
@cranz.bsky.social
laser bong lyricist. tech critic.
One of the most timely and terrific books i’ve read this year was Greg Grandin’s America, América. It’s most haunting part was its painfully incisive assessment of the modern US in its final pages
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
One of the most timely and terrific books i’ve read this year was Greg Grandin’s America, América. It’s most haunting part was its painfully incisive assessment of the modern US in its final pages
snoozing by firelight
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
snoozing by firelight
this perfect explains the current chaos forecast in Texas
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
this perfect explains the current chaos forecast in Texas
Anyways just like you shouldn’t blame writers and editors at GMG for spanfeller be informed before you blame conde writers and editors. they’re doing largely excellent work and shouldnt be the target of anyone’s outrage.
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Anyways just like you shouldn’t blame writers and editors at GMG for spanfeller be informed before you blame conde writers and editors. they’re doing largely excellent work and shouldnt be the target of anyone’s outrage.
this condé nast thing, from what’s been reported, reminds me of when Spanfeller fired Barry because the whole union was waiting in the hallways before a big meeting. reflexive terminations are never a wise move when dealing with union activity. it just makes the upset workers furious.
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
this condé nast thing, from what’s been reported, reminds me of when Spanfeller fired Barry because the whole union was waiting in the hallways before a big meeting. reflexive terminations are never a wise move when dealing with union activity. it just makes the upset workers furious.
Me: I’m gonna watch that new show where Garfield gets assassinated!
Mom: (horrified) who would kill a cartoon cat?
Mom: (horrified) who would kill a cartoon cat?
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Me: I’m gonna watch that new show where Garfield gets assassinated!
Mom: (horrified) who would kill a cartoon cat?
Mom: (horrified) who would kill a cartoon cat?
I moved to Texas from New York last month and I’m surprised at what I find myself longing for. I miss my friends and good Asian grocery stores that don’t require 40 mile drives. the parks and theater. the loss of top bars too. yet not the loss of fine dining or NYC museums
but god man i miss weed.
but god man i miss weed.
November 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I moved to Texas from New York last month and I’m surprised at what I find myself longing for. I miss my friends and good Asian grocery stores that don’t require 40 mile drives. the parks and theater. the loss of top bars too. yet not the loss of fine dining or NYC museums
but god man i miss weed.
but god man i miss weed.
Trump carries a print out of a tweet in his coat pocket and pulled it out to show Norah O‘Donnell. that really happened
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Trump carries a print out of a tweet in his coat pocket and pulled it out to show Norah O‘Donnell. that really happened
I’m absolutely rooting for 60 Minutes as it reckons with major changes in leadership beyond its control. and it’s easy to have hope when you watch the absolutely incredible Trump interview. surreal. incisive. beautifully produced and edited. youtu.be/wQPTUa8vxRU?...
President Donald Trump: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I’m absolutely rooting for 60 Minutes as it reckons with major changes in leadership beyond its control. and it’s easy to have hope when you watch the absolutely incredible Trump interview. surreal. incisive. beautifully produced and edited. youtu.be/wQPTUa8vxRU?...
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She's a god tier troll
November 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
She's a god tier troll
the state party loves to go on and on about states rights and demanding the feds stay out of Texas business and reminding everyone Texas can leave the union/create additional states. but jumps at the chance to be under ICE’s boot.
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
the state party loves to go on and on about states rights and demanding the feds stay out of Texas business and reminding everyone Texas can leave the union/create additional states. but jumps at the chance to be under ICE’s boot.
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Another property on point for this moment is Warrior (HBOMax), great action drama that is ALSO about the pitting of working classes of all races against each other by 19th cent gilded age plutocrats, plus riots & racism that led to Chinese Exclusion Act. Historically whipsmart & hugely relevant IMO
once again watching marty's GANGS OF NEW YORK, a movie whose analysis of "america for americans" reactionary politics has only grown more cogent every year since 2002
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Another property on point for this moment is Warrior (HBOMax), great action drama that is ALSO about the pitting of working classes of all races against each other by 19th cent gilded age plutocrats, plus riots & racism that led to Chinese Exclusion Act. Historically whipsmart & hugely relevant IMO
help your local food banks y'all. donate money. donate time. if you’re feeling powerless seek to help others worse off then yourself.
Yesterday: Feeding Texas estimates that its 20 member banks have lost a total of $57.6 million in federal funding cuts, and that’s only in immediate canceled funding. But this could actually be on the low end of the potential impact range.
Trump’s Federal Cuts Are Hitting Texas Food Banks Hard
Food pantries in the Lone Star State have lost over $50 million in funding this year, with more projected cuts to come.
www.texasobserver.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
help your local food banks y'all. donate money. donate time. if you’re feeling powerless seek to help others worse off then yourself.
If, as Trump’s comments suggest, he’s being asked to take the MOCA cognitive assessment and get an MRI, Americans should definitely know! Cognitive declines and nukes do not mix!
Trump: "They have Jasmine Crockett -- a low IQ person. AOC is low IQ. Have her pass the exams I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. They're cognitive tests. Let AOC go against Trump. Let Jasmine go against Trump. The first couple questions are easy -- a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe ... "
October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If, as Trump’s comments suggest, he’s being asked to take the MOCA cognitive assessment and get an MRI, Americans should definitely know! Cognitive declines and nukes do not mix!
texting with my godson who has an apple watch for emergencies and it’s like texting with a baby boomer but more misspelled simpsons references
October 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
texting with my godson who has an apple watch for emergencies and it’s like texting with a baby boomer but more misspelled simpsons references
been spending the weekend gathering stuff for a resell shop that funds a local food pantry. find the food pantries in your area and support them with donations. they and the people who rely on them desperately need it right now.
October 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
been spending the weekend gathering stuff for a resell shop that funds a local food pantry. find the food pantries in your area and support them with donations. they and the people who rely on them desperately need it right now.
with an elderly family member now on both a heart monitor and cgm I am getting a first hand look at the state of user interface design in patient focused med tech and YIKES.
CGMs are definitely much better than heart monitors but there’s so much work to do.
CGMs are definitely much better than heart monitors but there’s so much work to do.
October 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
with an elderly family member now on both a heart monitor and cgm I am getting a first hand look at the state of user interface design in patient focused med tech and YIKES.
CGMs are definitely much better than heart monitors but there’s so much work to do.
CGMs are definitely much better than heart monitors but there’s so much work to do.
Free headline: President Trump Can’t Explain Pardoning Binance Fraudster Founder
legit absurd he and Johnson just keep getting away with feigning ignorance for any awful thing they and their party do.
legit absurd he and Johnson just keep getting away with feigning ignorance for any awful thing they and their party do.
COLLINS: Today you pardoned the founded of Binance. Can you explain why you did that?
TRUMP: Which one was that?
COLLINS: The founder of Binance
TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.
TRUMP: Which one was that?
COLLINS: The founder of Binance
TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.
October 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Free headline: President Trump Can’t Explain Pardoning Binance Fraudster Founder
legit absurd he and Johnson just keep getting away with feigning ignorance for any awful thing they and their party do.
legit absurd he and Johnson just keep getting away with feigning ignorance for any awful thing they and their party do.
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the situation is that we came online as a truly global species in the past 20 years, which challenges our concepts of ourselves as important, so we are greedily seeking out performances of authenticity.
sometimes it's claiming asia has always had peppers and chiles. other times it is being a nazi.
sometimes it's claiming asia has always had peppers and chiles. other times it is being a nazi.
October 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
the situation is that we came online as a truly global species in the past 20 years, which challenges our concepts of ourselves as important, so we are greedily seeking out performances of authenticity.
sometimes it's claiming asia has always had peppers and chiles. other times it is being a nazi.
sometimes it's claiming asia has always had peppers and chiles. other times it is being a nazi.
a lot of people dunking on ranchers for voting for this dude but 1) lots of ranchers didn’t vote for him and 2) if they import live cattle that is definitely how you get foot and mouth disease in the US. With the screwworm march forward additional health issues for cattle would be very bad.
the king blames his subjects for complaining about his policies hurting them
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
a lot of people dunking on ranchers for voting for this dude but 1) lots of ranchers didn’t vote for him and 2) if they import live cattle that is definitely how you get foot and mouth disease in the US. With the screwworm march forward additional health issues for cattle would be very bad.
my mom worked for the state of Texas for decades and we were not allowed to email her work account for any reason because it would be public record due to her role.
if a bunch of kids could understand that how can the governor of the state not?
if a bunch of kids could understand that how can the governor of the state not?
A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott argued his office’s emails with Elon Musk are confidential under a “common-law privacy” exception to public records laws because they may include “intimate and embarrassing” information.
(Published July)
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
(Published July)
With @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public
We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not...
www.propublica.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
my mom worked for the state of Texas for decades and we were not allowed to email her work account for any reason because it would be public record due to her role.
if a bunch of kids could understand that how can the governor of the state not?
if a bunch of kids could understand that how can the governor of the state not?
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To be frank, this kind of research—straightforward with profound global privacy and surveillance implications—is rare. There is usually some caveat that makes it niche or insubstantial. This one is not that.
NEW: A stunning new study finds that satellite transmissions—from calls and texts on T-Mobile to US and Mexico military communications—were sent unencrypted for any snoop to grab. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @mattburgess1.bsky.social have the scoop: www.wired.com/story/satell...
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
To be frank, this kind of research—straightforward with profound global privacy and surveillance implications—is rare. There is usually some caveat that makes it niche or insubstantial. This one is not that.
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Spanfeller bought the site
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Spanfeller bought the site
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@kagi.com URL rewriting rules are wildly undersold.
This is perhaps the most useful feature from this search engine for privacy-conscious folks.
I can cut out centralized social media simply by rewriting search result URLs.
This is perhaps the most useful feature from this search engine for privacy-conscious folks.
I can cut out centralized social media simply by rewriting search result URLs.
October 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
@kagi.com URL rewriting rules are wildly undersold.
This is perhaps the most useful feature from this search engine for privacy-conscious folks.
I can cut out centralized social media simply by rewriting search result URLs.
This is perhaps the most useful feature from this search engine for privacy-conscious folks.
I can cut out centralized social media simply by rewriting search result URLs.