Michael Baldwin Bruce
@gdaybruce.bsky.social
Ah, So AI is just another case where the Left immediately sees the man behind the curtain, while the neolibs yell at them and insist we should listen to what the evil wizard has to say and try to find common ground.
The replies to this are yet another giant red flag that your perception of reality is very much mediated through your community, that you’re not immune because you’re left of center, and that you should not assume that a community being online-only reduces this effect in any way
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Ah, So AI is just another case where the Left immediately sees the man behind the curtain, while the neolibs yell at them and insist we should listen to what the evil wizard has to say and try to find common ground.
Didn't the Free Press already run this article? Like, a couple hundred times by now?
Bari Weiss bravely invites us to focus on the real fascism in Minneapolis
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
February 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Didn't the Free Press already run this article? Like, a couple hundred times by now?
The hilarious irony of this post coming from an account named after the Mueller Report - the dampest of damp squibs Democrats hyped for fully two years - is apparently lost on these folks.
LISTEN: There are a lot of folks out here working tirelessly to get the truth out there. Replying to us that nothing matters because there'll be no consequences is not only incorrect, but it belittles the work we do. It's insulting and shortsighted. Stop following us if you don't want the info.
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
The hilarious irony of this post coming from an account named after the Mueller Report - the dampest of damp squibs Democrats hyped for fully two years - is apparently lost on these folks.
One of the most tiresome and disappointing aspects of modern life is how absolutely no-one in remotely any position of power or influence ever accepts responsibility for anything they've done. It's always denials and spin. Fucking Nixon had more integrity than anyone in politics in the 21st century.
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
One of the most tiresome and disappointing aspects of modern life is how absolutely no-one in remotely any position of power or influence ever accepts responsibility for anything they've done. It's always denials and spin. Fucking Nixon had more integrity than anyone in politics in the 21st century.
My Superbowl watching Experience:
OK, looks like something is about to happen. They've all lined up.
Nope, timeout.
So, something was about to happen, but now it's not... gotta wait a bit longer. So EXCITING!
Now it's time for some more commercials.
And we're back to waiting for something to happen.
OK, looks like something is about to happen. They've all lined up.
Nope, timeout.
So, something was about to happen, but now it's not... gotta wait a bit longer. So EXCITING!
Now it's time for some more commercials.
And we're back to waiting for something to happen.
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
My Superbowl watching Experience:
OK, looks like something is about to happen. They've all lined up.
Nope, timeout.
So, something was about to happen, but now it's not... gotta wait a bit longer. So EXCITING!
Now it's time for some more commercials.
And we're back to waiting for something to happen.
OK, looks like something is about to happen. They've all lined up.
Nope, timeout.
So, something was about to happen, but now it's not... gotta wait a bit longer. So EXCITING!
Now it's time for some more commercials.
And we're back to waiting for something to happen.
I don't trust these clowns any more than I trust Trump or Musk, they're clearly just a source of officially- endorsed disinformation, dressed up as an independent outlet.
I joined @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social to discuss my work and the work of Bellingcat, why I don't like Seymour Hersh, and getting verified information out quickly on the ICE shootings.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...
Bellingcat founder: ‘Playing whack-a-mole with disinformation is always going to fail’
Eliot Higgins discusses the future of investigative journalism with Alan and Lionel
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I don't trust these clowns any more than I trust Trump or Musk, they're clearly just a source of officially- endorsed disinformation, dressed up as an independent outlet.
No-one alive is more full of shit than Elon Musk. He's a monumental fraud, yet millions of people still think he's going to save humanity.
February 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
No-one alive is more full of shit than Elon Musk. He's a monumental fraud, yet millions of people still think he's going to save humanity.
I still say W was a monster
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I still say W was a monster
So now, guys like Jonathan Ross won't have to hold their own phones when they shoot protestors in the future.
Kristi Noem: “Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis.”
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
So now, guys like Jonathan Ross won't have to hold their own phones when they shoot protestors in the future.
How you know that no-one is watching that accursed movie: never in the history of blockbusters has there been such as thing as "standing room only" in a theater. That's what they call a fire code violation.
Kayleigh: My mom went to see Melania. She said the theater was packed, it was standing room only. People were cheering through it, they were excited. It was interactive—people interplaying with the film. She said it was just electric.
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
How you know that no-one is watching that accursed movie: never in the history of blockbusters has there been such as thing as "standing room only" in a theater. That's what they call a fire code violation.
Absolutely FUCK META, Zuckerberg and the Billionaire / Silicon Valley mindset that says we are paying guests in our own lives and nothing is more important than being exploited for their profits.
www.theverge.com/tech/871250/...
www.theverge.com/tech/871250/...
Supernatural was a breakout VR fitness sensation — meet the women furious with Mark Zuckerberg for killing it
‘I despise Meta.’
www.theverge.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Absolutely FUCK META, Zuckerberg and the Billionaire / Silicon Valley mindset that says we are paying guests in our own lives and nothing is more important than being exploited for their profits.
www.theverge.com/tech/871250/...
www.theverge.com/tech/871250/...
RIP Catherine O'Hara
January 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
RIP Catherine O'Hara
Biden lied to us repeatedly about Gaza while Israel murdered journalists by the dozen.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Biden lied to us repeatedly about Gaza while Israel murdered journalists by the dozen.
Evergreen post
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Evergreen post
hey you guys, they're doing the fucking news over at CBS
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed his secret breakfast indulgence to CBS News' Kelly O'Grady — and he made her promise not to tell Human and Health Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
hey you guys, they're doing the fucking news over at CBS
I think it's both funny & encouraging that, with all the effort by Right Wing influencers to conjure up a solemn National 9/11- type moment for the Charlie Kirk assassination, their star player didn't have the acting chops or discipline to be convincing enough to make it stick.
January 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM
I think it's both funny & encouraging that, with all the effort by Right Wing influencers to conjure up a solemn National 9/11- type moment for the Charlie Kirk assassination, their star player didn't have the acting chops or discipline to be convincing enough to make it stick.
Spoiler alert: they're gonna cave on the 6th bill, they're just hoping the news cycle will have moved on to something else by then.
🚨 The Senate has agreed to a deal to vote on 5/6 full appropriations bills and replace the DHS funding measure with a 2-week stopgap bill, per multiple sources. That gives time to negotiate on the Dem demands for ICE and CBP restraints.
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Spoiler alert: they're gonna cave on the 6th bill, they're just hoping the news cycle will have moved on to something else by then.
Even if Noem (or Miller) is fired, nothing changes except some people will go to brunch to celebrate saving the Republic.
January 28, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Even if Noem (or Miller) is fired, nothing changes except some people will go to brunch to celebrate saving the Republic.
Is that what real leadership looks like - waiting for your constituents to yell at you enough before you'll do something?
January 28, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Is that what real leadership looks like - waiting for your constituents to yell at you enough before you'll do something?
That little shit running the ADL said Israel had a Tik-Tok problem, then the US government tried to ban it, and then a few months later it was sold to American investors.
Now Rolling Stone says there are "fears" of censorship! Were they all born yesterday?
Now Rolling Stone says there are "fears" of censorship! Were they all born yesterday?
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
That little shit running the ADL said Israel had a Tik-Tok problem, then the US government tried to ban it, and then a few months later it was sold to American investors.
Now Rolling Stone says there are "fears" of censorship! Were they all born yesterday?
Now Rolling Stone says there are "fears" of censorship! Were they all born yesterday?
That's the ticket!
The new CBS contributors:
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
January 27, 2026 at 8:11 PM
That's the ticket!
Alex Pretti is 10x the man any ICE agent or ICE supporter thinks they are
About a week before federal agents shot him to death, Pretti “stopped his car after observing ICE agents chasing what he described as a family on foot, and began shouting and blowing his whistle.”
ICE tackled him to the ground and broke his rib.
“That day, he thought he was going to die.”
ICE tackled him to the ground and broke his rib.
“That day, he thought he was going to die.”
Alex Pretti was in earlier confrontation with federal agents who tackled him, broke his rib, sources say | CNN
Federal immigration officials have been collecting information on protesters and agitators, sources told CNN.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Alex Pretti is 10x the man any ICE agent or ICE supporter thinks they are
Even if my job was just to make the tea and sweep up after the real journalists, I'd be working on my resume after listening to this drivel.
Weiss' full remarks to CBS News staff (1/4)
January 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Even if my job was just to make the tea and sweep up after the real journalists, I'd be working on my resume after listening to this drivel.
I guess the CECOT story still isn't ready and everyone's still working on that instead of paying attention to Gaza, Minneapolis or Davos. Must be tough for a scrappy little independent news outfit like CBS.
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I guess the CECOT story still isn't ready and everyone's still working on that instead of paying attention to Gaza, Minneapolis or Davos. Must be tough for a scrappy little independent news outfit like CBS.