William Burns
stanistani.bsky.social
William Burns
@stanistani.bsky.social
Writer, dabbler in robotics, Wikipedia critic (Wikipediocracy), retired DoD IT.
Wall Street Journal DMCA takedown of over-quoted material.
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Neat. What about the Epstein files?
September 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Maybe... just maybe... some folks don't give a raggedy shit about it.

It would be nice if the NYT did not drop brand ads disguised as reviews on my feed.
September 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
You crapped all over your journalism standards - time to cover Oasis fans!
July 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
April 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Yeah, it would be a massive copyright violation.
March 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
So this states that Andrew Tate and his ilk are popular among young men and boys... i.e. people who haven't grown up yet. Water is also wet.
November 23, 2023 at 4:41 AM
My choice after these, would be Garak, a simple tailor.
November 22, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Congratulations on your success! I have shifted from X/Twitter to here, it burns behind me as I jump.
November 22, 2023 at 8:49 AM
Read the newsletter and listened to the stream. Enjoyable, especially because of the free schadenfreude (cryptocurrency has always seemed like the cotton candy of finance).
November 22, 2023 at 8:47 AM