Brian McCullogh
@webmccullogh.bsky.social
73 year-old retired guy, didn’t expect to have followers. Joined to continue reading interesting posts from favourite f&sf authors, science writers, and learning new things from other interesting people. Occasional likes, replies, and reposts.
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60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
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yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
yes. she investigated the case of why everyone at the new york times hated her and discovered that it was because she was too smart and too brave.
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I remember this very well. He was right of course.
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I remember this very well. He was right of course.
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If you like non-traditional holiday films, ghosts, and gratitude, this is your click.
A holiday blog post, including Giftmas movie recs and a heartfelt thank you.
harryjconnolly.com/that-time-of...
harryjconnolly.com/that-time-of...
That time of year again: The ghostliest version of A Christmas Carol
The best version of A Christmas Carol (meaning, the one with the best ghosts) is still available for you to check out on Tubi. Cheer-max your holiday (“Merry-bundle”? “Joy-stack&#…
harryjconnolly.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If you like non-traditional holiday films, ghosts, and gratitude, this is your click.
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Adventure with your cat through the depths of the universe 🌌
December 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Adventure with your cat through the depths of the universe 🌌
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Yet another reminder that when billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech.
It’s a win for oligarchy.
The super-rich won't hesitate to sell out the American public if it means getting merger approvals or deregulation that helps their bottom line.
It’s a win for oligarchy.
The super-rich won't hesitate to sell out the American public if it means getting merger approvals or deregulation that helps their bottom line.
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Yet another reminder that when billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech.
It’s a win for oligarchy.
The super-rich won't hesitate to sell out the American public if it means getting merger approvals or deregulation that helps their bottom line.
It’s a win for oligarchy.
The super-rich won't hesitate to sell out the American public if it means getting merger approvals or deregulation that helps their bottom line.
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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
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December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
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I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
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From 2018 to 2024, the tax rate paid by eight major retailers was slashed from 30% to just 17.5%.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From 2018 to 2024, the tax rate paid by eight major retailers was slashed from 30% to just 17.5%.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
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From time to time I burden you with some personal stuff, based on my belief that our values begin with who we are and where we came from.
I wanted to share some thoughts on what it means to get older. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-look-great
I wanted to share some thoughts on what it means to get older. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-look-great
December 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From time to time I burden you with some personal stuff, based on my belief that our values begin with who we are and where we came from.
I wanted to share some thoughts on what it means to get older. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-look-great
I wanted to share some thoughts on what it means to get older. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/you-look-great
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From 12/8-1/1, several of my ebooks are 25-50% off in ebook at Smashwords for the 2025 End of Year Sale. (These ebooks can be side-loaded to Kindle, by the way...) www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
From 12/8-1/1, several of my ebooks are 25-50% off in ebook at Smashwords for the 2025 End of Year Sale. (These ebooks can be side-loaded to Kindle, by the way...) www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
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A lightning storm, a woman on the run--and a man trapped in dark armour. From 12/19 to 1/2, Chained Knight (the second Tale of the Underdark) is $1.99USD in ebook. books2read.com/chainedknight
December 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A lightning storm, a woman on the run--and a man trapped in dark armour. From 12/19 to 1/2, Chained Knight (the second Tale of the Underdark) is $1.99USD in ebook. books2read.com/chainedknight
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Hard to express how much I love this.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hard to express how much I love this.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader.
Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience.
Get the hell off.
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I gripe a little bit about the ambiguity of the word "day" — astronomically speaking, of course — and also present you with a *gorgeous* Hubble shot of a face-spiral galaxy that turns out to be part of the puzzle that tells us how the universe expands.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/happy-sols...
🔭 🧪
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Happy solstice, and a gorgeous galaxy with which to measure the Universe
The longest night is now behind us, and a Hubble image of a galaxy used as a ruler
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I gripe a little bit about the ambiguity of the word "day" — astronomically speaking, of course — and also present you with a *gorgeous* Hubble shot of a face-spiral galaxy that turns out to be part of the puzzle that tells us how the universe expands.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/happy-sols...
🔭 🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/happy-sols...
🔭 🧪
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tonight the government killed a story on cbs about the slave labor camp in a foreign country theyre illegally sending people to
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
tonight the government killed a story on cbs about the slave labor camp in a foreign country theyre illegally sending people to
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Funny, after hearing this I really feel like I do
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Funny, after hearing this I really feel like I do
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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This is fantastic news, a triumph of medicine! And the overall cervical cancer rate in Oz is dropping, too, almost certainly due to HPV vaccinations.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
Congrats to Australia, this is really cool!
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
December 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is fantastic news, a triumph of medicine! And the overall cervical cancer rate in Oz is dropping, too, almost certainly due to HPV vaccinations.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
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The light's coming back now
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The light's coming back now
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
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Yes, exactly: Most journalists cannot just quit their jobs in showy protests (kids, mortgages, colleagues they don't want to leave in the lurch). If you're making Anderson Cooper money, if *you are Anderson Cooper,* you could just start your own news organization.
A lot of people like to post that journalists should quit their jobs when stuff like this happens. It can be hard for rank and file. It is not as hard for millionaire TV personalities.
This is Bari Weiss in stonewalling, chin-out, "I won't let the haters get to me" mode. Whether she gets away with it will be determined by whether Sharyn Alfonsi's colleagues at 60 Minutes and CBS News decide to fight back. Pelley, Stahl, Cooper--this decision goes on everyone's permanent record.
December 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yes, exactly: Most journalists cannot just quit their jobs in showy protests (kids, mortgages, colleagues they don't want to leave in the lurch). If you're making Anderson Cooper money, if *you are Anderson Cooper,* you could just start your own news organization.
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The irony is, there actually IS one person I can think of who talks eloquently, and often, about how his faith informs him as a person and a citizen, and who does it in a way that even atheists listen to and respect. But CBS canceled his late-night show and it’s going off the air in May.
December 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The irony is, there actually IS one person I can think of who talks eloquently, and often, about how his faith informs him as a person and a citizen, and who does it in a way that even atheists listen to and respect. But CBS canceled his late-night show and it’s going off the air in May.
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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As it's related to previous posts this morning, a primer on acquiring my work: What's the best way (for me!) to do it, how libraries fit into my career (spoiler: positively!), and also the (few) instances where I think pirating my work is acceptable:
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Acquiring My Work: A Primer
Several times a month I get an email or social media message from someone who wants to know what the “best” way to buy my work is so that I, the writer, get as much of their money as po…
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December 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As it's related to previous posts this morning, a primer on acquiring my work: What's the best way (for me!) to do it, how libraries fit into my career (spoiler: positively!), and also the (few) instances where I think pirating my work is acceptable:
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/12/30/a...
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Blocked someone who told me they intended to pirate my work because they can't get it exactly where and how they want. Maybe they will, but they're an asshole to go out of their way to tell a creator that, and I'm not tolerating assholes on this site. It's easy not to be an asshole, y'all.
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Blocked someone who told me they intended to pirate my work because they can't get it exactly where and how they want. Maybe they will, but they're an asshole to go out of their way to tell a creator that, and I'm not tolerating assholes on this site. It's easy not to be an asshole, y'all.
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A number of my works are available through the National Library Service, which provides work via audio and braille, and I encourage their use. All my contracts allow for this service to provide access to my work.
www.loc.gov/nls/who-we-s...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
A number of my works are available through the National Library Service, which provides work via audio and braille, and I encourage their use. All my contracts allow for this service to provide access to my work.
www.loc.gov/nls/who-we-s...
www.loc.gov/nls/who-we-s...