Becoming Brandon
@becomingbrandon.bsky.social
College football fan. Gamecocks fan. Cubs fan. Aspiring polymath. AI ultra-skeptic. I could say so much, but I don't go there cuz I don't want to #CFB #Cubs
This is what writing *is.* What the reader experiences in just the output of all this backend structure that authors create. If your characters are randomly generated by an algorithm and not a product of your thinking, then you’re not actually writing.
Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter)@deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 1h agoLord have mercy a video on here telling writers that AI can be used as a tool for: - building character lists - organizing ideas - drafting outlines - brainstorming structure - and more Dawg that's all a part of the writing process.
TIRED: Having a take after reading one ragebait article WIRED: Having a take after reading a ragebait social media post INSPIRED: Having a take after seeing a ragebait video about something you are completely unfamiliar with
Context: This is not crazy www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses (Gift Article)
The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.
nytimes.com
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoRFK Jr: "I'm announcing that HHS has begun the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization."
You have to want to not realize that PCA should be the MVP front-runner at this point. That's the only way to miss it
Where are you buying a $20 burrito? Are you going to Chipotle and asking them to add guac four times or something?
huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 6h agofor reasons that only make sense if you're insane, a TPUSA kid complaining about burrito costs on xitter has the GOP's biggest divas going for each other's throats.
I encourage all of us to have the grace and focus shown in this going up within minutes of the race being called.
The polls were actually pretty good in 2024. It was just a close enough race where a respectable error made the difference. What happened in Michigan was not that.
I am skeptical of El-Sayed's chances, but I don't if I'd go with "the polls" right now
Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 7h agoMike Rogers doesn't think so either, and the polls agree
I am skeptical of the premise of this article. You know who else supported the war in Iraq but wasn't particularly eager to take on Iran? George W. Bush. They're different countries that pose or posed different challenges www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Slow, Then Sudden, Death of the Hawkish Democrat
In 2002, most ambitious Democrats supported a Middle Eastern war. In 2026, most oppose it.
theatlantic.com
People really don't know what journalists do. That's what I have come to understand in my years outside the media. They think reporters do something that they aren't supposed to do. Not sure how to fix that
Too many people on the left have come to believe that campaigns are about spreading your ideology to the masses instead of getting elected. Mamdani is clearly happy to spread his ideology, but he didn't let it get in the way of him getting elected
It is October 4, 2031. Emily Wilson has published her 100,000th think piece about Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey"
I know old values are old, but it seems rather ungrateful to have a director expressly call out your translation of the epic poem he has used as the basis for his blockbuster movie, to have your translation soar as a result, and to then go on the warpath against the director
She appears to be doubling down for reasons passing all understanding www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
A Trojan Horse Is Supposed to Have Humans Inside It
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is full of contradictions about deceit and violence.
theatlantic.com
Always read the story and always watch the video. Otherwise you're letting someone else define your reality
I'll be the one to say it: This is deeply unfair. It's very clear that what he is saying is that they can't rein in what Trump says -- no one can! -- but they did what they could to kill the fund. That is not saying as a general matter that Congress can't rein in the president
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayCornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"
Again, using "AIPAC" as your dog whistle for "Jewish people" does not make your statement less antisemitic. Quite the opposite
This is basically, "it's okay to be Jewish as long as you sit there and be quiet." A lot of people are just ripping the mask off nowadays
Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · yesterday‘Hey jews stop being so influential and throwing your money around, it might make me believe in antisemitic conspiracies’ Um, what?
Our Declaration, by Danielle Allen. One of the few books in my life that has actually transformed how I view things
Anna O. Law@unlawfulentries.bsky.social · yesterdayLove to see the 1619 Project there, but please nominate/self nominate other America 250 books!
Yeah, first he wasn't that bad, and second he wasn't the one who decided to trade for him
Sara Sanchez@bcbsara.bsky.social · 2d agoCubs fans are savagely booing Kyle Tucker. I mean, I guess I understand it, but honestly, why?
Has it occurred to Mr. Walsh that she does not talk about anti-white racism because she's not experiencing it? I do get it though; I mean, people like Walsh have always been so understanding when Black athletes talk about racism, so it's fair for them to show concern about this
Berny Belvedere@bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 2d agoThe “get politics out of sports” crowd is sure having a normal one
See, anyone who watches this knows he was not serious, but it's still gonna be a thing
Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 2d agoI can't believe I'm saying this, but -- good job, Jed. Solid trade deadline this year
Braxton Garrett has a 3.46 WHIP in his two games this season. THAT'S HIS WHIP. NOT HIS ERA
The only thing that alarms me more as a Cubs fan than when Jed Hoyer does nothing is when I find out what Jed Hoyer actually has done