Brennan Bestwick
@yrfrenbren.bsky.social
Poet. Birder. Prom king. He/Him. https://awetheater.substack.com/
The data center mania happening at a time when climate change is already such a serious and obvious problem feels like a taunt. You are pissing me off on purpose
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · last wk."By the end of 2030," reports NYT, the amount of energy used by data centers"is expected to quadruple, eclipsing the power used by all countries in South America and Africa combined." This is extinctionism.
Temwa Chawinga is the greatest goal scorer I’ve ever seen. I beg people to look up her career stats. It’s unreal
The Women's Game@womensgamemib.bsky.social · last wk.MALAWI DEFEAT THE REIGNING CHAMPS ‼️ A huge upset today as debutants Malawi beat 10x tournament winners Nigeria in their first ever WAFCON match, thanks to a goal from Tabitha Chawinga and TWO from KC Current star Temwa Chawinga ⭐️
Referring to myself as an “archivist” because I love the work of Nia Archives and Sudan Archives
Reading Karen Hao’s Empire of AI and it turns out I actually can hate this technology even more
“We gotta slow down the digging up guys to make one big guy process.” Says Dr. Frankenstein, AI startup founder
Less tech companies more turning to a pal as you drive past a field and pointing “horse!”
Idk, seems like there’s a new lawsuit every few months about a chatbot convincing someone to take their life, so maybe we don’t need to sit in a zoom meeting and have someone ask what AI tools we’re incorporating in our work.
Not only do we stand by our reporting. Madison Square Garden’s ridiculous lawsuit actually confirms it, noting the company did, in fact, track the sexual orientation of LGBTQIA celebrities in its talent database.
WIRED@wired.com · 3w agoA statement from WIRED leadership.
Perhaps, in his pondering of “the manly love of comrades” Whitman found his muse in the colorful, humble life of the minion. In this essay I will…
Not really a horse guy, but really big horse poem guy. Love to read ‘em, love to write ‘em. Ride a horse? No thank you, too tall, I have no business up there.
I can’t laugh at the memes because I have suffered through too many years of bad US men’s soccer. It was nice that it was actually fun for a bit.
Raingump Kto: Smile Through The Pain Harold
ALT: Raingump Kto: Smile Through The Pain Harold
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it's crazy when you see a photo for the first time and recognize it's gonna be used as a shorthand for the era you're living in right now by historians in 100 years
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo."Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
The biggest disagreement in my marriage is that my wife finds the teletubbies creepy, but to me they’re aspirational, mascots for whimsy, nearly deities.
The many World Cup videos of people from different countries joyfully dancing and dining together, talking about how welcome they feel in one another’s company, is healing me. The world could be this way all the time if evil men in ill-fitting suits weren’t constantly trying to tell us otherwise.
Another day watching some awful creep drape a flag over his shoulders, thank Jesus, then say the nastiest shit his small mind can think of into a microphone. Had me thinking of this great new @nathanevansfox.bsky.social record. Listening to “Jesus and the Buck.”
I love soccer. What do you mean that 0-0 tie was a thrilling upset? Incredible.
Marveling at the poetics of Clipse. How they make “The only Audi here is driven by my au pair” such a smooth rhyming line. A masterclass.
I love international soccer because I have been an Ivory Coast fan for many years with absolutely no connection to the country.
“Walking through the park with my head high / Past all the college girls and the drunk guys /And if there is a god, he's the bond that's between us two.” Olivia Rodrigo, a poet
The best part of the World Cup is watching all the videos of people from different countries dance and sing together. A reminder of what we are when these greedy billionaires and bought politicians aren’t foaming at the mouth to make enemies.
Olivia Rodrigo made a pop record that is many things one of which is a pretty clear love letter to The Cure
Unreal that Olivia Rodrigo is 23 and making art this confident and interesting.
I feel like I’m too young to be saying “what am I, chopped liver?” this much
Tough Finals series for me, a man with no connection to either city, but a lover of Wemby and KAT
The “Ai will get so good you won’t even be able to tell!” crowd can’t even begin to understand how much joy I get from realizing a thing I loved was made with puppets.
On first of June my father insists on sending the family group chat a video of him listening to “June is Bustin’ Out All Over.”
It’s just so easy to be correct morally and politically on this
Paul@pawlbologna.bsky.social · 2mo agoEd Markey tears into Seth Moulton: "Massachusetts deserves better than a senator who scapegoats trans kids." The crowd goes fucking wild.