Brian Mayo

occupying the crawlspace of the pantheon

[Michael LaRosa @MichaelLaRosaDC]

If he loses, it will be because he's an obnoxious, boorish, and insufferable grandstander. If he loses, it just means, Democrat dodged a bullet. But the leaked audio tape says it all. And if he wins, I will do everything I can to make sure he loses because of the declared vendetta that he says he will pursue against all of the normal Democrats.

Hard pass. No thanks!!

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

So if I purchase a DVD and digitize it, that’s copyright infringement. But if an AI company buys my book and scans it to train their system, that’s perfectly fine? Once again, corporations are allowed to play by their own rules. I’m so sick of the hypocrisy.

[Brian Mayo @brimayo]

Not correcting any conspiracy theorists on this one. You may Have At It.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

NEW: California startup Satyress unveils a 2 meter tall centaur robot designed to enter disaster zones too dangerous for humans.

[austerity is theft @wideofthepost]

The fact that DC Dems can't uniformly speak out against this is dragging the entire party's brand down into the ditch. It's totally corrupt and obscene. It makes all of the Dem grandstanding about "Democracy!" seem completely hollow.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Ben Affleck and 'Jeopardy!' champion Jamie Ding triumphed on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' — winning $1 million for charity.

https://t.co/plcW6sz1qp

[Brian Mayo @brimayo]

Incredibly pathetic. But yeah dude, lecture me about avocado toast.

[Umar @umar_xbt]

Kevin O’Leary says he wept when Rolex gave him a watch even its own staff had never seen.

“Grown men weep just looking at pictures of this mystical beast. Does it exist? I got on my knees and begged for it.”

“The morning before the Oscars, the phone rings. They gave me an address and said, ‘Be there.’ And there it was.”

“The entire Rolex staff had never seen it. All the dealers from around LA came to see it.”

“For an hour we looked at it. We didn’t touch it. We just looked at it and said, ‘It’s real.’”

“I did, and I wore it. I was weeping. It was mine. I own it. Do you know how many people have that piece? Maybe nobody.”

[U2 @U2]

Sometimes I would wonder if Glen Hansard really existed….

Seriously, he was such an angelic presence… not otherworldly…in fact, very present this presence…
A smiling rascal if you needed him to be… this most musical and mischievous archangel of Ballymun… no airs, plenty of graces...

Of course, Glen was the shining star of the Christmas Eve busk… sometimes the only one reminding the rest of us that Christmas began with a refugee born in a manger, which is hardly a step from living on the street.

To be utterly yourself by being more interested in others - a clue for any of us trying out different personas. He really was who you thought he was. He could never walk by a person living rough without checking they were OK… and more than that, he worked very hard so that less people had to live on the streets in the first place.

When the crowds got bigger and for safety’s sake Glen had to agree to move the busk to a stage kindly provided outside The Gaiety Theatre, he would say 'we’ll give it our best but it’s not a busk if we’re not on the street!’ …because that’s who he was - a performer at eye level in any situation. The stage was a separation he wouldn’t recognize. Of all the grand and gigantic venues he and The Frames played, you sensed the street was his most favoured place to perform. And street people, his favourite audience.

Voice of the streets. A choir of angels in one man. The rest of us blessed to stand there beside our very own and very earthed Angel Gabriel… All of us welcome in his choir, whatever shape or form.

….and I’m telling myself this morning that if he never existed, then he can never cease to exist. For me, he will always be everywhere I see a coin spinning into an open guitar case.

May you rest in the peace you gave to so many.

Bono

[Heysharpshooter, Basement Dwelling Elitist @heysharpshooter]

The Strokes suck and have always sucked. The poster boys of the 00s Rock Decline. The genre never recovered imo. Them, Wilco, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, the sellout Modest Mouse albums, Arcade Fire, QotSA, The Killers(*shudder)... terrible time.

Thank god for The Mountain Goats

[Brian Mayo @brimayo]

Awful, awful news. Just a tremendous musician whose work has spanned decades. The Frames, "Once", his solo work... his presence will be missed in the folk world. RIP.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Glen Hansard, frontman of the Frames and Oscar-winning songwriter for the movie 'Once,' has died at 56 following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
https://t.co/okd1UEeFFY

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Willie Nelson speaks out against data centers, saying we all need to fight against them.

[Brian Mayo @brimayo]

Good morning. The Red Sox playoff odds now sit at 73%. If I'm pinning this remarkable resurgence on one player, it's Caleb Durbin. https://t.co/nci7cbl6BY

[G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris]

Trump didn’t win because he was more moderate than Clinton, he won because he had a monopoly on anti-system voters. Politics is not one-dimensional, but everyone in DC and the media fails to account for this. (That’s why they were also blindsided by the DSA wins this year )

Source https://t.co/ihjjeq10gA

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Georgia police supervisor arrested for allegedly using Flock cameras to track her boyfriend’s vehicle more than 30 times

[Brian Mayo @brimayo]

The new season of the #KingOfTheHill reboot might be their best yet. The way they can weave in modern times and make it still seem funny, fresh and sweet is very impressive. Plus, Hank's "uh huh" here made me laugh really hard.

[Brian Mayo @brimayo]

They called Biden communist for four plus years, who fucking cares.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

The vibes may be exciting, but if Democrats are going to win this year and in 2028, they must reject the DSA.

If you’re tempted by a democratic socialist this year, think of what use Republicans will make of these victories, and ask whether you want to do favors for fascists.

[Shehan Jeyarajah @ShehanJeyarajah]

Shoutout to Jaylen Brown. He complained so much about being a second option that he became a fourth option instead 😭😭😭

[Brian Mayo @brimayo]

Good thing this doofus is in bed by the way he loves to roll over!!

[Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 @JasonJournoDC]

💥NEW: James Carville calls on Dems to *PASS* national voter ID law💥

"We are NOT gonna win the war against some kind of a ID ... EVERY poll shows 75% or better say we should have some kind of a ID to vote ... just quit fighting and go along with it!"

[Brian Mayo @brimayo]

Laughing at the insane jump of the Red Sox in ESPN's MLB Power Rankings