Brendan McInerney

Human filmmaker and photographer

[Brendan McInerney @mcnrny]

This segment on the study of guns is one of the best, most intense, live discussions I’ve heard—well mediated by Brian Lehrer and team, excellent journalism

[The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast @BrianLehrer]

Join us this Summer Friday for some recent favorites with:
@_ericblanc on the Left in 2024;
@innovjustice on a study of guns in Crown Hts;
@fmkaplan on Oppenheimer;
@katie_honan on "THE sandwich"
@houreidja on hair braiders

Tune in: 93.9FM, AM820, https://t.co/20NQjvN7re

[Brendan McInerney @mcnrny]

I need this energy from all DOTs from now on

[NYC DOT @NYC_DOT]

delete your account

[Micah Loewinger @MicahLoewinger]

This week on @onthemedia I'm making the case that the New York Times has become a tech company, set on occupying our every second. Plus, I went to the @Defector vs @HellGateNY softball game to learn about worker-owned media. It's a good show! Should be online in a couple hours

[Bahar Ostadan @BaharOstadan]

"IMEI numbers can give police the ability to determine the location of a phone, and track communications to it and from it"

[Brendan McInerney @mcnrny]

🚨EVERYONE LOOK AT THIS TWEET🚨

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

.@AJLUnited has been sounding the alarm about new TSA tactics to scan your face during international travel. Today, boarding an intl flight at Boston Logan, TSA tried to scan my and @LiceagaYara faces - but we knew we could opt out! See https://t.co/pFntjQmlyE for more info.

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

.@AJLUnited has been sounding the alarm about new TSA tactics to scan your face during international travel. Today, boarding an intl flight at Boston Logan, TSA tried to scan my and @LiceagaYara faces - but we knew we could opt out! See https://t.co/pFntjQmlyE for more info.

[Cristian Farias @cristianafarias]

Sotomayor to Thomas:

"The three Justices of color on this Court graduated from elite universities and law schools with race-conscious admissions programs, and achieved successful legal careers, despite having different educational backgrounds than their peers."

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Fringe conspiracy theorists [squints] the IMF

[@TheCoreyRichardson on Threads. Follow Me There. @vexedinthecity]

At the end of the day, the Titanic Missing Billionaire Submarine story is a perfect distillation of 21st Century capitalism: A small group of very rich people assume a clearly irresponsible risk. It goes predictably wrong. Scores more in public resources are used to save them...

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Adam Friedland: [America] is a fading empire…

Chris Cuomo: A fading empire? That’s what you see us as?

Friedland: We hit a jackpot off World War II, we rebuilt Europe, probably blew it in one and a half generations.

[silence]

[Three-Eyed Raisin @GulagJamun_]

Nice!

[Brendan McInerney @mcnrny]

This is a deep, dark rabbit hole of a tweet right here.

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

In related news: https://t.co/Hb4bLbF5jb

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on https://t.co/iSBh8sqXw0, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://t.co/PZc1gKP7fY

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[Albert Fox Cahn🦊 (@[email protected]) @FoxCahn]

Targeting this bail fund isn't just an an attack on activism, it shows the erosion of rule of law in this country. This isn't just trying to intimidate 1 organization, but is taking aim at national movement opposed to jailing Americans without a trial.
https://t.co/XeuFxogIQi

[Albert Fox Cahn🦊 (@[email protected]) @FoxCahn]

Interesting new FTC settlement with Ring. Really damning findings that 1000s of employees/contractors had unlimited access to Ring videos and that more than 55,000 US devices were compromised because of lax security. Sadly the fine is a slap on the wrist
https://t.co/oiNQPXnV8B

[Sasha Costanza-Chock @schock]

At OpenDeathStar, we are proud to say that our initial planet smasher mock-ups will be shared publicly (later designs may be partially glimpsable via API).

Do Death Stars pose a threat to the galaxy? Yes, but if we don't build it first then the rebel alliance will.

[Alex Blechman @AlexBlechman]

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

But the white saviors will save us from “existential risks” you know “catastrophe” and stuff. These are just little things.

[Brendan McInerney @mcnrny]

There’s something Freudian about the NY Times’ obsession with putting photos on the front page of people firing weapons with the projectile visible