Brilliantcrank

“Historical hand-me-downs aside, there's a real source of entitlement in America, and it's getting worse. It stems from a statement that has become too prevalent in our society.”

Read: “I will do.”

https://brilliantcrank.com/i-will-do/

So…as these things come in threes and McConnell is still breathing that just increased the odds of the one everyone is secretly wishing for makes the cut.

#polymarketdeepthoughts

“The End of Reading is Here.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/reading-crisis-postliterate-age/687618/?gift=24rwXOt8kisXhCA0EURjwdeeracX3_SpVTjZdjVQ6L8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

I misspoke yesterday when I said I was done with US Men’s soccer. After the Argentina vs Egypt bullshit, I’m done with FIFA.

Matt Freese…

FOX Sports ratings are about to drop off a cliff…

Alright, I’m out. After 32 years of supporting and cheering it’s pretty clear the US men’s team is never going to be a serious contender.

Anyone else tired of Alexi Lalas? You could replace him with John Tesh and I wouldn’t notice.

Kicking the tires on Indigo to cross post on Bluesky and Mastodon.

"The industry already knows how to make thirty-year bets. The future will be decided by those who learn to make thirty-day ones."

A lesson for everything, not just the wine industry.

https://www.winestorey.com/unlearning-wine/

Ok, this is about as MVP as it gets.

https://www.winestorey.com

#screengrabconfab

Why is Russell Crowe coaching the US Men’s team?

DR Congo's flag is strong. Fantastic colors.

Every time I see the word “could” in a headline…hard pass. Bullshit clickbait.

Hey everyone, The Rocket Scientist is speaking at her first industry event. Please go give her post a like!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cecily-storey_fronlineworkforce-share-7465445201914793984-6glD/

"If your primary value to an organization is the ability to manipulate data, draft documents or write code via a QWERTY interface, you are standing on a shrinking ice floe."

https://www.noemamag.com/why-a-liberal-arts-education-will-soon-be-more-valuable-than-ever/

I need to buy an external CD burner and thinking maybe I should also look for a device that includes Bluray playback. Have any of you purchased such a device? They exist but the brands all look like divisions of the Sheinhardt Wig Company.

PSA: The Rocket Scientist (aka expert chemical engineer in risk assessment) is calling friends who live in Orange County and advising them to leave the county immediately.

FYI, if you know someone who lives there consider calling them and telling them to leave ASAP.

Mission Accomplished. Come at me bro.

We kicked off the week with a photoshoot first thing in the morning on Monday.

Today we got the photos back. If you were ever curious about our art collection take a look. Not everything made it in, but 90% is there.

https://therainierpenthouseatmarcato.com

Well that was fast!

Thank you all for helping boost and like my auctions. I appreciate it.

One last thing to get out of the house. Time to find the old Macbook Pro a new home.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/257496469601

Came across an old client's website and they're still using our design from 2014. It still looks and functions great.

Nvidia DGX Station is the new Silicon Graphics Indigo. I can't believe how hard history is repeating itself right now.

If you know anyone who wants to move to the Pacific Northwest, I have just the home for them.

https://therainierpenthouseatmarcato.com

Here's what I created and it is vastly superior to the version that I launched last year.

https://creativeintelligenceprofile.com

Everyone who has created and used their collaboration profile has said pretty much the same thing: game changer.

Kick the tires and let me know what you think.

About a year ago I tried vibe coding with Vercel and it worked until it didn't. On Tuesday I started over with Claude Code to see how it works.

This morning I deployed real software from a repo that is secured by keys, instrumented to track progress, and validates email through the inbox. And I built an admin dashboard that requires third-party authentication.

I was able to do this on my own without asking a single person for help. I can't tell you how liberating this is.

TIL Silo (Wool) is not science fiction, it's historical.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dndmaps/comments/iyglp7/a_high_quality_map_of_derinkuyu_an_ancient/

Who's into Baron Fig? I need to find my meager collection a new home.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/257476350400

Images from my final assignment for Social Malpractice Art class.

I really hope they're giving him a lap blanket. Old people get so cold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5_qTHcp8z0&t=103s

So Figma is on deathwatch. I suspect Adobe is next. Not because of Claude Design, but it's so much faster to jump right into prototypes that work off design systems. Which means big corporations don't need an Enterprise license when just a few will do.

Uf-da.

Having drown in a design tool company made irrelevant by a newer tool I emphasize for the HR massacres that are on the horizon.

Gift link, pass it on.

The FBI Director Is MIA

Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

By Sarah Fitzpatrick

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/?gift=24rwXOt8kisXhCA0EURjwfg1lGN0oByEJXZpH3leMvo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Selling an extra Switch 2...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/257432326138