"Slop is the result of humans actively deciding to take shortcuts and being okay with the shittastic results. Slop is deliberate, not inevitable." Slop doesn’t slop itself. brilliantcrank.com/slop-doesnt-...

Critical ignoring, de-algo'd, certified authentic human, pure evil in an app, wildfire portraits, and Max Headroom poetry. The Dice — 045 brilliantcrank.com/the-dice-045/

Mirrors from '75, cultural change code cracked, mental health extraction, still bowling alone, building stories, and typography that shaped the world. The Dice — 044 brilliantcrank.com/the-dice-044/

Twenty years of talking points, indented clocks, the unconscious talking in circles. One Battle After Another Midnight Run, zine resistance, and covers covered. The Dice — 043 brilliantcrank.com/the-dice-043/

International translations, zines as resistance, Flea’s plea, the future of journalism, YAMA is the new FOMO, and the lame race to repost research. The Dice — 042 brilliantcrank.com/the-dice-042/

Read: Trapped between equally impossible options. !!!!! And get your free copy the zine, Eject Disk + Run Diagnostic. brilliantcrank.com/trapped-betw... #zines #zine #stuck

The design of competitive Paris, Jack into ᑕ¥βєяรקค¢є, a signal for world revolution, seeking silence and a clear view without Akutaq. Frito is real, and it’s the scariest movie of 2025. The Dice — 041 brilliantcrank.com/the-dice-041/

Small spaces as resistance, Infinite Right Answers, wild salmon from bay to tray, ditch Adobe already, AI futures mapped month by month, and Vertigo rises from the grave. The Dice — 040 brilliantcrank.com/the-dice-040/

Gen X gets its magazine, phones that force you to stay put, Burkina Faso's peanut butter secret, X-ray vision for sentences, the ramen movie turns 40, a way to look at the future, and print that fills the void. New issue: The Dice — 039 brilliantcrank.com/the-dice-039

A new Trapper Keeper, millennials in power, the original fight against people wearing red, without reading we’re sheep, the WTF graphic novel, and a case for optimism. The Dice returns with issue 038. brilliantcrank.com/the-dice-038/

Eject Disk: The Zine Series is now available in print. There are four books. Each one works alone, but there is a path: recognition (Eject Disk), understanding why it happened (System Error), stabilizing when you're crashing (Reboot System), and reconnecting without losing yourself (Insert Disk).

Re-run this chart according to generation because I'm pretty sure late Boomers are dragging down Gen X's age group.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Wrote a review of a great new book, Creative Intelligence, by @brilliantcrank.bsky.social tl;dr - buy it, you won't regret it! kyleio.com/p/creative-i... #designsky

"Trump's attack on the First Amendment was nowhere near as traumatic as 9/11, but the repercussions and further escalation will bring about a level of destruction that physical violence cannot inflict." Over to you, Bob. brilliantcrank.com/over-to-you-...

“They're illusions, Michael. A trick is what whores do for money.” brilliantcrank.com/theyre-illu…

Which "people" exactly - based on what we actually know?

Making amazing coffee does not scale. We should know this by now. Also, money corrupts. Stay small. Stay true.

"We don't have to manufacture courage from scratch. We can borrow it from someone who faced what felt impossible and made it through. Someone who was just as scared as you are, but kept going when every instinct said quit." Borrow their courage. brilliantcrank.com/borrow-their...

"It’s time to take off the white What Would Jesus Do bracelet and put on the purple Nailed To The Cross one." The universe closed a door this week. And I’m done trying to pry it back open. brilliantcrank.com/the-universe...

I've never sold a book before so I don't know if 4 out of 5 is good, but it is my first star so I'm going to celebrate that victory! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHGHXMS4

Doing a bit of Fall preparation cleaning. www.ebay.com/itm/25704254...

"We're roughly five to seven years into our current fuckity-fuck cycle...If the historical pattern holds, we're in the lame, ugly middle phase—not the start, not the end. Just the long slog where everything feels stuck." brilliantcrank.com/the-fuckity-...

The new issue of Espresso Shots by @makoism.com is worth your time. Subscribe if you have not already. makoism.com/espresso-sho...

If you only read one thing by me on LinkedIn, please make it this post. Oh, and while you're there make a comment and like it. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

"Listen to me now and believe me later at your own peril—The floor is literally being rewritten under your feet, and most people are still debating whether this matters, doing everything to avoid AI." It's happening. brilliantcrank.com/its-happening/

Breaking news: there will be a major announcement any week now changing a beloved fast food chain.

Most AI advice feels like a cheat sheet for productivity hacks. I wanted something else: A way to use AI that respects creativity, intuition, and curiosity. So I wrote it. !!! Creative Intelligence: Don’t Ask AI, Think With It brilliantcrank.com/creative-int...

"I got a text from a longtime friend about the weight—the burden—of a potential decision he’s been lugging around like an 800-pound yoke. I texted back: “Don’t carry the weight of a decision that is not in front of you right now.” Going all-in on maybe. brilliantcrank.com/going-all-in...

Hey y’all. Stop doom scrolling and help me out for a sec. I’m trying to land the title for my upcoming book. There are a lot of opinions flying around, and I need to improve my signal-to-noise ratio. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

"We're accelerating toward a world where thinking itself is outsourced—and curiosity is treated as optional. leaders are closely observing their teams...studying which minds generate the ideas that matter." In search of better ground. brilliantcrank.com/in-search-of...

"People who lose themselves in AI were always going to lose themselves in something. Books, movies, radio, television, the internet—whatever promised them answers, purpose, or cosmic significance. The technology changes. The psychological pattern doesn't." brilliantcrank.com/every-genera...

“The real threat to creativity isn’t a language model. It’s a workplace that rewards speed over depth, scale over care, automation over meaning." The luxury of saying no. brilliantcrank.com/the-luxury-o...

"Companies aren't just cutting costs—they're finding their Minimum Viable Humans. This isn’t a layoff cycle. It’s a structural rewrite of what humans are for inside organizations." Minimum Viable Humans. brilliantcrank.com/minimum-viab...

"We don’t have to take the one-thousand-applications-trailer-living-and-service-job path. What if survival looked like ownership instead?" The coyote trap. brilliantcrank.com/the-coyote-t...

You are not your job search. You are not a failed application. You are not an algorithm's reject pile. The system isn't broken—it's functioning exactly as designed. Stop performing. Stop contorting. brilliantcrank.com/you-are-not-... R E A C T . R E P O S T . S H A R E .

“When everyone has access to the same AI tools, the real advantage isn't going to the people with the fanciest prompts—it's going to the people who know how to think with machines, not just through them.” It's time we stopped asking for vases. brilliantcrank.com/its-time-we-...

“In ten years, we're going to look at people we know who are still working in thankless corporate jobs like we do with people who are still playing World of Warcraft after everyone else moved on.” Open to work is the new tip of the sword. brilliantcrank.com/open-to-work...

“This isn’t the future i would’ve picked. but it’s here. and it’s ready.” Redesigning design, the cliff in front of us all. brilliantcrank.com/redesigning-...

"Let’s not pretend otherwise: if you’re working for someone else, you’re a cog in the machine. Doesn’t matter if it’s a team of two or a corporation of two hundred thousand—you’re a line item." Make no mistake, employees will always be just a line item. www.brilliantcrank.com/make-no-mist...

Minimum Viable Book… www.amazon.com/Eject-Disk-m...

“Somewhere between the launch of the iPhone and the cultural fallout of the pandemic—we lost the human currency of kindness.” Kindness feels radical. brilliantcrank.com/kindness-fee...

“Prompting isn’t a strategy. It’s a tactic. Most companies are still using AI like a vending machine—pushing buttons, hoping for genius. That’s not strategy. That’s panic.” Mo prompts, same problems. brilliantcrank.com/mo-prompts-s...

“If democracy is built on trust, and trust is built on relationship, then the collapse we’re living through isn’t just political—it’s personal. And it’s happening because we let disconnection become default.” Connection isn’t just personal. It’s political. brilliantcrank.com/connection-i...

“We’re not heading towards dystopia, we’re eggplant emoji deep in it.” We've built a society on bullshit and emojis. brilliantcrank.com/we-built-a-c...

I wrote another piece, this time for the folks I know who are grasping for reason in a steady state of panic. If this is you too, then let's go— brilliantcrank.com/resist-this-... If you're wondering what to do, start here: Cancel your subscription.

Everything's broken. You can feel it. It’s the spinning beach ball in front of us all. I’ve done something new to me, I wrote a new manifesto. It’s not polished. It’s not safe. But it’s true. brilliantcrank.com/eject-disk/

“That’s not creativity. That’s nostalgia in a leather jacket—and also every metal hair band from the ’80s.” This is your brain on nostalgia. brilliantcrank.com/this-is-your...

A friendly reminder that we are living in a kakistocracy—a “government that is ruled by the least suitable, able, or experienced people in a state or country.” brilliantcrank.com/unhinged-no-...

Tactics for taking on anxiety include journaling, three-second breathing, practicing stillness, setting intentions, auditing thoughts, and reframing The Dice — 037 brilliantcrank.com/the-dice-037/