Reposted by Brian PhillipsBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 24/09/2026I wrote about British hatstheringer.comEight Burning Questions About the Fight to Ban British Guard HatsAn extremely important deep dive into one of the world’s most pressing problems: the big, fuzzy hats at Buckingham Palace 1010514
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 24/09/2026I wrote about British hatstheringer.comEight Burning Questions About the Fight to Ban British Guard HatsAn extremely important deep dive into one of the world’s most pressing problems: the big, fuzzy hats at Buckingham Palace 1010514
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 22/09/2026I admire the vision but you gotta go harder than this. Schindler's List in Old English. Tron in Old English. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in the extinct Celtic language spoken by the Picts 11856
Reposted by Brian PhillipsChairman Goa Tse-tung @jctenton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026i often think of the gas station in deus ex and the terrifying 2050s cyberpunk nightmare era prices on the sign 31090193
Reposted by Brian PhillipsJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Incredible reporting.bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 414779
Reposted by Brian PhillipsBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 17/09/2026I didn't trust AI to tell me whether AI will kill us all in the next decade. So I turned to the one branch of science more reliable than LLMs: Bracketologytheringer.comThe AI Apocalypse Bracket: Just How Doomed Are We, Really?Is AI really likely to wipe out humanity within the next decade? We used the most scientific tool in existence to get an answer. 820047
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 18/09/2026Horrific possibility but not an extinction threat on its own. Bubble team. Could do real damage in the NIT 0401
Reposted by Brian PhillipsDan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Never smashed a follow button this quickly. Effing brilliant and hilarious. 1163
Reposted by Brian PhillipsBryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Come for the concept, stay for the repeated strays that Pat McAfee's music career catches 1241
Reposted by Brian PhillipsBrendan Bell @bdbell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A bit of a longer read, but absolutely well worth it. The conceit is fun and engaging (if even a little goofy!), but the information presented is impeccably sourced, well-reasoned, and compelling. Undoubtedly the best article I've read on the topic. 072
Reposted by Brian PhillipsScott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is a legitimately astounding piece of work. 0507
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 17/09/2026I didn't trust AI to tell me whether AI will kill us all in the next decade. So I turned to the one branch of science more reliable than LLMs: Bracketologytheringer.comThe AI Apocalypse Bracket: Just How Doomed Are We, Really?Is AI really likely to wipe out humanity within the next decade? We used the most scientific tool in existence to get an answer. 820047
Reposted by Brian PhillipsGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm admittedly not an early child development expert but it does seem the ideal scenario for any baby is being collectively raised by a traveling women's professional soccer team 271498259
Reposted by Brian PhillipsEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Straight talk time: Doomerism is BORING. It's the same fantasties rehashed over and over again, just louder each time. And with each iteration it seems that new audiences are being reached, and a new group of people needs to be talked down from unnecessary fear. >> 11596163
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 12/09/2026Look, I love Sports Emotion as much as the next fan, but I have to admit there's something incredibly badass about Rybakina winning the U.S. Open and topping out at "pleased" 4381
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 12/09/2026I know it's boring to complain about sports commentators but giving a major final to Patrick and Mary Joe is like staging a Rembrandt exhibition under a 40-watt light bulb 5595
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 12/09/2026Sabalenka's body language getting perilously close to the deadly Me When I've Been on Hold with Customer Service for More Than Six Minutes Zone 3341
Reposted by Brian PhillipsHoward Beck @howardbeck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026NBA owners are, uh, having a moment. I'm not sure that's a good thing. Latest from me, at The Ringer:theringer.comDoes the NBA Have an Owner Problem?NBA owners are having a moment, but not necessarily a good one. “Every day or every week, it’s like: Wait a second, how can that be possible?” 2014416
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 09/09/2026They literally just showed Navarro's parents in the stands and still didn't mention that they're among the richest people on earth?? 1314620
Reposted by Brian Phillipsryanphurley.bsky.social @ryanphurley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026At least soft pedal it... "US Open brought to you by Fidelity... and Navarro certainly is familiar with the asset management business" "Pegula playing the biggest sporting match in NY state... until the Bills play week 12 Monday night right here on ESPN" 0434
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 09/09/2026Does anyone with more sophisticated media knowledge than mine understand why ESPN will burn endless cycles talking about tennis players' backgrounds/childhoods but will not ever, ever state that Pegula and Navarro are the children of billionaires, even when they're playing each other? 1929142
Reposted by Brian PhillipsBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026That worked 231711113
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 05/09/2026I just said "How's it going" to three people at a memorial service. You can't buy social graces like these. If you're lucky, you simply acquire them at birth 141494
Reposted by Brian PhillipsBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 03/09/2026I have plunged into the dark, icy depths of Lake America and returned with a column about MAGA's obsession with namestheringer.comMAGA’s Big, Beautiful Quest to Rename the Entire WorldThe Lake America story is spectacularly dumb. It’s also spectacularly important. 910526
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 03/09/2026I wrote about namestheringer.comMAGA’s Big, Beautiful Quest to Rename the Entire WorldThe Lake America story is spectacularly dumb. It’s also spectacularly important. 3403
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 03/09/2026I have plunged into the dark, icy depths of Lake America and returned with a column about MAGA's obsession with namestheringer.comMAGA’s Big, Beautiful Quest to Rename the Entire WorldThe Lake America story is spectacularly dumb. It’s also spectacularly important. 910526
Reposted by Brian PhillipsBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 26/08/2026I wrote about Natalie Harptheringer.comWhy Is Natalie Harp Suddenly the Most Important Person in America? An FAQ.There’s a new main character in Trumpworld—and the meltdown surrounding her is getting more normal all the time 1314322
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 26/08/2026I wrote about Natalie Harptheringer.comWhy Is Natalie Harp Suddenly the Most Important Person in America? An FAQ.There’s a new main character in Trumpworld—and the meltdown surrounding her is getting more normal all the time 1314322
Reposted by Brian PhillipsBill Hanstock @sundownmotel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026oh my fucking god project 2025 is just season two of GI Joe 723763
Reposted by Brian PhillipsLeonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."law.berkeley.eduArtificial Intelligence PolicyEffective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […] 231900796
Reposted by Brian PhillipsAlex Bloom @alexpbloom.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is very well done. And you've managed to dupe the AI (as a fun secondary outcome). 0293
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 20/08/2026This is the most important article you will read in 2026 7385
Reposted by Brian PhillipsBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 19/08/2026I wrote about the most urgent danger now threatening the United States of Americatheringer.comWhy the Most Urgent Threat to America Is Actually a BeeThe giant, coordinated movement against them is not enough. Just ask these extremely credible experts. 34396141
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 19/08/2026I'm extremely disappointed in the responses to my new article. They've been altogether too light-hearted. It's as if people think the whole topic is some sort of joke. Many of you are not taking the Demon Bee threat seriously, and quite frankly it shows. 84810
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 19/08/2026I wrote about the most urgent danger now threatening the United States of Americatheringer.comWhy the Most Urgent Threat to America Is Actually a BeeThe giant, coordinated movement against them is not enough. Just ask these extremely credible experts. 34396141
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 18/08/2026$250,000 worth of collagen and a couple of Frankenstein electrodes and you're basically looking at our next Secretary of the Interior 0331
Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 18/08/2026Haven't been doing much social media lately but I thought I'd better pop by to let you all know about the email I just got telling me that Vital Proteins is the Official Collagen Partner of the U.S. Open Mixed Doubles Championship 6534
Reposted by Brian PhillipsDr. Kill Everyone (Eclipse) @eclipse.gay · 15/08/2026if you're somehow still alive, and you're seeing this, please - pokemon go to the escape pods 4177011765
Reposted by Brian Phillipslauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi 154128953252
Reposted by Brian PhillipsBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I love you too, Robocop 151695241
Reposted by Brian PhillipsElizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 23/07/2026in order to do this, he - like the rest of his tiresome cohort - would have to admit that the arts are important, require both skill and talent, and are worthy of attention and investment. the SV philosophy cannot allow that. it’s sad. 261269