Phil Berne

@philipberne

Technology editor, reviewer and writer. Parent to large human, small cats and needy dog. Supercilious about lots of stuff.

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Phil Berne@philipberne· 4d

What the actual f is wrong with Peter Sagal recently? I thought he was smarter than this but he has completely lost the plot Another status quo enforcer in denial

Peter Sagal comments on another user’s post about Jamelle Bouie’s recent video. Sagal says “Also worth nothing that Mr Bouie is going absolutely scorched earth on somebody who until quite recently was his colleague at the NYTimes. Makes you wonder about social dynamics at past company picnics.”
The original poster Sam Ulmschneider said “Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics”

Phil Berne@philipberne· 6d

Case in point This isn't surprising behavior from Leavitt, it's surprising that @ericlipton.nytimes.com is so amateurish that he doesn't recognize the dynamic. This is Junior High level manipulation of the media

A Bluesky screenshot from Eric Lipton NYT that reads "One you might find surprisng. White House press secretary Karolin Leavitt & members of her team have been extremely helpful in respinding to questions I reaise. Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing to engage and address questions. And I have appreciated that. Thank you"

Phil Berne@philipberne· 15d

I’m going to affix this badge to all of the work I create without any help from generative AI. I made the badge using AI, but the work itself won’t have any AI. Just the badge. Otherwise, no AI here

An image I made in Google Gemini AI using the prompt “Give me a scouting badge style emblem that is a handprint in rainbow colored paint with too many fingers and a subtle image in the lines on the palm, with text in a scouting style font that says “Maade without Genererative AI” or similar, and then has some text in Klingon or Vulcan or made up space language”

Phil Berne@philipberne· 24d

“Steve Jobs didn’t know how to use the telephone… Just dialed the same wrong number every night, was the darnedest thing…”

Some older white dude with the caption “Steve Jobs used to call him nightly. Here’s what he thinks people get wrong about Jobs”

Phil Berne@philipberne· 27d

But seriously

A real actual Xbox game that purports to be simulated Russian roulette

Phil Berne@philipberne· Jul 12

Hell yes, the best Star Trek celebrity cameo ever! Star Trek: TNG, SE02EP19 Guest starring Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac He’s the one on the, um, he’s… he’s one of the fish people

Two Star Trek aliens whose heads look distinctively like fish. One of them is actually Rock & Roll legend Mick Fleetwood

Phil Berne@philipberne· Jul 11

Can you believe the fucking gall of including this sentence: "A party is strongest when it is a genuinely big tent, willing to host real disagreement rather than enforce a single approved script." in a NYT story with this hed I will not link to this, it doesn't deserve a click

A NYT Editorial Board piece entitled, I shit you not, "The Democrats Can't Go On Like This"

Phil Berne@philipberne· Jul 8

Pumpernickel leans in for skitchies Also pictured: stubby tail

A black cat leans into a large man to facilitate stronger scratching on the cheek and neck areas. His tail is stubby, he was born that way, it’s part of what makes him cool

A black cat leans into a large man to facilitate stronger scratching on the cheek and neck areas. His yellow eyes are open. His tail is stubby, he was born that way, it’s part of what makes him cool

Phil Berne@philipberne· Jul 5

I skipped NYC and headed north to Poughkeepsie instead Immediately rewarded with a double rainbow and fantastic views sitting right next to the Hudson Shot with my Fuji X-T5, Fuji 16-55 MK II lens

Double rainbow over Poughkeepsie, NY treetops

The Mid Hudson bridge and walkway bridge beneath a gorgeous purple sunset

The Mid Hudson Bridge and walkway bridge with fireworks in between them, lit colorfully at night

Fireworks behind the Mid Hudson bridge with an American Flag flying between the bridge span uprights

Phil Berne@philipberne· Jun 23

I will give you 1 guess what Arts and Crafts activity I was doing today

A hand atop a wood picnic table. The hand is colored in a psychedelic swirl pattern like the shirts those hippies wear

Phil Berne@philipberne· Jun 12

There’s a lot happening in this Facebook ad I was served for… (checks notes) Staples? Sure, Staples

A Staples ad for some sort of ice cream beverage can thing with an erroneous comment:

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Phil Berne@philipberne· Jun 8

Massive power outage in Stamford, CT after the enormous American flag atop the WWE HQ flies into a power structure I’m not making this up, here’s from my local Glassdoor I feel like this is a metaphor for something …

An American flag wrapped around power lines, torn to shreds

Phil Berne@philipberne· May 28

I’m not affiliated, it was a local photo group thing, but here is their web site if you’re curious www.manresawilds.org

Switches and knobs with a Danger sticker and neon in the background

A Westinghouse furnace that is peeling lead paint, lit red from below

Phil Berne@philipberne· May 28

I got to check out the Manresa Wilds project, which aims to convert an abandoned power station on the LI Sound into public parks

A room on a power plant floor with rusted green metal facade and neon lights behind

The corner of some large otherworldly pylon or structure with levels, ridges, and intentional angles

Chains hanging in front of blurred neon lights

Phil Berne@philipberne· May 23

A Star Trek Deep Space Nine title card with a fake episode titled “Vic Fontaine’s Racist” and an angled view of DS:9 in the background

Phil Berne@philipberne· May 5

Watching Star Trek DS9 and thinking “this guy on the right seems so familiar he must be an actor I know…” And… it’s Iggy Pop!

A scene from Star Trek Deep Space Nine with three aliens wearing prosthetics on their faces. The gaunt dude on the right is punk godfather Iggy Pop

Phil Berne@philipberne· Apr 29

Creators need to get off Facebook. If I’m showing off my new creation that I plan on selling and Facebook’s AI is suggesting that my audience make it themselves, Facebook is actively working against me

A Facebook post from the sculptor Jason Freeny showing off a pull-toy shaped like a human heart. Beneath the video Facebook’s AI suggestions include “How to make a heart pull toy”

Phil Berne@philipberne· Apr 24

New contender for the ugliest Cybertruck, in Connecticut, which unsurprisingly has an excessive ratio of Cybertrucks::Not Assholes

An ugly yellow cybertruck the color of a Tonka construction toy

A bright yellow cybertruck the color of a Tonka construction toy

Phil Berne@philipberne· Apr 19

Sorry but the most interesting thing about ZZ Top will ALWAYS be that Frank Beard is the guy in the MIDDLE!!!!

A photo of the rock and roll band ZZ Top that says they hold the record for the longest-running unchanged lineup in music history. There are two dides with the longest needs ever, named Dusty Hill and Billy Gibson, and one guy with no beard

Phil Berne@philipberne· Apr 3

I had to log onto X to see if this is real, and it is I thought we had laws and a constitution prohibiting this mixture of church and state

A post on X from the Department of Homeland Security that quotes the bible and shows an image of Jesus being crucified

Phil Berne@philipberne· Mar 30

A sign says Things are so bad the introverts are here

Many signs, one just reads I made this with a Sharpie

A couple holding signs. His says lots of stuff. Hers says ICE DEEZ NUTS

A sign with Trump face ndd hand written TURD beneath

Phil Berne@philipberne· Mar 30

My favorite photos from No Kings NYC

A devil baby Trump in front of the Disney store

An older man wears a rainbow butterfly cape

Protestors in front of a massive cannabis retailer

A dancing blue elephant in front of the Platinum Dolla strip clun

Phil Berne@philipberne· Mar 15

Search your camera roll for “Hell” Then correct the autocorrect, which changed it to “He’ll” Then tell Google Photos’ dumb AI that, yes, you indeed are searching for “Hell” Et voila

A snifter glass filled with Bourbon Barrel Hellfighter stout, and it looks really delicious. If it weren’t 1:30pm on a Sunday I would drink one of these right now

Phil Berne@philipberne· Feb 16

An XKCD comic strip lampooning experts who think the public is like a million times more interested in there subject than reality suggests

Phil Berne@philipberne· Jan 2

I haven't opened X.com in months. Here are my current notifications on that cesspool site

Notifications from x.com. One is a notification that Elon Musk has posted 2 crying laughing face emoji. The other are 2 follows from people I do not know, even though I have not posted there in literally years

Phil Berne@philipberne· Dec 28

I am a new cat person and this is my first cat game! With my kitten Poppyseed

Phil Berne@philipberne· Dec 4

We got one year of a light brown Mocha Mousse Pantone color and the right wing lost their damned minds so badly Pantone said fuck it and joined MAGA

Pantone's color of the year, Cloud Dancer, which is really just white. White white. Really white. Like no color at all, just white. Boring, boring, white

Phil Berne@philipberne· Oct 27

Somebody said it's National Black Cat Day, so please celebrate my two kitties Pumpernickel and Poppyseed, the Bagel Bites

A cute black kitten snuggles around a hand, while another sleeps in a dog bed in the background

A cute black kitten sits on a decorative side table next to a seltzer bottle, looking at the camera, his face dark but his eyes inquisitive

Two small black kittens sleep in a dog bed tushy to tushy so they create one single black semicircle of cuteness

A small black kitten sleeps on a shoulder with his teeny tiny tongue sticking out

Phil Berne@philipberne· Oct 16

When you're too tired to sleep so you get angry at everything (Pumpernickel Bagel Hobbs Berne, 3.5 mos)

Phil Berne@philipberne· Oct 6

Sad but true