Brian Heater

Hey new followers, did you know I do a weekly interview podcast with nearly 700 episodes? Past guests include Rep John Lewis, John Leguizamo, Matt Groening, Rivers Cuomo, Michael McDonald, Dick Gregory, Eric Bogosian, Peter Frampton, Errol Morris, Danny Elfman, Ralph Nader. Subscribe: riylcast.com

Congrats to our fellow 2026 Signal Awards winners, Fela Kuti and Amy Poehler. Automated with Brian Heater picked up two awards -- Gold and Listeners' Choice -- in its first year of eligibility. lnkd.in/exU4rapZ

A whale Margaret

I owe Francis Fukuyama an apology. I thought “The End of History” was dumb when I was younger. Now that I’m older, I see that it’s dumb in entirely different ways.

No WiFi on this flight, but at least I have a window seat.

Rivers Cuomo graduated with honors from the George Foreman school of album naming.

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Good discussion between @mikell.bsky.social (worked with her in the early days of Rethink Robotics) and @bheater.bsky.social of A3, about the reality of building and deploying robots. Mikell has been at many robotic startups and more recently Amazon Robotics, and GM. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNLe...

Happy one year anniversary to my all-time greatest eBay purchase (it did, in fact, have a certificate of authenticity)

So we can drop any pretense about this ever having been about "illegals?" www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

New calendars. LFG.

Rolling into 2026 like

New year, new Nancy.

RIP king. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CXa...

Zohran proving once again, Trump's true kryptonite is a handsome man in a suit.

WTF why is Dan Clowes in Eddington?

I volunteer at a food pantry most saturdays. The last few weeks, we’ve continually broken our record for guests, and the SNAP benefits haven’t stopped yet (it’s looking like that could happen next week). A woman started crying in front of me today. It’s about to go from bad to scary.

What's up?

A few months ago I sat down to talk with @bheater.bsky.social about humanoids, automation, and deploying them at scale. He published it on his automate outlet today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qxO...

Maybe Trump should put a tariff on takes.

At this point in my life, my politics are basically: let's get people food and homes.

Hey, I'm launching a new work podcast and newsletter next week. Both will be very good. You should subscribe. www.automate.org/automation/a... youtu.be/efxCY-C8UY8?...

Midsommar (2019)

Half of the LinkedIn comments on this story are "You missed the point. [Proceeds to explain why Boring is part of a Ponzi Scheme that will save humanity.]" www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

0.25 Realness Score? WaPo did me dirty.

My memoir's working title is, "Why Are You Secretly Mad at Me?"

New gaslighting just dropped. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_...

When this old world starts getting me down And people are just too much for me to face I climb way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift right into space Trump on the roooooof

When this old world starts getting me down And people are just too much for me to face I climb way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift right into space Trump on the roooooof

New gaslighting just dropped. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_...

Vibe coding my depression.

Why was I not consulted?

I'm sorry, but I draw the line at interplanetary investment.

They keep playing Motown in all the lobbies here in Detroit. Like, yeah, you made the most perfect music of all time. We get it.

This is the plot of The Piña Colada Song.

You got it all wrong. It's supposed to be a Friday night news DUMP.

Goodnight, king. apnews.com/article/ball...

Well, well, well. Look who had their weekly supply of child blood temporarily cut off. www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/p...

It’s real.

Unreasonably excited about this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GleT...

I will watch this every time the algo serves it up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxsJ...

If Twain lived through the gilded age, we're living through the age of ripping the copper out of walls.

Did she step down or did she get the sackarino? www.linkedin.com/news/story/y...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuiK...

The main lesson from stories like this is that most people are passive listeners consequence.net/2025/06/the-...

Goodnight, king.

Patti Smith has been watched Dragon Ball.

Yin and yang.