Barry Diller
@brdiller.bsky.social
Raised by ninjas. Kidnapped by space aliens. Possessor of fantastic powers that you may only dimly perceive. I also make some killer nachos.
Retired IT security engineer / Married / Dad
Retired IT security engineer / Married / Dad
Wow, I wish I had been a Dingo Man! Just like "Super" Joe Namath! Golly.
(March 1972)
(March 1972)
September 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Wow, I wish I had been a Dingo Man! Just like "Super" Joe Namath! Golly.
(March 1972)
(March 1972)
“La shukra ala wajeb.” There is no thanks for a duty.
Well, this may not matter much, but: Thank you, Macklemore!
Well, this may not matter much, but: Thank you, Macklemore!
Ed Sheeran isn’t neutral—receipts confirm he’s complicit.
This isn't about antisemitism—but about enabling Palestinian genocide. Even now, Kanye ‘pro Hitler’ West is playing at the same venues Macklemore was just cancelled from for saying Free Palestine.😐
www.qasimrashid.com/p/ed-sheeran...
This isn't about antisemitism—but about enabling Palestinian genocide. Even now, Kanye ‘pro Hitler’ West is playing at the same venues Macklemore was just cancelled from for saying Free Palestine.😐
www.qasimrashid.com/p/ed-sheeran...
Ed Sheeran Isn’t Neutral, He’s Complicit in Genocide
The cancellation of Macklemore is more than a free speech issue, it’s a litmus test of basic morality
www.qasimrashid.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:24 PM
“La shukra ala wajeb.” There is no thanks for a duty.
Well, this may not matter much, but: Thank you, Macklemore!
Well, this may not matter much, but: Thank you, Macklemore!
This happened just a very few months after 9/11. My wife and I watched it on TV and wept big tears. Leave it to an Irish band to give the cathartic performance that all of us Americans needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=og0V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=og0V...
U2 Superbowl 36 halftime performance where the streets have no name HD
YouTube video by tewing170
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
This happened just a very few months after 9/11. My wife and I watched it on TV and wept big tears. Leave it to an Irish band to give the cathartic performance that all of us Americans needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=og0V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=og0V...
Sorry, I guess I didn't have the necessary brain processing power to commemorate Charlie Kirk's death yesterday.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
Charlie Kirk once said prominent Black women didn't have 'brain processing power' to be taken seriously
He was talking specifically about Michelle Obama, Joy Reid, Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
www.snopes.com
September 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Sorry, I guess I didn't have the necessary brain processing power to commemorate Charlie Kirk's death yesterday.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/c...
I'm reading some FB comments from folks in my hometown in deep-red Oklahoma. Summers lately have been brutal there. They're remembering how summers used to be fun, but now they're way too hot. Someone asks if the sun is somehow hotter now.
Could all of this be because of... of... nah, never mind.
Could all of this be because of... of... nah, never mind.
September 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I'm reading some FB comments from folks in my hometown in deep-red Oklahoma. Summers lately have been brutal there. They're remembering how summers used to be fun, but now they're way too hot. Someone asks if the sun is somehow hotter now.
Could all of this be because of... of... nah, never mind.
Could all of this be because of... of... nah, never mind.
Reposted by Barry Diller
Texans, don’t sit this one out.
PLEASE VOTE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTION!
📌 Register by: Oct. 5
🗳️ Early Voting: Oct. 19–30
🇺🇸 Election Day: Nov. 3
⏰ Polls: 7 AM–7 PM
Make a plan. Check your registration. Show up and cast your ballot.
Official info: votetexas.gov
#TexasVotes #Vote2026PLEASE
PLEASE VOTE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTION!
📌 Register by: Oct. 5
🗳️ Early Voting: Oct. 19–30
🇺🇸 Election Day: Nov. 3
⏰ Polls: 7 AM–7 PM
Make a plan. Check your registration. Show up and cast your ballot.
Official info: votetexas.gov
#TexasVotes #Vote2026PLEASE
September 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Texans, don’t sit this one out.
PLEASE VOTE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTION!
📌 Register by: Oct. 5
🗳️ Early Voting: Oct. 19–30
🇺🇸 Election Day: Nov. 3
⏰ Polls: 7 AM–7 PM
Make a plan. Check your registration. Show up and cast your ballot.
Official info: votetexas.gov
#TexasVotes #Vote2026PLEASE
PLEASE VOTE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTION!
📌 Register by: Oct. 5
🗳️ Early Voting: Oct. 19–30
🇺🇸 Election Day: Nov. 3
⏰ Polls: 7 AM–7 PM
Make a plan. Check your registration. Show up and cast your ballot.
Official info: votetexas.gov
#TexasVotes #Vote2026PLEASE
Everyone gets a Welcome to Medicare health screening when they start Medicare. What's crazy is that this assessment is the first time that many folks have seen a doctor in years!
I fully support Medicare For All. And a good first step would be covering everyone over 50 and under 20.
I fully support Medicare For All. And a good first step would be covering everyone over 50 and under 20.
September 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Everyone gets a Welcome to Medicare health screening when they start Medicare. What's crazy is that this assessment is the first time that many folks have seen a doctor in years!
I fully support Medicare For All. And a good first step would be covering everyone over 50 and under 20.
I fully support Medicare For All. And a good first step would be covering everyone over 50 and under 20.
Save this prediction: In the future, every person will have their own phone app.
September 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Save this prediction: In the future, every person will have their own phone app.
The arch is supposedly to be constructed of reinforced concrete covered in marble siding. So, it should be easy to tear down in 2029.
This monstrosity near Arlington National Cemetery is a disgrace and a litmus test for me in 2028 primary. Maybe for others too. If no pledge to tear it down, then cross off list for consideration.
September 4, 2026 at 3:06 AM
The arch is supposedly to be constructed of reinforced concrete covered in marble siding. So, it should be easy to tear down in 2029.
Linda Ronstadt released a New Wave album in the early 1980s. I. Loved. It.
But I seem to be the only one left alive in this world who remembers it. 😢
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUBj...
But I seem to be the only one left alive in this world who remembers it. 😢
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUBj...
Linda Ronstadt - How Do I Make You (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Linda Ronstadt
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Linda Ronstadt released a New Wave album in the early 1980s. I. Loved. It.
But I seem to be the only one left alive in this world who remembers it. 😢
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUBj...
But I seem to be the only one left alive in this world who remembers it. 😢
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUBj...
It's good to see this story finally break out of the techie news sites.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
arstechnica.com/security/202...
I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale
The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.
arstechnica.com
September 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
It's good to see this story finally break out of the techie news sites.
arstechnica.com/security/202...
arstechnica.com/security/202...
I dabble in Genealogy, and I found this today:
"On March 9, 1904, their youngest daughter, Erma, died just eight days short of her 5th birthday, and on the very next day their 14 year old daughter Silvia died. The cause of their untimely deaths was diphtheria."
This is what vaccines save us from.
"On March 9, 1904, their youngest daughter, Erma, died just eight days short of her 5th birthday, and on the very next day their 14 year old daughter Silvia died. The cause of their untimely deaths was diphtheria."
This is what vaccines save us from.
August 31, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I dabble in Genealogy, and I found this today:
"On March 9, 1904, their youngest daughter, Erma, died just eight days short of her 5th birthday, and on the very next day their 14 year old daughter Silvia died. The cause of their untimely deaths was diphtheria."
This is what vaccines save us from.
"On March 9, 1904, their youngest daughter, Erma, died just eight days short of her 5th birthday, and on the very next day their 14 year old daughter Silvia died. The cause of their untimely deaths was diphtheria."
This is what vaccines save us from.
Yeah, I was expecting this. I kept checking, and it appears to have happened overnight.
Bastards. Time to unsubscribe YouTube Premium and anything else that I can find Google-related.
Bastards. Time to unsubscribe YouTube Premium and anything else that I can find Google-related.
August 30, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Yeah, I was expecting this. I kept checking, and it appears to have happened overnight.
Bastards. Time to unsubscribe YouTube Premium and anything else that I can find Google-related.
Bastards. Time to unsubscribe YouTube Premium and anything else that I can find Google-related.
Man, I wish I had some Lee Leens! So I could be cool like the high school and college guys. Golly.
(November 1970)
(November 1970)
August 29, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Man, I wish I had some Lee Leens! So I could be cool like the high school and college guys. Golly.
(November 1970)
(November 1970)
Recently retired IT security contractor for NASA JSC here.
We weren't 'limping along' for 4 years. Does he think that Artemis was just thrown together in the last two years? It was the result of many years of work.
And bragging about Space Force to a NASA audience is such a colossal faux pas. 😂
We weren't 'limping along' for 4 years. Does he think that Artemis was just thrown together in the last two years? It was the result of many years of work.
And bragging about Space Force to a NASA audience is such a colossal faux pas. 😂
Trump is speaking to complete silence at the NASA center. Not a single person is applauding or reacting to anything he says during his brazenly partisan speech.
August 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Recently retired IT security contractor for NASA JSC here.
We weren't 'limping along' for 4 years. Does he think that Artemis was just thrown together in the last two years? It was the result of many years of work.
And bragging about Space Force to a NASA audience is such a colossal faux pas. 😂
We weren't 'limping along' for 4 years. Does he think that Artemis was just thrown together in the last two years? It was the result of many years of work.
And bragging about Space Force to a NASA audience is such a colossal faux pas. 😂
Year after year, Christian churches wring their hands because people are abandoning them.
Year after year, people report that they're leaving because they don't want to be like the people in those churches.
Yet year after year, Christian churches scratch their heads as to why people are leaving.
Year after year, people report that they're leaving because they don't want to be like the people in those churches.
Yet year after year, Christian churches scratch their heads as to why people are leaving.
August 28, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Year after year, Christian churches wring their hands because people are abandoning them.
Year after year, people report that they're leaving because they don't want to be like the people in those churches.
Yet year after year, Christian churches scratch their heads as to why people are leaving.
Year after year, people report that they're leaving because they don't want to be like the people in those churches.
Yet year after year, Christian churches scratch their heads as to why people are leaving.
Reposted by Barry Diller
Eight billion people, one shared thought: “Could you not?”
August 28, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Eight billion people, one shared thought: “Could you not?”
I dream of the day when I don't have to wake up to read the latest rantings of a madman.
August 25, 2026 at 2:19 PM
I dream of the day when I don't have to wake up to read the latest rantings of a madman.
Add this to the list of things that we'll need to rename - buildings, airports, ships - if we ever shed the current fascist government.
August 21, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Add this to the list of things that we'll need to rename - buildings, airports, ships - if we ever shed the current fascist government.
Much gratitude to Heather Cox Richardson for turning me on to the epic poems of Robert Service. I read a couple of them online and then ordered this book.
I'm looking forward to spending the next couple of days reading about folks like Sam McGee and Blasphemous Bill.
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I'm looking forward to spending the next couple of days reading about folks like Sam McGee and Blasphemous Bill.
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August 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Much gratitude to Heather Cox Richardson for turning me on to the epic poems of Robert Service. I read a couple of them online and then ordered this book.
I'm looking forward to spending the next couple of days reading about folks like Sam McGee and Blasphemous Bill.
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
I'm looking forward to spending the next couple of days reading about folks like Sam McGee and Blasphemous Bill.
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
The president with the lowest approval rate ever is also the only president to get a circulating coin with his likeness on it.
This is embarrassing for the entire nation.
www.usmint.gov/semiquincent...
This is embarrassing for the entire nation.
www.usmint.gov/semiquincent...
Semiquincentennial President Donald J. Trump 2026 $1 Coin Rolls & Bags | U.S. Mint
Celebrate America's 250th anniversary with Semiquincentennial President Donald J. Trump 2026 $1 Coin Rolls & Bags, available in collectible rolls and bags from the U.S. Mint.
www.usmint.gov
August 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The president with the lowest approval rate ever is also the only president to get a circulating coin with his likeness on it.
This is embarrassing for the entire nation.
www.usmint.gov/semiquincent...
This is embarrassing for the entire nation.
www.usmint.gov/semiquincent...
Might be time to re-subscribe to Disney+?
I canceled back during the Jimmy Kimmel fiasco, but they seem to have grown a backbone since then.
I canceled back during the Jimmy Kimmel fiasco, but they seem to have grown a backbone since then.
NEW: ABC has filed a lawsuit against the FCC, arguing the agency has violated the First Amendment by retaliating against the broadcaster for its editorial decisions.
ABC files First Amendment lawsuit against FCC
The broadcaster argues the accelerated review of its licenses is retaliation for its editorial decisions and part of efforts to silence a free and independent press.
www.axios.com
August 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Might be time to re-subscribe to Disney+?
I canceled back during the Jimmy Kimmel fiasco, but they seem to have grown a backbone since then.
I canceled back during the Jimmy Kimmel fiasco, but they seem to have grown a backbone since then.
My Father-In-Law fought in the Korean War on behalf of the South Koreans. He passed away in the 1990s, and I am so glad that he is not here to see this thing.
August 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
My Father-In-Law fought in the Korean War on behalf of the South Koreans. He passed away in the 1990s, and I am so glad that he is not here to see this thing.
Paul Krugman has taught me a new word: Führerprinzip. The Fuhrer's word is above all written law, and government policies, decisions, and officials all serve to realize his will. (Thanks, Wikipedia)
It perfectly describes the mindset of the Republican party today.
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
It perfectly describes the mindset of the Republican party today.
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The Misery Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Why Trump is eviscerating the military
substack.com
August 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Paul Krugman has taught me a new word: Führerprinzip. The Fuhrer's word is above all written law, and government policies, decisions, and officials all serve to realize his will. (Thanks, Wikipedia)
It perfectly describes the mindset of the Republican party today.
substack.com/inbox/post/2...
It perfectly describes the mindset of the Republican party today.
substack.com/inbox/post/2...