Brad Barrish

@bradbarrish
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Internet Explorer 🧭 CTO of Frank & Eileen. xOura xSonos.
LocationLos Angeles
Websitehttps://bradbarrish.com
Linkity Linkhttps://linkitylink.lol
Brad BarrishMay 19
The boy and I have been listening to the audiobook of The Hobbit while we’re in the car together. I made an awful error getting the Andy Serkis version and it’s virtually unlistenable. The audio volume of the voice over is all over the place, the voices are exceptionally over-acted and irritating, we literally had to skip the singing parts. It’s so distracting and unenjoyable. Come to find that we need to listen to the Rob Inglis recording, which sounds like it will be much more pleasant.
Brad BarrishMay 18
Michael Chabon put together an absolutely stellar playlist of jangle music on Apple Music I’ve been enjoying this weekend. https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/a-history-of-jangle-1963-2026/pl.u-q2m05sd9DBD
A History of Jangle (1963-2026) by Michael Chabon on Apple Music

Playlist · 99 Songs

Apple Music - Web Player
Brad BarrishMay 16
Micro.blog Publisher is live in the Obsidian Community: https://bradbarrish.com/2026/05/15/microblog-publisher-is-live-in.html
Micro.blog Publisher is live in the Obsidian Community — Brad Barrish

Brad BarrishMay 11
TIL Brad Mehldau has a Substack (h/t Marginal Revolution). He also penned quite the takedown of New York Time Music Critic, Jon Caramanica. Woo boy! https://bradmehldau.substack.com/
Watching Rome Burn | Brad Mehldau | Substack

writing about arts (primarily music, literature and film), philosophy, theology, politics, personal memoir. Click to read Watching Rome Burn, by Brad Mehldau, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Brad BarrishMay 10
While I’m not currently concerned about hantavirus, I am glad there seems to be a good tracker out there. https://hantawatch.net/
HantaWatch — Real-Time MV Hondius Hantavirus Tracker

Live tracker for the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak with case data, map, and verified WHO/ECDC sources.

Brad BarrishMay 9
Someone made a desktop Wall of Sound and now I’m contemplating spending $150 on it, which I would probably have done without much thought had I not just spent $19 on a beautiful screensaver of a clock. https://desktopwallofsound.com/
Desktop Wall of Sound — A Tribute to the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound

A handmade desktop tribute to the Grateful Dead's legendary 1974 Wall of Sound — part collectible, part conversation piece, with a real Bluetooth speaker inside.

Brad BarrishMay 9
I decided to put together a quick playlist on YouTube of some great songs I’ve been enjoying this week. Too much great music and not enough time! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiMoxPH6K7JTGgXMUq-a_8O7kzJx3-1yu&si=2dKqhSEEUl0eZA6v
Five Five Twenty Six

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Show threadBrad BarrishMay 8
OMG forgot the link SMH https://www.tetragrammaton.com/content/aihumanity
AI Will Be Many Things. But Never Human. - Tetragrammaton

Ian Rogers May 7, 2026 The danger is not that machines will wake up. It is that we will forget the difference…

Tetragrammaton
Brad BarrishMay 8

Ian penned a great post for tetragammaton. His observation that LLCs essentially create a precedent for AIs to be granted personhood was particularly astute.

"Companies can own property, sign contracts, sue, be sued, spend money, and shape elections. But companies cannot be killed nor can they go to jail. They have many of the rights of people. They are not people."

Is it any wonder that we have a loneliness epidemic? ... https://bradbarrish.com/2026/05/07/ian-penned-a-great-post.html

Brad Barrish

Brad BarrishMay 8
I wish I could just stay completely off Instagram and Threads. The main reason I open Threads (on the web only) is to read Kevin Nealon’s posts 🤣 https://www.threads.com/@kevinnealon