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brennan.day
brennan.dayMay 18, 2026
/r/SlopcoreCirclejerk and the Men who are pro-AI
With the AI bubble finally deflating, what can we learn from the gender gap in genAI enthusiasm? Looking at /r/SlopcoreCirclejerk's culture of contempt, historical Luddite parallels, crypto bro demographics, and why men are drawn to extractive technologies.
Digital CultureSocial Commentary
brennan.day
brennan.dayApr 3, 2026
The Internet's Landlord Problem
A quarter of the entire Internet uses Cloudflare. This is an existential threat to the Internet's ideals. I realized I need DDoS protection, but I could not use Cloudflare in good conscience. And so, I'm beyond excited to announce that I'm now using Deflect.ca for my website.
TechnologyDigital Culture
brennan.day
brennan.dayMar 7, 2026
Why is my local city and public library looking to pay $50/hr to an AI Artist Residency?
The Calgary Public Library is offering $8,000 for an AI Artist Residency while Canadian artists face funding cuts and 16% grant acceptance rates. There are programs like this around the world. Why?
Digital CultureMedia Criticism
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 31, 2026
To Continue with Hope
Writing about the state of the world as a cusp Millennial/Gen Z that grew up in the optimistic Obama era, contrasting that with what today holds for us.
personalessay
brennan.day
brennan.dayJan 31, 2026
To Continue with Hope
Writing about the state of the world as a cusp Millennial/Gen Z that grew up in the optimistic Obama era, contrasting that with what today holds for us.
personalessay
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 25, 2026
The Final Coding Bootcamp: A Eulogy for Lighthouse Labs
What is the future of coding bootcamps? Is there a future? And, more importantly, what is the future of junior developers in an industry with an effortless AI bubble?
personal essaySocial Commentary
brennan.day
brennan.dayJan 25, 2026
The Final Coding Bootcamp: A Eulogy for Lighthouse Labs
What is the future of coding bootcamps? Is there a future? And, more importantly, what is the future of junior developers in an industry with an effortless AI bubble?
personal essaySocial Commentary
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 19, 2026
The Pandemic Never Ended. We Only Pretend it Did
Six years into COVID-19, the world has moved on while the virus continues to disable millions. An examination of the ongoing pandemic, long COVID, and our collective failure to prevent a mass disabling event.
Chronic IllnessMedical Ethics
brennan.day
brennan.dayJan 19, 2026
The Pandemic Never Ended. We Only Pretend it Did
Six years into COVID-19, the world has moved on while the virus continues to disable millions. An examination of the ongoing pandemic, long COVID, and our collective failure to prevent a mass disabling event.
Chronic IllnessMedical Ethics
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 12, 2026
Greenland Belongs to the Inuit
The Greenland debate keeps asking whether the U.S. could take it, or whether Denmark should keep it. The missing question is: What do the Greenlanders want? They’ve already answered: 'We don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders.' This is about Indigenous sovereignty and the quiet billionaire scramble for Greenland’s resources.
Indigenous Writingpersonal essay
brennan.day
brennan.dayJan 12, 2026
Greenland Belongs to the Inuit
The Greenland debate keeps asking whether the U.S. could take it, or whether Denmark should keep it. The missing question is: What do the Greenlanders want? They’ve already answered: 'We don’t want to be Americans. We don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders.' This is about Indigenous sovereignty and the quiet billionaire scramble for Greenland’s resources.
Indigenous Writingpersonal essay
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 4, 2026
How Can We Use the Internet for Good?
A manifesto on what we do when the world is on fire: Daywriting. The deliberate, daily documentation of ordinary existence as both personal archive and political resistance.
creativeIndieWeb
brennan.day
brennan.dayJan 4, 2026
How Can We Use the Internet for Good?
A manifesto on what we do when the world is on fire: Daywriting. The deliberate, daily documentation of ordinary existence as both personal archive and political resistance.
creativeIndieWeb
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Dec 22, 2025
Choosing Quiet: I'm No Longer Using AI Editors
An exploration of cognitive dissonance around AI usage, parallels to meat consumption, and the decision to transition to Sublime Text for an AI-free coding experience.
AIcreative
brennan.day
brennan.dayDec 22, 2025
Choosing Quiet: I'm No Longer Using AI Editors
An exploration of cognitive dissonance around AI usage, parallels to meat consumption, and the decision to transition to Sublime Text for an AI-free coding experience.
AIcreative
brennan.day
brennan.dayDec 1, 2025
The Three Times the World Nearly Ended
Ordinary people chose to do the right thing and saved us all. We barely remember them.
personal essaypolitical
brennan.day
brennan.dayNov 25, 2025
We’ve Known About Thomas King for Over Ten Years.
How do we reckon with Canada’s Pretendian problem?
Academic WritingIndigenous Writing
brennan.day
brennan.dayNov 24, 2025
The Misdirection
An Open Letter to Conservatives
personal essayWriting Process
brennan.day
brennan.dayNov 23, 2025
Did Joan Westenberg memoryhole Web3 NFTs?
The forgotten past of Medium’s most successful writer.
Digital CultureMedia Criticism
brennan.day
brennan.dayNov 18, 2025
Your Civic Duty to Make Art
On the downfall of NaNoWriMo, democracy as creative practice, the bread we bake, and waking up.
personal essaycommunity
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Sep 26, 2025
The Dying Art of Having Something to Say
Are you a writer? Do you want to be? Read this.
personal essayCultural Criticism
brennan.day
brennan.daySep 26, 2025
The Dying Art of Having Something to Say
Are you a writer? Do you want to be? Read this.
personal essayCultural Criticism
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheorySep 7, 2025
Conference on Populism, Nationalism, and the Future of Democracy (Announcement)
Sponsored by the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory in Collaboration with the University of Denver You must register in order to receive a participation
theoryPostspopulism
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheorySep 7, 2025
conference-on-populism-nationalism-and-the-future-of-democracy-announcement
Sponsored by the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory in Collaboration with the University of Denver You must register in order to receive a participation
theoryPostspopulism