Alex Parks

@parkerbro.bsky.social

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Begging for someone to allow me to break my silence

an AP headline on August 5 reads “Trump says deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as early as today”
estimated annual cost comparison bar chart comparing a years worth of the expired ACA subsidies to the funding request for the Iran war Pete Hegseth just made
a washington post article quotes hakeem jeffries on today’s vote to end military aid to israel: “In a statement for this story, Jeffries said the party "must recommit to a two-state solution that prioritizes a safe and secure Israel as a Jewish and Democratic state living side by side in peace and prosperity with a Palestinian state that provides dignity, respect and self-determination for the Palestinian people."
a scale of animals’ risk of extinction from a natural history museum exhibit. the options from best to worst are: 1. doing all right 2. ok for now, but could get worse 3. needs more protection
a screen grab from the Status newsletter: “In April, Olivia Nuzzi and Vice founder Shane Smith found themselves crossing paths at an intimate West Hollywood gathering hosted by MAHA blogger Jessica Reed Kraus, also known as HouseInHabit. The event, cohosted by Substack, celebrated journalist Jay Beecher, whose controversial book challenges the prevailing narrative surrounding Ghislaine Maxwell's role in Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. The guest list, curated by Kraus, featured an eccentric mix of media figures. As Kraus later wrote, "A reporter on the phone the next day noted that most in attendance had endured some form of cancellation themselves."
a fast company headline reading “The real reason people hate Al data centers so much”
a quote from Brian Stelters reliable sources newsletter summarizing the first on the record response from Bari Weiss about allegations against her: “Bari Weiss responds to 'interference' claims: The Journal story also features the first on-the-record response from Weiss to the meddling accusations made by Scott Pelley and Cecilia Vega. She said, "What's being called 'editorial interference' is in reality the job description of an editor in chief." Dokoupil said of his fired "6o Minutes" colleagues (who literally worked across the street), "When they make comments like that, I pay attention. But I can only speak for what's happening on this side of the street, and it's not the experience that I've had."
a wall street journal headline reads: “Mars Is Spending Millions to Give M&M's a MAHA Makeover- The candy maker is trying to recreate M&M's without artificial colors, but blue's natural algae substitute is complex and costly”
screen grab if a youtube thumbnail with a smiling white woman and the headline “Astonishing discovery of the earliest human remains in Africa | BBC Timestamp”
a screen grab from kitchen nightmares with gordon ramsay telling a chef/ owner in a newsboy hat: “I've never, ever, ever, ever, ever met someone I believe in as little as you.”
a wired headline from may 19, 2026 that reads “Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs”
a quote from string in a maze newsletter from peter shamshiri: “There might have been a time you could justify all of this by arguing that wealthy business types hold some special knowledge - that their money is proof that they understand something about the world that the rest of us don't. But we live in an age where we have unparalleled access to the thoughts of rich people. The richest man in the world posts his thoughts on X all day, every day. Billionaires go on podcasts and talk about identity politics. This has given us confirmation that, whatever their talents, an extremely large percentage of rich people are, in fact, idiots. The Partnership for New York City itself is now lea by Steven Fulop, who spent 12 years as mayor of Jersey City and left it in financial ruin.”
a BBC News headline reading: “I brought my husband back for his funeral as a hologram”
a screenshot of youtube videos from various corporate media outlets making the WHCD incident seem like a national tragedy in an effort to glamorize their strategy of cozying up to nazis in tuxedos
a wall street journal headline reads: “Aborted Pakistan trip leaves Trump with tough choices on Iran talks”
a screenshot of a youtube video from CBS news with the title: “Should older generations care if Gen Z likes them?”
an Entertainment Weekly story titled: “Mike Myers went full 'Shrek' to honor Eddie Murphy at AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony Other attendees included Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Arsenio Hall, Kenan Thompson, Jennifer Hudson, and Spike Lee.” By Shania Russell Published on April 19, 2026
a screenshot of donald trump getting mcdonald’s delivered from doordash grandma with the closed caption reading “That's good. These are good. Door Dash is doing a good job.”
An Apple news headline reading: “'Full House' actress Andrea Barber awoke from surgery during O.J. Simpson's Bronco chase”
a quote from this pussycat person describing her “political beliefs” that she believes got her banned from reunions with other pussycats: "I was a liability," she explained on The Maverick Approach. "I align with Bobby Kennedy, which is aligning with MAGA. Do I love what Trump is doing? Absolutely not. I do not believe in war. [But] we didn't have a chance for the [vaccine] injured community to get help without him... People are screaming at me, 'You're MAGA, you're MAGA.' Yeah, 1am. I triple down on it because I'm like, I'm so sick of people telling me who I should be.'
an apple new headline stating: “Former Pussycat Dolls singer says she was excluded from reunion tour because of her political beliefs: 'I was a liability'”
a quote from an article about Anthropics new metric in ai potential vs usage reads “The workers who would bear the brunt of that scenario are not who most people pic-ture. The most Al-exposed group is 16 percentage points more likely to be fe male, earns 47% more on av-erage, and is nearly four times as likely to hold a graduate degree compared to the least exposed group. That's the lawyer, the financial analyst, the software de-veloper, not the warehouse worker. Computer pro-grammers, customer service rens, and data entry keyers”
an LA times headline reads: “Who will run 'El Mencho's' cartel? It could be a man born in California”
A photo of youtube on a tv with the a dad man in a video titled “Understanding Wire Gauges | Ask This Old House”
an Entertainment Weekly headline stating “Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for political speeches”
Aw. He's not an aggressive person. I have read different things. He is not an aggressive person, so I was very happy to see him being happy again, to be able to work, because he's been without work for a few years, which I think is kind of unjust. It makes no sense to me, knowing Brett very well. I know you've said that Brett's been "frustrated" these past eight years, and there were all these accusations against him
a Radar article is obscured by an AI chat pop up with the pre filled prompt: "How is Nellie Bowles handling the tension between her ex-partner Kara Kara Swisher and her current husband Bari Weiss?”
The Washington post headline stating: “How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump” with the sub headline: “Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump's second term, internal data and interviews show.” December 30 2025
vice news headline on youtube that reads “Can Al Save America's Broken Political System? ft. Andrew Yang”
trump falling asleep while he’s supposed to be presidenting
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL headline: White House hunts for ways to lower the cost of living
A new york post headline that says “mamdani’s people make demands- hate israel and america, or we will end you”
poll data showing voters have increased unfavorable ratings for both parties equally since january 2025
picture of a CA ballot voting yes on prop 50
screenshot of a CBS news youtube video thumbnail featuring four basically identical looking and dressed gray haired white men with the caption “lawmakers, officials from both sides on government [shutdown]”
Dunbar said he is "not an anti-vaxxer," but testified that his children have not received any vaccines. He also told the jury that he believes the vaccine has killed more people than COVID-19, and that the vaccine was made with aborted fetal cells and contains "disease." He also testified that six foreign objects have been found in the Pfizer vaccine that cannot be identified under a micro- scope.
Laurene Powell Jobs, one of the world's preeminent philanthropists, had excoriated Benioff for his remarks earlier in the day. "When wealth becomes a substitute for participation, giving is reduced to performance art — proof of virtue, a way to appear magnanimous while still demanding ownership" she wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece. "That's the quiet corruption corroding modern philanthropy: the ability to give as a license to impose one's will. It's a kind of moral laundering, where so-called benevolence masks self-interest.
a banner at a train museum advertising an exhibit on “the hospitality that civilized the american west”
an Apple news headline from The Washington Post titled “with PBS finding slashed, will the next generation be raised by ‘skibidi toilet’?”
quote from a story about “90s parenting” highlighting a father of two who built a scale replica of a blockbuster in his home
A quote screenshot from Status newsletter: “A person close to David Ellison chatted with the FT about his POV: "The news lost its way—it became extreme, elitist, and performative. People like Colbert and others act like they’re the IP, the value, when it’s the brand and journalism that matter. We need to get back to fundamentals. That’s what David and his team believe.” [FT]”
Highlighted section of an article detailing how republican governors are undermining voter backed measures to raise the minimum wage and guarantee paid sick leave for seasonal workers and teenagers
string in a maze post with text highlighted saying “rogan is downstream of a preexisting right wing media ecosystem that targets dummies like him. he’s a proliferator of right wing propaganda sure, but he’s a consumer first”
a quote from an article about RealID stating that a columnist got through airport security with no ID at all
screenshot of a story about the trump administration ending legal protection for Afghan refugees for no reason and giving them seven days to leave the country
Kelly Loeffler quoted as saying the SBA needs thousands of layoffs because it got too large and faced “mission creep”
an unnamed trump ally is quoted as saying people are scared of elon musk because he’s “autistic”
Patrick Soon-Shiong is quoted as regretting the LA Times endorsing Karen Bass
Bob Iger cashes in stock for the exact same value as Disney settled a pay discrimination lawsuit
screenshot of me explaining the Factor meal delivery that their food is for people who hate food while cancelling my subscription