that's because it's actually (if I read it correctly) satire. That's an email from Barrett Brown speaking in the voice of Michael Bloom; later in the message he

that's because it's actually (if I read it correctly) satire. That's an email from Barrett Brown speaking in the voice of Michael Bloom; later in the message he explains: Just kidding! It’s only me, Barrett Brown; I used to write that column for Intercept about comical prison stuff, and then later I got mad and quit, as is my custom.