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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 2h

I flew out of JFK last night on Delta. 60-90 minute delay on the taxi, but otherwise no big deal. Got to L.A. before I had to pay anything extra for parking (at 1am).

Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 2h

Could we have these two fight it out, Thunderdome style, in the newly installed Whitehouse Octagon?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Gov. JB Pritzker on ABC: "He certainly has the power of the presidency. He does not have the power to overcome the Constitution. And so am I afraid? I am not afraid. Do I think that he could do it? He might. But as I've said before, come and get me I mean. You're dead wrong, Mr. President."

Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 3h

This is the same sort of thinking that asks "why can't cars be more like silicone valley?" - because we need them to be serviceable for the next 25 years by someone, so service, parts, and documentation need to exist. Microsoft won't even support 5 year old Windows products.

Breaking Defense @breakingdefense.com · 10h

Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the future for the Army
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/10/driscoll-vows-silicon-valley-model-is-the-future-for-the-army/

Driscoll vows Silicon Valley model is the future for the Army

At AUSA 2025, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll took aim at traditional primes, saying the future Army will “break down barriers until we measure acquisitions not in years and billions, but months and thousands."

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 3h

Even crazier is that every 10 or 20 years, he will put on the costume and does something that keeps the sequel rights in his possession. He did it as recently as 2023 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tr...

Dick Tracy (1990 film) - Wikipedia

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

watching the warren beatty DICK TRACEY movie and it is insane? legitimately wild to me that it was a hit?

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Baseball Highlights @badgerbaseball.bsky.social · 22h

This man really left the house today wearing a butt plug t shirt.

Looks like they gave him a hoodie.

Baseball Highlights @badgerbaseball.bsky.social · 22h

….is that

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 4h

The only problem with this I see, it the Mac sitting on the shelf behind me that belonged to my suddenly deceased father-in-law with 20 years of encrypted family photos we can't get at.
Nobody knows his password.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9h

Both Windows and Mac computers include a free way to encrypt your entire storage drive. You should turn it on, if you haven't already. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...

How to: Encrypt Your Windows, Mac, or Linux Computer

Encrypting your computer's storage drive is a simple, but powerful tool to secure your data. When enabled, "full-disk" encryption (also known as device encryption) encrypts everything on your computer so it cannot be viewed without first entering a password when you log in. Just to instructions for: Windows Mac Linux...

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 4h

I once screwed up and misspelled an email address, and luckily nobody else had that Yahoo address, so I was able to get the airline tickets I had emailed to the wrong place. I just created the email address, and there they were.

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PVincent (Table Cat Games) @tablecatgames.com · 5h

It should be a crime to have a masked password field where you don't enter in a password twice. Either have me enter my password twice OR let me see it so I know wtf I'm typing.

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eggnog slut @deus01.bsky.social · 5h

postmodern finance theory

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 4h

a group of men in suits and ties are standing next to each other .

ALT: a group of men in suits and ties are standing next to each other .

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6h

Look, everyone mastered laughing on command.

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 8h

lol they're doing the thing again

Serving in the U.S. Navy was one of the greatest honors of my life.
Happy 250th Birthday to the United States Navy.

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 4h

This reminds me, we inadvertently drank a $1500 bottle of bourbon that someone gave my 80 year old father 40 years ago (when it was worth $50)

Scissors @rningscissors.bsky.social · 22h

Devour Your Nice Things
Burn the fancy candle.
Wear the special-occasion dress.
Pop the good bottle.
Scribble hurry slowly on the first page
of your leather-bound notebook.
Gorge on your pearls,
your cashmere, your silks.
Use the high-end eyeshadow
until the silver pan winks back.
Baptize your wrists in Baccarat Rouge,
a little extra for the collar.
Devour your nice things—
don't let the best go cold on your plate.
The anticipation of living is empty calories
and you were meant to be full.
Elise M Powers

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Chicken Puppet @chickenpuppet.online · 6h

No amount of money or power can stop your last words from being "check this shit out"

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

Doug Lebda, the chief executive and chairman of LendingTree, an online loans marketplace, died on Sunday following an all-terrain vehicle accident on his family’s North Carolina farm, according to a company spokeswoman. He was 55.

Doug Lebda, LendingTree C.E.O. and Founder, Dies in ATV Accident

LendingTree named its chief operating officer, Scott Peyree, as its new chief executive.

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Mr. Cait @chas.bsky.social · 7h

On Lt Columbo Day never let us forget the episode where Columbo explains to a fitness guru how Mrs Columbo is thick, that he likes her thick, and how he will do anything within his power to keep her thick

Screenshot from Columbo where Peter falk explains to Robert Conrad he likes his wife thick

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 6h

Didn't Futurama have an episode like this complete with a public service announcement about Jimmy falling in love with his Marilyn Monrobot and it ending civilization?

Or is that so old you weren't even born yet?

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 7h

So American that the Columbus Day began as an attempt to repair US-Italy relations following the lynching of Italian migrants, but its primary discursive function today is to tell today's Italians they owe no solidarity to today's migrants or the other nonwhites who were getting lynched back when

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 6h

I do not have details, but this weekend's Lemons Rally featured long neglected steam car project made of Packard and Stanley parts, that is finally running and driving after 100 years.

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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 6h

I was in Connecticut all weekend for my father's 80th birthday. Flew back last night and got into LAX at 1:30am after a 90 minute delay in New York because they said there was traffic on the taxiway. I'm pretty sure it was shutdown related.

Anyway, I'm beat

Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · 6h

Are we allowed to enjoy these? I thought Pepe had been cancelled by #MeToo

Termite Terrace Club @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social · 22h

"Touché and Go", directed by Chuck Jones, was released on this day in 1957.
#LooneyTunes #PepeLePew80

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matthew @pahuski.com · 13h

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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T @tedcross.bsky.social · 9h

Close: We probably have the holiday because of mass lynchings of Italian immigrants in the early 1890’s. President Harrison issued a proclamation in 1892 to ease tensions with Italy and celebrate Italian heritage. This was the first recognition of Columbus Day by the federal government. .

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