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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · 3d

Bottom of the 18th at Dodger Stadium, and the organist is playing a bit of “Never-Ending Story”. Appropriate. #BlueJays vs. #Dodgers.

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · 5d

Just finished Children Of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social; I guess I’m a bit late to the party, but worth it. I liked the little nods to Frankenstein, Alien and of course @davidbrin.bsky.social. Just what is “alien”, and what is a “god”? Common story tropes are turned on their heads by the end.

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The Struggling Stoic @almak536.bsky.social · 7d

Our King of Canadian rock is ready!
Go Jays!
#BlueJays
#Toronto
#Rush

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 14d

It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com

Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.

www.thefarside.com

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · 15d

I can't say I care too much, but wouldn't it depend on just how he uses AI? Getting it to summarise e.g. the Second Peloponnesian War wouldn't bother me as long as the results aren't used as is or as a primary source. I would expect to fact-check everything that comes out of AI.

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · 17d

I called myself a "fair-weather" #BlueJays fan, and the #ALCS clouds have rolled in. Winning 3 of 4 away games is a big ask, probably too big. I should rejoice in good baseball regardless of the team, and the #Mariners are showing the grit that puts them this close to their first-ever World Series.

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Big Jet TV @bigjet.tv · 19d

Dramatic DHL A300 Tailstrike at London Heathrow Airport #avgeek #aviation

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · 25d

Towards the end of the regular MLB season, I thought the #BlueJays were looking tired and could use a week off. Then they got a week off, the #Yankees didn't, and I think that partly explains two nights of Blue Jays domination. Now they travel to Yankees home turf, but only need 1 of 3.

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · 26d

#BlueJays Trey Yesavage's Mom is wearing a shirt that says #TreyDay. Ya think? 11-0 up on the #DamnedYankees.

Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · 26d

I’m a foreign fair-weather #BlueJays fan, but if they keep on like last night, it’s plain sailing: 10-1 vs. #Yankees. It’s been educational for me watching the highlight reels, learning the plays that turn games around. Vs. good pitching, a base hit is a bigger deal than I realised.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27d

I don’t have a crystal ball, but I have a good idea how this shutdown ends. Trump and Republicans will cave (he won’t admit he’s caving, of course, but he will cave).

Here’s why: Air traffic controllers.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 28d

Don't read this headline please, it spoils the comic!

Please click the link, read the comic, visit the Guardian! But don't read the headline!

Nnnnnng!

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Ryan Gosling’s pasty looks nice – but how did it get on my phone screen? The Stephen Collins cartoon

We are so advanced yet so basic

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · Sep 29

I thought Canary Islands, but then saw the Air Portugal plane, so maybe Faro or Lisbon?

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Keegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · Sep 28

Grand slam, Alejandro Kirk.

What a moment in Game 162. #BlueJays

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · Sep 29

Following on from my Roland SH-4d urge, I had a similar episode with the €1400 #Elektron #Tonverk. Should I get one? Expensive, no time stretching (yet?) Which got me exploring the $5 #KoalaSampler on iPad. It already has sample time stretching, seamless once you specify it's e.g. a 2-bar loop.

Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · Sep 29

I don't drive and have never been keen on learning. When I was about 5 I was in the back of my dad's car, no seatbelt, when a tire blew on a bend. The car went offroad and rolled, but I was unhurt and reportedly unfazed. I did consider it years ago, but now I'm someone who "shouldn't be driving".

Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · Sep 29

Carl Benz has an idea

[Scene is a 19th century drawing room with a sign outside saying TRANSPORT INVENTORS CLUB. Inside, the German Engineer KARL BENZ is addressing a meeting of gentlemen about his new transport idea]

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KARL BENZ:
OK guys - you’re gonna love this

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KARL BENZ:
So it’s like, a box made of metal that goes at up to 120 miles an hour, yeah?

[Karl shows them a diagram of a car]

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KARL BENZ:
And your drive it down one side of the road, and the boxes going the other way go on the opposite side, so we don’t need to build two roads!

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OTHER GUY:
What’s down the middle?

KARL BENZ:
A white line.

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OTHER GUY:
So like, a white barrier…

KARL BENZ:
No a white line. Drawn on the floor.

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OTHER GUY:
And who’s piloting these machines?

KARL BENZ:
I was thinking: random members of the public.

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[Pause, the other guys all look with concern at Karl]

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OTHER GUY:
Karl are you OK

KARL BENZ:
No listen it’s fine

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OTHER GUY:
You know we’re worried about you, don’t you?

KARL BENZ:
No really it’ll work -

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KARL BENZ:
Once hundreds of millions of people have died and the world’s started ending because of the fumes it’ll all be normal.

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OTHER GUY:
Is that normal like the ‘commuter travel device’ you brought in last week which was just…

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OTHER GUY:
…an iron maiden fired from a catapult?

[The other guy displays a diagram of an iron maiden being fired from a catapult]

KARL BENZ:
THAT WOULD’VE WORKED!

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · Sep 22

Dear YouTube creators: stop asking me to enable Notifications on your channel. I don’t have Notifications set on *any* YouTube channel. There are *no* YouTube channels for which I want to be interrupted while I’m doing something else.

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · Sep 17

Here in Ireland, online comment on Israel/Gaza has gone fully "Israel Derangement Syndrome". Most are careful to avoid blatant antisemitism, but not all. I take a pragmatic line and try to avoid "could/woulda/shoulda" talk: what will end war and help Palestinian people? Online hysteria won't do it.

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The Economist @economist.com · Sep 12

If you saw regular patches of this peculiar sort of chemistry in sediments containing organic matter on Earth it would be natural to assume they had a biological origin. That makes them excitingly suggestive on Mars

NASA has found a Martian rock with what may be signs of life

Bringing it to Earth for further study will be complicated

econ.st

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · Aug 30

Still learning more about #baseball, and am about to watch the #bluejays try to fight back against the Milwaukee Brewers, who are up 4-1 at the bottom of the 9th. It was 1-1 at the top of the 9th. I’m really seeing the importance of the pitcher. Can the #bluejays come back from this?

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · Aug 29

I sometime wish that Marshall McLuhan was around to see all this. If the medium is the message, what kind of message is AI sending us?

Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · Aug 7

That's the "Annotated" page. The offician Congress and Senate pages are unchanged:
constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
www.senate.gov/about/origin...

constitution.congress.gov

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Mike Vennart @vennart666.bsky.social · Aug 1

Boy, was this a hard secret to keep.

Yes, I am now the lead singer in Cardiacs.

I don’t have the words to properly do justice to what all this means.

But if you know anything about me, then you know what an honour this is.

First single ‘Woodeneye’ is out now.

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No Treble @notreble.com · Aug 5

Just released: Michael Manring brings “Blue Orleans” to life in this solo performance. www.notreble.com/buzz/2025/08...

Hear the Magic of Michael Manring’s “Blue Orleans” on Solo Bass

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Brian Thomson @sashibashi.bsky.social · Aug 4

Never mind Sydney Sweeney: if I'm going to worship a blonde with blue eyes, it would be Laura Birn as #Demerzel in #Foundation:

Laura Birn as Demerzel in Foundation (Apple TV+)

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