Brian
@bcminch.bsky.social
He/him, data engineer, metalhead, long time casual MTG player
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
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effective today, I have resigned from working with Ultimate Guard, as I can no longer support the company's creative or business decisions.
August 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
effective today, I have resigned from working with Ultimate Guard, as I can no longer support the company's creative or business decisions.
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I love this so much and I am absolutely tearing up about it. The gentleness and plainness of this, the way he just lets her be her (and she seems so damn lovely, who wouldn’t?), the generosity.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
August 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I love this so much and I am absolutely tearing up about it. The gentleness and plainness of this, the way he just lets her be her (and she seems so damn lovely, who wouldn’t?), the generosity.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
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Cats are and always have been cyberpunks
July 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Cats are and always have been cyberpunks
Ten writers of whom l've read five-plus books:
Joe Abercrombie
Pierce Brown
Frank Herbert
Christopher Moore
Brandon Sanderson
Andrzej Sapkowski
John Scalzi
Neal Stephenson
Daniel Suarez
Martha Wells
Joe Abercrombie
Pierce Brown
Frank Herbert
Christopher Moore
Brandon Sanderson
Andrzej Sapkowski
John Scalzi
Neal Stephenson
Daniel Suarez
Martha Wells
Ten writers of whom I've read five-plus books:
Brandon Sanderson
Robert Jordan
Tad Williams
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Stephen Brust
Brent Weeks
Doug Niles
Karen Armstrong
William Dalrymple
David Eddings
Honestly I could have just used dragonlance authors and filled this whole thing.
Brandon Sanderson
Robert Jordan
Tad Williams
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Stephen Brust
Brent Weeks
Doug Niles
Karen Armstrong
William Dalrymple
David Eddings
Honestly I could have just used dragonlance authors and filled this whole thing.
What an interesting exercise!
Ten writers of whom I've read five-plus books:
Witold Gombrowicz
Jack Kerouac
Patricia Highsmith
Harry Crews
Chester Himes
Vladimir Nabokov
Thomas Pynchon
Gilbert Sorrentino
Martin Amis
Piers Anthony
Ten writers of whom I've read five-plus books:
Witold Gombrowicz
Jack Kerouac
Patricia Highsmith
Harry Crews
Chester Himes
Vladimir Nabokov
Thomas Pynchon
Gilbert Sorrentino
Martin Amis
Piers Anthony
July 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Ten writers of whom l've read five-plus books:
Joe Abercrombie
Pierce Brown
Frank Herbert
Christopher Moore
Brandon Sanderson
Andrzej Sapkowski
John Scalzi
Neal Stephenson
Daniel Suarez
Martha Wells
Joe Abercrombie
Pierce Brown
Frank Herbert
Christopher Moore
Brandon Sanderson
Andrzej Sapkowski
John Scalzi
Neal Stephenson
Daniel Suarez
Martha Wells
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Hope for the hopeless, a light in the darkness
Hope for the hopeless, a light in the dark
Hope for the hopeless, a light in the dark
June 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Hope for the hopeless, a light in the darkness
Hope for the hopeless, a light in the dark
Hope for the hopeless, a light in the dark
About 12 years ago I was with some friends at a scotch bar in Baltimore called Birds of a Feather and someone realized Patton Oswalt was at the end of the bar. He was deep in conversation with someone so we didn't bother him. Miss that spot, it was a good one.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
About 12 years ago I was with some friends at a scotch bar in Baltimore called Birds of a Feather and someone realized Patton Oswalt was at the end of the bar. He was deep in conversation with someone so we didn't bother him. Miss that spot, it was a good one.
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Unfortunately, that’s the wrong position. *Specific* AI learning models have very useful cases (MRNA vaccines being a particularly notable one), but when it comes to actual “general intelligence,” the technology is snake-oil peddled by conmen.
All AI should be banned. This is the logical position. This is the moral position. This is the easy position.
April 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Unfortunately, that’s the wrong position. *Specific* AI learning models have very useful cases (MRNA vaccines being a particularly notable one), but when it comes to actual “general intelligence,” the technology is snake-oil peddled by conmen.
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so i've been honing my approach and i've landed on the optimal way to interact with cybertruck drivers: give them an enthusiastic thumbs up first, before dramatically turning it upside down and scowling. did it this morning and watched the light leave a man's eyes. very powerful
April 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
so i've been honing my approach and i've landed on the optimal way to interact with cybertruck drivers: give them an enthusiastic thumbs up first, before dramatically turning it upside down and scowling. did it this morning and watched the light leave a man's eyes. very powerful
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I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested
April 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested
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This is where your Harry Potter money goes
jk rowling funded a case going before the supreme court that argues it should be legal to discriminate against and persecute trans ppl.
yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.
no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.
yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.
no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.
April 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is where your Harry Potter money goes
Perhaps @thehermitdruid.bsky.social can critique the technique here ⚔️
March 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Perhaps @thehermitdruid.bsky.social can critique the technique here ⚔️
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Bumping this with the hope that a senator might see it
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Bumping this with the hope that a senator might see it
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I'm at a point where I'm honestly vaguely surprised that anyone who isn't an admitted fascist (or at least fascist-comfortable) and/or a corporate account is still actively on the former Twitter. The best time to have left is long gone, but the second-best time is now.
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My #1 New Year's Resolution: Dump Twitter, Embrace Bluesky
I'm quitting Twitter in 2025, and you should, too. Join me in jumping over to the platform that brings fun back to social media.
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December 29, 2024 at 12:56 PM
I'm at a point where I'm honestly vaguely surprised that anyone who isn't an admitted fascist (or at least fascist-comfortable) and/or a corporate account is still actively on the former Twitter. The best time to have left is long gone, but the second-best time is now.
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I thought this would be bad, and it's worse
this video about the honey extension is fucking WILD. i have always figured that the extension was either a data harvesting scheme or some sort of other scam, but i did not realize just how much it's fucking everyone over. paypal truly is the devil.
strongly encourage uninstalling honey asap.
strongly encourage uninstalling honey asap.
Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam
YouTube video by MegaLag
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:52 PM
I thought this would be bad, and it's worse
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Blue Players after their Counterspell gets Tibalt’s Trickery’d
December 15, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Blue Players after their Counterspell gets Tibalt’s Trickery’d
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THIS is how it’s done, folks.
December 14, 2024 at 1:49 PM
THIS is how it’s done, folks.
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This (via Andrew Gelman via Kevin Drum) is embarrassing and frustrating. It’s good to catch math errors ahead of time.
But there’s a larger point here, which is that the chemical industry is opaque about what’s in consumer products, and it shouldn’t be.
chemsky 🧪
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
But there’s a larger point here, which is that the chemical industry is opaque about what’s in consumer products, and it shouldn’t be.
chemsky 🧪
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How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils
A study warned that people were being exposed to a toxic chemical from kitchen utensils. But the researchers misstated the safe daily limit
nationalpost.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:37 PM
This (via Andrew Gelman via Kevin Drum) is embarrassing and frustrating. It’s good to catch math errors ahead of time.
But there’s a larger point here, which is that the chemical industry is opaque about what’s in consumer products, and it shouldn’t be.
chemsky 🧪
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
But there’s a larger point here, which is that the chemical industry is opaque about what’s in consumer products, and it shouldn’t be.
chemsky 🧪
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Let's get a commander thread going. Post your crazy #edh deck ideas that you either never tried or never got to work, and maybe you'll inspire someone else!
#mtg #magicthegathering
#mtg #magicthegathering
December 13, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Let's get a commander thread going. Post your crazy #edh deck ideas that you either never tried or never got to work, and maybe you'll inspire someone else!
#mtg #magicthegathering
#mtg #magicthegathering
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That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
The $82.5 million sale of "Hot Ones" studio First We Feast is part of a broader strategy at BuzzFeed to shift away from human editors, writers and content producers in favor of artificial intelligence, which result in "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
BuzzFeed sells "Hot Ones" studio for $82.5 million as it pursues more AI-driven content
The company said the sale will allow it to depend less on human-created content in favor of "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
thedesk.net
December 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are