Brian
@beerandrockets.bsky.social
CS teacher, model rocketeer, zymurgist, photographer, ukulele player, podcaster, TTRPG game designer, wargamer, husband, father. He/Him.
After a bit of a recovery lull from the convention, helped Kid1 build some scarab occult terminators. Mostly, I did the sharp parts - he did all the gluing and posing and came up with a theme. They worship a powerful dark entity called “the Void”, so they have void instead of heads. #nerdlings #40k
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
After a bit of a recovery lull from the convention, helped Kid1 build some scarab occult terminators. Mostly, I did the sharp parts - he did all the gluing and posing and came up with a theme. They worship a powerful dark entity called “the Void”, so they have void instead of heads. #nerdlings #40k
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
Sure, why not? @profanity.accountant
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Sure, why not? @profanity.accountant
Thanksgiving leftover lunch burrito, @scalzi.com style. Flour tortilla with potatoes, leeks, cheese, mushrooms, turkey, stuffing, kung pao Brussels sprouts, and jalapeño pineapple cranberry sauce. It was awesome.
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Thanksgiving leftover lunch burrito, @scalzi.com style. Flour tortilla with potatoes, leeks, cheese, mushrooms, turkey, stuffing, kung pao Brussels sprouts, and jalapeño pineapple cranberry sauce. It was awesome.
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[P] goddammit
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
[P] goddammit
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
At the dentist for a crown. So, of course, listening to this while I’m sitting in the chair waiting.
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
At the dentist for a crown. So, of course, listening to this while I’m sitting in the chair waiting.
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“Austin Powers” over “The Birdcage”? I know these lists are just written to make people mad and argue over them, but COME ON!
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Austin Powers” over “The Birdcage”? I know these lists are just written to make people mad and argue over them, but COME ON!
High school teacher here, and yeah, if the boys (in general) at other schools are like the ones in the school where I teach, I can’t blame them. Honestly, the LGBT couples I know seem way happier in general than the straight ones.
12th grade girls are now less likely to say they want to get married someday
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
High school teacher here, and yeah, if the boys (in general) at other schools are like the ones in the school where I teach, I can’t blame them. Honestly, the LGBT couples I know seem way happier in general than the straight ones.
In hobby/little guys news, kid2 wanted to turn one of his duplo construction pieces into a monster. I was happy to oblige, following his instructions. #nerdlings? Yeah, #nerdlings
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
In hobby/little guys news, kid2 wanted to turn one of his duplo construction pieces into a monster. I was happy to oblige, following his instructions. #nerdlings? Yeah, #nerdlings
I made a thing! It works well - just have to snap off the rattle ball with a screwdriver and it prints with no supports. A modification of a design I found on Thingiverse. I’ll post a link to the .stl file later.
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I made a thing! It works well - just have to snap off the rattle ball with a screwdriver and it prints with no supports. A modification of a design I found on Thingiverse. I’ll post a link to the .stl file later.
Opted out, but wow, that turns off a lot of features that existed way before the AI garbage, like spell-check.
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Opted out, but wow, that turns off a lot of features that existed way before the AI garbage, like spell-check.
Is it happening? Is today the day this stupid AI bubble finally bursts?
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Is it happening? Is today the day this stupid AI bubble finally bursts?
Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope.
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope.
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July 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Saw some gig posters using Ai and that’s no good. Gig posters are a lot of artists first gig, they’re fucking with the ecosystem of students getting £20 so I’m making stickers because thermal label printers are our cheapest propaganda tool
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Saw some gig posters using Ai and that’s no good. Gig posters are a lot of artists first gig, they’re fucking with the ecosystem of students getting £20 so I’m making stickers because thermal label printers are our cheapest propaganda tool
Yup - I put blood, sweat, and tears into my minis, and they are a physical thing that I have built and painted. No LLM is ever going to take that away from me. (And that's literal - hobby knives are sharp, and painting in the summer with broken A/C is a thing)
One of the wonderful things about toy soldiers is you make and paint the things yourself; I'm not giving an inch on stupid fucking word salad madlib machines trying to edge in on yet another hobby of mine.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Yup - I put blood, sweat, and tears into my minis, and they are a physical thing that I have built and painted. No LLM is ever going to take that away from me. (And that's literal - hobby knives are sharp, and painting in the summer with broken A/C is a thing)
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
I swear, GenAI is going to make me look for a new career. 22 kids in my AP CSP #CS50 class right now. On the latest problem set, fully one-half of my student submissions were programs identical to what I got from ChatGPT, or with slight modifications to comments and names of variables.
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I swear, GenAI is going to make me look for a new career. 22 kids in my AP CSP #CS50 class right now. On the latest problem set, fully one-half of my student submissions were programs identical to what I got from ChatGPT, or with slight modifications to comments and names of variables.