Bren-dangit
@hypercalcium.bsky.social
Golang dev
Sometimes wrestler
Potential robot builder
Whenever I think, it is too hard
He/Him
Sometimes wrestler
Potential robot builder
Whenever I think, it is too hard
He/Him
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forgot the most important of the genre
February 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
forgot the most important of the genre
There has to be a wood panel conversion for modern cars, right? Like on a Subaru?
My kingdom for a wood panel Outback
My kingdom for a wood panel Outback
pacific drive really did get me into cars and also get me into older 90s-00s cars. i need $1850. ironwood studios can u help a fish out
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
There has to be a wood panel conversion for modern cars, right? Like on a Subaru?
My kingdom for a wood panel Outback
My kingdom for a wood panel Outback
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and of course the first question you have is "how could we possibly have been beat by these people." but how much better would you be at appearances if appearances were the only thing you ever saw.
February 13, 2026 at 7:05 AM
and of course the first question you have is "how could we possibly have been beat by these people." but how much better would you be at appearances if appearances were the only thing you ever saw.
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jumping spiders of the genus Portia have brains so large that they run down into the upper joints of their legs. they use this for complicated behavioral mimicry when hunting other spiders. they are nonetheless not very effective predators because they are analyzing the whole scene.
February 13, 2026 at 6:59 AM
jumping spiders of the genus Portia have brains so large that they run down into the upper joints of their legs. they use this for complicated behavioral mimicry when hunting other spiders. they are nonetheless not very effective predators because they are analyzing the whole scene.
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nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
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Hey look, you can shoot some of my work in the face for free!
Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free.
...well, I mean, you probably could've grabbed a GOG offline installer out the back of a truck earlier, but NOW it's Official/Legally Free and has the in-development community patch packed in for ongoing support. www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut...
...well, I mean, you probably could've grabbed a GOG offline installer out the back of a truck earlier, but NOW it's Official/Legally Free and has the in-development community patch packed in for ongoing support. www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut...
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Hey look, you can shoot some of my work in the face for free!
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It took more than 6 months, but it turns out you can grind low level trash mobs in real life too. aftermath.site/switch-2-citib...
My Grueling Quest To Buy A Switch 2 By Riding Citi Bikes
After roughly 495 bike rides and interrupted by a broken foot, I have a Nintendo Switch 2 from riding Citi Bike points. Was that work?
aftermath.site
February 11, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It took more than 6 months, but it turns out you can grind low level trash mobs in real life too. aftermath.site/switch-2-citib...
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Elon, at a white board, writing meaningless 1s and 0s. Ten terrified employees applauding rapturously and high fiving.
The owner of xAI predicts a future where machine learning operates in binary directly, strikingly similar to how it did in 1959 when it was invented and routinely thereafter.
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Elon, at a white board, writing meaningless 1s and 0s. Ten terrified employees applauding rapturously and high fiving.
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the people who weren't on cohost for the 5 minutes cohost existed must also learn of Bitch House
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 AM
the people who weren't on cohost for the 5 minutes cohost existed must also learn of Bitch House
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Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
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We stole the sun from the sky
To power the Machines of our invention
And spite the Gods that abandoned us
To power the Machines of our invention
And spite the Gods that abandoned us
October 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We stole the sun from the sky
To power the Machines of our invention
And spite the Gods that abandoned us
To power the Machines of our invention
And spite the Gods that abandoned us
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New at Can We Still Govern: One aspect of ICE that is not discussed much is how dependent it is on private supply chains, including foreign companies. That provides an opportunity to name-and-shame firms providing its services.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/private-ch...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/private-ch...
Private Chains, Public Harm
How Supply Networks Fuel ICE Operations
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
New at Can We Still Govern: One aspect of ICE that is not discussed much is how dependent it is on private supply chains, including foreign companies. That provides an opportunity to name-and-shame firms providing its services.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/private-ch...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/private-ch...
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It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
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It would replenish your health, shield, and mana
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
It would replenish your health, shield, and mana
Some friends kept mispronouncing it as a particular fetish while I yelled “Please! I have to explain this technology to normies! I can’t be fighting the urge to call it that!”
Raise your hand if youve been using ffmpeg since college and had no idea that it stood for fast forward moving picture expert group [the file format standardized by the group, not the group itself]
I didn't expect the Jeffrey Epstein story to contain assistant editor workflow gore but lmao
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Some friends kept mispronouncing it as a particular fetish while I yelled “Please! I have to explain this technology to normies! I can’t be fighting the urge to call it that!”
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I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
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Fun fact about Missouri, it's home to the Precious Moments chapel, birthplace of grandma Funko Pops. There you can see the only Oklahoma City Bombing figurine made because when it was unveiled everyone was creeped out by it
February 12, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Fun fact about Missouri, it's home to the Precious Moments chapel, birthplace of grandma Funko Pops. There you can see the only Oklahoma City Bombing figurine made because when it was unveiled everyone was creeped out by it
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Horror: bad things happen to some people.
Gothic horror: bad things happen to some melancholic yet fuckable people.
Folk horror: bad things happen to people who go to a village.
Cosmic horror: bad things happen to people who read and the universe doesn't care.
Body horror: vaginas are scary.
Gothic horror: bad things happen to some melancholic yet fuckable people.
Folk horror: bad things happen to people who go to a village.
Cosmic horror: bad things happen to people who read and the universe doesn't care.
Body horror: vaginas are scary.
February 12, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Horror: bad things happen to some people.
Gothic horror: bad things happen to some melancholic yet fuckable people.
Folk horror: bad things happen to people who go to a village.
Cosmic horror: bad things happen to people who read and the universe doesn't care.
Body horror: vaginas are scary.
Gothic horror: bad things happen to some melancholic yet fuckable people.
Folk horror: bad things happen to people who go to a village.
Cosmic horror: bad things happen to people who read and the universe doesn't care.
Body horror: vaginas are scary.
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WHY BURN COAL
WHEN YOU CAN HARNESS POWER FROM LORD OF THE BLUE SKY, TENGRI, HIMSELF?
THIS AD PAID FOR BY TENGRISTS FOR WIND POWER, NEW ENGLAND
WHEN YOU CAN HARNESS POWER FROM LORD OF THE BLUE SKY, TENGRI, HIMSELF?
THIS AD PAID FOR BY TENGRISTS FOR WIND POWER, NEW ENGLAND
Coal is weak fuel. Inefficient energy output. Inferior to mighty Sun, unyielding Wind.
February 12, 2026 at 3:49 AM
WHY BURN COAL
WHEN YOU CAN HARNESS POWER FROM LORD OF THE BLUE SKY, TENGRI, HIMSELF?
THIS AD PAID FOR BY TENGRISTS FOR WIND POWER, NEW ENGLAND
WHEN YOU CAN HARNESS POWER FROM LORD OF THE BLUE SKY, TENGRI, HIMSELF?
THIS AD PAID FOR BY TENGRISTS FOR WIND POWER, NEW ENGLAND
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if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
if you played sonic the hedgehog and put down the controller, sonic would look at you and tap his foot impatiently. this was proof that sega genesis cartridges had souls. the decision was made to make the storage cases a lot larger than the cartridges so they would have room to move around in there
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Please stop spreading misinformation, please do not post that they had to close the air space over El Paso because the president was sundowning and took Air Force One out for a joyride and now he is doing barrel rolls over West Texas while JD Vance clings to the wing like that Twilight Zone gremlin
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Please stop spreading misinformation, please do not post that they had to close the air space over El Paso because the president was sundowning and took Air Force One out for a joyride and now he is doing barrel rolls over West Texas while JD Vance clings to the wing like that Twilight Zone gremlin
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Quite possibly the most substantial scientific breakthrough of my lifetime, developed in my country, and the government is deliberately throttling it in the cradle in an effort to curry favor with the dumbest people alive
February 10, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Quite possibly the most substantial scientific breakthrough of my lifetime, developed in my country, and the government is deliberately throttling it in the cradle in an effort to curry favor with the dumbest people alive
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it is apparently the 25th anniversary of the greatest piece of art Denton, Texas, has ever produced
The PriceMaster (full version)
YouTube video by ThePriceMaster
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:04 AM
it is apparently the 25th anniversary of the greatest piece of art Denton, Texas, has ever produced
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I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of?
Researchers working with the A.I. system Claude have come to understand that the model’s selfhood, like our own, is a matter of both neurons and narratives. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kEX1vV
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of?