Kyle Brickman
@kylebrickman.bsky.social
UI Engineer at Netflix (all opinions are mine) out of Brentwood, CA. Has far too much Lego and knows far too much about Star Trek.
My seventeen year old son just referred to a comma as a “lower case apostrophe,” if you want to know how parenting is going.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
My seventeen year old son just referred to a comma as a “lower case apostrophe,” if you want to know how parenting is going.
It’s right up there with “signing up for a Disney+ free trial means you give up the right to sue Disney for killing your relative due to negligent handling of food allergens at their theme park.”
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It’s right up there with “signing up for a Disney+ free trial means you give up the right to sue Disney for killing your relative due to negligent handling of food allergens at their theme park.”
This is like if Phillip Morris printed “you may not contract cancer while using this product” inside the bottom flap of a pack of cigarettes and then arguing that indemnifies them against claims that cigarettes give you cancer.
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is like if Phillip Morris printed “you may not contract cancer while using this product” inside the bottom flap of a pack of cigarettes and then arguing that indemnifies them against claims that cigarettes give you cancer.
This is probably all because someone important made fun of the “from Earth” tweet location but and now he’s trying to impress them or something.
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This is probably all because someone important made fun of the “from Earth” tweet location but and now he’s trying to impress them or something.
Gemini’s about to learn a whole lot about fake PayPal receipts for purchasing Etherium and FREE HOME DEPOT GIFT CARDS.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Gemini’s about to learn a whole lot about fake PayPal receipts for purchasing Etherium and FREE HOME DEPOT GIFT CARDS.
Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development but for Pier 1 home decor.
There's a curious combination of familiar objects in Dr. Timicin's quarters in #StarTrekTNG's "Half a Life": ⬆️: Inside one of the bowls that held the meal worms for the alien parasites in "Consipracy"➡️ is the blue Edo ball that got Wesley into lots of trouble on Rubicun III in "Justice"⬅️ . ;-)
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hodgkin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development but for Pier 1 home decor.
So, uh, @bestofnextdoor.bsky.social, you might know - anyone else receiving Nextdoor TOS updates that A) are for someone else; and B) reveal their email address (not pictured)?
(And I checked, the links are legit, though it would be hilarious if scammers were trying to bait folks with a TOS email)
(And I checked, the links are legit, though it would be hilarious if scammers were trying to bait folks with a TOS email)
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
So, uh, @bestofnextdoor.bsky.social, you might know - anyone else receiving Nextdoor TOS updates that A) are for someone else; and B) reveal their email address (not pictured)?
(And I checked, the links are legit, though it would be hilarious if scammers were trying to bait folks with a TOS email)
(And I checked, the links are legit, though it would be hilarious if scammers were trying to bait folks with a TOS email)
I am not watching the video in fear my brain will forcibly exit my body in an ill-fated attempt to save itself, but the quote text here is like when you just tap the middle text autosuggestion on an iPhone keyboard over and over.
Trump: "Christians and more, think of this, more than twice as likely foster care they'll adopt the general population. They adopt to it so easily. When they get out, they adopt to it like it's become second nature. It's amazing."
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I am not watching the video in fear my brain will forcibly exit my body in an ill-fated attempt to save itself, but the quote text here is like when you just tap the middle text autosuggestion on an iPhone keyboard over and over.
Absurd, we all know that @dieworkwear.bsky.social is the best-dressed over there.
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Absurd, we all know that @dieworkwear.bsky.social is the best-dressed over there.
Fuck, I was all ready to post about how LinkedIn’s algorithm is a siren song to hypercapitalists and needs to be studied, and then I realized this wasn’t even posted there. It just _felt_ like it.
Tech brains broken part 1000000000 (this lady is a partner at Andreessen apparently)
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Fuck, I was all ready to post about how LinkedIn’s algorithm is a siren song to hypercapitalists and needs to be studied, and then I realized this wasn’t even posted there. It just _felt_ like it.
Pope Leo XIV: “It’s undeniable that Weekend at Bernie’s is an allegory for the Resurrection of the Christ. The hijinx that ensue? A divine gift.”
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Pope Leo XIV: “It’s undeniable that Weekend at Bernie’s is an allegory for the Resurrection of the Christ. The hijinx that ensue? A divine gift.”
Reposted by Kyle Brickman
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I may as well just point my paycheck’s direct deposit to LEGO at this point.
Also hilarious that “Klingon forehead” and “Guinan hat” are official LEGO elements now.
Also hilarious that “Klingon forehead” and “Guinan hat” are official LEGO elements now.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I may as well just point my paycheck’s direct deposit to LEGO at this point.
Also hilarious that “Klingon forehead” and “Guinan hat” are official LEGO elements now.
Also hilarious that “Klingon forehead” and “Guinan hat” are official LEGO elements now.
I’m pretty sure the only way this actually-real email from Apple could look less legitimate is if they misspelled “store” or hosted their order status page at real-dot-app-dot-le-dot-biz or something.
![A screenshot of an email from the Apple Store about an order change being successful. Inexplicably for one of the most brand-forward companies in existence, the email is entirely plaintext and in a monospace font.
The text of the email reads:
“Apple Store Order Change
Order Number: [REDACTED]
Hello Kyle Brickman,
Thank you for shopping at the Apple Online Store. Your order was successfully updated and your changes are reflected below. If you requested additional changes, you will receive a separate email confirmation for each.
To check the current status of your order, please visit our Order Status website at http://www.apple.com/orderstatus.
Thank you for shopping with Apple.
The Apple Store Team”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5pdzjwkxx3shfxulqmajowb2/bafkreiffb4qsxhqyjn7e7fjln6keuan3ni73qoslkglymmz7y2ajv5sw24@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I’m pretty sure the only way this actually-real email from Apple could look less legitimate is if they misspelled “store” or hosted their order status page at real-dot-app-dot-le-dot-biz or something.
Pictured: Cuomo, voting for Mamdani while thinking “The Devil said running again was part of the bargain we made but he never said I couldn’t vote against myself. Fuck I just want to move to Florida for a few goddamn years before I turn over my soul for eternal damnation, please let him win”.
November 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pictured: Cuomo, voting for Mamdani while thinking “The Devil said running again was part of the bargain we made but he never said I couldn’t vote against myself. Fuck I just want to move to Florida for a few goddamn years before I turn over my soul for eternal damnation, please let him win”.
Feds: We’re charging this man with assault.
Also feds: No, we did not collect the discarded weapon we allege was used in the assault into evidence.
Also feds: No, we did not collect the discarded weapon we allege was used in the assault into evidence.
Defense is now questioning Lairmore on cross-examination. They show a video still of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground, post-throw.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
"Do you recognize that sandwich?" the attorney asks.
Lairmore won't confirm.
"I did not go back to collect it," he says.
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Feds: We’re charging this man with assault.
Also feds: No, we did not collect the discarded weapon we allege was used in the assault into evidence.
Also feds: No, we did not collect the discarded weapon we allege was used in the assault into evidence.
I love it when two giant companies are fighting over, like, a dollar of my money, claim they’re acting in my best interest, and demonstrate that by making things difficult for me.
Unrelated, signed up for NFL+ so my wife and son can watch a football game while Disney and Google “negotiate.”
Unrelated, signed up for NFL+ so my wife and son can watch a football game while Disney and Google “negotiate.”
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I love it when two giant companies are fighting over, like, a dollar of my money, claim they’re acting in my best interest, and demonstrate that by making things difficult for me.
Unrelated, signed up for NFL+ so my wife and son can watch a football game while Disney and Google “negotiate.”
Unrelated, signed up for NFL+ so my wife and son can watch a football game while Disney and Google “negotiate.”
I can’t help but think Apple’s casting some subtle shade here.
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I can’t help but think Apple’s casting some subtle shade here.
Me: So painfully uncool that I’m probably the only D.A.R.E “graduate” who still hasn’t done weed.
Also me: “muncho pot crisps 🤭”
Also me: “muncho pot crisps 🤭”
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Me: So painfully uncool that I’m probably the only D.A.R.E “graduate” who still hasn’t done weed.
Also me: “muncho pot crisps 🤭”
Also me: “muncho pot crisps 🤭”
The delightful thing about how Bluesky handles quote posts is that you end up seeing posts like this with no context, but a wealth of possibilities about what they’re referring to, all terrible.
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The delightful thing about how Bluesky handles quote posts is that you end up seeing posts like this with no context, but a wealth of possibilities about what they’re referring to, all terrible.
Well @jacquesfavreau.com, looks like they’re finally over my bullshit.
Or my last employer needs a content designer. One or the other.
Or my last employer needs a content designer. One or the other.
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Well @jacquesfavreau.com, looks like they’re finally over my bullshit.
Or my last employer needs a content designer. One or the other.
Or my last employer needs a content designer. One or the other.
“Most Trekkies are Republicans, Star Trek can embrace it or die”, but then she got scooped.
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social, time for a Bari Weiss pitchbot, I guess.
“Why masking policies did not stop the rhesus monkey truck crash”
“North Carolina liberals are refusing to vote yes on CA Prop 50”
“An interview with Erika Kirk on how Reagan’s stance on tariffs was taken out of context”
“Why masking policies did not stop the rhesus monkey truck crash”
“North Carolina liberals are refusing to vote yes on CA Prop 50”
“An interview with Erika Kirk on how Reagan’s stance on tariffs was taken out of context”
Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
“Most Trekkies are Republicans, Star Trek can embrace it or die”, but then she got scooped.
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social, time for a Bari Weiss pitchbot, I guess.
“Why masking policies did not stop the rhesus monkey truck crash”
“North Carolina liberals are refusing to vote yes on CA Prop 50”
“An interview with Erika Kirk on how Reagan’s stance on tariffs was taken out of context”
“Why masking policies did not stop the rhesus monkey truck crash”
“North Carolina liberals are refusing to vote yes on CA Prop 50”
“An interview with Erika Kirk on how Reagan’s stance on tariffs was taken out of context”
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 AM
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social, time for a Bari Weiss pitchbot, I guess.
“Why masking policies did not stop the rhesus monkey truck crash”
“North Carolina liberals are refusing to vote yes on CA Prop 50”
“An interview with Erika Kirk on how Reagan’s stance on tariffs was taken out of context”
“Why masking policies did not stop the rhesus monkey truck crash”
“North Carolina liberals are refusing to vote yes on CA Prop 50”
“An interview with Erika Kirk on how Reagan’s stance on tariffs was taken out of context”
Sarah Winchester: The ghosts of those killed by my family’s rifles require me to build them a house with stairs to nowhere and windows and doors that can’t open.
Donald J. Trump: Hold my Diet Coke, I can build THE BEST house for ghosts. Ghosts LOVE ballrooms.
Donald J. Trump: Hold my Diet Coke, I can build THE BEST house for ghosts. Ghosts LOVE ballrooms.
October 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Sarah Winchester: The ghosts of those killed by my family’s rifles require me to build them a house with stairs to nowhere and windows and doors that can’t open.
Donald J. Trump: Hold my Diet Coke, I can build THE BEST house for ghosts. Ghosts LOVE ballrooms.
Donald J. Trump: Hold my Diet Coke, I can build THE BEST house for ghosts. Ghosts LOVE ballrooms.