Brian Larsen
@lanewinree.com
Mostly Seattle sports, beer, and TTRPGs. He/They. Disaster bi.
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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 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Billy Joel & Elton John - Face to Face
Billy Joel solo
Elton John solo
Postmodern Jukebox
Spyro Gyra
Billy Joel & Elton John - Face to Face
Billy Joel solo
Elton John solo
Postmodern Jukebox
Spyro Gyra
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill tour
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill tour (2)
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 10th anniversary
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 25th anniversary
Alanis Morissette - Triple Moon tour
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill tour
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill tour (2)
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 10th anniversary
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 25th anniversary
Alanis Morissette - Triple Moon tour
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Billy Joel & Elton John - Face to Face
Billy Joel solo
Elton John solo
Postmodern Jukebox
Spyro Gyra
Billy Joel & Elton John - Face to Face
Billy Joel solo
Elton John solo
Postmodern Jukebox
Spyro Gyra
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Me, when the Bluey float goes by during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something
ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Me, when the Bluey float goes by during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
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If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen this closed captioning I’d have a nickel.
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve seen this closed captioning I’d have a nickel.
The turkey is in the oven. Repeat, the turkey is in the oven. Temperature probes in. A day of eating has commenced.
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The turkey is in the oven. Repeat, the turkey is in the oven. Temperature probes in. A day of eating has commenced.
I've been referring to Glenn's turkey advice for several years and can confirm if you just read this thread you're going to get the best tasting turkey you've ever had.
Night before Thanksgiving.
Turkey should be in the refrigerator, unwrapped, rinsed well, patted as dry as you can, and if you're dry brining, rubbed all over inside the cavity and UNDER THE SKIN with coarse kosher salt.
You're gonna put that on a rack over a roasting pan into the fridge UNCOVERED.
Turkey should be in the refrigerator, unwrapped, rinsed well, patted as dry as you can, and if you're dry brining, rubbed all over inside the cavity and UNDER THE SKIN with coarse kosher salt.
You're gonna put that on a rack over a roasting pan into the fridge UNCOVERED.
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I've been referring to Glenn's turkey advice for several years and can confirm if you just read this thread you're going to get the best tasting turkey you've ever had.
Just a goddamn, brutal, terrible awful year for developers who don't deserve this shit
"Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies - All staff members affected, after UK studio stalwart was purchased by private equity in September" www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just a goddamn, brutal, terrible awful year for developers who don't deserve this shit
Honestly thought this was a really solid film from Pixar. It's certainly not among their pantheon of greats, but for a family animated film it was a really, really solid effort.
The Good Dinosaur broke the studio's winning streak back in 2015, but it only looks better with age.
This Pixar flop is the animation studio's best and weirdest mistake
The Good Dinosaur broke the studio's winning streak back in 2015, but it only looks better with age.
www.polygon.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Honestly thought this was a really solid film from Pixar. It's certainly not among their pantheon of greats, but for a family animated film it was a really, really solid effort.
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Many folks' final assessment of Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser---the closest thing to a multi-million-dollar larp experience we've ever gotten and one of Disney's highest-ever-rated attractions---came from a 4-hour complaint video about its game app, instantly accepted as sacred dogma.
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Many folks' final assessment of Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser---the closest thing to a multi-million-dollar larp experience we've ever gotten and one of Disney's highest-ever-rated attractions---came from a 4-hour complaint video about its game app, instantly accepted as sacred dogma.
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Man fuck off insomnia.
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Man fuck off insomnia.
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Man fuck off insomnia.
If you're wondering, extended periods of insomnia is a real drag on your ability to do anything!
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you're wondering, extended periods of insomnia is a real drag on your ability to do anything!
The ONLY reason I upgraded my phone last year was because the one I was using had a four year old battery and I had no idea if the Trump Tariffs was going to make it impossible for me to replace it. Without that uncertainty I would have kept using it!
there has been no meaningful improvement in the devices or their functionality in 10 years in any way that affects what any normal person uses them to do, people only switch when forced updates cause a device which worked fine yesterday to lag so bad you can't type at full speed until you replace it
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The ONLY reason I upgraded my phone last year was because the one I was using had a four year old battery and I had no idea if the Trump Tariffs was going to make it impossible for me to replace it. Without that uncertainty I would have kept using it!
I've legitimately had to stop going to Google for recipes and have gone back to physical cookbooks. I can't trust anything I search online anymore.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I've legitimately had to stop going to Google for recipes and have gone back to physical cookbooks. I can't trust anything I search online anymore.
Got some news last night that is a huge, gigantic relief and escape valve for a lot of anxiety over the last few years. This week is going to be a big scramble as a result, but the relief is real.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Got some news last night that is a huge, gigantic relief and escape valve for a lot of anxiety over the last few years. This week is going to be a big scramble as a result, but the relief is real.
Trying to help my mother in law with her hearing aids. Simple query, what battery does [extremely specific brand, make model] need?
Hearing aid industry I guess: Fuck you. FUCK YOU. GO TO HELL
Hearing aid industry I guess: Fuck you. FUCK YOU. GO TO HELL
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Trying to help my mother in law with her hearing aids. Simple query, what battery does [extremely specific brand, make model] need?
Hearing aid industry I guess: Fuck you. FUCK YOU. GO TO HELL
Hearing aid industry I guess: Fuck you. FUCK YOU. GO TO HELL
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Wakefield lost his license because of his fraud. I ask again: where are the House Dems’ articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.?
A lot of autism news right now is just me and @ericmgarcia.bsky.social texting cuss words to each other.
The doctor who falsely tied vaccines to autism is enjoying a comeback
Andrew Wakefield, who was once cast out for his retracted study tying autism to the MMR vaccine, is making a comeback in the second term of President Donald Trump as an ally of Health and Human Servic...
www.ms.now
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Wakefield lost his license because of his fraud. I ask again: where are the House Dems’ articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.?
Running on about 3.5 hours of sleep over a 48+ hour window is suboptimal isn't it
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Running on about 3.5 hours of sleep over a 48+ hour window is suboptimal isn't it
*Watching the intro for the latest Acquisitions Incorporated featuring a huge montage of players past and present minus one extremely notable one*
Me: ooooohhhh. Kurtz absolutely incinerated his bridges with them too.
Me: ooooohhhh. Kurtz absolutely incinerated his bridges with them too.
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
*Watching the intro for the latest Acquisitions Incorporated featuring a huge montage of players past and present minus one extremely notable one*
Me: ooooohhhh. Kurtz absolutely incinerated his bridges with them too.
Me: ooooohhhh. Kurtz absolutely incinerated his bridges with them too.
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This. I've been working with "machine learning" since before the current AI-fever and it's an invaluable tool in science and engineering.
LLMs and GenAI are being misused in a criminally negligent way and using misplaced legitimacy to do it, and that misdirect cannot be allowed to continue.
LLMs and GenAI are being misused in a criminally negligent way and using misplaced legitimacy to do it, and that misdirect cannot be allowed to continue.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This. I've been working with "machine learning" since before the current AI-fever and it's an invaluable tool in science and engineering.
LLMs and GenAI are being misused in a criminally negligent way and using misplaced legitimacy to do it, and that misdirect cannot be allowed to continue.
LLMs and GenAI are being misused in a criminally negligent way and using misplaced legitimacy to do it, and that misdirect cannot be allowed to continue.
Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
And the king and the queen at the prom
(Ok I’m sorry I’m done now)
And the king and the queen at the prom
(Ok I’m sorry I’m done now)
"Advertiser looks and chops a must
No big hair"
Songs mean a lot when songs are bought
And so are you
Face right down to the practice room
Attention and fame's a career
Career, career, career
Career, career
No big hair"
Songs mean a lot when songs are bought
And so are you
Face right down to the practice room
Attention and fame's a career
Career, career, career
Career, career
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
And the king and the queen at the prom
(Ok I’m sorry I’m done now)
And the king and the queen at the prom
(Ok I’m sorry I’m done now)
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the
Spot
Light
Losing my religion
That’s me in the
Spot
Light
Losing my religion
Someone to hold you too close
Someone to hurt you too deep
Someone to hurt you too deep
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the
Spot
Light
Losing my religion
That’s me in the
Spot
Light
Losing my religion
IN YOUR EYES
The light, the heat
IN YOUR EYES
I am complete
The light, the heat
IN YOUR EYES
I am complete
Someone to hold you too close
Someone to hurt you too deep
Someone to hurt you too deep
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
IN YOUR EYES
The light, the heat
IN YOUR EYES
I am complete
The light, the heat
IN YOUR EYES
I am complete