Brian Thomson
sashibashi.bsky.social
Brian Thomson
@sashibashi.bsky.social
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Recovering computer geek, still learning to understand people. Bassist and Bass VI convert who also makes nasty noises on guitars and keyboards. A cyborg from Scotland in Dublin, with an accent somewhere out in the Mid-Atlantic. #LambdaMale.
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Bottom of the 18th at Dodger Stadium, and the organist is playing a bit of “Never-Ending Story”. Appropriate. #BlueJays vs. #Dodgers.
Just finished Children Of Time by @aptshadow.bsky.social; I guess I’m a bit late to the party, but worth it. I liked the little nods to Frankenstein, Alien and of course @davidbrin.bsky.social. Just what is “alien”, and what is a “god”? Common story tropes are turned on their heads by the end.
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I can't say I care too much, but wouldn't it depend on just how he uses AI? Getting it to summarise e.g. the Second Peloponnesian War wouldn't bother me as long as the results aren't used as is or as a primary source. I would expect to fact-check everything that comes out of AI.
I called myself a "fair-weather" #BlueJays fan, and the #ALCS clouds have rolled in. Winning 3 of 4 away games is a big ask, probably too big. I should rejoice in good baseball regardless of the team, and the #Mariners are showing the grit that puts them this close to their first-ever World Series.
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Dramatic DHL A300 Tailstrike at London Heathrow Airport #avgeek #aviation
Towards the end of the regular MLB season, I thought the #BlueJays were looking tired and could use a week off. Then they got a week off, the #Yankees didn't, and I think that partly explains two nights of Blue Jays domination. Now they travel to Yankees home turf, but only need 1 of 3.
#BlueJays Trey Yesavage's Mom is wearing a shirt that says #TreyDay. Ya think? 11-0 up on the #DamnedYankees.
I’m a foreign fair-weather #BlueJays fan, but if they keep on like last night, it’s plain sailing: 10-1 vs. #Yankees. It’s been educational for me watching the highlight reels, learning the plays that turn games around. Vs. good pitching, a base hit is a bigger deal than I realised.
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I don’t have a crystal ball, but I have a good idea how this shutdown ends. Trump and Republicans will cave (he won’t admit he’s caving, of course, but he will cave).

Here’s why: Air traffic controllers.
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I thought Canary Islands, but then saw the Air Portugal plane, so maybe Faro or Lisbon?
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Grand slam, Alejandro Kirk.

What a moment in Game 162. #BlueJays
Following on from my Roland SH-4d urge, I had a similar episode with the €1400 #Elektron #Tonverk. Should I get one? Expensive, no time stretching (yet?) Which got me exploring the $5 #KoalaSampler on iPad. It already has sample time stretching, seamless once you specify it's e.g. a 2-bar loop.
I don't drive and have never been keen on learning. When I was about 5 I was in the back of my dad's car, no seatbelt, when a tire blew on a bend. The car went offroad and rolled, but I was unhurt and reportedly unfazed. I did consider it years ago, but now I'm someone who "shouldn't be driving".
Carl Benz has an idea
Dear YouTube creators: stop asking me to enable Notifications on your channel. I don’t have Notifications set on *any* YouTube channel. There are *no* YouTube channels for which I want to be interrupted while I’m doing something else.
Here in Ireland, online comment on Israel/Gaza has gone fully "Israel Derangement Syndrome". Most are careful to avoid blatant antisemitism, but not all. I take a pragmatic line and try to avoid "could/woulda/shoulda" talk: what will end war and help Palestinian people? Online hysteria won't do it.
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If you saw regular patches of this peculiar sort of chemistry in sediments containing organic matter on Earth it would be natural to assume they had a biological origin. That makes them excitingly suggestive on Mars
NASA has found a Martian rock with what may be signs of life
Bringing it to Earth for further study will be complicated
econ.st
Still learning more about #baseball, and am about to watch the #bluejays try to fight back against the Milwaukee Brewers, who are up 4-1 at the bottom of the 9th. It was 1-1 at the top of the 9th. I’m really seeing the importance of the pitcher. Can the #bluejays come back from this?
I sometime wish that Marshall McLuhan was around to see all this. If the medium is the message, what kind of message is AI sending us?
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Boy, was this a hard secret to keep.

Yes, I am now the lead singer in Cardiacs.

I don’t have the words to properly do justice to what all this means.

But if you know anything about me, then you know what an honour this is.

First single ‘Woodeneye’ is out now.
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Just released: Michael Manring brings “Blue Orleans” to life in this solo performance. www.notreble.com/buzz/2025/08...
Never mind Sydney Sweeney: if I'm going to worship a blonde with blue eyes, it would be Laura Birn as #Demerzel in #Foundation: