Brian Richardson
@siliconchef.bsky.social
Professional nerd, video producer, homebound world traveler. As seen on @DragonConTV. NerdSteading on YouTube & siliconchef on🐦 & 🐘.
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Coming Tuesday... a technology history lesson and future cautionary tale from yours truly, recorded live at Dragon Con... youtu.be/wib8FBoQ93E #y2k #y2k38
My Nerd Nite talk on lessons from fixing Y2K and how it might get a sequel, part of the 2025 @dragoncon.org Science Track (@dconscitrack.bsky.social), is now available on YouTube. A slightly updated version is also coming soon to @nerdnitepdx.bsky.social... more on that later.
Star Wars & Star Trek got me into engineering, got into college radio/TV, became a nerd who could give a presentation, traveled a lot in the 2000's doing tech demos & tradeshows, then tripped & fell into cybersecurity.
Also used that radio/TV/nerd thing to start a TV station at a huge sci-fi con.
Also used that radio/TV/nerd thing to start a TV station at a huge sci-fi con.
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Star Wars & Star Trek got me into engineering, got into college radio/TV, became a nerd who could give a presentation, traveled a lot in the 2000's doing tech demos & tradeshows, then tripped & fell into cybersecurity.
Also used that radio/TV/nerd thing to start a TV station at a huge sci-fi con.
Also used that radio/TV/nerd thing to start a TV station at a huge sci-fi con.
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Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
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If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
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There’s a moment in the classic film “Paths of Glory” in which an artillery officer, told to commit a war crime, asks for the order in writing.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
Gift link: wapo.st/43FXQfO
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There’s a moment in the classic film “Paths of Glory” in which an artillery officer, told to commit a war crime, asks for the order in writing.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
That is happening right now, in real life, among US troops in the Carribbean.
Except in the movie, the demand kept the crime from happening.
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I guess chatbots are driving now.
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I guess chatbots are driving now.
"The Yamhill County News-Register reported that the family of the arrested 17-year-old student said he is a U.S. citizen.
"ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment about why it targeted a high school student."
😡
"ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment about why it targeted a high school student."
😡
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a high school student in McMinnville during Friday’s lunch period, according to school officials.
ICE arrests McMinnville High School student during Friday lunch period
Family told local news the 17-year-old is a US citizen.
www.opb.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"The Yamhill County News-Register reported that the family of the arrested 17-year-old student said he is a U.S. citizen.
"ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment about why it targeted a high school student."
😡
"ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment about why it targeted a high school student."
😡
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Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina?
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Dang - how bad was the Border Patrol invasion in North Carolina?
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
None other than Thom Tillis himself is blasting DHS for gross overreach, and demanding lists of those detained, property damage caused by CBP agents, and their plan for restitution.
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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BUS RIDES IN CITES SHOULD BE FREE.
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
BUS RIDES IN CITES SHOULD BE FREE.
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Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩
"Damn kids... Y2K was a real problem, not media hype. We worked hard to fix that in the late 1900’s. Now get off my porch."
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Damn kids... Y2K was a real problem, not media hype. We worked hard to fix that in the late 1900’s. Now get off my porch."
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
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1) @washingtonpost.com reported Thursday on a controversial policy downgrading how nooses and swastikas are labeled in the Coast Guard.
2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."
3) The CG said it would review policy language.
4) The CG reversed course.
2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."
3) The CG said it would review policy language.
4) The CG reversed course.
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
1) @washingtonpost.com reported Thursday on a controversial policy downgrading how nooses and swastikas are labeled in the Coast Guard.
2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."
3) The CG said it would review policy language.
4) The CG reversed course.
2) Admin officials attacked The Post, falsely alleging the reporting of "fake crap."
3) The CG said it would review policy language.
4) The CG reversed course.
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This is really happening. Right now.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is really happening. Right now.
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I know I’m a libtard but I think it’s bad the U.S. president keeps calling for the killing of specific sitting elected officials who didn’t even commit crimes
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I know I’m a libtard but I think it’s bad the U.S. president keeps calling for the killing of specific sitting elected officials who didn’t even commit crimes
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Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
Zork is now open source
Two years ago, I wrote: Microsoft-the-company does not care about Infocom. But a lot of people in Microsoft must care. Microsoft is heavily populated by greying GenX nerds just like me. Folks who grew...
blog.zarfhome.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
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Decent people: "Hey, these hate symbols are terrorizing some of our service members. We should do something about that."
Coast Guard: "Say no more, fam. Those are no longer hate symbols. Problem solved."
newrepublic.com/post/203458/...
Coast Guard: "Say no more, fam. Those are no longer hate symbols. Problem solved."
newrepublic.com/post/203458/...
U.S. Coast Guard Will No Longer Consider Swastika a Hate Symbol
The Coast Guard seems to be fine with Nazis now.
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Decent people: "Hey, these hate symbols are terrorizing some of our service members. We should do something about that."
Coast Guard: "Say no more, fam. Those are no longer hate symbols. Problem solved."
newrepublic.com/post/203458/...
Coast Guard: "Say no more, fam. Those are no longer hate symbols. Problem solved."
newrepublic.com/post/203458/...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
From the makers of "ChatGPTickleMeElmo"...
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
From the makers of "ChatGPTickleMeElmo"...
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It should bother you more than it does that analog clocks have three “hands,” and that the *third* hand is called the *second* hand.
We all just let that happen.
We all just let that happen.
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It should bother you more than it does that analog clocks have three “hands,” and that the *third* hand is called the *second* hand.
We all just let that happen.
We all just let that happen.