W. Brian Lane (he/him), PhD
@wbrianlane.bsky.social
Adventures With Emmy - Lead Developer
#ITeachPhysics - Physics Education Researcher, Asst Professor of Physics and Education
#Pathfinder2e - Infinite Master, We're Strong Together
No Kings or concentration camps in America.
#SaveNSF
I say banned words.
#ITeachPhysics - Physics Education Researcher, Asst Professor of Physics and Education
#Pathfinder2e - Infinite Master, We're Strong Together
No Kings or concentration camps in America.
#SaveNSF
I say banned words.
Pinned
Hello, newcomers! I'm a physics education researcher and I write products for Pathfinder Infinite. I also post pics of my cooking and share anecdotes about my kids.
#ITeachPhysics
#ITeachPhysics
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Dovie'andi se tovya sagain, Charlie Brown.
You have toh, Charlie Brown.
WheelofTime
WheelofTime
The Wheel of Time turns, and ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again, Charlie Brown.
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Dovie'andi se tovya sagain, Charlie Brown.
You have toh, Charlie Brown.
WheelofTime
WheelofTime
The Wheel of Time turns, and ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again, Charlie Brown.
Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace, Charlie Brown!
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
You have toh, Charlie Brown.
WheelofTime
WheelofTime
Same logic as needing a gun to defend your right to own a gun
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday.
Trump Admin to Escalate D.C. Military Takeover After Two National Guard Members Shot
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Same logic as needing a gun to defend your right to own a gun
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the republican party from top to bottom coordinated to put these people at risk for an anti-constitutional power grab. a deliberate attempt to orchestrate those gunshots. those national guard in trauma centers are exactly what they wanted
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Trump administration would send hundreds of additional National Guard soldiers to the nation’s capital after two soldiers were shot in the city Wednesday.
Trump Admin to Escalate D.C. Military Takeover After Two National Guard Members Shot
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the republican party from top to bottom coordinated to put these people at risk for an anti-constitutional power grab. a deliberate attempt to orchestrate those gunshots. those national guard in trauma centers are exactly what they wanted
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Call me a dreamer, but I feel like we should try bringing back expertise as a governing concept.
Running everything with people whose sole qualification is being invited to parties by the worst people you know seems to be suboptimal.
Running everything with people whose sole qualification is being invited to parties by the worst people you know seems to be suboptimal.
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Call me a dreamer, but I feel like we should try bringing back expertise as a governing concept.
Running everything with people whose sole qualification is being invited to parties by the worst people you know seems to be suboptimal.
Running everything with people whose sole qualification is being invited to parties by the worst people you know seems to be suboptimal.
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Do You Work at a Federal Prison? Help ProPublica Investigate the Federal Prison System
We’re especially interested in tips about the priorities of Bureau of Prisons' leadership, contracting and budget decisions, and concerns about wrongdoing or abuses of power ⤵️
We’re especially interested in tips about the priorities of Bureau of Prisons' leadership, contracting and budget decisions, and concerns about wrongdoing or abuses of power ⤵️
Do You Work at a Federal Prison? Help ProPublica Investigate the Federal Prison System
If you work at a federal prison and know about wrongdoing, we want to hear from you.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Do You Work at a Federal Prison? Help ProPublica Investigate the Federal Prison System
We’re especially interested in tips about the priorities of Bureau of Prisons' leadership, contracting and budget decisions, and concerns about wrongdoing or abuses of power ⤵️
We’re especially interested in tips about the priorities of Bureau of Prisons' leadership, contracting and budget decisions, and concerns about wrongdoing or abuses of power ⤵️
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I’ll have what she’s having
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’ll have what she’s having
The T Party's work is finally complete
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The T Party's work is finally complete
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Hey, #Starfinder2e fans, if you're looking for something to do over the holidays this year, want to help me see what's out there / start working on converting some Starfinder 1e adventures to Starfinder 2e? 😃
I'm tracking them on the Google Sheet linked here, happy to welcome links/google files!
I'm tracking them on the Google Sheet linked here, happy to welcome links/google files!
SF1e to SF2e Conversion Projects
docs.google.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hey, #Starfinder2e fans, if you're looking for something to do over the holidays this year, want to help me see what's out there / start working on converting some Starfinder 1e adventures to Starfinder 2e? 😃
I'm tracking them on the Google Sheet linked here, happy to welcome links/google files!
I'm tracking them on the Google Sheet linked here, happy to welcome links/google files!
The only correct Pathfinder2e class take is that classes are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The only correct Pathfinder2e class take is that classes are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
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Oh, we are forcing Amazon to bring back Wheel of Time.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Oh, we are forcing Amazon to bring back Wheel of Time.
Pathfinder: Rise of Cayden Cailean
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pathfinder: Rise of Cayden Cailean
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
Went to Insert --> Symbol in a university document to find a footnote symbol and, of course, the Pathfinder2e action icons came up first and my brain said "BRIAN YOU COULD DO THE FUNNIEST THING..."
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Went to Insert --> Symbol in a university document to find a footnote symbol and, of course, the Pathfinder2e action icons came up first and my brain said "BRIAN YOU COULD DO THE FUNNIEST THING..."
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Can't build a brand with you talking in the background.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Can't build a brand with you talking in the background.
"You will be visited by three spirits"
[The xulgath is Marley announcing the spirits.]
[The xulgath is Marley announcing the spirits.]
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits"
[The xulgath is Marley announcing the spirits.]
[The xulgath is Marley announcing the spirits.]
It's not just about "entertaining a socialist." It's the fact that he can, when he wants, look past differences and show respect to someone he disagrees with. He has the capacity to be a better leader, maybe even a decent one. Every other day he simply chooses not to.
A flurry of social media posts from Maga influencers have laid bare the disorientation felt by members of Trump’s base at the spectacle of Friday’s cordial Oval Office meeting with Mamdani.
Maga world heads left spinning by Trump’s warm welcome for Mamdani
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's not just about "entertaining a socialist." It's the fact that he can, when he wants, look past differences and show respect to someone he disagrees with. He has the capacity to be a better leader, maybe even a decent one. Every other day he simply chooses not to.
Of all the chills I ever got from these books...
Todd Draws The Wheel of Time, Book 11
Knife of Dreams - Epilogue - Remember the Old Saying
#ToddDrawsWoT #TheWheelofTime #WheelOfTime
#WoTSkies #WoTSky #WoTBookSpoilers
Knife of Dreams - Epilogue - Remember the Old Saying
#ToddDrawsWoT #TheWheelofTime #WheelOfTime
#WoTSkies #WoTSky #WoTBookSpoilers
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Of all the chills I ever got from these books...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
My family would always gather at my grandparents' house on the lake and enjoy time on their speedboat between meals.
At one dinner my uncle looked deadpan at his son and said "I have gas." My cousin flipped out and dropped his plate, making a big scene. Uncle continued, "on my hand."
At one dinner my uncle looked deadpan at his son and said "I have gas." My cousin flipped out and dropped his plate, making a big scene. Uncle continued, "on my hand."
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
My family would always gather at my grandparents' house on the lake and enjoy time on their speedboat between meals.
At one dinner my uncle looked deadpan at his son and said "I have gas." My cousin flipped out and dropped his plate, making a big scene. Uncle continued, "on my hand."
At one dinner my uncle looked deadpan at his son and said "I have gas." My cousin flipped out and dropped his plate, making a big scene. Uncle continued, "on my hand."
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I cackled like hell at this
![R. H. Bing (October 20, 1914 – April 28, 1986)[1] was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the areas of geometric topology and continuum theory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreid62wy3dekb2kzbisjfdlimlb35j4rlgew5iof7vi32byfszmg26a@jpeg)
![Bing's father was named Rupert Henry, but Bing's mother thought that "Rupert Henry" was too British for Texas. Thus she compromised by abbreviating it to R. H.[5] Consequently, R. H. does not stand for a first or middle name.
When Bing was applying for a visa, he was requested not to use initials. He explained that his name was really "R-only H-only Bing", and ended up receiving a visa made out to "Ronly Honly Bing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreigmfj53q4uy33spga2bxdkllqm3ag5sffovg5g7ddmu3vqzkb6k24@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I cackled like hell at this
Any discounts offered to military personnel should also apply to teachers full stop.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Any discounts offered to military personnel should also apply to teachers full stop.
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At this point, Protector Tree is practically the sixth member of our party
#Pathfinder #PF2E #GameNightQuotes
2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?...
#Pathfinder #PF2E #GameNightQuotes
2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?...
Protector Tree - Spells - Archives of Nethys: Pathfinder 2nd Edition Database
A Medium tree suddenly grows in an unoccupied square within range. The tree has AC 10 and 10 Hit Points. Whenever an ally adjacent to the tree is hit by a Strike, the tree interposes its branches and ...
2e.aonprd.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
At this point, Protector Tree is practically the sixth member of our party
#Pathfinder #PF2E #GameNightQuotes
2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?...
#Pathfinder #PF2E #GameNightQuotes
2e.aonprd.com/Spells.aspx?...
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Do any of you lovely folks work at FB or meta?
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Do any of you lovely folks work at FB or meta?