Brandy
@brandyheinrich.bsky.social
Rustbelt born, Florida raised. Manic Pixie Nightmare Cryptid. I paint unicorns and hoard cats.
My winter break started early, and I’m off for the next two weeks. But before logging off & shutting down I applied to two jobs. We got some unexpected snow so I put up some more tacky decorations, made a batch of muffins, and started thinking about what I want to focus on in the upcoming year.
December 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My winter break started early, and I’m off for the next two weeks. But before logging off & shutting down I applied to two jobs. We got some unexpected snow so I put up some more tacky decorations, made a batch of muffins, and started thinking about what I want to focus on in the upcoming year.
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Just writing up my to do list today
December 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just writing up my to do list today
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Brown has over 1,200 cameras and it wasn’t enough because cameras are a security blanket we’ve all been sold. They don’t prevent crimes and they barely solve crimes but in the meantime surveillance companies got rich and no one had to address the societal root causes of crime and violence.
Brown University has over 1,200 surveillance cameras. Why that wasn’t enough to capture video of the shooting suspect | CNN
CNN spoke to several security experts to better understand the growth of Brown’s surveillance system, why its cameras failed to capture the attack or suspect, and the concerns about privacy and academ...
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Brown has over 1,200 cameras and it wasn’t enough because cameras are a security blanket we’ve all been sold. They don’t prevent crimes and they barely solve crimes but in the meantime surveillance companies got rich and no one had to address the societal root causes of crime and violence.
A decent enough number of people CAN be. Have been. Are expecting to be. I have family members who were *excited* about the promised “DOGE” payments. Which, surprise! Never materialized. Neither did the new mom payouts. It’s probably 50/50 these military bonuses will either.
Only a person easily bribed would think that everyone else is easily bribed. $1776 to the soldiers. $1500 to you, to cover a lifetime of medical expenses. $2000 tariff refund.
A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
A man with billions of dollars thinks you can be bought for 2 grand.
December 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A decent enough number of people CAN be. Have been. Are expecting to be. I have family members who were *excited* about the promised “DOGE” payments. Which, surprise! Never materialized. Neither did the new mom payouts. It’s probably 50/50 these military bonuses will either.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
Dan probably doesn’t read, so…
But it’ll be funny if he shares a name with a character who perishes in a really gruesome and kind of hilarious fashion in Stephen King’s next novel. 🙃
But it’ll be funny if he shares a name with a character who perishes in a really gruesome and kind of hilarious fashion in Stephen King’s next novel. 🙃
Reminder that Dan Bongino doesn’t know who Stephen King is
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Dan probably doesn’t read, so…
But it’ll be funny if he shares a name with a character who perishes in a really gruesome and kind of hilarious fashion in Stephen King’s next novel. 🙃
But it’ll be funny if he shares a name with a character who perishes in a really gruesome and kind of hilarious fashion in Stephen King’s next novel. 🙃
The role of the underlings in the current administration is inflating him & placating his whims and at the same time insulating him into a self-perception bubble. Because they are all eyeing the further consolidation of power & how they can use it themselves when he’s no longer their useful idiot.
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The role of the underlings in the current administration is inflating him & placating his whims and at the same time insulating him into a self-perception bubble. Because they are all eyeing the further consolidation of power & how they can use it themselves when he’s no longer their useful idiot.
Instead of subjecting myself to what apparently was an unhinged diatribe, I read about how coyotes are the quintessential American species. And then I went outside and stared at the night sky for a little bit.
December 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Instead of subjecting myself to what apparently was an unhinged diatribe, I read about how coyotes are the quintessential American species. And then I went outside and stared at the night sky for a little bit.
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Become ungovernable
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Become ungovernable
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A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and the Marine Megafauna Foundation finds that young Caribbean manta rays often swim with groups of other fish, creating small, moving ecosystems that support a variety of marine species.
Manta rays create mobile ecosystems, study finds
A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and the Marine Megafauna Foundation finds that young Caribbean manta rays (Mobula yarae) often swim...
phys.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and the Marine Megafauna Foundation finds that young Caribbean manta rays often swim with groups of other fish, creating small, moving ecosystems that support a variety of marine species.
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It was never about "free speech", it was always about controlling who got to speak and about what. They didn't like that the academy (for all it's failings) was teaching critical thinking or holding up a mirror to evaluate history through a critical lens.
“At Texas A&M, internal emails show staff are using AI software to search syllabi and course descriptions for words that could raise concerns under new system policies restricting how faculty teach about race and gender.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
Texas universities deploy AI for course audits
Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It was never about "free speech", it was always about controlling who got to speak and about what. They didn't like that the academy (for all it's failings) was teaching critical thinking or holding up a mirror to evaluate history through a critical lens.
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I keep seeing the data centre boom being presented as a sort of 'training gym' for infrastructure build-out, as if it's a tide that lifts all boats (particularly for renewables, transmissions etc).
The reality: it's a black hole whose gravity well is sucking resources from socially-useful stuff
The reality: it's a black hole whose gravity well is sucking resources from socially-useful stuff
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I keep seeing the data centre boom being presented as a sort of 'training gym' for infrastructure build-out, as if it's a tide that lifts all boats (particularly for renewables, transmissions etc).
The reality: it's a black hole whose gravity well is sucking resources from socially-useful stuff
The reality: it's a black hole whose gravity well is sucking resources from socially-useful stuff
I’m so exhausted by the proliferation of AI garbage.
I do a lot of unfollowing and blocking on various platforms to try to minimize being inundated by that trash and I hate having to put so much effort into controlling the flood. But it’s either that or give up entirely.
I do a lot of unfollowing and blocking on various platforms to try to minimize being inundated by that trash and I hate having to put so much effort into controlling the flood. But it’s either that or give up entirely.
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I’m so exhausted by the proliferation of AI garbage.
I do a lot of unfollowing and blocking on various platforms to try to minimize being inundated by that trash and I hate having to put so much effort into controlling the flood. But it’s either that or give up entirely.
I do a lot of unfollowing and blocking on various platforms to try to minimize being inundated by that trash and I hate having to put so much effort into controlling the flood. But it’s either that or give up entirely.
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I will never forgive the tech bros for ruining cute animal videos.
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I will never forgive the tech bros for ruining cute animal videos.
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“Show us your papers.”
Bite me.
I have a Real ID, that I had to provide documentation proving my identity, and pay an additional fee to procure. I’m not carrying my passport in my own goddamn fucking country.
Bite me.
I have a Real ID, that I had to provide documentation proving my identity, and pay an additional fee to procure. I’m not carrying my passport in my own goddamn fucking country.
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
“Show us your papers.”
Bite me.
I have a Real ID, that I had to provide documentation proving my identity, and pay an additional fee to procure. I’m not carrying my passport in my own goddamn fucking country.
Bite me.
I have a Real ID, that I had to provide documentation proving my identity, and pay an additional fee to procure. I’m not carrying my passport in my own goddamn fucking country.
They won’t stop at just those with deportation orders…
Breaking News: The Trump administration is sharing all air travelers’ names with ICE officials to find people with deportation orders.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
The Transportation Security Administration is providing passenger lists to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to identify and detain travelers subject to deportation orders.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
They won’t stop at just those with deportation orders…
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I think people should be pretty angry that a handful of men unilaterally decided culture, art and civilization should be fed into a woodchipper so they could attract VC funding.
December 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I think people should be pretty angry that a handful of men unilaterally decided culture, art and civilization should be fed into a woodchipper so they could attract VC funding.
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Senate Republicans blocked Democratic legislation that would have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people
Republicans Block Bill That Would Extend Affordable Care Act Tax Credits
Democrats, meanwhile, blocked a competing GOP bill on Thursday that would have bolstered health savings accounts instead.
www.huffpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Senate Republicans blocked Democratic legislation that would have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people
Someone who gets fully subsidized healthcare and has zero awareness of the actual costs - and will not feel the impacts of this in any way.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Someone who gets fully subsidized healthcare and has zero awareness of the actual costs - and will not feel the impacts of this in any way.
GIRL shut the fuck up.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
GIRL shut the fuck up.
I hate playing this game of “Black Mirror episode plot or actual horrific dystopian technocracy product.”
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I hate playing this game of “Black Mirror episode plot or actual horrific dystopian technocracy product.”
OF COURSE one of the first comments is about how what’s branded as American cheese isn’t “real” cheese.
Except it is literally cheddar cheese with sodium citrate added for meltability. That is why it’s labeled as a “processed cheese food” because there’s an additive in the process of manufacture. 🧀
Except it is literally cheddar cheese with sodium citrate added for meltability. That is why it’s labeled as a “processed cheese food” because there’s an additive in the process of manufacture. 🧀
If you're gonna spam a thread arguing about what's "real" cheese...
...you're not just unhinged.
Hinge was never an option.
...you're not just unhinged.
Hinge was never an option.
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
OF COURSE one of the first comments is about how what’s branded as American cheese isn’t “real” cheese.
Except it is literally cheddar cheese with sodium citrate added for meltability. That is why it’s labeled as a “processed cheese food” because there’s an additive in the process of manufacture. 🧀
Except it is literally cheddar cheese with sodium citrate added for meltability. That is why it’s labeled as a “processed cheese food” because there’s an additive in the process of manufacture. 🧀
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Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
This is…idiotic. Imbecilic. Jesus fuck, we’re really going to advocate outsourcing parenting to the slop machine and laugh about it. Just call your mom, Sam! Or is she not speaking to you because you’re a weird loser who needs the robots to tell you how to change your own baby’s diaper?
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is…idiotic. Imbecilic. Jesus fuck, we’re really going to advocate outsourcing parenting to the slop machine and laugh about it. Just call your mom, Sam! Or is she not speaking to you because you’re a weird loser who needs the robots to tell you how to change your own baby’s diaper?