Brian Jenike
@brianjenike.bsky.social
Today I decided I like photos that contrast sunlight and shade
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"Billions of people experienced measurable improvements in health, safety, and material conditions in 2025. That progress didn’t make the news. But it happened anyway."
It turns out a better world IS possible.
It turns out a better world IS possible.
January 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
"Billions of people experienced measurable improvements in health, safety, and material conditions in 2025. That progress didn’t make the news. But it happened anyway."
It turns out a better world IS possible.
It turns out a better world IS possible.
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chuck e cheese ass website
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
chuck e cheese ass website
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PUT A POWER BUTTON ON THE TV
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
PUT A POWER BUTTON ON THE TV
I didn't really understand how calendars worked until I was an adult. I knew how the days were laid out, but none of that information told you what day was today! Wasn't that supposed to be the whole point? But now, if I have enough half-remembered clues, then it does help me figure out the day
September 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I didn't really understand how calendars worked until I was an adult. I knew how the days were laid out, but none of that information told you what day was today! Wasn't that supposed to be the whole point? But now, if I have enough half-remembered clues, then it does help me figure out the day
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I try not to be full of myself, but if there was an Olympic gold medal for this meme, I'd be hugging it.
Sure, I'll play.
1 like = 1 SFF opinion.
1 like = 1 SFF opinion.
July 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I try not to be full of myself, but if there was an Olympic gold medal for this meme, I'd be hugging it.
During my shower, there was a spider slipping down the tiles on the wall, and I tried to rescue it. But when I caught it, it just crawled down to the base of my finger and, as far as I can tell, died there before I could bring it to a safer wall. Poor spider.
July 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
During my shower, there was a spider slipping down the tiles on the wall, and I tried to rescue it. But when I caught it, it just crawled down to the base of my finger and, as far as I can tell, died there before I could bring it to a safer wall. Poor spider.
*sneezes out a bunch of snot mid-conversation* Sorry, I need a mucus moment
July 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
*sneezes out a bunch of snot mid-conversation* Sorry, I need a mucus moment
I love seeing someone criticizing a bad take, clicking through to see what they're criticizing, and the bad take in question is just "ℹ️ Blocked". Good job, past me! Good job blocking whoever that was!
May 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I love seeing someone criticizing a bad take, clicking through to see what they're criticizing, and the bad take in question is just "ℹ️ Blocked". Good job, past me! Good job blocking whoever that was!
Favorite genres:
5. Scary thing is friend?? (stealing this phrasing)
4. Old person goes on an adventure
3. Magic is small and normal, actually
2. Someone is crazy powerful but it's not me and not my problem
1. No one gave me a place to belong so I'm deciding to belong where I am
5. Scary thing is friend?? (stealing this phrasing)
4. Old person goes on an adventure
3. Magic is small and normal, actually
2. Someone is crazy powerful but it's not me and not my problem
1. No one gave me a place to belong so I'm deciding to belong where I am
My favorite genres:
5. Scary thing is scary!
4. Scary thing is friend??
3. People are so preoccupied being people they don't notice the Not People Force creeping amongst them
2. Funny weirdos find plot thing! (Oh no!)
1. I would rather be your friend than be anyone else's spouse
5. Scary thing is scary!
4. Scary thing is friend??
3. People are so preoccupied being people they don't notice the Not People Force creeping amongst them
2. Funny weirdos find plot thing! (Oh no!)
1. I would rather be your friend than be anyone else's spouse
favorite genres:
5. alas, magic has faded from this land...unless..?
4. we'll have to assemble some kind of team to pull this off
3. guy who can turn into a bird
2. you are the LAST person in the world i could ever be prevailed upon to marry!! (they will marry)
1. yearning, never articulated
5. alas, magic has faded from this land...unless..?
4. we'll have to assemble some kind of team to pull this off
3. guy who can turn into a bird
2. you are the LAST person in the world i could ever be prevailed upon to marry!! (they will marry)
1. yearning, never articulated
March 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Favorite genres:
5. Scary thing is friend?? (stealing this phrasing)
4. Old person goes on an adventure
3. Magic is small and normal, actually
2. Someone is crazy powerful but it's not me and not my problem
1. No one gave me a place to belong so I'm deciding to belong where I am
5. Scary thing is friend?? (stealing this phrasing)
4. Old person goes on an adventure
3. Magic is small and normal, actually
2. Someone is crazy powerful but it's not me and not my problem
1. No one gave me a place to belong so I'm deciding to belong where I am
ooooooooooooh I am interested
ANNOUNCEMENT: I am writing more books! THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS is follows a grumpy three-headed dragon posing as tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon riding academy. Unfortunately, his new rider is… *a lot*.
From @dawbooks.bsky.social in Spring 2026!
From @dawbooks.bsky.social in Spring 2026!
March 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
ooooooooooooh I am interested
The knives in my kitchen are the big knife, the slender knife, the chopper knife, the paring knife, the serrated knife, and the wiggly knife.
February 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The knives in my kitchen are the big knife, the slender knife, the chopper knife, the paring knife, the serrated knife, and the wiggly knife.
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Unveiling the official U.S. cover for WEARING THE LION! My next book, about the messy relationship between Hera and Heracles.
So glad to finally share this with y'all. I love its striking colors, and the creatures it hints at--each is a huge part of the book. The art is by Adam Auerbach! #BookSky
So glad to finally share this with y'all. I love its striking colors, and the creatures it hints at--each is a huge part of the book. The art is by Adam Auerbach! #BookSky
January 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Unveiling the official U.S. cover for WEARING THE LION! My next book, about the messy relationship between Hera and Heracles.
So glad to finally share this with y'all. I love its striking colors, and the creatures it hints at--each is a huge part of the book. The art is by Adam Auerbach! #BookSky
So glad to finally share this with y'all. I love its striking colors, and the creatures it hints at--each is a huge part of the book. The art is by Adam Auerbach! #BookSky
I hope she finishes the Steerswoman series, but ALSO the poetry project that the Patreon page is devoted to looks really really cool and interesting, especially coming from this particular author! If the Steerswoman books are any indication, Rosemary Kirstein is really good at this kind of story.
December 9, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I hope she finishes the Steerswoman series, but ALSO the poetry project that the Patreon page is devoted to looks really really cool and interesting, especially coming from this particular author! If the Steerswoman books are any indication, Rosemary Kirstein is really good at this kind of story.
This story is one of my favorites!
This one is about super heroes, and specifically non-binary ace super heroes trying to find the happy ending they deserve in a multiverse that wants to erase them. It's super meta and also has some of my favorite bits of genre mash-up going on! (also DOOM)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/so-y...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/so-y...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:55 AM
This story is one of my favorites!
I like the cause-and-effect from No Quote Dunking to The Main Character Is Pleasant! That makes me happy
Meanwhile quoting people who are insightful, have important information, or are genuinely funny is great.
Maybe our Main Character of the Day could be a cool person every once in a while.
Maybe our Main Character of the Day could be a cool person every once in a while.
November 10, 2024 at 6:08 AM
I like the cause-and-effect from No Quote Dunking to The Main Character Is Pleasant! That makes me happy
October 31st being spooky day works well because 31 is like 21's bigger cousin, except it feels spikier, darker, and pricklier because it's not also a multiple of 7.
Having completely baseless and unjustified feelings about certain numbers is fun!
Having completely baseless and unjustified feelings about certain numbers is fun!
October 31, 2024 at 7:46 PM
October 31st being spooky day works well because 31 is like 21's bigger cousin, except it feels spikier, darker, and pricklier because it's not also a multiple of 7.
Having completely baseless and unjustified feelings about certain numbers is fun!
Having completely baseless and unjustified feelings about certain numbers is fun!
Device manufacturer: the orange LED
Me: that's red
Me: the orange LED
Device manufacturer: that's amber
Me: that's red
Me: the orange LED
Device manufacturer: that's amber
September 9, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Device manufacturer: the orange LED
Me: that's red
Me: the orange LED
Device manufacturer: that's amber
Me: that's red
Me: the orange LED
Device manufacturer: that's amber
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Physicist: the cup is made of lasers
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Physicist: the cup is made of lasers
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Writer: If that cup’s on the mantelpiece it had better go off in the third act.
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Writer: If that cup’s on the mantelpiece it had better go off in the third act.
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Archaeologist: we'll need to empty that cup into a separate dirt sample bag before we can excavate the fill outside of it.
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Archaeologist: we'll need to empty that cup into a separate dirt sample bag before we can excavate the fill outside of it.
September 3, 2024 at 4:02 AM
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Physicist: the cup is made of lasers
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Physicist: the cup is made of lasers
I've been living in this apartment for 4 years, and only now discovered that the bathroom door has a lock. You have to push the knob in then twist it, and when I did that by accident I thought I'd broken the knob and trapped myself in the bathroom at first!
April 28, 2024 at 11:17 PM
I've been living in this apartment for 4 years, and only now discovered that the bathroom door has a lock. You have to push the knob in then twist it, and when I did that by accident I thought I'd broken the knob and trapped myself in the bathroom at first!
Sometimes I think about how the new moon is only out during the daytime
January 20, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Sometimes I think about how the new moon is only out during the daytime
If I respond thoughtfully, a survey that actually "takes no more than 10 minutes to complete" should have one question. One (1) single question. That question could be anything, but unless I anticipated and pondered everything they want to know in advance, it's going to take me some time to answer.
October 23, 2023 at 9:05 PM
If I respond thoughtfully, a survey that actually "takes no more than 10 minutes to complete" should have one question. One (1) single question. That question could be anything, but unless I anticipated and pondered everything they want to know in advance, it's going to take me some time to answer.
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would love to abolish the notion that making your audience feel joy is inherently intellectually and artistically inferior to making them feel pain, a cheap and cynical attitude which poisons everything from misogynist disdain for romance to why it’s harder for comedies to win Best Picture
I saw a review of the new season that said it wasn’t good because it was too into fan service and should have taken more risks to upset fans and I was like……you deeply do not understand this show and should not be reviewing it.
October 23, 2023 at 3:35 AM
would love to abolish the notion that making your audience feel joy is inherently intellectually and artistically inferior to making them feel pain, a cheap and cynical attitude which poisons everything from misogynist disdain for romance to why it’s harder for comedies to win Best Picture