Brian Wenhold
@brianwenhold.bsky.social
Professional nerd herder. Full stack software and hardware engineer.
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Still among my favorite science memes lol
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Still among my favorite science memes lol
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Juan Orlando Hernández was selling coke the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Juan Orlando Hernández was selling coke the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Holy wow
2/2
Nebula N159
Full size 10K: flic.kr/p/2rHmEwm
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger/Andrea Luck CC BY 🧪🔭
JWST Space Telescope NIRCAM 2024-11-20
Target:LHA-120-N-159-NIRCam
Proposal: 5114
PI: Elena Sabbi, NOIRLab - Gemini North (HI)
Filters: f115w, f140m, f187n, f210m, f300m, f335m, f460m
Nebula N159
Full size 10K: flic.kr/p/2rHmEwm
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger/Andrea Luck CC BY 🧪🔭
JWST Space Telescope NIRCAM 2024-11-20
Target:LHA-120-N-159-NIRCam
Proposal: 5114
PI: Elena Sabbi, NOIRLab - Gemini North (HI)
Filters: f115w, f140m, f187n, f210m, f300m, f335m, f460m
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Holy wow
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It is a shame that Brazil’s judges are so activist that none of them stepped in to change the laws for Jair Bolsonaro.
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It is a shame that Brazil’s judges are so activist that none of them stepped in to change the laws for Jair Bolsonaro.
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
by John Roberts (joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Kavanaugh)
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November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Google Chrome bug exploited as an 0-day - patch now or risk full system compromise
Google Chrome bug exploited as an 0-day - patch now or risk full system compromise
Seventh Chrome 0-day this year
Google pushed an emergency patch on Monday for a high-severity Chrome bug that attackers have already found and exploited in the wild.…
dlvr.it
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Google Chrome bug exploited as an 0-day - patch now or risk full system compromise
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Valve just built the Xbox that Microsoft is dreaming of. In my Notepad newsletter this week I cover the Steam Machine and Microsoft's future Xbox, as well as some changes to the Windows Insider program. Live for subscribers now 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/819844/...
Valve just built the Xbox that Microsoft is dreaming of
It’s Steam Machine vs. Xbox
www.theverge.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Valve just built the Xbox that Microsoft is dreaming of. In my Notepad newsletter this week I cover the Steam Machine and Microsoft's future Xbox, as well as some changes to the Windows Insider program. Live for subscribers now 👇 www.theverge.com/tech/819844/...
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“In a rare show of unity on the oft-divided dais, Allentown City Council members appear poised to raise the city’s deed transfer tax by 0.5%, which leaders say will generate millions in additional revenue to be funneled into affordable housing… The measure now goes to the full Council”
Allentown wants to launch an affordable housing initiative. Here’s how City Council plans to pay for it
Allentown City Council appears poised to raise its deed transfer tax by 0.5%, and will use the additional revenue to create an affordable housing fund.
www.mcall.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“In a rare show of unity on the oft-divided dais, Allentown City Council members appear poised to raise the city’s deed transfer tax by 0.5%, which leaders say will generate millions in additional revenue to be funneled into affordable housing… The measure now goes to the full Council”
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What if ALL the sun's power was focused in one place?
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/qu8nx1qUwEU
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/qu8nx1qUwEU
What if ALL the sun’s power was focused in one place?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
What if ALL the sun's power was focused in one place?
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/qu8nx1qUwEU
What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/qu8nx1qUwEU
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OMG System.CommandLine 2.0.0 stable is finally out!
www.nuget.org/packages/Sys...
www.nuget.org/packages/Sys...
System.CommandLine 2.0.0
Support for parsing command lines, supporting both POSIX and Windows conventions and shell-agnostic command line completions.
www.nuget.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
OMG System.CommandLine 2.0.0 stable is finally out!
www.nuget.org/packages/Sys...
www.nuget.org/packages/Sys...
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The US government is aiming to ease the pressure on air traffic controllers suffering shutdown-related woes by curtailing flights. But airlines have experience with this kind of sudden disruption. www.wired.com/story/faa-pl...
FAA’s Plan to Cut Flights Might Not Be an Utter Nightmare
The US government is aiming to ease the pressure on air traffic controllers suffering shutdown-related woes by curtailing flights. But airlines have experience with this kind of sudden disruption.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The US government is aiming to ease the pressure on air traffic controllers suffering shutdown-related woes by curtailing flights. But airlines have experience with this kind of sudden disruption. www.wired.com/story/faa-pl...
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Lettuce pray for him
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Lettuce pray for him
Pour one out for Melvil Dewey.
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Pour one out for Melvil Dewey.
The mind is a terrible thing to taste.
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The mind is a terrible thing to taste.
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ruff life she has. 🐕
October 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Ruff life she has. 🐕
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drake has access to the Loser Hadron Collider and is discovering forms of losing previously unknown to humankind
NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
drake has access to the Loser Hadron Collider and is discovering forms of losing previously unknown to humankind
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A story of hope.
op: globalmindapparel via IG
op: globalmindapparel via IG
September 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A story of hope.
op: globalmindapparel via IG
op: globalmindapparel via IG
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The real awe is that Apple didn’t talk about it at their launch event:
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
Blog - Memory Integrity Enforcement: A complete vision for memory safety in Apple devices - Apple Security Research
Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) is the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort spanning half a decade that combines the unique strengths of Apple silicon hardware with our adv...
security.apple.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The real awe is that Apple didn’t talk about it at their launch event:
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
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We all knew RFK from the start
Was a whack job, and not very smart.
It was more than a guess
He’d destroy HHS—
But how quickly he’s ripped it apart!
apnews.com/article/rfk-...
Was a whack job, and not very smart.
It was more than a guess
He’d destroy HHS—
But how quickly he’s ripped it apart!
apnews.com/article/rfk-...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggles to answer questions on Medicare and Medicaid at confirmation hearing
If approved, Kennedy will control a $1.7 trillion agency that oversees food and hospital inspections, hundreds of health clinics, vaccine recommendations and health insurance for roughly half the coun...
apnews.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We all knew RFK from the start
Was a whack job, and not very smart.
It was more than a guess
He’d destroy HHS—
But how quickly he’s ripped it apart!
apnews.com/article/rfk-...
Was a whack job, and not very smart.
It was more than a guess
He’d destroy HHS—
But how quickly he’s ripped it apart!
apnews.com/article/rfk-...
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This is such a wholesome episode of @scott.hanselman.com’s podcast about the development of Hank Green’s Focus Friend app.
Really gets me thinking about how to use my skills and experiences to do something cool and what making my own luck might look like.
pca.st/episode/0736...
Really gets me thinking about how to use my skills and experiences to do something cool and what making my own luck might look like.
pca.st/episode/0736...
Focus Friend by Hank Green is #1 in the App Store with Bria Sullivan
pca.st
August 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is such a wholesome episode of @scott.hanselman.com’s podcast about the development of Hank Green’s Focus Friend app.
Really gets me thinking about how to use my skills and experiences to do something cool and what making my own luck might look like.
pca.st/episode/0736...
Really gets me thinking about how to use my skills and experiences to do something cool and what making my own luck might look like.
pca.st/episode/0736...
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Gee something's really similar about all those mayors in that photo collage...
Is NPR trying to tell us something without having to say it out loud?
Is NPR trying to tell us something without having to say it out loud?
When Trump announced his law enforcement actions in D.C., he also singled out a slew of other Democratic cities. The mayors of Baltimore, LA, Oakland, Chicago and New York say crime is down.
Mayors of Democratic cities respond to Trump's threats they could be next after D.C.
When Trump announced his law enforcement actions in D.C., he also singled out a slew of other Democratic cities. The mayors of Baltimore, LA, Oakland, Chicago and New York say crime is down.
n.pr
August 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Gee something's really similar about all those mayors in that photo collage...
Is NPR trying to tell us something without having to say it out loud?
Is NPR trying to tell us something without having to say it out loud?
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If you know me at all - here, elsewhere, or irl - you know how important I believe it is to understand history. That it’s being perverted in this way and for this reason is obscene.
Think about this for a second. It’s grotesque and dangerous.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you know me at all - here, elsewhere, or irl - you know how important I believe it is to understand history. That it’s being perverted in this way and for this reason is obscene.
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NEW: A Miami jury has ordered Tesla to pay up to $243 million after finding that the Tesla vehicle had a “defect.” It's the first time Tesla has been found liable in an Autopilot-related crash.
Tesla Found Partly Liable in 2019 Autopilot Death
A Miami jury has ordered the automaker to pay up to $243 million after finding that the Tesla vehicle had a “defect.” It's the first time Tesla has been found liable in an Autopilot-related crash.
www.wired.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
NEW: A Miami jury has ordered Tesla to pay up to $243 million after finding that the Tesla vehicle had a “defect.” It's the first time Tesla has been found liable in an Autopilot-related crash.