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bripod
@bripod.bsky.social
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Software engineer, avid board/video gamer, space & science enthusiast. He/him
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finished painting a couple of the PCs for a rare & coveted in-person d&d game this weekend. the druid is from reaper, I forget which bones Kickstarter he's was from; the harengon is from Broken Anvil Miniatures & 3d printed by me #minipainting #dnd #reaperminis #3dprinting #miniaturepainting
Front view of a painted miniature in front of a black background. The mini is of a dashing rabbit-man with white fur and fancy clothes, his hat tilted rakishly. He is holding a rose in one hand and a rapier in the other Rear view of a painted miniature in front of a black background. The mini is of a dashing rabbit-man in fancy clothes holding a rose in one hand. His lavender cloak has a large embroidered rose in yellowish gold in the center. Front view of a painted miniature in front of a black background. The mini is of a rugged silver-haired man in patched and worn clothes. The man is gesturing with one hand and holding a staff with the other, while a raccoon peers over his shoulder. Front view of a painted miniature in front of a black background. The mini is of a rugged silver-haired man. We are the raccoon clinging to the coach which is a patchwork of different cloth and fur
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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isn't "fast casual" applicable to all pizza generally? not being snarky, genuinely curious as I had never heard of this &pizza thing

unsurprisingly not available near me in Brooklyn 😂
A screenshot of the "find now" search on the &pizza site, showing the zip code 11215 and the error message "Search was not successful for the following reason :ZERO_RESULTS"
September 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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orange moon over Brooklyn tonight
a full smoke-hued moon peeks through clouds just above the roofline of a block of an apartment building
June 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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I guess I shouldn't be surprised that this quiz thinks I'm a socially awkward nerd
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
A head and shoulders crop of the best Q, Desmond Llewelyn, from Tomorrow Never Dies. He is looking out of frame with a puzzled or alarmed expression. He is wearing a red jacket and tie. Leo Fitz from Agents of Shield gazes pensively through a metal screen to the left. Everything is so blue you'd think it was from a Michael Bay movie Amy Antsler from Booksmart. She is leaning against a row of blue lockers and looking off camera to the left. She is wearing a jean jacket with patches and a backpack. Dr. Spencer Reid from Criminal Minds. He is looking at the camera with a thoughtful expression, hand raised to the chin. He's wearing a blue-grey patterned shirt and a dark tie.
May 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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animated gif of a scene from HBO's Rome: A bleeding but defiant Titus Pullo shouts "Thirteen" to the cheers of the crowd
February 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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As a distraction from ... *gestures at everything*

I'm gonna start posting pics of my Legion minis, in roughly the order that I painted them

Starting with the core box Stormtroopers
A squad of seven Star Wars Legion Stormtroopers. The minis are painted in classic Stormtrooper white. The bases are covered in static grass and bits of twigs. Another squad of seven Star Wars Legion Stormtroopers. Being Stormtroopers, they are pretty much identical to the other squad. I tried to distinguish the two squads via the basing - one squad has one twig per base, the other two - but it's not a very effective way to tell them apart
February 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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both lovely! Here's my Great Orion Nebula from my Brooklyn fire escape with my tiny-ass telescope vs. Hubble 🤩
🔭🧪 #astrophotography
A blurry photo of the Great Orion Nebula through a 6" telescope A bright, colorful, and crisp photo of the Great Orion Nebula from the Hubble Space Telescope
January 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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first mini of the year nearly done. it has been really hard finding the motivation to get started after a few weeks of not painting, but I'm pretty happy with the OSL here
A collage of two images of a Luke Skywalker mini, showing the green light from the lightsaber on the figure's right side vs the normal lighting on the left
January 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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I refuse to join Bluesky - I don't want to become part of an El Greco chamber
El Greco's Portrait of an Old Man, an oil on canvas candid portrait from around 1600. The subject is a balding white man with a greying bear.
November 17, 2024 at 3:39 AM
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If you see this, post a dog!
Lopi the shaggy black-and-white schnoodle snoozes in an orange chair with his tongue sticking out
November 11, 2024 at 3:25 AM
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Imperial Shore troopers finished! The bases are meant to look swampy, since white sand beaches don't exactly figure prominently in my Endor theme
A unit of Imperial Shoretroopers miniatures from the Star Wars: Legion game, painted in cream-colored armor with blue, red, and white markings. The bases are covered with rocks, sand, and clumps of foliage.
October 13, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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took down the light box to do some glam shots of minis I've actually finished painting lately

this is the most work my art degree has seen in years
close-up photo of a 1" tall miniature figure of a fantasy dwarf against a black background. She is wearing gold and green armor and wielding an axe and shield. The mini sits on a 1" round base which is modeled to look a grassy surface. close-up photo of a different 1" tall miniature figure of a fantasy dwarf against a black background. She is wearing a blue cloak and brown armor with yellow trim, and brandishing a short sword. The base is covered with fake grass and leaves. close-up photo of an approximately 2" tall miniature figure of a succubus. She is nude save for a red thong and is holding a glowing-hot greatsword behind her. The base is modeled to look like a cave or rough stone floor. close-up photo of an approximately 2" tall miniature figure of a succubus. Same figure from previous photo shown from the back to highlight my first real attempt at object source lighting: the glow from the blade casts yellowish light onto the figure
September 23, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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same, but in portrait!
screenshot of the results of the https://ismy.blue/ blue/green test that everyone is doing, showing a curved line plot against a blue-green gradient field. The caption reads "Your boundary is at hue 174, just like the population median. You're a true neutral."
September 3, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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Lopi watching Olympic coverage
Photo of a Brooklyn living room. A small, shaggy b&w schnoodle lies belly-up in an armchair, watching Olympic coverage on TV
July 27, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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this is for me what bad kerning is like for graphic designers*

*that also bugs me, to be clear, but I'm terrible at graphic design despite an art degree
A drop-down list of US States from an online form: Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming
June 20, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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why
A drop-down list of US States from an online form: Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania
June 20, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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what
A drop-down list of US States from an online form: Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts
June 20, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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kids can't have libraries seven days a week because cops throw a tantrum if they don't get toys like this
A photo of police using an "Emergency Service Unit" - a kind of armored-up swat van with an extendable ramp/ladder - to break into Hamilton Hall
May 1, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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First eclipse photography attempt successful, I'd say
Image of the April 8th eclipse during totality, with the corona and several prominences visible
April 11, 2024 at 2:23 AM
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I will never get tired of coming home to the best city in the world
view from an airplane window of Brooklyn and Queens stretching to the distant skyline of Manhattan, rising above some low fog. The sky is cloudy and tinted orange with the imminent sunset
April 10, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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I really hate this exceptionalism that's just casually granted to apple by seemingly every tech writer ever. I think you have to have a very narrow perspective to honestly think that *very few* companies other than apple are capable of *thinking* and *having intentions* at the same time...
A screenshot of text from a review of the Apple Vision Pro: "That's good! There are a lot of ideas in the Vision Pro, and they're all executed with the kind of thoughtful intention that few other companies can ever deliver at all, let alone on the first iteration. But the"
January 31, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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I grew up on these streets
A screenshot from the 1985 video game Paperboy shows a bicycle-riding paper carrier riding along a sidewalk, rendered in an isometric perspective in all its 16-bit glory
January 10, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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Fantastic! I'm painting Stormtroopers for Star Wars: Legion at the moment, but eventually I'll get back to my D&D roots. I've got buckets of unpainted minis waiting, these are among the most recently painted
A painted plastic miniature ogre looks grumpy A painted plastic miniature succubus looks seductive
November 4, 2023 at 1:26 PM
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I am enjoying - sort of - the generative AI snippets that I've allowed google to put at the top of search results page. I got this warning at the end of a list of (potentially true!) facts about the Isle of Man, none of which seemed related to finance in any way:
A screenshot of several images of maps/satellite images indicating the location of the Isle of Man, as well as a caption that reads: "This is not professional financial advice. Consulting a financial advisor about your particular circumstances is best."
September 26, 2023 at 1:22 PM
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if you stare into the abyss, the abyss will drool on you
A very shaggy black and white dog looks at the camera with his tongue out while sitting on a park bench. His eyes are lost in his shaggy fur.
June 29, 2023 at 8:57 PM