Brian
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Dad, tinker, Mazda and VW owner. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard afficanido. I also have a dog. Sometimes I make sawdust and furniture shows up.
Y'all need to be nicer to the movie theater workers. One saw my 13 year old throw his trash away and the dude thanked him. A full grown man thanked a kid for doing the bare minimum. We need to do better as a people.
May 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Y'all need to be nicer to the movie theater workers. One saw my 13 year old throw his trash away and the dude thanked him. A full grown man thanked a kid for doing the bare minimum. We need to do better as a people.
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EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
How you know you're getting old. You actually get a good night's sleep only to wake up to what feels like a pull in your shoulder. I slept so good I hurt my arm!
April 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
How you know you're getting old. You actually get a good night's sleep only to wake up to what feels like a pull in your shoulder. I slept so good I hurt my arm!
Album of the day: 1001albumsgenerator.com/albums/5pbjL...
Album Of The Day
MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana
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April 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Album of the day: 1001albumsgenerator.com/albums/5pbjL...
Anyone else having a small existential crisis over the future of the US economy?
April 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Anyone else having a small existential crisis over the future of the US economy?
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Here's some philosophy to brighten up my feed, and make you question whether following me on bluesky was really worth it...
#philosophysky
#philosophysky
Algorithms are breaking how we think
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March 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Here's some philosophy to brighten up my feed, and make you question whether following me on bluesky was really worth it...
#philosophysky
#philosophysky
I honestly wonder how kittens have this much energy. She's been running around for two hours now. She has to crash here soon. As I type this she tried to climb the wall. #cats
February 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I honestly wonder how kittens have this much energy. She's been running around for two hours now. She has to crash here soon. As I type this she tried to climb the wall. #cats
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Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services
Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
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February 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
Gotta love work somedays. Plan on doing documentation, end up doing inventory and planning.
Needed to get done but I wasn't planning on it today.
#work
Needed to get done but I wasn't planning on it today.
#work
February 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Gotta love work somedays. Plan on doing documentation, end up doing inventory and planning.
Needed to get done but I wasn't planning on it today.
#work
Needed to get done but I wasn't planning on it today.
#work
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NEW: President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe.
ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.
ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
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February 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NEW: President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe.
ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.
ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.
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A whole bunch of people who were totally cool with posting the addresses of NIH/CDC employees during COVID are now absolutely apoplectic that people would publish the mere names of people forcing their way into government agencies and accessing sensitive data.
Weird, huh?
Weird, huh?
February 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A whole bunch of people who were totally cool with posting the addresses of NIH/CDC employees during COVID are now absolutely apoplectic that people would publish the mere names of people forcing their way into government agencies and accessing sensitive data.
Weird, huh?
Weird, huh?
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The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...
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February 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
Every morning I wake up and read the news. It's a lot like getting kicked in the balls at this point.
Who needs coffee, I have fascists gaining more power.
Who needs coffee, I have fascists gaining more power.
February 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Every morning I wake up and read the news. It's a lot like getting kicked in the balls at this point.
Who needs coffee, I have fascists gaining more power.
Who needs coffee, I have fascists gaining more power.
Anyone else just worn out? Its halfway through January, I shouldn't be this tired.
Not looking forward to next week.
Not looking forward to next week.
January 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Anyone else just worn out? Its halfway through January, I shouldn't be this tired.
Not looking forward to next week.
Not looking forward to next week.
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Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100, was transported to the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in state for a day and a half in the Rotunda. After a formal state funeral on Thursday, he will be buried in his hometown, Plains, Georgia, beside his wife, Rosalynn. nyti.ms/3BXiU6O
January 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100, was transported to the U.S. Capitol, where he will lie in state for a day and a half in the Rotunda. After a formal state funeral on Thursday, he will be buried in his hometown, Plains, Georgia, beside his wife, Rosalynn. nyti.ms/3BXiU6O
I think adults should get a snowday too. Just shutdown the building and hang a sign on the door saying it's a snowday.
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I think adults should get a snowday too. Just shutdown the building and hang a sign on the door saying it's a snowday.
My in-laws invited me over to help decorate #Christmas cookies. My reindeer got shot.
December 23, 2024 at 3:50 PM
My in-laws invited me over to help decorate #Christmas cookies. My reindeer got shot.
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My 11 year old daughter has jokes. Too soon baby girl, too soon. 😂
December 22, 2024 at 12:07 PM
My 11 year old daughter has jokes. Too soon baby girl, too soon. 😂
Took the family to see Sonic 3. We all enjoyed it and my son spent the ride home explaining in detail, Sonic lore. Also EVERY kid in the theater gasped at the post credit scene. #sonicthehedgehog
December 22, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Took the family to see Sonic 3. We all enjoyed it and my son spent the ride home explaining in detail, Sonic lore. Also EVERY kid in the theater gasped at the post credit scene. #sonicthehedgehog
The Year Without Santa Claus doesn't hold up. Mrs. Claus should have left Santa in the bed and given out gifts herself.
Heatmizer is the only reason to watch it.
#Christmas
Heatmizer is the only reason to watch it.
#Christmas
December 20, 2024 at 12:25 AM
The Year Without Santa Claus doesn't hold up. Mrs. Claus should have left Santa in the bed and given out gifts herself.
Heatmizer is the only reason to watch it.
#Christmas
Heatmizer is the only reason to watch it.
#Christmas