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Brian

Brian

@beerandrockets.bsky.social

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CS teacher, model rocketeer, zymurgist, photographer, ukulele player, podcaster, TTRPG game designer, wargamer, husband, father. He/Him.

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Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 6h

Day 52 - no hobby. Parent-Teacher conferences at school, then the last United game of the season. They capped it off with a 2-1 win!

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 21h

Oh wow - those are spaceship designs from the old Iron Crown Enterprises game Silent Death! Love seeing those again - I played that game a ton about 30 years ago.

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 23h

Oh no. No no no no no no no.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

Text screenshot that says: A recent survey by Match and researchers at the Kinsey Institute found that 26 percent of U.S. singles said they use AI to enhance dating—a 333 percent jump from the year before. A 2025 study from Norton supports this: six in 10 people who use dating apps believe they’ve encountered at least one conversation written by AI. And Time reported that the Rizz app drew roughly 1.5 million monthly active users last year.

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 1d

Not a jury of my peers. This sucks on every level I can think of. Kill it with fire.

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 1d

Day 51 - got the undercoat for the flesh done on two models. #warhammer #40k #nerdlings

2 foetid bloat drones and a bunch of fans in a cardboard box. The flesh bags and other bits of flesh have been done in a pale peach color.

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 1d

Ice Custodes!

A collection of Custodes models, including a blade champion, some terminators, and some guard on a white background. The models are painted in blue and black, and the bases are ice with snow covering them.

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 1d

No thanks. This is my Scrooge:

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, just caught a student wearing these in my classroom on Monday. I went thermonuclear - not on him at the moment, but I emailed all his teachers and the principal and parent; he almost got away with wearing them during the PSAT.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 2d

New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...

A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light

Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...

www.404media.co

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Sarah @schtimpy27.bsky.social · 2d

It’s my favorite photo time of the year!

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d

Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures

Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures

From a red-throated loon touching down on water, to good and bad hair days, and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 2d

Like someone else said, you have to hand it to Trump; he managed to do what even the Flight 93 hijackers couldn't.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 2d

Days 49 + 50 - finished the green plating on the rest of the bloat drones. Flesh is next. #warhammer #40k #nerdlings

A cardboard box with five foetid bloat drones and other pieces in it. All the metal and green armor is done on all of them now.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

Bonus primary points to which ever Democrat promises to demolish whatever fucking monstrosity ballroom Trump builds

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Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 3d

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Cait 🐸 @caitesq.bsky.social · 3d

Remember that if it’s an option for you, give your food bank money rather than food—food banks can buy in bulk and make a dollar go further than individuals can.

(But they will also happily take your donations, and many will take surplus from your garden or game meat from hunting.)

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November.

It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 3d

Oh hell yeah, that’s worth a follow!

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 3d

Just the least classy asshole ever. Paging Dr. Freud.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, millennial man here, never had a Nazi phase, and neither did my friends. This ain’t it.

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 4d

i actually don’t think the “average” american millennial man had a nazi phase. it’s not some boys will be boys shit. this makes me side eye you and your friend group, sounds like a personal problem

The average American millennial man has been a neocon, a pacifist, a liberal, a libertarian, a communist, a nazi, and I believe now most of us are back around to liberal again. This isn't a defense of platner it's just weird how normal this shit is for guys that age.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

Monday's photo from the Washington Post

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 4d

Just lost two students who really liked my classes because family had to do an emergency move in the middle of the year for work reasons. Sucks. I really feel for the kids. Life is chaotic and disappointing sometimes.

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 4d

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 4d

Day 48 - did the green armor on about 1.2 of the bloat drones. Starting to look like a painted model. After green is flesh, then details, then basing + varnish. New goal is to have these entirely done by Halloween. That’s cutting it pretty close, but I think I can make it. #warhammer #40k #nerdlings

Foetid bloat drone held in a white hand against a beige wall. The metal is all done, and now the armor and other plating is done in green.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here."
Anna Bower
Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM
Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about
the Letitia James grand jury.

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 5d

Something I haven’t thought about before - I wonder if the AWS outage right now has anything to do with the amount of compute being pulled by GenAI?

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 5d

Exclusive: Anthropic spent $2.66 billion on Amazon Web Services in the first three quarters of 2025, around 100% of their estimated revenue. Its costs appear to increase with their revenue, showing little path to profitability.
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/

This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services

So, I originally planned for this to be on my premium newsletter, but decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked it, please consider subscribing to su...

www.wheresyoured.at

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 5d

Woah - thermo-reactive paint? Like mood rings?

Brian @beerandrockets.bsky.social · 5d

This! I love the whole process of creating things! Whether it’s creating and debugging a program or building and painting minis, there’s joy in the process. I’ve been thinking about this The Oatmeal cartoon a lot recently: theoatmeal.com/comics/unhappy