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Brandon Hardin

@hardin.bsky.social

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Terminally online journalist (sorry). Formerly BuzzFeed News, Facebook, Check My Ads, other places. @hardin on Twitter, Threads. Delight in the life that comes unbidden. (He/They)

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · Apr 30

concluded a cover letter with this today

Text that reads "Hire me and you’ll have the chance to do what BuzzFeed News, Facebook, and Bloomberg News have all done before you: Lay me off."

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 4h

don lemon here to help, call that lemon aid

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 14h

I’m taking a stand: there are too many types of Lego pieces now.

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile I am getting ads from big companies underneath simulated bestiality on Reels. Everything is great!

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

my current best guess is that these were some sort of inventory tag for construction, since it looks like the bridge was worked on somewhat recently. I've never seen fish tags like that.

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

ahhhh that was 20 minutes well spent

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

weird! my first guess was some kinda crab trap tag but I really have no idea

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antifa’s sleepiest soldier @emilydwarfield.bsky.social · 1d

Omg someone did it

“You either die a brassica or you live long enough to see yourself become a crab”, with an image of a cabbage crab

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

almost choked on a peanut

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 1d

i love science & i love that brassica is clearly some variety of eldritch entity that manifests as a bitter plant, native to the liminal plateaus on the thresholds of reality.

as humans, we are for some reason compelled to trick each other into devouring it.

“Brassica oleracea creating new common names to get 1 month free trials” and it’s a picture of brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, collared greens, kholrobbi, broccoli, cauliflower, etc

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Enron Hubbard @spineflu.bsky.social · 1d

coughing blood into the hankerchief disease.... the silent killer

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ceej @ceej.online · 1d

caught my vampire neighbor creeping through my front door. he claims my saying “for sure dude, we should definitely hang out sometime” the other night counts as an invitation, but I disagree. we’re on hold with the etiquette hotline

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

I think about this weekly

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

was the other side of the tags blank? I have no idea what they are but I'm curious now.

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

me a week ago: crowfoot wrenches look pretty neat but when would I possible need one?

me today as I need a 90-degree wrench to hold something in place: oh

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

love people learning about the shit brassica gets up to

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d

i'm sorry WHAT

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Brassica oleracea, also known as wild cabbage in its uncultivated form, is a plant of the family Brassicaceae. The species originated from feral populations of related plants in the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was most likely first cultivated. It has many common cultivars used as vegetables, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, romanesco, kale, Brussels sprout, collard, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan.

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

Hah it actually IS a known problem apparently!

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

well there’s your problem

A white hose with a split down the side with a brass nut at the end

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · Apr 14

fired from my construction job for constantly calling pouring a foundation "bottom prep"

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

Lord give me the confidence of someone trying to tell @funranium.bsky.social about safely mixing eyes and lasers

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

soft-jaw pliers just successfully decoupled a brass fitting. one more justified!

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

pistol grip needle nosed pliers just saved the day after a non-ferrous nut fell down into the espresso machine. One more tool, justified!

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 4d

In “well that’s nice” updates, bought some FUN PLIERS this week.

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

*cockatoo

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

My wife’s mom had a cockatiel that spent too much time in a pet store with an alarm. Every time you’d enter it would mimic a damn siren for a while.

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

eggplant no, squash I can deal with

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 1d

they always have tasted like dirt to me and I've never been able to jibe with their texture no matter the preparation