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bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 21h

There’s still a couple weeks left, but it’s going to be an uphill battle to top this

Adams Morgan, Washington, DC
October 17, 2025

A house with some typical Halloween decorations (pumpkins, spiderwebs) but also a large French’s Mustard banner and a lawn sign of Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull) from Clue (1985)

A lawn sign depicting Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull) from Clue (1985)

Yellow box with a bowl labeled “Take a mustard, leave a mustard” containing mustard packets

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largest rodent @capybaroness.bsky.social · 3d

how the broke friend looks at your fries

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Dan Malouff @beyonddc.bsky.social · 3d

Just listened to some car lobby dude say transit is a "22nd century solution" bc it takes a long time to build, which is an interesting shift from the usual tactic of calling it a 19th Century solution because it was invented before cars.

a woman in a kitchen with a box of spaghetti on the table

Alt: a woman in a kitchen throws spaghetti against a wall

media.tenor.com

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Massiveface @massiveface.bsky.social · 4d

I enjoyed talking to myself in a Bob Ross voice while painting the clouds, I think he would approve.

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bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 2d

“I have not been able to find any evidence that these devices are in use. That said, with the magic of international e-commerce, there can sometimes be an extremely rapid tipping point. ‘The attack is possible but not practical’ is usually sort of a gamble with the future.”

wireless burglary

computer.rip

bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 3d

Yeah it’s wild that this feature still doesn’t exist. To get around it, for accounts where I only want to see original posts (and not reposts), I unfollow and then put them on a list that I separately look at sometimes, which works because lists don’t display reposts. It’s clunky but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · Sep 28

>> I have to admit, I never imagined myself falling for a much older man. But being with a Kennedy is every woman’s dream. From starlets to… journalists ;)

>> ya. I have access to every kind of meat btw. even the “main” one your not supposed to have

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correcting typo and derailing riff @stefanheck.bsky.social · 4d

I would honestly rather read a handwritten note from my parents in which they say they regret ever adopting me

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 4d

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Obvious Plant @obviousplant.bsky.social · 4d

This could be us…

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Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social · 5d

Won’t be long now until our use of gas peaker plants is only required on rare occasions.

landartgenerator.org/blagi/archiv...

The clean energy transition in three charts
On the left is the way California supplied power in 2022. By 2024 (middle chart) we can start to see the impact of more solar and battery storage on the grid. Carry this trend forward to see the future of electricity. Data from www.caiso.com.
https://landartgenerator.org/blagi/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Electricity-Supply-01.jpg

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

me after attending a protest

Jeff Goldblum running out of a store with a bunch of shopping bags in his hand. He's dressed fashionably in a tan jacket, black shirt, gray trousers, and black loafers.

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bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 4d

“For a good chunk of that fall, the Weeknd, Drake, and Bieber held the top three spots on the Hot 100 — a moment of total dominance for pop music’s sensitive-Ontario-fuckboy contingent.”

@tombreihan.bsky.social:

The Number Ones: Justin Bieber’s “What Do You Mean?”

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat:...

www.stereogum.com

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 6d

Walked by a guy, hunky, in gym clothes, with his bro, hunky, also in gym clothes, who said, in the most SoCal accent possible, “It’s not a kind of sitch where you normally RSVP but I don’t want to be rude so I’m going to fucking RSVP” & I hope this is a new Jane Austen project.

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Jacob Bacharach @jacobbacharach.bsky.social · 8d

They say to me, Bacharach, what's your passion? And I say, without hesitation: coffering. Coffers are my passion.

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 8d

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 9d

this is just getting better and better. man.

(strategically, it's so good, the perfect rug-pull to the painfully-manufactured 'protestors are a danger to society!' narrative. my only note is, like any good costumed performer, i firmly believe we should never see the faces of the people inside)

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 9d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 8d

“Building code changes are the result of some perceived insufficiency in existing codes. Because strong earthquakes occur relatively rarely, can cause severe damage, and building performance in them is not often well understood, a strong earthquake anywhere often results in code changes.”

How Building Codes Work in the US

Buildings must be built to the requirements of the building code, a set of laws that governs how a building must be built.

www.construction-physics.com

bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 9d

“This stuff gives users the ick. ‘Avoid the ick’ is not an OKR, and ‘% of users that hate navigating your settings’ does not appear on your KPI dashboard. But it still accumulates.”

@allenpike.com:

UX Entropy

Zoom’s arc from hero to hulk.

allenpike.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11d

Oscar Issac looking at some kind of electronic tablet.

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bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 10d

Every time I scroll through mine I find several I completely forgot I’d set up. This one is so satisfying to rapidly type in a text message:

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bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 10d

“Adopting a technology, then abandoning it later when its downsides are deemed to be too high — even if its replacement is more expensive— is a common arc of technological progression. There’s always a broader calculus at work.” 🚇

Why we stopped building cut and cover - Works in Progress Magazine

We used to dig up roads to put trains underneath – cheaply. Ever-better tunnel boring machines have made the disruption this causes unnecessary.

worksinprogress.co

bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 11d

“Knowing the past does not predict the future — on the contrary, it alerts us to the limits of our knowledge about the complexity unfolding before our eyes.”

@johndelury.bsky.social:

Beijing’s Military Parade May Not Be the Show of Unity That It Seems

newlinesmag.com

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 13d

Illustration of a milkman
I want to be your milkman
I pledge excellent service,
my name is

My reasons are inside.

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bankbryan @bankbryan.com · 12d

“While I don’t have their politics, they were the right kinds of Democrats to win their districts. So for them to turn around and say that we don’t belong in the party—is dangerous! They can’t see what time it is.”

@bradlander.bsky.social via @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social:

Brad Lander Wants New York City to Resist

The NYC Comptroller talks ICE, Trump, Zohran, and Brooklyn.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Aunt Mrgladys @mrgan.com · 16d

I’m gonna say something controversial: I actually don’t think chickpea anxiety is real

Screenshot of NYT YouTube channel introducing a recipe with “chickpea anxiety is real.”

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