Brian
@beerandrockets.bsky.social
CS teacher, model rocketeer, zymurgist, photographer, ukulele player, podcaster, TTRPG game designer, wargamer, husband, father. He/Him.
Hmmm. Is today the day the AI bubble finally pops?
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hmmm. Is today the day the AI bubble finally pops?
Happy Phyrexian Dreadnought Day to all who celebrate!
December 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy Phyrexian Dreadnought Day to all who celebrate!
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It's that time of year again
December 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It's that time of year again
Disney put Kimmel back on the air? I guess I can resubscribe to Disney+ n...
Wait, I'm getting a note.
Wait, I'm getting a note.
"Iger said the deal also fulfills a longtime desire by Disney to put user-generated content on its Disney+ streaming platform. Disney initially plans to put select videos created on Sora onto Disney+ to increase engagement with users, especially younger ones." www.businessinsider.com/disney-bob-i...
Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why he just did a blockbuster OpenAI deal
Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company's licensing deal with OpenAI will let it capitalize on a fast-growing technology and engage younger audiences.
www.businessinsider.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Disney put Kimmel back on the air? I guess I can resubscribe to Disney+ n...
Wait, I'm getting a note.
Wait, I'm getting a note.
And some cool unique one-offs that might not hit streaming. The last movie that I saw in theaters was a filmed version of the Mendez/Radcliffe/Groff "Merrily We Roll Along".
getting people back into theatres requires two things: a greater diversity of well-produced and marketed films, along with exhibitors working to build community around the idea of moviegoing
I am not sure how to get people back into theaters or if it's possible, but I do know that if the strongest remaining argument is "you SHOULD," or something about the holiness of the collective big-screen experience, the battle is lost. That has no traction with people who don't already believe it.
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
And some cool unique one-offs that might not hit streaming. The last movie that I saw in theaters was a filmed version of the Mendez/Radcliffe/Groff "Merrily We Roll Along".
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Assignment for public defenders, immigration lawyers, civil rights lawyers, and legal academics: use the phrase "Kavanaugh stop" in briefs and law review articles. The first few times, use scare quotes and cite articles that use that term.
We can get this in a published opinion in no time.
We can get this in a published opinion in no time.
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Assignment for public defenders, immigration lawyers, civil rights lawyers, and legal academics: use the phrase "Kavanaugh stop" in briefs and law review articles. The first few times, use scare quotes and cite articles that use that term.
We can get this in a published opinion in no time.
We can get this in a published opinion in no time.
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BREAKING: Judge Xinis orders ICE’s release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “immediately.”
December 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
BREAKING: Judge Xinis orders ICE’s release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “immediately.”
I don’t think they’re ready for the flood of Rule 34 content that’s going to come out of this.
Well this ain’t good.
“Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
“Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I don’t think they’re ready for the flood of Rule 34 content that’s going to come out of this.
Umm... this seems very very very bad, but also, like an overwrought plot point from a Call of Duty video game. Is that how Hegseth et. al. really see the military?
December 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Umm... this seems very very very bad, but also, like an overwrought plot point from a Call of Duty video game. Is that how Hegseth et. al. really see the military?
It's not just children - no one needs AI to create.
People told him, loudly and vehemently, what a terrible idea this was when he first posted about it and he has chosen to ignore them because he doesn't actually care about anything but the $.
Children do not need A.I. to create. Full stop.
Children do not need A.I. to create. Full stop.
Activist and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels.
December 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It's not just children - no one needs AI to create.
Yup. One of the many things I love about building and painting minis is that AI can’t do it.
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Yup. One of the many things I love about building and painting minis is that AI can’t do it.
Had a tool (glitch. com) that let students build & host websites for free, w/ a codespace & preview pane, & a way to upload & store assets. It ruled, so it got bought out & killed. I'm on page 7 of writing up instructions for how to replicate this on GitHub. Don't know if my intro kids can do this.
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Had a tool (glitch. com) that let students build & host websites for free, w/ a codespace & preview pane, & a way to upload & store assets. It ruled, so it got bought out & killed. I'm on page 7 of writing up instructions for how to replicate this on GitHub. Don't know if my intro kids can do this.
How my morning trying to figure out my options on a new curricular website is going. I'm in hell.
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
How my morning trying to figure out my options on a new curricular website is going. I'm in hell.
Sam Altman's imagination sucks. Many of us have done it multiple times w/o chat GPT. Not to mention all of human history.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sam Altman's imagination sucks. Many of us have done it multiple times w/o chat GPT. Not to mention all of human history.
Feeling pretty disheartened today. Gearing up for the culmination of our LEGO robotics unit, a SumoBot competition, and in my 2nd period, 6 out of 10 groups couldn't even be bothered to get their robots out of storage. Just staring at their phones (which, for liability reasons, I can't confiscate).
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Feeling pretty disheartened today. Gearing up for the culmination of our LEGO robotics unit, a SumoBot competition, and in my 2nd period, 6 out of 10 groups couldn't even be bothered to get their robots out of storage. Just staring at their phones (which, for liability reasons, I can't confiscate).
There are more?!?
Voluntary paper cut!
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
There are more?!?
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas "Outtakes"
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December 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I’m so glad that the points Verstappen lost for ramming Russell in Spain were enough to lose him the whole #F1 championship. Congrats Lando!
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’m so glad that the points Verstappen lost for ramming Russell in Spain were enough to lose him the whole #F1 championship. Congrats Lando!
Alright, F1 time. Let’s go, team AnybodyButVerstappen!
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Alright, F1 time. Let’s go, team AnybodyButVerstappen!
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Boomers: It just sucks so much that everyone gets participation trophies now, you used to have to show real merit to get an award
Also Boomers:
Also Boomers:
Great article about the Cadillac entry into F1, and gives me some reasons to root for the brand new team:
deadlypassionsterriblejoys.substack.com/p/why-does-e...
deadlypassionsterriblejoys.substack.com/p/why-does-e...
Why does everyone want Cadillac F1 to be un-American?
I'm sorry the mm/dd/yyyy date format is an affront to your delicate sensibilities.
deadlypassionsterriblejoys.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Great article about the Cadillac entry into F1, and gives me some reasons to root for the brand new team:
deadlypassionsterriblejoys.substack.com/p/why-does-e...
deadlypassionsterriblejoys.substack.com/p/why-does-e...
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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listen
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
listen
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply
I don't have any illusions about the United States military, what it does, or how many times this has happened before
but the fact that they sat there for 41 minutes, watched two scared, human beings desperately struggling to stay alive, and then murdered them has fucked me up so deeply