Brian Meeker
@brianmeeker.bsky.social
Dad, software engineer, and lover of metal. He/him
Robots are so 2024. I’m in my floral phase now
December 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Robots are so 2024. I’m in my floral phase now
I've heard that you should dress for the job you want, not the job you have. Years ago I dressed as Bill Lumbergh from Office Space for Halloween. Now I'm the engineering manager at GetThru. Dreams do come true!
December 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I've heard that you should dress for the job you want, not the job you have. Years ago I dressed as Bill Lumbergh from Office Space for Halloween. Now I'm the engineering manager at GetThru. Dreams do come true!
It’s not often that I actually get to approve of something my legislature did, so I’ll appreciate it while I can. They’ll be back to bankrupting local governments in the next session.
BREAKING: Indiana Senate Republicans reject new congressional maps in defiance of President Trump’s redistricting push.
Indiana Republicans block Trump’s redistricting push in a rare break with the president
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House itself, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It’s not often that I actually get to approve of something my legislature did, so I’ll appreciate it while I can. They’ll be back to bankrupting local governments in the next session.
Therion has the largest jump in quality from studio to live albums of any band I can think of. The studio versions of their best songs are often unlistenable in comparison.
youtu.be/iGLOWTsY32g?...
youtu.be/iGLOWTsY32g?...
THERION - The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah (Official Live Video) | Napalm Records
YouTube video by Napalm Records
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December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Therion has the largest jump in quality from studio to live albums of any band I can think of. The studio versions of their best songs are often unlistenable in comparison.
youtu.be/iGLOWTsY32g?...
youtu.be/iGLOWTsY32g?...
You can come see me talk about unionization in tech on Thursday at 9:45. That gives you plenty of time to pester me with questions the rest of the conference on the hallway track!
The CodeMash 2026 Session Schedule is LIVE!
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The Codemash 2026 Session Schedule is Ready! - CodeMash
We are happy to announce that the Codemash 2026 session schedule is officially live! We tabulated all the results from the session interest survey and were able to use all of that data to pick the best timeslots and rooms for each talk. Please head over to the posted schedule. Click the day on top of the menu to view sessions specific for that day. Time slots are listed on the left. We really hope that you’ll find this schedule useful for planning what sessions you want to attend so you can get the most out of the conference. Stay [...]
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December 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
You can come see me talk about unionization in tech on Thursday at 9:45. That gives you plenty of time to pester me with questions the rest of the conference on the hallway track!
I want maximum chaos. Duke upsets Virginia in the ACC title game and we get both North Texas/Tulane and James Madison in the CFB. The ACC gets shut out. 🔥
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I want maximum chaos. Duke upsets Virginia in the ACC title game and we get both North Texas/Tulane and James Madison in the CFB. The ACC gets shut out. 🔥
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It's striking how some members of the administration want to create a worse, poorer, American ethnostate and think they need an authoritarian kleptocracy to do that and some members of the administration want an authoritarian kleptocracy and think they need white supremacists to do that.
unironically i think he wants to impose the conditions of his childhood onto the entire country
JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It's striking how some members of the administration want to create a worse, poorer, American ethnostate and think they need an authoritarian kleptocracy to do that and some members of the administration want an authoritarian kleptocracy and think they need white supremacists to do that.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
Reread Slaughterhouse Five last weekend for the 6th or 7th time (I've lost count). It continues to be my favorite book of all time. Vonnegut is the perfect combination of sardonic wit with a soft underbelly that gets me every time.
Willing to entertain counter arguments for Cat's Cradle though.
Willing to entertain counter arguments for Cat's Cradle though.
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Reread Slaughterhouse Five last weekend for the 6th or 7th time (I've lost count). It continues to be my favorite book of all time. Vonnegut is the perfect combination of sardonic wit with a soft underbelly that gets me every time.
Willing to entertain counter arguments for Cat's Cradle though.
Willing to entertain counter arguments for Cat's Cradle though.
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welp
There’s something important, though, in the fact that Mamdani is going to meet with Trump at the moment of Mamdani’s maximum politician power and popularity and Trump’s greatest weakness and vulnerability. Trump is *always* submissive next to someone who is popular with huge ratings.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
welp
With the Mamdani photo op today, a lot of people are learning (for apparently the first time), that Trump has no ideological compass except strength and charisma. Politics do not matter. Mamdani is charismatic and operating from a position of strength right now. That is what Trump admires.
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
With the Mamdani photo op today, a lot of people are learning (for apparently the first time), that Trump has no ideological compass except strength and charisma. Politics do not matter. Mamdani is charismatic and operating from a position of strength right now. That is what Trump admires.
The Onion continuing to offer easy truths couched in satirical headlines. theonion.com/shedeur-sand...
Shedeur Sanders Confident He Can Deliver Everything Browns Fans Have Come To Expect
CLEVELAND—Saying he was ready to carry on the legacy forged by Cody Kessler, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, and dozens of other short-lived Browns signal callers over the past two decades, rookie quarterba...
theonion.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The Onion continuing to offer easy truths couched in satirical headlines. theonion.com/shedeur-sand...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Season 4 of The Witcher has been very bad, but episode 5 is a new low. You haven't done the work to make me care about any of these characters and now you want to give them half-assed back stories? Everything about this show is phoned in. Cash those checks everybody.
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Season 4 of The Witcher has been very bad, but episode 5 is a new low. You haven't done the work to make me care about any of these characters and now you want to give them half-assed back stories? Everything about this show is phoned in. Cash those checks everybody.
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“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
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Today, Starbucks workers in 40+ cities began a historic ULP strike. But we’re NOT finished.
We're prepared to escalate with more stores striking if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing, and the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
We're prepared to escalate with more stores striking if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing, and the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Today, Starbucks workers in 40+ cities began a historic ULP strike. But we’re NOT finished.
We're prepared to escalate with more stores striking if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing, and the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
We're prepared to escalate with more stores striking if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing, and the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
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What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
What a great few weeks it’s been for people once pardoned by Trump.
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
@nytimes.com @nbcnews.com @npr.org @politico.com
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Well now, would you look at that?
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that?
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
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Student: Teacher, why do we learn?
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
It’s really absurd that we’ve reached a point where the “common sense” view of education is that its primary purpose is to lower the future onboarding/training costs for companies hiring new employees.
April 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Student: Teacher, why do we learn?
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
Socrates: For life!
Freire: For liberation!
Dewey: For democracy!
Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!
I'm speaking at @codemash.bsky.social again this year, but this time on a very different topic. Let's talk about unionization in the tech industry!
Do you have questions about organized labor in tech that you want answered in a talk like this? Let me know and I'll try to provide answers in January.
Do you have questions about organized labor in tech that you want answered in a talk like this? Let me know and I'll try to provide answers in January.
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I'm speaking at @codemash.bsky.social again this year, but this time on a very different topic. Let's talk about unionization in the tech industry!
Do you have questions about organized labor in tech that you want answered in a talk like this? Let me know and I'll try to provide answers in January.
Do you have questions about organized labor in tech that you want answered in a talk like this? Let me know and I'll try to provide answers in January.
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You can’t be racist against AI. AI does not have a race. It doesn’t have a body to be racialized. It doesn’t have a perspective which can experience racism
“An AI” is not a person. It’s a fuckload of floating point numbers wrapped in a function that accepts input and returns outputs. That is all
“An AI” is not a person. It’s a fuckload of floating point numbers wrapped in a function that accepts input and returns outputs. That is all
October 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
You can’t be racist against AI. AI does not have a race. It doesn’t have a body to be racialized. It doesn’t have a perspective which can experience racism
“An AI” is not a person. It’s a fuckload of floating point numbers wrapped in a function that accepts input and returns outputs. That is all
“An AI” is not a person. It’s a fuckload of floating point numbers wrapped in a function that accepts input and returns outputs. That is all
I both get this and do not. Because the bands I listen to peak at eaking out a middle class existence. Even if said band releases a middling album, if I’ve liked them in the past, I want their new album to help them scrape by without day jobs. That’s peak in the modern #metal world.
don't remind people of better albums during your bad album.
*having a billion dollars makes you stupid* music edition
*having a billion dollars makes you stupid* music edition
October 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I both get this and do not. Because the bands I listen to peak at eaking out a middle class existence. Even if said band releases a middling album, if I’ve liked them in the past, I want their new album to help them scrape by without day jobs. That’s peak in the modern #metal world.
The fact that Clair Obscur continues to ask me if I want to spend more time with Esquie implies that there are monsters that do not want to spend more time with Esquie.
October 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The fact that Clair Obscur continues to ask me if I want to spend more time with Esquie implies that there are monsters that do not want to spend more time with Esquie.
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TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN REPOST THIS!!!
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU CAN REPOST THIS!!!
Excited to be speaking at #CodeMash for the 3rd time in January. I haven't checked sessions for previous years, but I'm reasonably confident that I'm giving the first ever talk on unionization in the software industry that CodeMash has ever had. I have no idea what kind of reception awaits me. 😅
September 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Excited to be speaking at #CodeMash for the 3rd time in January. I haven't checked sessions for previous years, but I'm reasonably confident that I'm giving the first ever talk on unionization in the software industry that CodeMash has ever had. I have no idea what kind of reception awaits me. 😅