Brian Piercy is caffeinated for your safety.
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Polymath. Product manager on hiatus. Music. Dogs. Appalachia. Linux. Ruby on Rails. Python, ML/DL/LLMs. Semiconductors. Football. Tacos. Vampire hunter. (Not really.)
The Starlight Theater!
The Story: When a Ghost Town Becomes a Vacation Hot Spot
Senior writer Peter Holley describes the transformation of Terlingua and the tension between the town’s growth and identity on the farthest edges of Texas.
www.texasmonthly.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Starlight Theater!
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Happy Thanksgiving. You don’t have to believe in the premise of the holiday (I sure as hell don’t), but: you can believe in good friends, the family we choose, and sharing food, happiness, maybe good movies. That’s what Thanksgiving is to me, and the specifics don’t matter. Find joy in each other.
Happy Thanksgiving Walking GIF
Alt: Happy Thanksgiving Walking GIF
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. You don’t have to believe in the premise of the holiday (I sure as hell don’t), but: you can believe in good friends, the family we choose, and sharing food, happiness, maybe good movies. That’s what Thanksgiving is to me, and the specifics don’t matter. Find joy in each other.
Reposted by Brian Piercy is caffeinated for your safety.
🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
The curious hobby of interpreting mission patches of the NRO #satellites #spycraft
The Last Word On Nothing | Alternative Realities at the NRO
lastwordonnothing.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The curious hobby of interpreting mission patches of the NRO #satellites #spycraft
Great read - especially if you’re a gearhead.
The Electric 911 Porsche Never Built
How Barry Ritholtz, One Tired 911, and One Austin Skunkworks Rewired an Icon
www.everydaydriven.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Great read - especially if you’re a gearhead.
A really good read.
The Airport-Lounge Wars
When you’re waiting for a flight, what’s the difference between out there and in here?
www.newyorker.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A really good read.
Boy, I needed this. ❤️
A mistaken text connected them. Now they’ve become one of America’s favorite Thanksgiving traditions | CNN
Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton met at the intersection of a wrong number and a bold invitation. A decade later, they’re still celebrating Thanksgiving together and their unlikely friendship continues to...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Boy, I needed this. ❤️
Why would ANYONE use grok?
Ranked: AI Hallucination Rates by Model
Find out how common AI hallucination is for leading models, and what that means for the businesses that rely on them.
www.visualcapitalist.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Why would ANYONE use grok?
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The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
“…the enormous AN/FSQ-7 computers weighed 250 tons, consumed 3 megawatts of power, and contained 49,000 vacuum tubes. In terms of physical dimensions, the AN/FSQ-7 computers were, and are, the largest computers ever built.”
How a Government Think Tank Trained The First Generation of US Software Developers
The US government had a hand in creating much of the early computer industry.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“…the enormous AN/FSQ-7 computers weighed 250 tons, consumed 3 megawatts of power, and contained 49,000 vacuum tubes. In terms of physical dimensions, the AN/FSQ-7 computers were, and are, the largest computers ever built.”
Let’s see how long this lasts.
Art Briles Lands First College Job Since Baylor Scandal
Division II school Eastern New Mexico is hiring Briles as its head football coach, the university said Monday.
frontofficesports.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Let’s see how long this lasts.
