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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 8h

Oops, All Isekai!

Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

ok seriously what was up with the Broncos

Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

all credit belongs to @daniloc.xyz, but thanks?

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

ethically and legally are two very different considerations. Also this was an Excursion to get to so any kind of even potential faux abandonment would be highly constrained. Hypothetically

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

I mean there's also the mold spore option as an explanation, but THAT SAID... we gave a neurospicy child the chance to fling himself into the corn pit and we were there for FIVE HOURS

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

I love my weighted blanket (love a good smoosh) but my wife doesn't, so I have a twin-sized one, which I rarely use now because she claims it's cheating because I become an inadvertent blanket/sheet hog

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

I thought this write up was pretty good, if you haven't already seen it redeem-tomorrow.com/the-average-...

by @daniloc.xyz

The average AI criticism has gotten lazy, and that's dangerous

Most of the AI criticism you'll hear on any given digital street corner is lazy as hell. We have to up our game if we want a future worth living in.

redeem-tomorrow.com

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

he doesn't like grapefruit but he's also on a controlled release medication vs. a straight stimulant, but he also likes eating oranges and drinking orange/mango juice... but usually hours afterward. I found a writeup I'm going through now 👍🏻

Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

or did you mean a combination of citric & ascorbic together?

Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

wait just plain citric acid too? just eating oranges, or most US sugary drinks?

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

eat some more recalled shrimp and try again?

Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

That said, I also love giving book recs and it's been awhile since I've said this one, so here: app.thestorygraph.com/books/050952...

Think of it as an absurd, incredibly over the top version of Snow Crash perhaps?

Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore

In modern day Los Angeles, a shadowy faction led by the Governor of California develops the arcan...

app.thestorygraph.com

Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 1d

So here's a bit of both... a book club, done by the people who are systematically trying & reviewing all the entries on Wikipedia's list of "Notable Sandwiches" buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Introducing... the Sword and the Sandwich Book Club!!

This is an announcement, and also a plea. I know times are hard all around, but it’s a particularly dismal time to be a journalist of any stripe right now....

buttondown.com

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 2d

I hear Sprigatito

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 2d

a real "George Clooney's wife" situation, to be sure

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 2d

IMO broccoli stems are really nice, you just need to peel off the fibrous outer layer to get to the tender middle :)

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 3d

I bet they're delicious though

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 3d

chuckwallas still do that today!

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 3d

it's got a bite to it

... I'll see myself out

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 4d

Guacamelee is great! I enjoyed both of them, and they regularly go on sale now 👍🏻

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 5d

I remember an interview with her where she said "I wrote this song, why did I have to make it so hard!?"

Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 6d

actually it looks like this tool www.dyson.com/support/jour... and the motor housing looks just like a smaller version of our "animal hair" vacuum we got for our wedding, so it's either one, or somebody trying hard to copy one :)

Light Pipe Crevice Tool | Dyson

Crevice tool with LED lights lets you reach into dark, narrow spaces and see where you're cleaning. Dyson accessories for cordless vacuums.

www.dyson.com

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 6d

fair enough! I'm just not used to the end of the vacuum glowing & playing sound effects, but maybe I just buy boring hand vacs

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 6d

is that a... custom modded dyson?

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 6d

But how could people get horny for ro... you know what this is bsky let me rephrase that

how could people obsessively idolize the masculinity displayed by... robots?

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