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Bryan English
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Royal Oak, MI
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Slides from an upcoming talk I'm giving. I'm re-using this joke because it's a good joke and I don't care.
"The Treachery of Images" by René Magritte, with "pipe" replaced with the JS logo. Captioned "With apologies to René Magritte" "The Treachery of Images" by René Magritte, with the cursive text altered to just say "C'est une" followed by the Rust logo. Captioned "With apologies to René Magritte"
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Was writing some Rust code late last night and ran into an extremely Neil Young problem.
The album cover for "Rust Never Sleeps" by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
October 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I'm ready for the @nodejs.org collab summit today
Me wearing a "JavaScript Park" t-shirt, a parody of the Jurassic Park logo.
October 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Even the lattes here are served in Duralex glasses.
A latte in a Duralex glass. Orange juice in the background.
October 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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What about the skeletal dj next to it
September 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Yes, but only because I had it backwards. It's opt-out, not opt-in.
Excerpt from Wired article: It’s unclear how the literary world will respond to the terms of the settlement. Since this was an “opt-out” class action, authors who are eligible but dissatisfied with the terms will be able to request exclusion to file their own lawsuits. Notably, the plaintiffs filed a motion today to keep the “opt-out threshold” confidential, which means that the public will not have access to the exact number of class members who would need to opt out for the settlement to be terminated.
September 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Ummm
A toys r us
August 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Anybody need cucumbers?
August 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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This book isn't holding back
Excerpt from "The AI Con", page 36
July 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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It's happening
Unboxing my new Framework 13 laptop
July 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Honestly this alone should render all AI "art" and code as public domain
https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/chap300/ch300-copyrightable-authorship.pdf (Section 306)
June 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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A little toasty today on the patio. Yes that's Celsius.
IR thermometer showing 63.5 C
June 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Alright bsky arborists, what kind of tree is this?
A tree in my backyard that I'm failing at identifying.
June 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Yeahhhhhh this patio is gonna be a deck some day
My patio with some kids toys and a play structure behind it
May 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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I prefer this over GitHub's car wash.
Sign for "Gerrit's High Pressure Car Wash: Do It Yourself"
May 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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A film that takes place where you're from
A still from Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
April 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Some notes on "New Media <-> Creativity Systems" from Ted Nelson circa 1965, taken from the Internet Archive.
April 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Bonjour!
Entrance to dotJS conference
April 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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There was only really one possible choice for in-flight movie
March 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Here's mine. No idea what these numbers mean.
Thermostat set to 68 and 71
March 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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A page from "Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice" comparing space occupied by code versus time spent in code.
March 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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These questions are super loaded. e.g. this one. There are millions of people in the US that aren't American.
Question 5 on that quiz linked above.
March 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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This morning's jams, in light of the trade war.

I assume @eve6.bsky.social approves.
Canadian Alternative 90's and 00's Playlist on Spotify
March 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Reverse tariff pizza (pizza).
An ad for Pizza Pizza, a Canadian pizza chain. Offers 25% off pizza in response to tariffs, calling it the "reverse tariff".
March 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Supporting my country. 🇨🇦
Me, drinking a Tim Hortons large double double, with a Canada 150 t shirt, and a look on my face that's intended to say "fuck off, Donald".
March 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM