Brannan Hancock
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Brannan Hancock
@brannanhancock.com
Solutions Architect & Engineering Manager with a love for L&D and Diversity and Inclusion. Passionate about reading, writing, gaming, programming, Queer Culture, mental health and ADHD
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Some aforementioned fun had with Assassin’s Creed Magic the Gathering cards! If I remember right I came 8th in this tournament at my LGS, which was my first accomplishment of any kind in any remotely competitive mtg setting!

Naturally unintentionally featuring #taylorswift

#mtg #assassinscreed
Little known side effect of watching Commander at Home if you have ADHD - your brain may be replaced by a loop of @bmkibler.bsky.social explaining how his deck played out. I’m packing up my flat to move out and I’ve been tapping everything I own and saying “Dwagon”. I’ve never had such a joyous day.
March 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Remember how great it was when you were a baby dragon and you came across statues of adult dragons and head butting them would set them free and they’d be super grateful. I miss that whimsy in my life.
January 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I miss the days when the first result on google wasn’t a lie it made up
January 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Giving up TikTok was definitely the right thing to do for my scrolling tendencies …but I do miss the Jeff The Land Shark from Marvel Rivals content 😅 I loved videos of that happy little rascal
January 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Yesterday - the first cheat day of the current weight loss effort - the mini-fillets in my KFC smelt like the “crispy strips” they used to sell when I was a kid, and the coating was extra crunch like that too! ‘Twas an immediate throwback to my nan and grandad taking me there as a treat as a kid!
January 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I often worry I don’t spend enough time at work first hand coding anymore. Solving a client’s urgent go-live issue by diving into abstract framework code and determining which (seemingly very unrelated to the problem) configuration needed adjusting promises those skills are still there.
January 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Minah. Traitor. Icon.
January 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
They sent the box of 24 this time 🥳 now no one is safe from an impromptu game of magic!

Time to get sleeving!!
January 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
That daily motivation to keep you and your friend’s streak alive…
January 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"The companies putting Generative AI where it’s easiest will incredulously hand over the baton, shocked as their Users move on from the platforms they built so precisely, then invested so heavily in worsening."

medium.com/@brannanhanc...
Big Tech’s AI hallucinations are haunting us — the 3 problem areas we’re seeing
Generative AI has become the latest and greatest in Big Tech’s tool kit — as they hammer aimlessly at anything that looks like a nail…
medium.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Its almost as if summarising the news isn’t an appropriate use case for a Large Language Model #ai #llm #apple www.bbc.com/news/article...
Apple Intelligence falsely claimed Luke Littler had already won
An AI-generated notification says the teen has won the tournament before the final is even played.
www.bbc.com
January 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I bought a Magic The Gathering Beginners Box and Jumpstart Booster Box.

The bad news is I received a Beginners Box and a single Jumpstart Booster Pack

The good news is I beat the millennial tendency to needlessly keep a good box and have already recycled the outer box the beginners stuff came in🤓
January 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Rain is worse when you’re bald
January 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Very excited for the return of The Traitors! My favourite bit: a player suspects someone, makes up incentives the traitors must have based on nothing, uses that to confirm the suspect is a traitor, presents it to the group as irrefutable “facts and evidence”, gets a faithful evicted and is shocked 🤯
December 31, 2024 at 3:56 PM
One time @trixiemattel.bsky.social said when she’s on her own and not doing anything her brain sings “Oh oh oh O’Reilly”, so now when I’m on my own and I’m not doing anything my brain sings “Oh oh oh O’Reilly”.

Do with that what you will.
December 29, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Some aforementioned fun had with Assassin’s Creed Magic the Gathering cards! If I remember right I came 8th in this tournament at my LGS, which was my first accomplishment of any kind in any remotely competitive mtg setting!

Naturally unintentionally featuring #taylorswift

#mtg #assassinscreed
December 27, 2024 at 1:03 AM
I’ve had great fun playing Magic the Gathering with Assassin’s Creed cards. I can’t imagine a deck I’d love more than having Final Fantasy cards throughout it. Drawing a Blazefire Saber or pulling a Shoopuff - I can’t wait!! Plus the card art they’ve shared so far is stunning!!

#mtg #finalfantasy
December 26, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Is it me or is ChatGPT’s “Vale” voice Kate Winslet’s? …very specifically Kate Winslet as Iris in the Holiday?

“Ha-low it’s lovely to meet you” 👀

#katewinslet #chatgpt #vale
December 26, 2024 at 3:17 PM
This holiday break I finally sat down and played Journey and I absolutely loved it! It showed off how deliberate lighting and camera work can imply where to go and what to investigate without needing words. Early on it is so joyous every time you get something “right” #indie #gaming
December 25, 2024 at 6:45 PM