Brian Hicks
@brianhicks.bsky.social
Programmer and maker and general tinkerer. https://bytes.zone
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Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
alright, it’s harvest day. Let’s get some lettuce.
November 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
alright, it’s harvest day. Let’s get some lettuce.
Looks like I need to learn OpenSCAD to make the part I need for this project. 😅
(It’s just customizing a Gridfinity bin but I can’t seem to get OpenSCAD to export a file that I can import into another CAD package. Might just be the source project though.)
(It’s just customizing a Gridfinity bin but I can’t seem to get OpenSCAD to export a file that I can import into another CAD package. Might just be the source project though.)
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Looks like I need to learn OpenSCAD to make the part I need for this project. 😅
(It’s just customizing a Gridfinity bin but I can’t seem to get OpenSCAD to export a file that I can import into another CAD package. Might just be the source project though.)
(It’s just customizing a Gridfinity bin but I can’t seem to get OpenSCAD to export a file that I can import into another CAD package. Might just be the source project though.)
what an AMAZING FACT
My most conservative opinion? That we should go back to the old name for the common kestrel.
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
what an AMAZING FACT
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ORCAS eat MOOSE?
that IS a fun fact
that IS a fun fact
Fun (terrifying) fact: Moose are so gigantic, they don’t have any predators…except for orcas. In winter/scare months, moose will dive for vegetation and orcas will eat them!
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
ORCAS eat MOOSE?
that IS a fun fact
that IS a fun fact
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
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[reads several emails from billionaire pedos warning one another that the jig may be up]
i’m starting to grasp why these same rich pedo dorks all believe AI is smarter than them
i’m starting to grasp why these same rich pedo dorks all believe AI is smarter than them
The most powerful child molesters and politicians and intellectuals on the planet type like the worst dick-pic sender grandpas on grindr.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
[reads several emails from billionaire pedos warning one another that the jig may be up]
i’m starting to grasp why these same rich pedo dorks all believe AI is smarter than them
i’m starting to grasp why these same rich pedo dorks all believe AI is smarter than them
I got a Bambu printer to replace my 10-year-old Lulzbot Mini. Big improvement! Here's something funny, though: it sings when it starts and finishes a print. I wondered how that was set, and it turns out that the tune is embedded in the g-code!
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I got a Bambu printer to replace my 10-year-old Lulzbot Mini. Big improvement! Here's something funny, though: it sings when it starts and finishes a print. I wondered how that was set, and it turns out that the tune is embedded in the g-code!
"[…] you’re going to play the magnet, we’re going to play the tariff on you"
wow what a very normal thing to say, what a good and normal president 🫠
wow what a very normal thing to say, what a good and normal president 🫠
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"[…] you’re going to play the magnet, we’re going to play the tariff on you"
wow what a very normal thing to say, what a good and normal president 🫠
wow what a very normal thing to say, what a good and normal president 🫠
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@hillelwayne.com have you seen typst.app? WDYT if you have?
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November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
@hillelwayne.com have you seen typst.app? WDYT if you have?
Gut check: non-sleep deep rest seems interesting, but the term seems to be mostly used by nervous system bros who want to sell me nootropics. Is there another term I should be looking up for this? Has anyone I know here tried this and seen good results?
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Gut check: non-sleep deep rest seems interesting, but the term seems to be mostly used by nervous system bros who want to sell me nootropics. Is there another term I should be looking up for this? Has anyone I know here tried this and seen good results?
I've been re-reading the 2015 edition of The Design of Everyday Things. One interesting thing he mentions right away is that after he introduced "affordance" as a term, everybody started misusing it. We've been mixing "affordance" and "signifier" in his terms. Getting clear on the two is neat.
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I've been re-reading the 2015 edition of The Design of Everyday Things. One interesting thing he mentions right away is that after he introduced "affordance" as a term, everybody started misusing it. We've been mixing "affordance" and "signifier" in his terms. Getting clear on the two is neat.
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The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
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Living up to stated expectations of “not dead”.
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Living up to stated expectations of “not dead”.
I made bread! It’s ugly because it’s my first loaves ever but I learned a lot and I’m excited to taste it!
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I made bread! It’s ugly because it’s my first loaves ever but I learned a lot and I’m excited to taste it!
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
I love it when headlines say so-and-so appeared before a judge, as though they're some kind of Christmas ghost.
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I love it when headlines say so-and-so appeared before a judge, as though they're some kind of Christmas ghost.
Accidentally did a little experiment. These four blocks were started the same day, but one bucket started in the full-strength nutrients and the other stayed in just water until today. Can you tell which?
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Accidentally did a little experiment. These four blocks were started the same day, but one bucket started in the full-strength nutrients and the other stayed in just water until today. Can you tell which?
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This "Deciding To Win" study is pretty compelling, say what you will about the participants but you can't argue the stats
October 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This "Deciding To Win" study is pretty compelling, say what you will about the participants but you can't argue the stats
at some point in the next couple quarters he's maybe going to be able to afford a new jacket!
The CEO of Nvidia got $17 billion richer this week as the company became the first to ever be valued at $5 trillion.
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
at some point in the next couple quarters he's maybe going to be able to afford a new jacket!
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Always. Means testing is wasteful bullshit beloved by busybody creeps. Just give people food.
Honestly, I don't care what people seeking assistance at food banks do for a living, whether they work or not, what they drive, etc.
People are hungry. Give them food to eat. Plain and simple.
People are hungry. Give them food to eat. Plain and simple.
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Always. Means testing is wasteful bullshit beloved by busybody creeps. Just give people food.
If I were a rough beast I would simply not slouch towards Bethlehem.
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If I were a rough beast I would simply not slouch towards Bethlehem.