Brian
@beerandrockets.bsky.social
CS teacher, model rocketeer, zymurgist, photographer, ukulele player, podcaster, TTRPG game designer, wargamer, husband, father. He/Him.
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Feeling a bit desperate. Our class holiday wishlist hasn’t been touched nd we’re running out of time.
Our class would be so grateful for any help if you’re able!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Our class would be so grateful for any help if you’re able!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
November 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Feeling a bit desperate. Our class holiday wishlist hasn’t been touched nd we’re running out of time.
Our class would be so grateful for any help if you’re able!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Our class would be so grateful for any help if you’re able!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Help out an amazing BlueSky teacher with some physical computing and engineering supplies:
Friends, I'm trying to purchase some Arduino kits for my engineering classes. If you're able to either purchase or share, I'd be so appreciative!
#clearthelist
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
#clearthelist
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Help out an amazing BlueSky teacher with some physical computing and engineering supplies:
Hey, did you know that you can cough so hard that you pull a muscle in your side? On a related note, I am very over having this cold.
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hey, did you know that you can cough so hard that you pull a muscle in your side? On a related note, I am very over having this cold.
Recently discovered Enter Shikari, and I'm going back and listening to more of their songs, and wow, this song is a mood right now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSFS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSFS...
Enter Shikari - Live Outside (Official Video)
YouTube video by Enter Shikari
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Recently discovered Enter Shikari, and I'm going back and listening to more of their songs, and wow, this song is a mood right now:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSFS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSFS...
Nope - kill it with fire.
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Nope - kill it with fire.
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It’s Friday! Hurrah!
The weather is grey and damp so this week the theme is…hot.
So let’s see those flames
As usual I’ll repost the lot and if you like something, share it!
#Nerdlings #FindFolkFriday
The weather is grey and damp so this week the theme is…hot.
So let’s see those flames
As usual I’ll repost the lot and if you like something, share it!
#Nerdlings #FindFolkFriday
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It’s Friday! Hurrah!
The weather is grey and damp so this week the theme is…hot.
So let’s see those flames
As usual I’ll repost the lot and if you like something, share it!
#Nerdlings #FindFolkFriday
The weather is grey and damp so this week the theme is…hot.
So let’s see those flames
As usual I’ll repost the lot and if you like something, share it!
#Nerdlings #FindFolkFriday
Well, maybe I won't restart my Disney+ subscription just yet. I guess they just really want 6 second videos of Rule 34 versions of all the Disney characters live hosted on their own platform? Cut out the middleman, as it were? Not sure this is going to fit their family friendly image...
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Well, maybe I won't restart my Disney+ subscription just yet. I guess they just really want 6 second videos of Rule 34 versions of all the Disney characters live hosted on their own platform? Cut out the middleman, as it were? Not sure this is going to fit their family friendly image...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Seth Moulton went on MSNBC and straight up said "the president is a pedophile" and refused to walk it back even after the hosts kept trying to equivocate.
House Dems don't give a *fuuuck.*
House Dems don't give a *fuuuck.*
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Seth Moulton went on MSNBC and straight up said "the president is a pedophile" and refused to walk it back even after the hosts kept trying to equivocate.
House Dems don't give a *fuuuck.*
House Dems don't give a *fuuuck.*
Holy wow you guys - the aurora is visible in Santa Fe!
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Holy wow you guys - the aurora is visible in Santa Fe!
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Just saw a Fox News chyron in the airport:
“Democrats were winning - why did they stop?”
Yeah, maybe the only time I’ve ever had the same thought as Fox News.
“Democrats were winning - why did they stop?”
Yeah, maybe the only time I’ve ever had the same thought as Fox News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just saw a Fox News chyron in the airport:
“Democrats were winning - why did they stop?”
Yeah, maybe the only time I’ve ever had the same thought as Fox News.
“Democrats were winning - why did they stop?”
Yeah, maybe the only time I’ve ever had the same thought as Fox News.
Deleted a post with another shitty t-shirt on it because I couldn’t bear to see it on my timeline. After four great days at a convention, re-entering the rest of the world kinda sucks. Like, a lot. I can barely get my head around everything that’s gone wrong since Wednesday.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Deleted a post with another shitty t-shirt on it because I couldn’t bear to see it on my timeline. After four great days at a convention, re-entering the rest of the world kinda sucks. Like, a lot. I can barely get my head around everything that’s gone wrong since Wednesday.
Disgusted by my alma mater. All donations stop now, and I emailed to tell them that.
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Disgusted by my alma mater. All donations stop now, and I emailed to tell them that.
Another way I can tell I’m getting old: instead of going out drinking with my battlegroup after the GN briefing, I’m straight back to my room to do back yoga so I can actually move tomorrow.
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Another way I can tell I’m getting old: instead of going out drinking with my battlegroup after the GN briefing, I’m straight back to my room to do back yoga so I can actually move tomorrow.
There’s some wanker in a “Team Charlie - you can’t silence us all” t-shirt near me in the TSA line, and I’m not going to start something (because I want to make my flight), but fuck that guy.
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There’s some wanker in a “Team Charlie - you can’t silence us all” t-shirt near me in the TSA line, and I’m not going to start something (because I want to make my flight), but fuck that guy.
Flying to Atlanta for the GW Grand Narrative today. I guess we’ll see if I’m still flying back on Monday or not.
(AP) - Airports in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago along with hubs across the U.S. are among the 40 that will see flights cut starting Friday due to the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by The Associated Press.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Flying to Atlanta for the GW Grand Narrative today. I guess we’ll see if I’m still flying back on Monday or not.
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
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Specifically, the fear of God comes from GOP uncertainty with rejiggering maps after Virginia turned into practically a supermajority state overnight. You might redistrict yourself right out of a job
really important element of this basically total victory is that it puts the fear of god in republican incumbents and may bring the redistricting push to a total halt
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Specifically, the fear of God comes from GOP uncertainty with rejiggering maps after Virginia turned into practically a supermajority state overnight. You might redistrict yourself right out of a job
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Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
Me, watching the election results come in:
a close up of a man with a mustache
Alt: a close up of a man with a mustache, and then he bursts out laughing.
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Me, watching the election results come in:
Is N. K. Jemisin on BlueSky? She needs to see this. @nkjemisin.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Is N. K. Jemisin on BlueSky? She needs to see this. @nkjemisin.bsky.social
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Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Apparently all you needed to do to predict the NYC election results was read that one N.K. Jemisin novel.