Brian Anderson
@bganderson.bsky.social
What can I do to help you become the person you want to be?
Profile pic taken in Québec City. Banner pic taken at Alfred University.
he/him
Profile pic taken in Québec City. Banner pic taken at Alfred University.
he/him
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What would you like in your dream home?
1. basement bar
2. conservatory & planetarium
3. secret libraries within libraries
4. benevolent ghost or two
1. basement bar
2. conservatory & planetarium
3. secret libraries within libraries
4. benevolent ghost or two
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
What would you like in your dream home?
1. basement bar
2. conservatory & planetarium
3. secret libraries within libraries
4. benevolent ghost or two
1. basement bar
2. conservatory & planetarium
3. secret libraries within libraries
4. benevolent ghost or two
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D&D Capybaras!
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
D&D Capybaras!
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Taking a statistical approach to examining the records of the Five Year Mission of the Federation Starship USS Enterprise, in the hopes that it may help future officers who find themselves in similar situations.
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Taking a statistical approach to examining the records of the Five Year Mission of the Federation Starship USS Enterprise, in the hopes that it may help future officers who find themselves in similar situations.
It's not even Thanksgiving, and our local Tim Hortons is putting doughnuts in Christmas boxes. This is clearly creeping Canadianization of our culture.
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's not even Thanksgiving, and our local Tim Hortons is putting doughnuts in Christmas boxes. This is clearly creeping Canadianization of our culture.
It's been totally overcast here all evening. Tonight I am Supernintendo Chalmers.
tfw when I'm not allowed to see the aurora borealis
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
It's been totally overcast here all evening. Tonight I am Supernintendo Chalmers.
I have an engineering degree, and the math classes were some of my biggest hurdles... But for years I've had a steady customer-facing job where I've been requested for meetings & trainings because I can deal with subjects at the audience's level, including nontechnical people, without talking down.
I've spent 20 years helping new engineers start careers, tip from a top recruiter: there's never any shortage of people who can write code that works (or do the art needed, etc), her challenge is finding people who can do that AND anyone wants to work with, friendly, communicate, take feedback
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November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I have an engineering degree, and the math classes were some of my biggest hurdles... But for years I've had a steady customer-facing job where I've been requested for meetings & trainings because I can deal with subjects at the audience's level, including nontechnical people, without talking down.
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It's the "spiral" motif. Anglosphere culture has had "spiral" overcoded as "mystic" for all history. Tornadoes, hurricanes, whirlpools, sunwheels, tops, sacred geometry, Scooby Doo intro segments. They hunger for the hour to come around at last
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It's the "spiral" motif. Anglosphere culture has had "spiral" overcoded as "mystic" for all history. Tornadoes, hurricanes, whirlpools, sunwheels, tops, sacred geometry, Scooby Doo intro segments. They hunger for the hour to come around at last
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Every time somebody posts “zohran derangement syndrome” my brain autocompletes “had a very shiny nose.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Every time somebody posts “zohran derangement syndrome” my brain autocompletes “had a very shiny nose.”
I have long had a pet theory that adolescent boys, worried that they have nothing that makes them stand out, choose one obsession. Some memorize baseball stats, some get into cars, some are rock nerds. (1/7)
... likening its obsession with canon, continuity, and the "exhaustive" cataloguing of things and places that don't exist with a kind of tyranny.
The "clomping foot of nerdism."
The "clomping foot of nerdism."
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I have long had a pet theory that adolescent boys, worried that they have nothing that makes them stand out, choose one obsession. Some memorize baseball stats, some get into cars, some are rock nerds. (1/7)
*once again turns down the offer to try Copilot*
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
*once again turns down the offer to try Copilot*
This is all correct.
Adam Smith's *other* (earlier) major work was his Theory of Moral Sentiments, which posits that we do good things because we want most other people to like us and not dislike us (1/)
Adam Smith's *other* (earlier) major work was his Theory of Moral Sentiments, which posits that we do good things because we want most other people to like us and not dislike us (1/)
Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
ALT: a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is all correct.
Adam Smith's *other* (earlier) major work was his Theory of Moral Sentiments, which posits that we do good things because we want most other people to like us and not dislike us (1/)
Adam Smith's *other* (earlier) major work was his Theory of Moral Sentiments, which posits that we do good things because we want most other people to like us and not dislike us (1/)
Okay, today it's sticking.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Okay, today it's sticking.
The discourse around the idiot complaining about Heathrow is a depressing reminder of how quickly a discussion can go from "This American is an idiot" to "This person is an idiot because they're American."
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The discourse around the idiot complaining about Heathrow is a depressing reminder of how quickly a discussion can go from "This American is an idiot" to "This person is an idiot because they're American."
Bond actors are like Godzillas. Every era is its own continuity.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Bond actors are like Godzillas. Every era is its own continuity.
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おはようございます🥰
今日は寒い朝！
金魚缶の制作がんばります
キラキラ缶は完成までいけるかな〜？
皆さま素敵な一日を✨
今日は寒い朝！
金魚缶の制作がんばります
キラキラ缶は完成までいけるかな〜？
皆さま素敵な一日を✨
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
おはようございます🥰
今日は寒い朝！
金魚缶の制作がんばります
キラキラ缶は完成までいけるかな〜？
皆さま素敵な一日を✨
今日は寒い朝！
金魚缶の制作がんばります
キラキラ缶は完成までいけるかな〜？
皆さま素敵な一日を✨
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Traffic update:
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Traffic update:
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
If you're heading over the Troll Bridge today, his 3 riddles include questions about goat grooming, historical wigs, and ghost bones.
Good luck!
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Rainy day owl: Video Edition 🌧️🦉🍂
Barred Owl in Central Park, November 2025
Barred Owl in Central Park, November 2025
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Rainy day owl: Video Edition 🌧️🦉🍂
Barred Owl in Central Park, November 2025
Barred Owl in Central Park, November 2025
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Look, I'm just saying that while I totally understand the lyrics, and actual meaning, of the song, having lived through it I feel that if Prince knew what actual parties in 1999 were like he would have chosen a different year to demand we emulate parties for, that's all.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Look, I'm just saying that while I totally understand the lyrics, and actual meaning, of the song, having lived through it I feel that if Prince knew what actual parties in 1999 were like he would have chosen a different year to demand we emulate parties for, that's all.
What better way to appeal to women than to cast them as objects in your sex-power fantasy?
Gah.
Gah.
A California winemaker is struggling to sell his Chardonnay ... so he's written a romantasy novella about it. The novella, unsurprisingly, looks awful.
www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/ar...
www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/ar...
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What better way to appeal to women than to cast them as objects in your sex-power fantasy?
Gah.
Gah.
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Happy Halloween, Ink Imp edition! Just a few of my weird little guys (who I should make more of)
All ink on paper
All ink on paper
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Happy Halloween, Ink Imp edition! Just a few of my weird little guys (who I should make more of)
All ink on paper
All ink on paper
Yep. It's not sticking to the roads, but it's the first day of snow.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yep. It's not sticking to the roads, but it's the first day of snow.
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100% Can confirm
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
100% Can confirm