Brianna McHorse
@bmchorse.com
Engineering manager & ML engineer, former paleontologist. Building story games with NLP and other fun tools.
just wrote the phrase "sloppy fluff" (re: LLM outputs) and immediately had regrets. I'm never going to say it again but you all have to suffer with me
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
just wrote the phrase "sloppy fluff" (re: LLM outputs) and immediately had regrets. I'm never going to say it again but you all have to suffer with me
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I am unironically here for the Edmund Fitzgerald zeitgeist. Half my IG timeline is Fitz memes and tributes. People are learning about Gordon Lightfoot and how Lake Superior hates you, personally, and wants to do you a violence.
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I am unironically here for the Edmund Fitzgerald zeitgeist. Half my IG timeline is Fitz memes and tributes. People are learning about Gordon Lightfoot and how Lake Superior hates you, personally, and wants to do you a violence.
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H1149.8
Girl
to bring cloth
as long
as river
and raise pig
as big
as mountain.
Girl
to bring cloth
as long
as river
and raise pig
as big
as mountain.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
H1149.8
Girl
to bring cloth
as long
as river
and raise pig
as big
as mountain.
Girl
to bring cloth
as long
as river
and raise pig
as big
as mountain.
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permadeath is good for you, actually! join us @ roguelike.club
special conference, already off to a rousing start. if you like thinking about how people and systems and games interact, come experience the therapeutic catharsis of having your mind exploded every 45 seconds
The 10th Roguelike Celebration is now LIVE! Pick up a ticket, pay what you can, and join us for a full weekend of amazing talks! We have a whole online chat space that's bustling and full of secrets, we have breakout rooms to chat with speakers, please come say hi!
ti.to/roguelike-ce...
ti.to/roguelike-ce...
October 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
permadeath is good for you, actually! join us @ roguelike.club
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EMILY DICKINSON, JEDI KNIGHT
Not so clumsy, nor so random -
As a blaster - in its rage
More elegant - the weapon
More civilized - the age
Not so clumsy, nor so random -
As a blaster - in its rage
More elegant - the weapon
More civilized - the age
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
EMILY DICKINSON, JEDI KNIGHT
Not so clumsy, nor so random -
As a blaster - in its rage
More elegant - the weapon
More civilized - the age
Not so clumsy, nor so random -
As a blaster - in its rage
More elegant - the weapon
More civilized - the age
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!!!!!!!!!
We're really excited to properly reveal our game very soon. At the moment, the leg markings are still loading 😇
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October 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
!!!!!!!!!
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Don't you dare put that baby in pelican mouth.
September 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Don't you dare put that baby in pelican mouth.
No you should DEFINITELY ask Chris about gunpla
Continuing our posts on media we love is Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX. (Yes, that's the spelling.)
Chris (design) calls it "a thoughtful Gundam 'remix' - the mythology can be daunting but the gunpla is cool."
(Ask Chris about gunpla! Actually... maybe you don't wanna do that.)
Chris (design) calls it "a thoughtful Gundam 'remix' - the mythology can be daunting but the gunpla is cool."
(Ask Chris about gunpla! Actually... maybe you don't wanna do that.)
September 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
No you should DEFINITELY ask Chris about gunpla
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Also on a purely fun level, it's beautifully campy and Kiryu is a sweet himbo with a heart of gold who is also very good at punching things to solve problems. Highly recommend.
September 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Also on a purely fun level, it's beautifully campy and Kiryu is a sweet himbo with a heart of gold who is also very good at punching things to solve problems. Highly recommend.
It's me, I'm obsessed, thank you @dominic.cool and now @nickcummings.com
We're starting a new semi-regular series of posts about media (books, movies, games, etc etc) our team has loved recently.
First up is Yakuza 0, which Brianna (engineering) started recently as a newcomer to the franchise. Now she can't stop sending Kiryu reaction gifs.
First up is Yakuza 0, which Brianna (engineering) started recently as a newcomer to the franchise. Now she can't stop sending Kiryu reaction gifs.
September 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It's me, I'm obsessed, thank you @dominic.cool and now @nickcummings.com
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F361.12
Fairies take revenge
on mortals
who destroy their homes.
Fairies take revenge
on mortals
who destroy their homes.
August 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
F361.12
Fairies take revenge
on mortals
who destroy their homes.
Fairies take revenge
on mortals
who destroy their homes.
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We are maybe a year away from getting named-dropped in a new streaming series on a platform you've never heard of before.
August 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We are maybe a year away from getting named-dropped in a new streaming series on a platform you've never heard of before.
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That's branding, baby.
I asked my partner what brand power washer we have and he said "oh no is it recall Thursday?"
#RECALL: About 764K RYOBI Electric Pressure Washers recalled due to projectile hazard; risk of serious injury. The pressure washers’ capacitor can overheat and burst. Get a repair. CONTACT: 800-597 9624 or www.ryobitools.com/recall
More from CPSC: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...
More from CPSC: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...
August 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
That's branding, baby.
I would give a *lot* to have had these scripts, and this mental model for engaging with the medical system, several years ago.
Eventually I arrived in a similar place, but that journey was...rough.
Eventually I arrived in a similar place, but that journey was...rough.
I made a couple example scripts to help my friends who were also facing challenging dismissal from doctors, not vax specific but may be useful as more people have to experience being denied reasonable healthcare for political reasons now.
www.drcathicks.com/post/talking...
www.drcathicks.com/post/talking...
Talking to doctors about evidence and post covid symptoms
For the last six months I've been attempting to get healthcare for post covid symptoms. It will likely come as no surprise that this has been difficult. After covid, a very large percentage of people ...
www.drcathicks.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I would give a *lot* to have had these scripts, and this mental model for engaging with the medical system, several years ago.
Eventually I arrived in a similar place, but that journey was...rough.
Eventually I arrived in a similar place, but that journey was...rough.
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Is it too late to change my answer?
August 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Is it too late to change my answer?
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tyrannosaurus rex being granted a vision of its descendent, the bee hummingbird, which weighs roughly 2.6 grams on average:
August 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
tyrannosaurus rex being granted a vision of its descendent, the bee hummingbird, which weighs roughly 2.6 grams on average:
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Minnesota is heartbroken.
From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together.
Hug your kids close.
From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together.
Hug your kids close.
August 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Minnesota is heartbroken.
From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together.
Hug your kids close.
From the officers responding, to the clergy and teachers providing comfort, to the hospital staff saving lives, we will get through this together.
Hug your kids close.
Today was a good item day on anisota.net. Jasmine flowers, graveyard dirt, and parsley. 🌌
anisota for Bluesky & ATProto
a new, experimental way to use social media
anisota.net
August 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today was a good item day on anisota.net. Jasmine flowers, graveyard dirt, and parsley. 🌌
It's a good thread!
Okay, here's my hot writing take of the week:
I think the narrative of "A writer writes because they must" has done a lot of psychological damage to a lot of writers.
Let me tell you, in a truly supportive way: You don't have to be a writer.
🧵
I think the narrative of "A writer writes because they must" has done a lot of psychological damage to a lot of writers.
Let me tell you, in a truly supportive way: You don't have to be a writer.
🧵
August 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It's a good thread!
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And ometimes the words come, but you hate them. Or you like them but hate that no one wants the stories you want to write. Or you're just burned out. And if that's true, I'm telling you, stop trying to force it. Take a break! Give yourself the freedom to not feel shame for walking away.
August 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And ometimes the words come, but you hate them. Or you like them but hate that no one wants the stories you want to write. Or you're just burned out. And if that's true, I'm telling you, stop trying to force it. Take a break! Give yourself the freedom to not feel shame for walking away.
I put down writing stories for a solid decade after a yearlong intensive burned all joy I had for it to a crisp. It was fine! I've picked it back up again recently and that's nice too, but who knows how unpleasant it would've been if I'd been beating myself up about it the whole time.
Someone telling me that if writing was a source of pain and frustration and nothing else, I didn't have to do it anymore was incredibly freeing. We make writing into this pseudo-spiritual thing. I can already hear the replies of "not ME! I MUST!" being typed.
August 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I put down writing stories for a solid decade after a yearlong intensive burned all joy I had for it to a crisp. It was fine! I've picked it back up again recently and that's nice too, but who knows how unpleasant it would've been if I'd been beating myself up about it the whole time.
listen you don't get a ton of storytelling practice when you're busy forging swords and horseshoes and whatnot all day! too much clanging
You meet a apologetic human blacksmith in the living quarters. They recite a tale of a hopeless human adventurer who fights with a glaive. The storytelling is pathetic.
August 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
listen you don't get a ton of storytelling practice when you're busy forging swords and horseshoes and whatnot all day! too much clanging
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As always, we’ve evaluated the new fair foods according to our peerless, pitiless Scarf!, Shrug, Skip system. (Accept no substitutes.)
The Best, Worst, and Most Middling New Foods of the 2025 Minnesota State Fair - Racket
Enjoy 7,000 words of reviews set to our proprietary Scarf!, Shrug, Skip rating system.
racketmn.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As always, we’ve evaluated the new fair foods according to our peerless, pitiless Scarf!, Shrug, Skip system. (Accept no substitutes.)
LET ME TEND AND EXPLORE THE WILDERNESS WITH MY GIANT FUZZY CAPRINES
Herdling is OUT NOW! We’re stoked to finally invite you on this journey 🐐🦬🐏⛰️
Get the game now on Steam, Epic Game Store, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S or Game Pass, links below!
We’ll give away 5 Steam keys among everyone who reposts this 🎉🎉🎉
Get the game now on Steam, Epic Game Store, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S or Game Pass, links below!
We’ll give away 5 Steam keys among everyone who reposts this 🎉🎉🎉
August 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
LET ME TEND AND EXPLORE THE WILDERNESS WITH MY GIANT FUZZY CAPRINES