Brian T. Rice
@briantrice.bsky.social
Mad computer scientist; electric motorcycle hacker; software architect; data viz whatever? Former nuclear tech, always NB. They/them. https://signal.me/#eu/5U6AQo_peWVxKPh5raxwBKUp8UxZm4iwfIb-21fgVSVQFRgfXn1DF42nvXiWSNfu
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Brian T. Rice
@briantrice.bsky.social
· Apr 25
Proof of life on my electric motorcycle streamlining kit. We just had to rework the wheels which were giving us trouble due to maintenance issues.
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Since its humble beginnings in 2001, the Newton Glossary has grown into one of most comprehensive collections of terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, and other bits of trivia relating to the #AppleNewton
The glossary currently includes 2,030 terms and 223 sources
Mind your head
The glossary currently includes 2,030 terms and 223 sources
Mind your head
February 13, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Since its humble beginnings in 2001, the Newton Glossary has grown into one of most comprehensive collections of terms, definitions, acronyms, colloquialisms, and other bits of trivia relating to the #AppleNewton
The glossary currently includes 2,030 terms and 223 sources
Mind your head
The glossary currently includes 2,030 terms and 223 sources
Mind your head
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Centrelink recipients who had Robodebts have just weeks to sign up to receive part of a massive payout. The federal government last year agreed to pay $475 million in additional compensation to about 450,000 victims of the calamitous robodebt scandal au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...
Centrelink warning as deadline to claim $475 million just weeks away
The government is preparing to hand back $475 million to eligible recipients. Here's how to register.
au.finance.yahoo.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Centrelink recipients who had Robodebts have just weeks to sign up to receive part of a massive payout. The federal government last year agreed to pay $475 million in additional compensation to about 450,000 victims of the calamitous robodebt scandal au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...
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If you see this, post a character that starts with the letter K
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 AM
If you see this, post a character that starts with the letter K
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Nuremberg Trials are the moderate position
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Nuremberg Trials are the moderate position
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Almost everything we do, every decision we make, every life goal is devoted to securing healthcare and safety for ourselves and our families.
We stay in abusive jobs and abusive marriages for health insurance. We look around, and see all the wrong people armed. We’re losing patience, losing hope.
We stay in abusive jobs and abusive marriages for health insurance. We look around, and see all the wrong people armed. We’re losing patience, losing hope.
I am forced to conclude that if you grew up in a society with healthcare and gun control, you simply cannot fathom what life is like right now for most people in the U.S.
It’s not just the current regime. It’s the full weight of a lifetime of knowledge that your life is disposable.
It’s not just the current regime. It’s the full weight of a lifetime of knowledge that your life is disposable.
February 13, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Almost everything we do, every decision we make, every life goal is devoted to securing healthcare and safety for ourselves and our families.
We stay in abusive jobs and abusive marriages for health insurance. We look around, and see all the wrong people armed. We’re losing patience, losing hope.
We stay in abusive jobs and abusive marriages for health insurance. We look around, and see all the wrong people armed. We’re losing patience, losing hope.
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Mato Tipila,
2/12/2026, 6:30:31 PM
2/12/2026, 6:30:31 PM
February 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Mato Tipila,
2/12/2026, 6:30:31 PM
2/12/2026, 6:30:31 PM
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wow what's it doing!
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
wow what's it doing!
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Take every Trump cabinet member and official to civil court for damages against the populace. Strip them of all their assets and nationalize their companies. Leave them with nothing but whatever UBI and public health benefits are passed for everyone.
February 13, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Take every Trump cabinet member and official to civil court for damages against the populace. Strip them of all their assets and nationalize their companies. Leave them with nothing but whatever UBI and public health benefits are passed for everyone.
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Cancel all government contracts with Elon Musk and his companies. Shut 'em all down.
Remove all government accounts from X.
Remove all government accounts from X.
February 13, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Cancel all government contracts with Elon Musk and his companies. Shut 'em all down.
Remove all government accounts from X.
Remove all government accounts from X.
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Ban Kalshi and sports betting and all that scam trash. It's corrupting garbage and there's no reason to let those industries survive.
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Ban Kalshi and sports betting and all that scam trash. It's corrupting garbage and there's no reason to let those industries survive.
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Destroy the ability of public equity firms to destroy companies and communities. This seems like a good start: www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Warren, Lawmakers Renew Legislative Push to Stop Private Equity Looting | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
www.warren.senate.gov
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Destroy the ability of public equity firms to destroy companies and communities. This seems like a good start: www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
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honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
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weird that americans think corruption is rampant, where would they get such a wacky idea
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
weird that americans think corruption is rampant, where would they get such a wacky idea
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bunny hint: your base currently meets the spawn requirement for rabbits! your crops will be in eaten in 2-4 business days! you should let them. do that
February 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
bunny hint: your base currently meets the spawn requirement for rabbits! your crops will be in eaten in 2-4 business days! you should let them. do that
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Elon Musk genuinely has to be regarded as one of history’s pre-eminent mass murderers
HORRIFYING -
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Dismantling USAID & cancelling >80% of aid caused ~750,000 deaths by mid-2025
🧸Most were children
⌛️ Many died within the first year
😰 Preventable deaths were mainly from:
- HIV, TB, malaria
- Maternal & fetal deaths
- Malnutrition
news.westernu.ca/2026/01/u-s-...
Expert insight: U.S. withdrawal from WHO could affect global health - Western News
History professor Mitchell L. Hammond explains how the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization could affect global health and disease threats.
news.westernu.ca
February 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Elon Musk genuinely has to be regarded as one of history’s pre-eminent mass murderers
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Love seeing my friends get well-deserved shine! Congrats to @slavkobogdanov.bsky.social on this exciting new 🔭 result 🤩
Scientists may have discovered a pulsar at the Milky Way’s heart—a result that could reveal new physics
If a pulsar that may lie at the center of our galaxy is confirmed, it could enable more precise measurements of the spacetime around the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole
www.scientificamerican.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Love seeing my friends get well-deserved shine! Congrats to @slavkobogdanov.bsky.social on this exciting new 🔭 result 🤩
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Maximize agency, not outcomes.
It's ok for people to make different decisions than you, even bad ones. But the point is that it's their decision to make, and they have choices available to them.
It's ok for people to make different decisions than you, even bad ones. But the point is that it's their decision to make, and they have choices available to them.
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Maximize agency, not outcomes.
It's ok for people to make different decisions than you, even bad ones. But the point is that it's their decision to make, and they have choices available to them.
It's ok for people to make different decisions than you, even bad ones. But the point is that it's their decision to make, and they have choices available to them.
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I would love to have a discussion with Jake Tapper about the history of the term "concentration camp" and its usage. It would do so much good if he would actually address this head on.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 13, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I would love to have a discussion with Jake Tapper about the history of the term "concentration camp" and its usage. It would do so much good if he would actually address this head on.
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after growing up in an environment where seemingly the goal of every pot brownie maker was to launch you to the moon every single night, the mainstreaming of low dose weed gummies in the 2-10MG range is probably the best thing that has ever or could ever happen to weed and "weed culture"
February 13, 2026 at 12:56 AM
after growing up in an environment where seemingly the goal of every pot brownie maker was to launch you to the moon every single night, the mainstreaming of low dose weed gummies in the 2-10MG range is probably the best thing that has ever or could ever happen to weed and "weed culture"
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In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
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I'm starting to feel like one of the biggest issues with generative AI is that it's outsourcing problem solving, knowledge, and creativity, as something we simply don't value anymore in humans
by design, even. this is the goal
by design, even. this is the goal
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I'm starting to feel like one of the biggest issues with generative AI is that it's outsourcing problem solving, knowledge, and creativity, as something we simply don't value anymore in humans
by design, even. this is the goal
by design, even. this is the goal
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This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
This is just unconscionable man
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It strikes me as problematic the extent to which knowing how something works or even wanting to know is seen as endorsement of it.
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
It strikes me as problematic the extent to which knowing how something works or even wanting to know is seen as endorsement of it.