Brendan Tynan
@akaichar.bsky.social
Brendanesque. Writer, customer service drone, nerd.
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RX-78-2 GUNDAM: NOW AND THEN
I really love the classic look of the Gundam, so I wanted to understand all its differences compared to the modern interpretation of the RX-78-2. And there's no better way to learn something well than to teach others!
#gundam #mobilesuitgundam #rx-78-2
I really love the classic look of the Gundam, so I wanted to understand all its differences compared to the modern interpretation of the RX-78-2. And there's no better way to learn something well than to teach others!
#gundam #mobilesuitgundam #rx-78-2
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
RX-78-2 GUNDAM: NOW AND THEN
I really love the classic look of the Gundam, so I wanted to understand all its differences compared to the modern interpretation of the RX-78-2. And there's no better way to learn something well than to teach others!
#gundam #mobilesuitgundam #rx-78-2
I really love the classic look of the Gundam, so I wanted to understand all its differences compared to the modern interpretation of the RX-78-2. And there's no better way to learn something well than to teach others!
#gundam #mobilesuitgundam #rx-78-2
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yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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I keep saying, Google intentionally making its search worse is a world-historical fumble, and it's a huge opportunity for so many others across the internet, if they'll just seize it..
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I keep saying, Google intentionally making its search worse is a world-historical fumble, and it's a huge opportunity for so many others across the internet, if they'll just seize it..
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
Back when I worked retail my store had a Christmas mix that legit had 15 versions of Last Christmas. After a rotation where the Swift version went into the Arianna Grande, I think the lyrics became this.
Whoever created the 2018 Target Christmas playlist, I hope you are over the breakup by now
Whoever created the 2018 Target Christmas playlist, I hope you are over the breakup by now
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Back when I worked retail my store had a Christmas mix that legit had 15 versions of Last Christmas. After a rotation where the Swift version went into the Arianna Grande, I think the lyrics became this.
Whoever created the 2018 Target Christmas playlist, I hope you are over the breakup by now
Whoever created the 2018 Target Christmas playlist, I hope you are over the breakup by now
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Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
December 4, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
I gave you my heart
Not really my heart
Just somebody's heart
This year
If the cops should appear
Please tell them that you don't know me
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every single thing hegseth says in public reveals a bottomless pit of insecurity
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
every single thing hegseth says in public reveals a bottomless pit of insecurity
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"I once pretold a story that warned of this outcome. Of course some people laughed at my tremulous tome of an army of mechanomen who seize control of all the coal mines in Wales and are only defeated by a barrage of close harmony singing. But such is the fate of being a modern day Nostradamus."
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"I once pretold a story that warned of this outcome. Of course some people laughed at my tremulous tome of an army of mechanomen who seize control of all the coal mines in Wales and are only defeated by a barrage of close harmony singing. But such is the fate of being a modern day Nostradamus."
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I stopped using 4Chan in 2014, luckily before GG started, because someone started a thread on /v/ with 500 post titled, "These are the girlfriends of the Super Best Friends. Discuss."
And I knew at that moment, I was mentally older than all these children and I needed to get out of there.
And I knew at that moment, I was mentally older than all these children and I needed to get out of there.
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I stopped using 4Chan in 2014, luckily before GG started, because someone started a thread on /v/ with 500 post titled, "These are the girlfriends of the Super Best Friends. Discuss."
And I knew at that moment, I was mentally older than all these children and I needed to get out of there.
And I knew at that moment, I was mentally older than all these children and I needed to get out of there.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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"Trump is a fucking idiot who gets rolled by anyone who's nice to him" theory remains undefeated, putting someone like Mamdani in there is like having Randy Johnson sub in for a 5th grade Little League game
Q: Stefanik has called Mamdani a 'jihadist.' Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist right now?
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
TRUMP: No, I don't. I met with a man who's a very rational person
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"Trump is a fucking idiot who gets rolled by anyone who's nice to him" theory remains undefeated, putting someone like Mamdani in there is like having Randy Johnson sub in for a 5th grade Little League game
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Zohran cucked Trump in less than an hour, adjust what you think political strength looks like if you don’t think it looks like him
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Zohran cucked Trump in less than an hour, adjust what you think political strength looks like if you don’t think it looks like him
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Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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"Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
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Destruction of evidence is evidence of guilt.
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Destruction of evidence is evidence of guilt.
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The drama. The choreography.
"Timeless" Toni Storm + Mina Shirakawa has us GLUED to the screen with their first official entrance as the Timeless Love Bombs!
"Timeless" Toni Storm + Mina Shirakawa has us GLUED to the screen with their first official entrance as the Timeless Love Bombs!
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The drama. The choreography.
"Timeless" Toni Storm + Mina Shirakawa has us GLUED to the screen with their first official entrance as the Timeless Love Bombs!
"Timeless" Toni Storm + Mina Shirakawa has us GLUED to the screen with their first official entrance as the Timeless Love Bombs!
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"Antisemitism is bad" followed by "get out of my country go back to yours (and die so that Jesus can come back)" is both wild and a fairly honest take for a christofascist😑
Mike Pence wrote an opinion piece for Fox News. Reading the headline, I was like, "Okay, seems like a normal take."
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
Then I read the subheadline and... bro, what?
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Antisemitism is bad" followed by "get out of my country go back to yours (and die so that Jesus can come back)" is both wild and a fairly honest take for a christofascist😑
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Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
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Questions already answered by the shirt, etc
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Questions already answered by the shirt, etc
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I did a li'l thread about hooking ppl into your worldbuilding fiction a couple days ago! enjoy
Nobody asked, but:
I think the biggest pitfall of sci-fi/fantasy storytelling, especially for worldbuilders, in the infodump.
You're (rightfully) just so proud of all the work you put into creating a cohesive setting that you just wanna PUKE it all over readers/watchers on page one.
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I think the biggest pitfall of sci-fi/fantasy storytelling, especially for worldbuilders, in the infodump.
You're (rightfully) just so proud of all the work you put into creating a cohesive setting that you just wanna PUKE it all over readers/watchers on page one.
(thread)
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I did a li'l thread about hooking ppl into your worldbuilding fiction a couple days ago! enjoy
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But oh my god do not do that. Don't do that.
Unless your audience is going in WANTING a Dinotopia-style "Hey, here's how my world works, in detail!" treatise, and knowing that's what they'll get, infodumps are the fast track to making people bounce off your work like a basketball.
Unless your audience is going in WANTING a Dinotopia-style "Hey, here's how my world works, in detail!" treatise, and knowing that's what they'll get, infodumps are the fast track to making people bounce off your work like a basketball.
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
But oh my god do not do that. Don't do that.
Unless your audience is going in WANTING a Dinotopia-style "Hey, here's how my world works, in detail!" treatise, and knowing that's what they'll get, infodumps are the fast track to making people bounce off your work like a basketball.
Unless your audience is going in WANTING a Dinotopia-style "Hey, here's how my world works, in detail!" treatise, and knowing that's what they'll get, infodumps are the fast track to making people bounce off your work like a basketball.
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They lie. They lie. They lie. This was obviously bullshit on day one, and they kept digging in and digging in and now they're forced to admit it was bullshit all along.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
They lie. They lie. They lie. This was obviously bullshit on day one, and they kept digging in and digging in and now they're forced to admit it was bullshit all along.
Obviously this piece needs some trigger warnings, but the way it drops the other shoe towards is masterful.
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Obviously this piece needs some trigger warnings, but the way it drops the other shoe towards is masterful.