Brian says
@brianbs.bsky.social
Here for fun times and kindness. Not interested in culture wars. Just your recipes, jokes and art. And much needed life hacks.
Oh my god
April 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Oh my god
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.
April 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.
Yes this works out - it’s literally back of a cigarette packet stuff with a 10% minimum floor (hence the poor Heard Island penguins)
I just did the numbers and this assumption looks to be completely right.
Let’s pause for a minute and consider how INSANE this is. 🧵
Let’s pause for a minute and consider how INSANE this is. 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Yes this works out - it’s literally back of a cigarette packet stuff with a 10% minimum floor (hence the poor Heard Island penguins)
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We all see it don't we?
April 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We all see it don't we?
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It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
April 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
Taking a strategic decision to plough a reported $46bn into the ‘metaverse’ with nothing to show for it would be an easy baseline of Zuck level performance
Mark Zuckerberg said Meta plans to make more extensive performance-based cuts." Staff have questioned how they will work in practice.
'Year of intensity': Meta employees react to plans to cut low-performers
Mark Zuckerberg said Meta plans to make more extensive performance-based cuts." Staff have questioned how they will work in practice.
www.businessinsider.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Taking a strategic decision to plough a reported $46bn into the ‘metaverse’ with nothing to show for it would be an easy baseline of Zuck level performance
An exhausted Queen Camilla opens up her Waitrose app and adds to the sprouts and pigs in blankets in her basket, thanking the Lord she can do so before the Click and Collect closes. After a brief pause, also another bottle of gin. And another for luck. It's going to be a long Christmas.
December 22, 2024 at 8:10 AM
An exhausted Queen Camilla opens up her Waitrose app and adds to the sprouts and pigs in blankets in her basket, thanking the Lord she can do so before the Click and Collect closes. After a brief pause, also another bottle of gin. And another for luck. It's going to be a long Christmas.
🎵🔔 "Holidays are comin', holidays are comin'..." 🔔🎵
December 21, 2024 at 7:50 PM
🎵🔔 "Holidays are comin', holidays are comin'..." 🔔🎵
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The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
December 10, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
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1/ With more users joining Bluesky, we know how important it is to identify which accounts are real. Users deserve confidence that the accounts they interact with are authentic.
Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
November 29, 2024 at 8:46 PM
1/ With more users joining Bluesky, we know how important it is to identify which accounts are real. Users deserve confidence that the accounts they interact with are authentic.
Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵
Such a weird headline, BBC. She was on the e-bike - this is a CAR hit-and-run! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Such a weird headline, BBC. She was on the e-bike - this is a CAR hit-and-run! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
*psst*
Starter packs are just follow lists - follow all and then trim them. Complaining about how they’re curated makes no sense. Take responsibility for your own feed.
*pass it on* 🤫
Starter packs are just follow lists - follow all and then trim them. Complaining about how they’re curated makes no sense. Take responsibility for your own feed.
*pass it on* 🤫
November 27, 2024 at 6:59 PM
*psst*
Starter packs are just follow lists - follow all and then trim them. Complaining about how they’re curated makes no sense. Take responsibility for your own feed.
*pass it on* 🤫
Starter packs are just follow lists - follow all and then trim them. Complaining about how they’re curated makes no sense. Take responsibility for your own feed.
*pass it on* 🤫
Disappointed parents everywhere can only dream of giving their kids the kind of look that the Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster can give to the Shadow Leader of the opposition
November 27, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Disappointed parents everywhere can only dream of giving their kids the kind of look that the Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster can give to the Shadow Leader of the opposition
Somewhat surprised this not marketed as: Banksy for Sale (free building included)
Banksy’s Well Hung Lover to be sold with Bristol building it is painted on
Banksy’s Well Hung Lover to be sold with Bristol building it is painted on
Work showing man hanging from window ledge appeared in 2006 on listed Georgian property
One of Banksy’s most beloved works is being sold at auction, together with the Bristol building it was created on.
The work, known as Well Hung Lover, shows an image…
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Somewhat surprised this not marketed as: Banksy for Sale (free building included)
Bluesky is not a town square. What even is that? No one asked to be in the ‘World’s Town Square’. Go to an actual town square and see the people shouting there and see why. The other place did untold damage forcing everyone to stay in a caged town square with those guys.
In real life, you’d leave.
In real life, you’d leave.
November 27, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Bluesky is not a town square. What even is that? No one asked to be in the ‘World’s Town Square’. Go to an actual town square and see the people shouting there and see why. The other place did untold damage forcing everyone to stay in a caged town square with those guys.
In real life, you’d leave.
In real life, you’d leave.
Oh my. The Bsky firehouse has been improved. Exponentially 🤯
since various people have made this comparison, why not.. spaceshipfirehose.vercel.app
November 27, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Oh my. The Bsky firehouse has been improved. Exponentially 🤯
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Atlantic piece on how “The Right has a Bluesky Problem” reminds me of a pattern observed in cults. After failed prophecies, members often appear even more committed but that misses changes in group composition: nonbelievers and moderate members exit so remaining group is inevitably more extreme. 1/
November 24, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Atlantic piece on how “The Right has a Bluesky Problem” reminds me of a pattern observed in cults. After failed prophecies, members often appear even more committed but that misses changes in group composition: nonbelievers and moderate members exit so remaining group is inevitably more extreme. 1/
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the most problematic thing to come out of all these new bsky users is that a lot of y'all seem to think anything on here matters
November 24, 2024 at 3:55 AM
the most problematic thing to come out of all these new bsky users is that a lot of y'all seem to think anything on here matters
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Sunday comic.
November 24, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Sunday comic.
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Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory
Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky
blueskydirectory.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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For some reason the X-Men animated series theme fits perfectly with the Garfield and Friends intro.
November 22, 2024 at 1:07 PM
For some reason the X-Men animated series theme fits perfectly with the Garfield and Friends intro.
I am slightly in awe and mesmerised by this. Super trippy use of the API
Exploring the full bluesky firehose, in three dimensions: firehose3d.theo.io
November 23, 2024 at 7:13 AM
I am slightly in awe and mesmerised by this. Super trippy use of the API
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Hello to the Bluesky community!
We're trundling on in with an announcement; the Steam Autumn Sale starts next Wednesday, November 27th with deals on games of all types - from games that are blue, to games that are about skies, and everything in between.
We're trundling on in with an announcement; the Steam Autumn Sale starts next Wednesday, November 27th with deals on games of all types - from games that are blue, to games that are about skies, and everything in between.
November 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Hello to the Bluesky community!
We're trundling on in with an announcement; the Steam Autumn Sale starts next Wednesday, November 27th with deals on games of all types - from games that are blue, to games that are about skies, and everything in between.
We're trundling on in with an announcement; the Steam Autumn Sale starts next Wednesday, November 27th with deals on games of all types - from games that are blue, to games that are about skies, and everything in between.
This is the kind of post I’m here for. Wholesome. And delicious
The potato is a versatile vegetable—baked, roasted, fried, mashed—it can bring something to just about any menu.
But how exactly do these tasty tubers end up on our tables?
Dr. Rhett Spear joins us for a crash course in potato science.
But how exactly do these tasty tubers end up on our tables?
Dr. Rhett Spear joins us for a crash course in potato science.
A Horn Of Potato Plenty
Just in time for Thanksgiving, a potato researcher explains potato varieties, potato nutrition, and some tubular tuber facts.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:44 PM
This is the kind of post I’m here for. Wholesome. And delicious
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It has snowed in Chicago and YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! Time to remind everyone that we light our train tracks on fire to prevent the switches from freezing.
November 21, 2024 at 10:54 AM
It has snowed in Chicago and YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! Time to remind everyone that we light our train tracks on fire to prevent the switches from freezing.