Brian
@bcminch.bsky.social
He/him, data engineer, metalhead, long time casual MTG player
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i’m never gonna be able to fire a cruise missile yet the question of using my tax dollars for them has never been up for debate
Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Mamdani's city-owned grocery stores are a socialist trap | Opinion
No matter how good Zohran Mamdani makes grocery affordability sound, he's selling New Yorkers the same broken promise that has failed everywhere else.
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August 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
i’m never gonna be able to fire a cruise missile yet the question of using my tax dollars for them has never been up for debate
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i've run the numbers three times now and it's always the same
July 29, 2026 at 11:35 AM
i've run the numbers three times now and it's always the same
I completed my Secrets of Strixhaven homework! My chosen college: 🟢🔵 Quandrix!
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Secrets of Strixhaven - Interactive Homework Puzzles
All six MagicCon Amsterdam puzzles, playable in your browser. Solve the five college homeworks to collect 35 mana symbols, then build your magical creature.
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July 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I completed my Secrets of Strixhaven homework! My chosen college: 🟢🔵 Quandrix!
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Wikimedia Foundation just fired a long time lead developer of MediaWiki as well as its entire community team for unionizing. If you’re a donor, email [email protected] to protest this move.
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Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia
TLDR: In ten days last month, the Wikimedia Foundation fired the longtime lead developer of MediaWiki and disbanded the team whose entire…
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May 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Wikimedia Foundation just fired a long time lead developer of MediaWiki as well as its entire community team for unionizing. If you’re a donor, email [email protected] to protest this move.
medium.com/@jakeorlowit...
medium.com/@jakeorlowit...
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Pope Leo quoting Tolkien in his encyclical on AI seems like a pointed reference for the tech oligarchs who have appropriated LOTR for their own ends.
May 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Pope Leo quoting Tolkien in his encyclical on AI seems like a pointed reference for the tech oligarchs who have appropriated LOTR for their own ends.
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Hot dog car driver strongly spoke out against crashed hot dog car in a speech last night.
NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger strongly spoke out against media "capitulation" in a speech last night >>> cnn.it/4tUxLns
May 24, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Hot dog car driver strongly spoke out against crashed hot dog car in a speech last night.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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this is the stupidest thing and it absolutely undid me
February 22, 2026 at 7:16 AM
this is the stupidest thing and it absolutely undid me
I know people like to joke that Magic is a children's card game but this spoiler season is the first time I've felt like that was an accurate description.
February 20, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I know people like to joke that Magic is a children's card game but this spoiler season is the first time I've felt like that was an accurate description.
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important message i want to pass along about the creamy pint addiction - please watch if you, like many, are still slugging back 4-6 creamy pints a day 👇
February 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM
important message i want to pass along about the creamy pint addiction - please watch if you, like many, are still slugging back 4-6 creamy pints a day 👇
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i have been thinking about this nonstop after i saw it for the first time last night. this is an immaculately crafted joke. maybe the best joke ive ever seen
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
i have been thinking about this nonstop after i saw it for the first time last night. this is an immaculately crafted joke. maybe the best joke ive ever seen
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
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effective today, I have resigned from working with Ultimate Guard, as I can no longer support the company's creative or business decisions.
August 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
effective today, I have resigned from working with Ultimate Guard, as I can no longer support the company's creative or business decisions.
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I love this so much and I am absolutely tearing up about it. The gentleness and plainness of this, the way he just lets her be her (and she seems so damn lovely, who wouldn’t?), the generosity.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
August 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I love this so much and I am absolutely tearing up about it. The gentleness and plainness of this, the way he just lets her be her (and she seems so damn lovely, who wouldn’t?), the generosity.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
It isn’t going to solve the world’s problems, but this kind of humanity is a hell of a start.
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Cats are and always have been cyberpunks
July 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Cats are and always have been cyberpunks
Ten writers of whom l've read five-plus books:
Joe Abercrombie
Pierce Brown
Frank Herbert
Christopher Moore
Brandon Sanderson
Andrzej Sapkowski
John Scalzi
Neal Stephenson
Daniel Suarez
Martha Wells
Joe Abercrombie
Pierce Brown
Frank Herbert
Christopher Moore
Brandon Sanderson
Andrzej Sapkowski
John Scalzi
Neal Stephenson
Daniel Suarez
Martha Wells
Ten writers of whom I've read five-plus books:
Brandon Sanderson
Robert Jordan
Tad Williams
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Stephen Brust
Brent Weeks
Doug Niles
Karen Armstrong
William Dalrymple
David Eddings
Honestly I could have just used dragonlance authors and filled this whole thing.
Brandon Sanderson
Robert Jordan
Tad Williams
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Stephen Brust
Brent Weeks
Doug Niles
Karen Armstrong
William Dalrymple
David Eddings
Honestly I could have just used dragonlance authors and filled this whole thing.
What an interesting exercise!
Ten writers of whom I've read five-plus books:
Witold Gombrowicz
Jack Kerouac
Patricia Highsmith
Harry Crews
Chester Himes
Vladimir Nabokov
Thomas Pynchon
Gilbert Sorrentino
Martin Amis
Piers Anthony
Ten writers of whom I've read five-plus books:
Witold Gombrowicz
Jack Kerouac
Patricia Highsmith
Harry Crews
Chester Himes
Vladimir Nabokov
Thomas Pynchon
Gilbert Sorrentino
Martin Amis
Piers Anthony
July 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Ten writers of whom l've read five-plus books:
Joe Abercrombie
Pierce Brown
Frank Herbert
Christopher Moore
Brandon Sanderson
Andrzej Sapkowski
John Scalzi
Neal Stephenson
Daniel Suarez
Martha Wells
Joe Abercrombie
Pierce Brown
Frank Herbert
Christopher Moore
Brandon Sanderson
Andrzej Sapkowski
John Scalzi
Neal Stephenson
Daniel Suarez
Martha Wells
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Hope for the hopeless, a light in the darkness
Hope for the hopeless, a light in the dark
Hope for the hopeless, a light in the dark
June 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Hope for the hopeless, a light in the darkness
Hope for the hopeless, a light in the dark
Hope for the hopeless, a light in the dark
About 12 years ago I was with some friends at a scotch bar in Baltimore called Birds of a Feather and someone realized Patton Oswalt was at the end of the bar. He was deep in conversation with someone so we didn't bother him. Miss that spot, it was a good one.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
About 12 years ago I was with some friends at a scotch bar in Baltimore called Birds of a Feather and someone realized Patton Oswalt was at the end of the bar. He was deep in conversation with someone so we didn't bother him. Miss that spot, it was a good one.
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Unfortunately, that’s the wrong position. *Specific* AI learning models have very useful cases (MRNA vaccines being a particularly notable one), but when it comes to actual “general intelligence,” the technology is snake-oil peddled by conmen.
All AI should be banned. This is the logical position. This is the moral position. This is the easy position.
April 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Unfortunately, that’s the wrong position. *Specific* AI learning models have very useful cases (MRNA vaccines being a particularly notable one), but when it comes to actual “general intelligence,” the technology is snake-oil peddled by conmen.