Brittany
@academicfan.bsky.social
Mostly screaming into various fandom voids ✨. Lawyer ⚖️. Chemical engineer 🧪. Still figuring it out. (She/Her) 🌈
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"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
i don't care if the danged chat bots are "thinking." that's not my problem. stop putting them in my computers
September 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
God of War soundtracks maybe not the best choice when trying NOT to cry at my desk at work, but alas. I wanted to go “home.”
September 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
God of War soundtracks maybe not the best choice when trying NOT to cry at my desk at work, but alas. I wanted to go “home.”
No, you were up until 2 am trying to rewrite Wolverine to keep essentially the same plot, but in a way that made connected sense and didn’t sacrifice all depth of basically every character.
While also incorporating game mechanics Insomniac has used before. Why aren’t they here.
Sigh.
While also incorporating game mechanics Insomniac has used before. Why aren’t they here.
Sigh.
September 18, 2026 at 12:46 PM
No, you were up until 2 am trying to rewrite Wolverine to keep essentially the same plot, but in a way that made connected sense and didn’t sacrifice all depth of basically every character.
While also incorporating game mechanics Insomniac has used before. Why aren’t they here.
Sigh.
While also incorporating game mechanics Insomniac has used before. Why aren’t they here.
Sigh.
6.5/10.
That last hour of writing. Woof. What the actual fuck happened, Insomniac.
This cannot be the game they wanted to ship like this. This is…why has the narrative writing in games this year been such dogwater.
That last hour of writing. Woof. What the actual fuck happened, Insomniac.
This cannot be the game they wanted to ship like this. This is…why has the narrative writing in games this year been such dogwater.
Essentially spoiler free thoughts on Wolverine, now that I’ve played a good chunk of it:
1) Insomniac is way too married to their superhero games narrative formula and three-act structure. The cut content here makes for some strange pacing here and there.
2) I want the game this should have been.
1) Insomniac is way too married to their superhero games narrative formula and three-act structure. The cut content here makes for some strange pacing here and there.
2) I want the game this should have been.
September 18, 2026 at 1:11 AM
6.5/10.
That last hour of writing. Woof. What the actual fuck happened, Insomniac.
This cannot be the game they wanted to ship like this. This is…why has the narrative writing in games this year been such dogwater.
That last hour of writing. Woof. What the actual fuck happened, Insomniac.
This cannot be the game they wanted to ship like this. This is…why has the narrative writing in games this year been such dogwater.
“Fuck it, I’ll just take the Blue Line.” - Ancient Virginian at L’Enfant Proverb.
September 17, 2026 at 9:33 PM
“Fuck it, I’ll just take the Blue Line.” - Ancient Virginian at L’Enfant Proverb.
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New cat just dropped.
Landed on its feet, it’s fine.
Landed on its feet, it’s fine.
Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
www.nationalgeographic.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
New cat just dropped.
Landed on its feet, it’s fine.
Landed on its feet, it’s fine.
Essentially spoiler free thoughts on Wolverine, now that I’ve played a good chunk of it:
1) Insomniac is way too married to their superhero games narrative formula and three-act structure. The cut content here makes for some strange pacing here and there.
2) I want the game this should have been.
1) Insomniac is way too married to their superhero games narrative formula and three-act structure. The cut content here makes for some strange pacing here and there.
2) I want the game this should have been.
September 17, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Essentially spoiler free thoughts on Wolverine, now that I’ve played a good chunk of it:
1) Insomniac is way too married to their superhero games narrative formula and three-act structure. The cut content here makes for some strange pacing here and there.
2) I want the game this should have been.
1) Insomniac is way too married to their superhero games narrative formula and three-act structure. The cut content here makes for some strange pacing here and there.
2) I want the game this should have been.
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I fucking hate this patronizing bigoted bitch.
September 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I fucking hate this patronizing bigoted bitch.
Work mantra: “Do you want to be sane, or do you want to be right?”
(I want to be right.)
(I want to be right.)
September 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Work mantra: “Do you want to be sane, or do you want to be right?”
(I want to be right.)
(I want to be right.)
Every game showcase event since Summer Games Fest this year has had weird vibes and been between very disappointing and exceptionally mediocre.
Lots of remakes and remasters and definitive editions.
Lots of nostalgia being invoked and marketed to.
Lots of remakes and remasters and definitive editions.
Lots of nostalgia being invoked and marketed to.
September 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Every game showcase event since Summer Games Fest this year has had weird vibes and been between very disappointing and exceptionally mediocre.
Lots of remakes and remasters and definitive editions.
Lots of nostalgia being invoked and marketed to.
Lots of remakes and remasters and definitive editions.
Lots of nostalgia being invoked and marketed to.
I like the little automatic thread count numbers on threaded posts now. That’s a nice little QOL thing.
I wonder if it’ll help with threads breaking. It definitely saves on character count if you were numbering your own threads before.
I wonder if it’ll help with threads breaking. It definitely saves on character count if you were numbering your own threads before.
September 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I like the little automatic thread count numbers on threaded posts now. That’s a nice little QOL thing.
I wonder if it’ll help with threads breaking. It definitely saves on character count if you were numbering your own threads before.
I wonder if it’ll help with threads breaking. It definitely saves on character count if you were numbering your own threads before.
Summer storm with the kind of thunder and lightning that set off car alarms.
I didn’t want to sleep tonight or anything, Arlington.
I didn’t want to sleep tonight or anything, Arlington.
September 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Summer storm with the kind of thunder and lightning that set off car alarms.
I didn’t want to sleep tonight or anything, Arlington.
I didn’t want to sleep tonight or anything, Arlington.
I am now booked on video games from now through early April. Cool.
Time for NG+ runs!
Time for NG+ runs!
Square Enix has announced a release date for Final Fantasy 7: Revelation, with the third and final chapter of its acclaimed remake trilogy launching on April 8, 2027. https://bit.ly/4xxkDqV
September 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I am now booked on video games from now through early April. Cool.
Time for NG+ runs!
Time for NG+ runs!
DC has decided to drop a thunderstorm that wasn’t in the forecast on us.
Good times.
Good times.
September 2, 2026 at 6:04 PM
DC has decided to drop a thunderstorm that wasn’t in the forecast on us.
Good times.
Good times.
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When you argue that we should abandon the South, or that they somehow deserve to be mistreated for voting a certain way, you’re saying we should write off Dolly Parton.
Look at how everyone is responding right now and understand there are so, so many who believe in the same things she did.
Look at how everyone is responding right now and understand there are so, so many who believe in the same things she did.
As with American culture, Dolly sought to represent the best of what southern culture can be, in defiance of the no-good peckerwood assholes who try to define it at its worst
August 25, 2026 at 7:18 PM
When you argue that we should abandon the South, or that they somehow deserve to be mistreated for voting a certain way, you’re saying we should write off Dolly Parton.
Look at how everyone is responding right now and understand there are so, so many who believe in the same things she did.
Look at how everyone is responding right now and understand there are so, so many who believe in the same things she did.
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I think everyone should see this incredible picture of Dolly Parton: it’s by Stacie Williams (asterosperma on Instagram) and it’s called The Queen of Appalachia
August 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I think everyone should see this incredible picture of Dolly Parton: it’s by Stacie Williams (asterosperma on Instagram) and it’s called The Queen of Appalachia
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every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
August 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸
I’m not going to name them because they name search, and I’m sure they’ve been yelled at enough today, but Area Metro Transit System…B R U H.
20 minutes of waiting for one train on one side of the line while trains came every 30 seconds to 1 minute on the other.
Mathematically…how.
Sigh.
20 minutes of waiting for one train on one side of the line while trains came every 30 seconds to 1 minute on the other.
Mathematically…how.
Sigh.
August 17, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I’m not going to name them because they name search, and I’m sure they’ve been yelled at enough today, but Area Metro Transit System…B R U H.
20 minutes of waiting for one train on one side of the line while trains came every 30 seconds to 1 minute on the other.
Mathematically…how.
Sigh.
20 minutes of waiting for one train on one side of the line while trains came every 30 seconds to 1 minute on the other.
Mathematically…how.
Sigh.
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A lot of people don't know this, but when you brush a cat, you are legally required to show them the wad of cat hair that came off of them and tell them "this is enough for another whole cat"
August 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
A lot of people don't know this, but when you brush a cat, you are legally required to show them the wad of cat hair that came off of them and tell them "this is enough for another whole cat"
I can’t believe I didn’t start going to the county fair until last year. This is so much fun. My community is so fun and talented.
August 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I can’t believe I didn’t start going to the county fair until last year. This is so much fun. My community is so fun and talented.
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I was literally JUST doing a talk about this with @mcmanlypants.bsky.social an hour ago! The thing is that the Rockies are so much bigger than you that they don’t notice if you exist.
But the Appalachians are so much older than you that if they notice you, bad shit’s about to go down.
But the Appalachians are so much older than you that if they notice you, bad shit’s about to go down.
It's so cute when people on the east coast talk about mountains
August 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I was literally JUST doing a talk about this with @mcmanlypants.bsky.social an hour ago! The thing is that the Rockies are so much bigger than you that they don’t notice if you exist.
But the Appalachians are so much older than you that if they notice you, bad shit’s about to go down.
But the Appalachians are so much older than you that if they notice you, bad shit’s about to go down.
*glances askance at one particular ongoing strain of discourse*
Some of you are going to crash out when Epic: The Musical gets its animated movie, and I’ll enjoy the show.
Some of you are going to crash out when Epic: The Musical gets its animated movie, and I’ll enjoy the show.
August 6, 2026 at 12:18 PM
*glances askance at one particular ongoing strain of discourse*
Some of you are going to crash out when Epic: The Musical gets its animated movie, and I’ll enjoy the show.
Some of you are going to crash out when Epic: The Musical gets its animated movie, and I’ll enjoy the show.
Oh, I hate this new Bluesky feature where, when you open a post, if anyone you follow has liked it, it tells you “this post was liked by so-and-so.”
Messy UI and just unnecessary info.
Messy UI and just unnecessary info.
August 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Oh, I hate this new Bluesky feature where, when you open a post, if anyone you follow has liked it, it tells you “this post was liked by so-and-so.”
Messy UI and just unnecessary info.
Messy UI and just unnecessary info.
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Fandom was better when it was a niche hobby that was either never acknowledged or mocked by the mainstream.
The commercialization, commodification, and reliance on fans for free (and paid) marketing just…kills my desire to interact with fandom most of the time anymore.
*salts and burns the NYT*
The commercialization, commodification, and reliance on fans for free (and paid) marketing just…kills my desire to interact with fandom most of the time anymore.
*salts and burns the NYT*
July 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Fandom was better when it was a niche hobby that was either never acknowledged or mocked by the mainstream.
The commercialization, commodification, and reliance on fans for free (and paid) marketing just…kills my desire to interact with fandom most of the time anymore.
*salts and burns the NYT*
The commercialization, commodification, and reliance on fans for free (and paid) marketing just…kills my desire to interact with fandom most of the time anymore.
*salts and burns the NYT*