Aaron Brick — אהרן בריק
@aarbrk.mstdn.mx.ap.brid.gy
Historian of Mexico & California; Computer Science educator. Archives, manuscripts, graphics, document pipelines. Degrowth, frisbee, gardening, hi-fi. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mstdn.mx/@aarbrk, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
“Students for a Democratic Society” by Harvey Pekar and Gary Dumm et al (2008). A congratulatory treatment of SDS activists that centers their tension with other 1960s movements (PLP, Panthers, Weathermen, SNCC). Disjointed and episodic retellings lack a main […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
“Musashi” by Sean Michael Wilson and Michiru Morikawa (2014). A swashbuckling biography bordering on the hagiographic, in which Miyamoto Musashi's adoptive son narrates his the life of his polymath father. The B&W artwork is attractive, but I found the constant […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
“Laika” by Nick Abadzis (2007). The poignant story of the first dog in space, humanized (or caninized) with dream sequences, an invented backstory, and a fictional handler. Changes in layout, color, and perspective keep it visually engaging. The product of extensive […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
“Detrás de las persianas” por Isabel Franc y Rosa Navarro (2025). Dos alumnas posgraduadas recorren su ciudad en búsqueda de personajes y lugares propios de la Barcelona lésbica. Hace buen uso de documentos históricos, muchos de los cuales se dibujaron para […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
“In the Shadow of Stalin” by Andrea Chalupa and Ivan Rodrigues (2024). A very attractive cold war thriller covering Welsh journalist Gareth Jones reaching Ukraine and witnessing the Holodomor in 1933. Lots of female roles, but some seemed contrived; developing these […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
“Four Presidents.” Each man has ordered something different. How many are drinking alcohol? (poll in reply) […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
“Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master” by David Kushner and Koren Shadmi. A dual biography covering a few years' rivalry between Nolan Bushnell and Ralph Baer during the 1970s, including fantasy gaming encounters between the two. There are a few charming moments, but […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
My family enjoys a fairly reliable municipal water supply, but I would like to be more resilient in this area. Buying pallets of plastic bottles sounds awful. Does anyone have experience or insight around the installation of a (continually flushed, inline) tank for […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
“Louis Riel” by Chester Brown (2003). A biographical epic of politics, exile, and rebellion. Riel is a sympathetic and troubled figure. The artwork alternates between dwelling on visual themes, and rapidly changing views and locations, with which the maps help a […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
“Joseph Smith and the Mormons” by Noah Van Sciver (2022). A fun biography with robust dialogue that brings moral and spiritual questions front and center. Silent panels and nature scenes help to pace Smith's long series of tribulations and provocations. NVS's style […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
>>> import math >>> import strings Vladimir Mayakovsky >>> This was a surprise! Of course it was my fault for launching the interpreter in a directory full of short-named code samples. #python
The Marine Division of Santa Cruz's Fire Department has some real specialists on staff! Good reason to pay property tax, IMHO, even if you could reasonably argue that noone needs to drive near Steamer's Lane […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
En el año 2000 tuve la suerte de volar con Cubana de Aviación en un avión de hélice soviético, entre la Habana y Santiago. Me he puesto a preguntar si era o un Ilyushin Il-18 o un Antonov An-24 o un An-26, los que operaba Cubana en los años 90. Ya que esa ruta es la […] [Original post on mstdn.mx]
Anecdotal evidence that the public library here in San Francisco is thriving. https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/sf-library-odyssey-film-22368957.php
Linux desktop user since 1997 and the forced migration from Xorg to Wayland is one of my worst software experiences ever.
ICYMI, users of “Claude” are now killing Black people with Elon's personal methane generators in Memphis. https://slashdot.org/story/26/05/07/0424216/anthropic-raises-claude-code-usage-limits-credits-new-deal-with-spacex #health #ai #anthropic #spacex #memphis #airquality #liability
Anthropic Raises Claude Code Usage Limits, Credits New Deal With SpaceX - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: At its Code with Claude developer conference on Wednesday, Anthropic announced a deal with SpaceX to utilize the entire compute capacity of the latter's data center in Memphis, Tennessee. On stage at the conference, CEO Dario Amodei said the dea...
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This week I read “Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham” aloud to my nine year old. What a change for her from “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” This was fun!
Piano rolls: music distribution technology from a century ago. How times change! The photo is from a Craigslist ad selling these for $1 each. https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/msg/d/morgan-hill-player-piano-rolls/7900683747.html #documents #piano #music #sound #history #histodons
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO DOOKIE BROWN ??? R.I.P. TOM THE ONLY MAN I HAVE EVER LOVED #document #graffiti #mission #sanfrancisco #california #scat #sentiment
“The Foot ball The 49ers Tean has the excitement of the bear, the velocity of the deer and strenght of— the buffalo.” Source: Rear wall of Taquería Vallarta on 24th Street. #mural #document #football #allegory #sanfrancisco #california
A cartoon reminder that tomorrow is World Book Day (In the UK anyway). Originally for the @theguardian.com
Here's a tricky puzzle! This section of Greek text appeared in in the (Latin) Einsiedeln itinerary, Einsiedeln MS 326 (9th c.) amidst a bunch of Latin inscriptions and poems. It's Greek-ish, maybe Coptish, but we can't assume the scribe understood Greek as […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]
I usually prefer real history, but with apologies to Pat Nixon, this edit was right there, begging me to swap out a semicolon for the word “in.” Easy fix.
