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Rodney Brown @ Fan Expo Boston 2026

@firstpersonshooter.bsky.social

Co-owner of Nerd Caliber, proud father of a ridiculously accomplished son, new grandpa, fishing fanatic, cosplay photographer, retiree, nerd.

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Lisa Kadonaga@tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 2d ago

Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o 'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The morning house lay empty. The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine! In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk. "Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake. "Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." Source: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf
Rodney Brown @ Fan Expo Boston 2026@firstpersonshooter.bsky.social · 2d ago

We have moose, which are scary enough when one steps in front of your car on a rainy night, or you round a corner on a walk to find your dog barking at the feet of one that could squash it into a puddle (both of which happened to me). Imagine how terrifying this thing would have been.

Dr Alex Fitzpatrick@animalarchaeology.com · 2d ago

🧪 Spending my lunch break thinking about Megaloceros giganteus, like the one currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland 📜 www.nms.ac.uk/collections/...

A full standing skeleton of the Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) on display in between two columns in a museum atrium
Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2d ago

He cites users' ability to mute & block folks as a positive, which is good. It's also why right wing chuds thankfully can't get a foothold here - b/c they violate community norms & get nuclear blocked out of normal people's timelines. Bluesky isn't a *liberal* bubble - it's a *decency* bubble.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Misa on Wheels@misaonwheels.bsky.social · 3d ago

It’s weird to me when people say that Jimothy, who is doing just fine, should be taken away from his family and community and placed in a “sanctuary.” Because similar things have often been said about disabled HUMANS.

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Rodney Brown @ Fan Expo Boston 2026@firstpersonshooter.bsky.social · 5d ago

More truthiness from Doctorow, this time about the religious fervor at the C-level for AI. The tech diaspora used to mean massive layoffs from tech mergers spawning startups. Will the layoffs of AI-skeptics cause non-AI startups that will win after the bubble pops? Anyway, #fuckAI

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 5d ago

Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Why businesses lie about AI; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/d... #Pluralistic 1/

A sepia-toned 1950s era boardroom in which men in suits sit around a circular table. The chair of the meeting has been replaced with a man in a straitjacket, making a funny face. The heads of the remaining board-members have been replaced with robots from 1930s pulp magazines. The image has been hand-tinted.
Dan Kennedy@dankennedy.net · 5d ago

I’m an Eagle scout and the father of an Eagle scout. This is a shameful act of giving in to a bully and failing to stand by your young members. apnews.com/article/scou...

Scouting America drops diversity initiatives from event after pressure from the Pentagon

One of Scouting America’s biggest gatherings has eliminated dedicated spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color as the organization faces pressure from the Pentagon to pull back diversity effort...

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PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d ago

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.