Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 7hRest in Peace, Margaret Hamilton. The coder who saved the Apollo 11. Without her pulling overtime to fix problems her bosses told her to ignore, the Eagle would not have landed. Seen here, standing next to printouts of the Apollo's programs. 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Idea: 80s camp. Like summer camp, but instead of cabins in the woods, the kids go to a town that's frozen in 1984. 220
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Crowning this year's champion of Fat Bear Week.youtube.comBackpack crowned this year's Fat Bear Week winnerYouTube video by NBC News 000
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith's opening remarks are simple, powerful, and to the point. 5 minutes of congressional testimony actually worth hearing. There's nothing here you didn't already know. It's the unwavering courage it's presented with that merit your time.youtube.comWATCH: Jack Smith's full opening statement in Senate Judiciary hearing on Trump investigationsYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Your adorable news for the day: A new species of wild cat has been found in the Bolivian Cloud Forest. It wants to claw your face off in the cutest way possible.youtube.comFirst new cat species in 100 yearsYouTube video by 4 News Now 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I cut my power bill almost in half. How? I stopped cooling the entire house during a heat wave, and installed window AC units in the specific rooms I was spending time in. While it's 99 outside, my thermostat is set to 89 for the house, and 76 only in the one room I'm in. 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Monday's Penny Arcade is to the point:penny-arcade.comApples and Trees - Penny ArcadeVideogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary. 000
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Well, this is even more concerning than usual. Among countless other revelations, former DOJ employee reports that Blanche sent armed men to her house to attempt to stop her from testifying.youtube.comWATCH: Former DOJ official Elizabeth Oyer makes opening statement in Blanche confirmation hearingYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Russia's suffered 28,000 casualties in Ukraine last month. Putting that in perspective. 🧵 110
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Meanwhile, over in the UK: Parliamentarian Nigel Farage, facing an ethics investigation, steps down. This triggers a new election. This lets him say the people still want him, when he gets re-elected. But if he gets elected again, the ethics investigation just restarts. 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026This scans.youtube.comAn honest workshop tourYouTube video by Simone Giertz 000
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 18/05/2026It's gotten noticeably more troublesome to travel, during the current presidency. 100
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Clever quality-of-life tech on Japan Airlines: The windows have a (liquid crystal?) brightness and color filter, instead of shades. The window stays open the whole flight, but the plane sinks into artificial "nighttime" by gradually fading all the windows darker and bluer, on schedule. 100
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I ate strawberries. They were awesome. It made me sad. Strawberries used to be this delicious thing. Childhood memories tell me strawberries used to taste good. But we always remember things being better than they were. But... strawberries in Japan still taste like I remember. The memory was real. 110
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Oh nice, a reserved parking spot for the Teacher of the Year. And the teacher of the year is ... trash. What a lovely message you're sending, local public school. 000
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Less relevant to today, but deeply relevant to interests of mine, and maybe yours, too: Europe, in part, stayed in the dark ages because the cost of spreading knowledge was too high. Because only parchment was good enough, and they turned their noses up at cheap paper and papyrus.youtube.comWhy Medieval Books Cost as Much as a House - Ada PalmerYouTube video by Dwarkesh Patel 110
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 19/02/20262024: President Yoon declares martial law, claiming his opposition party is attempting "anti-state" activities. He ousts parliament.youtube.comSouth Korea's ousted President Yoon found guilty of insurrection | DW NewsYouTube video by DW News 110
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 15/02/2026A life spent in service. Wishing Larry well on this anniversary. 020
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 07/02/2026History is not a story, but... Red shares a downright Pratchettarian view of history, and imposing narrative structure onto "things that were just things happening."youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 29/01/2026youtube.comAP reporters pushed back to their car by federal officers while documenting operationYouTube video by Associated Press 020
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 15/01/2026This feels like the week that Dear Leader really lost it. 110
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Achievement Unlocked: Get told sending a package is impossible "because Trump". 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Achievement unlocked: A German asked me to help translate something into English for a native Dutch speaker. 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Infinite monkey on infinite typewriters inventing infinite brand names for throwaway Amazon names have produced this perfect gem of a company name: 030
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Headcanon: Mimics never wanted the entire adventurer. They eat fabric, not meat. They were only hungry for your clothes. This is why socks always go missing. Mimics have learned they can peacefully co-exist with humanity by convincing us there is such a thing as a "washing machine". 110
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Impressed that the Internet can be THIS obsessed with something (Kpop Demon Hunters) without spoiling it. 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Tables set up at the Siege Invitational tournament for Warmachine. 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 14/06/2025All 40+ books of Discworld, rebound on a wheel, with a crank to spin the pages. From the Nerdforge channel. 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 11/06/2025youtube.comGovernor Newsom Delivers Major Address to CaliforniansYouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom 111
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Zelensky makes the most succinct statement of rational objectives for anyone outside the Russian Imperial meme-space: "The key to lasting peace is clear. The aggressor must not receive any reward for war."youtube.comZelenskiy Talks 'Operation Spider's Web' Drone Strike On RussiaYouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Would youTube commentators please stop asking, "Who won India & Pakistan's war?" First, it's a war. Wars have losers. No one wins. At best, you do something needed and pay the price. More importantly, can we not taunt either side by rubbing their nose in it? 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 30/04/2025A simple bill: End the official state of emergency that permits the President to declare tariffs. It's got sponsors on both sides of the aisle. Granted, only one Republican: Rand Paul. It's a start.congress.gov 140
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 30/04/2025In the 1970s, the Soviets sent a series of giant probes to Venus. They showed that the planet was far from the tropical paradise predicted; It was a hellscape of acid rain hurricanes. One of the probes malfunctioned, and was trapped in Earth orbit. In the next few days it will fall back to Earth.youtube.com50 Year Old Venus Spacecraft Is About To Land On EARTH?????YouTube video by Scott Manley 000
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 21/04/2025New credit card salami attack just dropped: Found a bunch of fraudulent 2$ charges on my card from "Facebook Advertising" and when I reported the charges, was told the system had declined twice as many on its own. Time to check your credit card history. 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 14/04/2025In St. Louis, home-owners are reporting a flood of phone calls offering to buy their houses, at double the price they paid. Oh. Of course. That makes sense. Investors are scared that America might be over, and they're scrambling for a backup plan. 🧵 110
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Yes, again.youtube.comDeath to NickelsYouTube video by CGP Grey 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Trumps loudly-proclaimed tariffs aren't actually being collected. Somewhere, there's a Database Administrator explaining in exhaustion that the executive order and the published chart disagree. They need to know CLEARLY what the rules are supposed to be before they can start implementing them. 120
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 10/04/2025"On February 11, 2025, Blue Shield discovered that, between April 2021 and January 2024, Google Analytics was configured in a way that allowed certain member data to be shared with Google’s advertising product, Google Ads, that likely included protected health information." 000
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 05/04/2025If you had told 12 year old me that he would routinely use chainmail as a grown up, he would think that was pretty cool. If you explained to him that it was all kitchen supplies: That he was going to use to scrub cast iron skillets and weight things in the sous vide pot, he would be less impressed. 020
Reposted by Sam BrownLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Trump's foolishness has presented the perfect opportunity for cats and penguins to sign a trade deal - the fish will be ours! 512873533
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Short-short version: Trump: "Tariffs won't raise your prices." Trump's team: "So we guessed how much we needed to raise prices for stuff from each country, to make Americans stop buying it."npr.orgHow much will tariffs raise prices? Trump's economists just revealed their answerThe administration revealed how they calculated the tariffs. Buried in that math is a straightforward answer to a question Trump has long refused to answer: How much will his tariffs raise prices? 010
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 28/03/2025The minis game "Infinity" attracts ridiculous levels of creativity, to match the painting expectations. This truck is a one-off creation, CNC cut out of Fanta boxes, and painted. It has moving parts and lights, some of which are hidden until you swing the doors open. 020
Sam Brown @baudot.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I apologize for adding to the constant stream of "news about our administration"; it's already overwhelming without my adding to it. But oy.theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War PlansU.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. 110
