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Brianhead

@brianhead.bsky.social
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Thirty-something nerd and sometime guest on the I Read Comic Books podcast. He/Him

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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Kait's in Portugal, and I'm just sitting here doing my stupid job.
Doctor Robotnik from Sonic, a fat man in a red jumpsuit with a row of white squares running down his arm and down his chest. He has an impossibly large mustache and goggles on his forehead. The captions read "I miss my wife, Tails. I miss her a lot."
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I mean, yeah, but this makes me sound like I was sent back from the future to kill manga on behalf of Skynet.
Black text on a white background reading "Product preferences: systematically completes manga series."
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
QTP with your current video game rotation
The cover image for Cassette Beasts: a purple sky background with a young woman leaping across the screen. She is followed by a variety of cartoon monsters.The cover of Horizon: Forbidden West. A woman holding a spear in one hand and a bow in the other stands on a beach while a robotic pterosaur flies overheadThe cover image for The Elder Scrolls Five: Skyrim. A man wearing a horned helmet and holding a sword in one hand and a dagger in the other stands on a rock outcroppingThe cover image of Hardspace Shipbreaker. A yellow space helmet with a reflective visor, in the reflection is a person in a spacesuit using a laser torch to cut something
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You know what's a great way to guarantee I won't give you money? Texting me at 1:18 in the fucking morning.
Screenshot of two text messages asking for campaign contributions received at 1:18 AM.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Embarrassing
Text reading "Your dialect map. Redder areas talk more like you; bluer areas are least. You talk most like someone from Wisconsin -- about 54% of your answers match a typical resident."
Below the text is a map of the United States of America shaded in red and blue, with the upper Midwest being the most red.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Mine was also a Christmas present
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ledgerbound is finally out, I promise to be totally normal about this hot dragon lady
A bipedal purple dragon wearing slacks and a button down shirt. She has striped black horns on her head and is holding a vape pen. Text reads "Jazz played by Stephanie Kerbis"
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Post you from a different era in your life
A white guy wearing a blue and white plaid shirt. He's looking down at a book on a table, and there is a black car with white paws asleep on his shoulders
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Every time I want to complain about the heat, I remind myself of the alternative
Screenshot from the iOS weather app, showing the current temperature at negative fourteen degrees Fahrenheit, the weather as cloudy, the high at eight degrees, and the low at negative 18.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
@batmanandsobbin.bsky.social Thanks for my cat's new favorite toy!
A grey striped tabby cat playing with a crocheted toy
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone
A grey tabby cat laying on a coffee table, his head resting on a Nintendo Switch controller
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I love these cow tales things. They taste entirely artificial in a way I can't get enough of.
A Cow Tales caramel cream candy in a white plastic wrapper with orange text
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
QTP with a game that has a 10/10 soundtrack
Cover of the video game Life is Strange. The background is a sketch of a lighthouse in a storm. It looks weathered and stained. Over that is a Polaroid picture of a young woman with short, brown hair reaching toward the viewer.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
He's quippy and broke, let's say I identify with the man
Iron Man saying "we have money," and spider-man hugging him saying "oh, thank god"
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This right here is how he gets away with so much shit
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Behold, the barf boy. Pictured here looking like he definitely didn't throw up down the crack between two couch cushions.
A grey tabby cat staring at the camera.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
You will be visited by three spirits
The first generation starter Pokémon: from left to right, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
How am I supposed to get to work when I've got this laying around?
Close up on the face of a sleeping cat with grey and white fur.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
If you see this, post a vampire who isn't Dracula
Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A white man with blond hair, dressed all in black. He has a big grin on his face and is giving a thumbs-up with both hands.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Post a you from a different era
A white guy in a blue uniform jacket with white collar and lapel. He has curly brown hair and a dead look in his eyes.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
My first Superman comic! What's yours? #Superman Admittedly a weird place to start
The cover of a Superman comic book. A tattered red cape with the classic Superman S flutters like a flag on a stick poking out of some rubble. Text at the bottom reads "The Death of Superman" in yellow text.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
It's not Vernor's, but a little Michigan medicine always helps.
A green soda can with palm trees on it. The label says Reed's All-Natural Real Ginger Ale
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
show a picture in your phone that has your energy but isn’t a selfie
A bird with very long legs stands next to a pair of chicks. It has brown and white feathers, and a look on its face that can only be described as "over it."
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I've got this one kicking around somewhere, probably still in a box from the last move
A picture of a book cover, showing an orange kitten laying on a table with a handgun. The text reads "The American Association of Patriots presents: how to talk to your cat about gun safety."
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Love that my news updates are all just
An emergency alert phone notification altered to say "Presidential Alert" followed by, in all caps, "the girls are fighting"
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
open.spotify.com/track/2wR84e...
Headline reading "median U.S C.E.O pay hits record 16.8 million dollars on soaring stock awards."
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I, uh... I'm pretty sure I'm not going to miss any new releases from Michael Crichton.
Screenshot from Audible reading "never miss a new release you can now follow Michael Crichton"
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
these tariffs were designed in consultation with my council of economic advisors
The three main villains from Baldur's Gate 3. From left to right: a pale woman in a red leather outfit holds a dagger over her head, a man in heavy armor stands with his hands spread, a man in robes holds his fist over his head.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Donating platelets this morning, I'm kind of in love with this little stress ball guy.
A stress ball shaped like a pill. The top half is pink and has a smiley face. The bottom half is white and says "anything is possible."
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Post the first video game you ever played I'm sure there were earlier ones, but Super Mario World is the first one I have concrete memories of
The box art for the Super Nintendo game Super Mario World. It features Mario, a man in blue overalls and a red shirt, on the back of Yoshi, a cartoon dinosaur with green skin and a white belly.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Somebody came and let the air out of my cat again
A grey tabby cat laying on the back of a sofa. He is laying flat with his eyes half closed
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
if you see this, quote with a game you’ve played multiple times
A feminine person on the left side of the image is holding a revolver pointed up. She is looking to the right where Cyberpunk 2077 is written in jagged text
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Weird way to meet your brother's plug
Photo from the Nintendo Switch game Mario and Luigi: Brothership. Mario and Luigi stand on the right side of the screen. In the center, a new character is saying "I'm glad you found your brother again." The new character is about half as tall as Luigi and has a feature on their head that resembles an electrical plug.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
It's always very cool (and a little disorienting) to see my old writing professor's name in the wild.
Screenshot of the Audible listing for "Denali" by Austin Bunn. The cover shows an inverted mountaintop with a human figure dangling from the peak.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I love looking at how technology has grown. These are the specs for the supercomputer referenced in Jurassic Park.
Screenshot from the Wikipedia article on the Cray X-MP supercomputer, listing the specifications as follows.
Price: $15 million
Casing Dimensions: 2.62 m (8.6 ft) x 1.96 m (6.4 ft)
Weight: 5.12 t (11,300 lb)
Power: 345 kW
System
Front-end: Most minicomputers of the time
Operating system: COS, UNICOS
CPU: 4x Vector processor 64 bits @ 105 - 117 MHz
Memory: 128 megabytes
Storage:  38.4 gigabytes (32 disks)
MIPS: 400 MIPS (4 CPU)
FLOPS: 800 MFLOPS (4 CPU)
Predecessor: Cray-1
Successor: Cray Y-MP
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
And my door dash driver rolled up in basketball shorts and a hoodie. That's pure Michigan.
Screenshot from the iOS weather app, showing the temperature at 19 degrees Fahrenheit, with the wind chill at four degrees.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Clearly thrilled to be here, isn't he?
A grey tabby cat laying on a purple blanket. His head is angled slightly down, and his ears are pointed to the side, his expression suggesting annoyance
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The oldest selfie on my phone I think this was a time when Kait's microphone stopped working, so we were recording the IRCB podcast on the same mic.
Picture of a man and woman. The man on the left is smiling, dressed in a blue plaid shirt and blue hoodie. The woman on the right is making an exaggerated concerned expression and wearing a red plaid flannel shirt. There is a round, black microphone in the foreground.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Feeling a little called out, but I'm loving this playlist so I can't exactly dispute it.
Screenshot of a Spotify playlist titled "old punk mall goth late night." The description is "You listened to mid-2000's and piano rock in the late night. Here's some: old punk, old school punk, mall goth, old school emo, mid-2000's, and neon pop punk."
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
This game rules
Screenshot of video game text. One character says "You can't throw all of life's problems through windows, Jen." The other character replies "Maybe not, but we owe it to ourselves to try."
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
"You will be visited by three spirits." The Spirits:
A black and white photo of the Three Stooges
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Me: "If I nap on the couch instead of in my bed, I won't sleep too long because I'll be less comfortable." Me, waking up in the 5:00pm twilight:
Picture of a man looking sleepy and disoriented. He's laying in bed, lifting his head off the pillow and looking toward the camera.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I bet you're real proud of yourself for putting this in and not making it a category, huh, Connections? Think you're real smart.
Screenshot from the NYT game Connections. The selected words are Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
"We call them skeets"
A man in military fatigues (Christopher Eccleston) looking at another man (Cillian Murphy) in a scene from 28 Days Later. He has a very serious, almost solemn look on his face.
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
A meme image with the head of Data, the android from Star Trek, photoshopped onto a man holding his hands out. The test reads "Before 2024 end: anybody want to unify the Irish?"
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Post a you from a different era
Picture of a man wearing jeans, a grey shirt, and sunglasses, kneeling on a lawn
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Nothing captures my gender better than this sticker.
Sticker reading "Some Kinda Guy!?"
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Sorry things have been rough. I hope they get better soon!
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Brianhead @brianhead.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
All the cool kids are doing it.
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