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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 11h

Grindr is training its AI on your photos, your age, and your taps by default, without asking. This video shows where the app buried the off switch. The stakes are high on an app like Grindr. Numerous countries criminalize same-sex relations, so being outed through your data can be dangerous.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I’ve been just breezing through Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn trilogy, which I haven’t read in a very very long time. It’s a shame this wasn’t what we got on film as the follow up to the original trilogy.

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Thrawn: For the Empire

ALT: Thrawn: For the Empire

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Encounters of the Third Kinds of Kindness

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It’s amazing how hypnotic a stick blender on mute can be to watch. This is a banana bread pastry cream ganache getting fed quite a bit of Tillamook butter. #bakesky #macarons

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today I had my first appointment with a psychiatrist to help treat depression, anxiety, and ADHD, and I have set up my first appointment with a therapist to talk through some things. I am nervously hopeful that this all leads to a better me down the line.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I made walnut praline today for a super secret macaron flavor and hot damn is it ever satisfying

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I attempted swirly galaxy-esque macarons again and honestly I don’t like how these colors turned out at all. If my plans fall through tonight I might give it another shot. (Also the feet blew out a bit and half of the shells were too brittle to use.)

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jessica BONEStown @newfoundgloryhole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

transphobia is the last dying gasp of the increasingly irrelevant public figure. whats telling is that they realize that they can achieve relevance again by taking one side of a hot topic issue. and they choose to hate us rather than help us. its like a choice of what color car to drive for them.

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Dave @1701trekkie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve said it before, the current moment requires I say it again: Yes, All Men. Until it’s none of us, it’s all of us.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Someone tried to steal an Amazon package of mine, realized it was litter box liners, and decided it wasn’t worth the effort. 🙄

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jazzed up some Trader Joe’s cacio e pepe gnocchi with some pancetta and frozen spinach and am very full now. ❤️

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Post-haircut picture, as per homosexual custom.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There’s a faction on Threads adamant about defending their use of AI and it is taking an awful lot of restraint to not cyberbully them all.

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Microplastics Sommelier @eephus.mov · 26/09/2026

i bring an iced coffee to the interview. only it’s not for me, it’s for the interviewer. and it’s laced with a sedative. when she comes to, she’s wearing my clothes and i’m in her office. her car keys don’t work. i’m with her husband. her kids don’t recognize her. coming soon from A24.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I found smoked butter at HEB and I am contemplating what a smoked butterscotch ganache might taste like … or maybe smoked vanilla? Am I delusional?

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Grateful to see actual fall temps heading this way. Was starting to feel left out.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Banana bread with some peanut butter chocolate granola on top for crönch. I am pleased.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Late-posting my September end-of-summer macarons! I made blackberry lime, granola butter, and lemon cake batter ganaches for the fillings and liked them all, but the blackberry lime was absolutely our favorite! And that color! 👀

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

Nichole Hiltz
The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

@treewarrior.bsky....
maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I love my trans friends very much and am so fucking sorry that they are consistently treated like second class citizens when all they want to do is live their lives in peace. @jamestalarico.bsky.social it is absolutely not hard to show solidarity with trans people and still run a solid campaign.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The world became a much scarier place on 9/11, and it never really let up. Maybe the best way to commemorate the day is to be a rock for someone else going through scary and uncertain times.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think I need to manifest this into existence this weekend. I knew I bought more espresso powder for a reason!

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Tiramisu Banana Bread ☕️🍂 Bake With Me

YouTube video by a little calm

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am talking myself into making banana bread this weekend. All of the fall baking propaganda is working on me.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy Star Trek day! I’m forever grateful for the years of entertainment, for the friends I’ve made along the way, and most especially for the life lesson that shared interests don’t always mean shared values. #startrekday

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Watched The Legend of Billie Jean for the first time tonight - holy shit, what a powder keg of a movie! Helen Slater is just the epitome of cool here and it’s not talked about enough. #fairisfair

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My body says I have to have a migraine today because I have plans to film more macaron-making tomorrow. 😃

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Would you believe this is the very same sweet baby that said everyone should be awake and playing with her at 4:30 this morning?

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’ve been sharing little clips like these on my socials and getting some good feedback. Clearly I should be doing this more.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Actually recording some macaron baking footage today. In related news I have no idea what I’m doing so whatever I cobble together is gonna look super crunchy.

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Trekkie Bill 🔜 Trek to Philadelphia @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. RIP Peter Cullen www.deviantart.com/burngoji/art...

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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry was a fucking legend. I hate to see the news today while still processing Dolly’s passing. 🥺

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Tim Curry as Wadsworth in Clue

ALT: Tim Curry as Wadsworth in Clue

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I feel like our workplaces should just collectively give us the rest of the month off. Seems like the right thing to do under the circumstances.

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Farewell to Dolly, an artist, an icon, a legend, a sister, a daughter, and a mother to millions. We won't see her like on this earth again and we were all richer for breathing air at the same time she did.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Today I managed to fix my work VPN issue that’s been plaguing me for months by hardwiring my modem to a new router. I’m feeling kind of accomplished for a change, a nice change of pace.

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Brian the Macaron Guy @brianthemacaronguy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is 49, I suppose. 48 had a lot going on, so maybe hopefully 49 is a little more chill. ❤️🎂

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