The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21hwww.eventbrite.com.au/e/brisscience… Once again I'm in this.eventbrite.com.auBrisScience: Science Comedy Spectacular!An evening of science and comedy in the style of the great panel shows, taking a lighter look at the top science stories of 2026. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026I wrote T.V. and then realised that it's all one word so it's not T.V. but it's not Tv either. It should be just T. AAaaaagh!! 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026Trying to stave off the panicky urge to 'prep'. (double checks stores of toilet paper) 100 1
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026Tautological explainers gonna tautologically explain. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026@HouseofNormal Very interesting post today about the Motorhome. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026I had a Starbucks pumpkin spice latte for the very first time and it was delicious and then it was okay and then I didn't finish it and now I won't want one until next October and I get it now. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026@PixelProphecy That is looking great. The folds in the shirt are impressive 100 1
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026I wrote a novel. People really enjoy reading it. It's one year old today and I'm still super proud. Feel free to reply with your favourite part. 001 1
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026I learned that it's not a 'mid-rift' (ie. a rift between pant and top) It's 'midriff'. A riff is an term from Olde English meaning 'belly'. So a thousand years ago some girl called Tiffany could have shown off her midriff. 100 1
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026Did you know that Dr. Clyde Masterfile ( The inventor of taking credit for the hard work of woman ) was actually working with his wife who did almost all of the actual research. 022 2
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026I keep seeing global catastrophes taking place and wondering, 'What should I have done differently to avoid this?' 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026I somehow managed to destroy all of the episodes of my old podcast. Have fixed it and now they are available again just in case you didn't have enough of two white guys explaining things to you. 010 1
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026When I get worried about a possible Carrington event style EMP it reassures me to watch retro computing videos. Someone can rebuild and it's a very nerdiest of us all. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026There are a lot of good books out there with a fairly upsetting “Foreward by Neil Gaimon” on them. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026Dear Sir/Madam, I hope this email never finds you. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026What the heck?! 'Matilda' in the song 'Waltzing Matilda' isn't some lost love the swagman is pining for. It's his swag. All his worldly possessions and he's waltzing it across the countryside. I suppose romanticising homelessness makes it an excellent 'unofficial national anthem' these days. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026My most Gen-X take is that you will never be a full functioning human-being until you have learned to be comfortable with boredom. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026"Yer a woman, Harry" -- Rowlings awakens in a cold sweat 011 1
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026On one hand 'Thing' from the Addams Family is an amazing character... 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026"I know Theseus really fell apart after that Ariadne stuff, but I daydream that once he puts himself back together he really learns to love himself." 'ship of Theseus 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026I've been trying to get my head around why I hate generative images so much. invisiblespiders.com/post/an-eye-fo…invisiblespiders.comDan Beeston is Brushing Off Invisible SpidersI remember the first time I saw generative "art". Not the infinite coils of dog heads from a decade ago, but the first time someone posted an image that 'could' have been made by a human. I recall the journey... 012 2
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026I didn't give two hoot about Star Trek when it turned 50. Now it's sixty and I've seen at last half of it. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026Lots of big map news around today. How about a quick refresher from the Map Men? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtBV3GgQLg8 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026I originally got the speed run achievement for Factorio before all the goals had been created. It felt a bit like stolen valour. Feels good to have finally done it one a 1.0 vanilla world. 110 1
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026I finally finished a #pico8 project. And it's a blast to play. www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=158977lexaloffle.comMissile in a Mineshaft 063 6
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026@sloanlance It's true. They did. Within a week of Dan Olson's amazing video about them. youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g?si=A9FLPiMg_h9… 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026Current Manifesto topic: The fossil fuel industry is responsible for Crypto, NFTs and LLMs because we already have enough renewable energy to power everything else. 1118 18
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026I really love the phrase 'Fibre Arts'. What a great upgrade from 'knitting', or 'crafts'. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026@matthen.com This kind of blows my mind. If you then drop a thread between it and run the physics backwards do you then get the perfect solve? You must, right? 010 1
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026The silver lining is that Dolly Parton passed away before they could announce her upcoming role in the Harry Potter TV show. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026Pluto came closer to the sun than Neptune in 1979. Then it returned to the ninth planet spot in 1999. Then it stopped being a planet in 2006. So for only 10 years of my life was Pluto the most distant planet from the sun. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026"Everybody was kung-fu fighting!" That sounds a little bit frightening. "It was Fucking Terrifying!!" 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026Okay! Today, Everything is going to be positive! -- one Rh Mismatch later -- That was a mistake. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026I watched the new Spiderman film and... could we stop normalising the "It's surveillance but it's the good guy so it's alright" trope? Spiderman should spot crimes from the skies, not from hacking every camera. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026My lovely wife's very first time singing in front of an audience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=woWGlL00mOY She nails it. Also she was packing it. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026A.I. email hack: Just send the prompt. This prevents the recipient from needed to use A.I. to summarise the email. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026It's been an emotional week going from not understanding what a 'Count Binface' was to being crushed that they didn't win the Capton by-election all in five days. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026Giving everyone a vote means that we can all have our needs met without using a guillotine. Surely this is in the interests of all. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026People who *make* things realise that 'the idea' is not the important part. The other people have really embraced A.I. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026I'm so SICK of the state of clothing quality these days. It used to be that a medium t-shirt would fit perfectly. Now they're all tight. Also why have all my belts shrunk!! 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026There is a certain noise the motorway makes on a Monday morning. Like a hum combined with a thousand gentle screams. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026Working in tech is very frustrating because I'm here because I want things to be reproducible and logical, but half the decisions I made seem to need supernatural knowledge of the future. 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026The system goes online on August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware 2:14 AM, Eastern time, August 29th. Skynet launches a wave of nukes at Russia. When it's alerted that the nukes failed to launch it […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 000 0
The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026@vonExplaino Happy to see the blog post. That gorge is... very beautiful. I feel like I can't find the right word. 000 0