Reposted by Brian FentonKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 24/08/2026Underappreciated: US farmland *already substantially produces energy, not food*, and does so very inefficiently. Corn ethanol (~40% of all US corn) requires about 100 times more land per vehicle-mile driven than solar photovoltaics -> electric vehicles. Shifting corn to solar *would free up land*. 4935121020
Reposted by Brian FentonCrow @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 14/08/2026I think about this a lot. 7895092494
Reposted by Brian FentonPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026buy books borrow books talk about books you love lend books to friends books are great 3604200
Reposted by Brian Fenton#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 11/08/2026Now's as good of a time as any to reiterate that I have never seen anyone in a mainstream newspaper or magazine write about how Mamdani, El Sayed and Hamawy are representing positive masculinity. 7563491265
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026@ass.golf just letting you know about a typo questionablecontent.net/view.php?com... In the lower right it says "stable gun" instead of staple gun. thanks for all the comicsquestionablecontent.netComic #5888 - Anh Doesn't Get It 010
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Top Golf implies the existence of Bottom Golf and Switch Golf, send skeet 020
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026OK so just so we're clear, any time someone in an 80s cartoon says something like "I'll show them/I'll prove I'm ready", they are absolutely not ready and are about to learn that through a series of dangerous mistakes. Glad we got that cleared up 020
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 17/07/2026OH: When you type in "dirty produce book" I only expect to find one result! 000
Reposted by Brian Fentonrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Twin Cities! This lovebug is behaving exactly the way my dearly missed cat Gabe did in the shelter, where his shelter name was Loudmouth, and he was one of the finest cats I've ever known! Somebody go adopt this chatty gentleman in Gabe's honor. 419356
Reposted by Brian FentonIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 18/06/2026Legal defense fund for the Minnesota 15. Please share and support them! We keep us safe 💙🤍🩵chuffed.orgLegal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE OrganizersOn the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai... 12516423
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 17/06/2026It's unusual for me to do this, but I know the job market is hard for a lot of people right now. An org I'm affiliated with is hiring a (fully remote) senior CloudOps engineer (AWS). Feel free to ask me questions about it, I'll help if I can job-boards.greenhouse.io/flickr/jobs/...job-boards.greenhouse.ioSenior Cloud Ops Engineer, FlickrRemote/WFH 1127
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Funny how even with the awful state of the economy and everything else, spammers still thing what I really want is to exit my timeshare 130
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 26/05/2026"Respectfully, the confidence of engineers is why we have QA as a discipline" 095
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 26/05/2026@brynstar7.xyz my first thought seeing that snake sculpture was "I should send this to her, she'd like it", then I saw you were the one that put it there 😆 130
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 23/05/2026When a therapist tells you "find something to look forward to!" I don't think "possible reduction in suffering D.17" is what they had in mind 000
Reposted by Brian FentonStacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Every year in the U.S., workers lose more money to wage theft than is lost to all forms of property crime (robberies, burglaries, larceny and motor vehicle theft) combinedniwr.orgWage Theft - National Institute for Workers' RightsEmployers Stealing Workers’ Wages Minimum wage and overtime laws are the two of the most important legal protections workers have at both the state and federal levels. But these laws […] 110352
Reposted by Brian FentonSara Benincasa @sarajbenincasa.bsky.social · 19/05/2026First of all, I drink it. Second of all, she’s a model and an actress. 1628
Reposted by Brian Fentoncait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16/05/2026i'm playing toys. mind your own business 131500109
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 08/05/2026@kevinhearne.bsky.social feel like you'd appreciate this 121
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026CW: Pet death Just had my 1:1 with my boss interrupted by the totally normal and not awful task of signing for our dead cat's remains 170
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026There are literally patch notes in the Sims saying things like "made the Murphy bed less deadly" 1121
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I don't understand people sometimes. He posted this less than 30 minutes ago and he's already got dozens of replies basically saying "you're wrong for wanting that" or "you're driving wrong". It must be kinda awful being a big account on here 030
Reposted by Brian FentonAmanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I'm going to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism 13713131
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Yelling "Exception!!" like Phoenix Wright while debugging my code...media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is standing at a podiumAlt: Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright standing at a podium in a blue suit and red tie. He points his finger at the opposing side and loudly yells "Objection!" 120
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Still hard to believe that I was well into my 40s before I learned about peeling ginger with a spoon 140
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I'm currently performing an emergency fish muck transplant. The fish at school accidentally got too clean, and it needs a bolus of filth from our home tank 🙃 040
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 25/02/2026@ethanschoonover.com immediately thought of you when reading this 110
Reposted by Brian FentonRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 18/02/20262026 basically 3024090710878
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Partner: You are just... radiating stress. Please go do something else Me: ... ... ... _files a bug in an open source project_ huh, I do feel better 120
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 29/01/2026OH: "I just tested it in Chrome, and if it does that in Chrome... Safari is probably worse" 020
Reposted by Brian FentonKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth. 5154719814181
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 12/01/2026@mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social may need you to weigh in on this important development 010
Reposted by Brian FentonAndrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 09/01/2026Having spent many, many Xmases in Minnesota, I can confirm for my British followers that this is behaviour roughly equivalent to throwing shit-covered Molotov cocktails when compared to normal Minnesota behaviour. 311930
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 03/01/2026I tried the Elote Pringles and I have to say it's a very weird thing to make a potato chip that tastes like corn 030
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 18/12/2025me writing my performance review: I've given you the most brutal gift of all... DISAPPOINTMENT!! 000
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 16/12/2025@mewtype.online quick question for you, friend of a friend is looking for an anime appropriate for a 12 year old that "contains lesbians". I figured you've probably got a large mental yuri catalog, any suggestions? 🙃 100
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 26/11/2025@lukesteuber.com this sounds like it might be your skillset..? bsky.app/profile/gret... 010
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Just made a mojo marinade and juiced a lot of citrus... my wrist is telling me the counter is too high, or my cheap juicer is too tall 000
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 14/11/2025@sarahmackattack.bsky.social just in case nobody has sent this to you yet, a piece of squid-adjacent bollard art 030
Reposted by Brian FentonMrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 07/11/2025I can’t believe Zohran is transing the trains already www.mta.info/article/f-m-... 149112602081
Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 07/11/2025@jbrains.ca this is completely random but I ended up on an old article of yours and I think you're missing an `in` in the sidebar about the article appearing in a book blog.thecodewhisperer.com/permalink/pu...blog.thecodewhisperer.comPutting An Age-Old Battle To RestSo maybe not an epic, age-old battle, but a battle nonetheless. The battle over the correct ordering of the Four Elements of Simple Design. A battle that I’v... 110