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Oh... Oh.... I can do that. 1: My grandkitty Brisbane 2: My biggest boy, Chicken. A sweet baby, the peacemaker of the clan 3: Dr Noodle 4: Poe, my sweet baby desk gremlin 5: St. Thomas the Apostle, just a giant dumb baby goof 6: Penelope, my little fiery calico baby 7: Meatball. I just love him so

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 7h

I can take one of those not-great party photo booth photos and turn it into a decent profile pic or dating profile pic for you! #photography #pfp #humanart #noai

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 8h

What exactly are we doing here?

"Robert Pattinson Nesting Dolls Early Access - 12 years in the making. Early access to Robert Pattinson Nesting Dolls is now live until 1pm EST"

A photo is of a nesting doll - an egg-shaped object filled with smaller objects of the same shape that all sit inside one another. Each has a different picture of actor Robert Pattinson's face.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 30/09/2026

A friend likes sharing her nails in her friend group and asked me if I could help elevate her nail photos. No prob! A little crop, rotation, some minor color grading, more focus on the nails! Her photo was good, just needed some TLC. #fashion #fashionphotography #nails #nailart #noai #photography

BEFORE: A hand with painted nails. The photo is okay. It shows the nails and their color which is red and fades to black at the tips.

AFTER: A hand with painted nails. The photo is better. It brings the nails closer to the viewer, crops out unnecessary background, and grades the color to give it some warmth and texture.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 30/09/2026

I edit photos for other photographers: Here's an example of a before and after of some advanced hobbyist bird photos that I edited for him. #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #photoediting #noai #nature #humanart ko-fi.com/briandetroit...

An unedited photo of a crane or heron, silhouette against an evening monochromatic background. The bird is off-center and the background horizon is tilted. The word "before" appears below the photo.

A photo of a crane or heron, silhouette against an evening monochromatic background. This edit has straightened the horizon, centering the bird, bringing the bird closer to the viewer with a tighter crop, and bringing back the golden hues of the golden hour sunset, showing that the photo was clearly taken in the sunset hours.

The word "after" is below the photo

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 30/09/2026

I WILL EDIT PHOTOS FOR FREE, or a small tip! I want to use my creativity to enhance your photos! I edit any type of photo: fashion, selfies, food, pets, NSFW, anything! #photography #humanart #noai Click here to learn more: ko-fi.com/briandetroit...

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 29/09/2026

Don't bother me I'm having a video call with my grandkitty.

A video chat with me, a bearded man in glasses with a giant smile on my face on the left, wearing a headset, and on the right my daughter's arms cradling her cat, who is a long-haired tuxedo cat with an eternally confused look on his face I love him so much his name is Brisbane

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 28/09/2026

In happy news, my neighbors picked from my garden and sent me this pic of the food they made with the produce we grew. It's so lovely to be able to share the bounty of this beautiful earth with our community. #detroit #gardening #urbangarden

A skillet and two plates, filled with food; eggplants, tomatoes, squash blossoms, and kale from our garden along with some ground beef and feta cheese.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 28/09/2026

Been a minute since I've done a #monochromemonday I wanna do monochrome edits for people! Somebody give me a pic to make moody and ✨ D r A m a T I C ✨

A monochrome photo of me, a bearded man with sunglasses, in a store holding up a goofy wooden squirrel statue.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 28/09/2026

Why does St Thomas the Apostle sleep like this.... And in the weirdest places....

A tuxedo cat lays on his back, jammed up against the wall with his legs spread wide open and his front paws curled into the air. It's a weird place, it's a hard floor, and it's in the corner of a stairwell.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 27/09/2026

everybody talkin bout Control Resonant being so incredible, so beautiful, some of the best visuals ever put on screen in a video game, and i'm just over here doinked on a edible bing-bonkin on my little grid-based idle mmo with my kiddo

A screenshot of an extremely nerdy niche idle game with a very graphically simple interface filled with numbers and boxes and statistics and tasks and buttons. It's just a fancy spreadsheet if I'm bein real

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 24/09/2026

My buddy: "What's that on your pendant?" Me: "A cat" Him: "Why a cat?" Me: "brother I've rescued ten of these little gremlins over the last six years. I'm the cat dad. This is the only thing that makes sense for me to wear"

A photo of me, a bearded man with sunglasses, holding up a pendant I am wearing on a silver chain. The pendant has a cat face on it. I am also wearing multiple silver rings and a watch. I'm sitting in my car.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 17/09/2026

OnlyFans decided to gut punch me today and remind me that six years ago, I still had it all, including my favorite dish in the world. The restaurant is now gone and shuttered, and Dragon Eggs are lost to the annals of Detroit lore. Let's get you back to bed, grandpa.

A small square photo of three "Dragon Eggs" - three spheres of deep-fried chicken stuffed with gorgonzola, covered with extremely hot scotch bonnet pepper sauce, served on a bed of caesar salad with mandarin oranges and shaved parmesan. It was the perfect dish. It was from Union Street restaurant in Detroit, Michigan

A much better photo of the Dragon Eggs:

Three spheres of deep-fried, crispy stuffed chicken. The stuffing was gorgonzola cheese. The dish is served on a caesar salad with mandarin orange slices and shaved parmesan. The orbs are covered and fried with the in-house "Rasta Sauce" - scotch bonnet pepper sauce, very spicy. Union Street restaurant in Detroit, Michigan is now gone, a victim of gentrification.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 15/09/2026

lmfao this is why you gotta use @kagi.com

Translation through Kagi.com: it says:

"GIVE IT. GIVE IT TO ME. SHARE THAT SHIT WITH ME RIGHT FUCKING NOW!"

"A highly aggressive, vulgar, and demanding translation that uses profanity to mirror the intensity and imperative nature of the original German text.

Alternative Translations:

HAND IT OVER. GIVE IT HERE. SHARE THAT SHIT WITH ME THIS INSTANT!

GIVE IT UP. LET ME HAVE IT. SHARE THAT CRAP WITH ME RIGHT NOW!

GIMME. GIMME IT. SHARE THAT SHIT WITH ME IMMEDIATELY!

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 13/09/2026

Visiting my daughter and she has a memorial shelf for her brother, and his cologne is here. I made the stupid mistake of opening it and smelling it and of course immediately started crying.

A shelf with a bunch of memorabilia on it. Some LEGO flowers, a red steel urn where my son's ashes are, some photos of him and his siblings, a bottle of cologne, his sunglasses, a photo of his childhood dog, other little knickknacks that hint at a life that was lived and a human that was loved. So loved.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 13/09/2026

Our four year old pawpaw trees just dropped their first fruit. Fresh pawpaws!

A hand holding two small pawpaw fruits, clearly taken at night time with a flashlight illuminating the fruit. The pawpaws are small enough to fit two in one hand

A closer view of two pawpaw fruits being held in one hand

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 10/09/2026

Why is Meatball the Cat like this

A webcam view of me, a man with glasses and a beard, sitting awkwardly sideways so the cat on my shoulder doesn't slip off. The cat is walking on my neck and shoulder. His tail is fully in my face.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 08/09/2026

Women want one thing and one thing only, and I'm gonna give it to 'em.

A Detroit-style pizza, showing perfect crisp edges with pepperoni, feta, and mild peppers as toppings.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 07/09/2026

We are all exactly good enough. It is enough to breathe, and you do so much for the world. You are kind, you are generous, and you always care for others. That is so far beyond "good enough". Take a breath, drink some water, get some sleep, clear those negative thoughts my friend. You are loved.

8-bit text from the NES game Faxanadu. The box simply says

Don't have negative thoughts.
Remember your mantra.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 05/09/2026

My troublemaker, St. Thomas the Apostle. It's incredible how much you can get away with when you're cute.

A very cute tuxedo cat with big eyes and big soft paws curled up on the floor staring at the floor-height view of the camera. He's got a lil pink boop nose.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 05/09/2026

A bit of wisdom from... World of Warcraft.

We fought side by side because the darkness before us was greater than the divisions behind us. Whether that harmony endures is a question for wiser souls than mine, but for a little while, the song was stronger because more voices joined it.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 03/09/2026

This storm is the biggest event of my dad's month. It did some wind damage on his street but this is the pic he sent, so I responded in my usual smartass fashion

A picture of a sunny day in front of a typical suburban home with a lawn, and a single old metal chair is tipped over on the front porch. The caption reads "WE WILL REBUILD. WE WILL RECOVER."

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 03/09/2026

No, Glassdoor, I assure you with absolute certainly that I would NOT actually be a great fit for this 😂🤣

An email from Glassdoor Jobs with the heading
"Public Affairs Manager, Regional Data Centers role at Google: you would be a great fit!"

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 01/09/2026

I missed monochrome Monday but here's Meatball being the most ultra affectionate cat ever.

A close-up of a bearded man laying on a pillow in the background while a strikingly beautiful cat's face is in the foreground, closest to the viewer. He is laying back directly on the man's face so we can only see one of the man's eyes and that's it

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 01/09/2026

This be my webcam settings for meetings, maybe this is why I can't get a job 😂

A view of me in a webcam window, with two borders on the left and right filled with dark red roses on a black background. It's very goth and very indicative of my own personal style. I am also lit with soft red light, and have grey hair in my mostly dark beard. I'm wearing a headset and stylish glasses. There are guitars behind me in the background.

It does not look "corporate"

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 31/08/2026

This is a sad commentary on how my life has been going these days, but this is the best news I've gotten all year, no joke. This was one of my absolute favorite restaurants, and I was devastated when they closed, in the "what else can they take from me" sense.

"ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! To all my HYGRADE DELI peeps. If you don’t know by now the deli was closed and taken over by receivership at the beginning of the year. Well, BREAKING NEWS, it is going to reopen soon.The young lady who bought Mikes Ham Place Nextdoor 2years ago is purchasing the deli from the receivership. She is a dedicated, hard worker who has kept the Ham Place going strong and has every intention of bringing the deli back to the way it was when I owned it. She has asked me if I would come back, put an apron on and help her get it up and running.BREAKING NEWS!!! BREAKING NEWS!!! I said YES. IM COMING BACK!!! And I’m bringing my ATTITUDE with me!!! Those that know, know.Your favorite waitress of 30 years, Linda Holmes will be back and can’t wait to take care of you all. Cleaned up and fix up is starting, a grand opening in October is a possibility . I will provide updates as I get them. We can’t wait to see you all. STAY TUNED!!!"

A photo of a restaurant in Detroit called Hygrade Deli accompanies the post.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 30/08/2026

Oh here's a nice quest to find some stew ingredients, with a nice reward of WAIT.. WHAT?

A screenshot of a dialog box from an NPC questgiver in Etrian Odyssey II that says: The Labyrinth Lunch is a popular meal, but we're out of ingredients! Can you be a dear and get us some?

Reward: Laudanum

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 29/08/2026

Someone took down a flock right near my house

A utility pole with the word "camera" spray painted on it with upwards pointing arrows. Higher up the pole a flock camera can be seen but it is pointing in the wrong direction, indicating some violence. On the ground below the pole, the solar panel assembly for the camera can be seen with wires hanging off it, indicating it was violently ripped from the pole.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 28/08/2026

A tip for other middle aged sluts: A good sex toy cleaner is way cheaper and honestly better than overpriced medical supply stuff to clean your CPAP machine. This is my favorite, Shine by Sliquid. Bonus, it smells great!

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 28/08/2026

A woodchuck that we and our neighbors have named Walter Woodchuck is a popular topic of discussion in our next-door neighbor group chat. Today we got a breaking news alert from him, that Walter is IN OUR MULBERRY TREE. I had no idea that woodchucks climb trees! I love his incredulous voiceover

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 27/08/2026

I had some strong thoughts about Adobe products tonight, and boy did they come out.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 25/08/2026

My sister sent this photo in our family group chat. YES HELLO HUMAN I AM ALSO A HUMAN AND I WOULD ENJOY A DONUT. I'M HUMAN IN CASE I FORGOT TO MENTION IT

A photo of a car in a Tim Horton's drive-through. We can't see the human driver (hopefully there is one) but we CAN see a beagle-looking dog in the front seat with his head out the window as if he is the one ordering.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 25/08/2026

Yo, I just searched Monochrome Monday and ... well friends, it is majority nudes and porn 😂 If you wanna see a bunch of full hog on main, there's your hashtag! The sluts always create the trends. We love to see it 🖤🤍

Monochrome photo of me, a bearded man with glasses, hugging a cat which is a tuxedo cat with slightly wide-set eyes. He's a real goofball.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 24/08/2026

Another riveting day in the Brian household 🙄🤣

A screen showing a BIOS update progress bar. Brian is updating his BIOS because that's how boring his day to day is.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 22/08/2026

Here's the story from the Aug 13th 1986 Detroit Free Press. A fuckin' "Gun Defect" my ass. The "break-in" was my 17 year old cousin and his buddies opening an UNLOCKED door at their high school in the summer, and running around in the halls. That cost him his life.

DETROIT FREE PRESS Wednesday August 13, 1986

Officer Cleared in Shooting

The Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, citing expert testimony that a defect could have caused a CLinton Township police officer's gun to discharge unexpectedly, on Tuesday dropped charges against him in the shooting death of a teenager.

Expert testimony by a defense witness last week disclosed a defect in Officer James Eckenrode's gun, said Prosecutor Carl Marlinga.

Marlinga said he doubted the defect caused the shooting of Daniel Grabb, 17. It nonetheless made proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt impossible, he said

Marlinga moved for dismissal during Eckenrode's preliminary examination before District 41A Judge William Cannon on charges of reckless discharge of a firearm, a misdemeanor carrying a maximum two-year sentence.

Eckenrode has been on paid leave since the July 3 shooting of Grabb, the son of a Sterling Heights police sergeant, after a reported break-in at Clintondale High School.

Officers responding to an alarm at the school found Grabb's 18 year old sister, Laura, who told them her brother and two others were inside, police said. Directed by Laura, police found their car parked north of the school.

When Eckenrode saw Grabb and his friends get in, he drew his gun and approached, investigators said. His Smith & Wesson .357 magnum revolver went off a few feet from the car's closed ...

OFFICER CLEARED IN DEATH; GUN DEFECT IS CITED FOR SHOT

GUN, from page 1A

window. Grabb was hit in the head and died the next day.

On July 14, Marlinga said the shooting was accidental, but negligent.

Eckenrode had to have squeezed the trigger or had the gun's hammer cocked, which would have made it prone to discharge with very little trigger pressure--in either case, an act of negligence, said Marlinga.

But a defense witness testified that the hammers on Smith & Wesson model 19 guns have a "ghost notch" or "phantom position" defect that can leave the hammer stuck halfway back, making it liable to discharge with very little trigger pressure or simply after being bumped.

There's a bit more, but it doesn't matter. Cop killed my cousin, got away with it.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 20/08/2026

These have been seen posted up around Dearborn. Can you imagine if this was any other religion, the outcry would be global

A fake "hunting permit" sticker filled with hate speech against muslims. It says "North american zone hunting permit for all species, types of MUSLIM, no bagging limit, no tagging required" and a bunch of other bullshit racism. Notably, there are icons of the Canadian and American flags on the top.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 20/08/2026

That is Dr. Noodle, and yes he is a feral we rescued, but not from Woodbridge. We live in Lasalle Gardens, so ferals having crossed the I-94 corridor seems unlikely, though theoretically possible I suppose.

A medium-hair tuxedo cat lounging on a comfy blanket

A medium-hair tuxedo cat lounging on a round pouf cushion, one leg extended

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 20/08/2026

Our love can be trading pizza pics

A Detroit style pizza from Como's in Ferndale, Michigan. It has three different types of peppers as toppings

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 19/08/2026

I made dis. I grew all the stuff in this bowl, except for the Australian bush herbs and the olive oil and the date vinegar. From the garden: Three types of heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapeno peppers Oil from Fustini's in Michigan, Date vinegar from Jordan, bush herbs from Gewurzhaus.

A steel bowl with a garden no-leaf salad: Three types of heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapeno peppers.

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Brian in Detroit @kanoki.net · 18/08/2026

Tonight I pulled off something that they said couldn't be done. I got lubuntu running on an HP Chromebook 14 (Careena) from 2019 that every guide out there says "it can't be done". Naw fuck that. I got bluetooth, audio, everything working AND now my buddy can play Xbox on his $199 shitbox 🤣

A beaded man sits in a lounge chair laughing while holding an Xbox controller, playing Fortnite on a Chromebook from 2019 that was bought at Walmart for $199, something that shouldn't be possible.

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