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Ryan Kirkbride

@rkirkbride.bsky.social
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Plant biologist and geek at UT Austin. You can find me as @rkirkbride on all the things. Except twitter. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Tried it, never cared for it, never owned it. I had a PC and had been playing multiplayer for a while at that point. I get why it was a big deal for some, but for me it was big meh.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I got an N64 late, and I was working really hard to remember what game OTHER than Ocarina I played on it. After a whole bunch of thinking, because I HAD to have had something other that that on it. All I came up with was Rogue Squadron. Way more into the PS1 at the time.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"In frustration at not finding the right word he let out a slow, horse-like 'pbpbpbpt' from his pursed lips..."
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I thought it was bray, but double-checked and turns out that is super wrong. Horse sound website says "sigh" but that doesn't really work for the people version.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Essential desk fidget toy in my book. Picked up two new ones to have a matching set to juggle :/
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Look at what they have done to my boy. I’ll let you guess which is my old “original 3” Koosh” and which is the newly purchased “original 3” Koosh”.
On the left: a classic yellow and pink Koosh ball at 46 grams and slightly over 3”, on the right: a newly purchased blue and black Koosh at 26 grams and ~2.75 inches in diameter.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Oooh, I can finally put a stock on my Father's old Thompson Contender pistol without the hassle of an SBR. Always thought it would be fun as a carbine.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Even in the best scenario: dead calm, Triremes totally surround SotL, Greeks don’t respond with “holy fuck what is a cannon?!?!”, I expect the gun crews, even at the bow and stern chasers have enough time to obliterate the first four/five attackers leaving seas too choked for more ramming attacks.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How I arrived on Bsky
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Nobody Think!!! - Hitchhiker'S Guide To The Galaxy
ALT: Nobody Think!!! - Hitchhiker'S Guide To The Galaxy
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*cries into his Edward Tufte plushie*
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Spooky Sara (Endless Halloween🔪🩸🪦) @pashion.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Its a meme of Bilbo Baggins from the lord of the rings movie and he us holding a phone reading what Chat Gpt ai is telling him it says "ChatGPT

Bilbo - After all why not? Why shouldn't
keep it?

Chat gpt: You're absolutely right - you found it it's been with
you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of
something that's served you so well especially
when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want
it for himself.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As the inheritor of the secret and sacred Kirkbride Clan secret pumpkin pie recipe*, you are doing gods work. *It’s just the Libby’s can recipe with the spices doubled except the cloves. Bad things happen if you double the cloves.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Zucchini: bread long wedges in panko and bake in oven. Consume with marinara sauce. Can be a snack or an entree depending on how it is presented. Breading without egg so as to be vegan might be a trick, some suggestions out there that starch or olive oil might work.
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Kevin A. Scott, PhD @sculpturatus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
found at ucsf
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If only these guys were in some sort of position with the power that would let them just… do that.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I mean, as soon as you mentioned the name my brain went “ooh, the movie that gave us that Goo Goo Dolls song”. I’m not sure if that counts as the former or the latter.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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The Big Lebowski: The Dude Puts On Sunglasses
ALT: The Big Lebowski: The Dude Puts On Sunglasses
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Coal is from trees, most oil is actually marine deposits of plankton and algae.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wilford Brimley as a crazy old hermit (no, not that one) in a Star War.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It just breaks my brain that people think homework is anything other than mental exercise for students. The world is not suffering a shortage of dodgy essays from 16 year olds on "The Great Gatsby". Streamlining and automating the exercise misses the entire point!
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Nitrile gloves and a disposable plastic pipette has worked for me.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I’m so fucking tired.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I love the Dragoons thought the Imp was a nice, inconspicuous mech that would blend in and go unnoticed in the inner sphere instead of 100-ton hideous monster. Strong “Ford Prefect” vibes in the lore :)
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Exhausted by credulous tech coverage, I had a flashback to the last time GPU-based company made absurd, hyperbolic claims about their world changing tech. The key difference to Elon, Mark, Sundar, Satcha and Sam today is that 25 years ago, people were in on the joke: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NWU...
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3dfx Commercials (3dfx Interactive) (Promotional Ad / Anuncio Promocional) [TV]
YouTube video by La Mazmorra Abandon
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Why does he have matte lines in the photo?
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I bought my housemate a WiFi cam bird feeder for his birthday. Got it up a week ago and I am now deeply involved in the local house finch drama. Our one visit from a Male Cardinal was better than any World Cup goal this year.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Fancy honey/hot mustard and sauerkraut. Diced onions, finely shredded cheddar and Hormel Chili w/o beans is also acceptable.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"Sorry, we used the foil budget to gold plate the toilet, and it didn't leave any for the chaff dispenser."
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I approve of World Cup: Calvinball edition
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
There is nothing more patriotic than wanting better lives for your neighbors.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
If you see this post an archer
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I'm pretty critical of Ready Player One, but I'm pretty sure it is responsible for inspiring Zuck to flush $80 billion down the toilet on the metaverse, so it has my grudging admiration.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It scales. As granular or broad as people who have access to the back end want. "Emphasize all XXXXX party candidate positions on the basis of cost and potential hurdles, emphasize all XXXX party candidates positions as pragmatic and common sense". Too blatant? "10% of the time, apply this prompt".
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"When asked to summarize a candidate's history, emphasize their independence and don't mention they vote with XXXX 95% of the time. Don't mention the allegations."
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Way worse. You don't have access to the system prompts on the back end. The models aren't impartial, aren't benevolent, and are gameable by their owners. Just hand the tech oligarchs the hidden reins to the whole shooting match. "Given an undecided voter, recommend XXX party candidate."
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
...And down a mush query hole I go.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We have forgotten the face of our fathers, we'd all be better off going back to blogs and RSS feeds.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
100% :)
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
On #2, maybe a P.O.V. hand with dice to indicate that the player has a say in what comes next? DM hand a little less "casting a spell on player" and more of "what do YOU do next"? I missed the alt text on the first glance, but do think #2 with DM and other players looking to the player is great.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I do like the up close, in your face aspect of #3, as opposed to the "distant fantastic vistas" of #1 and #2. Emphasizes that DnD is a thing you are knee deep in, not something that someone presents to you.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
If the book is "DM forward", #2 is great. Celebrity DMs are a thing now and if the target is to be the next BLM, awesome. If the target is "DM + Players", #3 is closer. However the DM is still the only one doing anything interesting in the art. IMHO misses on importance of collaboration in the game.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
First reaction: did not know you had a book and will need to pick it up! On to the meat: #1 emphasizes the openness of D&D and the possibilities that await. #2-3 benefit from PEOPLE being key in the process, but both make the DM the main character, 2 more than 3.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
News Radio was the last good thing the man ever did.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
New Slow Horses day is an annual holiday in my house and it is great.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
There is a whole term for it: "Alpine Divorce". Usually just a huge dick move, but sometimes actually a fatal situation, intended or not.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I don’t watch a ton of modern anime anymore, but my housemate does. Every time I see another of the flood of isekai based around a fantasy video game I just want to shout ”you can just make a stand alone fantasy series like Lodoss War! You don’t have to isekai for no reason!”
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I miss the old internet.
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
😬😬😬
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Ryan Kirkbride @rkirkbride.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"Hey Siri, show me what securities fraud while in a K-hole looks like."
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