Polymath. Product manager on hiatus. Music. Dogs. Appalachia. Linux. Ruby on Rails. Python, ML/DL/LLMs. Semiconductors. Football. Tacos. Vampire hunter. (Not really.)https://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mu462p7e2k2o“Emerging economies watching Europe’s experience are “losing trust” in LNG as a reliable energy source, TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné cautioned this week…” https://www.semafor.com/article/08/27/2026/europes-warning-for-us-gas-exporters28 Aug 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu462p7e2k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtx22wc7xc2k🤟🤟🤟 https://open.spotify.com/track/7gEYTbwEFD5rTTY4jFD6Bt?si=BVb0_TE8QceSazim_dhplQ&utm_source=copy-link26 Aug 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx22wc7xc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mttriwnoms2wShots fired! 🤣 https://www.haaretz.com/life/2026-08-24/ty-article-magazine/.premium/netanyahus-surprise-concert-appearance-confirms-hes-entered-his-fat-elvis-era/000001a0-32c7-d176-aba8-76ff3da3000024 Aug 2026 16:56 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttriwnoms2whttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtplteyt422uhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-secrets-of-storytelling/23 Aug 2026 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtplteyt422uhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtoe4q7si22vHell yeah [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoe4q7si22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtodzjptik2vhttps://open.substack.com/pub/cultureexplorer/p/the-1950s-bargain?r=oc5d&utm_medium=ios22 Aug 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtodzjptik2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtob35qsbk2eGood. The man has more backbone than anybody we’ve got. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/canada/carney-trump-canada-tariffs.html22 Aug 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtob35qsbk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtkgqexu422f20 Aug 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkgqexu422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mthzdbrcw22lhttps://www.uncensoredobjection.com/p/senator-rick-scott-walked-away-from?utm_campaign=post20 Aug 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthzdbrcw22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtgowwqtg22ohttps://www.axios.com/2026/08/19/gop-data-center-memo-ai-election19 Aug 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgowwqtg22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mteimsatyk2sAs if we needed another excuse to bypass that hellscape in west Texas. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/texas-tech-artificial-intelligence-ideology-brandon-creighton.html18 Aug 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteimsatyk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtefxeulmk27Situational Awareness ran two auctions at once, and one set of bidders never knew. https://thenextweb.com/news/situational-awareness-anthropic-stake-20-percent-discount-citadel18 Aug 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtefxeulmk27https://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtbyv5edh227https://open.spotify.com/track/0JHZHHGxjEJCB4hpMLHvFj?si=3Qc-QK5JQGi9OI5nuOqwAQ&utm_source=copy-link17 Aug 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbyv5edh227https://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtby3fdydk27https://open.spotify.com/track/28hWpVumGuFqTDsmi585zx?si=Y4g0MQeaQ--_lguaFGdNGQ17 Aug 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtby3fdydk27https://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mtbtb3alak27https://open.spotify.com/track/2PFNJwPprlAGmYyuJeoX0x?si=2F2cH5NETqCKFlME291qPg17 Aug 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbtb3alak27https://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mt7ohv2hac2fTurns Out We Blew Up All Those Boats in the Caribbean for Nothing https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a73287733/caribbean-boat-bombings-us-pete-hegseth-ineffective/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a8104913940c90001891f80&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=6a8104913940c90001891f7f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawTuzbpwZG9mA2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzQwOTk2MjYyMzA4NTYwOQABHte4KvxlsyFIzVVf9HhBDzrRhhYApNqQ15dtA3FDGv7hqH631ZSbdhccIfZt_aem_cNz7cxwTcfOQlvVSWgQp-A16 Aug 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7ohv2hac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3mt2aomikwk22https://psyche.co/ideas/being-in-a-crowd-doesnt-make-you-part-of-a-mindless-mob14 Aug 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2aomikwk22https://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3msyopri3722rhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91589354/ai-crawlers-hammered-a-volunteer-run-lgbt-history-archive-213 Aug 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyopri3722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3msxnrpxfvk23https://psyche.co/notes-to-self/the-deep-satisfaction-of-doing-work-that-lasts13 Aug 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxnrpxfvk23https://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3msxnjzaafc23https://adapt.com/blog/build-wide-ship-narrow13 Aug 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxnjzaafc23https://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3msxn6yb33c23https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/13/a-bungled-bomb-plot-in-poland-exposed-a-spy-but-whose-spy-was-he13 Aug 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxn6yb33c23https://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3msway633is2bServices > Stuff https://www.npr.org/2026/08/12/nx-s1-5928083/retail-services-gyms-salons-restaurants-downtown-main-street12 Aug 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3msway633is2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3msvzrhjb7s2212 Aug 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:ml2ad4fmiaaem2crzt3jsdit/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvzrhjb7s22https://bsky.app/profile/brianpiercy.bsky.social/post/3msvocdehqs2dWhite Sox celebrate ‘Pope Night’ with holy hat giveaway 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