Brian McEntire

@brianmcentire

Cyclist + Runner. Former professional photographer. Certified AWS Solutions Architect, Cisco CCNA, Python, Linux, JavaScript and Perl. I work for FAANG. Interested in climate solutions, the war on cars, and applying science to wellness.

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Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Jul 17

Is this Alanis Morissette irony

Screen shot of AP News article titled "Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite"

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Jul 15

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Jun 22

@bodegacats.bsky.social adjacent #bikeShopCats #cycling One of my favorites from my stock photography days [Stocksy: www.stocksy.com/photo/48767/... ]

An orange tabby cat sits upright on a textured floor mat in a bike shop, looking off to the right. Behind him, out of focus, a mechanic in a black shirt and shorts works on a bicycle wheel on a workbench lined with bins and parts.

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Apr 3

Many in media don't know, or are unwilling to acknowledge, the Covid pandemic's influence in these numbers

FRED chart showing rise in population with disability following Covid pandemic

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Feb 28

You guys. Is AI Extinction bad? It sounds bad. HT @reckless.bsky.social www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...

Dallas Fed chart showing AI impacts on GDP including Singularity Benign scenario and Singularity Extinction

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Feb 3

Today's @theverge.com Vergecast pod www.theverge.com/podcast/8729... was thought provoking. Motivated me to learn more about LibGen. Amazing that it exists! Sad that the giant library is inaccessible to so many people yet foundational to for-profit AI companies. At least Gemini could commiserate...

A one page document showing a prompt, and Gemini's response, discussing the existence of LibGen (Library Genesis) and the irony that a massive digital library of humanity's published written works is inaccessible to many people but directly used by AI companies to train their for-profit models.

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Jan 23

Retro gaming! Fell all the way down a rabbit hole and found the amazing TRS-80 Color Computer Archive with Rainbow magazines... instantly transported back to my 1980s living room and typing in 100s of lines of BASIC to make this playable video game. I blame Version History

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Jan 17

It's not a lot, but sure was pretty to wake up to in Frederick, MD @capitalweather.bsky.social

About 1 inch of accumulated snow on trees in forest and back yard with spilt rail fence

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Jan 13

Only recently began reading @anildash.com and damn, that's on the nose: ...identified as “market inefficiencies” which indicated some wealth was going to you that should have been going to them. Enjoying these posts.

Screenshot of Anil Dash blog post with portion highlighted that says: "“market inefficiencies” which indicated some wealth was going to you that should have been going to them."

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Dec 30

Veloviewer Wrapped: I worked too much. But, I have more energy in 2025 than 2024. Rode a metric century and nabbed a KOM. At 50, trying to balance cardio w strength training. Riding w friends is way more fun. Middling year for total miles, but pretty good year for frequency. @veloviewer.com

“VeloViewer 2025 cycling summary infographic for Brian McEntire. Shows 2,492 miles ridden over 287 active days, totaling 289 hours and 164,373 feet of elevation (5.6× Everest). Includes a colorful calendar heatmap of daily rides, bar charts of distance over time, and ride stats such as max ride distance 62 miles, max elevation 5,374 feet, longest streak 26 days, and one century ride. Location listed as New York City, United States, with a map arrow pointing to Bogotá, Colombia. Powered by Strava.”

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Sep 27

#caturday with Project Indigo

Black and white photo of a sleeping tabby cat with closed eyes directly facing the viewer

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Aug 13

Same here! 1034pm EDT in Maryland, traveling northeast. Never saw anything like that before. Beautiful and bright! I got a video:

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Aug 13

Also took two photos

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· Aug 13

Uhhhh what just flew over my house??! 👽 I was looking for Perseids and didn't seen any but saw this at 1034pm EDT over Maryland, moving northeast. Never saw anything like that before. Much bigger and brighter than a shooting star and much slower and lasted for minutes. @philplait.bsky.social ideas?

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· May 28

That did it. Thank you, awesome view!

Velo Viewer chart showing a recreational athlete's time in heart rate zones 1 through 5 over 16 years (2010 to 2025)

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· May 24

My buddy on this #caturday

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· May 17

"This is fine" cartoon of a dog sitting in a cafe surrounded by fire casually having coffee

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· May 10

Rocketing back up 3rd week of May though. +50% YoY! Some know something others don't? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Brian McEntire@brianmcentire· May 9

All the product that was supposed to arrive by ship in the first two weeks in May is arriving in the third week per Port Optimizer. Look at the percents change vs previous year