Barry Negrin

@barrynegrin.bsky.social

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Approximately 18 trillion cells loosely organized as a patent attorney/saxophonist. Doctor Who scholar in residence at Part-time Fanboy https://bsky.app/profile/parttimefanboy.bsky.social

Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose looking at the camera while lying on the floor of a closet, behind a soft guitar case.
NY Times Spelling Bee puzzle showing the entry LOTR as "Not in word list".
Garfield the cat looking rough, tired, and generally unhappy holding a mug of probably coffee, with the word MONDAY in the background over his head.
Screenshot of long press of the main post's comic, showing a menu listing a variety of options such as "Open in new Chrome tab", "Open in incognito tab", and the like. Above the menu appears alt text to the comic that xkcd is famous for.
New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle showing the entry I FEEL LOVED as one one word with the note "Not in word list."
Photo of Teddy Roosevelt above the following quote attributed to him: "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by his inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else."
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose looking at the camera and lying down in a purple pet carrier with various cat toys in view, and a brown cat condo off to the right mostly out of frame.
NYC Midnight Top D Stories by Group Group 6 - Horror/Deboarding/area 1st Place "Stowaway Protocol" by DR Forge 2nd Place "Flesh and Blood" by Daniel McCoy 3rd Place "Payback" by Barry Negrin!
Orange and white spotted shorthaired cat looking at the camera while lying atop a relatively small red fire/EMS vehicle.
Square sticker on a marbelized kitchen counter, the sticker reading "I VOTED 2026" and "VOTE NYC" and "125 YEARS Serving Voters", all in red, white, and blue. (It's kinda busy.)
Photo of a square sticker on a countertop, the sticker reading "I VOTED 2026", and "VOTE NYC" with the V really a check mark, and "125 YEARS Serving Voters". (It's a pretty busy sticker.)
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink toe beans asleep in a sunny window, as viewed from outside the window. (Don't worry, it's my window.)
Black and white shorthaired cat with pink nose sitting atop cases of White Claw.
Chalk writing on street island that reads "ALEX BORES FOR CONGRESS" in several colors.
Three of The Sharks from West Side Story, possibly with jazz fins er hands.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose and pink toe beans looking at the camera with her body atop a cat condo platform and her head upside-down below it.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose and pink toe beans lying on a pile of towels on a brown leather couch.
Billy Crystal as Miracle Max from _The Princess Bride_.
Spy Hunter® stand-up arcade video game.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose sitting on a white chair at a white table looking intently at the camera.
Cartoon of Clippy, Microsoft's universally hated interactive paperclip-shaped icon, asking "I see you're trying to focus on something without interruption. Can I help?"
NYC Midnight 100-Word Microfiction Round 1, Group 13 partial results, showing the title of my story "The House Doesn't Always Win" in 4th place, with a hand-drawn exclamation point next to it.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat facing away from the camera, watching an orchestra on a TV. She is sitting in a very flat cardboard box, maybe a couple of inches high.
Twelve sheets of colored paper arranged loosely in spectral order, fanned out from a common upper-left corner.
Title card for Goober and the Ghost Chasers, ©1973 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
Half-peeled half-brown banana that is still perfectly good, with a bite taken off the top.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose sitting in an orange cardboard box that says "surprise" and "FreshDirect" on it.
Map of NYC showing the route of the Five Boro Bike Tour May 3, 2026.
Human hand playing "Bella Ciao" on a Meowsic music toy (a toy keyboard shaped like a cat's face with the keyboard keys serving as the smile of the cat), in C minor.
Clerks DVD set that resembles the Quik Stop Grocery and RST Video.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose and pink toe beans asleep atop the upper platform of a brown furry cat condo with one leg and her tail hanging over the edge therefrom.
Legal jargon in closing credits of TV show Jeopardy! ending with "No part of this work may be used or reproduced for the purpose of training any artificial intelligence technologies or systems."
Photo of a stainless steel dishwasher with a small purple Post-it® on it that reads "DIRTY".
New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle showing the word HENCH as "not in word list".
Orange and white spotted shorthaired cat sitting up on the hood of a relatively small fire truck, facing away from the camera.
Garfield the cartoon cat looking bedraggled, holding a green coffee cup and thinking "I *HATE* Mondays."
Convoluted yet redoubtable April Fool's Day email prank from the US Patent and Trademark Office "...first-of-its-kind agentic AI tool to assist in patent eligibility determinations under 35 U.S.C. §101. America’s Innovation Agency’s new AI system, termed “McConaughey Agentic Tasking Technology Helping Examiner Workload,” or “MATTHEW,” for short, will help examiners tackle the thorniest of eligibility questions as to whether claims presented are an abstract idea or a patent-eligible invention. “MATTHEW will greatly enhance our ability to make the close calls—or any call, really—as I herewith also suspend all applicable precedent, including Desjardins, Alice, and Mayo,” said USPTO Director John A. Squires. “Basically, in terms of eligibility, if MATTHEW says your invention is ‘Alright, Alright, Alright,’ then it’s ‘Alright, Alright, Alright’ with the USPTO.” “Initially, we had some concerns that we would be introducing a three-part test in place of the two-part test under Alice and Mayo, but I think we’ll be al…um, okay,” he continued. We want to equip our examiners—the best in the world at what they do—with the best tools to assist them,” said Director Squires. “In fact, MATTHEW was selected after careful evaluation of best-in-breed offerings, including the ‘Binary Eligibility Engaged Translation Language Environment Joint User Interface Computational Evaluator,’ or ‘BEETLEJUICE,’” he stated. “But the coders had some issues in testing when they said the name three times. I hope they’ll be al…um, okay,” remarked the Director." When asked if the USPTO licensed its tool in light of famed actor McConaughey’s recent Name Image and Likeness (NIL) ‘non-traditional’ registrations, Director Squires retorted, “Well, he’s the one who said, ‘trademark yourself!’—I think the Founders would have wanted this...." (more text but truncated)
Location tracking opt-out button on the app circled in purple with an X above it, suggesting that it doesn't work.
White book with red trim entitled "Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism", by Stewart "Brittlestar" Reynolds. Cover art includes a small black cat playing with a ball of red string (which turns into the red trim).
Human: I think you used the wrong parshah and also nothing in this presentation has anything to do with the dvar I attached. can you try again and use the material l gave you? Claude: You're right, I apologize - let me actually extract the text from your PDF and base the deck on what you wrote, not on generic content I made up.
Human: I think you used the wrong parshah and also nothing in this presentation has anything to do with the dvar I attached. can you try again and use the material l gave you? Claude: You're right, I apologize - let me actually extract the text from your PDF and base the deck on what you wrote, not on generic content I made up.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose lying as a mushy blob atop a person's besweatpanted legs.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose looking at the camera while lying on a blue blanket on a human's lap.
Small iron teapot atop a speckled kitchen counter, with two Mason jars of loose tea immediately therebehind.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with face partially hidden sitting atop a blue duffel bag mostly full of clothing.
Fortune cookie fortune reading "November will bring you prosperity and success."
Empire State Building at dusk, lit up with Ukrainian flag colors.
Admiral Akbar from The Empire Strikes Back saying "It's a trap!"
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose loafing on a red front door mat where one might remove one's shoes, looking at the camera vaguely annoyed.
Screenshot of YouTube video entitled "Clerks - Death Star Contractors" from the movie Clerks when Dante, Randall, and a customer are discussing contractors on the 2nd Death Star.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose looking up from a kitchen floor. The makings of a lox and onion omelette are visible on the counter above her.
Kermit the Frog, grimacing.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose lying sideways on blue and white floral pattern duvet, asleep.
My profile on Bluesky showing 166 followers, 166 following, and 349 posts.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose lying on a light blue blanket atop a dark blue-green couch, looking at the camera.
Shorthaired Tuxedo cat with pink nose lying sideways and boneless on a full laundry basket.
Merriam-Webster says my 2026 word is "brain rot".
Protest sign that reads "DUE PROCESS Causing Tantrums for Tyrants since 1215 (Medievalists Against Trump)" being held aloft.
Collage of various pictures of Superman wearing "overpants", his red briefs on the outside of his outfit.
Tuxedo cat with pink nose poking her head around a corner while lying on the floor, looking vaguely annoyed.