Brian in Detroit

@kanoki.net

1847 Followers 1860 Following

Photographer. Storyteller. Musician. Gamer. I post about games, grief, fatherhood, non-monogamy, politics, Detroit, food, and other goofiness 🏳️‍🌈 Sometimes NSFW because sex work is real work. I'll edit your photos, cheap! https://ko-fi.com/briandetroit

A photo of a very cute cat laying on a bed looking cute
A bag of Motown Munchies Salty Vinegar potato chips (crisps if you're british)
Me, a bearded man with sunglasses. The beard is very bushy and my hair is a bit fuzzy and wild
A selfie of Andre, he's smiling very slightly almost Mona Lisa style
Meatball the cat cleaning his back paws while luxuriously laying on a bed
A t shirt with a cute puppy holding a Valentine heart that says "I shidded and farded"
Monochrome image of me, a man with a beard, in a hospital bed. There is an IV bag behind me and I'm wearing a hospital gown.
Meatball, a brown tabby cat looking super cute licking his chops.
Meatball needs a home! He's a really gentle and affectionate male tabby cat. He's so cute
This gift costs nothing, but is worth everything This gift is free for anyone to take, but they have to work for it This gift offers nothing, or the world, depending on your actions upon receiving it This is the gift of knowledge On this key is the world’s best open source operating system: Linux. As you embark upon your future as an engineer and technical person, always remember that knowledge is free, and should always be free, and that knowledge can only come from human beings. On this key is the opportunity to enter a world as it should be: Free for everyone to use however they see fit. I hope you take this knowledge forward and let the principles of free, open source, human-derived progress carry you into a better future than the one we’ve left you. Congratulations on your graduation, and I believe truly that you’re going to go far with whatever you pursue: and never let anyone tell you what that should be. That will always be your decision to make for yourself.
Meatball, a tabby cat, sleeping in a cat carrier looking very cute
A single frame from the video above; two passengers in the backseat of a golf cart both realizing at the exact same moment that the driver has bailed and there is nothing stopping this cart from hitting something and dumping them out, which is what happens a half second later.
Me, a bearded man with glasses, holding a fuzzy tubby blubby bub kitty boy who I just named St. Thomas the Apostle
Persephone: Where are ye. Wherefore art thou father DetroitPrime: Henceforth shall it be known that on this day I did honor Taqueria la Jalisciense with mine patronage whereupon I did indulge myself in the fine fare of this tavern Persephone: Most exquisite, milord. I hath honored Jimothy Jonathan as mine host. I hath acquired enough renown for a free beverage of choice at my lordships establishment. DetroitPrime: Hark! A boon! Glad tidings indeed!"
A large mug of michelada, a Mexican cocktail made with beer, tomato juice, herbs and spices, clam juice and tamarind
A tabby cat sleeping in a cat carrier
A grumpy looking feral cat in a cat carrier in a veterinarians office
Purple coneflowers in a native pollinator garden. The sun is shining, the flowers are waving in the gentle summer breeze as bees, moths, and butterflies flit from flower to flower.
An abstract photo edit of some wildflowers but edited very heavily with absurd pastel color edits and lots of texture work.
A very soft, smol baby cat with such soft fur and little boops and tiny little beeps and a fuzzy tail
A giant platter of sushi rolls, but Mexican. There is a fried rice ball in the middle filled with cream cheese, mozarella, carne asada, jalapenos, avocado and who knows what else. There are also rolls encrusted in hot cheetos and jalapeno crab salad rolls.
A tuxedo cat looking a bit uncomfortable as he is nervous in his new house. He's sitting right next to a food bowl
Lach's lunch: a puff pastry covered with powdered sugar with a line of cream on top. On the cream rests cut fruit: strawberries, blackberries, and kiwi
My cat flopping onto my keyboard and staring up at me basically saying hi I would like attention
A tuxedo cat bonking my hand desperate to be pet.
A bottle of Chill Syrup "fast acting nano 200mg THC infused syrup" Cherry flavor
A bottle of Schweppes ginger ale pop (or soda for the simpletons) that is lemon mint flavored.
A landscape in Da Lat, Vietnam. The cloudy sky after a storm opens into puffy white clouds behind the remnants of the storm clouds, and beams of sunlight can be seen all across a valley. In the foreground, hills are covered with coffee trees. In the distance we see a small lake
The original box for Donkey Kong Country 2 clearly showing the subtitle to be DIDDY'S KONG QUEST, not Diddy Kong's Quest like I have thought for as long as this game has existed. I am shooketh
Two boxes of small fragrance samples from Etat Libre d'Orange Paris. The boxes are black and very stylish and each has a fabric clasp of the tricolor French flag. Each box contains four small sample boxes.
A screenshot from the NES game "Faxanadu" that has a text box that says: "Don't have negative thoughts"
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A photograph of two Detroit coney dogs: Hot dogs on steamed buns, slathered with chili, mustard, and minced onions.
Me, a man with a beard and glasses, hiding half of my face behind an impossible amount of freshly picked cilantro. The bundle of herbs is so large I had to hug them in a huge armful.
An Alaskan landscape photo taken at Lake Clark National Park. Two grizzly bears lounge on the beach, the crystal clear lake water calm as in the distance a pontoon plane makes an approach for a water landing. Huge snow-capped mountains reach up to the clouds in the background and in the foreground, taiga scrub and pines begin where the beach ends.
A monochrome photo of me, a bearded man with glasses, holding a mug that has a cartoon dog wearing sunglasses and a shirt that says "I woof music" with a heart. Behind me are a row of bass guitars on wall hangers. I am giving a cheesy smile
El-Sayed is a graduate of the University of Michigan and University of Oxford's Oriel College, attending them on a full-tuition scholarship and a Rhodes Scholarship, respectively. He earned his MD at Columbia University. In his athletic career, he earned a full blue as captain of Oxford's men's lacrosse team. El-Sayed was an assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University from 2014 to 2015. He was the executive director of the Detroit Health Department and Health Officer for the City of Detroit from 2015 to 2017.
An old photo of me, in a backyard standing over a small bbq grill, with tongs in my hand (which I definitely clacked as a dad should). I'm wearing an apron with the Italian colors and a photograph of the statue of David printed on it, to give the very bad illusion that the person wearing the apron has the body of a statue.
My wife holds her hiking water bottle directly under a small waterfall in a stream to fill her bottle. The water is crystal clear. There is some scrub and brush along either bank of the small stream, and the sky is extremely dramatic with dark and white clouds all in the shot, looking stormy.
A bluesky profile for "Charles Keener" with 110,000 followers, following 786,500 people, with 113.9K posts, almost all just left-wing reposts. The bio AND banner are full of left-wing virtue signals: "Social justice & equal opportunity, ecological wisdom, non-violence, decentralization, community-based economics, feminsm & gender equity" and the rest is cut off. The bio says: "Anti zionist free palestine ukraine solidarity anti-racist anti-carceral abolitionist anti-genocide anti-colonial anti-war anti-imperialist intersectional feminist queer LGBTQI+ green eco-socialist people planet peace interfaith seeker of beloved community" Also noteworth: Followed by Heather Paterson who follows basically everyone on bluesky.
My cat who looks very similar to Arron's cat, laying on my hand despite the fact that I'm trying to use it on my keyboard
A large tree limb down in the street, with angry sheets of rain blasting down from the sky. It's a big storm.
A tall spire church at the end of a road in Reykjavik, Iceland. It is an obelisk, a giant spear coming out of the ground.
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Brian: You're a great guy! I miss your laughter! - along with your pervertedness! Love, Debbie
A bottle of "Undead", a fragrance from perfume designer Dark Cellar Door (available on Etsy).
a post from someone named "Gnoc290438" and it says "this has been talked about extensively you're just 21"
A giant Danish grilled meatball sandwich. Three huge meatballs crammed between two brioche buns, slathered with a hollandaise sauce, shredded cabbage and pickles, and fried onion bits, as well as mayonnaise
My cat, Poe, laying directly on my keyboard and looking up at me pleadingly as if to say "wouldn't you rather pet me instead of whatever dumb human thing you're doing?"
A car console display that says 4:59pm Out temp 104F That's 40c
A photograph of Willis Haviland Carrier, the man who invented air conditioning. It's a very old photo, as he lived from 1876-1950. He looks intense and serious.
The box for Phantasy Star II on the Sega Genesis
A corned beef sandwich stacked high with cole slaw on toasted bread with two pickles on the plate.
Me, a 49 year old guy with shaggy hair and a beard, wearing sunglasses. A bathroom mirror selfie with my phone visible front and center. I'm wearing some rings and a watch. My shirt is a bold floral pattern instead of my usual all-black clothing.
A monochrome photo of me, a bearded man wearing sunglasses. I'm standing in front of a mural in Detroit that resembles a giant comic book frame, with a superhero looking focused. The text on the wall behind me reads "IN THE CITY OF DETROIT..."
A plate of food at IHOP: Chicken-fried steak with country gravy, hashbrowns, and two eggs over-medium. A second small plate with pancakes is above it, with a pat of butter. A coffee cup accompanies the scene as well as all the normal things you'd see at an IHOP: Sugar packets, creamers, salt and pepper shakers, silverware.
A kingfisher (bird) shot from very far away, sitting on a branch.
A kingfisher standing on a branch. The photo is shot from a vast distance, so is a bit flat and a tiny bit blurry
Our stance on AI-generated music Hi Brian! AI music generation tools are changing how music is created and distributed. As this technology evolves, Tidal is introducing platform standards to protect artists, their craft, and inform listeners. Here are the highlights of our new AI Policy: • Tidal will identify and tag AI-generated music in our app. Listeners will see an "AI" badge next to music we detect as wholly AI-generated. • Tidal will not tolerate AI-generated music that impersonates an artist or group, or that facilitates fraudulent activity. We're implementing automatic tools to remove these releases immediately and on an ongoing basis. • Tidal will not allow music that is 100% AI-generated to be monetized. No royalties will go to such releases, nor will AI-generated uploads be eligible for direct-to-fan sales. • We will expand these policies to music that is substantially AI-generated when AI detection technology is sufficiently reliable to do so.
A very happy kitty licking his chops because he just got fed a treat tube from me.