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Brian Beach

@haiku_brian@hachyderm.io

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Proud papa/dad/husband. Choral singer. Aspiring linguist. Software builder. Rotarian. Sometimes in Indiana, sometimes on Maui. He/him.

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I boost posts (only after reading any attached link) if worth reading, not necessarily because I agree with it.

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Joined August 31, 2024

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Brian Beach @haiku_brian@hachyderm.io · Aug 05, 2026

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And... if you're tempted to use an LLM to write an email to me, just send me the prompt you would use. It'll be short and to the point and convey all of the information.

Brian Beach @haiku_brian@hachyderm.io · Aug 05, 2026

I agree 100% with Bret Stephens today. If you're tempted to use an LLM to write for you, just don't. Writing exercises your brain. That's a good thing. "As [AI] becomes ubiquitous, it undermines not only our individual ability to write but also a society’s collective ability to reason, a culture’s inner capacity to create and everyone’s reason to care. " (gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/artificial-intelligence-ai-writing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3FA.-ZEU.ZELMf8W3A7Hh&smid=url-share

Brian Beach @haiku_brian@hachyderm.io · Jul 20, 2026

This is an example of the Overton window having moved too far. "it turned out that the ICE agents had been looking for somebody else" Law enforcement should not be killing anybody. It's irrelevant that they were looking for somebody else. If they had killed the person they were looking for, it's just as bad. Everybody deserves due process. Civil rights are for everybody, otherwise none of us are safe. #fascism #democracy #civilrights https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/19/ice-immigration-maga

Brian Beach @haiku_brian@hachyderm.io · May 14, 2026

Replying to @tmarble@mstdn.io

@tmarble@mstdn.io @pluralistic@mamot.fr I pre-ordered The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI from my local bookstore. I *love* having a vibrant local bookstore: Morgenstern's Books in Bloomington, IN. #books #bookstore #ai #indiana #bloomington

Brian Beach @haiku_brian@hachyderm.io · Nov 18, 2025

Replying to @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange Every year I try out new languages/tools for Advent of Code. Today is reinforcing the decision, a couple weeks ago, to set up an artisanal dev environment. Only open source tools that can run locally. Just like the old days.

Brian Beach @haiku_brian@hachyderm.io · Apr 04, 2025

Replying to @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange Go to a protest. Build community. Care for each other. Have fun. Community, caring, and fun is the opposite of what the oligarchs want for us. They want us isolated and afraid. Here on Maui, we’ve organized a Justice Choir. Tomorrow is our second protest with singing.

Brian Beach @haiku_brian@hachyderm.io · Nov 17, 2024

Replying to @spacehobo@teh.entar.net

@spacehobo@teh.entar.net @evacide@hachyderm.io Was that the EFF site that doesn’t allow it? Here’s a site to go direct to your house rep: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Brian Beach @haiku_brian@hachyderm.io · Nov 17, 2024

Replying to @evacide@hachyderm.io

@evacide@hachyderm.io I wrote my representatives. Congress should not give the executive branch the power to shut down nonprofits it doesn't like with no due process. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-not-to-weaponize-the-treasury-department-against-nonprofits

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