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Sy Brand

@tartanllama.xyz

bit wrangler ~ poet ~ film/noisemaker ~ mask enthusiast ~ they/them webassembly @fastly ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ edinburgh

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Won my second run with a a Perfected Strike + exhaust-driven deck, killing the act 3 boss in two turns. The combos are so satisfying

05.03.2026 21:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Slay the Spire 2 is so good AHHHHHHH

05.03.2026 21:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Kyle Mclaughlin in a car speaking into a tape recorder. Subtitles read "Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks"

Kyle Mclaughlin in a car speaking into a tape recorder. Subtitles read "Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks"

Happy Twink Peaks day!!!

24.02.2026 11:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Everest Paneer 450KG for only 3.80GBP (they clearly got the units wrong)

Everest Paneer 450KG for only 3.80GBP (they clearly got the units wrong)

Correct amount of paneer

23.02.2026 22:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hundreds of Beavers is just so good

18.02.2026 23:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
18.02.2026 17:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Learning some Paul Gilbert

18.02.2026 00:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An earring made of metal and leather that attatches to a hearing aid with a gold chain

An earring made of metal and leather that attatches to a hearing aid with a gold chain

Got a hearing aid! And some jewellery to go with it

17.02.2026 11:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 46 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The impact of Frederick Wiseman on nonfiction filmmaking was seismic beyond measure and beyond compare. Like how do you even begin to consider his influence on documentary technique or his decades of insight into how institutions (and artistic spaces) operate? What a treasure. R.I.P.

16.02.2026 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 191 ๐Ÿ” 81 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

These are very beautiful!

15.02.2026 23:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Roasted aubergine and tomato salad with olives

Roasted aubergine and tomato salad with olives

Tabbouleh

Tabbouleh

Balsamic courgettes and za'atar lemon yogurt

Balsamic courgettes and za'atar lemon yogurt

Chickpea and apricot tagine topped with parsley, toasted almonds and pomegranate seeds

Chickpea and apricot tagine topped with parsley, toasted almonds and pomegranate seeds

Made dinner

15.02.2026 22:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Letterboxd most recent watches 
Wuthering Heights, 2 stars
Fiume o Morte!, 3.5
Ruben Brandt the Collector, 4
Close your Eyes. 5

Letterboxd most recent watches Wuthering Heights, 2 stars Fiume o Morte!, 3.5 Ruben Brandt the Collector, 4 Close your Eyes. 5

Recent watches are going steadily downward, gotta watch something truly dogshit next

15.02.2026 13:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Recently I've got better at pausing and thinking "is this thing going to make me feel bad?" before doing it, would recommend

Sometimes I do it anyway, but little steps

14.02.2026 12:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Saw Wuthering Heights and my heights are distinctly unwuthered

13.02.2026 21:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Fluffy ragdoll hanging over the edge of a loft bed

Fluffy ragdoll hanging over the edge of a loft bed

Every day Poptart climbs up to my kid's bed and surveys his domain

12.02.2026 22:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 47 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thinking about becoming the kind of person who can make phone calls without overthinking them, as a bit

12.02.2026 07:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Fluffy ragdoll cat has fallen asleep on me

Fluffy ragdoll cat has fallen asleep on me

I think he missed me

11.02.2026 19:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Usually feed on, in airports it's a bit of both

11.02.2026 16:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The panicked look on the scanner operator's face as she wavered between frau and mann buttons before selecting frau is going to sustain me for at least a week

11.02.2026 12:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 46 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Overstimulated! In the Passport Control Line

11.02.2026 12:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Currently deep in the bowels of hell (airport security)

11.02.2026 11:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A large painting of a monk on the beach, dwarfed by the Sea and sky, which dominate the frame expressively

A large painting of a monk on the beach, dwarfed by the Sea and sky, which dominate the frame expressively

Found one of my favourite paintings ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Monk by the Sea by Caspar David Friedrich

11.02.2026 11:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 27 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Painting of a woman sitting on a bench looking into the distance while a man with a big beard rests on the bench behind her, his head turned towards her

Painting of a woman sitting on a bench looking into the distance while a man with a big beard rests on the bench behind her, his head turned towards her

Thousand Yard Mansplain Stare

11.02.2026 10:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Discovering an old friend has had a kid by seeing them log Despicable Me 3 on Letterboxd no fewer than 13 times in one week, with slowly decreasing numbers of stars

09.02.2026 22:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 39 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please do!

09.02.2026 22:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Berlin, I am in you

09.02.2026 15:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it kind of sucks that you can only play metroidbrainias once bc once you know the information you can't unlearn it what if they made a version where instead of knowledge, they're actual gates in the game, call it gatetroidbrainia

08.02.2026 08:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Beautiful!

04.02.2026 22:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Genuine q for other folks with MCAS:

(please note if you do not have MCAS and reply unhelpfully to this, I will block you for wasting all of our time)

If you regularly wake up to anaphylactoid crises in the middle of the night, what is your support strategy? Do you live w/ someone you can wake up?

04.02.2026 19:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Me wearing a hoodie and m3 mask

Me wearing a hoodie and m3 mask

Do Not Perceive

04.02.2026 17:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 16 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0