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Technology Strategist for Microsoft Corp. Posts about #dogs, #sushi, #Xbox, #StarWars, #Hawaii, #sake, #Azure, #Microsoft, #squirrels, #UCLA, #LasVegas, #LosAngeles, #GalaxysEdge, #Disney, #StarTrek & #Family. #Browncoat, #Amity, #Resistance & #Hufflepuff.

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · Dec 6

I posted the assortment of tools I've found for #Bluesky in this post including 3rd pty Bluesky clients, list/starter pack mgmt tools, Twitter migration tools & statistics reports. (Also the #Microsoft #StarterPacks I've created.)
✅ INFO: Microsoft on BlueSky
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INFO: Microsoft on BlueSky

UPDATE 12/6/24WHOA. Yesterday, after I posted this, Microsoft Corporation officially joined Bluesky as a company, verified by Frank X. Shaw, our Director of Corporate Communications. This is absolu…

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 1h

Just bought Club tix to the Maryland Terrapins @ #UCLA Bruins #football game.

Gonna grill burgers with my ol' PAC-12 tailgate friends who decided after beating Penn State & Michigan State...

...we have a product on the field worth buying $24 Rose Bowl nachos for. 🤪

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 16h

#AlexAlott was charged with allegedly assaulting a federal officer with an umbrella. Yesterday, she was exonerated because VIDEO disproved the accusation. But Daniel, who attended the trial to support her, was detained the same day that the trial finished.

THIS IS FASCISM. FILM EVERYTHING.

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 11h

Annnd the teaser trailer for #FalloutDay... 10.10.25!
youtube.com/@bethesda?si...
#falloutforhope #bethesdastudios #fallout

kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 11h

Gettin' excited for 10.10.25!
#falloutday #fallout #bethesdastudios

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 14h

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 3d

Watch Senator Schumer’s explanation of Trump's shutdown of the Federal government. Plain spoken, Chuck gets out of the Capitol & makes the issue about YOU, the voter.
#trump #trumpshutdown

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, in other "No shit, Sherlock" news:

☑️ Majority of companies hiking prices to cover tariffs: KPMG
www.newsweek.com/majority-com...
#trump #tariffs #yaplayedyerselves

Majority of companies hiking prices to cover tariffs: KPMG - Newsweek

KPMG LLP found many companies are passing costs onto customers, while adopting other strategic changes to cope with the duties.

www.newsweek.com

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 3d

Every Senate Republican voted to screw lower/middle class Americans by doubling or even tripling their costs for healthcare w/ millions losing #healthcare ENTIRELY...

...all so they can pay for TRILLIONS in tax cuts for billionaires & the ultra-wealthy. No, seriously. This is REALITY under #Trump.

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 18h

Most billionaires in a single comic frame.

The mistake many folks make is thinking most billionaire minds are like yours & mine.

They're really not. They generally have EXTREME willpower, self-interest & greed. And their favorite pastime is whining about taxes.

kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, in other "No shit, Sherlock" news:

☑️ Majority of companies hiking prices to cover tariffs: KPMG
www.newsweek.com/majority-com...
#trump #tariffs #yaplayedyerselves

Majority of companies hiking prices to cover tariffs: KPMG - Newsweek

KPMG LLP found many companies are passing costs onto customers, while adopting other strategic changes to cope with the duties.

www.newsweek.com

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 3d

Don't buy the movies "#F1" or "#Greenland" on #4KUHD if you're not bought into Apple TV.

Unlike EVERY other publisher, the discs for these movies come bundled with digital movie codes that ONLY work with #AppleTV.

Not "MoviesAnywhere".
Not "Fandango at Home".

kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 3d

Watch Senator Schumer’s explanation of Trump's shutdown of the Federal government. Plain spoken, Chuck gets out of the Capitol & makes the issue about YOU, the voter.
#trump #trumpshutdown

kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 3d

🤞

"It’s coming to an end guys. I’ve spoken to a lot of House Republicans this week and they’ve confided that Trump’s movement/support is fading. As one told me, “this Epstein bomb is about to drop and no want wants to defend a pedo-protector. It’s just a matter of time.”" - Rep. Eric Swalwell

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 3d

Why does Trump do anything?
Haven't we learned by now?
JUST FOLLOW THE MONEY
#trump

Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3d

Trump’s “plan” to lower drug prices? Let his son cash in.

kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 3d

#pedopotus

Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3d

I think we know why Trump has buried the Epstein Files

kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously y'all. Amplify the heck outta this.

Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 4d

Democrats won’t cosign on a government that takes health care away from people.

kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 3d

Okay... laptop on the podium w/ power, got my slides up, remote pointer good to go, HDMI & audio working, mic check one two - solid, phone ringer off in presenter clock mode, bottle of water. Yep, 30 sec to showtim---- wait, what's this?

Oh, you've gotta be kidding with me.
#truestory #murphyslaw

kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 4d

Meanwhile, on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in China... um... NOPE. NOPENOPENOPE. HELLLLLNOPE.
#nope #china

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 4d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 4d

What? You didn't see that coming? 😁
#japan #humor

kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 4d

"See hooman, dis is how you do da petz. Like dis, see? Now you try, 'kay?" - Otter
#animals #humor

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 4d

Overamplifying the audio track of streaming ads was one of the more nefarious (& annoying) ways to grab viewer's attention.

I guess now they'll simply have to rely on creating a good ad & a good product. 🙄

@vulture.com on Bluesky

DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS?! Starting next July, loud streaming commercials are banned in California; all ads must be the same volume as the program you’re watching. https://www.vulture.com/article/loud-streaming-commercials-banned-california.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=vulture&utm_source=bluesky

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 4d

The horror I have for the delight & passion that #Trump & #MAGA have in freely assaulting American citizens...

...is only eclipsed by the complete lack of justice & accountability applied to these crimes against humanity.

@darrigomelanie.bsky.social on Bluesky

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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kurtsh @kurtsh.bsky.social · 4d

I will remind everyone that the Republicans used to refer to themselves as the party of "law & order".

They still think they are... while sweeping every crime & violation of US law Trump has committed under the rug.