Bill Swallow
@billswallow.bsky.social
Director of Operations, Scriptorium
ContentOps, Content Strategy, Publishing, Localization
also a bit of gaming, craft beer, and occasional shenanigans
ContentOps, Content Strategy, Publishing, Localization
also a bit of gaming, craft beer, and occasional shenanigans
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That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January
October 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January
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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.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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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Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
October 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
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Birds 🧪
A recent photo of a starling murmuration as if smoke from a chimney has been called a "fluke" by its Yorkshire based, UK photographer, Anna Tosney #WomensArt
October 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Birds 🧪
I’ve used a ton of software in my lifetime. Bose wins for flakiest, most user-unfriendly. I recently changed internet providers and had to set my SoundTouch 30 speaker up on the new router. That… was an experience that reinforced my decision to never again buy another Bose product.
September 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’ve used a ton of software in my lifetime. Bose wins for flakiest, most user-unfriendly. I recently changed internet providers and had to set my SoundTouch 30 speaker up on the new router. That… was an experience that reinforced my decision to never again buy another Bose product.
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Sir, you grew up in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Absolutely no one was encouraging you and your little friends to bring guns to school. You are thinking of a Looney Tunes you watched one time in 1954.
RFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
September 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sir, you grew up in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Absolutely no one was encouraging you and your little friends to bring guns to school. You are thinking of a Looney Tunes you watched one time in 1954.
Anyone else having a ton of issues with the new @duolingoverde.bsky.social flash card feature? Nothing like being told your pronunciation is wrong only to have it parrot the exact same pronunciation back at you as a correct example. If these are their AI improvements, no thank you.
September 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Anyone else having a ton of issues with the new @duolingoverde.bsky.social flash card feature? Nothing like being told your pronunciation is wrong only to have it parrot the exact same pronunciation back at you as a correct example. If these are their AI improvements, no thank you.
Last hurrah. Back home tomorrow, back to work on Monday.
August 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Last hurrah. Back home tomorrow, back to work on Monday.
Caught a “Stuff The Bus” promo on TV this morning. You know, collect donated school supplies. Wouldn’t it be great if the taxes we already pay go to things like this? To teacher salaries? To healthcare? To things that make meaningful impact for everyone?
August 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Caught a “Stuff The Bus” promo on TV this morning. You know, collect donated school supplies. Wouldn’t it be great if the taxes we already pay go to things like this? To teacher salaries? To healthcare? To things that make meaningful impact for everyone?
I need to stop waking up every morning thinking it will be a normal day. Or maybe this is now normal? Scary thought.
August 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I need to stop waking up every morning thinking it will be a normal day. Or maybe this is now normal? Scary thought.
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I don't want a ballroom in The White House. I want healthcare.
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I don't want a ballroom in The White House. I want healthcare.
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Love me a bit of Sade.
July 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Love me a bit of Sade.
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Let them eat cake.
July 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Let them eat cake.
Enjoying a couple of mid-afternoon beers at Oak Bay Brewing in Hyannis, MA. Great mellow spot.
July 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Enjoying a couple of mid-afternoon beers at Oak Bay Brewing in Hyannis, MA. Great mellow spot.
Good job, Duo. 🤦♂️
July 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Good job, Duo. 🤦♂️
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The latest DCL Learning Series webinar on demand: "𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗧𝗜𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆" (with help from Heretto)! is.gd/OXArUq
With:
🟢 Rebecca Mann | CompTIA
🔵 @billswallow.bsky.social | @contentops.bsky.social
🟢 David Turner | DCL
With:
🟢 Rebecca Mann | CompTIA
🔵 @billswallow.bsky.social | @contentops.bsky.social
🟢 David Turner | DCL
July 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The latest DCL Learning Series webinar on demand: "𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗧𝗜𝗔 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆" (with help from Heretto)! is.gd/OXArUq
With:
🟢 Rebecca Mann | CompTIA
🔵 @billswallow.bsky.social | @contentops.bsky.social
🟢 David Turner | DCL
With:
🟢 Rebecca Mann | CompTIA
🔵 @billswallow.bsky.social | @contentops.bsky.social
🟢 David Turner | DCL
For the most part, I still love Apple's Magic Mouse, but I absolutely hate having to put it up on bricks every time it needs charging.
July 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
For the most part, I still love Apple's Magic Mouse, but I absolutely hate having to put it up on bricks every time it needs charging.
Watching clips from Back to the Beginning on YouTube and man, I wish I was there. The lineups have been epic. I’ve been beside-myself giddy all evening.
July 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Watching clips from Back to the Beginning on YouTube and man, I wish I was there. The lineups have been epic. I’ve been beside-myself giddy all evening.
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In addition to kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance, cutting taxes for the wealthy, and adding trillions to the deficit, other parts of Trump’s Budget are also harmful and unpopular.
We need to make sure more people learn about them.
We need to make sure more people learn about them.
Three Things in Trump’s Budget That Aren’t Getting Enough Attention
They might affect the bill’s fate… if more people learn about them and speak up.
substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In addition to kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance, cutting taxes for the wealthy, and adding trillions to the deficit, other parts of Trump’s Budget are also harmful and unpopular.
We need to make sure more people learn about them.
We need to make sure more people learn about them.
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Tariffs.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
June 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tariffs.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
Stock market down.
Medicaid slashed
Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans.
National guard and marines deployed in LA.
No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine
Bombing Iran
This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
I’m really getting tired of these wrong answers on DuoLingo. And of course they want top tier $$ to tell you why you’re wrong. (They ignore punctuation and case.) If you speak German, can you explain why (if) I’m wrong?
June 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’m really getting tired of these wrong answers on DuoLingo. And of course they want top tier $$ to tell you why you’re wrong. (They ignore punctuation and case.) If you speak German, can you explain why (if) I’m wrong?
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I think all they’ve really managed to do this week is encourage more people to turn out for the No Kings protests.
Being underwater on every issue before July is pretty impressive.
Being underwater on every issue before July is pretty impressive.
June 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I think all they’ve really managed to do this week is encourage more people to turn out for the No Kings protests.
Being underwater on every issue before July is pretty impressive.
Being underwater on every issue before July is pretty impressive.
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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Afterwards, Sen. Padilla framed what happened in exactly the right way:
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."
BREAKING: SENATOR PADILLA HANDCUFFED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM PRESS CONFERENCE.
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Afterwards, Sen. Padilla framed what happened in exactly the right way:
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."