Cliff Fisher
@brd.bsky.social
Your friendly neighborhood AD PM at Microsoft. Was @brdpoker on that other site. Also loves poker, board games, watching sports, and spending time with my wife and our fur kiddo. He/him
I realized I hadn't announced it here yet so here we go: I recently resigned my position as Senior TPM of Active Directory at Microsoft. LI post below w/ more details. Next steps are already coming into alignment & looking forward to announcing what's next... soon! www.linkedin.com/posts/cliff-...
Now that I've given it some time to breathe... and even more time to write this... I'm ready to announce that I recently resigned from my role as the Senior TPM of the Active Directory product...
Now that I've given it some time to breathe... and even more time to write this... I'm ready to announce that I recently resigned from my role as the Senior TPM of the Active Directory product group a...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I realized I hadn't announced it here yet so here we go: I recently resigned my position as Senior TPM of Active Directory at Microsoft. LI post below w/ more details. Next steps are already coming into alignment & looking forward to announcing what's next... soon! www.linkedin.com/posts/cliff-...
Las Vegas and Henderson
Seattle and Bellevue 🤭
Atlanta and Buckhead.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Las Vegas and Henderson
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
🤣😂🤣
I heard that this year, Microsoft had to turn to Zava for customer evidence because Contoso leadership expressed skepticism about the ability of AI to transform their business and operations.
#NotAFrontierFirm #MSIgnite #FakeRumor
#NotAFrontierFirm #MSIgnite #FakeRumor
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🤣😂🤣
Donate to help Mike McCready from @pearljam.com raise money for a Path with Art runway show, where he'll be one of several people modeling the PWA community's own outfit creations. PWA is a neat program teaching art to low-income & recovering locals: www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
2025 Art for All Ball Models
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Donate to help Mike McCready from @pearljam.com raise money for a Path with Art runway show, where he'll be one of several people modeling the PWA community's own outfit creations. PWA is a neat program teaching art to low-income & recovering locals: www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
Reposting this for the wonderful person who, at a very loud Cuban restaurant bar, opted to listen to his TikToks or IG stories at full volume
cell phone speakers were a mistake
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Reposting this for the wonderful person who, at a very loud Cuban restaurant bar, opted to listen to his TikToks or IG stories at full volume
I've long posited that more and more multi-racial white-presenting people will exist as we move forward, and most of us aren't going to be the types to put up with racist bullshit. I'm glad to see this playing out!
“Gen Z has the lowest racial resentment of any generation ever studied.”
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Important work from @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social that offers a clear explanation of why there is an intense push to change school curricula to make them more white supremacist
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.
newrepublic.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I've long posited that more and more multi-racial white-presenting people will exist as we move forward, and most of us aren't going to be the types to put up with racist bullshit. I'm glad to see this playing out!
Continuing my mixed boi ways with a cash in the TOE tournament (2-7 Triple Draw, Omaha 8, and Stud 8 mix) at Planet Hollywood tonight, and now watching @ckbwop.bsky.social at the FT. No limit hold'em is so 2004. 🤣
November 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Continuing my mixed boi ways with a cash in the TOE tournament (2-7 Triple Draw, Omaha 8, and Stud 8 mix) at Planet Hollywood tonight, and now watching @ckbwop.bsky.social at the FT. No limit hold'em is so 2004. 🤣
Top 10 board games (that I can think of right now) in no particular order:
Fields of Arle
Ascension (Realms Unraveled fav set)
Castles of Burgundy
Clans of Caledonia
Mage Knight
Kanban
The Gallerist
Coffee Roaster
Patchwork
7th Continent
Fields of Arle
Ascension (Realms Unraveled fav set)
Castles of Burgundy
Clans of Caledonia
Mage Knight
Kanban
The Gallerist
Coffee Roaster
Patchwork
7th Continent
board game enthusiasts of bluesky, what are your top 10 board games of all time
November 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Top 10 board games (that I can think of right now) in no particular order:
Fields of Arle
Ascension (Realms Unraveled fav set)
Castles of Burgundy
Clans of Caledonia
Mage Knight
Kanban
The Gallerist
Coffee Roaster
Patchwork
7th Continent
Fields of Arle
Ascension (Realms Unraveled fav set)
Castles of Burgundy
Clans of Caledonia
Mage Knight
Kanban
The Gallerist
Coffee Roaster
Patchwork
7th Continent
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Happy Friday friends. I don’t know about y’all but it’s been a hell of a week for me. Here’s a Zuri for morale
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Happy Friday friends. I don’t know about y’all but it’s been a hell of a week for me. Here’s a Zuri for morale
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count
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As SNAP cuts loom, Halloween trick-or-treating is a chance to help
@bjsplash.bsky.social and I packed 19 ‘no questions asked’ bags of non perishable food for people to take with their candy haul …
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
@bjsplash.bsky.social and I packed 19 ‘no questions asked’ bags of non perishable food for people to take with their candy haul …
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
How to help hungry trick-or-treaters this Halloween, with SNAP benefits ending
Instead of filling your Halloween bucket with just candy, include shelf-stable foods to help hungry neighbors.
www.seattletimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
As SNAP cuts loom, Halloween trick-or-treating is a chance to help
@bjsplash.bsky.social and I packed 19 ‘no questions asked’ bags of non perishable food for people to take with their candy haul …
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
@bjsplash.bsky.social and I packed 19 ‘no questions asked’ bags of non perishable food for people to take with their candy haul …
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
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My top 5 board game designers according to my shelves are probably:
Uwe Rosenberg
Vital Lacerda
Jamey Stegmaier
Vlaada Chvatil
Justin Gary
Honorable mentions to go to Stefan Feld and Alexander Pfister along with Knizia, Bauza, etc.
Uwe Rosenberg
Vital Lacerda
Jamey Stegmaier
Vlaada Chvatil
Justin Gary
Honorable mentions to go to Stefan Feld and Alexander Pfister along with Knizia, Bauza, etc.
I loved the rules mistakes portion of this episode...we've all been there as rules teachers and parse a lot of content every time we teach. The honesty here was great.
Also as a bonus, my top 5 designers represented in my collection:
Stefan Feld
Reiner Knizia
Scott Almes
Bruno Cathala
Justin Gary
Also as a bonus, my top 5 designers represented in my collection:
Stefan Feld
Reiner Knizia
Scott Almes
Bruno Cathala
Justin Gary
In today’s podcast episode we discuss the top 5 board game designers represented on our shelves.
We also discuss rules mistakes during reviews (and on the table) and why they happen.
Listen here: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/kft0pk5MLXb
We also discuss rules mistakes during reviews (and on the table) and why they happen.
Listen here: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/kft0pk5MLXb
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My top 5 board game designers according to my shelves are probably:
Uwe Rosenberg
Vital Lacerda
Jamey Stegmaier
Vlaada Chvatil
Justin Gary
Honorable mentions to go to Stefan Feld and Alexander Pfister along with Knizia, Bauza, etc.
Uwe Rosenberg
Vital Lacerda
Jamey Stegmaier
Vlaada Chvatil
Justin Gary
Honorable mentions to go to Stefan Feld and Alexander Pfister along with Knizia, Bauza, etc.
casual 18th inning walk-off homer
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
casual 18th inning walk-off homer
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Reposting this and also reminding people to donate to your local pet food pantries. Pets will not be fed when people are struggling to feed their children.
Donate to your local food banks. Cash is best - as they know what they need and can procure it in bulk and at discount prices.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
October 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reposting this and also reminding people to donate to your local pet food pantries. Pets will not be fed when people are struggling to feed their children.
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I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
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It’s like AI startups go out of their way to show how uncreative they are in their advertising.
October 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s like AI startups go out of their way to show how uncreative they are in their advertising.
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Vibe coding like working with an eager puppy, but it's also vibe pissing and vibe pooping everywhere
October 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Vibe coding like working with an eager puppy, but it's also vibe pissing and vibe pooping everywhere