Joe Thompson
@kensey.bsky.social
That guy in that place who does that thing.
Movie you’ve rewatched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode no Star (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Movie you’ve rewatched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode no Star (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
Remember when the universally-accepted answer to "but what about credit card fraud in e-commerce?" was "we'll all have card readers attached to our computers over this new 'USB' thing"?
December 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Remember when the universally-accepted answer to "but what about credit card fraud in e-commerce?" was "we'll all have card readers attached to our computers over this new 'USB' thing"?
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
(My Fantastic Four of positive male role models are Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, @levarburton.bsky.social, and Gordon from Sesame Street.)
(My Fantastic Four of positive male role models are Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, @levarburton.bsky.social, and Gordon from Sesame Street.)
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
(My Fantastic Four of positive male role models are Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, @levarburton.bsky.social, and Gordon from Sesame Street.)
(My Fantastic Four of positive male role models are Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, @levarburton.bsky.social, and Gordon from Sesame Street.)
Data nerds, let's start a fight: what medium of written data storage do you think has historically pulled off the best combination of data density and durability? Say, from the beginning of humanity up to computer punched cards.
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Data nerds, let's start a fight: what medium of written data storage do you think has historically pulled off the best combination of data density and durability? Say, from the beginning of humanity up to computer punched cards.
Reposted by Joe Thompson
Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
This is close to something @iwriteok.bsky.social talked about in his BtB episode about the Zizians -- once you close yourself off from interacting with anyone whose thoughts aren't a near-copy of yours, you lose that moderating influence of someone normal saying "hey, that idea is crazy actually!"
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is close to something @iwriteok.bsky.social talked about in his BtB episode about the Zizians -- once you close yourself off from interacting with anyone whose thoughts aren't a near-copy of yours, you lose that moderating influence of someone normal saying "hey, that idea is crazy actually!"
Oh, I think I need to read this.
My book is about drug addiction in the U.S. from 1776 to 1914, when it was (generally) legal to sell addictive drugs. Addiction increased rapidly, but people didn't associate drug addiction with crime. global.oup.com/ushe/product...
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Oh, I think I need to read this.
There was a CSI Miami episode where one of the victims of the week was locked in a tanning bed with the vents covered and the openings duct-taped. No way am I getting in a $200 tiny sauna.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
There was a CSI Miami episode where one of the victims of the week was locked in a tanning bed with the vents covered and the openings duct-taped. No way am I getting in a $200 tiny sauna.
"Hey. Critical deficiency of scritches over here, buddy. You should do something about it."
She is rarely as subtle as she believes she is, but never less so than when she wants pets.
She is rarely as subtle as she believes she is, but never less so than when she wants pets.
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Hey. Critical deficiency of scritches over here, buddy. You should do something about it."
She is rarely as subtle as she believes she is, but never less so than when she wants pets.
She is rarely as subtle as she believes she is, but never less so than when she wants pets.
Engaging in a little post-Thanksgiving-indulgence indulgence. If you like chocolate with some fire under it, but are tired of that fire always just being cayenne pepper, then have I got the treat for you:
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Engaging in a little post-Thanksgiving-indulgence indulgence. If you like chocolate with some fire under it, but are tired of that fire always just being cayenne pepper, then have I got the treat for you:
We thought my paternal grandmother's oatmeal cookie recipe was lost when she died. There was a recipe card in the card box but it didn't make the cookies we all remembered.
I’m sorry to be depressing but if there is a dish you ate today that someone you love made and you can’t imagine a world where you stop getting to have that every year
Get the fucking recipe 😭
Get the fucking recipe 😭
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We thought my paternal grandmother's oatmeal cookie recipe was lost when she died. There was a recipe card in the card box but it didn't make the cookies we all remembered.
Spin Doctors (1994)
Phish (1996)
They Might Be Giants (1996 and later)
Smashing Pumpkins (1997)
Weird Al Yankovic (2016 and later)
Phish (1996)
They Might Be Giants (1996 and later)
Smashing Pumpkins (1997)
Weird Al Yankovic (2016 and later)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990)
- The Replacements (2014)
- Pantera (1992)
- Beastie Boys (1994)
- Def Leppard (1988)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990)
- The Replacements (2014)
- Pantera (1992)
- Beastie Boys (1994)
- Def Leppard (1988)
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Spin Doctors (1994)
Phish (1996)
They Might Be Giants (1996 and later)
Smashing Pumpkins (1997)
Weird Al Yankovic (2016 and later)
Phish (1996)
They Might Be Giants (1996 and later)
Smashing Pumpkins (1997)
Weird Al Yankovic (2016 and later)
Look I didn't come here to be attacked like this. In my head it is always the summer of 1995 and I'm getting around Charlottesville on my mountain bike, working at the campus computer shop selling Power Mac x100s and 486 PCs (the Pentium models are too expensive for most incoming first-years).
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Look I didn't come here to be attacked like this. In my head it is always the summer of 1995 and I'm getting around Charlottesville on my mountain bike, working at the campus computer shop selling Power Mac x100s and 486 PCs (the Pentium models are too expensive for most incoming first-years).
Seen on LinkedIn. I'll just be over here crumbling into dust with my fellow "older workers".
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Seen on LinkedIn. I'll just be over here crumbling into dust with my fellow "older workers".
Maybe this is just me, but I love running across a Wikipedia page that you think is going to basically be a stub, like definition, maybe some kind of origin of whatever, and if you're lucky, an illustrative photo -- but it turns out to have way more depth and detail than you would have guessed.
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Maybe this is just me, but I love running across a Wikipedia page that you think is going to basically be a stub, like definition, maybe some kind of origin of whatever, and if you're lucky, an illustrative photo -- but it turns out to have way more depth and detail than you would have guessed.
Last time I smiled in response to a request, the reaction was "Not... not like that. Please don't do that again. OK, we'll just go ahead and use the photo we took before you... before that."
(Yes, I know. But although I exaggerate slightly, smiling and I do have a very specific history.)
(Yes, I know. But although I exaggerate slightly, smiling and I do have a very specific history.)
I am asking all men on International Men's Day to smile more
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Last time I smiled in response to a request, the reaction was "Not... not like that. Please don't do that again. OK, we'll just go ahead and use the photo we took before you... before that."
(Yes, I know. But although I exaggerate slightly, smiling and I do have a very specific history.)
(Yes, I know. But although I exaggerate slightly, smiling and I do have a very specific history.)
Today's (well, yesterday's, at this point) @askamanager.org column is perfect fodder for @davidgerard.co.uk's blog. www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...
the fake charity, the Photoshop predator, and other times AI got it wrong
We recently talked about times AI got it really wrong, and here are 20 of the most ridiculous stories you shared. 1. The fake initiative Our execs usually send out a hype email right before the annual...
www.askamanager.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Today's (well, yesterday's, at this point) @askamanager.org column is perfect fodder for @davidgerard.co.uk's blog. www.askamanager.org/2025/11/the-...
"...it's impossible to find a photo of a datacenter that looks this shitty without IBM Softlayer logos all over it." -- @quinnypig.com on using an LLM-generated datacenter pic on one of his #kubecon presentation slides
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"...it's impossible to find a photo of a datacenter that looks this shitty without IBM Softlayer logos all over it." -- @quinnypig.com on using an LLM-generated datacenter pic on one of his #kubecon presentation slides
Went to the #kubecon session with the Kusari co-founder talking about the balance between open source and actually making money selling to the enterprise.
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Went to the #kubecon session with the Kusari co-founder talking about the balance between open source and actually making money selling to the enterprise.
It's 40 degrees here in Atlanta. Georgians are wandering the city in distress, searching for kettles of fresh hot boiled peanuts or barbecue smokers to warm themselves.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's 40 degrees here in Atlanta. Georgians are wandering the city in distress, searching for kettles of fresh hot boiled peanuts or barbecue smokers to warm themselves.
"Invented YAML in 2001... apologies..." -- @ingydotnet.bsky.social self-intros at @rejekts.io
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"Invented YAML in 2001... apologies..." -- @ingydotnet.bsky.social self-intros at @rejekts.io
What's up with those little handheld mics that look like a shaving brush, that I'm suddenly seeing lots of podcasters use?
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What's up with those little handheld mics that look like a shaving brush, that I'm suddenly seeing lots of podcasters use?
Things are already starting to stack up at Dulles. We're third in line (I think) for this runway, waiting on a park-and-ride pad for airliners.
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Things are already starting to stack up at Dulles. We're third in line (I think) for this runway, waiting on a park-and-ride pad for airliners.
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM