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Thomas Rushton

@thomasrushton.bsky.social

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Classical double bassist - lots of chamber music, orchestral, and operatic experience - always looking for more musical fun; occasional oboist & cellist ditto. SQL Server DBA, working for Coeo.com supporting many clients and the team. Leeds, UK

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 8h

"Everyone is a sysadmin"

Hmm. Not quite horrific enough.

"Backups? What backups?"

Damn, only three words.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 16h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 17h

"The chancellor approved it"

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 2d

And then go and buy the audiobook.

I can't read the dead tree edition without trying to put it in her voice, but there's bound to be so much missing.

Note to self: find a suitable audiobook thingie.

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 2d

The passion held by the author of A Passion for Passion - one @alicefraser.bsky.social - is audible in the latest @realmsunknown.bsky.social episode.

Listen. And get angry - not just for her, but for the other authors who have also been so afflicted.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 6d

Is that the one with Doner meat, onions, and extra chillies?

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 6d

GWS!

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 7d

I went to two duvets last week... :-/
...but I refuse to take the blame for the weather.

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 9d

The fun VW? What, you mean Fantasia on a theme by Tommy Tassles? :-D

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 9d

And it's Haydn...

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 9d

Name and shame! (The orchestra, that is...)

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 10d

What. The. Actual.

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 11d

Happy birthday @dgmelkin.bsky.social !

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 11d

We're not cross at you, we're cross with you.

No, wait. That doesn't help. We're with you, cross? Also, not necessarily helpful. Buggrit.

Hopefully you feel less like this soon.

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 13d

There was an article on the Grauniad's website the other day... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Experience: I am the world porridge-making champion

Thousands watch the competition on a live stream. People cheer and chant like it’s a football match

www.theguardian.com

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 16d

Don't go giving them ideas.

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 20d

Wait, did I miss it? Again?

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 20d

@theaifix.show
@smashingsecurity.com

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Dave Convery @zomda.bsky.social · 22d

A lot of us have spent ages making sure computers give correct answers and it’s honestly pretty annoying that no one actually seemed to want that.

erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 25d

Yeah - last time I was in .nl, I tried speaking Dutch and was asked if I was German... *shrug*

Frankly, I'll take that. :-)

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 25d

Whereas putting it in Notepad is a serious "WTF, dude, seriously WTAF?"

Notepad. A lightweight text editor, cluttered up with Copilot. Ugh.

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 26d

Oh go on then. It's not as if I haven't just taken delivery of 11 novels by the one and only @cstross.bsky.social oh wait. (Laundry files vols 1-11, if anyone is that interested...)

John Who?

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · Sep 7

So apparently #TheCutThroatTrial is currently Amazon’s bestselling legal thriller, ahead of John somebody.

Nothing at all to do with #TheCutThroatTrial being half price today as part of some crazed promotion.

No siree Bob.

Anyway, exploit it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 26d

Imagine my surprise...

Brian Greenberg @briangreenberg.net · 26d

For a while there, the news made it seem like like AI was going to swallow every job whole but the AI gold rush is hitting a wall.

⚠️ Big firm AI pilots are failing
🧠 Turns out, trust and expertise matter more than ever.

fortune.com/2025/09/10/a...
#AI #Cybersecurity #HumanSkills

'Human skills' are at a premium again now that big companies are backpedaling on error-prone AI | Fortune

AI adoption rate among large companies has dipped from a peak of 14% earlier this year to 12% as of late summer.

fortune.com

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · 26d

I thought it was a wizard...?

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Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ugh. Here, have a stripey sheep.

A photo of a sheep, except the sheep's body has been given extra shine and black stripes running diagonally down its length, making it look like a popular mint sweet - or, a "bah, humbug". No? Oh well, someone tried...

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · Sep 6

Looking at the bass parts for the next Enigma gig (20th Sept, Chester). HOW MANY SLURS? How do I do this? HOW?

I've pointed this out to the MD, who's just replied with a smiley face reaction. *sigh*.

If you want to find out how I deal with this, come to www.tickettailor.com/events/enigm...

Extract of a piece of music showing two notes (with a couple of passing notes) joined by five slurs all in parallel.

Thomas Rushton @thomasrushton.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Give it to me"...