Tom Bridge
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District resident, Responsible Tech Practitioner, Non-Profit Co-Chair. Bluesky for Chaos.
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RIP Sean Connery you would have loved saying this headline
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
It’s not the sexiest of garments. It arguably looks more like a discarded fishing net. And yet it has cast a spell over the internet
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
RIP Sean Connery you would have loved saying this headline
Siri, show me another reason Pete Hegseth is the saddest, cheapest man on the planet.
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts n.pr/3M48mr2
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Siri, show me another reason Pete Hegseth is the saddest, cheapest man on the planet.
I am legit mad that I missed Four Loko by about 4-5 years. God, we would've done so, so many stupid things.
One of my dirtbag roommates worked for an alcohol lobby group, and when Four Loko got banned, they redirected an entire pallet to our driveway. The resulting party got us evicted. Devil juice, terrible stuff.
My freshman year of college was the last of the Loko years and they sent us all an email saying effectively “Do NOT drink this, it is TOO crazy, it will make your parties TOO wild.” which had about exact the effect you would expect.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I am legit mad that I missed Four Loko by about 4-5 years. God, we would've done so, so many stupid things.
What is Authentic in a world with LLMs?
I've been spending a lot of time with LLMs lately -- primarily Claude Code, and Gemini -- to try to bring organization to a couple of projects that I've been working on. The first is an inventory report internally to compare three different sets of data; the…
I've been spending a lot of time with LLMs lately -- primarily Claude Code, and Gemini -- to try to bring organization to a couple of projects that I've been working on. The first is an inventory report internally to compare three different sets of data; the…
What is Authentic in a world with LLMs?
I've been spending a lot of time with LLMs lately -- primarily Claude Code, and Gemini -- to try to bring organization to a couple of projects that I've been working on. The first is an inventory report internally to compare three different sets of data; the second is a file permissions report for Google Drive to review access controls for some of our shares that we'd like to be less permissive; the third is a dashboard for some data that we've been working on pattern-spotting in.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
What is Authentic in a world with LLMs?
I've been spending a lot of time with LLMs lately -- primarily Claude Code, and Gemini -- to try to bring organization to a couple of projects that I've been working on. The first is an inventory report internally to compare three different sets of data; the…
I've been spending a lot of time with LLMs lately -- primarily Claude Code, and Gemini -- to try to bring organization to a couple of projects that I've been working on. The first is an inventory report internally to compare three different sets of data; the…
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they are not playing 3D chess. they are fucking idiots.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
they are not playing 3D chess. they are fucking idiots.
This was how I learned that Diet Coke is up 25% in price in 2 years, ground beef up 18%, Olive Oil up 28%.
This is cursed knowledge, but good to have. You're not going crazy, prices are way, way up.
This is cursed knowledge, but good to have. You're not going crazy, prices are way, way up.
Someone in the Costco subreddit has figured out you can a) grab your receipt data as json and b) built a dashboard for it and Oh My
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This was how I learned that Diet Coke is up 25% in price in 2 years, ground beef up 18%, Olive Oil up 28%.
This is cursed knowledge, but good to have. You're not going crazy, prices are way, way up.
This is cursed knowledge, but good to have. You're not going crazy, prices are way, way up.
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Fellas, are you worried the other guys aren’t mocking your grilling skills enough?
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Fellas, are you worried the other guys aren’t mocking your grilling skills enough?
Okay internet, I have a medical billing questions - maybe y'all have an answer.
Yesterday (November 21, 2025) I received a bill from Medstar Health for medical services that I received in MARCH of 2025.
I am very, very confused how I can be expected to pay a bill 7mo after care. WTF?
Yesterday (November 21, 2025) I received a bill from Medstar Health for medical services that I received in MARCH of 2025.
I am very, very confused how I can be expected to pay a bill 7mo after care. WTF?
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Okay internet, I have a medical billing questions - maybe y'all have an answer.
Yesterday (November 21, 2025) I received a bill from Medstar Health for medical services that I received in MARCH of 2025.
I am very, very confused how I can be expected to pay a bill 7mo after care. WTF?
Yesterday (November 21, 2025) I received a bill from Medstar Health for medical services that I received in MARCH of 2025.
I am very, very confused how I can be expected to pay a bill 7mo after care. WTF?
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HEY GUYS REMEMBER WHEN THE POPE DID A RAVE?
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
HEY GUYS REMEMBER WHEN THE POPE DID A RAVE?
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MANY PEOPLE NEED A TIMELINE CLEANSE TONIGHT AND THIS WILL DISTRACT YOU FROM THE OTHER THING.
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
MANY PEOPLE NEED A TIMELINE CLEANSE TONIGHT AND THIS WILL DISTRACT YOU FROM THE OTHER THING.
Ooooooo. *clicks*
Oh nooooo. No. Uh uh. Nope.
Turn it off. Internet's haunted.
Oh nooooo. No. Uh uh. Nope.
Turn it off. Internet's haunted.
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ooooooo. *clicks*
Oh nooooo. No. Uh uh. Nope.
Turn it off. Internet's haunted.
Oh nooooo. No. Uh uh. Nope.
Turn it off. Internet's haunted.
DM: Charisma Check!
Mamdani: NATURAL 20.
Mamdani: NATURAL 20.
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
DM: Charisma Check!
Mamdani: NATURAL 20.
Mamdani: NATURAL 20.
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TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
TRUMP: and this Daniel, he went into the den?
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
MAMDANI: The lion's den, yes
TRUMP: surely they ate him
MAMDANI: Here's the part where it gets a little Broadway: they didn't
TRUMP: Unbelievable
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Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
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My “the President does not want to execute members of Congress” statement has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my statement.
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
My “the President does not want to execute members of Congress” statement has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my statement.
I'm not the only one who thinks the Lewis George "leak" to Axios is totally a bit of political theatre, right? Like that had to be planned.
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I'm not the only one who thinks the Lewis George "leak" to Axios is totally a bit of political theatre, right? Like that had to be planned.
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Every gift from the fae comes at a price; they are absolutely not open-source.
“Are the fae open source?” is such a terrifying question in so many ways.
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Every gift from the fae comes at a price; they are absolutely not open-source.
Me: "hey bud, did you find out about your cycle project yet?"
Charlie: "yeah, Dad, it's great we're going to be writing a book about a movement!"
Me: "oh yeah? sounds great!"
Charlie: "the best part is, it's a group project so I don't have to do all the work!"
Me: "Ah! Neat!"
Me, silently: "oh no."
Charlie: "yeah, Dad, it's great we're going to be writing a book about a movement!"
Me: "oh yeah? sounds great!"
Charlie: "the best part is, it's a group project so I don't have to do all the work!"
Me: "Ah! Neat!"
Me, silently: "oh no."
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Me: "hey bud, did you find out about your cycle project yet?"
Charlie: "yeah, Dad, it's great we're going to be writing a book about a movement!"
Me: "oh yeah? sounds great!"
Charlie: "the best part is, it's a group project so I don't have to do all the work!"
Me: "Ah! Neat!"
Me, silently: "oh no."
Charlie: "yeah, Dad, it's great we're going to be writing a book about a movement!"
Me: "oh yeah? sounds great!"
Charlie: "the best part is, it's a group project so I don't have to do all the work!"
Me: "Ah! Neat!"
Me, silently: "oh no."
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Today in fun cancellation screens. Thanks for the chuckle, @tana.inc. I didn't end up using your product the way I hoped I would, but thanks for making cancellation fun, if only slightly frictiony. Good work.
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today in fun cancellation screens. Thanks for the chuckle, @tana.inc. I didn't end up using your product the way I hoped I would, but thanks for making cancellation fun, if only slightly frictiony. Good work.
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You know who almost definitely wasn't in the Epstein Files right? JAMES MOTHERFUCKING GARFIELD
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
You know who almost definitely wasn't in the Epstein Files right? JAMES MOTHERFUCKING GARFIELD
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Imagine organizing your whole life around a movie whose central point you missed.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino "also revered Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein's 1959 military sci-fi classic about an interstellar war between humans and alien bugs - a book his sister says he still reads to this day."
An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Imagine organizing your whole life around a movie whose central point you missed.
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Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.
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I mean.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I mean.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.
It's just.
"Quiet, piggy."
How. How does.
The president. Of the United States of America.