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Tom Boutell
@boutell.bsky.social
Proud papa of PNGs (I had help)
It sounds like, at least officially, this is going to be a thing where flock can ask individual users' permission to share videos to "help with investigations." While this does sound like opt-in, I get that their track record sucks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
And here I thought you were talking about smartphones.
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Waldorf education has its flaws, but this sure seems like a good time for saving hard truths for age appropriate stages and focusing on handwork
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This year we needed some help to make Thanksgiving happen and we were coming from far away, so we enlisted Whole foods catering and picked up all the sides in the morning. Worked out great. Just a minor suggestion, I'm with Chris on the big strategic points.
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Okay, someone has finally trumped Washington Governor Gary Locke's appearance with the Presidents of the United States
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I must say I'm impressed with the John Quincy Adams joke. That's some research.
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Somebody found a way to one-up Peter Thiel, who straight-up called Greta Thunberg the antichrist
October 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
While my mother has always been liberal, she doesn't approve of f-bombs. So I knew something special was going on when she insisted I immediately watch South Park.
October 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
She's leaving me
Because she really wants to
She'll be happy when she's gone
She'll be happy, she'll be so very happy
She'll dance and sing
And even learn to fly
And spend her time
With anyone but me

- Lyle Lovett
October 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Did that after the non-endorsement. But now would be a good time to clarify that I think Charlie Kirk was a jackass, I don't mourn his passing, and my objections to political violence are not rooted in empathy for that guy.
September 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
These days the only multiplayer games I like involve actual physical movement and have no chat or easily muted chat. e.g. Blaston, a Quest 3 VR game that's basically a Matrix gunfight.
September 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
There are people out there making rather sweet games for niches that really need them, in a "representation matters" way. But personally I don't really have time for anything but the occasional 80's retro tomfoolery.
September 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trying to figure out what the Rylo Kiley concert goer equivalent of Jalen Carter managing to get ejected before the snap would be.
September 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I have spent a lot of time fighting this. Because they don't have recognizable user agents, I find the most effective thing is to gate certain features that have a combinatorial explosion of possible URLs behind JavaScript.
June 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM