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Tom Bridge

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District resident, Responsible Tech Practitioner, Non-Profit Co-Chair. Bluesky for Chaos.

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Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 5h

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 11h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 21h

You know you're getting old when you get excited that your birthday present is a new speed camera on your block.

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 22h

Remember when social media was for fun comedic games where we were all riffing on the same joke?

Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 2d

42 hours of travel to get home. Whew.

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 3d

Is this a "two truths and a lie" kinda deal?

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 3d

Looks much cleaner than in House of Guinness. 🤣🙃

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 3d

10000%

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 3d

Alright, attempt two at getting back from Europe. At BLL this morning and the KLM bag check system is broken, and there's a whole lot of people here for 4am

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 4d

People like teachers and doctors and nurses are expected to de-escalate tense situations every single day without throwing people on the ground.

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 4d

I'm only in Billund. And just til 6a.

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 4d

Apparently it was only a problem after they retracted the gear.

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 4d

Anyway, I'm on the ground and safe in Denmark now?

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 4d

So, it's bad when the captain comes out to the gate. Yes. That's bad.

But it's worse when they say "hey, we've got a lot of errors with the landing gear systems so we're diverting this flight."

Just to keep track.

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 4d

It is always, always a bad sign for your travel when the captain of your plane goes out to the boarding area to give you an update.

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Chris Spivey (Author) ➡️ Gamehole Con @darkerhue.bsky.social · 5d

It occurred to me that I rarely discuss my Patreon. Did you know I have one? 👀

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Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 5d

This morning, I gave my talk at MacSysAdmin in Göteborg, Sweden on IT Leadership, called 22 Short Films. Here are some thoughts and my slides. Video will be out soon!

22 Short Films: a Talk at Macsysadmin 2025

It was a great pleasure to be back at MacSysAdmin for its 20th year! The last two years, I gave highly technical talks on Apple technology in beautiful Göteborg, Sweden. This year's talk is a little different. When I started looking for a technical subject, I didn't find one that fit the last year of experience. This past year has been very different for me, moving from product management back into IT Leadership.

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 6d

I made the critical mistake of reading a stupid op-ed on e-bikes today. Don't click through that stupid shit in the Post.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 6d

"We, the GOP, don’t want a shutdown, but that’s just how things go when you only control all three branches of government."

We, the GOP, Don’t Want a Government Shutdown, But…

We, the GOP, don’t want a shutdown, but Democrats are dangerously close to keeping health insurance costs from spiking. We, the GOP, don’t want a s...

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 6d

Remember when Republican pundits used to threaten to shoot Census workers if they knocked in their door?

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6d

What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.

Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties.

Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go.

“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 7d

From your lips...

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 7d

Perhaps that's it. No one could ever know what Bork Bork Bork means. State secret.

Tom Bridge @tombridge.com · 7d

I'm sorta disappointed that Apple hasn't figured out how to update the Translate features of iOS and macOS for Swedish yet.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Steve Kiviat @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social · 8d

Iggy Pop doing “Search and Destroy “Monday September 29 @ Anthem in DC