Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Both Prince and Picasso put in the work. Both did art every day. Both cared about what they were trying to do. Both knew they were good, of course. But they both wanted to be better. 070 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026A toaster is a specialized tool, that does one thing, and does it better than anything else. It's cheap, easy to use, and so ubiquitous that it's become ridiculous. AI is a switchcomb, it looks kinda cool at the county fair when you're 10, but is worse than what you used before. 030 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Feels kinda like old Twitter. Not just pre musk, like 5 years before that. When who you followed really did influence what you saw. 020 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The reference desk at the Rochester MN public library taught me how to teach myself anything. And then helped come up with more questions. 120 0
Reposted by Tom RLouie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Mine is a kids-only library in Oslo - I went for an author event. You have to take off your shoes and wear borrowed slippers. And all the reading nooks are designed like vehicles. And there's a truck in the middle with a kitchen where kids learn to cook. designinglibraries.org.uk/libraries/bi....designinglibraries.org.ukBiblo Tøyen: a library just for kidsThe library, in a deprived area of Oslo, Norway, is rewriting the rules for creating library and social meeting places - with the help of kids themselves. 2103 0
Reposted by Tom RDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 13/05/2026If you think Bluesky sucks, you are not using it correctly. I have curated my feed to be full of DeliciousWeirdos™️ and KingShitposters™️ which means endless nerdiness (complimentary), bangers, and really insightful threads. Sorry you aren't having fun you aren't playing right. Try harder! 1014307574 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Heresy of the highest order. Wall Drug always is the better choice for getting out of the car because you've been on 90 too damn long. There'll be something you see that you can talk about almost to the river. Mitchell just adds to the boredom. 020 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Yeah, no. Putting your tools away is putting your tools away. ADHD doesn't mean you leave your tools a mess (well, it doesn't mean I leave my tools a mess). My desk is a mess. But my tools (which somehow includes markers, but not pens, which are either fidgets or clothes) are always in their case 000 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026How do you fail at such a task? Putting caps on markers is like logging of root on the console, you just do it, it doesn't take thinking. (not only did I have the good markers, I had more colors. brown, green, and even aqua.) 250 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026God, I remember those books. It never made sense to me as kid--why would you want to read about yourself? 170 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026He'd seem really awesome for awhile, then fire Talleyrand. 010 0
Reposted by Tom RThe Map Center @mapcenter.com · 26/04/2026It's a shame that "defend your culture" always means "hate strangers different from you" and never "enact anti-pollution laws so that you can go fishing with your grandkids the way your grandpa taught you." 3267311932 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I once made a comment to my kid about a tuna omlet. He made us tuna omlets. ...I've had worse. 010 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Do it! Good people participating in the political system helps everyone! 010 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026And you can find paperless dogs that conform visually at the MSPCA. Our tripod Belgian shepherd. 050 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Boston and DC Minneapolis light rail exists, but is underdeveloped. Chicago, but I've not used it. SF Bart. 200 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Is 6 incorrect because the dog was also involved? 000 0
Reposted by Tom RPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20/04/2026/3 5. Mr. Patel did not ”squeal and wet himself” when told President Trump was calling. There was turbulence and he spilled his carafe of Scotch. 6. Mr. Patel’s children’s book does not have an explicit three-way scene. 1570936 0
Reposted by Tom RT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Jesse Binnall? 😂😂😂 Amazing 1215216 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026So the diet pills that were tape worm eggs never made it to you? Fat dissolving acids weren't there, but there was a lot of "animal products" and pseudo steroids (won't show on tests) that were popular. And weird plastic surgery overseas was certainly a thing. 000 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I don't think most of them are able to see their reflections. 120 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Don't think I've been gaslit by all quite so hard before. Also really happy that my teen years are only archived in people's brains. 140 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026There were extremes in the 80s, and people did model them. They just didn't have the same news cycle. So you only heard about them as dry notes or rumor. 1120 0
Reposted by Tom RKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work. 1824323710793 0
Reposted by Tom RKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this. 17188391293 0
Reposted by Tom RIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 01/04/2026I don’t think I realized I had any latent Challenger trauma until right about now My kid’s like “neat!” and I’m like 🫣 1712575174 0
Reposted by Tom Rbluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Something to brighten your day a bit.. #humor 384110972891 0
Reposted by Tom RMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House. 6664011611483 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Haven't been in one in a while. But, I dunno. Whatever gets people reading. Ain't gonna judge someone reading James Patterson on a flight. OTOH the time I saw someone reading Afro Puffs, it felt like a Mason's handshake. 020 0
Reposted by Tom RIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 23/03/2026ICE agents should be fired, not deployed to airports. 25685791287 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I can write a spec to do that, can you get the budget to build the spec I write? 010 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I think anyone who does fiscal policy should have to get a fairly rockets per minute in factorio. 021 0
Reposted by Tom RCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 12/03/2026In no world is it acceptable, lawful, or humane to abduct a 14-year-old girl. This young girl was kidnapped, held for hours alone & scared, & transferred to New York. I’m relieved we could work with community partners & legal counsel to bring her home—but it should have never gotten to this point. 210231 0
Reposted by Tom RKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 12/03/2026When beans are criminalized, only criminals will grow beans. *adjusts pole* 931943 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Doesn't even matter. Even if everything works as planned (it won't), will it convince the shipping insurers to trust any guarantees made by the US government? Actuaries aren't really known for responding to vibes. 170 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026haven't yet heard anyone say anything good about him. best I can say about him is that I can derail any conversation with my sister by mentioning him. so he has that use, I guess. 000 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026well, I mean it's dull as paste, heavy handed in its symbolism, small in its scope, and full of unlikable people doing meaningless things. makes it hard to concentrate on, even though the prose is enjoyable 000 0
Tom R @beardedunixguy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The only inappropriate volume for clown music in such a situation is inaudible. 180 0
Reposted by Tom RJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I'm getting questions about why there are trans characters in my Fantasy novel. There's a simple answer: trans people don't need to justify existing. Glad to clear that up! 26686155 0
Reposted by Tom RPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 08/03/20261. I keep seeing people say "if the war itself is illegal, then no act committed in that war can be legal, so why bother to distinguish between legal and illegal acts." This is profoundly mistaken, and let me explain why. 28566142 0
Reposted by Tom RLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Nobody has ever been so lyrically yet thoroughly excoriated as in this piece. And yet, few people have ever deserved such a complete dismantling as the Prince formerly known as Andrew www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukAndrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s FavouriteThe late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the... 17653243 0
Reposted by Tom RShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 06/03/2026evil. it's ok to call evil people evil. in fact it is necessary 4526123 0
