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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 29/09/2026

Does the executive order require SI to send new subscribers a sneakerphone?

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 29/09/2026

Trying to fire Pete Campbell for messing up the U.S. Steel pitch bad

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 29/09/2026

The schools may have banned smartphonesphones, but transistor radios are totally ok

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 28/09/2026

Nearly identical fanbase too

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

'this AI agent can do all your tasks for you' so now i gotta sit here and write a list of all my tasks for a robot to fuck up. why. why wouldn't i just keep to the current system where i fuck up my own tasks

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/09/2026

He’s got a connection with the Jets, maybe he can be a tryout to be the kicker?

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/09/2026

Do the Islanders need a double emergency back up goalie? They should see if he can play there too

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/09/2026

Let him play all 9 positions tomorrow

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 24/09/2026

"The AI has gone rogue" is a very convenient way to do crimes without facing consequences. It's sort of like driving a car and running someone over.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 23/09/2026

The closest approximation we have to the world of driverless cars is the school drop-off line. Thats a miserable experience for everyone, even in Brooklyn where 90% of students walk, bike or take the bus or train.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 22/09/2026

Every dollar the city spends hiring artists who lives here will be spent here. It won’t be wasted building data centers or end up in the pockets of thieves and scammers like Sam Altman or Dario Amedei

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 22/09/2026

Mr. @mayor.nyc.gov, as you are no doubt aware, New York City is home to many very talented illustrators and designers. Direct city agencies to hire us instead of wasting public resources on tokens to make this embarrassing slop.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 19/09/2026

I’m not an expert, but I think a company worth $2 trillion can probably afford to pay damages for all the copyrighted material it stole

GenAl tools 'could not exist' if firms are made to pay copyright
Al firm Anthropic hits out at copyright lawsuit filed by music publishers, claiming the content ingested into its models falls under 'fair use' and that any licensing regime would be too complex and costly
Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
Published: 26 Jan 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) company Anthropic has claimed to a US court that using copyrighted content in large language model (LLM) training data counts as "fair use", and that "today's general-purpose Al tools simply could not exist" if Al companies had to pay licences for the material.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 18/09/2026

I’m happy that TV found someone to replace Justin Turner

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 16/09/2026

The ninja turtles game took all of my quarters

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 16/09/2026

People would rather watch a guy hit dingers than hear the terrifying truth—the Mets weren’t good enough with him and that wasn’t likely to change if he stayed.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 13/09/2026

Things really were better in the past

Adobe Illustrator 10.

In the good old days you could buy software on a CD-ROM. You paid for it once and it lasted for several years.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 13/09/2026

Maybe the word guessing machine you built to automate writing code isn’t actually good at doing other things that are not writing code.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 13/09/2026

This is true if you know absolutely nothing about any of these professions.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 12/09/2026

There’s a very easy solution to slow down AI companies (unless you stand to profit from some ungodly stock valuation)

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 12/09/2026

IIRC, they initially wore NYPD, FDNY, EMS and PAPD hats. I don’t remember the sanitation hats showing up until later, possibly after the league reached a licensing agreement to sell the hats with your choice of interlocking NY on the side.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 10/09/2026

The B1 Bendy Boi deserves a busway

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 10/09/2026

Chaos caused by a shockingly small number of parents who chauffeur their kids to school.

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

NYCPS and NYC DOT need to implement Open Streets at Schools universally and immediately, the unfavorable difference in neighborhood street safety with school back in session is ridiculous

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 10/09/2026

Before the museum existed, they were all over the temporary PATH station taking family photos and getting in the way of people trying to get to work or go home.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 08/09/2026

We may not have actually defunded the NYPD, but we got rid of at least one guy who called the cops on protesters who were demanding that.

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Hireillo - Hire an Illustrator @hireillo.com · 07/09/2026

Check out our latest Featured Artists! This time we have the wonderful Alice Wong, Nigel Sussman and @johnwtomac.com. See more of their work: Alice - hireillo.com/cbz Nigel - hireillo.com/cYX John - hireillo.com/cEg

Three illustrations by different artists. One is a whimsical children's book illustration of a tooth fairy in a pink frock with long blonde hair and wearing a flower garland. The next is an isometric line art illustration of a street scene featuring a shop with people and a dog walking along the pavement and cars parked on the road. The last is a conceptual editorial piece with the sun above the moon which is casting a dark shadow directly over a large house.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 06/09/2026

The dance floor is where ever I go

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 06/09/2026

People of all ages were losing their minds up in here

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 06/09/2026

They are playing DMX at the wedding to get the old people on the dance floor. I am 45 and it gives me no pleasure to report this.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 03/09/2026

He would probably be very mad online about bike lanes in New York City, especially if he no longer lived here

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Plot to Enslave America

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Mike Vorkunov @mikevorkunov.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Nets are going to have a Swamp Dragons Night as part of their commemorative events for their 60th anniversary season. It'll be Jan. 29 vs. the Clippers. There will be bobbleheads.. Nets also rolling out a special logo for this season to mark their histories in the ABA, New Jersey and Brooklyn.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 01/09/2026

We love them all, can you combine them?

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 01/09/2026

I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 29/08/2026

Big day for the Brooklyn hipster turned Bergen County homeowner to relive their youth

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 28/08/2026

Nothing quite prepares you for the deluge of unhinged comments and messages that come with doing any cover for them. I think it’s great, btw

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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm a staff writer at @wired.com and I'm looking to speak with parents of immunocompromised kids, especially those in areas with measles outbreaks, and how you're dealing with back to school with rising cases. emily_mullin@wired.com

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/08/2026

I think this argument goes on forever because people have a hard time recognizing the different use cases for a bike. Riding to the grocery store and doing laps around Prospect Park ride are very different activities that might require separate safety considerations.

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/08/2026

The fixation on helmets absolves governments that refuse to build and maintain proper infrastructure and drivers who fail to follow the rules of the road and exercise due care. It shifts the responsibility for a systemic problem to an individual (not) wearing a plastic and styrofoam hat

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/08/2026

There are studies that show helmet requirements reduce the number of people riding bikes which makes riding a bike more dangerous overall and that drivers are more likely to act recklessly near a bike rider w/ a helmet b/c they incorrectly assume they’re protected in the event of a crash with a car

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/08/2026

Mercedes Narcisse is a city council member. Kevin Parker is a state senator

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 26/08/2026

When I say that the DSA is a symptom of localized potions of the Democratic Party that are no longer responsive to their constituents, I’m thinking about stuff like this in my backyard

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/08/2026

Defying the will of the voters worked so well for the IDC

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John W. Tomac @johnwtomac.com · 26/08/2026

“Stand clear of the doors” to the tune of Gimme some more

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bing bong @brianvan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So they’re passing rules that are binding to the next session, rather than letting the next session vote on rules and then vote on the chair. If this isn’t explicitly illegal, it needs to be. Also, in a closed meeting? That’s just traitorous to our country & it should put them all in jail.

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