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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

How many airports have you been to where the three letter code is a common Windows file type? #LNK #Deepthoughts

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sounds like basic economy on some airlines

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2026

If I went to Switzerland and won a Swiss watch precision contest, I would literally never talk about anything else

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The report is that they looked up men's pro and college basketball games happening on that particular night, but didn't check women's hoops.

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That's what I say every time I talk to her 😆

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

wisn.com

Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks.. I've since heard from a few different parties but woo boy this was ... a challenging communications experience.

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today in "Huh?" - a major file transfer solution vendor sends a warning to customers that can be summarized as "EMERGENCY: Zero Day Attack Imminent! Please shutdown your servers later tonight for a few hours."

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do you have direct verification of this from Kiteworks contacts (not just the email itself)? There is reason to believe this is a phishing attack/scam.

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When a company puts out an ad like Converse just did I believe the company has to go further than “shouldn’t have happened.. sorry” and transparently outline the steps that led this insanity to take place. Starting with the photographer’s mindset. 🤯

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I feel like this is the xkcd equivalent of a Mad magazine cover where Alfred has all his teeth. Yeah I’m dating myself with that reference…

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I used to use a really nice one by Compa-- oh wait, sorry..

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

OMG I don't know whether to be amazed or horrified by "Cable Management: The Game"

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Bite your tongue, youngster! At least three of those names are brilliant comedic talents!!!

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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

For anyone that needs it - there's an active exchange online issue being investigated

Two posts from the M365 status account on Twitter, saying:

We're investigating reports of Exchange Online issues. Please see EX1464935 in the admin center for more information

We've confirmed that users may experience degraded functionality with various Exchange Online functionalities. We're reviewing service telemetry and diagnostic data to isolate the source of the issue. For more information, please see EX1464935 in the admin center.

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The "Workflows" bot should be excluded from this because folks have alerts that they ALWAYS want to fire on their phone to rise above the din of what's on their desktop. Also: Teams cross-device status awareness isn't perfect and even when it is folks could miss important alerts. (2/2)

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Super hot feature request for @jenmsft.bsky.social or anyoneat Microsoft with influence on Teams mobile: Under Settings > Block Notifications > "When active on other devices" add an "Except..." list because the retirement of Power Automate mobile is going to cause a LOT of frustration. (1/2)

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Hollywood Steve Huey @hollywoodsteve.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton decided to cover "Stairway to Heaven" as a gospel song, and asked Robert Plant for permission to write a new verse for it, and Robert Plant basically said "of course you can, you're Dolly Parton" youtu.be/YhTvxVxXJLQ

youtu.be

Dolly Parton - Stairway to Heaven (Audio)

YouTube video by Dolly Parton

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The trial is up by four runs but there’s still time for takeaways…

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✯ A Pained Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I need this energy going forward because it’s so hard for me to stay positive about anything art related at my current age.🥲

Four panel comic. Are you sleeping? Yes, now shut up… Tolkien didn’t start LotR until he was 45, you’re doing just fine….

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Yup.. I'd sent that before he made that announcement. Hope to see him return.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

These are the armbands with the stars on them in case you didn’t know.

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I’ve seen enough, and… I have no special polling insight I’ve just seen enough. Good night!

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

WAIT... one sec... OK, now do the thing.

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Dear businesses in eastern Mass: "Conveniently located on route 1" is often an oxymoron.

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If Baja Fresh is still in the New York New York you've got another good option!

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Wow... Amex's whole deal is supposed to be "We're the cream of the crop of customer service"...

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Did you time travel to my middle school cafeteria?

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The fact that some airlines give you "premium access" to customer service as a loyalty benefit really illustrates the bad state of affairs. <sighs in Palo Alto>

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

70 billion of our dollars went to murdering you and not healthcare. #ICE

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Have a good Con! Will have to get to Provo one of these days

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Bill Kyrouz @kyrouz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Two thumbs AND you're getting fed! That's a good combination...

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