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Tom Carden

@randometc.org
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Inbetweener, deputy bike dad, hacker. Volunteering with @senadorajulie.bsky.social, @bikewalkbus.bsky.social, Denver Tool Library, and Pedestrian Dignity.

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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 13/09/2026
united by oompa!
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 08/09/2026
If you didn’t click through you missed the oven mitt…
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 07/09/2026
I enjoyed this exploration of similar themes in video game form thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-strange-...
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
The Strange Melancholy of Slaying Monsters
From “Shadow of the Colossus” to “Undertale,” video games have turned one of their oldest rituals into an ethical dilemma.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 02/09/2026
two-seater?
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Oops! All Paperclips @all-paperclips.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Introducing fluoddity.com! Hundreds of thousands of particles self organize into a stunning variety of structures. Explore a world of possibilities with mutation and artificial selection! This is my personal tool for exploring Fluoddity, rebuilt for the web by Opus 5
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 01/09/2026
Have you ever tried the sunflower/dill/basil/lemon sandwich combo with tomatoes? It’s transcendent. gardenandgun.com/recipe/how-m...
gardenandgun.com
How Mason Hereford Makes the Ultimate Tomato Sandwich
The Turkey and the Wolf chef takes you step by step through his summer original
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 22/08/2026
“There’s been debate about whether it’ll be called Bluecifer’s Second Rodeo or Bluecifer’s First Rodeo 2.” - it should obviously be Blue Fast Blue Furious www.waxtraxrecords.com/blogs/news/b...
waxtraxrecords.com
Blucifer’s incredible artist-forward design – An interview with Gillia
This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. By Blu Fernandez Denver feels ripe for festivals, yet somehow, we never keep one around for too long. In years past we had Grandoozy, ...
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 19/08/2026
Can you share your bike bus route map with me?
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 25/07/2026
Did you see www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
theguardian.com
Pompeii: Out of Time With Tom Hiddleston review – you will cringe so hard you turn to cheese
The actor emotes his way through Vesuvius’s catastrophic eruption in a docudrama that is embarrassing and exhausting – but undeniably entertaining. Prepare to be Hiddlestoned!
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 09/07/2026
Do they think it’s like being a goth or a punk?
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 09/07/2026
They played this before Minions and I can’t stop saying the hook www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oYW...
youtube.com
LEFTOVER PASTA – CalArts Film 2025
YouTube video by Knight Owl
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 07/07/2026
How did this not tank his campaign?!
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 07/07/2026
But hey it’s $5 to park downtown
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 06/07/2026
For my gluten-free / dairy-free friends and fans of hard rock, all both of you: gfdf.club
gfdf.club
GF ⚡️ DF
Gluten Free ⚡️ Dairy Free — Back in black 🤘 We're on a highway to heal 🫡 For those about to shop
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JavaconLeche @javaconleche.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Gooool for TELEMUNDO who not only refuse to run ads during the mandatory hydration breaks, but also straight up just announced that hydration breaks are necessary because of dangerous heat caused by fossil fuel-driven climate change. Bravo Telemundo. #worldcup #futbol
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Denver Streets Partnership @bikewalkbus.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
With 93 traffic deaths last year, it's clear Mayor Johnston isn't prioritizing street safety, but his new $5 downtown parking scheme—actively encouraging people to drive to go drinking—goes beyond unconcerned to downright dangerous. Instead of paying $5 for parking, consider the following:
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Rob Toftness @nosquish.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“there are some small number of activists who believe the purpose in urban design is to make it miserable to drive a car. That is not our strategy” I feel like throwing my cars keys at this quote. He has it wrong. People want to make it easier to make other choices. denverite.com/2026/06/29/d...
denverite.com
How (and why) Denver’s mayor got private parking lots to set $5 prices
The “Mayor’s Park $5” program will drop rates for 5,000 privately owned spots.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 30/06/2026
extra buses at happy hour!!
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 30/06/2026
tfw when your mayor highlights drinking and driving as a benefit of subsidized parking downtown, on an ozone action day ”it’s a win for everyone“ 🤦‍♂️
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 27/06/2026
Every time I see this book I lose The Game.
Cover of a cookbook called Don’t Think About Dinner, by Jenn Lueke.
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 26/06/2026
🤔 "War?" "Hijack?" "Takeover?" Y'all use the weirdest vocab to describe voters calmly walking into a voting booth and filling in the bubble next to the name of the candidate that says things like "Childcare can be cheaper!" and "Let's fix that bike lane!" and "Elon should pay more tax than you do!"
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 12/06/2026
RIP. Huge inspiration for me as a teen.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 11/06/2026
This series never misses
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 07/06/2026
You can say her name she’s not Beetlejuice. www.julieforcolorado.com
julieforcolorado.com
Julie for Colorado | Democrat for U.S. Senate
Julie Gonzales is running for U.S. Senate to champion affordability, voting rights, and healthcare, and represent everyday Coloradans against corporate interests.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 04/06/2026
puro ones still going strong here after a couple of years; buddyphones also good (but not getting used as much)
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 01/06/2026
Bike Bus Shop now supports more suppliers so it’s not exclusively Walmarty any more. Added some first aid kits and little bike tools. bikebus.shop
bikebus.shop
Bike Bus Shop — Gear for fun, safe group bike rides to school
Gear, accessories, and supplies for fun, safe group bike rides to school.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 01/06/2026
Bike Bus Shop now supports more suppliers so it’s not exclusively Walmarty any more. Added some first aid kits and little bike tools. bikebus.shop
bikebus.shop
Bike Bus Shop — Gear for fun, safe group bike rides to school
Gear, accessories, and supplies for fun, safe group bike rides to school.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 31/05/2026
this
screenshot of github ui showing "contributors (2): claude and fly-io[bot]"
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 31/05/2026
prototyped on sprites.dev sandbox, shipped on fly.io all Sonnet, no bleeding edge Opus for me
sprites.dev
Sprites - Stateful sandboxes
Persistent, hardware-isolated execution environments for arbitrary code. Run AI agents, untrusted code, and more in secure sandbox environments with checkpoint & restore.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 31/05/2026
source: github.com/RandomEtc/co... (I haven't read it, just verified outputs and interactions and steered features)
github.com
GitHub - RandomEtc/county-city-zip-tool: A tool to show which zip codes intersect with which city or county, currently scoped to Colorado.
A tool to show which zip codes intersect with which city or county, currently scoped to Colorado. - RandomEtc/county-city-zip-tool
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 31/05/2026
yesterday's exclusively vibe-coded software project, a map tool to understand overlapping zip code (ZCTA), county and city polygon shapes: citycountyzip.randometc.org
citycountyzip.randometc.org
Colorado ZIP Code Finder
Find ZIP codes by Colorado county or city for mailing outreach. Interactive map with ZCTA coverage analysis and copy-paste export.
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arleigh @arleigh.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
wow the internet is truly broken
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 29/05/2026
Made a site today, for all your bike bus shopping needs: bikebus.shop Waiting on affiliate approval, working on adding more suppliers. Feedback / suggestions welcome. Still have mixed feelings about AI coding but the time from domain name idea to live site was well under an hour. It’s a thing.
bikebus.shop
Bike Bus Shop — Gear for fun, safe group bike rides to school
Gear, accessories, and supplies for fun, safe group bike rides to school.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 20/05/2026
They could squeeze this into AMC stubs with a free popcorn I bet. Wegovy and a movie? … Ozempic and a chick flick?
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Jonathon Stalls @jonathonstalls.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
“A pocket-sized zine with art, poetry, and stories centering all who walk, use wheelchairs, and take transit to get around?” 🔥YES🔥 🎙️Help us make this project happen! Campaign page: www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/... #PedestrianDignity #Zinea #MobilityJustice
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 28/04/2026
Enthusiastically backing www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/... - great work by @jonathonstalls.bsky.social @sashakestane.bsky.social and co
indiegogo.com
Pedestrian Dignity Civic Action Zine by PedestrianDignity - Indiegogo
A grassroots zine with art, poetry, storytelling, and civic action prompts to demand safe, accessible, and dignified mobility experiences for all who move outside of cars - because they have to or cho...
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 26/04/2026
They’re right but the causation goes the other way!! www.bbc.com/future/artic...
bbc.com
Dogs look like their owners – it’s a scientific fact
The canine “mini-me” reveals a narcissistic tendency within us all, finds David Robson – a trait that may also be shaping your love life.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 18/04/2026
oh this is a timely subskeet! I was just reexamining my priors…
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 17/04/2026
I'd forgotten all about that. Thanks!
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 29/03/2026
“Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded” was right, if the crowd was cars.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 24/03/2026
I’m on hour three of “are you sure we need to patch that dependency right now?” getting an LLM to get an existing app to run this week. 1: All that to avoid signing up for an API key?! 2: No, don’t disable auth.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 15/03/2026
hah, did I take that?
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 12/03/2026
I bet that tool will be super reliable!
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 12/03/2026
Do we end up with more specialists per team…? Or just more specialized agents in the end?
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 12/03/2026
Totally! I’m really interested in what happens if AI tools truly increase the rate of change in products by a factor of 10 (or more, or close) I think customers are going to be begging for more structure around releases, better QA processes, insist on fewer regressions, lower crash rates etc.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 12/03/2026
True broadly!
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 03/03/2026
I think anything close to this much economic power should be controlled and allocated democratically. Would that be so hard?
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Jordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 28/02/2026
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
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Jesse Wilson @swank.ca · 16/02/2026
Me automating: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me being automated: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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Tom Carden @randometc.org · 05/02/2026
This story of our local bookshop is a poignant portrait of our times. It rightly centers the previous owner, the workers, the patrons, and the ray of hope from the new owner. denverite.com/2026/01/28/d...
denverite.com
What I learned at West Side Books — and what comes next
"Everything we love will disappear, but if we are lucky, it transforms before vanishing."
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