Polymath + Creative Entrepreneur. rmichaelthomas.com. AKA DJ BLK MZK. Founder, BLKXCNCT, BLK MZK, and more. Creator of @ptah.world. Let's connect! The Way of Now available at thewayofnow.com. https://ko-fi.com/rmichaelthomas to buy me a coffee :)https://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3muzlwoljsc22I have decided to take a crack at my own AppView. I hadn't really planned on doing any more building on the Atmosphere but...this idea is too good and is very me, and, well, why not? LOL. I never stop myself from trying, that's where the learning happens.08 Sep 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzlwoljsc22https://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3muzkam2nas22Someone reminded me I need to be promoting my book in these dark times, because that's why I wrote it! So if you're looking for a piece of handheld liberation infrastructure to keep you grounded, check out The Way of Now! www.thewayofnow.com ✅ https://www.thewayofnow.com08 Sep 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzkam2nas22https://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3muxkv66tqs2hBeing a drummer taught me a key thing in life: Don’t set a rhythm that you can’t sustain.07 Sep 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxkv66tqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3murxksrbdc25Woke up to a new contract and we bless God! https://static.klipy.com/ii/a15b48460c436e1e92c85ffc680932cc/b6/c5/VhLNLzug.gif?hh=498&ww=498&mp4=dXKl3ebmQGKIBu&webm=2wlqODtDIlJ9N5l05 Sep 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3murxksrbdc25https://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3muovoskx7c2jNew writing on how we’re all trying to figure out what’s real and fake and what can be done about it from my POV, starting with video. 🙏🏾 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muovoskx7c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3munf56szgc2cAnd....I want another cup of coffee. Baby, that's how I know my brain in there COOKIN'! I am but a mere vessel for the muses, that obliges without condition. https://static.klipy.com/ii/4493325008d34b7bf8cd6813cd5c1619/0a/3d/g1kHE9aLzv5ZssjMkA.gif?hh=480&ww=384&mp4=E6HD7KzahTX6aUlTE6f&webm=vrd725qGf3lNRq6Smm03 Sep 2026 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3munf56szgc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mundfkqbsk2cAt this rate, I'm just going to tune out the fall of this Empire. Whatever girl, y'all got it. I'm tired. And at the end of the day, THE DAY GON' END! America is yet another tale just coming to its inevitable denouement. And we're all just footnotes in the end, anyway.03 Sep 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mundfkqbsk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mun2kzjat22uI think I finally got a new idea I want to build for the ATProto world. And I think it is spot on...me LOL. I'd been building pieces of it and now, it has just fallen together and I won't even have too much to "build." I like dat.03 Sep 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun2kzjat22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3muhzxcmrg22wI saw this clip of Sir Tom Jones, 85 years old, bell as clear as a whistle, singing Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song" actually had me in TEARS this morning. I had not heard this song before NOR his cover. I watched this 3x and just...cried. Thank you, Tom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6MgcQW41yI01 Sep 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhzxcmrg22whttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mufo3jcpyk2vDoes anyone else remember Hot 'N Now?!!? OK random ass memory that just unlocked lmao31 Aug 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufo3jcpyk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mufc2ou43k2zOK, so bet. Someone sends you footage of the moon landing. You want to know if it's real. Turns out you're actually asking three different questions — and two of them are now solvable. 🧵 (1/5)31 Aug 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufc2ou43k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mtyyop6wrs2dI used to think people didn’t read because they didn’t WANT to. Now I assume it’s because they CAN’T 😮‍💨😭🤬26 Aug 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyyop6wrs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mtwrjit5x22wNow, I didn’t even know Dolly Parton like that but I’m not going to lie, I’m tearing up a little bit. A bright light just left this plane and I FEEL it. What a presence. What love! We were blessed to have her. 🕊️25 Aug 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwrjit5x22whttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mtffb6yj722zThis has had me CACKLING today. Imma have to go rewatch Agatha and ‘nem but that “Agatha All Along”! It was all kinds of remixes. I NEED THIS ONE PLZ!!18 Aug 2026 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtffb6yj722zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3msqmczjmmc2s@deetea.bsky.social My bro! If you got a few minutes between tasks at work today, I made it a bit easier to understand and do I hope. Would you give that first lesson another try for me? https://rmichaelthomas.github.io/planes/tutor.html10 Aug 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqmczjmmc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3msoiebuwvs2uSaw some amazing pieces yesterday at PAM and immediately left and starting creating myself. 🔥🔋09 Aug 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoiebuwvs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3msdrvobsfs2sI made this with my own programming language I'm in the process of creating and it is giving let me add some music, make it a screensaver, and relax a likkle bit.05 Aug 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdrvobsfs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3ms24rpfbj22fOK, been creating and building and now there's some demonstrations and proofs you can play with! rmichaelthomas.github.io/planes/ https://rmichaelthomas.github.io/planes/01 Aug 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms24rpfbj22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mqzigherj22bI had a random side quest this weekend to do something purely FUN -- so I made this! And now I'm going back outside to touch some more grass. https://github.com/rmichaelthomas/tend19 Jul 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzigherj22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mrsfyqfxvk25Them: "You know, you're not wrong." Me, every time: https://static.klipy.com/ii/c3a19a0b747a76e98651f2b9a3cca5ff/03/f6/4JdhHvVo.gif?hh=284&ww=498&mp4=q4J6IGi8u3yO94P3uQNW&webm=AlTR5CH5eywZdDN29 Jul 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsfyqfxvk25https://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mrsfoonrf225This is my shiznit and I feel like @masonfromtwitter.bsky.social would understand this jammy jam https://open.spotify.com/track/0b8MD675H98He3AzTpxO50?si=1a064799c3ed439d29 Jul 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsfoonrf225https://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mrnor467t22uDANCETERIA https://static.klipy.com/ii/4e7bea9f7a3371424e6c16ebc93252fe/1e/0d/G5bzyCOkq3jNSbE13k.gif?hh=218&ww=220&mp4=vAgVjUnZTF5wLYqOLx&webm=spdl9KAffoXc27 Jul 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnor467t22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mrngrjd27s2zEverything is infuriating. And I mean EVERYTHING. https://static.klipy.com/ii/71b2873e478b9d8d0482ea3ec777ba7f/96/97/TZuZR8oV.gif?hh=354&ww=460&mp4=BhFexkGGt8GJXsxeleb&webm=ZjCmPAviGHrpqFFpdj27 Jul 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrngrjd27s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mrjcr27u3c2dToday is the anniversary of my grandfather's passing, saw my uncle post about. Rest in peace to big Shag Thomas! I get it honest. Black icons and legends over here, baby. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Thomas26 Jul 2026 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjcr27u3c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mrb2bw7tg22iConsidering changing my number and only giving the new number to the handful of people I actually talk to and leaving my old one for the spam demons to claim because quite frankly, I'm tied22 Jul 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrb2bw7tg22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mraywhzdzs2dHave to remind myself that some people enjoy being miserable and nothing you do will change it. They have to change that for themselves. The people that say yes to everything because they thrive on finding others to be miserable and commiserate with in their negativity, never their joy. RUN!22 Jul 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraywhzdzs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rmichaelthomas.com/post/3mravf5ziis2hMe listening to this new Madonna album https://static.klipy.com/ii/4493325008d34b7bf8cd6813cd5c1619/11/d3/LWTVcLEUXVVxSwX.gif?hh=297&ww=498&mp4=uohHLMLmMyw5LRQtoMDj&webm=Bsaq20DEoxdgzeYk5SE22 Jul 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:fkly2dcm6ghlnne7xxfaqqgr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mravf5ziis2h