he/him. #blacklivesmatter DevOps, SRE, LGBT (mostly B) Time management: https://www.tomontime.com Sysadmin: http://the-sysadmin-book.com SRE: http://the-cloud-book.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mvd2rf4tqs2aWhat’s dangerous about the $5000 check thing is that the people that believe him are the people that don’t normally vote. This next election is all about finding non-voters and getting them to the polls. This targets those people and could be dangerously effective at getting them to turn out.12 Sep 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd2rf4tqs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mvbsg2brys2wI need 19 more upvotes to make this VS Code feature a reality. Don't you think a non-existent file should act this way? https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/327076 PLEASE UPVOTE!12 Sep 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbsg2brys2whttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3muwncynphk2uI've seen many articles about how to manage technical debt that suggest nice, easy, solutions that don't work. How about if you throw ethics out the door? Would that help? Here's my answer: https://queue.acm.org/doi/10.1145/383039907 Sep 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwncynphk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mrcyleerlc2l(1/4) The progressives/socialists are doing so well because they're talking about DOING THINGS. Not fighting the terrible GOP stuff23 Jul 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcyleerlc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mrcwzcgqss2zSREs/DevOps and nerds: Please upvote my feature request for VS Code to act like all the other editors when dealing with opening a file name you didn't mean to. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/32707623 Jul 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcwzcgqss2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mol3y6pmyk23Trump surrenders to Iran a few days after turning 80 (Every newspaper should have this as their headline today.)18 Jun 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mol3y6pmyk23https://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mm3hqo7swk2t17 May 2026 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3hqo7swk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mklm5epbl225Dear @jimmykimmel.com Narcissists hate being ignored. Announce you will NOT mention Trump on the air for 2 weeks. Challenge your staff to write jokes about everyone except him and his administration. He can’t sue you for not talking about him. He’ll hate it.28 Apr 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklm5epbl225https://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mjzoknvuok2kMy newest article on ACM/Queue: The Important Decisions Doc. Sometimes a simple solution solves a long list of problems: https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=380621021 Apr 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzoknvuok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mi4vonx7m22eIf Trump loves naming things after him, why aren’t we calling this “Trump War I” ?28 Mar 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4vonx7m22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3mddccuqhvc2fI'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/891782/?referring_vol=2994062&rname=Thomas&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky&timeslot=574646226 Jan 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddccuqhvc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3m7b4qdlcfc27Nerd romance novel breakup scene: A: Baby, I just can't quit you! B: Really? Have you tried ESC : q !05 Dec 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7b4qdlcfc27https://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3m5hx7gooj22hMe: I hate AI Him: all of it? Me: I hate the discourse Him: wanna talk about it? Me: NO!13 Nov 2025 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hx7gooj22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3m3f6apnjo22fI'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Montclair Area” - sign up now to join me! https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/840423/?referring_vol=2994062&rname=Thomas&share_context=signup-form-modal&share_medium=bluesky&timeslot=551233717 Oct 2025 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3f6apnjo22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/yesthattom.bsky.social/post/3lysxvobjdk2mThe secret to being on time is being early.14 Sep 2025 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:k55eicfmpjkyn6k3g537ciem/app.bsky.feed.post/3lysxvobjdk2m