hobby bread baker, cyclist, snowboarder, runner, speculative fiction fan (send book recommendations!). Also: lead communications at Microsoft, USMC veteran, Oregon Duck fan. Personal stuff at https:/www.fxshaw.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mltb6itxlc2iFrom me 😊: Yes, but: More visibility is a blessing and a curse. Like Odin trading an eye for wisdom, seeing more comes with a cost: the burden of sorting a signal from noise. In a fragmented environment, judgment matters as much as access. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-communicators14 May 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltb6itxlc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mlmw5xnses2cI love many things about the writing of @nnedi.bsky.social but the thing I love the most is the absolute sense of place I get while reading her work. It is not my history or future she writes about, but she makes room for me to participate, to be amazed, to learn. ❤️ What a gift.12 May 2026 04:09 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmw5xnses2chttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mljxwcfzw22cA cool-ish May sunday night in seattle so I'm slowly caramelizing big batch of onion to go with the greens i got at the farmer's market, Monday won't be any more fun but Sunday will end with smiles.11 May 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljxwcfzw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mlgk2jbbhc25I've bought at least five books in the past year, just from seeing them here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgk2jbbhc25https://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mkm7y4ivqs2owhomst among us could not benefit by having more gremlins and goblins in our lives. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkm7y4ivqs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mkird7k5rk2iJust can't believe it is only wednesday27 Apr 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkird7k5rk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mjxxroyq7c25just in terms of sheer mind boggling grit and talent, it is hard to come up with something better than placing 3d in the Marathon des Sables over 150+ miles in six days and then running the Boston Marathon and qualifying for the US Olympic Trials a week later; Des Linden is the GOAT.21 Apr 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxxroyq7c25https://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mjno5xewxc2imy go to playlist for travel is the 99 plus hours of bob dyaln music i've got ama17 Apr 2026 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjno5xewxc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mj5r7v6yac2bAnother great piece by @anildash.com here -- 100 percent agree, when we do our best work in communicating is when others can carry the message forward. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5r7v6yac2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mirxdegh222emy view is a constant search to find my peeps. I was on bulletin boards, fidonet, usenet, AOL, and so on -- it's not about giving up on social media, it's about trying to stay one step ahead of the algo. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Apr 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirxdegh222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mirw2ssu5s2eI've been working on my "non-fussy" bread, as in it is 11 a.m. and I want some bread. :) This is a yeasted sourdough, 10 percent rye, 40 percent wheat, rest white flour. 1 cup of discard, 2 t of yeast, 2 cups water, 1T salt. 90 minute first rise, 45 minute free form second rise. No stress yums.05 Apr 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirw2ssu5s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mipgwpmbr22gWas out on a long-ish for me bike ride in the glorious sun today and started to bonk; stopped for coffee and a pastry at Blue Ridge Coffee House (yum) and got a quick selfie with this bad bunny. Smiled all the way home.04 Apr 2026 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipgwpmbr22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mh52qnrmos2vbaking as therapy.15 Mar 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh52qnrmos2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mh4xtt4bsc2vran out of cranberry beans so am being forced to use navy beans, only because I couldn't find the Marine Corps beans at the store.15 Mar 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4xtt4bsc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mgyilmiwfs2tDAY 1 of induction range: ooh, don't want to scratch the surface with my cast iron, i'll use this mat designed for that. Day 2 seems like it works! Day 3 sear salmon. Spouse: I smell plastic burning. Me: can't be. Me: cleaning up after dinner staring at badly melted mat....ugh.14 Mar 2026 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgyilmiwfs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mgfjiwatdc2snever seen wordlebot whiff like this.06 Mar 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfjiwatdc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mg7l5nks6c23Still standing. Did not totally botch the leak soup thing. Appreciative this thread is here and not on Instagram which could have been bad.04 Mar 2026 05:41 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg7l5nks6c23https://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mg7bvfo62s23i do not often cook with leeks, reflections. 1. Leeks are very dirty little veggies and they hide the dirt well, even when you think they are clean you will start slicing and discover they are not. 2. Thinly slicing leeks makes for a lot of leeks, much more than expected, i hope they cook down?04 Mar 2026 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg7bvfo62s23https://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mfduyi7a5s2oTGIF y'all. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/under-pressure-frank-x-shaw-agh4c/21 Feb 2026 05:23 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfduyi7a5s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mezeqmtdq22lToday I learned that if you leave a GU packet in your cycling jersey and then run it through the wash, the packaging will not rupture and destroy the washer and force you to disclose your mistake to your spouse. Thank you GU packaging team.17 Feb 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezeqmtdq22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mei4d246e22h"we dream. we love. we jump. and sometimes we fall. sometimes our hearts are broken....I tried. I dreamt. I jumped." what a great message from a phenomenal athlete/human being. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Feb 2026 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mei4d246e22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mehnkjpn422jngl, this looks like pretty good advice (my mom just gave me her original better homes and garden cookbook from i dunno 65 years ago). If you find me laying on the floor of my office you now know why.09 Feb 2026 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehnkjpn422jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fxshaw.com/post/3mefjxqacbc2oby far the best ad came via Marshawn, not even close.09 Feb 2026 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:ul2ny2msts4a2gofguocn26f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mefjxqacbc2o