John Thornton
@johnpthornton.bsky.social
Data scientist. Software engineer. Army Veteran. Hiking, playing games with friends.
Founder of Thornton Data Solutions, a consultancy that helps organizations reduce IAM Costs.
Current Interests: Access optimization and fermenting my own foods
Founder of Thornton Data Solutions, a consultancy that helps organizations reduce IAM Costs.
Current Interests: Access optimization and fermenting my own foods
Happy drive 2/3rds of the speed limit day to all of you observing it!
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happy drive 2/3rds of the speed limit day to all of you observing it!
I see a lot of folks blaming “Democrats” for folding. I get it, I’m angry too. But it wasn’t “Democrats” that folded, it was a specific set of Senators and they meed to be called out specifically and removed from power. If we want things to get better we can’t attack the folks who held the line.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I see a lot of folks blaming “Democrats” for folding. I get it, I’m angry too. But it wasn’t “Democrats” that folded, it was a specific set of Senators and they meed to be called out specifically and removed from power. If we want things to get better we can’t attack the folks who held the line.
We can't afford healthcare or food so this is likely to be accurate.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We can't afford healthcare or food so this is likely to be accurate.
They have to put up signs to remind dementia Donny where he is.
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
They have to put up signs to remind dementia Donny where he is.
Ugh, AI is useless...
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ugh, AI is useless...
My twelve year old gaming mouse just died so I swapped in a new one. It immediately prompted me to install mouse management software and I'm not sure this is progress...
October 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My twelve year old gaming mouse just died so I swapped in a new one. It immediately prompted me to install mouse management software and I'm not sure this is progress...
View on the morning walk
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
View on the morning walk
The historically apolitical chatter at my local dog park has turned firmly anti-Trump.
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The historically apolitical chatter at my local dog park has turned firmly anti-Trump.
Anti-aircraft guns are illegal but barrage balloons are not.
If I were Senator Durbin, and I was the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I would make a mental note to revisit this in the near future. ICE fast roping onto rooftops in Chicago seems like a good reason to exercise a teeny bit of oversight
www.newsweek.com/ice-rappel-b...
www.newsweek.com/ice-rappel-b...
ICE Agents Rappel From Black Hawk Helicopters Into Chicago for Major Raid
Roughly 30 undocumented immigrants were taken into custody, several of them suspected of gang affiliation, NewsNation reported.
www.newsweek.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Anti-aircraft guns are illegal but barrage balloons are not.
I’m fine with not giving Trump any more of my money to commit crimes with. We can start the government back up after the people retake congress.
October 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I’m fine with not giving Trump any more of my money to commit crimes with. We can start the government back up after the people retake congress.
Oh no I’m stuck on an airplane!
September 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Oh no I’m stuck on an airplane!
Honoring my Swedish ancestry today!
(Listening to Sabaton’s Carolus Rex while I assemble an IKEA bookshelf)
(Listening to Sabaton’s Carolus Rex while I assemble an IKEA bookshelf)
September 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Honoring my Swedish ancestry today!
(Listening to Sabaton’s Carolus Rex while I assemble an IKEA bookshelf)
(Listening to Sabaton’s Carolus Rex while I assemble an IKEA bookshelf)
Chicken dinner
September 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Chicken dinner
There's some disheveled dude sitting on a street corner with a poorly painted sign that says something like "Democrats are murderous child mutilators" and I have to say the upshot of lots of people deciding that they're Charlie Kirk is going to be embarrassing for them.
September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There's some disheveled dude sitting on a street corner with a poorly painted sign that says something like "Democrats are murderous child mutilators" and I have to say the upshot of lots of people deciding that they're Charlie Kirk is going to be embarrassing for them.
A lot of folks are going to criticize JD Vance for trying to cover Kirk’s show but I think its great that something got him up off the couch.
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A lot of folks are going to criticize JD Vance for trying to cover Kirk’s show but I think its great that something got him up off the couch.
I’m in line for Somfermfest and it’s kinda neat to be standing in line with a bunch of folks who’s unifying trait is that they like pickles.
September 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I’m in line for Somfermfest and it’s kinda neat to be standing in line with a bunch of folks who’s unifying trait is that they like pickles.
In college I occasionally amused myself sometimes by configuring the most expensive possible Mac (roughly the cost of a new car). It was an academic exercise because I could never find a use for one.
Until today when I created a dataframe of access similarities that weighed in at 84gb.
Gofundme?
Until today when I created a dataframe of access similarities that weighed in at 84gb.
Gofundme?
September 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In college I occasionally amused myself sometimes by configuring the most expensive possible Mac (roughly the cost of a new car). It was an academic exercise because I could never find a use for one.
Until today when I created a dataframe of access similarities that weighed in at 84gb.
Gofundme?
Until today when I created a dataframe of access similarities that weighed in at 84gb.
Gofundme?
Cities
Activists should just color random crossroads across the city.
August 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Cities
Trying to figure out if How To Train Your Dragon was the first live action remake of a CGI film and Google's Gemini confidently told me that no because "The Lion King" and "Mulan" had been remade already.
Either AI is dumb or I am 'cause I'm pretty sure those were both hand animated.
Either AI is dumb or I am 'cause I'm pretty sure those were both hand animated.
August 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Trying to figure out if How To Train Your Dragon was the first live action remake of a CGI film and Google's Gemini confidently told me that no because "The Lion King" and "Mulan" had been remade already.
Either AI is dumb or I am 'cause I'm pretty sure those were both hand animated.
Either AI is dumb or I am 'cause I'm pretty sure those were both hand animated.
What cultural backwater do people have to be from to refer to a 1970’s chain restaurant as their “heritage”?
Referring to a mediocre breakfast restaurant as your culture and heritage is one of the whitest things I've ever read.
August 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What cultural backwater do people have to be from to refer to a 1970’s chain restaurant as their “heritage”?
If I lived in DC and found a hornets nest I definitely wouldn't leave it in an cheap tent where it's visible to federal officers. That would be irresponsible.
August 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If I lived in DC and found a hornets nest I definitely wouldn't leave it in an cheap tent where it's visible to federal officers. That would be irresponsible.
This is a great way to highlight how out of shape your average Trump era federal agent is.
Drug Enforcement Administration officers patrolling the National Mall.
If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is
(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)
If you know DC you understand how tremendously goofy this is
(h/t @lorenzohall1.bsky.social)
August 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is a great way to highlight how out of shape your average Trump era federal agent is.
My wife and I randomly landed on Oregon for vacation this year. So open question, what’s cool in the Portland area?
August 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My wife and I randomly landed on Oregon for vacation this year. So open question, what’s cool in the Portland area?
A mass shooting took our pedophile president off the headlines so I guess we're great again?
July 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A mass shooting took our pedophile president off the headlines so I guess we're great again?