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Mark Ross is Writing Trailhead Badges
@markrossflownatic.bsky.social
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He/him. Husband and father writing Flow Trailhead content for Salesforce. The original Flownatic. I play games and write sci-fi stories. Bigotry and greed are the enemies of civilization. AI art is theft. My opinions are my own.
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nick-pettigrew.bsky.social
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
dancow.bsky.social Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · 3d
VC, founder, dumbass
@Nick_Davidov Asked Claude Cowork organize my wife's desktop, it stated doing it, asked for a permission to delete temp office files, I granted it, and then it goes "ooops" Turns out it tried renaming and accidentally deleted a folder with all of the photos my wife made on her camera for the last 15 years. All photos of kids, their illustrations, friends' weddings, travel, everything. It's not in trash, it was done via terminal It's not in iCloud, it already synced the new file structure. She didn't have Time Machine. Disc recovery tools can't see anything. I called Apple and they pointed me to a feature in iCloud allowing to retrieve files that were saved before but are no longer on iCloud Drive (they keep them for 30 days). I'm now watching it load tens of thousands of files. I nearly had a heart attack. Nick Davidov • @Nick_Davidov VC, founder, DVC.ai - backing repeat founders with a community of 200 engineers. e/acc/OSS. Perplexity, Higgsfield, Animation, Etched. Husband to @msdavidova
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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shannagermain.bsky.social
People-made games. Always.

Doing our best to save the world, in-game and out.

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

#Numenera #RPG #NoAI
It should go without saying, but we’ll say it anyway: There’s never any AI in MCG’s products. We make great RPGs because we love making great RPGs, and every word and image comes straight from our 100% human imaginations. We won’t insult your creativity, or ours, by delivering purposeless machine-generated drek, especially when we have so many great visions and ideas we’re excited to share with you!
January 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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drewharwell.com
The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
markrossflownatic.bsky.social
Hey AI, make a bird but make it represent me all throughout 2025
birdperhour.net bird/h @birdperhour.net · Dec 19
#birdbot
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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urbanbohemian.com
Rather than rant about AI/GenAI again, I'm gonna repost this and go get a drink.

This comic wasn't about AI, it was just about what makes human creativity so special and unique that assuming you can take it away leaves us bereft of something precious.

AI pushers count on people not caring. 💖
urbanbohemian.com urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · Jun 17
I posted this comic on X a while back. From X-Men / Alpha Flight #2 (1986), one of my favorite stories.

Loki grants humans the power of the gods, but it comes at a great price… it takes away their innate ability to create. They can copy anything they've seen, but they can't make anything new.
Comic panel from X-Men and Alpha Flight #2. Northstar, Talisman and Aurora of Alpha Flight are confronting Paul Domenic who Loki has turned into "Master Builder" about the source of his newfound powers. Panel 1. Talisman: And does that magic include the ability to dream – to imagine – to truly create?! Panels 2-5. Master Builder: You saw the book, Talisman. The last pages are nothing but scribbles. A baby could do better. It was so wonderful at first – all my fantasies could suddenly, with a wave of my hand, be made gloriously real. But then, when I ran out of sketches – of things to copy – and tried to come up with something new… I couldn't! Panel 6. Talisman: That's the price. The special part within ourselves… that allows us to create. Panel 7. Aurora: This changes everything. We have to tell the others!
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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phineas.bsky.social
Guess I'll post this again
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
markrossflownatic.bsky.social
Ho ho ho, Santa's got a Trailhead gift for you: a brand new Flow Builder badge! Loop Manually Through Multiple Choices in Flows is now available! If you've ever struggled to work with multiple choices in a screen flow, this badge is for you. trailhead.salesforce.com/content/lear...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Sorry, this is too insane to describe
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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We invite all Trailblazers to take a quick Community Survey to share how we can continue improving, growing, & showing up for you in meaningful ways.

Short, confidential, and open through Nov 21.

Thank you for helping guide what comes next. Take a moment to add your perspective: sforce.co/4r58RBh
Salesforce Community Survey - November 2025
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November 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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It's that time of the year again... when everyone comes together from around the world to explore Salesforce...
By completing a brand new Trailhead badge!

trailhead.salesforce.com/content/lear...

That's right, Flow Builder's biggest training gap has now been plugged! It's time to get loopy!
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October 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Get your fresh new Flow Builder Trailhead badge, hot out of the oven! This one's about making flows that work with agents, and explains how to configure agents to work with your flows as well. Have a slice!
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May 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Pope Leo XIV speaks out against AI: ‘A challenge of human dignity, justice and labour’
Pope Leo XIV speaks against AI: ‘A challenge of human dignity, justice and labour’
New leader of the Catholic Church says AI poses challenge to humankind and dignity of workers
www.independent.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
markrossflownatic.bsky.social
Me seeing the insane amount of flow updates coming in the next release and thinking about how much Trailhead updating I'll be doing
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May 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
markrossflownatic.bsky.social
Did I mention this badge is worth 2000 points??
markrossflownatic.bsky.social Mark Ross is Writing Trailhead Badges @markrossflownatic.bsky.social · Mar 4
My brand new Flow Builder badge was just released on Trailhead yesterday!

MULTIRECORD ELEMENTS AND TRANSFORMS IN FLOWS

It's our first badge on the Transform element! We also cover the Collection Sort and Collection Filter elements. Come check it out! trailhead.salesforce.com/content/lear...
Multirecord Elements and Transforms in Flows
Transform, sort, and filter collection variables to create and update multiple records.
trailhead.salesforce.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Londen.
March 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
markrossflownatic.bsky.social
My brand new Flow Builder badge was just released on Trailhead yesterday!

MULTIRECORD ELEMENTS AND TRANSFORMS IN FLOWS

It's our first badge on the Transform element! We also cover the Collection Sort and Collection Filter elements. Come check it out! trailhead.salesforce.com/content/lear...
Multirecord Elements and Transforms in Flows
Transform, sort, and filter collection variables to create and update multiple records.
trailhead.salesforce.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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sanelunatic.bsky.social
I can't believe America has so degraded that I even have to post this...but I do.
This is a very VERY SUPER-important guide. PLEASE READ AND SHARE. verfassungsblog.de/the-authorit...
The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide
This text was published in social media in January 2017 in a series of improvised, spontaneous tweets, which reached 3 million views within one month. Their common element was their trademark signatur...
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February 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
markrossflownatic.bsky.social
How is it that teenagers have infinite capacity to worry about absolute bullshit?
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December 19, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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It's the Annual London Salesforce User Groups Mega-Meet! @lonsfadmnslaug.bsky.social @londevsfdc.bsky.social @lonsfwit.bsky.social Time for a punishing pub quiz...
The leaders of the London Salesforce User groups
December 11, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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🚨 NEW TRAILHEAD BADGE ALERT 🚨

I've published a new Trailhead badge called Quick Start: Build Reactive Screen Flows! Learn how to make your flow screen components react to your users' input. Get your hands-on and build a reactive screen yourself!
trailhead.salesforce.com/content/lear...
Quick Start: Build Reactive Screen Flows
Build screen flow components that react immediately to user input.
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December 11, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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ldnscall.bsky.social
Exciting news - the CFP for London's Calling 2025 is open!
Please read the post below for all the details and get your thinking caps on, we can't wait to read your submissions.
#LC25 #LdnsCall25 #TrailblazerCommunity #Salesforce #CommunityConference
www.londonscalling.net/lc25_cfp/
London’s Calling 2025 CFP is Open until 9th Feb
The call for presentations for London’s Calling 2025 is open – – until Sunday February 9th We welcome presentations on all areas of the platform, or even Salesforce adjacent. If you hav…
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December 10, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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December 9, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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Presented without comment
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December 5, 2024 at 9:46 AM