Will Thompson
@mi77.bsky.social
Product manager working at Microsoft on Data Activator (posts are my own views). Immigrant Brit who misses good beer. Data geek, PC gamer, LEGO fan, cat dad, piano player, and music lover. He/him.
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If you have CPAP stories, please share. I'm on r/sleepapean already and you can get really into the weeds with your numbers and routines and even surgeries. I'd be interested to know what y'all have going on. ✌️
October 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If you have CPAP stories, please share. I'm on r/sleepapean already and you can get really into the weeds with your numbers and routines and even surgeries. I'd be interested to know what y'all have going on. ✌️
It's been a long journey making this but I'm nearly there! Just some more detailing to do and rework a couple of windows to keep the motif on all the edges. Really happy with the landscaping! #LEGO #AFOL #legocastle #LEGOCOMMUNITY
October 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's been a long journey making this but I'm nearly there! Just some more detailing to do and rework a couple of windows to keep the motif on all the edges. Really happy with the landscaping! #LEGO #AFOL #legocastle #LEGOCOMMUNITY
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Uh oh. Pocket Boss will be out THIS WEDNESDAY (October 8)!
pocketboss.ch
Really looking forward to share this with the world. Finally I've done something to please the shareholders.
pocketboss.ch
Really looking forward to share this with the world. Finally I've done something to please the shareholders.
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Uh oh. Pocket Boss will be out THIS WEDNESDAY (October 8)!
pocketboss.ch
Really looking forward to share this with the world. Finally I've done something to please the shareholders.
pocketboss.ch
Really looking forward to share this with the world. Finally I've done something to please the shareholders.
Not even a dog lover but this is amazing 😂
For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.
September 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Not even a dog lover but this is amazing 😂
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What was the first video game that scared you?
It doesn't have to be a horror game. Maybe you didn't even play it -- plenty of ads freaked me out as a kid.
It doesn't have to be a horror game. Maybe you didn't even play it -- plenty of ads freaked me out as a kid.
August 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
What was the first video game that scared you?
It doesn't have to be a horror game. Maybe you didn't even play it -- plenty of ads freaked me out as a kid.
It doesn't have to be a horror game. Maybe you didn't even play it -- plenty of ads freaked me out as a kid.
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Tactical Breach Wizards is a year old today! To celebrate, we're rewinding the whole last year to see if it can be done better or if it's just a bullshit level.
In the meantime, we're 25% off til Monday! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
In the meantime, we're 25% off til Monday! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
Save 25% on Tactical Breach Wizards on Steam
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to ...
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August 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Tactical Breach Wizards is a year old today! To celebrate, we're rewinding the whole last year to see if it can be done better or if it's just a bullshit level.
In the meantime, we're 25% off til Monday! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
In the meantime, we're 25% off til Monday! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
Just finished Arranger by @furnimatgames.bsky.social , I really enjoyed it! Been playing on my phone via Netflix games and it tickled my puzzler brain. It's a great variation on the block pushing/sliding navigation game with fun twists and a cute story too. play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Arranger NETFLIX - Apps on Google Play
Slide tiles to explore a world
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August 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Just finished Arranger by @furnimatgames.bsky.social , I really enjoyed it! Been playing on my phone via Netflix games and it tickled my puzzler brain. It's a great variation on the block pushing/sliding navigation game with fun twists and a cute story too. play.google.com/store/apps/d...
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Already over 6,000 supporters! How fast can we get it to 10,000? 👀
There's a LEGO ideas campaign for the Hearthian Lander! If it can get 10,000 votes of support, then LEGO will consider making it a real set. This one's even got a ship interior!
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
(Wait, have we done this before? 🤔)
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
(Wait, have we done this before? 🤔)
Outer Wilds Ventures | LEGO® Ideas
Outer Wilds is an amazing game created by Mobius Digital. It is a space exploration game where you take control of an astronaut who has to explore their tiny so…
beta.ideas.lego.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Already over 6,000 supporters! How fast can we get it to 10,000? 👀
Happy Saturday! What are you all listening to this weekend? I'm in the mood for some new tunes...
August 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Happy Saturday! What are you all listening to this weekend? I'm in the mood for some new tunes...
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Today is Yorkshire Day so I'd like to give a shout-out to my lovely friend from Bradford, who is a proof-reader. She always says it's unsung but heroic work because she's out there, each and every day, fighting the the war on t'error
August 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Today is Yorkshire Day so I'd like to give a shout-out to my lovely friend from Bradford, who is a proof-reader. She always says it's unsung but heroic work because she's out there, each and every day, fighting the the war on t'error
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Got a new pair of headphones and they sounded like shit when I connected them to my PC. Discovered windows defaults bluetooth headphones with mics to hands-free devices and crushes the audio unless you turn off a specific setting hidden many layers deep. Microsoft just don't give a fuck man.
August 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Got a new pair of headphones and they sounded like shit when I connected them to my PC. Discovered windows defaults bluetooth headphones with mics to hands-free devices and crushes the audio unless you turn off a specific setting hidden many layers deep. Microsoft just don't give a fuck man.
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Gen X women managed to time menopause perfectly so that the answer to the question "is everything actually as bad as it seems, or is it just me?" is "yes" and "yes." We are The Greatest Generation.
July 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Gen X women managed to time menopause perfectly so that the answer to the question "is everything actually as bad as it seems, or is it just me?" is "yes" and "yes." We are The Greatest Generation.
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🚀 #FabConEurope Session: Discovering Unknown Unknowns with AI and Real-Time Intelligence
📢 Speaker: @mi77.bsky.social & Ravit Dennis
Learn more 👉 ow.ly/UGl350WitxP
#Microsoft #FabCon #RealTimeData #AIInsights #StreamingAnalytics #DataPipeline #MicrosoftFabric
📢 Speaker: @mi77.bsky.social & Ravit Dennis
Learn more 👉 ow.ly/UGl350WitxP
#Microsoft #FabCon #RealTimeData #AIInsights #StreamingAnalytics #DataPipeline #MicrosoftFabric
July 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🚀 #FabConEurope Session: Discovering Unknown Unknowns with AI and Real-Time Intelligence
📢 Speaker: @mi77.bsky.social & Ravit Dennis
Learn more 👉 ow.ly/UGl350WitxP
#Microsoft #FabCon #RealTimeData #AIInsights #StreamingAnalytics #DataPipeline #MicrosoftFabric
📢 Speaker: @mi77.bsky.social & Ravit Dennis
Learn more 👉 ow.ly/UGl350WitxP
#Microsoft #FabCon #RealTimeData #AIInsights #StreamingAnalytics #DataPipeline #MicrosoftFabric
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Excited to be hosting the #PowerBI 10-year celebration with Patrick and maybe a surprise guest or two!
We have a shared journey that is really special to us!
Looking forward to seeing folks in the chat on Thursday! Join us live on the Power BI YouTube Channel - guyinacu.be/pbi10live #PBI10
We have a shared journey that is really special to us!
Looking forward to seeing folks in the chat on Thursday! Join us live on the Power BI YouTube Channel - guyinacu.be/pbi10live #PBI10
July 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Excited to be hosting the #PowerBI 10-year celebration with Patrick and maybe a surprise guest or two!
We have a shared journey that is really special to us!
Looking forward to seeing folks in the chat on Thursday! Join us live on the Power BI YouTube Channel - guyinacu.be/pbi10live #PBI10
We have a shared journey that is really special to us!
Looking forward to seeing folks in the chat on Thursday! Join us live on the Power BI YouTube Channel - guyinacu.be/pbi10live #PBI10
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🎉🎉🎉 Less than an hour before we are live for the #PowerBI 10-year Birthday celebration! Let's have some fun! 🎉🎉🎉
Excited to be hosting the #PowerBI 10-year celebration with Patrick and maybe a surprise guest or two!
We have a shared journey that is really special to us!
Looking forward to seeing folks in the chat on Thursday! Join us live on the Power BI YouTube Channel - guyinacu.be/pbi10live #PBI10
We have a shared journey that is really special to us!
Looking forward to seeing folks in the chat on Thursday! Join us live on the Power BI YouTube Channel - guyinacu.be/pbi10live #PBI10
July 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Less than an hour before we are live for the #PowerBI 10-year Birthday celebration! Let's have some fun! 🎉🎉🎉
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Happy Birthday to #PowerBI
Ten years ago, I celebrated the general availability (GA) of Power BI by sending a Microsoft CVP off to bed.
Power BI has come a long way since then.
markvsql.com/2015/07/23/g...
Ten years ago, I celebrated the general availability (GA) of Power BI by sending a Microsoft CVP off to bed.
Power BI has come a long way since then.
markvsql.com/2015/07/23/g...
General Availability of Power BI
As of this very night (actually, some on Tuesday and some tonight), the NEW Power BI released. As a Business Intelligence guy, and especially as one that believes strongly in helping people to help…
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July 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy Birthday to #PowerBI
Ten years ago, I celebrated the general availability (GA) of Power BI by sending a Microsoft CVP off to bed.
Power BI has come a long way since then.
markvsql.com/2015/07/23/g...
Ten years ago, I celebrated the general availability (GA) of Power BI by sending a Microsoft CVP off to bed.
Power BI has come a long way since then.
markvsql.com/2015/07/23/g...
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Happy 10th birthday #PowerBI 🎉!
Get Charty Party Power BI edition! 📈 This hilarious game revolves around data and charts. This special edition is specifically made for our community. Secure your preorder today with the discount code POWERBIROCKS. #PBI10!
Get Charty Party Power BI edition! 📈 This hilarious game revolves around data and charts. This special edition is specifically made for our community. Secure your preorder today with the discount code POWERBIROCKS. #PBI10!
[PRE-ORDER] Charty Party: Microsoft Power BI Edition
Creative, funny party games including Ransom Notes, Abducktion, Puns of Anarchy, and Charty Party.
www.veryspecialgames.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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investigating the college application process for my kid, and phew is it complicated
July 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
investigating the college application process for my kid, and phew is it complicated
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Alexander Gusev (Snapshot Studio LA) uses expert photographic skills to turn LEGO into mini-scenes from film and TV.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Alexander Gusev (Snapshot Studio LA) uses expert photographic skills to turn LEGO into mini-scenes from film and TV.
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What's the best LEGO set released since 2020? #Lego #OrangeBrickHub
What's the best LEGO set released since 2020?
Five years ago, we invited Brickset members to choose their favourite set of the millennium, as part of our 20th anniversary celebration. The sets with the most nominations then proceeded to a knockout phase and 70620 NINJAGO City emerged as the eventu...
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July 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
What's the best LEGO set released since 2020? #Lego #OrangeBrickHub
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"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
"Certainly, the doors are already open."
"The doors aren't open, Hal."
"You're right, I'm sorry, the doors are still closed. The word door has fifteen letter Os. I hope this helps"
"Certainly, the doors are already open."
"The doors aren't open, Hal."
"You're right, I'm sorry, the doors are still closed. The word door has fifteen letter Os. I hope this helps"
July 18, 2025 at 6:05 AM
"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
"Certainly, the doors are already open."
"The doors aren't open, Hal."
"You're right, I'm sorry, the doors are still closed. The word door has fifteen letter Os. I hope this helps"
"Certainly, the doors are already open."
"The doors aren't open, Hal."
"You're right, I'm sorry, the doors are still closed. The word door has fifteen letter Os. I hope this helps"
Wow, wow, wow. @scott.hanselman.com always knocks it out of the park, but this is particularly powerful. Particularly relevant right now. Great talk!
I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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July 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Wow, wow, wow. @scott.hanselman.com always knocks it out of the park, but this is particularly powerful. Particularly relevant right now. Great talk!
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You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions?
3D printing. It’s great! So many applications.
But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent
3D printing. It’s great! So many applications.
But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent
July 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions?
3D printing. It’s great! So many applications.
But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent
3D printing. It’s great! So many applications.
But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent