Thomas
@thomasthebicyclist.bsky.social
Signal boosting on cities, infosec, and inclusion. Supererogative gentleman from the late nineteen hundreds.
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The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
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A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
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Remember the deadly 200 car pileups on I-5? Driving in Dense Tule Fog was so scary and dangerous.
That's why we need frequent rail through the Central Valley.
That's why we need frequent rail through the Central Valley.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Remember the deadly 200 car pileups on I-5? Driving in Dense Tule Fog was so scary and dangerous.
That's why we need frequent rail through the Central Valley.
That's why we need frequent rail through the Central Valley.
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"The Article finds that in jurisdictions across the US, fossil fuel companies could be prosecuted for every type of homicide short of first degree murder... It also concludes that prosecutions could offer highly effective remedies and that prosecutors should be motivated to seek them."
Climate Homicide: Prosecuting Big Oil For Climate Deaths
Prosecutors regularly bring homicide charges against individuals and corporations whose reckless or negligent acts or omissions cause unintentional deaths. Foss
papers.ssrn.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"The Article finds that in jurisdictions across the US, fossil fuel companies could be prosecuted for every type of homicide short of first degree murder... It also concludes that prosecutions could offer highly effective remedies and that prosecutors should be motivated to seek them."
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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
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Katie Wilson, Seattle’s newly elected mayor, has embraced a city-owned startup designed to emulate Vienna’s social housing model, which involves a public developer building housing designed to be permanently affordable.
Progressives Win in Seattle, Changing Directions on Public Safety
Voters ousted a mayor who oversaw a surge in encampment sweeps, and a Republican prosecutor who pursued punitive policies toward homeless people and drug users.
boltsmag.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s newly elected mayor, has embraced a city-owned startup designed to emulate Vienna’s social housing model, which involves a public developer building housing designed to be permanently affordable.
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Never been a greater example of Dudes Rock.
These South Philly dads bought personal street sweepers for their block: ‘It’s like a little Zamboni’
The German device isn't marketed for street cleaning, but when brooms weren't enough to keep their kids safe from broken glass and debris on their block, these three men got ingenious with it.
www.inquirer.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Never been a greater example of Dudes Rock.
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
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You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
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The way the Black Panthers understood food aid as a crucial form of self defense against the capitalist machinery of the racial state remains essential to the struggle against fascism today.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The way the Black Panthers understood food aid as a crucial form of self defense against the capitalist machinery of the racial state remains essential to the struggle against fascism today.
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happy trans day of remembrance. you are beautifully and wonderfully made and I will never stop fighting for you. the world is better because you are in it
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
happy trans day of remembrance. you are beautifully and wonderfully made and I will never stop fighting for you. the world is better because you are in it
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this tiktok was so lovely 🥹
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
this tiktok was so lovely 🥹
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wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
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It's unrealistic to keep up with all of the news happening every single day around the world. Give yourself grace and also a break.
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's unrealistic to keep up with all of the news happening every single day around the world. Give yourself grace and also a break.
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You know who WOULDN'T have sat there in silence after the president called a journalist "piggy"?
Most of the INDEPENDENT journalists in @laminda.bsky.social's starter packs.
Follow THESE folks, friends. Do it now.
First starter pack:
go.blacksky.community/6Wdyb4E
Most of the INDEPENDENT journalists in @laminda.bsky.social's starter packs.
Follow THESE folks, friends. Do it now.
First starter pack:
go.blacksky.community/6Wdyb4E
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
You know who WOULDN'T have sat there in silence after the president called a journalist "piggy"?
Most of the INDEPENDENT journalists in @laminda.bsky.social's starter packs.
Follow THESE folks, friends. Do it now.
First starter pack:
go.blacksky.community/6Wdyb4E
Most of the INDEPENDENT journalists in @laminda.bsky.social's starter packs.
Follow THESE folks, friends. Do it now.
First starter pack:
go.blacksky.community/6Wdyb4E
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friendly reminder that gazans are still struggling. my friend saeed, who ive boosted before, is currently trying to raise enough to keep his family afloat after the gazan genocide!
go boost and help out!
go boost and help out!
My friends, I feel ashamed to ask for your help for my family, but what else can I do? We are in Gaza, going through incredibly difficult times.😔💔
Our fate depends on your support.
If you see us and feel our pain, please donate through GFM to provide warmth and food. 🙏 gofund.me/a0a540b8
Our fate depends on your support.
If you see us and feel our pain, please donate through GFM to provide warmth and food. 🙏 gofund.me/a0a540b8
Donate to Bring hope back to Saed and his family after the war, organized by Marina Reilly
Dear Comrade,
From beneath the rubble… I write my story!
I … Marina Reilly needs your support for Bring hope back to Saed and his family after the war
gofund.me
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
friendly reminder that gazans are still struggling. my friend saeed, who ive boosted before, is currently trying to raise enough to keep his family afloat after the gazan genocide!
go boost and help out!
go boost and help out!
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I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
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I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
#SaveSpeech
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
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💯💯💯
It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
one factor in the Harris loss was the Democratic party bragging about the great economy when it was actually complete garbage outside the artificially juiced stock market, and I don't expect that tactic to work any better for Trump esp with a much worse economy
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
💯💯💯
It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
It is EXTREMELY way past time for people to stop saying "the economy" when they mean "the stock market."
The stock market is fully divorced from reality. It does not represent anything meaningful about the actual standards of living.
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having not biked in the rain in ages my entire ride home was giggling with glee as my legs and socks got soaked because i neglected to bring rain pants. my hands are drenched too because i didn't seal them properly. couldn't be happier! car commuters could never.
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
having not biked in the rain in ages my entire ride home was giggling with glee as my legs and socks got soaked because i neglected to bring rain pants. my hands are drenched too because i didn't seal them properly. couldn't be happier! car commuters could never.
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Somebody has figured out how to fingerprint browsers in a cache-busting way using the favicon, so now we're all going to have to deal with a favicon-related CVE and some kind of absurd restriction on how favicons can change. This is why we can't have nice things. supercookie.me/workwise
supercookie • workwise
Favicons as supercookies! Check out this cache-based fingerprinting method in our demonstration.
supercookie.me
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Somebody has figured out how to fingerprint browsers in a cache-busting way using the favicon, so now we're all going to have to deal with a favicon-related CVE and some kind of absurd restriction on how favicons can change. This is why we can't have nice things. supercookie.me/workwise
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It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.