Bill Tucker
imbilltucker.bsky.social
Bill Tucker
@imbilltucker.bsky.social
Fountain Pens, bicycles, improv theater and vim.
Happy Snowman, werewolf, palm tree palm tree, palm tree
Terrors of Yule involve a lack of coffee
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Feels like a real life Kill Doctor Lucky layout. Here I am in the hedge maze of azaleas..
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Don’t see a lot of these anymore
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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i’m not crying you’re crying

xkcd: Fifteen Years

Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Oxide is hiring in the embedded space. If you enjoy baffling choices by hardware vendors and debugging performance issues come join me.

oxide.computer/careers/sw-e...
Embedded Systems Engineer / Oxide
oxide.computer
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The video for my #taloscon2025 keynote is now up!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cum5...
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The next #PapersInSystems discussion is Monday Dec 1, 1-2pm Eastern, Josh Reynolds will lead, and the paper is "The Architecture of Complexity" by Herbert Simon.

More info/sign up (free of course): ti.to/bredemeyer/a...
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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(I've got some fun holiday-themed things coming over the next couple of weeks for people in the paid membership tiers, if you happen to have a bit of extra $ that has "pay artists" written on it)
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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October 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Who will hear voices like this?
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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A steal of a deal for the impulsive among you:

Sign up for my Data Art In The Jungle™ retreat which starts in 13 days and I'll give you free registration to the autumn Binoculars to Binomials course! A $645 value!

www.jerthorp.me/btb-retreat-...

Flights are super affordable to Colombia right now!
BtB Retreat 2025 | jerthorp
Spend five days in the lush and bird-filled jungle of Santa Marta, Colombia with Jer Thorp and a small group of curious bird + data + art enthusiasts. We'll wander the forest with local guides, learn ...
www.jerthorp.me
August 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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If you told 90s me that there would be professional documentaries about any programming language I would have accused you have taking too many drugs at Lollapalooza!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfH...
Python: The Documentary | An origin story
This is the story of the world's most beloved programming language: Python. What began as a side project in Amsterdam during the 1990s became the software po...
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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"We're going to vote out the fascists at the mid-terms!"
August 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
apple.news/ABReoblUpS_q...

“History is best told as a story of organised crime,” Kemp says.
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse — Guardian US
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
apple.news
August 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen.
July 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Great moments in Pride history:

Isaac Newton invents being gay, 1666.
June 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Good luck to all the ride gps people looking for cycling caps in their local city.

A fun scavenger hunt

www.gravelstoke.com/gravel-cycli...
2025 Ride With GPS Cutty Cap Challenge — Gravelstoke
The fifth-annual global bike scavenger hunt kicks off Saturday, May 31 in 55 cities worldwide. Find out how you can join the hunt in 2025.
www.gravelstoke.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Here’s Cory Doctorow
Trying to give us a bright spot

youtu.be/ydVmzg_SJLw?...
Keynote Speaker - Cory Doctorow
YouTube video by PyCon US
youtu.be
May 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Touring Pittsburgh by bike!
May 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Anyone interested in a 5pm open space to talk about event sourcing :tm:? Chris May is going to teach us!

Come to room 315

#pycon2025
May 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Any pycon people want to do a bike ride on monday?

maybe we can get a pycon people tour organized?

www.biketheburgh.com

#pycon2025
Pittsburgh's historical bike tours
Learn about Pittsburgh's history, architecture, public art, sports and breweries by bike! Daily tours at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
www.biketheburgh.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I’m at #pycon

Here in Pittsburgh, even the pigeons rust.

There’s a Giant building like a game of Blokus got out of hand.
May 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM