Thomas Rushton
@thomasrushton.bsky.social
Classical double bassist - lots of chamber music, orchestral, and operatic experience - always looking for more musical fun; occasional oboist & cellist ditto.
SQL Server DBA, working for Coeo.com supporting many clients and the team.
Leeds, UK
SQL Server DBA, working for Coeo.com supporting many clients and the team.
Leeds, UK
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MANAGEMENT: We want something that's going to be forced on you, steal your data, intrude everywhere it's not wanted, lie to you, and try to take your job.
PRODUCT: On it! Project Vampire Weasel is underway...
MARKETING: Eh, how about call it Copilot instead?
PRODUCT: On it! Project Vampire Weasel is underway...
MARKETING: Eh, how about call it Copilot instead?
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
MANAGEMENT: We want something that's going to be forced on you, steal your data, intrude everywhere it's not wanted, lie to you, and try to take your job.
PRODUCT: On it! Project Vampire Weasel is underway...
MARKETING: Eh, how about call it Copilot instead?
PRODUCT: On it! Project Vampire Weasel is underway...
MARKETING: Eh, how about call it Copilot instead?
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I absolutely snorted out loud in an important, quiet historic reading room. And then had the giggles for 5 minutes. Fingle rows of tentaculated fuckers!
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I absolutely snorted out loud in an important, quiet historic reading room. And then had the giggles for 5 minutes. Fingle rows of tentaculated fuckers!
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WORD OF THE DAY.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
WORD OF THE DAY.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
Time to re-watch Outbreak?
October 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Time to re-watch Outbreak?
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🎶 Cinque…
Otto…
Tredici…
Ventuno…
Trentaquattro…
Cinquantacinque… 🎵
(Le Nozze di Fibonacci)
Otto…
Tredici…
Ventuno…
Trentaquattro…
Cinquantacinque… 🎵
(Le Nozze di Fibonacci)
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🎶 Cinque…
Otto…
Tredici…
Ventuno…
Trentaquattro…
Cinquantacinque… 🎵
(Le Nozze di Fibonacci)
Otto…
Tredici…
Ventuno…
Trentaquattro…
Cinquantacinque… 🎵
(Le Nozze di Fibonacci)
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ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:
FANTABULOSA!
Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.
& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:
FANTABULOSA!
Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.
& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
October 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:
FANTABULOSA!
Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.
& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine:
FANTABULOSA!
Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical.
& thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘
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Renowned cryptologist Robert Langdon waited by his phone. Surely, the French authorities would call him, a renowned cryptologist, to solve this mystery he thought in italics.
Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Renowned cryptologist Robert Langdon waited by his phone. Surely, the French authorities would call him, a renowned cryptologist, to solve this mystery he thought in italics.
"Everyone is a sysadmin"
Hmm. Not quite horrific enough.
"Backups? What backups?"
Damn, only three words.
Hmm. Not quite horrific enough.
"Backups? What backups?"
Damn, only three words.
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Everyone is a sysadmin"
Hmm. Not quite horrific enough.
"Backups? What backups?"
Damn, only three words.
Hmm. Not quite horrific enough.
"Backups? What backups?"
Damn, only three words.
The passion held by the author of A Passion for Passion - one @alicefraser.bsky.social - is audible in the latest @realmsunknown.bsky.social episode.
Listen. And get angry - not just for her, but for the other authors who have also been so afflicted.
Listen. And get angry - not just for her, but for the other authors who have also been so afflicted.
October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The passion held by the author of A Passion for Passion - one @alicefraser.bsky.social - is audible in the latest @realmsunknown.bsky.social episode.
Listen. And get angry - not just for her, but for the other authors who have also been so afflicted.
Listen. And get angry - not just for her, but for the other authors who have also been so afflicted.
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A lot of us have spent ages making sure computers give correct answers and it’s honestly pretty annoying that no one actually seemed to want that.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A lot of us have spent ages making sure computers give correct answers and it’s honestly pretty annoying that no one actually seemed to want that.
Oh go on then. It's not as if I haven't just taken delivery of 11 novels by the one and only @cstross.bsky.social oh wait. (Laundry files vols 1-11, if anyone is that interested...)
John Who?
John Who?
So apparently #TheCutThroatTrial is currently Amazon’s bestselling legal thriller, ahead of John somebody.
Nothing at all to do with #TheCutThroatTrial being half price today as part of some crazed promotion.
No siree Bob.
Anyway, exploit it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
Nothing at all to do with #TheCutThroatTrial being half price today as part of some crazed promotion.
No siree Bob.
Anyway, exploit it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
September 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Oh go on then. It's not as if I haven't just taken delivery of 11 novels by the one and only @cstross.bsky.social oh wait. (Laundry files vols 1-11, if anyone is that interested...)
John Who?
John Who?
Imagine my surprise...
For a while there, the news made it seem like like AI was going to swallow every job whole but the AI gold rush is hitting a wall.
⚠️ Big firm AI pilots are failing
🧠 Turns out, trust and expertise matter more than ever.
fortune.com/2025/09/10/a...
#AI #Cybersecurity #HumanSkills
⚠️ Big firm AI pilots are failing
🧠 Turns out, trust and expertise matter more than ever.
fortune.com/2025/09/10/a...
#AI #Cybersecurity #HumanSkills
'Human skills' are at a premium again now that big companies are backpedaling on error-prone AI | Fortune
AI adoption rate among large companies has dipped from a peak of 14% earlier this year to 12% as of late summer.
fortune.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Imagine my surprise...
Looking at the bass parts for the next Enigma gig (20th Sept, Chester). HOW MANY SLURS? How do I do this? HOW?
I've pointed this out to the MD, who's just replied with a smiley face reaction. *sigh*.
If you want to find out how I deal with this, come to www.tickettailor.com/events/enigm...
I've pointed this out to the MD, who's just replied with a smiley face reaction. *sigh*.
If you want to find out how I deal with this, come to www.tickettailor.com/events/enigm...
September 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Looking at the bass parts for the next Enigma gig (20th Sept, Chester). HOW MANY SLURS? How do I do this? HOW?
I've pointed this out to the MD, who's just replied with a smiley face reaction. *sigh*.
If you want to find out how I deal with this, come to www.tickettailor.com/events/enigm...
I've pointed this out to the MD, who's just replied with a smiley face reaction. *sigh*.
If you want to find out how I deal with this, come to www.tickettailor.com/events/enigm...
It's been a busy month. See below for the first slab; then there were a couple of concerts... and then a musical holiday. For the play list for that, see thelonedoublebass.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/w...
August 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's been a busy month. See below for the first slab; then there were a couple of concerts... and then a musical holiday. For the play list for that, see thelonedoublebass.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/w...
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EightKB Resources! (update with correct link
GitHub - github.com/eightkb/2025...
YouTube - eightkb.online/streaming
Web - eightkb.online
Bluesky - @eightkb.online
Email - info@eightkb.online
SQL Community Slack - #EightKB
Buy T-shirts and support www.bonfire.com/store/eightkb
GitHub - github.com/eightkb/2025...
YouTube - eightkb.online/streaming
Web - eightkb.online
Bluesky - @eightkb.online
Email - info@eightkb.online
SQL Community Slack - #EightKB
Buy T-shirts and support www.bonfire.com/store/eightkb
GitHub - eightkb/2025-August: Resources for the sessions at the 2025 edition of EightKB
Resources for the sessions at the 2025 edition of EightKB - eightkb/2025-August
github.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
EightKB Resources! (update with correct link
GitHub - github.com/eightkb/2025...
YouTube - eightkb.online/streaming
Web - eightkb.online
Bluesky - @eightkb.online
Email - info@eightkb.online
SQL Community Slack - #EightKB
Buy T-shirts and support www.bonfire.com/store/eightkb
GitHub - github.com/eightkb/2025...
YouTube - eightkb.online/streaming
Web - eightkb.online
Bluesky - @eightkb.online
Email - info@eightkb.online
SQL Community Slack - #EightKB
Buy T-shirts and support www.bonfire.com/store/eightkb
I'm getting the word "moist" veering towards "claggy".
August 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I'm getting the word "moist" veering towards "claggy".
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Posting AI slop to reddit/linkedin/here != blogging. Learn shit, write shit, share shit. Have a point of view. We can tell you used AI to crap something out. It just makes me want to unfollow/downvote/ignore you.
August 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Posting AI slop to reddit/linkedin/here != blogging. Learn shit, write shit, share shit. Have a point of view. We can tell you used AI to crap something out. It just makes me want to unfollow/downvote/ignore you.
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“Are you sure the meat paste sandwiches are fine?” asked Dick, “Joan the housekeeper made them a week ago”.
“You’ll eat them anyway, you tubby bastard,” Anne replied. And she was right, they all ate them.
Excerpt from Five Get the Squirts (Enid Blyton, 1951)
“You’ll eat them anyway, you tubby bastard,” Anne replied. And she was right, they all ate them.
Excerpt from Five Get the Squirts (Enid Blyton, 1951)
August 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
“Are you sure the meat paste sandwiches are fine?” asked Dick, “Joan the housekeeper made them a week ago”.
“You’ll eat them anyway, you tubby bastard,” Anne replied. And she was right, they all ate them.
Excerpt from Five Get the Squirts (Enid Blyton, 1951)
“You’ll eat them anyway, you tubby bastard,” Anne replied. And she was right, they all ate them.
Excerpt from Five Get the Squirts (Enid Blyton, 1951)
It has been a day full of nonets - playing with a bunch of people in York. Spohr, Farrenc, Rheinberger, and Martinu have all crossed my stand today. I'm exhausted, and waiting for pizza.
For the full list of what I've played this week, see thelonedoublebass.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/w...
For the full list of what I've played this week, see thelonedoublebass.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/w...
What I Did On My Holidays – Part 1
I have decided to break the format a bit – last year’s post was a bit on the big side. So, here’s what I’ve been up to this last week. Only the double bass stuff is listed &…
thelonedoublebass.wordpress.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It has been a day full of nonets - playing with a bunch of people in York. Spohr, Farrenc, Rheinberger, and Martinu have all crossed my stand today. I'm exhausted, and waiting for pizza.
For the full list of what I've played this week, see thelonedoublebass.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/w...
For the full list of what I've played this week, see thelonedoublebass.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/w...
#NowSpinning one of my favourite chamber works of all time, Martinů’s Nonet. This is spellbinding music, magically evocative of a time and place entirely ‘other’. The whimsical fantasy is underpinned by extraordinary invention and heartwarming beauty.
August 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
And the answer came forth... Op.87. aka the hard one, if we're only doing the first movement...
After a day of Nonets (Spohr & Lachner), followed by some Zelenka thing (for two oboes, bassoon, continuo bass & keyboard), I get home to find an invitation to play cor in a Beethoven Trio.
This one *matters*, so I need to know if I have to practice the actual Trio, or his Don Giovanni thing...
This one *matters*, so I need to know if I have to practice the actual Trio, or his Don Giovanni thing...
August 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
And the answer came forth... Op.87. aka the hard one, if we're only doing the first movement...
After a day of Nonets (Spohr & Lachner), followed by some Zelenka thing (for two oboes, bassoon, continuo bass & keyboard), I get home to find an invitation to play cor in a Beethoven Trio.
This one *matters*, so I need to know if I have to practice the actual Trio, or his Don Giovanni thing...
This one *matters*, so I need to know if I have to practice the actual Trio, or his Don Giovanni thing...
August 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
After a day of Nonets (Spohr & Lachner), followed by some Zelenka thing (for two oboes, bassoon, continuo bass & keyboard), I get home to find an invitation to play cor in a Beethoven Trio.
This one *matters*, so I need to know if I have to practice the actual Trio, or his Don Giovanni thing...
This one *matters*, so I need to know if I have to practice the actual Trio, or his Don Giovanni thing...
Gearing up for a week away from work, playing mixed wind & strings chamber music. Spohr, Berwald, Beethoven, Schubert, Martinu, Farrenc, Dvorak, Coleridge-Taylor, Rheinberger... and others, probably.
Fun.
For the avoidance of doubt, I'll be on the string side, playing double bass.
Fun.
For the avoidance of doubt, I'll be on the string side, playing double bass.
August 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Gearing up for a week away from work, playing mixed wind & strings chamber music. Spohr, Berwald, Beethoven, Schubert, Martinu, Farrenc, Dvorak, Coleridge-Taylor, Rheinberger... and others, probably.
Fun.
For the avoidance of doubt, I'll be on the string side, playing double bass.
Fun.
For the avoidance of doubt, I'll be on the string side, playing double bass.
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.