Edward Thomson

It’s October 1 — the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act takes effect today!

Do you know where the personal data lives in your organization? What tools are you using to track this and maintain records?

My absolute favorite thing about gnarly, hard-to-fit thumbbreakers of a bike tire are when you finally get it on and realize they’re directional… in the other direction.

lol. Mike & Molly’s needed this sign instead of my dumb ass yelling at people.

Slightly diminish a band: My Weekend with the Thrill Kill Kult

Punk rock is DIY; it isn’t DAIY

Happy flying ant day to those who celebrate.

On football sundays, my local bar in Durham would line up the Bloody Mary mixers and at noon sharp would go down the line pouring the vodka. 😅

Dead sexy bottom bracket…

I know right? I’m putting a new BB in — it’s actually BB86, not 386evo but my eye can’t not twitch when I see that standard as if it’s an old intel chip with some accelerator.

I’m in bicycle mechanic hell

Congrats on your launch!

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If you find yourself in Cambridge, HMU for recommendations

WHAT

lol that’s pretty amazing.

How different (or similar) was the end result to the ripped up script?

I am a smashburger convert. Thank you to @jason.energy for the semiregular social media prompts.

Down the road from my grandparents’ place in Southern Illinois, a kid brought his black friend around to go fishing. The first time, somebody spray painted slurs on his house. The second time, they burned it down.

YouTube video by NDC Conferences You Don’t Know Git - Edward Thomson - NDC London 2025

Celebrating by watching @ethomson.bsky.social’s really cool talk on hidden Git features and functionality at NDC London last week

youtu.be/DZI0Zl-1JqQ

YouTube video by NDC Conferences You Don’t Know Git - Edward Thomson - NDC London 2025

Enjoyed watching "You Don't Know Git" by @ethomson.bsky.social from #NDCLondon2025 who I was very lucky to meet on route to Techorama BE in 2019 (oh so long ago)

However does Ed know about the amazing things @mrpowershell.bsky.social's ugit #PowerShell module can do
youtu.be/DZI0Zl-1JqQ ...?

I’m feeling very spoiled by this week of drinking midwestern and west coast IPAs in America.

Boiling out the CO2 so that it’s not just warm, it’s also flat.

My Waitrose started carrying them — and if yours didn’t, I have a place in Shoreditch.

Cambridge Museum of Technology Exploring our industrial heritage.

If you’re into that and fancy a weekend trip to Cambridge: www.museumoftechnology.com

Me in the national security team group chat

We’ll be in Chicago for a visit in two weeks; can’t wait for Pequod’s!

Neat! Thanks for the link.

Two great examples; how does a tastemaker scale out from creating a single product to keeping it consistent throughout an entire org? Careful hiring for taste? An iron fist? A little bit of both?

What’s an example of a developer tool with “great taste”? And why? What does that phrase mean to you?

The job/school applications in UK are a total trip. I’m “White - Other”. 😬