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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵

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💻 code things, mostly TypeScript 🏡 hyperlocal Alexandria VA drama 🔮 building bizarre things nobody wants Please don't make me run for office, I do not want to run for office.

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 1d

Alex311 *is* my Pokémon GO.

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 1d

Bit of a buried lede: the plant-based protein powders were substantially worse than the dairy ones.

The lead levels in plant-based products were, on average, nine times the amount found in those made with dairy proteins like whey, and twice as great as beef-based ones. Dairy-based protein powders and shakes generally had the lowest amounts of lead, but half of the products we tested still had high enough levels of contamination that CR’s experts advise against daily use.

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 1d

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 1d

I do think that we're approaching a future of people who know each other just sharing media from their own servers with each other instead of using the megacorp streaming services—at least among those in-the-know.

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 1d

As flag designs go, it's fine. But it doesn't even try to represent Alexandria in any way.

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 1d

Once I actually get anything worth watching, sure!

Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 1d

I'm subscribed to a lot of streaming services I don't use, and there are a lot of things I want to watch that are on a different service. The status quo isn't cutting it anymore.

Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 1d

I've got a NAS running Jellyfin and seriously considering resuming the media downloading habits I had when I was a teen...

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 2d

I get emails meant for VanAntwerps across the US all the time. It's truly astounding how many of my distant unknown cousins don't know their own damn email address...

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 2d

This is pretty much why, despite my disapproval of Jay Jones's texts, I'll probably still vote for him over any GOP opponent.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 2d

Oh hey, check this out. They talk the same way in their private chats as they do on Twitter www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 2d

@alexandriavagov.bsky.social we could do this awesome thing three times instead of doing a study about moving the planned waterfront pump station because it ruins the boat club's views. Just saying.

Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 2d

Last season of Game Changer, we did a cool activation with LinkedIn in which they helped us give Jacob a prize of $100,000.

This season, I have a similar opportunity for the right brand willing to give us $50,000+ worth of their product.

Hit me up ASAP if you're interested!

Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 2d

Prompt engineering 101:

David Buchanan @retr0.id · 2d

computer, do the thing. no, the other thing. you know the one.

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matthew @pahuski.com · 3d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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R "Nearest" Nabors @nearestnabors.com · 3d

X is owned by a person whose net worth depends on the success of many investments in this space. It's quite possible for that person to manipulate their own algorithms to encourage continued investment in the space. Like owning your own PR firm and newspaper. I consider X more a Palantir these days

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 3d

Is this anything?

"Why would they do this?" meme where "Old Town" is killed by "one flood per day, 75 years from now". And the floods say, "Why would Justin Wilson do this?"

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 6d

'Tis the season!

There's nowhere I'd rather be for Halloween than Del Ray.

A house decorated with a Return of the Jedi theme. Next to the hedges, a speeder bike flies past an ewok. On the porch steps, Emperor Palpatine sits on his throne while a red guard stands to his right. Also there's a pride flag, and I'm dying inside thinking that—for all his other faults—Palpatine is an ally.

Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 7d

Yes, all of this please!

a man in a suit is speaking into a microphone with a wrestler logo on his jacket

Alt: Vince McMahon increasingly aroused

media.tenor.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 7d

Woman Tends To Do Best Creative Thinking When Backed Into Corner With Livelihood At Stake https://theonion.com/woman-tends-to-do-best-creative-thinking-when-backed-in-1851338274/

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 7d

How could I forget to list tension headaches?

My headache has only grown worse, and now my traps hurt too. 🤷

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 7d

The other party has many, many more candidates/electeds calling for political violence—not just as gripes in private texts, but publicly and as matter of policy. Doesn't make those texts OK, but I definitely perceive higher risk of actual political violence from supporting GOP candidates.

Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 7d

It *has* been a few years since I got new glasses... 🤔

Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 7d

I've considered laser eye surgery, but 1) I hate things in my eyes so much I can't even use eye drops so scalpels and lasers sounds bad and 2) I have permanent dark spots under my eyes and the glasses make them just look like a shadow instead of me looking like a Sith Lord.

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 7d

An increasingly large fraction of middle age is being taken up with speculating why I've got a headache.

Is it ragweed? Some other allergy? Air pressure? Temperature change? Dehydration? Oncoming sinus infection? Too much time spent thinking about the state of civilization? Loud noises?

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Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 7d

It's not ok to pin every policy proposal you don't like on "special interests".

It's not the autists' fault. Leave them out of this.

Tom VanAntwerp 🔵 @tomvanantwerp.com · 7d

I miss when I was a kid when there was a plethora of first-person shooter games where the bad guys were the Nazis. Good, wholesome entertainment.