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Pumpkinloaf
@toneloaf.bsky.social
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Chicagoan. I like food, music, history, sports and tech. Transit and cycling are the future. Studied History, work in tech The widespread proliferation of LLMs & GenAI is a crisis. Check the pinned post if you're curious.
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · Jul 23
This week, I resigned from my position as Director of IT/Tech at an org I truly believed in. I wanted us to stop using Generative AI and was told no.

This thread will explain my decision and why I believe this is a true crisis. I hope ya see this and if you want to chat, + or -, lets do it 1/
My long thread chunked into 4 pieces. Its too long to add alt text so hopefully you read the post if you were interested enough to click on the image! My long thread chunked into 4 pieces. Its too long to add alt text so hopefully you read the post if you were interested enough to click on the image! My long thread chunked into 4 pieces. Its too long to add alt text so hopefully you read the post if you were interested enough to click on the image! My long thread chunked into 4 pieces. Its too long to add alt text so hopefully you read the post if you were interested enough to click on the image!
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 11m
Holy crap, my friend Just brought up Black Messiah in the group chat yesterday
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 25m
A timeline of some of the major events with videos in the 🧵
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 23h
The Federal government has attacked Chicago but Chicagoans are doing a great job documenting what is happening. However, I do not feel that there is a solid timeline of key events forming, and so I put one together

Here is a 🧵with details on each, including sourcing and videos. AMA
A timeline I have put together to document key monents in the attack on Chicago: 6/16/2025 : Limited but heavily militarized and anonymized ICE activity  9/19/2025 : Broadview Escalation: 9/22/2025: Broadview: More chemical irritant use:   9/23/2025: Silverio Villegas González Murdered  9/26/2025: Broadview Scrum 1: Vehicular Violence and indiscriminate chemical irritants  9/30/2025: South Shore Raid  10/3/2025: Logan Square Tear Gassed  10/3/2025: Broadview Scrum 2: ISP+ crowd control; Deliberate attack on protesters by ICE while filming for content, Dan Bovino  10/3/2025: Arrested Alderman  10/4/2025: Brighton Park Stand Off  10/10/2025: WGN Producer Aggressively Arrested under suspicious reasons, no charge 10/12/2025: Albany Park Standoff 
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 2h
Here's a timeline and thread I put together with the situation in Albany park incluced
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 23h
The Federal government has attacked Chicago but Chicagoans are doing a great job documenting what is happening. However, I do not feel that there is a solid timeline of key events forming, and so I put one together

Here is a 🧵with details on each, including sourcing and videos. AMA
A timeline I have put together to document key monents in the attack on Chicago: 6/16/2025 : Limited but heavily militarized and anonymized ICE activity  9/19/2025 : Broadview Escalation: 9/22/2025: Broadview: More chemical irritant use:   9/23/2025: Silverio Villegas González Murdered  9/26/2025: Broadview Scrum 1: Vehicular Violence and indiscriminate chemical irritants  9/30/2025: South Shore Raid  10/3/2025: Logan Square Tear Gassed  10/3/2025: Broadview Scrum 2: ISP+ crowd control; Deliberate attack on protesters by ICE while filming for content, Dan Bovino  10/3/2025: Arrested Alderman  10/4/2025: Brighton Park Stand Off  10/10/2025: WGN Producer Aggressively Arrested under suspicious reasons, no charge 10/12/2025: Albany Park Standoff 
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 2h
I put together a timeline and 🧵 on ICE activity in Chicago if folks are interested in getting a deeper sense of what's happened
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 23h
The Federal government has attacked Chicago but Chicagoans are doing a great job documenting what is happening. However, I do not feel that there is a solid timeline of key events forming, and so I put one together

Here is a 🧵with details on each, including sourcing and videos. AMA
A timeline I have put together to document key monents in the attack on Chicago: 6/16/2025 : Limited but heavily militarized and anonymized ICE activity  9/19/2025 : Broadview Escalation: 9/22/2025: Broadview: More chemical irritant use:   9/23/2025: Silverio Villegas González Murdered  9/26/2025: Broadview Scrum 1: Vehicular Violence and indiscriminate chemical irritants  9/30/2025: South Shore Raid  10/3/2025: Logan Square Tear Gassed  10/3/2025: Broadview Scrum 2: ISP+ crowd control; Deliberate attack on protesters by ICE while filming for content, Dan Bovino  10/3/2025: Arrested Alderman  10/4/2025: Brighton Park Stand Off  10/10/2025: WGN Producer Aggressively Arrested under suspicious reasons, no charge 10/12/2025: Albany Park Standoff 
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 3h
Stop asking these questions on the tour!
a man is saying `` you 're done '' while looking down .
Alt: a man is saying `` you 're done '' while looking down .
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 4h
SEC Lawyer: Mr. Brendel, you expect us to believe you crafted this...skeet...without any direct knowledge of the soon to launch Doja Tokens?
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 12h
Don Lemon un the Crackdown universe
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 13h
Even if the Brewers don't pull it off, forcing the Dodgers to use another pitcher is a great outcome
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 17h
The wheel keeps turning...
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 3d
Marc Beniof slowly turning me into the Joker
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 19d
List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep:

1. My favorite Bands
2. Salesforce CRM (and not just why I hate it)
3. My personal food pyramid
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 18h
Agreed
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 18h
As I have mentioned before, the reason why so much of SV/VC went far right was because the end of ZIRP meant the end of their business model that made billion dollar IPOs out of burning money. The closest thing you can find for rent extraction at this scale is DoD contracts.

Lo and behold:
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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 18h
The Shawn Ryan — AUSA nexus is worse than I thought. He was on a panel with SECARMY + others to hear pitches from industry. Completely unserious.
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 18h
"We're just gonna go to Macau" isn't a loss
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 18h
I actually hope he does see because I have something to say:

I like the other two guys on Stella more.
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 19h
He's here...he might see this....
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 19h
There is an literally an impromtu protest occurring in a Chicago suburb right now, and the only reason I'm not going to provide a link to the post is they have zero opsec, its almost 75% boomer white ladies.
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 19h
This is an interesting little detail: McLaughlin mentions "when we were there last week" which was 10/3
This is from Broadview on 10/3. There was a woman sitting in the front seat of this vehicle, and another woman walked paced by as well, not seen. Were they Noem & McLaughlin?
A line of protesters stand in front of an armored vehicle. This is from 10/3 at the protest outside the Broadview Illinois ICE facility. Illinois State Police are the first line of LEO, with ICE and other DHS personal by the vehicle. There is a woman, blocked in the image, sitting in the passenger seat. She is not in any protective equipment and appears to be filming at times. This was likely Noem or McLaughlin
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 20h
That's sort of Trump's superpower. He commands the narrative so *how much did Trump influence the peace* is a bigger % of the discourse than it should be

He has the Prime Minister of Pakistan up there talking about the Nobel Peace Prize with half the world's leaders watching, its an unholy vortex
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 20h
There's also a great Tommy Tutone joke out there but I ain't got it
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 20h
My OG home
My wife
My own

No other numbers remembered
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 20h
Benefit of working at fast paced start up: much of what you do is new or novel in some way, great for learning

Con: consequences of your actions
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 20h
The Gang Dances Their Asses Off is probably my favorite and perfect season ender
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 21h
Mr BOVANJONI
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 21h
"The Gang Gets Whacked" 2 parter basically explains everything about this show
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 21h
A regal has put back regular soda fountains, instead of the always missing most stuff freestyle machines.

Its fantastic
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 22h
1. Gleyber Torres
2. Gleyber Torres
3. Gleyber Torres
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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 22h
its also horrible entertainment value.

A lot of fans get mad at analytics and how its changing the game, but the real analytics ruining the game is gambling. Money lines, parlays, its shown between innings, pitches, batters. Getting that out of the broadcast would make a much better experience
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