Dave Pradko
pradko.bsky.social
Dave Pradko
@pradko.bsky.social
CIO of The Pradko Group I Government Contracting I Project Management I Agile I The Kindness is the Point
Given the current environment, I'm not going to mourn the loss of a Youth-to-military pipeline
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Werewolf by Night is criminally underrated
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
No one appreciates our skills Peter
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I remember reading, years ago, that Michael Buble's rider included a hockey puck from a local hockey team. Rather endearing by the standards of today's celebs

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Michael Bublé
While on tour, many musicians collect mementos of their world travels: postcards, groupie phone numbers, sexually transmitted diseases. But the Grammy-award winning singer Michael Bublé, a Canadian, r
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November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Same. I'm rocking a 4 year old business laptop and bought my wife one last year to replace her ancient one

(Biz laptops are so far superior to regular consumer grade that if more people realized the difference...)
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I lived in Kingston-Upon-Thames years ago and it's lovely. But a giant Nightmare Fuel on Ice-AI Slop mural is objectively hilarious
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It takes practice
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I dry-brine and hot smoke the breasts; dark meat gets confit'd

People who hate turkey go for seconds and thirds of mine
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 AM
So many passed opportunities in this article to explore the "why?" and instead harps on lost productivity and efficiency dragging the economy down
a bald man in a plaid shirt and vest
ALT: a bald man in a plaid shirt and vest
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November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is the time to begin audits of all systems accessed, changed, or had data changed/copied/shared

I strongly suspect sensitive govt data - including about citizens - has been shared w/ multiple private companies
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Prosecuting them for improper access and sharing of sensitive government data alone would park them behind bars for a considerable amount of time and prohibit them from ever holding a govt clearance in the future
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The chainsaw was to cut the tree into logs. Fortunately he let me use a gas-powered log splitter

But yeah, the parallel of an adult handing a 14 year old horror movie nightmare fuel with no instructions and then walking away is both very 1997 and very 2025
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This reminds me of when I was in 9th grade and my boss handed me a chainsaw and said, "see those 2 downed trees? Cut 'em up and split them for firewood"
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Them's prawns
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Reposted by Dave Pradko
Fun Fact:
The display of a swastika is illegal.
- IN GERMANY !
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In my 17 years in federal IT, I have worked on many systems that used Login.gov. Having the right director in place is crucial to ensuring over 100 million people can continue to access the govt services they need.

A MAGA appointee who will hand over data to other agencies is a critical risk
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Lines like this are the weird toothpaste flavored chocolates in the heart-shaped boxes you get for Valentine's Day: the packaging seems nice ... it's just one nice looking chocolate . Then once you bite into it, you're filled with immediate regret

(thanks to Jim Gaffigan for this analogy)
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Techno-fantasy. It sounds like a wonderful thing until you think about it for 5 seconds

1/2
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
As a project manager, the Chicago World's Fair part of Devil in the White City was more stressful than the HH Holmes part
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Some have teased me as being a hoarder but I prefer Indiscriminate Archivist
November 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM