TomF

@tomf@sfba.social
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Bay Area resident. Sports (Giants, Warriors, Sharks, 49ers), tech, semiconductors, classic rock, blues, classic R&B, intelligent political discourse, empathy for humans and our environment.
Profile pic is Willie Mays (“The Catch”), background photo is the Traitorous Eight
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LocaleSouth Peninsula

Everybody is a star. Thank you for being one and shining so brightly. Rest in Power, Sly Stone. 🙏🏿

#rip #slystone

ZAP ⚡️😇😎
Bill Atkinson was one of the most brilliant, imaginative, and compelling people I ever had the privilege to work with. His vision touched every device you use today. And his heart, his open love and humanity, exceeded all of that.
Here’s rare audio of Bill Atkinson talking about HyperCard at a 1987 NY Mac Users’ Group meeting, courtesy of Charles Mann’s wonderful Powersharing Series. https://soundcloud.com/thepowersharingseries/ps165-clip-sculley-atkinson-hypercard
PS165 - Clip - Sculley - Atkinson - Hypercard

Creator of Hypercard, Bill Atkinson, presents to the New York Macintosh Users Group to basic concepts underlying this landmark innovation in personal computing, illustrating with examples. This clip

SoundCloud
bitsavers.org (@bitsavers@oldbytes.space)

From Bill Atkinson's Facebook via the Call-A.P.P.L.E. discord: Dear Friends and Family, We regret to write that our beloved husband, father, and stepfather Bill Atkinson passed away on the night of Thursday, June 5th, 2025, due to pancreatic cancer. He was at home in Portola Valley in his bed, surrounded by family. We will miss him greatly, and he will be missed by many of you, too. He was a remarkable person, and the world will be forever different because he lived in it. He was fascinated by consciousness, and as he has passed on to a different level of consciousness, we wish him a journey as meaningful as the one it has been to have him in our lives. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, stepson, stepdaughter, two brothers, four sisters, and dog, Poppy.

OldBytes Space - Mastodon
Micro.blog Photo Challenge, Day 6: Contrast #mbjune
I'm old enough to remember people saying Hillary lost the election because "women are too emotional" #uspol
Parents Use Republican’s Own Law Against Them To Keep Their Kids From Being Subjected To Election Conspiracy Theories

This is delicious. Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma have tried to bend the education system to their will. And now they’re finding out it won’t be bent quite as easy as they thought. Fi…

Techdirt

I always said you can’t have two Prima Donnas in a single production, and #Trump and #Elon would have a public falling-out. I just wish it happened before Elon’s douche army gutted Federal services.

#kakistocracy https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mxc7liuon6iq5gzapmmwkq22/post/3lqv3zcm7ic2r

Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social)

Trump called Musk Crazy and Musk has now called Trump a liar. They both tried to force everyone to buy Teslas.

Bluesky Social
Inject this straight into my veins 😂