Tom Resing
Content designer at Microsoft. Content design, Microsoft products, books (mostly anti-racist learning), cats, basketball (mostly San Antonio Spurs), and AI.
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- Unpopular opinion: Chris Paul is really good at basketball! I, for one, hope he lands somewhere that he’s happy with to end his long, successful career.
- What’s ahead for Chris Paul? Potential landing spots for NBA veteran as trade deadline nears | NBA News rawchili.com/nba/584154/ NBA veteran Chris Paul (Image via: Getty Images) A blockbuster three-team trade involving the LA Clippers, Brooklyn Nets,…
- Alley oop!
- I grew up with The Washington Post all around me, literally. I wrapped presents with the comics. I played on the floor under the pages my dad read daily. Local journalists bring so much value to their cities. Recognize them and support them in this time of need. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
- “Critics on social media” have called Victor names? Since he tunes out social media, i doubt that affects him. And, it shouldn’t. Most social media, unlike @bsky.app is optimized for engagement and user attention to ads, encouraging posters to post hurtful things. And some posters are AI bots.
- A week after Victor Wembanyama said as a “foreigner” he is “concerned” about the fallout from denouncing the killing of two Minneapolis residents by federal agents, Doc Rivers is encouraging everyone to speak out — even if there are consequences. www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
- About time! Seattle public transportation payment upgrade just before the World Cup visitors arrive. I've tapped my credit to pay for buses and trains in pretty much every other city I've visited in the past few years. Surprised a "tech town" was so late to the party!
- The future is plastic. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
- Check out Reader Bot by Naomi S. Baron. Only 11 pages in after picking it up at Madison Books in Seattle yesterday. Already, I’ve learned a bit about what happens when AI reads and why it matters. First unique metaphor: comparing AI to garment making and fabrication vs whole cloth #Booksky
- Wictionary helps with the double or triple meaning of whole cloth. ±newly made textile ±complete fabrication ±something not based on anything else AI seems to make something entirely new. However, AI gives us words made from pieces of other words: a fabrication en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whole_c...
- Naomi Baron is my new hero. A women born in 1946 who researches “computer-mediated communication” and writes books about language and AI and algorithms. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_B...
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View full threadReader Bot is on @thestorygraph.com However, it does not show up in search results by the title, only the ISBN. I filed a bug after failing to add the book because the ISBN marked it as a duplicate even though I couldn't find it in search without using the ISBN. app.thestorygraph.com/books/ca2cc6...
- If you’d rather spend 5 minutes reading than an hour 20 watching with ads, here’s a summary. Basically, lots of people missed the solar revolution and underestimate how efficient electric cars are. Other people think this guys’ reasoning will change minds! tildes.net/~enviro/1sfi...
- Hold DHS accountable
- This is what a safe, transparent social network looks like
- In 2025, as Bluesky grew from 25M to 42M users, we took actions to keep it welcoming, using proactive design to reduce toxic content by 79%. Our 2025 Transparency Report shares how we're building a safer platform while keeping a transparent and human-centered approach: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
