Austin Rockwell

[Austin Rockwell @AustinRockwell1]

Be someone who makes everybody feel like a somebody.

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

You tried to paint me as a pervert for exposing fraud, and as a result radical leftists started trying to dox me and send death threats, wanting to kill me.

Now you are taking credit for “leading the charge” on the fraud. Are you serious?

You are the fraud.

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

The dishwasher broke

My wife said "good thing we have the home warranty"

I said nothing

I've been paying $62 a month for three years for this moment

$2,232 for the peace of mind that when something breaks someone will come to the house and tell me it's not covered

I called

47 minutes on hold

They sent a technician

Arrival window: Tuesday through Thursday between 8am and 5pm

My analyst delivers faster than that

And he still hasn't fixed the gridlines

He showed up Wednesday at 4:47pm

Looked at the dishwasher

Opened the door

Closed the door

Touched something underneath

Said "not covered"

90 seconds

That's faster than my bank lets me prove I'm human

I said "what's covered"

He said "the motor"

I said "what's wrong with it"

He said "not the motor"

I said "convenient"

He said the service fee is $75

I paid a man $75 to open my dishwasher, close my dishwasher, and say two words

My analyst could do that

And he's not even that good

I called the warranty company back

38 minutes on hold

Requested the policy

129 pages

I read all 129 pages

Because that's what I do

The coverage section is 34 pages

The exclusions section is 58

The business model is right there

In the margins

Where nobody reads

Except me

Page 91 says "all mechanical and electrical components essential to appliance function are covered under standard service"

Page 104 excludes control panels

A control panel is an electrical component essential to appliance function

Their own document contradicts itself 13 pages apart

I highlighted both

Sent them an email

Subject line: "Plz fix. Thx."

Attached both pages

No other context

Took them three days to send a technician

Took them 4 hours to call me back when I found the loophole

Funny how that works

They covered the repair

Waived the $75

And I canceled the warranty anyway

Because a contract that contradicts itself isn't a contract

It's a suggestion

My wife said "so we're canceling"

I said "we're canceling"

She said "and the dishwasher"

I said "fixed. They're covering it."

She said "how"

I said "I read the policy"

She said "all 129 pages"

I said "the exclusions section starts on page 47. The coverage section ends on page 34. There are 13 pages between them where they hoped nobody would look."

She looked at me

Then she said "you're unbelievable"

I said "I just saved us $744 a year and got a free dishwasher repair. I'm not unbelievable. I'm thorough."

She looked at the ceiling

The dishwasher works now

The warranty is canceled

And the policy has been read

By at least one person

Probably the first

Make common sense common again

Plz fix. Thx.

Sent from my iPhone

[Zoya🕊️ @Zoya_ki_batein]

I just saw a TikTok that basically said women don't have maternity leave in America because companies like Nestle lobby against those laws cause their profits for baby formula would tank as mothers would be home to breastfeed their kids

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

It's Sunday.

I love Sundays.

Quiet morning.
Coffee on the deck.
Mountains in the distance.
No meetings until tomorrow.

I checked Slack.

Just to see.

56 unread messages.

Most from Friday.

People asking questions.

Waiting for answers.

That I haven't given.

Because it's the weekend.

I don't work weekends.

That's my boundary.

I announced it at the all-hands.

"Leadership requires rest. Rest requires boundaries."

Very inspiring.

People clapped.

Then I sent a Slack.

At 11:47 PM.

On Saturday.

"Quick thought for Monday—"

It wasn't quick.

It was 400 words.

About a new initiative.

Due Wednesday.

I scheduled it for 7 AM Sunday.

So it wouldn't seem like I was working Saturday night.

But also so they'd see it Sunday morning.

Before their Sunday.

Became about Monday.

That's not my boundary.

That's just communication.

I checked badge data.

From my phone.

Someone was in the office yesterday.

Saturday.

Sarah.

Of course.

Sarah was there from 10 AM to 4 PM.

I sent her a Slack.

"Love the dedication! This is what Tier 1 looks like."

She responded immediately.

On Sunday.

At 8:14 AM.

"Thank you! Just wanted to get ahead of the week!"

She's scared.

I can tell.

I don't know of what.

But she's in the office on Saturdays.

And responding to Slack on Sundays.

That's dedication.

Or fear.

Same metric.

I wrote a LinkedIn post.

About work-life balance.

"The best leaders know when to disconnect. Your team is watching. Model the behavior you want to see. Rest is productive. Boundaries are strength."

147 likes.

23 comments.

"So true!"
"Needed to hear this."
"This is leadership."

I posted it from my hot tub.

The hot tub has WiFi.

For boundaries.

Then I opened my laptop.

Just for a minute.

To review the Monday agenda.

And add three items.

For other people.

Due Tuesday.

That's not working.

That's preparing.

Preparing is rest.

My wife asked what I was doing.

"Just checking something."

I've been checking something for three hours.

On my phone.

On my laptop.

On my iPad.

All three.

Different apps.

Same anxiety.

Not my anxiety.

I don't have anxiety.

I create it.

For others.

That's leadership.

Tomorrow is Monday.

I have a 9 AM.

From Aspen.

The team has a 9 AM.

From the office.

They commuted.

I didn't.

But we're all on Zoom.

Together.

That's culture.

I wrote a note for the Monday meeting.

"Let's discuss weekend reflections."

I want to know what they thought about.

Over the weekend.

About work.

They should be thinking about work.

On the weekend.

I was thinking about work.

On the weekend.

From my hot tub.

With WiFi.

That's alignment.

If I'm thinking about work, they should be thinking about work.

If I can't disconnect, they can't disconnect.

But I told them to disconnect.

In the LinkedIn post.

That I wrote.

While not disconnecting.

On Sunday.

From my hot tub.

Very aligned.

I scheduled three meetings for tomorrow.

7:30 AM.

12:00 PM.

5:45 PM.

The 7:30 is early.

But I'm three hours behind.

So it's 4:30 for me.

PM.

Very reasonable.

For me.

The 5:45 is late.

But I'll be done by dinner.

Mountain time.

They'll be done by 8:45 PM.

If there's no follow-up.

There's always follow-up.

But that's not my problem.

That's scheduling.

Scheduling is flexible.

I'm very flexible.

From Aspen.

Meanwhile, somewhere.

An employee is looking at their phone.

Seeing my Saturday Slack.

Scheduled for Sunday morning.

About a Wednesday deadline.

That didn't exist on Friday.

Their Sunday is now about Monday.

Their Monday is now about Wednesday.

Their Wednesday is now about me.

Everything is about me.

That's leadership.

I closed my laptop.

Boundary achieved.

Then I opened my phone.

Just to check.

One more time.

Sarah responded again.

"Already working on the initiative! Will have a draft by EOD tomorrow!"

EOD tomorrow is Monday.

The deadline is Wednesday.

She's two days early.

That's dedication.

Or fear.

I don't know the difference.

I don't need to.

Both look the same on the metrics.

And metrics are what matter.

Even on Sunday.

Especially on Sunday.

Sunday is when I plan the metrics.

For the week.

That measures them.

Not me.

I'm unmeasurable.

I'm leadership.

Happy Sunday.

See you tomorrow.

At 7:30 AM.

Your time.

[IT Unprofessional @it_unprofession]

My wife just asked me if I'm "done working" because her sister wants to FaceTime.

I said, "Yeah, the upgrade finished. Everything's stable now."

I haven't looked at a single work system all day. I've been playing Elden Ring for 4 hours.

But I made sure to leave my laptop open on my desk with a terminal window visible. Just black screen with green text scrolling. Looks very official.

It's actually just running ping google on repeat. But to anyone who glances in, it looks like I'm monitoring something critical.

We got on FaceTime with her sister. She asked what I was working on today.

I said, "Just some backend infrastructure maintenance. Nothing exciting."

She said, "You work too hard."

I nodded solemnly. "Someone's gotta keep the lights on."

My wife squeezed my hand. She thinks I'm dedicated.

The truth? I haven't done a single work-related thing since Thursday afternoon.

But the appearance of work is more important than the work itself. And the best part about IT? Nobody actually knows what you're doing, so they just assume you're doing something important.

Legacy building isn't about what you accomplish. It's about what people think you accomplish.

[Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton]

Tim Walz issues a full apology to taxpayers, vows not to rest until every penny is repaid and guarantees everyone involved will go to prison.

Kidding, he called any investigating into the BILLIONS in fraud “White supremacy”

[The Biblical Man @Biblicalman]

I spent $8,000 on therapy.

Two years of sessions.

Every week, we "explored my childhood."

Then I tried biblical counseling.

First session: "You're a sinner. So am I. Christ died for both of us. Now let's figure out how to live differently."

I changed more in 3 months than 2 years.

One system wants your money.

The other wants your transformation...

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Jordan Peterson's chilling reality check on human nature

"People read Nazi history and always think they're Schindler—the hero who would've saved Anne Frank.
They never imagine themselves as the perpetrator.
But look at the pandemic: 30% of my Canadian neighbors were thrilled to inform on others.
They would've worn masks forever if it meant feeling morally superior."

Dark truth about what people are capable of when given the chance.

0:34 clip inside—uncomfortable wake-up call.

[Tony Reinke @TonyReinke]

Tim Keller (2007): “The world embraces Christmas in a way it has never embraced Good Friday and Easter. I think the world sees Christmas as being rather affirming — it’s all about peace and goodwill. Isn’t that nice? Actually, the message of Christmas is incredibly confrontational. It says the reason for Christmas is the world’s wisdom has failed.”

[Brett Favre @BrettFavre]

For more than 20 years I put my hands up in celebration on the gridiron.

Now, I put my hands up to the One that gave me all my talents and abilities — the King of my life, Jesus Christ.

I’ve never claimed to be perfect, but my aim is for the direction of my life to honor Christ and I pray my faith increases.

So I do want to wish you all a Merry Christmas, whether you’re solo, with family, or friends, and if you haven’t done so, put your faith in Him who can save, Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:8-9

[8] For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, [9] not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

[Dovy🔌 @DovySimuMMA]

Me helping the women in my family cook Christmas dinner

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Trump was right again.

Kimmel was next.

[Jay Yang @Jayyanginspires]

this is the way

[ʎʞɔnl @CELE6RITY]

gonna start running tomorrow but I’m confused how it works… am I just supposed to literally take off running? that’s so embarrassing 😭

[Tom Alder @tomaldertweets]

The Apple website, every year since 1997, in chronological order.

1/28:
1997 - "Introducing CyberDrive"

[Jeremy Wayne Tate @JeremyTate41]

Easter traditions from around the world 🧵

1. Good Friday at the Amalfi Cathedral, Italy

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Worth mentioning again

[Duolingo @duolingo]

both killed by a Cybertruck

RIP

[Lee Zeldin @epaleezeldin]

🚨In partnership with @DOGE, I just CANCELLED 9 more wasteful @EPA DEI and Environmental Justice contracts, saving American taxpayers another ~$60 MILLION. I’m just warming up! I have ZERO tolerance for even a penny of your hard-earned tax dollars to be wasted or abused.