John M. Connors

Cloud adoption architect, remote work solutioning, Raise the Jolly Roger 🏴‍☠️

[John M. Connors @JackMConnors]

@KenBurns @PBS @CBSSunday @Pogue Can’t wait Ken. As with all your works, it will be as compelling as it is enlightening.

Any chance you might have a Roman Empire documentary on the roadmap?

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@Veno202 Skenes and Keller are locks. Falter and Ortiz are logical. I think you shop Jones or Chandler. Oviedo will be a nice addition over summer. The last three? Gotta keep 2 stretched out right? 1 to the pen…

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@SAghdashloo Every time I hear Shohreh drop an eff bomb, it triggers an Expanse rewatch. Those are the rules.

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@keithlaw Dude looks like he’s seconds away from using his bulldozer to tear down the civic center used by plucky kids as a hang out to dance while avoiding the trappings of gangs, drugs and poverty while a rich slum lord yells at him to tear it down but instead gets out and dances

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@Dejan_Kovacevic What he has that (most) other wealthy people don’t have is a baseball team. He’s also stated he’d like to pass this on to family…so the real question is who takes over and do we have any evidence they would have a different approach? If yes, that’s the outcome that is realistic

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@Dejan_Kovacevic I can’t see him selling. At what point does he decide these people (Pittsburgh) will always hate me, I’m better off moving the team to North Carolina or whatever and starting over - and spending big to win & engender love (before reverting to my old ways)?

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@Dejan_Kovacevic This is a case of misaligned goals/expectations between fans and ownership. I’d imagine they have internal KPI’s tied to things like wins per dollar spent or something asinine and can point to that internally as a win/justification.

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

REPOST THIS for a chance to win this signed Paul Skenes jersey.

[Mr. Edgelord Walmart Guy @ASo1omons]

Todd: Our home number is XXX-XXX-1073. You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married for 10 years. She’s pregnant with our 3rd child. Tell her that I love her (choking up) I’ll always love her..(clearing throat) We have two boys. David, he’s 3 and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them (choking) tell them that their daddy loves them and that he is so proud of them. (clearing throat again) Our baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultra sound. It was great. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy ... ... ... Lisa?

Lisa: (barely able to speak) I’ll tell them, I promise Todd.

Todd: I’m going back to the group -- if I can get back I will...

Lisa: Todd, leave this line open...are you still there?

Lisa: (dials the phone) Hello, FBI, my name is Lisa Jefferson, I’m a telephone supervisor for GTE. I need to report a terrorist hijacking of a United Airlines Flight 93...Yes I’ll hold.

Goodwin: Hello, this is Agent Goodwin. I understand you have a hijacking situation?

Lisa: Yes sir, I’ve been talking with a passenger, a Todd Beamer, on Flight 93 who managed to get to an air phone unnoticed.

Goodwin: Where did this flight originate, and what was its destination?

Lisa: The flight left Newark New Jersey at 8 A.M. departing for San Francisco. The hijackers took over the plane shortly after takeoff, and several minutes later the plane changed course -- it is now flying east.

Goodwin: Ms. Jefferson, I need to talk to someone aboard that plane. Can you get me thru to the planes phone?

Lisa: I still have that line open sir, I can patch you through on a conference call. Hold a mo...

Todd: Hello Lisa, Lisa are you there?

Lisa: Yes, I’m here. Todd, I made a call to the FBI, Agent Goodwin is on the line and will be talking to you as well.

Todd: The others all know that this isn’t your normal hijacking. Jeremy called his wife again on his cell phone. She told him more about the World Trade Center and all.

Goodwin: Hello Todd. This is Agent Goodwin with the FBI. We have been monitoring your flight. Your plane is on a course for Washington, DC. These terrorists sent two planes into the World Trade Center and one plane into the Pentagon. Our best guess is that they plan to fly your plane into either the White House or the United States Capital Building.

Todd: I understand. Hold on...I’ll...I’ll be back..

Lisa: Mr. Goodwin, how much time do they have before they get to Washington?

Goodwin: Not long ma’am. They changed course over Cleveland; they’re approaching Pittsburgh now. Washington may be twenty minutes away.

Todd: (breathing a little heavier) The plane seems to be changing directions just a little. It’s getting pretty rough up here. The plane is flying real erratic. We’re not going to make it out of here. Listen to me. I want you to hear this. I have talked with the others -- we have decided we would not be pawns in these hijackers suicidal plot.

Lisa: Todd, what are you going to do?

Todd: We’ve hatched a plan. Four of us are going to rush the hijacker with the bomb. After we take him out, we’ll break into the cockpit. A stewardess is getting some boiling water to throw on the hijackers at the controls. We’ll get them and we’ll take them out. Lisa, will you do one last thing for me?

Lisa: Yes. What is it?

Todd: Would you pray with me?

They pray

Todd: (softer) God help me...Jesus help me...(clears throat and louder)

Todd: Are you guys ready?

Todd Morgan Beamer: Let’s Roll...

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@umichvoter @votehub Jville, Tampa, Orlando, west palm, Ft. Lauderdale, maybe miami. I’d consider throwing support behind amendments 1&2, attacking Scott/project 2025. Maybe maybe maybe move the needle

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@dick_nixon His assessment is mostly correct. The farm systems are prioritizing velo, using driveline and similar outfits. A separate but related consideration: the degree to which these pitchers are disposable assets. I think it’s akin to steroids. Short term success, long term issues

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What a drive @Charles_Leclerc my goodness. Brilliant.

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@mcuban Turn up the heat. Raise awareness. Make cause with MLBPA. Shine a light on the welfare queens of MLB to embarrass the other owners about how their shared revenue is being abused.

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@Ritholtz @TheStalwart He’s a man of the people…(and going to fire his lawyer)

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@umichvoter It’s sooo good - the pigs bladder is cut, then it’s carved and dressed on a plate before being served. Superb.

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@Ugarles Hubble still producing quality shots

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@dick_nixon How do we know it’s not? 34 year old planes with shoddy maintenance don’t just develop hydraulic issues. Deep state at work once again.

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@whstancil If they build and deploy the infrastructure required to achieve their stated goals, what then do they do with all of it once their goals are achieved? Do they just shut it down with a mission accomplished sign? Or do they pivot to the next group?

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@mryannagy Nope, just move on to the next group of troublemakers. It can be quite…cleansing.

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@mryannagy Once they round up all of the ‘illegals’ and deport them, what will they then do with all the infrastructure (housing for 20mil) and know-how (finding, arresting, removing)? I suppose just turn it off, right? Right?!?!