Tom Maes • @[email protected]

iOS dev •  obsessive • dad • technostalgic • couch potato • he/him

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

On this day in 1989 I grabbed the video cassette containing all the famous pictures of the Tiananmen massacre inc the tank man & walked down to the Beijing Hotel lobby. A cop came over to arrest me but a burst of fire outside distracted him & I slipped past. We got the pictures out via Hong Kong.

[Tom Maes • @[email protected] @tmaes]

@HalleWinkler Happy Thanksgiving! <3

[capitolhunters @capitolhunters]

Someone has to say it: Elon Musk has lied for 27 years about his credentials. He does not have a BS in Physics, or any technical field. Did not get into a PhD program. Dropped out in 1995 & was illegal. Later, investors quietly arranged a diploma - but not in science. 🧵1/

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

Seems to me that all the benefit of the doubt Elon Musk received from media, from so-called thought leaders, from corporate America, comes from a society that doesn't see racism, sexism as signs of flawed character or judgment, but instead as sort of normal and besides the point.

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

At Apple, we believe everyone should have the freedom to marry the person they love. We’re proud to support the bipartisan Respect for Marriage Act and strongly urge the U.S. Senate to act on behalf of families across the nation.

[Tom Maes • @[email protected] @tmaes]

“Once you stop taking Musk at his word, his heroic popular image evaporates and a far darker reality begins to reveal itself.”

[E.W. Niedermeyer @Tweetermeyer]

When I First Saw Elon Musk for Who He Really Is

https://t.co/4dspbY4TEA

[Steve Krenzel @stevekrenzel]

With Twitter's change in ownership last week, I'm probably in the clear to talk about the most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter.

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[The Onion @TheOnion]

Please Like Me https://t.co/tumXhysqFW

[Jeff Nesbit @jeffnesbit]

My money is on @AOC in the fight you picked, @elonmusk

[Tom Maes • @[email protected] @tmaes]

@jeremyburge Congratulations! You both look smashing ✨

[VCs Congratulating Themselves 👏👏👏 @VCBrags]

👏 👏 👏

[Tom Maes • @[email protected] @tmaes]

Amazon’s got to be pretty upset to see Rings of Power upstaged by a way richer spectacle of exotic islander mythology. At a fraction of the budget too.

[Tom Maes • @[email protected] @tmaes]

@pauldarcey Smart. It always was “an experience” though.

[Tom Maes • @[email protected] @tmaes]

As per yearly tradition, Apple kindly provided me with an empty iPhone Pro case. Here’s my review.

[Tom Maes • @[email protected] @tmaes]

@pauldarcey This day 1 purchasing idiocy was a lot more joyful when I would simply wait outside an Apple Store in the rain for a night.

[Tom Maes • @[email protected] @tmaes]

@radiantav Not quite. One has a cracked screen, the other a badly dinged up back. So it all worked out for this picture 😄

[Tom Maes • @[email protected] @tmaes]

@mpospese Ah yeah it’s pretty nuts. Cameras keep getting bulked up. My jeans pockets have lense island indentations now.