Tommy Townsend

Soul on top, software on tap

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@paularambles Paula have you tried gougere from newish NOPA cafe with the delectable cakes

[Simon Sarris @simonsarris]

@signulll lets consult the thesaurus just this once

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@memeSTlaurent This is a really good recommendation.

[Simon Sarris @simonsarris]

A perfect photograph

[nolen @itseieio]

@maxsloef it's a good language max

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@ChrisGPT Converting typescript into javascript? What? Why would you… Of all the examples….

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@ONagel33303 @GoogleDeepMind Are you always so literal, or only when you want to be obtuse?

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@michaelmicasso You’re the GOAT

[𝚟𝚒𝚎 ⟢ 🔁 @viemccoy]

Despite all that has happened, my advice remains the same. Throw yourself at the Great Lady of San Francisco and she will catch you. Do it bravely, defiantly, do it despite being afraid - it doesn't matter. She will catch you all the same, so long as your heart's really in it.

[Stella @hope__island]

Looking into QSL cards

[henry v @athirdtiger]

@jusderaisingroy Reading golding's metamorphoses is like being put in a canvas bag full of colorful elizabethan creatures and then having the bag shaken vigorously in the semidark for several hours

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@ValsTutor @deepfates Phenomenal post

[verb @sierras_account]

Reading a critical work.

[ᐱ ᑎ ᑐ ᒋ ᕮ ᒍ @Andr3jH]

"My contention is that prior to the Trojan war, the political structures of the Greek kingdoms, especially in the island territories could most aptly be characterized as...

Ofc that's your contention. You're a young aristocrat who just finished listening to some wandering poet, probably that hack from Pylos. You'll be convinced of that until next month when you hear the bard from Sparta. Then you'll be taking about how the kingdoms of Mycenae and Thebes were models of divine rulership back in our grandfathers' time. That will last until next year when you're back to regurgitating Mentor's speeches about the sacred bonds between king and people and the divine right of succession.

"Well as a matter of fact I won't because Mentor completely overlooks the importance of...

"Mentor completely overlooks the importance of the council of elders in tempering royal authority, especially in matters of inheritance..." you got that from Halitherses' speech at last year's spring festival, right? Yeah, I heard that too. Were you going to plagiarize the whole thing for us? Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter? Or is that your thing. You come to a feast, quote some elder, and pawn it off as your own idea to impress Penelope and embarrass my son Telemachus?"

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@miltonappl3 It is no Voyage to Arcturus

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@simonsarris For burgers in the lonely north, you probably want Jumbo’s Win Win. Fun and shockingly spacious ice cream bar, to boot

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@petewilz @simonsarris Pelican Inn is p99 cozy but the food is surprisingly… authentic in its Britishness. If you have taste buds you will be in pain. One time I went they were out of beer.

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@John_Attridge Odyssesus’ Scar is a perennially good recommendation

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@miltonappl3 In those Cervantes lectures he’s basically a poaster, joking around, taking liberties, being provocative

[Tommy Townsend @tomtomtowns]

@miltonappl3 I guess it is the plight of the critic that sometimes he cannot get out of his own way. I guess I never took him as seriously as you do here