Chastity Blackwell
@blackisis.bsky.social
SRE in denial and Terraform whisperer.
it’s never a great sign for your society when all the competent people who believe in doing a good job for the sake of it conclude that they’re actively being punished for these qualities, while malignantly stupid criminals are making bank
I regret to inform everyone that I am back to being angry about Terraform (and Terraform Cloud).
If you want to support Blue Bottle Games, their spacesim Ostranauts is leaving Early Access next Monday, August 3rd! store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/...
Ostranauts on Steam
Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel,...
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Daniel Fedor@dcfedor.bsky.social · 2w agoBlue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12
As much as I would love to say "they are sloppin' it up" this is a really dumb metric. These are bugs they found -- if they hadn't found the bugs, would that have been better? How many bugs did they find that would never have been found before? This is the same as judging by number of incidents.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · last wk.GOOGLE, MICROSOFT REPORT RECORD NUMBER OF SOFTWARE BUGS AS US SAYS KNOWN CYBER VULNERABILITIES SET TO FAR EXCEED 2025 TOTAL
I have been waiting for this so long, but have always been afraid it would never live up to my imagination, but...this looks very promising. And Gibson seems to be very pleased with it, at least.
William Gibson@greatdismal.bsky.social · 2w agoWishing that GitHub had a name that would fit nicely into the "HipChat not so hip" quip that was used to describe that outage during SRECon...2016? No points for guessing what award-winning wordsmith came up with that one, too.
COVER REVEAL Thrilled to share the *incredible* cover for “Not Like Other Girls,” my upcoming story at @reactorsff.bsky.social ! Art: A.W. Sommers Design: Jess Kiley Editor: Ann VanderMeer Preorder here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 3w agoHappening now in Chicago: community members and activists are in the La Villita/Little Village neighborhood to demonstrate against continued ICE violence in across the country. In just the last two weeks, ICE agents have killed 2 men. A 3rd died running from agents, and a 4th died in ICE custody.
BAY AREAAAAA: if you want a job and know computer pls dm me, priority given to unemployed trannies
I read Neuromancer and LotR and that's why I have two shelves full of Shadowrun sourcebooks.
Rob@greaterhermit.bsky.social · last mo.If you’re a dude at 15 you have to pick a book to choose what kind of nerd you’re going to be. You can be a Dune nerd or a Tolkien nerd or a William Gibson nerd. This is like picking your starter pokemon
So I said “Bobby Lee, it sounds like you’re just feeding brigades to emplaced artillery” and then Longstreet started crying.
See, this is the kind of thing I missed living in California for 8 years.
Robert Loerzel@robertloerzel.bsky.social · last mo.Tonight’s lightning, seen looking north across the Montrose Beach Dunes
i think there is now a narrow lane for AI optimism now where optimism is strictly defined as "the good use cases for AI/ML stick around, some of the hyperscalers go tits up and the survivors become normal SaaS companies, and the handful of billionaires who manipulated the entire economy go to jail"
if you're trans, you have to live. one day you can live to see these guys all die.
to whoever is reading this, if you're struggling there are people you can talk to. please reach out if you need it. you're loved. translifeline.org/hotline/
Hotline - Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. Call us if you need someone trans
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Someone tell @remapradio.bsky.social: blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/25/b...
Bears Team Up With Hallmark For Christmas Movie — And They're Looking For Extras
"Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story" will be the third football special by Hallmark Media, the NFL and Skydance Sports. The past two years featured the Bills and Chiefs.
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It's unusual for me to do this, but I know the job market is hard for a lot of people right now. An org I'm affiliated with is hiring a (fully remote) senior CloudOps engineer (AWS). Feel free to ask me questions about it, I'll help if I can job-boards.greenhouse.io/flickr/jobs/...
Senior Cloud Ops Engineer, Flickr
Remote/WFH
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Happy five years to the GOAT trans meme, decided it was time to update it properly
I want to emphasize this because it’s trans history. In the 80s and 90s a lot of trucking companies paid well and covered transition care. There were a lot of trans women that took jobs as truckers, transitioned, and quietly disappeared into their lives. Nothing white collar about it.
Ariana Serpentine@arianaserpentine.bsky.social · 2mo agoThere are a seemingly disproportionate number of trans women in tech because that industry pays well and has generally been decent about people transitioning. In the 90s it was trucking, not tech. If other industries followed suit you’d see a whole lot of trans women in other roles.
I side eye anyone using AI slop images in their decks. Don't do it. Your deck looks the same as anyone else's, it's uncanny valley distracting, and you'd be better off without the image, or just doing stick figures.
Eugene Vinitsky 🍒@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 2mo agoClaude making all slides prettier is one of those funny things where once everyone does it, we are all worse off. Just an extra cost
Andy Merrill (Brak) is an Amazon delivery driver. Carey Means (Frylock) got CHF from/exacerbated by COVID & was recently working as a restaurant dishwasher. C. Martin Croker (Zorak) died of sepsis from an infected tooth he couldn't afford to get treated. Capitalism destroys both art & artist.
Colton@sniperking323.bsky.social · 2mo agoSaw this on FB. If you’ve ever enjoyed Aqua Teen, please help if you can. Someone who’s such an integral part of one of Adult Swim’s most beloved shows deserves much better than this.
"STEVE, RELEASE THE PHONE^H^H^H^H^HDATACENTER SPIDERS!"
PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 2mo agoAnyone need a story prompt? We open for general subs at the start of August… 🕷️
Have you watched my latest video? (And have you shared it if you enjoyed it?👀) Here's what people are saying about it! "This might be your best video" "a timeless masterpiece" "Yep and that's me crying" "extremely inspiring" "This came at such a perfect time" "I think I needed this video." "Meh"
Pixel a Day@pixeladay.bsky.social · 3mo ago***New video is out!*** About what Wanderstop and Celeste have to say about self-acceptance, and how all of it got very personal for me last year. Video here: youtu.be/op6c1FaliyQ Support me here: patreon.com/pixeladay
So, friends: I promised I'd tell the story. Now I shall. Let a (former) psych nurse tell you the true (gods help us) story of a night in a big-time NYC emergency room: and the arrival of The Man With The Bloomingdales Bag. (1/n)
