We need more goofy cereal and electricity safety ads and less everything else.
Josh Gondelman@joshgondelman.bsky.social · 30m agoI hate that I miss when ads were for actual things and not just AI and gambling and *wink* not gambling.
Katy C
@kc-outloud.bsky.social
Reader of words, writer of code, knitter of string, drinker of tea
Josh Gondelman@joshgondelman.bsky.social · 30m agoI’m taking a workshop this weekend and I’m so excited to learn things and so terrified of meeting new people. But this was one of my goals for 40, to find opportunities to make new friends. I feel like I need a pep talk from my nephew.
Confirmed: I accidentally took the AM meds at bedtime, which is why I’m FULLY AWAKE after just 3 hours of sleep. Also, headache.
I needed this exactly now. It’s been a big, hard week that fueled some invaluable self-realizations that I’m looking forward to bringing to therapy, AND I needed this exactly now.
Leiracal@leiracal.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf you see yourself in any of my story: You are enough. You deserve to be human and imperfect. You deserve kindness, especially from yourself. Focus on making progress, in any form, in any amount. Allow rest when you feel compressed. Progress is growth. Rest is repair. You've got this. //
What do you mean it was the overwhelming stress that made my brain stop wanting to work and killed my motivation and interest in usual hobbies?
How absolutely fucking DARE 4:30am flights exist. Sincerely, @jadelowder.bsky.social ‘s airport shuttle driver.
I ended up having to forego the chance to see @stephengrahamjones.com speak in Missoula tomorrow, but at least I was able to send my own Jade @jadelowder.bsky.social instead.
One of the things that really brought a smile to my elderly mother-in-law was hearing what her visitor counts were to her quilting website. Now she's in hospice, so I'm going to try to drive some visitation numbers up quiltsbymarlene.com This is just a fraction of her 50 years of quilting.
“Like their marriages might not count anymore” lmaoooooo the most beautiful poetic karmic revenge on my husband’s older siblings who insist our secular marriage doesn’t count.
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 3mo agoI'm frantically refreshing the Vatican News Agency site and there's nothing so far except the article from yesterday, though that was the first time I realized that invalidating their bishops and thereby their priests invalidates their sacraments. like their marriages might not count anymore lmao
I can’t QT @clairewillett.bsky.social (yet)(dream big) but my partner’s older siblings would be impacted by Schism 2.0 (dream bigger) and I am popcorn.gif following her updates on the matter.
The hill I will die on: Women say "like," "um," and "err," so frequently, because when there is the slightest pause in their speech, they are interrupted by men, and don't get the floor back to speak.🤷🏿♂️ So people that are frequently interrupted tend to use more verbal fillers. Let women speak.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo agoThe hill I will die on: I really don’t like ‘like’ – or other imprecise and redundant speech | Louis de Bernières
you’re gonna make it. no funny goth/horror similes no crafty pop culture tie in no zingy last line just the fact that you are going to make it you are enough if you left us there would be a deficit in the universe you are not the only person who struggles with believing this
If anyone wants a copy but is short on funds, I’ve got plenty of libro.fm credits to spend on gifting it to folks.
Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles)@jordanshiveley.bsky.social · 5mo agoI would love if we could make the audiobook of my novel a big success as a big fuck you to Unbound/Boundless
I’d get the laundry service that picks up and drops off for me.
This got the honor of being immediately texted to my father. He was appropriately pleased.
Trying to figure out invisible forces constantly skewing my monitor. Must be poltergeist.
“all’s well that ends well” mmm no i don’t think that’s true
Update: it was a delight, as expected! The owners and staff are real gems 💎
Katy C@kc-outloud.bsky.social · 7mo agoExcited to visit @mtbookco.bsky.social today! It’s always a treat when we are in Helena.
I'm very lucky that @minimus.io considers the work I do for Kubernetes to be part of my job. That isn't true for most maintainers. Projects are failing or suffering attacks because of a lack of contributors from companies built on top of them, and that's *everyone's* problem. dev.to/katcosgrove/...
When Projects Fail: Why Companies Should Treat Open Source as Infrastructure
Maintaining an open source project is hard. It requires managing a group of people who are largely...
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Excited to visit @mtbookco.bsky.social today! It’s always a treat when we are in Helena.
Listening to interviews with a bunch of tech policy people and apparently the term AI now means basically anything a computer does without close supervision by a human. Because AI is just a marketing term that tech companies say means whatever they want.
New ergonomic pillow means I’m sleeping better and waking with more energy. Which means I’m not falling into the “can’t get myself to take meds” trap. Which means I’m staying energized all day. Except now it’s 1:30am and I’m still wide awake knitting like it’s my job or something.
We recently went to an improv comedy show with a very clear “NO HECKLING” rule. One of the players exited a scene saying “I’m going to work on my macrame!” (Extra funny as he was an older dude) He returned mumbling “I dropped a stitch” Reader, I nearly got kicked out.
That’s $1.5 *million* in matching funds. Let’s go!
ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 7mo agoToday we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation. Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.
I’m no stranger to work-related stress nightmares, but the ones I was having last night were so incredibly chaotic that at no point did I believe I wasn’t in a dream. Which really took the bite out of the stress aspect. Now I feel like there’s nothing weirder this week can throw at me.
I thought about why I’ve been pushing back on stolen midterm fears. What’s the harm of worry, even if it doesn’t materialize? It’s this. The regime has less capacity than it’d like, and tries to make up the difference with bluster. If people act as if it’s true, that grants the regime more power.
Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 8mo agodon't carry maga's water for them. don't try to work out how there's some secret loophole in the constitution that magically ends democracy. there isn't. that's the whole fucking point you fucking dopes
Pay off medical debts starting with the deep red states (mine first). Buy a debt collection agency (or several) and shut it the fuck down.
Nome@nome.bsky.social · 8mo agoPop Quiz: You've got Elon's money. What's the first thing you buy that makes you happy? For me it's, "pay every single campaign on GoFundMe." There's only been $30bil raised by GFM its entire existence, I could drop $30bil like it was *nothing*, do immeasurable good, and be instantly beloved.