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Customer advocate => full-stack developer | Engineering leader, building @tingles.singles and @sewing.club | Meetup organizer | Mom of two | Sewing, gardening, cooking, gaming (video games, board games, TTRPGs) | Avatar: @reverentgeek.com
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there’s a type of person who doesn’t “sweat the small stuff” bc “things will just work out,” who doesn’t see that things “just working out” is the result of others stretching to accommodate them and their failure to “sweat the small stuff,” so the person and/or their plan doesn’t go off the rails.

I loved how this was written. www.zdnet.com/article/act-...

Rather than reject climate science like many on the right, some have followed the path laid out by environmentalist and white nationalist John Tanton, using concerns about population growth and scarce resources to rationalize their hateful agendas. (Published Oct. 2024)

Obsidian is now free for work. Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore the organizations that support Obsidian on our site. obsidian.md/blog/free-fo...

Our app just launched for realsies! It’s a beauty inventory app that we built to track stuff in our cabinets, and shop smarter. (Do I need another red lipstick? Did I even like this sunscreen or was I just in a hurry? Etc.) ✨Download it now from an AppStore near you: apps.apple.com/us/app/beaut...

If anyone else finds something dashboard-like more helpful in understanding where we are with Project 2025, check out (and support) this effort: www.project2025.observer

incredible thread of canadian wwii history

this is the kind of tech blogging no one does anymore and there should be way more of @willsmith.fun next.content.town/p/unfucking-...

This is very cool! And yes, saying "Not everyone can afford to leave the country!" is a valid initial reaction. After that initial reaction, please consider sharing a link to mutual aid requests for folk that you have personally verified, but do this *on your own timeline*.

I just wrote a piece called "In Praise of 'Normal' Engineers". (partly paywalled) When people talk about world-class engineering orgs, they usually have in mind orgs that are top-heavy with the most experienced and pedigured talent. This gets it exactly backwards. refactoring.fm/p/in-praise-...

Another word for "regulation" is... "consumer protection" "environmental protection" "Regulation" means your milk is safe. "Regulation" means toys that harm your babies are removed from the shelves. "Regulation" means chemical companies can't dump waste in your river.

i was just talking with @joelhooks.com last night about how the differences between "startup" ppl who've felt financial instability (especially as kids) and the ones who've always had it cushy "break things" is just not something you do if you remember NEEDING things.

Over the last 6 months, @amy.stackingthebricks.com & I have worked on a handful of high-profile (and high revenue) product launches that *aren’t our products.* It’s been a lot of fun, & it’s inspired some new resources for us to share! Here’s the first: stackingthebricks.com/email-ideas/

“I don’t t fit neatly into job descriptions. I never have. I am brilliant, resourceful, and intuitive. I write. I teach. I connect the dots others don’t t see. I can talk to anyone. But none of that fits into a hiring algorithm.”

 Boy, can I relate to that. carriebickner.com/2025/02/12/i...

AI CANNOT HAVE THE EM DASH I LOVE THE EM DASH

I'm once again asking mutuals to write for @piccalil.li. We pay! I will open up to submissions this year, I promise. We've got more work to do to snuff out AI slop first because I will never allow that crap on piccalilli. Just DM or email me, moots :)

Starter app on @glitch.com that you can fork, start hacking on, and just run. Great way to experiment!

I never wanted to wear earrings until I saw this: microscope earrings https://www.boutiqueacademia.com/products/microscope-earrings #Science #Jewellery

didn't realize their dev team was 3 permanent engineers. no doubt in my mind that's the highest positive impact per head of any software job in the world

One of the lessons of the mid-late last century is that consistent systems will beat smart people every day of the week.

DeepSeek took off in part because, in a first, it offered a reasoning model that explains to you what it's doing. Its success shows how little AI product teams have done so far to make their products appealing to normal people: www.platformer.news/deepseek-des...

I don't know who needs this but this just chilled me out considerably considering everything happening everywhere *waves hands* www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Tw...

Hi folks! 👋 I’m looking for my next role in product management, project management, or similar! I have over a decade of experience leading software teams from ideation to launch across both startups & large tech companies. I’m based out of NorCal & also open to remote work. Reposts appreciated!

OpenAI right now

Hey #WebDev folks, Manning is having a sale until January 31! Buy two of anything and get 40% off your order. It's a great time to grab Design for Developers. I cover: UX Practices Design Principles Color theory & typography Plus much more, all in one book! www.manning.com/books/design...

For anyone who has trouble and trauma following the firehose of news reports, a quick reminder that this project is still working hard and going strong: whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com Daily summaries of the headlines of American politics without commentary / interpretation. The "need to knows".

Cloudlflare blocks RSS readers. Somehow unsurprised. openrss.org/blog/using-c...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro's full post ordering an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods, says he doesn't really like traveling to the U.S. because it's “a bit boring” and invokes the ancestors

Late one night In 1985, a phone company suddenly found its network overwhelmed by a series of rapid, random calls. These were traced back to a single office building that contained two Coke machines. /1

Looking back at the "tradwife" and related trends in 2024, like the "I can't pay my mortgage" TikToks. What's remarkable is how fake it all is. In reality, women are more independent than ever. It's propaganda more than a trend. www.salon.com/2024/12/19/t...

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

New from 404 Media: nearly a *dozen* aircraft near New Jersey/JFK have reported people shining lasers at them Tuesday during ongoing drone panic, according to ATC audio we listened to. Serious danger to people "We are getting lasered" Audio here: www.404media.co/we-are-getti...

why are you booing him he's right

Just finished over the weekend: a minisite documenting how I use notebooks to organize life. Also includes a list of favorite stationery supplies. #journaling #stationery analog.melanie-richards.com

like i have been saying, a lot of americans do not treat politics as “real” — they approach it with an ironic distance that allows them to treat clear threats and statements of intent as mere rhetoric. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/u...

The extremely aggressive push for teachers to implement AI tools feels like a Trojan horse to get impressionable kids hooked and secure lifelong customers. We've seen similar tactics from the tobacco industry and the social media industry. Teachers should stop falling for it. I'll explain: #edusky

The `@starting-style` at-rule allows us to define styles for elements just as they are first rendered in the DOM. The classic situation this solves is trying to animate an element from `display: none`. @monknow.bsky.social nails the examples. ⭐️ css-tricks.com/almanac/rule...

Safari 18.2 is here! For web developers, it’s the biggest release of new features this year. Highlights include cross-document View Transitions, text-box, spatial videos in visionOS, ruby improvements, WASM garbage collection, HTTPS by default, Genmoji, and more. webkit.org/blog/16301/w...

I would absolutely rather talk about astrophysics than health — partly because it’s where my expertise lies and partly because it’s more fun — but as a human person with a frustratingly biological existence (and friends and family who are also humans) it’s real hard to just ignore this dire stuff

Reminds me of that episode in The Handmaid Tales where Serena Joy thought because she had written the rules and bylaws for women as incubators and all that bs that she would be equal to the men and was shocked when they kicked her complicit ass out of the big meeting.