Wishing everybody an amazing 2023 with this small leaf perfectcly showing our seasons from the green spring yo the dark brown winter. May nature keep showing us it's beauty this year.

JK Rowling has explicitly said she believes the money she makes is evidence that people generally agree with her views on trans people or at least those beliefs aren’t a dealbreaker to them. *You* might not think buying Wizarding stuff is supporting her views, but she sure does.

Tuning in from my brief period of unemployment to share this important sign (and adjacent boot-scrubber) outside of Lone Fir Cemetery. Someone deserves a raise.

As North America goes to sleep, #Iran has woken up and started Saturday, first day of the working week. Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini, arrested for taking part in #IranRevoIution2022 , were executed in cold blood this morning by the youth-killing regime of Khamenei

well folks the fight was long and hard. it was brutal and we had to make many concessions, like agreeing to nuke the world economy for..reasons. but you held the faith, and now, with the support of an accused pedophile, we've elected the weakest speaker of the house in 100+ years

- Experiments performed by tech guy (team) on people using ChatGPT - Subjects were in vulnerable states, suffering mental health issues - Zero consent, much less informed - Conversations recorded by OpenAI - Tech guy boasting in thread below - "It's OK, no PII" #EthicalAI

Tried the same cookie recipe with 12 different types of flour! 🍪 Watch video here: youtu.be/ez61sEkLL9M

Well this depressing #AcademicTwitter #academicfreedom nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/…

It cannot be emphasized enough to the public (and to policymakers) that XBB.1.5 - the most transmissible and immune evasive subvariant to date-is *homegrown*. It originated in the Northeast U.S. and most likely in New York State. nytimes.com/2023/01/07/sci…

Dance break! What are we dancing to? Photo from JoCo Cruise 2022 by Beth Gordon

made a homemade mouse trap today: a slice of bread with peanut butter in a tall stock pot. twenty minutes later my dog came and ate it. a few minutes after I reset it, my husband came and ate it. I don't understand how the mice finds enough food to survive in here

The ideological frame is pretty easy to explain for anyone who’s been in movement conservatism. Democrats are per se corrupt. Republicans are by definition fighters of corruption. Thus the office itself is corrupt when Dems control it, and unnecessary when the GOP is in power.

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Please remember not all women of color in tech want to do DEI work. It’s a massive burden as it is & has taken me a long time to stop feeling guilty that I don’t want to write that content, speak on those panels or educate on it. Support & learn about it? Hell yes, 100%

Yesterday my code both passed and failed a build test at the same time. Git hates me.

If you're in the US and thinking the Twitter changes "haven't been that bad", here's a good reminder other people might have different experiences. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Hey friends, with Twitter's recent changes to how third-party clients work I probably won't be checking in here very often. You can find me where the prehistoric creatures roam.

Not on Twitter much these days, but here are the links I promised for anyone that needs them: github.com/megancarney/nbd github.com/megancarney/oc… Mostly on infosec.exchange/@PwnieFan for anyone looking. :)