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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Key engineering skill: differentiating when you need to do something clever/advanced vs are doing something dumb and need to stop

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Proposal: rebrand "info dump" as "can't contain the explain"

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Boosting in case anyone has a phone a friend at GitHub account management

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Derek Featherstone @feather.ca · 17/09/2026

Quick Accessibility Tip: Keyboard. Keyboard. Keyboard. Want to have a massive impact on accessibility for your product, right away? Do sprint demos/reviews with a keyboard only. No mouse. #accessibility #ProductManagement #a11y #inclusion

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

*blinks* ... maybe I spent too much time on early Bluesky

Screenshot of an Amazon app product listing for cold brew coffee filters with the branding 'Goaste'

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/09/2026

Given all the *flails hands* you all deserve one of the most adorable pictures I took of Baby Bird Season 2026. A snowy ploverlet peeking through a little sand shrub. Perhaps a once in a lifetime shot. 🪶 🐣

a tiny snowy plover chick, about 2 inches tall, looks through a shrub as if theyr hiding, on a beach

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Such a strangely still and warm day waiting for the train here in the Sunset - hang onto your hand fans folks it's gunna be toasty

Looking east towards sunrise uphill on an urban slip in SF

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sometimes, when someone dies, what helps me is thinking about how wonderful it is that they were even alive in the first place. Dolly was the closest you could get to an American saint. We all loved her.

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Little wobbly earthquake in SF

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 06/08/2026

Throughout history, persecuting scientists for saving lives is a frightening marker for the collapse of a society.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This is my personal Sistine Chapel. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black-and-white photo of a light skined man laughing while lying on a carpeted floor. He is reaching out one arm to a short haired black cat, which has clamped its paws and mouth down over his hand in an attack.

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Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 01/08/2026

Brain is currently ~+327 commits ahead of main.

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

a fulfillment warehouse keeps re-shipping with the same order to me with minimal packing and is just feeding porcelain to FedEx

Viral post from a while ago about coyotes and cats: My neighbor told me coyotes keep eating his outdoor cats so l asked how many cats he has and he said he just goes to the shelter and gets a new cat afterwards so | said it sounds like he's just feeding shelter cats to coyotes and then his daughter started crying

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 26/07/2026

I walked to the beach yesterday to catch up with @elsabirch.bsky.social and also crossed over 100 kilometers walked since I set out to walk every block in San Francisco! Only 1,516 more to go.

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I cannot stress enough how much everyone should read this book! Numeracy is as important as literacy and also it's a pretty and enjoyable source too

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In mythology Reddit would be called 'the great well of actuallys'

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Support page: if this Apple ID is over 10 years old... Me: *laughs in this Apple ID is over 20 years old*

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/07/2026

Please avoid all salads, including word.

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Looking on the bright side of the gerontocracy this week

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Q for other kids that went to summer camp in the 90s: was Closer to Fine a campfire song for you? Or was this just a Portlandia thing

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Vic Thorstenson @vthorstenson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Man, nobody could build a shithouse like the WPA.

Large limestone lavatory building built by Works Progress Administration workers in 1938. Located at Minneopa State Park near Mankato, MN.

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I've observed for a while that iMessage was replacing the social parts of social media and it will be interesting to see how long it holds

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Literally just Facebook circa 2010 www.vox.com/advice/49452...

Opinion headline from Vox: The lazy but incredibly effective way to stay in touch with friends
Time to spam your friends with photos.

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My husband unpacked some groceries just enough to get the perishables in the fridge and in the Stonehenge of cans waiting to be organized I found this unintended marvel

A stainless steel counter surface has a can of B&M baked beans on it, and sitting precariously but unfailing on the top and edge of the beans is an equally sized can of black olives at maybe a 10 or 15 degree angle

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

OH on Muni: marriage was just LinkedIn for peasants back in the day

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 26/06/2026

it pisses me off to no end that even the cute animal videos are ai now what the hell is wrong with people

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 08/06/2026

I walked 7.49 km today in the Sunset with @elsabirch.bsky.social, which means I’ve now wakes 11.4 km out of 1,372 km to walk every street in San Francisco.

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My least favorite vibe coding pattern is people raw dogging the database.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Hill I will die on Vaccinations should be mandatory for everyone, unless medically contraindicated and there should be consequences for any parent engaging in medical neglect and criminal consequences when that neglect maims or kills their children

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It's not hard to just avoid assuming the relationship of the adult+kids you encounter. Parents are always calling all the other adults in proximity to kids 'mom' and 'dad' 🙄

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The Cybertruck will serve briefly as a boat* *on the River Styx

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

math videos be like: this small list is infinite

still from video explaining Lie algebras. caption: out that those pieces come from a fairly small list.

still from same video, showing next line. caption: small list. Well the list is actually infinitely long but

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Is that the Golden Gate Bridge singing again?

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

just typed 'overwelp' instead of 'overwhelm' and tbh it captures *gestures broadly* much better

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

It's prompt engineering all the way down

Screenshot from the April 23rd Anthropic post mortem underlining 'system prompt instruction'

Wizard of oz screen capture of the wizard looking startled at the control panel with the words 'pay no attention to the man behind the curtain'

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Timeline cleanse good news the window install folks were careful around our local nest and it's still occupied

Zoom in from the prior side of the house with new windows pictures. On the lighting wire with vines where I crosses a drain pipe there's a birds nest with a soft beige mourning dove in it

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Many of us don’t work directly in space science, but we were inspired to become scientists by NASA. Today was an inspirational day, and I hope Artemis II galvanizes the public to recognize the importance of having a strong science program for our identity, not to mention our security and prosperity.

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

San Francisco current status

Screenshot of the Karl Weather app showing temperatures in San Francisco's neighborhoods in the 70s and low 80s

A canvas bag with a sticker covered laptop with a bottle of topo chico sparking water and a small box of cheez-it crackers

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

that part of the customer service interaction where they thank me for having a pedestrian name based email is alarmingly common for what it must mean about *gestures broadly*

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Elsa Birch @elsabirch.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I'm looking for fiction recommendations - on one hand I'd say I'm looking for distraction but the last fiction I loved was 'On The Beach' so if vaguely comforting depictions of the banalities of the apocalypse are your jam too let me know what else you've liked

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