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Jenn

@geekgalgroks.bsky.social
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Cyberpunk engineer from the future. Hydration reminders always.

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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 37m
Okay, fine, you win universe. Next week I'll build a website for one of the domains I've had for years. Artisanal hand whittled html about what worked for me during active treatment just because I wandered throughout the house taking photos of bodycare stuff for a friend's sister with cancer.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 6h
I'm glad I packed up to leave when I did, I got sucked into a half hour conversation on the way out. I have to remember to allot extra energy for that potential.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 8h
Minnesota roll call! Awooo!
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 8h
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away called the 80s, my uncle had a hobby farm with two cows. All the cousins under 12 weren't allowed to drink the raw milk, we were only allowed to consume it if it was cooked in something. Because if you fuck up milk, it can kill kids.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 10h
The image is of a four panel comic.
In panel one, we see a crow’s face. It says, “I AM DEATH’S MESSENGER”.
In panel two, we see the same crow’s face. It continues, “YOUR TIME IS NEAR”.
In panel four, we see the crow awkwardly hopping away from a stick figure.
In panel five, we see the grim reaper with the crow perched on his hand. The grim reaper says, “So you should probably fly away dramatically instead.”
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 10h
I am genuinely always happy these days to see a friend posting about their colonoscopy prep because the number of people I know who've been told to come back in less than ten years bc of polyps found and removed is extremely high.
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 10h
Okay, so. Way back when, in the before times, I made a post about a similar phenomenon on the hellsite. Remember all those cute ring doorbell ads? The ones shoung pet rescues or heartwarming stories? Those serve to affectively prime us to accept surveillance as reasonable through their cuteness.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10h
It’s funny that when Sam Altman says this, he does not mean that HE should accept the risks.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 10h
idk needs work
Picture of hands changing a smoke alarm battery. The text reads: In brightest day. In blackest night. I shall sound with all my might. When there's a fire or when my battery is dead if you forgot to change it. Which you did. Good morning, it's 3AM. Smoke alarms chirp all night! Check the expiration dates on your smoke alarms. Test the batteries. Oath optional.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 11h
Ordering Caribou while walking in the skyway made this morning bearable. I need all the caffeine today.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 13h
Yes. I saw it with Lower Ed. Similar to challenging any orthodoxy, especially when you’re vulnerable to its collapse. You won’t convince them this is bankrupt. We who can live with the ambiguity of post austerity have to build better incentives for them, without them — and despite them. Sigh.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 01/10/2026
Hey, guess what? I’m keynoting BSides Twin Cities on October 23! My talk is called “We Keep Us Safe” and connects local community defense and protecting our neighbors to cybersecurity and fighting for the users. Local community conferences like this are so important. Come show up and support!
bsidestc.org
BSides – Twin Cities – An inclusive security conference for those in the Twin Cities area.
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🐾🐾🤍..
Four-panel comic of a fluffy black cat wearing grey armour and holding a sword and shield, against a pastel sky and green grass. The cat says: “It’s time for you to remember who the fluff you are.” Then: “A brave little warrior making a hard world softer.” Its eyes grow wide and sparkling as it adds: “I’d follow you into battle!” In the final panel, it says: “Or the kitchen.”
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 23h
My fellow dehydrated noodles, Did you forget to drink enough liquid yesterday? Did you drink a pop (soda/coke/phosphate/whatever) the size of a small baby today? Did you put on your big person panties and finally reply to an email from a month ago? Congratulations on doing the hard thing!
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jupiter is either being a kitty scientist or artist. I gave him the paper rip strip from a package that had curled. He has soaked it in water and straightened it out. So my question is it a science experiment or an attempt at paper mache?
Wet kitty footprints on a floor next to a rocking chair and a water bowl. A paper rip strip is laid across the rocker leg.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jupiter is being a kitty scientist. I gave him a craft paper rip strip that had curled. So far he has dunked it in water and straightened it out. Or maybe he is experimenting with paper mache, he could just be an artist kitty.
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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Can verify. Everyone is either sick or has someone in their household that’s sick.
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K, here and there @khereandthere.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Goth skate. I repeat, GOTH SKATE.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
6:30 personal training is hell the day after a flu shot. Don't mind me, I'm napping for half an hour before logging onto work.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm watching Barbie and then I'm going to watch Project Hail Mary. I'm going to pretend that Barbie is Ryan Gosling's fever dream in the coma.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today is a lovely day to relax and so instead of getting chores done, I, on a whim, got flu and COVID shots. Wooo! Boosted!
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thread. (It’s a new world, fellow academics.)
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Mari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My somewhat belated blog post about accessibility issues at the Los Angeles Worldcon is up: marikness.wordpress.com/2026/10/02/w...
marikness.wordpress.com
Worldcon 2026: Yes. Again.
Worldcon San Antonio 2013: I am on the floor, on a panel about poetry and fiction, unable to join my fellow panelists up on stage, because I am using a wheelchair, and the stage does not have a ram…
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today's reminder is that you shouldn't have to destroy yourself to prove you need accommodations. This reminder is brought to you by me. Who after working two days in a row in the office, has been so fatigued and hurting that I called in sick yesterday and am working from home again today.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Goodnight all my pocket friends, weirdos, and fellow dehydrated noodles. You survived the day, rest now so we can do one more.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nothing like hearing a siren test at 5pm on a sunny clear Thursday to really confuse a Minnesotan.
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David @archaeomather.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wrote about rats for @racketmn.com!
racketmn.com
How I Accidentally Pinpointed the Arrival of Rats in MN Through Environmental Archaeology  - Racket
Turns out ‘Steamboat Willie’ was actually a documentary.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Finally feel like being awake and up at 2pm. Yep, two days downtown in the plaza took all of my energy reserves. Don't worry I was up at 8am for kitty chores, calling out sick, and then I went back to bed.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh yeah, it is the obnoxiously pink month. Ugh.
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Minnesota abolished the death penalty after a botched execution in 1906. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
en.wikipedia.org
William Williams (murderer) - Wikipedia
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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Executions don't just happen, you know, you have to manage them or else it's all very hurried and awkward and looks uncomfortably like a murder." --Daggerbound, T. Kingfisher
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...
startribune.com
Perry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million
"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic...
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some of it’s here thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-origin-o...
thehistoryoftheweb.com
The Origin of the IMG Tag - The History of the Web
Why is it the <img> tag instead of the <image> tag? The answer, it turns out, dates back to one of the web's earliest browsers and one of the web's earliest discussions.
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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
JCO, speaking like a true chaos gremlin shit-poster. Joyce, honey, there are no machine made clothes. They’re all made by humans. Closest we’ve gotten is an underwear that’s laser cut and has the seams welded, but they don’t stay on anyone’s ass, and they’re plastic panties, so they suck.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
don’t turn my mailman into a cop, that sucks
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It isn't everyday that I get presented with an accessibility question and I get to push back with "This isn't accessibility, this is bad UX for everyone." I understand as the accessibility person I do get a bigger bat to use when I say no to things and sometimes I am brought in just to use my bat.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Did I just order 4 books off this pile? Yes, yes I did.
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Adrian Roselli, pH0 @aardrian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve been banging the drum about *not* using ARIA menu roles for site navigation for nearly a decade. I’ve just updated my 2017 post with what has become my general point-by-point refutation when I see them proposed: adrianroselli.com/2017/10/dont... #HTML #accessibility #a11y #ARIA
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Don’t Use ARIA Menu Roles for Site Nav
Once again, the advice is in the title of the post. But I will ramble anyway since you scrolled this far. First run with the advice, and then review some background on ARIA and how navigation and menu...
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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Folks, I know we gone over this before including, but not limited to: various rocks, trees, very rude fungus, major geographical features, etc. But do not fuck the prototaxites.
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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 30/09/2026
The 11th edition of the @webaim.bsky.social Screen Reader User Survey is now live! This is a vital resource into better understanding how people who use screen readers actually operate your website or app. webaim.org/projects/scr... My commentary on it as a thread 🧵 #a11y
webaim.org
WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #11 Results
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So either my cat just tricked me into getting up to walk around or I just tricked my cat into letting me work for a few hours. Either way he is now on a treat scavenger hunt throughout the house.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Me when I learn that a big meeting and all its little kick off meetings are cancelled.
static.klipy.com
Bill Hader's Stefon: Oh! That's Terrible! SNL
Alt: Bill Hader's Stefon smiling while saying, "Oh! That's Terrible!"
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
In case you think I'm lying, a literal interview about how the practice of hotel job interviews in #economics finally came to an end.
marketplace.org
Economists want to end hotel room job interviews
For many American economists, hotel room job interviews used to be the norm. A new policy from the American Economic Association wants to change that.
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Jenn @geekgalgroks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My partner thought I was ridiculous for saying to Jupiter, "You only got one claw trimmed. You'll get an extra treat only if you come back and get some more." A few minutes later, Jupiter voluntarily crawled up into his lap to get the rest of his claws trimmed. Jupiter enjoyed his extra fishie.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 29/09/2026
> Capitalist elites hate workers and despise worker expertise. [I] have decades of experience, sitting in rooms with (mostly) men who [...] hated that a wage servant possessed technical expertise they needed, but were too lazy, arrogant or stupid to grasp. — @cloudquistador.eurosky.social
monroelab.com
The Tech Industry: An Autopsy
The tech Industry, and the fields that grew from it, are dead.  The Industry, which, as Yasha Levine details in his book, ‘Surveillance Valley’, was always a tool of oppression, and never &#82…
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 29/09/2026
Normalize smart people admitting when they don’t know things
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lots of cultures believe(d) that disabled people are sacred or to be honored. Even “western” civilizations had respect. Was reminded that in the 1300s, it was believed that sick/poor people were considered closer to God. The plague changed that perception.
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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
great thread (as always) about how "tech people" pretend they live in a world without actual users
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.
abcnews.com
District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'
Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity.
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