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Jen Gentleman

@jenmsft.bsky.social
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I work on the Windows engineering team at Microsoft and help with feedback for Start menu, Settings, taskbar, input + more You can find me on most of the other social media apps including Twitter and reddit with the same account name @jenmsft

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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 18h
"Looking forward to seeing you at your dentist appointment" says the automated message Well, that makes one of us
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Queue the mission impossible music
A squirrel hanging upside down from a dangling bird feeder in order to eat from it
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In other news, these are dangerously good
A bag of Kirkland rice crackersSaid rice crackers in a bowl - they're vibrant with different colours, green and red and beige and different shapes
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Whatever you do, don't bring David Bowie to a job interview — he knows how to perform under pressure
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Made it to the end of the week - cheers 🥂
Holding up a glass of bourbon, saluting you
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This month marks my 18 year anniversary at Microsoft - it's hard to believe it
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Listening to a long audiobook series - it really speaks volumes to me
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Baby's home
A photo of my kitten Coco wearing an elizabethian collar, staring into the camera
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Normalize taking a sick day for mental health
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My kitten needs emergency surgery - please cross all your fingers for her 😞
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There's no concept of privacy when you have multiple cats
Two sets of small white paws reaching out from under a closed door
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"She does look like she used to (in this movie from 25 years ago)" Yes, people do in fact get older
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wait I think I've watched this scifi show
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mood
A Work Chronicles comic - someone typing at a computer at a desk while someone else talks to them. "How's that urgent task coming along", the person standing asks, continuing "we really need to get that done by tomorrow - what's the hold up". The person sitting, who has continued typing this whole time, replies, "This conversation"
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pizza, anyone?
A meat lovers pizza and a butter chicken pizza look invitingly at you
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just putting it out there, but if you're in a situation where you need to plug and unplug something from the back of a monitor or TV or tower or whatever regularly, consider putting a raised sticker above the port that you use if it's not in a position where you can just easily look at the port
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How is it only Tuesday?
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Accidentally typo'd bitlocker as bitlicker and suddenly a new kink was born
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Widow's bay is great - that's the tweet
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It makes me happy this dialog has dark mode now in the Insider builds
Showing the autoplay dialog "choose what to do with this device". The whole dialog features a generally updated design
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It seems to be raining, would you like help with that?
Holding up a clear umbrella which has the Cortana logo on it, and says "hey Cortana, do I need an umbrella". The umbrella is dotted with rain against the grey sky
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Are those earrings... tiny little tropical fish in a bag?" Maybe
A photo of me wearing said earrings (my face is off screen so all you can see is the side of my glasses and ear with the earring
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When your Windows lock screen random image changes and it's somewhere you've actually been
Leonardo DiCaprio sitting up on the couch, pointing in recognition at something off screen, while holding a beer and cigarette in the other hand
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My cat screams I scream My teammates listening to me unmuted on the call: ??????
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Playing my favourite game
It's an old box for the game Battleship, except it's been renamed Scheduling. Two kids are visible playing with an outlook calendar. "3 PM Thursday!" "It's a hit! You sunk my focus time"
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bluesky has seemingly decided to show me every single picture people share here of their fresh ripe tomato harvests, and you know what, I'm here for it 🍅🍅🍅
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The latest install of the Halo series is different from what I expected
A box of 6 Halo lights - not actually related to the video game (or is it?)
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Sunday vibes
My very large fluffy cat Biscuit, belly up on the floor asleep. Slightly behind him, my kitten Coco also lies on the floor - stretched out, resting
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Hey girl, have you been listening to too much Gangnam Style? Because you psy a lot
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Reading the news some days is like, that can't be real can it? And you sigh, because it's real
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just look at how adorable this emoji is 😆
The new Distorted Face emoji from Emoji 17, in the Windows 11 style. It has huge eyes that takes up most of its face, with a small blush 

Someone may comment on the fact that I used my phone to take a picture of my laptop screen
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
One of the perks people don't talk about when you have live captions enabled in Teams, is that if you're not paying attention and someone says your name, you can quickly scan through what they just said 😅
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Is this (gestures at photo) Getting a byte to eat?
A CD which has several bite taken out of it
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
For anyone that needs it - there's an active exchange online issue being investigated
Two posts from the M365 status account on Twitter, saying:

We're investigating reports of Exchange Online issues. Please see EX1464935 in the admin center for more information

We've confirmed that users may experience degraded functionality with various Exchange Online functionalities. We're reviewing service telemetry and diagnostic data to isolate the source of the issue. For more information, please see EX1464935 in the admin center.
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Them: "I'll work on that in September" In my head: Oh, that's so far away... Dear reader, September starts tomorrow
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I'm not sure what kind of bra this is, but probably webbed?
At the movie theatre, cinema 11 has a digital sign for "spider man: bra"
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"If I sucked too hard on my speaker did I—" Have you ever seen someone post something on help forum and then thought to yourself, wait, what did you do?
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I met clippy!
A photo of me and my husband, with clippy standing between us - I'm making a peace sign and smiling while my husband shows his arm guns and clippy does a thumbs up
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
When you never skip leg day but also you want to play hopscotch
A long game of hotskotch done in chock on the side walk probably over 100 tiles
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
That's not a bed, Coco
My kitten Coco curled up in my bathroom sink. She's poking her head up from under the bathroom hand towel, which is draped across her. Someone may comment on the sink style, which looks like a ramen bowl sitting on the counter
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Pull out a jar from the fridge Eye the expiry date Pale Sigh Put it back in the fridge That's a future me problem
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Wait, now tim curry passed away????
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What's the fun in setting up a new tower PC at the office if you can't take the opportunity to give yourself robot arms
A photo of me - I'm in a stark white room, smiling in a short black dress with my arms stuck into the Styrofoam packing that the tower came in, which look like thick mech arms
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh, dolly parton passed away 😞
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
With the new feedback hub version rolling out, we added a new Compliment feedback type, and it's so nice to see random positive comments about our work while I triage now 😊
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I went to Costco yesterday for salmon, and I came home with a ladder. This is what happens when you go to Costco hungry
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Optimist: The glass is half full Pessimist: The glass is half empty Software Engineer: //TODO Come back and finish the glass
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Korean, anyone?
A bunch of random Korean dishes , including jajangmyeon, creamy jamppong, and tangsuyuk.
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Network engineers make good friends because they really know how to make a connection
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
An older movie everyone should watch: fifth element
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