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KC Lemson

@kclemson.bsky.social
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Old-ish person who’s been online a long time and likes puns and tech, except when tech pisses me off. Also a mom of 2 adults, ADHD, draws/paints, and recently retired from working at Microsoft. #BlackLivesMatter 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you read and aren't a fan of Goodreads, I highly recommend checking out Hardcover at hardcover.app - good website + mobile apps + tons of cool features. My fav is seeing which books other users and I have both rated 4+, super handy for finding someone with similar tastes to get ideas for my TBR.
hardcover.app
Hardcover
We're a social network for book lovers to find life changing books, track what you read & want to read, and connect with passionate readers.
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
TFW when you are many hours deep in a rabbit hole investigating a nasty bug that you’re afraid you might never figure out (typecheck timing out after 3 minutes no matter what you do)… …but then you - the human - make a breakthrough that results in the AI coding agent replying “HOLY SHIT” 😎
Message 1: tsgo stalls during --noEmit typecheck · Issue #1671 · microsoft/typescript-go
Message 2: <Worked for 18s >
Message 3: HOLY SHIT. This may be the smoking gun.
Message 4: The issue reports exactly our pattern:

<alt text generated by AI: https://alttexter.lovable.app/>
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is a VERY exciting time in my life right now
A chapstick that is almost empty
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Libby Brown @trubludevil.social · 11/09/2026
My dad survived the Pentagon attack on 9/11. Before he died in Dec 2020, he wrote his military career biography - seriously, it’s a whole edited, bound production, this man loved his career in military public health. The following is his brief remembrance of the day.
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I am very grateful to the friend who saved our IRC log from the morning of 9/11/2001... it's a powerful time capsule for our friend group.
IRC log started 11 Sep 2001 07:29:13 [All times are Pacific Daylight Time]
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: A plane just crashed into the World Trade Center.
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: SHIT!!! that's fucked up... its out of a movie or something!!!
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: No, it's true.
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: [08:59] <[REDACTED USERNAME]> wow
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: [09:02] <[REDACTED USERNAME]> 2nd plane just hit the building
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: [09:02] <[REDACTED USERNAME]> holy shit
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: www.cnn.com
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: huh? two planes?
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: Wait, second explosion may have been a bomb.
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: [REDACTED USERNAME]: no... I believe you (having checked cnn.com)... but it still sounds like its something out of a movie...
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: Fox News is reporting that a second plane has hit the second tower!!!
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: They just showed film of the second plane hitting the second tower!!!
[REDACTED AUTHOR]: aperantly the second plane was a large, twin engine plane...

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
the brake is a lie
A car with the license plate PORTAL
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🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Okay I’m going to do a thread on “trust the science” and MAHA, from the perspective of a woman with a uterus who is also the parent of a child with a rare genetic disorder. 🧵
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I did Bulgarian split squats this morning, and that’s quite enough adulting for the day
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If this is about the coin, I have zero interest in it
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Yesterday I texted this link to my family about certain flavors of outshine bars being recalled due to having *glass* in them, and seconds later my son replies “So it WASNT a new blood orange flavor” and I am still giggling about it a day later www.fda.gov/safety/recal...
fda.gov
Updated – Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall on Select Outshine Fruit Bars Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
August 18, 2026 - Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited number of select flavors of Outshine Fruit Bars due to possible foreign material contamination with glass. Products ...
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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Be a Laurie. I think Laurie is probably sleeping pretty dang well at night
As the flight neared final boarding, another ICE officer accused Laurie of interfering with the operation and pressed her to help locate the passenger. Laurie declined to say whether the woman was on the flight's passenger list and told the officer he would need to contact the airline's corporate security department for information. "You're going to need a subpoena," she said. No arrests were made at the gate that day.

The next day, the passenger called her.
She had made it home. And she was with her child.
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Bold cotton strategy www.today.com/popculture/e...
today.com
Costco Esprit Sweatshirt Sells Out After Gen X Staple Goes Viral
The fixture of ‘80s fashion has become a sensation since being revived by Costco.
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I’m really more of a worst best, tbh
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Sorry not sorry. After 7 books in, it’ll be like “how has this series suddenly become my entire personality”. 😊
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
For weeks I've been obsessively working on a book recommendation site aimed at making it easier to say "If you loved <bookA> then you might like <bookB>”. It’s *finally* in a good enough state to share it: www.linkabook.com Here are some examples of it in action, and how you can tune the results:
If you liked: Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) — Travis Baldree

Try reading:
 1. The Keeper of Magical Things — Julie Leong (2025)
 2. A Rival Most Vial: Potioneering for Love and Profit — R.K. Ashwick (2023)
 3. The Wizard's Butler — Nathan Lowell (2020)
 4. Can't Spell Treason Without Tea — Rebecca Thorne (2024)
 5. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches — Sangu Mandanna (2022)
 6. The House in the Cerulean Sea — T.J. Klune (2020)
 7. Automatic Noodle — Annalee Newitz (2025)
 8. Sunward — William  Alexander (2025)

Book recommendations from https://linkabook.com/next/tp9x8ecrgkIf you liked: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks — Rebecca Skloot

Try reading:
 1. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End — Atul Gawande (2014)
 2. When Breath Becomes Air — Paul Kalanithi (2016)
 3. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America — Ibram X. Kendi (2016)
 4. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer — Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)
 5. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted — Suleika Jaouad (2021)
 6. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration — Isabel Wilkerson (2010)
 7. Everything Is Tuberculosis — John Green (2025)
 8. Outlive — Peter Attia with Bill Gifford (2023)

Book recommendations from https://linkabook.com/next/tp9x8ecrgkIf you liked: Piranesi — Susanna Clarke
With an emphasis on: magical realism
Dialled up: book dna match.

Try reading:
 1. The Starless Sea — Erin Morgenstern (2019)
 2. The Wood at Midwinter — Susanna Clarke (2024)
 3. The Lost Bookshop — Evie Woods (2023)
 4. Men Without Women — Haruki Murakami (2014)
 5. Cursed Bunny — Bora Chung (2017)
 6. Lanny — Max Porter (2019)
 7. If Cats Disappeared from the World — Genki Kawamura (2012)
 8. White Cat, Black Dog: Stories — Kelly Link (2023)

Book recommendations from https://linkabook.com/next/tp9x8ecrgk
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
My glyphs? iconic My tech debt? chronic My innerHTML? dangerously set
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I wish I could yeet perimenopause into the sun
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It’s got a complex, layered plot with twists and turns (I squealed out loud at 50% in during a big reveal), fun and interesting characters, a unique spin on fantasy world building, a well built slow-burn romance, humor, and heart. It’s the kind of book that will become my personality for a while.
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It was so good that it would be unfair of me to start reading another book while this one is fresh in my mind, so I think I’ll just start a reread of it right away.
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
In the last 24h I absolutely devoured what I think will be my favorite book of 2026: Ilona Andrews’ This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying #1). www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
goodreads.com
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)
Outlander meets Game of Thrones in this blockbuster new…
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
So excited to have spotted this gem for my collection today
Car with the license plate RM -RF
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Butterfly :-)
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I took a class in college where we got to deploy our code in the CAVE (CAVE Automated Virtual Environment IIRC)
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Writing patterns that make me start twitching uncontrollably: “It’s not delivery, it’s DiGiorno - and no one is talking about it. Let me explain.”
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I hate Illinois Nazis!
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
It is literally 106 miles to Chicago
A picture of a GPS showing a route to Chicago with 106 miles left to go
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Right?? I am so geeked out about it. He is in Chicago for a con this weekend (BotCon) youtu.be/x9Xb7QQeHfc?...
youtu.be
Transformers - Victor Caroli's fantastic narration!
YouTube video by C:G
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
TFW you are a Gen-Xer at the airport and randomly end up meeting the voice actor (Victor Caroli) who was the narrator for the Transformers cartoon (and so much more) in the 80s!! tfwiki.net/wiki/Victor_...
A man and two women standing next to each other with an airport scene in the background A screenshot of the top of https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victor_Caroli showing his performances
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Homophones in the English language drive me nuts - they are pique irritation
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I made the mistake of throwing some potatoes in my compost bin a few years ago and now I am someone who grows potatoes every year
Potato plants growing in a compost bin
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“He’s like me, but in a different font” - my kid describing one of her coworkers
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
At my friend’s house for a bbq yesterday, and the friend said “Anyone want some more?” while grilling, and my bestie and I both immediately shouted out “please sir, some more?” So that’s how you can tell someone was a theater kid
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evil_sister.rb @wired.sister.haus · 30/06/2026
Frog asked the agent to write a spec for the proposed changes. "There," he said, "now I can understand the changes without reading any code." "But you're not reading the spec either" said Toad. "That is true," said Frog.
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I misread this as “bull shirt” at first, which is now going to become my favorite expression because there’s a lot of bullshirt going on these days
A car with the license plate BLSRHRT
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’m on my 8th or 9th re-listen to it these days, just for funsies… it’s that good.
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The bit at the end of The Usual Suspects where the camera focuses on the feet for just a few seconds is just absolute peak visual storytelling
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Factorio’s latest update is a delightful read for any fans of the game, particularly those who work in the software industry - it’s clearly written by humans who love their customers and their craft factorio.com/blog/post/ff...
factorio.com
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Petition to rebrand Chuck Norris jokes as Mamdani jokes
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
eagles can apparently just swim around
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I added celery and cashews to my spicy chicken fried rice and I feel like I should win some kind of cooking award
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Ohhhhh that’s awesome
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A couple of good geeky finds for my collection this week
Car with license plate N3RDWGNA car with the license plate GADGTGY
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
👩‍🍳💋
An edited version of a Gary Larson Far Side cartoon (that shows a kid trying to enter the door for midvale school for the gifted and the sign says pull, but the kid is pushing) 

A man resembling Donald Trump attempts to push open a door that clearly has a "PULL" sign on it; a sign nearby reads "WALTER REED COGNITIVE ABILITY TESTING DEPT.".
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
this chicks out
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Good thing I got this outdoor dog bed
A small garden patch, with an outdoor dog bed in the sun, and a black and white dog laying on top of a green plant to the left of the dog bed
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
These are all different types of chicken
A henChicken of the woods Chicken of the sea tuna
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I reread the whole series roughly once a year and it becomes my entire personality for a while, I LOVE it so much. P.s. speaking of murderbot…
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Happy new murderbot day to those who celebrate!
A hardcover book Platform Decay by Martha Wells
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
💯, same. I was reading the thread and kept cackling to myself as I realized how they were all things that happen repeatedly in most of the books.
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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Note: some spaces are references that only make sense if you’ve read book 7. They’re mostly just fun tropes that show up repeatedly throughout the series, aka there are no spoilers for book 8.
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