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Kerri-Leigh Grady

@klgrady.bsky.social
410 followers 341 following 390 posts

Nerd, geek, feminist, witch, writer, engineer. Will arm bar for food. Will triangle choke for free. Pronouns: no preference

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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You. Me. Texas Linux Fest in November. I'm presenting "How a Bored Navy Wife Out-Shipped Enterprise Software", a tale of my early career, when I learned a little bit of audacity. pretalx.com/txlf2026/tal...
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Cauldron Ops: How a Bored Navy Wife Out-Shipped Enterprise Software Texas Linux Fest 2026
In a corner of the industry where an institution of government contractors and political pressure rules, what happens when the wrong person builds the right thing, an unsanctioned structure with unsan...
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🤣 But no seriously, fuck bootlickers.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
When @withenoughcoffee.bsky.social and I start discussing the Apple dog collar of ecosystem and right to repair.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We are a family of lettuce eaters, and today we had to have a conversation about Trump Diarrhea, which is the last set of words I ever thought I'd need to utter. Ass COVID is a good name for it, too, but I think AD puts a better point on why we're discussing this at all. So anyway, how's your week?
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
About 40 min sitting on the freeway. We've all turned off our engines, except for some people who can apparently afford to waste $6/gal gas.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Have been in park on I-5 for 15min so far.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Hey so if you’re a man with an XX partner or child that you care about, I need you to read this thread because shit is not going to change unless cis men start not being okay with this stuff.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
TIL my husband had never heard of read Knock Knock Motherfucker, so I had to enlighten him. It's nice that there are still moments of surprise and "oh, you must have been deployed and therefore not of this culture" in our post-retirement lives.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
And finally, the one where I'm going to be hard-pressed not to yarp about ethics in AI, even though we're supposed to say "responsible AI". Spicy. #lfnw2026
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Next up... My opportunity to get spicy about being burned out and then laid off and then realizing I don't actually hate being a dev! #lfnw2026
When the Terminal Goes Quiet: Navigating Burnout, Depression, and Loss of Joy in Tech, Saturday, 4/25/2026, 3:00pm in Bellingham, WA.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Oh, hey, so I'm speaking a few times this weekend at LinuxFest NW. Come on down now, y'hear? First up: Witches in the Server Room, or the Power of Rebellion with @withenoughcoffee.bsky.social
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I finished listening to Lucy Cooke's Bitch: On the Female of the Species, and the funny, engaging, hopeful way she engages with the science of sex is amazing. I nearly cried through the end, starting with the clownfish (after Nemo's dad's missing transformation). Fuck yeah, Lucy Cooke.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Oh, Huesera was such a gut punch. I loved it.
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Dana @thatdana.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Thinking just this week about how I would love another @tananarivedue.bsky.social novel. This is the best news!! 📚💙
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
@usrbinkat.io delivered a fantastic devops talk at #scale23x, and now my brain is full.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I cannot recommend this book, but if you're dying to listen to it, it's on sale right now. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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50% OFF The Right Kind of Guy
Romance novelist Kelsey Spencer doesn't believe in love, and she's tired of faking her way through happily ever afters. Determined to change things up, she heads to the Las Vegas Romance Lov...
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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
you’re unemployed. Your marriage is in shambles. You can’t see a doctor. Your water pressure is low because of the data center. Your son is addicted to sports gambling. But you’ve decided to focus your anger on trans girls in sports. There are 4 in your entire state 🥴
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Murder. Fuck ICE. Fuck this regime. And fuck anyone who voted for these pud tugging fuckwits or decided not to vote at all. They're all complicit.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Tonight is the annual Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever watch.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Totally random question as I sit here on my Linux machine and think back over my tech-then-not-tech-then-back-to-tech career. What the everloving fuck happened in my not-tech period where everyone shifted from developing on Linux to developing on Macs?
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
It's the last night at Grace Hopper Celebration, and time is warping to make it seem like last month, but also just yesterday, that I joined with an amazing crew of coworkers to deliver two sessions. The topics of female rage and promoting diversity by rejecting binaries were well-received.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I forgot that rush you get when the code you're wrangling just... works. Did not expect a win since I'm learning C# as I go on this project, but hot damn. Please, sir, may I have another?
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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
"This is all a distraction." No, this is fascism. This is an authoritarian regime that is becoming more controlling every day. They're dismantling aspects of the government they don't like while funneling money into concentration camps and a giant army of masked gestapo members.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
How many Scovilles does it take to get to the center of a coronavirus particle? Asking for me because i don't have time for this shit.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Democrats run on this simple platform: The GOP is a party of pedophiles and people who protect pedophiles. They send the military to take over American cities. They use your taxpayer money to build concentration camps and employ kidnappers. These things are true.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Why are vet appointments so expensive? They didn't used to be this bad.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
My new tea corner, where I keep several cups' worth of loose teas in yogurt jars and unwrapped teabags in tins. The extra loose tea goes in the tea cabinet for jar refills. Wrapped teabags are in a drawer. We'll see how well this works.
A tidy but alarming tea setup in jars and tins.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
I'm excited about WorldCon this week. It's extra awesome that I just have to ride the light rail to get to it. Since I usually walk about 12-15k steps every day I'm at the convention center, I expect to be in great pain when I hit the rheumatologist the next week. Worth it, tho.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Why did no one tell me how amazing a quesadilla is with Serrano freshly picked from your potted plant?
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
TFW when you're minding your own damn business and unexpectedly walk by a relic on the table. Dying to know if these had manuscripts on them and whether they survived...
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
If I'm moving on, I want to do something good. Like, socially good. Connecting people in a healthy way, FOSS, tech justice, games for good, etc. Or else I want to grow a goatee and become Evil KL and be an absolute menace.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I feel like it's time for a change of pace. Or maybe new career direction. So much layoff. So much omgwtf.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I'll throw in the bookstore, too. They were put way out of the way, had no signage, and almost no announcements of events. I cannot imagine how much money the vendors lost this weekend. After seeing this, I'd never recommend vending next year, but I hope some will (if there's a next year).
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
I'm at Geekfest NW! This is my view. Hanging with @clayvermulm.bsky.social, the coolest of the cool.
Geekfest NW from the Artsans Cloud City bookstop.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Breh. My kid's shirt today.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
I'm applying to be a mentee in a new program, and the application asked me how many years of experience I have in tech specifically and professionally. I counted 11 years in tech if I ignore the 2ish years I was self-employed/at a startup. 16 total years total professionally.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Never change, Satanic Temple. thesatanictemple.com/blogs/news/t...
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TST Proudly Announces America’s Newest Abortion Clinic will open June 14th in Maine.
We are excited to share that The Satanic Temple (TST) is set to open a new telehealth abortion clinic in Maine this summer! The President's Yuge Most Beautiful Tremendous Satanic Abortion Clinic will ...
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This is pretty cool shit.
3quarksdaily.com
Computer scientist’s “stunning” proof is the first progress in 50 years on one of the most famous questions in computer science - 3 Quarks Daily
Ben Brubaker in Quanta:
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Lilith Starr @lilithstarr.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The Satanic Temple of Washington’s “Menstruatin’ with Satan” collects menstruation products for those in need. Donate via our AMAZON WISHLIST here: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... Donated items go to Washington State charities Hopelink and the Share House WHAT shelter.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I demand acknowledgment of my iron will, walking out of Kitten Yoga with zero kittens. ZERO. There was this cute guy, but also two sweet babies who look like my cat Moose and the sweetest tiny tortie who melted into a nap when I managed to snatch her up for a cuddle. 🫠
Sweet kitten playing on an orange fiber yoga mat.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This weekend will include zero day job work. Zero. Zilcho. I'm going to focus on a side project and a writing project, and my day job can sit in timeout until Monday.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Today I took a bouldering class. Today I learned that I over-grip. Today I fell off a wall. Learning to fall in BJJ was a good life lesson. Tonight I can't hold shit because my hands have entered fuck-you lockdown mode. I'll be back tomorrow.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Hanging out in Bellingham, meeting fellow Linux geeks, enjoying the beautiful view.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 25/04/2025
Screaming at these people works. They’re fundamentally wimps, we just have to actually DO the screaming instead of preemptively admitting defeat. I am talking about my fellow Americans, not the Democrats. We actually need to scream, gang, not just complain that Schumer isn’t.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I have a wee balance on my card still. I'm totally willing to walk away and never darken their counter again, even if I'm stuck in some backwater red state where a single Starbucks is the only espresso within a 200-mile range. I just let them know this. Maybe you can give them your opinion, too!
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Autumn Nash 🎃👻💀🖤 @withenoughcoffee.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I can’t wait to see everyone at #LinuxFestNorthwest! I’ll be giving 2 talks :)! Me and @klgrady.bsky.social will be speaking together! Also I’ll have @fafo.fm stickers if anyone’s around and wants one!
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
It's gut-wrenching when someone casually mentions the US is an authoritarian state. No preamble. No wavering. Only a statement of fact.
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
What I wouldn't give to have the gumption of a mediocre techbro who doesn't actually understand tech. Hey @withenoughcoffee.com, let's just have audacity and break shit and call it "disrupting" and be millionaires because being a fucking idiot apparently is how you convince people you're a genius!
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Kerri-Leigh Grady @klgrady.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I have questions. Also, I have never in my life seen formal gowns and cowboy boots on the same person at the same time. I have also never seen such a dedication to prolonged partying. This weekend was the best kind of exhausting.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/03/2025
As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.
Showing the accessibility settings for alt text in bluesky with two options:

Require alt text before posting
Display larger alt text badges

Both are checked
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