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Kristen M Thayer

@kristenmthayer.bsky.social
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Software Engineer, Manager, Teacher. Seattleite. Old enough that I can hear the sound of dial-up internet when I close my eyes, young enough to care about up-to-date emoji usage. Kindness and joy are important. (Opinions my own). She/her.

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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"because if you say you don’t encounter it, you’re either lying or have chosen not to learn to see it" easy mode: look for it on tv if you're not sure about everyday life. the tropes are there.
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So many fun details in here
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As the parent of two kids with very specific food preferences (that shift daily if not hourly), AND complicated schedules, I cannot like this thread enough. I would love for someone to make this part of my life easier! But ingredient shopping lists isn't it, and I'm not going to hold my breath lol.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Seattle just became the first city to pass a ban on surveillance pricing by grocery stores. The City Council passed a proposal stopping large grocery stores and online grocery retailers from using race, gender, browsing history, employment, or AI software to change prices from consumer to consumer.
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026
I've got a lot of work to do today but I'm getting absolutely nerdsniped by the new Flock dataset. You can download it here. It's all of the Android partitions extracted from a Flock device ddosecrets.org/article/floc...
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Flock ALPR camera - Distributed Denial of Secrets
Filesystem images of the partitions on an in-use Flock ALPR camera, including custom Android APK files installed on the device, as well as its recorded media. The data reveals how the devices track bo...
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Lol'd at "held together with glue and popsicle sticks," which has been my goto image for many things over the last ten years. The rest of the thread is great too
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I keep getting a Hulu commercial of knitting lady talking with ChatGPT, and it... really feels like it misses the point. Like: Look, here's a robot that will do small talk! Which... is not how small talk works or why people do it. I don't imagine this person would feel like their need is met??
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Jasteria 🔜 PAX Aus ✨ @jasteria.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
www.twitch.tv/settings/sec... Making it real easy for you to click the above link, scroll down to the bottom and turn off 'Training for Generative AI' Literally insane that it's on by default, BUT please be respectful to the front-facing Twitch staff, many of who do NOT agree with this.
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
upvoted
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Naming things is hard/English is hard
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
excuse me I have something in my eye
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This is fun! And apparently helpful!
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Lia Pas @liapas.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I forgot to say, she’s in mechanical engineering! #WomenInSTEM
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
EM skills irl: Me, negotiating with my 7yo about how many of pages she has to complete tonight: "Why don't you finish one page and see how long it takes, and we'll circle back on our total estimate at that time"
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Brb gotta go click some buttons
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This feels a lot like the emails I get from my local Parks and Rec about billing that look like phishing attempts... emails don't match, domains are super weird, like at least 5 things they covered in my work training, thank you very much
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
This is now my most popular post... fourteen-year-old me would feel so proud
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I have been describing my current company as a place where we work reasonable hours, the product is profitable, and people are kind to work with, and people keep responding variations of awe and disbelief. Which says a lot about where the tech industry is right now, I guess :-(
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The pottery barn fantasy of what your kids' room will look like, compared to the fever-dream reality of what you *actually* negotiate with your kids to make them happy inhabitants of their room...
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This is my constant refrain as an eng manager!!
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Konnor Rogers @konnorrogers.com · 16/09/2025
What if the real vulnerability all along was NPM? 😜
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Love this thread. I spend a lot of time thinking about all the tiny unseen things in systems that we take for granted, and that make them better. When I am sitting in a manager role, I try to notice and reward them; when I'm in a professor role, I try to help students think more deeply about them.
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
These are so cool!
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Observation while working from coffee shops this week: Ballard seems to be very invested in making it difficult to access bathrooms.
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I just saw "AI-infused" as a descriptor and was like... sir, AI is not essential oils, this is a very goofy marketing term, 2/10
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
In our quest to be The World's Nerdiest Family (TM), we just sang "Cookie Cat" at our neighborhood's Block Party karaoke (at the request of my older kid). I'm happy to report that the 3 people who recognized it were delighted.
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Finally a challenge I KNOW I can succeed at!!!
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Clever
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I could live with never seeing words like "unrelenting," "daring," "fearless" in job descriptions ever again. Just let work be work, and let people go home and unplug!
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
AI shifting the future of work 🙃
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Watching the tech industry's AI push (and surrounding debates) feels a lot like watching the cerulean sweater moment in The Devil Wears Prada: A small group of people at the top decide this *is* happening, the question is how it will trickle down to the "regular sweater" version for others.
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two women standing next to each other with one saying " but what you don t know is that that sweater is not just blue
Alt: The Devil Wears Prada clip where Miranda Priestly explains how the fashion industry starts with a cerulean trend that eventually trickles down to Andy's pedestrian blue sweater. This is the gif for the line "but what you don t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean"
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Telephone Friend @ironyhat.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I'm drinking the Bios Crash slurpee I hope it crashes my bios I hope I blue screen
slurpee machine with one crashed screen
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Tilmon Edwards (Dirigo) @tilmonedwards.com · 26/07/2025
It’s true. Sorry folks. There’s nothing that will tell you if an app is vibe coded except a 20+ year career in web services and a childhood of too much time on the computer. Good luck out there.
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Some of those people were the ones who were the most welcoming to me when I switched careers into tech... they were like "isn't that how we all got here, really?" (Also, this thread is great!)
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 24/07/2025
Troubleshooting walkthrough: Cascade Into Darkness This is a real issue I solved in Windows, the hurdles I faced, and what I'd do differently. 🐥🐥YOU CAN MUTE JUST THIS CONVERSATION THREAD🐥🐥 It starts with the user editing "HKLM\HARDWARE" and misunderstanding an instruction and breaking Windows.
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
What if turtle, but fast?
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
"42" for a new generation
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 08/07/2025
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
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Yuan Tang @terrytangyuan.xyz · 05/07/2025
🧵 Technical leadership in open source isn't about control — it's about stewardship. In OSS, you don’t manage people. You manage trust.
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Hi! I'm one of the people who learned to code! Here's the thing: I didn't know if I would like it. And like a lot of women from my generation, no one told me "I think you should try this." So sure, if you don't like coding, don't do it just for $$$. But also consider who never tries for {reasons}
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Management is hard. Reading this thread is not :-)
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Ooh I didn't have a word for this before! Definitely resonates!
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I have been a part of some WILD negotiations
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Laugh-cries in working-parent
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Nothing like when Spotify is having 503 login problems so you switch to Pandora... where the "Forgot Password" screen is disabled behind a giant "Want to Hear More?" modal
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The update we all needed
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
same
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Now I'm glad I logged in today
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Kristen M Thayer @kristenmthayer.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The goodest boi
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