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Madison

@madisonmsites.com

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Wandering Ruby Developer.

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 02/12/2025

@duolingoverde.bsky.social year in review

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 20/11/2025

@wirecutterunion.bsky.social not everyone who needs a walker/rollator is geriatric. I’m disappointed that the byAcre one I’ve been using with absolute delight through recent medical issues wasn’t even in your testing pool. The thoughtful design allowed me to continue to travel through my recoveries.

Girl standing in front of the Osaka World Expo 2025 sign with a byAcre rollator.

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 22/10/2025

Stoked to be in the clouds with #SFRuby next month. Prices go up again tomorrow if you want to join as well: sfruby.com

AI-generated emoji of Madison within a backdrop of clouds themed around the San Francisco Ruby Conference branding

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 19/04/2025

TIL there’s an accessibility filter in Google Maps so I can stop getting stuck at station transfers without an elevator….

Screenshot of the Google maps app highlighting the “wheelchair accessible” filter

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 02/03/2025

I survived! My tibia was properly fused back together (a previous injury as a kid broke it & healed poorly which is why it snapped so easily 2 weeks ago). Meniscus got minor repairs. Thanks to the gift of a family out there, I also received a new ACL from a donor. donatelife.net/donation/don...

Girl in wheelchair with bandaged and braced right knee

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 24/02/2025

I have been using a lap desk for work all week. This table is just to protect my injured knee from the cats who have an affinity for using my knee as a stepping stone/pounce point.

Person laying on a couch with a pop-up table opened to cover an injured knee.

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 24/02/2025

#13 the right equipment makes a world of a difference. My knee felt immediately more comfortable in the brace they put me in and I felt like I was flying out of that hospital on crutches instead of the borrowed cane I came in with.

Me moving down the hospital hallway in my new brace and crutches

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 24/02/2025

#12 those things will shred your pants when up, so they always need to face the outside. @shawn.justshillin.com helped me make it easier to know which was the outside by using some of my stationary tape as crutch flair.

Decorative tape along one side of crutches to indicate which side should face outward

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 24/02/2025

#11 If you live in a snowy place, they will give you these attachments to your crutches that can go down to help you navigate ice with stability!

The ground-end of a crutch shown with a spike attachment moving in and out of place that gives it stability on ice

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 24/02/2025

I took a tumble while skiing last weekend and thought I’d share lessons learned so far in hopes it helps someone else. Oh, and maybe I can get extra tips, too! #1 - save the number for local ski patrol in your phone. Thankfully an off-duty EMT stopped to help and made the call for us.

Scene from the perspective of a person lying in a ski patrol toboggan attached to a ski patrol staff member with a view of trees and Lake Tahoe in the distance.

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 08/01/2025

UPDATE: They have reached a compromise.

One cat sleeps on a cat bed attached to a desk in the foreground. The other cat is sleeping on a couch in the background.

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 08/01/2025

I was gifted a desk cat bed for Christmas for my ergonomics sake. Instead of solving my problem, I now have two cats in my office all the time instead of just the one lap-sitter…

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 02/12/2024

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Madison @madisonmsites.com · 26/11/2024

Oh, look, a new feed to burden with Duolingo updates so I can get more gems that I’ll never use.

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