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Mel Eaden

@melthetechie.bsky.social
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Tech, Public Speaking, Dogs, Writing - not necessarily in that order. Find more at melthetechie.substack.com

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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Deleting my LinkedIn might have been more helpful than keeping it. I just had contact from a real recruiter for a real job that they want to talk about later today over the phone. Not a bot Not a LinkedIn bot/recruiter message A role that actually fits the work I've done Interesting.
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Beth Andres-Beck @beth4ma.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I’ve long said that with the rise of generative AI we need laws that protect people, the environment and our future. I now have a detailed story of what that could look like: bethfordemocracy.com/beth_andres_...
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I've deleted my LinkedIn account. I'm hoping that it will clean slate some things. Still lurking and reading up about tech, but I honestly don't think going back to tech is in the cards for me. I'm looking at all my options right now. However, reach out if you wan to chat. :)
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Dr. Dominic Royé @drxeo.eu · 01/07/2026
🌡️ June 2026, Spain: heat killed silently. MACE recorded: 🔴 1209 deaths from extreme heat 🟠 3008 from moderate heat Moderate heat kills more than heatwaves. Chronic, cumulative exposure flies under the radar, but not under the data. 💻 ficlima.shinyapps.io/mace/ #heatwave #health #climatechange
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026
NASA #Artemis II flyby coverage schedule; all times in Eastern. You can follow along live on NASA+ (plus.nasa.gov) or on the NASA YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@NASA). It should be amazing to watch!
Screenshot:
Key lunar flyby times, milestones
All times Eastern, subject to change based on real-time operations

1 p.m.
NASA+ coverage of lunar flyby begins
1:56 p.m.
Crew passes distance from Earth record set by Apollo 13 in 1970
2:45 p.m.
Lunar flyby begins
7:02 p.m.
Orion closest approach to the Moon (4,070 miles)
7:07 p.m.
Orion reaches maximum distance from Earth (252,760 miles)
8:35 p.m.
Orion enters solar eclipse
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
#techjobs Looking at Portugal's Job Seeker visa. Gives someone 180 days to find a job while in the country. Is six months long enough to find something? I've been looking for at least three, applied to countless jobs in the US, and barely a peep back. These are even jobs with recommendations.
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Emmz 💻🎸🎤🏳️‍⚧️ @rendle.dev · 22/03/2026
Shatner is incredibly eloquent when he wants to be.
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Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It is being reported on the ground in Cuba that everyone on a ventilator at this hospital died overnight. As a Cuban, I'm devastated.
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Today, I shut off my LinkedIn *Open to Work* for several reasons: 1. Constant emails with already closed job recs 2. None of the job recs I have posted for have resulted in anything 3. And if they do result in anything, it's usually a form rejection
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I was just talking about this today. It's a toddler with a green crayon. Just because you see green everywhere doesn't mean it's good or it's in the right place. The code LLMs creates needs supervision and expertize to make sure it's not making things up or hiding when something isn't working.
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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
In the Song dynasty, tea became a ritual of grace among scholar-officials. At gatherings, they perfected every detail: tea’s color, water’s source, the shape of cups, the stillness of the room. Tea was more than a drink; it was cultured silence, shared thought, and refined presence. 🎨 《文會圖》宋徽宗
🎨 《文會圖》宋徽宗
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This is actually a really common scam these days. A scammer will call and use AI to replicate a family member’s voice and the family member will sound distressed and having an emergency so you don’t have time to think. Best thing to do is hang up and call that family member “back” to confirm.
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How to protect yourself from AI voice scams
AI voice cloning technology, how it's used in scams, and most importantly, how you can protect yourself and your loved ones from falling victim.
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Nicole Field 🧛‍♀️🏺🏳️‍🌈 @faerywhimsy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
Tumblr post screen capture by nocryptographer about how to tell AI slop from a story that was created by a human being.
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Is anyone surprised?
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Worth taking a look! These notes are wonderful!
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
It was great seeing everyone this week at #agiletestingdays. Thank you for being such a wonderful crowd of folks. After this week, I feel ready for the next chapter, whatever that may be.
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Posted on my substack all of the info I collected for my talk about the not-so-great side of LLMs/AI melthetechie.substack.com/p/the-cautio...
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The Cautionary Tale of Gen AI
The research that inspired the talk given at ATD 2025
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I miss the days when searches would ask if it got the right thing, or if it was even close. The assumptions LLMs keep making are missing the mark that even a simple search would have - with high probability - brought back correctly.
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Will AI be the BlueRay of tech? Will Quantum computing remove the need for AI? (One can hope) www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...
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MSN
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Doing a little bathroom remodel that was originally supposed to be a 1.5 week job, that is now dragging into its third week. (Mostly for scheduling and materials reasons) Please tell me some of your remodeling woes. Mostly so I know I'm not alone in this.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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F Trump on a guitar with Tom morello
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Tristan Lombard 🇺🇦 @tristanlombard.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Excited to discuss "Software Testing with Generative AI" this week at our DevOps, AI, & Beyond Book club. This event will not be recorded and we're so grateful to author, Mark and @ministryoftesting.com community leader for coming live. Join us: bookclubs.com/clubs/25352/...
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 27/01/2025
hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo. short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️. if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵 
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
legiscan showing US Congress Senate Bill 9

Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 36-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-08 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.

Summary A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

title: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
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Kylee Tilley @testingrequired.com · 03/12/2024
Who's responsible for quality?
media.tenor.com
a close up of a man 's face with a beard looking at the camera .
Alt: Gary Oldman yelling "Everyone!"
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
I'm a virtual speaker at #QSConf! Check out this conference and I'll be posting more about the date/time and the topic!
Abstracta QSC2024 - #QSConf - hybrid conference. Melissa Eaden - virtual speaker.
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
Prime example of picking a technical solution that isn't even viable yet over adaptive solutions/policies that could have an immediate impact.
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Gitte Klitgaard @nativewired.com · 13/09/2024
I do :)
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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
Ada Lovelace Day is Tues 8 Oct and around the world people will organise events to celebrate the achievements of women in STEM. Join us! Hold your own event, register it on our official map and we'll share details in our newsletters and on socials. findingada.com/events/c/add
Roundel showing a cartoon version of Ada Lovelace by Sydney Padua, with the words 'Ada Lovelace Day Indie Event'.
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Wicked witch of the test @witchofthetest.bsky.social · 28/05/2024
Since humanitarian aid can't get into Gaza, I've decided that for me, donating to enable people to get out of Gaza is the best way to help right now. I know it's hard to gauge if fundraisers are legit but I feel confident this one is. If you have some money to spare, consider checking it out.
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Pepe Díaz @josediaz.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
I had a wonderful Pepe’s Bar featuring @melthetechie.bsky.social Please don’t miss out and get to know this wonderful person! @agiletdzone.bsky.social @trendigcomp.bsky.social
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
www.tatianamac.com/posts/save-t...
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Save the Tears: White Woman's Guide
How to make meaningful change
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
If you are working through the recent round of tech layoffs, and are an underrepresented folk, please reply to this post with your linkedin/website/github. If you are a tech person and happen across this post, please RT. Thanks! #jobsearch
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 06/02/2024
We're still trying to close up the gap in digital subscriptions caused by Amazon shuttering their subscription program last year. If you are a former Amazon subscriber looking to sign back up or someone joining for the first time, your options can be found here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
Israel guided 1.5 million Palestinians into Rafah. They moved the "safe zone" further and further south, until Rafah was all that was left. Now they're bombing Rafah, and people have nowhere to go, nowhere to flee. It's genocide.
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Clare Sudbery @claresudbery.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
Happy new year! How can we help under-represented groups to succeed in tech? I interviewed Charlene Hunter from Coding Black Females about how her org maximises the chances of Black women in the tech industry: www.madetech.com/podcast/epis... #CSudberyRecordings
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 23/12/2023
Lesson for today: If you feel horrible and are about to make a decision, don't. Trust your gut, even after you think its too late, trust your gut/intuition. It's usually right, and if it was wrong, another opportunity will happen. That one wasn't right for you.
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
On vacation for the next two weeks. Thinking about 2024 with intention while wrapping up 2023. I have ideas bubbling. We'll see what sprouts! Stay tuned :)
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
Way too many of you need this advice on "what to do in the first two days after a layoff," right now. I'm sorry. www.businessinsider....
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I'm a former Microsoft VP of HR. Here's what I would do in the first 48 hours of being laid off from a job.
You can follow these steps after being laid off to figure out what to do next. Chris Williams, the former VP of HR at Microsoft, writes don't sign your package right away.
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Jed Hartman @elysdir.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Gallagher’s shop sells lots of science- and sf-themed pins in LGBT colors. It’s currently closed so they can catch up on orders, but will be reopening in a couple weeks, and you can sign up to be notified when it reopens. www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop 2/2
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Shop | Geeky Pins | Scotland | Dr Jamie Gallagher
Geeky science and rainbow enamel pins badges.
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
My goal for 2024 is to buy no more than one coffee a week. And preferably, that would be purchased at a local coffee shop. To that end, I'm buying an espresso maker/milk frother for my house. There are homemade mochas in my future! Look out!
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
OKAY - whoever greenlit a movie about astronauts going to war with each other because, in the movie, Russia and the US are at war with each other, I'm over it already. Just because their countries are banana pants doesn't mean scientists in a very fragile environment have to go full rambo.
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Patrick “Grumpy” Prill @testpappy.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
I have turned 10 wooden fountain pens for a good cause. They sell for 75€ per pen. If you are interested, shoot me an email at patrick(at)prill(dot)net. More information also about the good cause can be found here. www.instagram.com/p/C0aGjNFIwZ...
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Gitte Klitgaard @nativewired.com · 04/12/2023
My friend Jay-Allen Morris has created this free guide to help people who have been fired “I was laid of and I am not okay” www.jayallenmorris.com/freeguides
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
For a long time I’ve been thinking about why we are so terrified a child will regret a gender transition. This essay ended up being not just about gender but about all of our identities, how they shape us and, crucially, how we shape ourselves. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/o...
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Opinion | There Is No Way to Live a Life Without Regret
The panic over transgender children is driven by the fear that they’ll regret transitioning. But freedom to make mistakes is core to being human.
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Encephalophatass (Any pronouns) @encephalophatass.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
As an experiment, I tried posting the same things to LinkedIn, Twitter and BlueSky. These were the results: 👇🧵
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
Let's spend hundreds of thousands to remove books from public and school libraries while children have to pay for lunches. WTaF people! www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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'Book-banning crusade' across the U.S.: What does it cost American taxpayers?
Once a school receives a challenge to a book, districts have to front the cash to pay staffers to review and remove the material. And there are additional costs to store the books.
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Rachel Kibler @racheljoi.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
It’s okay to fail, and the impact of the failure can be minimized by learning (and by slicing). Thanks, @heatherreiduff.bsky.social and #AgileTD!
Speaker and unicorn with slide saying “it’s okay to fail”
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Bafflegab - it's sometimes what happens to the words that come out of folks mouths after they reach a certain executive level.
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Mel Eaden @melthetechie.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
If you haven't checked out my website/newsletter/blog thing yet. You can check it out at: melthetechie.substack.com
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