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Ryan Hamel @mrhamel.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The Network Automation BoF (Birds of a Feature) at NANOG 97 was a huge success! The community collaborated to address each other's problems and generated ideas for advancing their automation efforts. #Automation #BoF #Engineer #Manager #NANOG #Network #Software #Solutions

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Ryan Hamel @mrhamel.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

My SRE talk from NANOG 97 is now available on YouTube! youtu.be/L6SRQ5RCMSo Even though I've been on stage a few times in the last couple of years, this is my first NANOG talk. #Bellevue #Boring #Emotion #Fundamentals #Good #Incident #NANOG #Response #SRE #Talk

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Boring is Good: Removing Emotion from Incident Response

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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

For your Sunday morning reading list:

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Ryan Hamel @mrhamel.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

🌊 PyBeach 2025 is making waves! 🌴🐍 All the talks are now live on YouTube, catch the community vibes, brilliant Python insights, and maybe a little sand in your shoes 😉 🎥 Dive in here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 🌐 More about the event: 2025.pybeach.org #PyBeach2025 #Python #Community

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PyBeach 2025 - YouTube

PyBeach is a general Python conference located in the Los Angeles area. It is a welcoming, volunteer-run, community-driven event with the mission to educate ...

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Behold, the #MinCup35 bracket! Use it to follow along, plan campaigns to support your favs, or make predictions on how voting will shake out. We start at the top left on September 1st, then alternate left and right as we work our way down.

A sports-style elimination bracket of 32 minerals labeled "Mineral Cup 2025". Text below reads, "Daily voting takes place on www.MineralCup.org in September. Campaign on your favorite social media using #MinCup25."

The starting matches are, in chronological order: chrysotile versus pectolite, stibnite versus okenite, jeremejevite versus haüyne, calcite versus perovskite, silver versus baryte, carpathite versus leucite, sanidine versus hematite, pollucite versus tugtupite, kosmochlor versus azurite, dioptase versus wavellite, titanite versus thortveitite, zunyite versus molybdenite, topaz versus kyanite, cuprosklodowskite versus ikaite, taenite versus nontronite, and paddlewheelite versus mannardite.

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Ryan Hamel @mrhamel.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

NANOG 94 may be over, but the conversation continues. Peering discussions, along with various other topics, have been buzzing on Discord. Your active participation could truly impact the dialog. Join us at: discord.nanog.org #NANOG #discord #IX #peering #discussion #talk

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Join the NANOG Discord Server!

This is the official Discord server for the North American Network Operators Group, NANOG. | 1104 members

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Victoria Duncan @victoriaduncan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

If you had been told the loud noises were not loud & the scratchy shirts were not scratchy, your whole life, you too would be a bit stubborn is all I'm saying.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 24/05/2025

Exactly how many talks, policy papers, interviews, and reports do you think are out there warning about precisely this likelihood? Because I know it's a lot more than a few. "‘We Acted Too Quickly’: Over Half of Companies Regret AI-Driven Layoffs, Report Finds" www.techrepublic.com/article/news...

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'We Acted Too Quickly': Over Half of Companies Regret AI-Driven Layoffs, Report Finds

Automating jobs isn’t the panacea for all companies, and 55% admit they have made a mistake, a new survey finds.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

autisticadvocacy.org/2024/11/asan...

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Southern California Linux Expo @socallinuxexpo.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Prioritize mental health in tech! Zoë Chalfant shares her journey and practical advice for managing mental health, self-advocacy, and sustainable careers in the tech industry at #SCaLE 22x bit.ly/4fN9SY0

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Danny Anduza @paleontologizing.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

*Excellent* opportunity to learn about extinctions from a brilliant teacher — and it's free!

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Ryan Hamel @mrhamel.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

While attending AutoCon 2 (networkautomation.forum/autocon2), I had the privilege of joining an insightful roundtable discussion on the Heavy Networking podcast. Please check it out and share your thoughts! 🎧 Listen here: packetpushers.net/podcasts/hea... 📺 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/xGiVV8advIU

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AutoCon 2 — Network Automation Forum

The only conference that dares to keep asking: Why haven’t we seen full adoption of network automation, yet? (Denver, Fall 2024)

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TracketPacer @tracketpacer.com · 08/12/2024

being a network engineer

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Abeeha Tariq @abeehatariqart.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I remember when you could just buy a computer program like Microsoft Word or Photoshop and just have it on your computer forever without having to pay monthly or yearly. What a time that was

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Jim Lewallen @jameslew.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

IC1805 - Heart Nebula and Soul Nebula four-panel mosaic. Still working on the panel integrations; it feels too much like the bottom right panel isn't well integrated; 15 120s captures for each of the four panels. #astrophotography

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Erin Greenstorm @greenstormblue.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I suspect one part of many autistic "love languages" is "I made life easier for you so seamlessly you didn't see it" and relates to not having other folks have social or sensory discomfort.

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Microsoft @microsoft.com · 04/04/1975

We've always been a fan of blueskies.

Originally the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP, this photo shows green rolling hills with a vibrant blue sky and white clouds in the background. Charles O'Rear took the photo in California, USA.

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EvilGinx 😈 @sapiosiren.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

how your email finds me

A person in a pink dress and hello kitty mask smashing a laptop on the floor with a large hammer

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Accidental CISO @accidentalciso.net · 06/12/2024

Me: I really should work on that document this afternoon. ADHD: Yeah, I know, but the file is 3 folders deep in your documents. I don't think that's going to be possible today. Me: I should post that. 🤣😭

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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Dear California, Most tsunami are deeply unexciting to witness, looking more like a rapidly-rising tide than anything else. You cannot surf them. & even if it doesn’t look like much, the current can still kill you.

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I am once again screaming at the top of my lungs that absolutely nobody would give a shit about this if Tesla hadn't decided to reinvent the wheel in typical techbro fashion and convinced the public that plug & charge is such a magic benefit compared to putting fucking card readers on the chargers.

An Electrek headline: "No apps, no swipes - every EV will get Supercharger-like charging in 2025"

The accompanying image is a Chevy Bolt charging at a Tesla Supercharger

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Cooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

So it's come to my attention that AOC has just asked Bluesky to provide her with all of the protected/encrypted means of communication people will be using during the Trump administration and I really cannot recommend the following enough:

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 31/07/2023

Yes, Mineral Cup is happening this year! We’re moving voting to www.MineralCup.org and hosting campaigning on any platform where we have volunteers (like this one!). Details on #MinCup23 in early August, bracket in late August, voting starts September 1st. 💜

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Mineral Cup

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Mindat.org @mindat.bsky.social · 31/07/2023

So, who likes rocks?

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