Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I love accidental photos that show a different unexpected perspective 040
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Dear Siri: no one has a “three hundred thirty one” area code. 020
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The carpark at this DMV office is byzantine. I appreciate their absolute commitment to keeping the DMV’s reputation intact. 000
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 14/09/2026At the store, a kid and their adult are having a vigorous debate about whether a toy that farts is a good birthday gift for a friend. I am slow walking to hear who wins. 130
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Dear Tori: please release a live album from this tour. It’s essential. 010
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026There was one parked at my gym in Palo Alto this morning. 010
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It’s one of the most referenced works in literature. I’m glad she helped me rectify that. 010
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 19/08/2026She asked me to stay after school the next day. She handed me a Bible and said to start reading, or I would never pass the AP test. I read the entire thing cover to cover over the Thanksgiving break. It was a hell of a self education. 2/fin 020
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A couple of months into AP English, my exasperated teacher pulled me aside to ask why I wasn’t getting any of the religious references in the assigned reading. I told her that I had never been exposed to the Bible. 1/ 300
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 13/08/2026My mom taught me how to touchtype in 4th grade by sitting me down in front of an old IBM Selectric and draping a dishcloth over my hands. I could type 180wpm by the time I hit high school. I got some great jobs taking dictation and doing data entry before I got my first tech job. 040
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I am so sorry. I would have nuked it from orbit if I could have. 110
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Total call time: 47 minutes. Total MOH time: at least 44 minutes. And thus I have been punished today. 000
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026[1] Menu routing: Press 1 to be put on hold and tormented with shitty music until you die, press 2 to talk to an agent who could not give even one single fuck about you, press 3 to listen to information that you already know because you’re not an idiot, &c &c &c. 8/ 110
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Old code never dies. It is always lying in wait to punish you for your previous sins. 7/ 152
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I have been on hold with one of my dad’s previous financial institutions for the past 15 minutes and counting. I have been listening to #3 (the absolute worst of the 3) of that MOH. Not only are those ancient VAXen still in use, and my code still in prod, but that music is now tormenting me. 6/ 120
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I have hoped that it has meant that those ancient VAXen have finally been retired to that great server room in the sky. In reality, it might simply be because who the fuck makes phone calls unless they absolutely have to. Certainly not me. 5/ 100
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026In the years thereafter, I have occasionally heard that cursed music. Which means that some of the code that I wrote in either Pascal or C or (fairies help us all) VAX assembler is still in production. My encounters with the music have decreased over the years. 4/ 130
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I left the startup in 2000. I didn’t follow them after that. I think they ceased operations in 2005ish. But, somewhere in the deep dark server rooms of what is now Verizon, the ancient VAXen that our software ran on and those music files from hell reside on live on. 3/ 120
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Our MOH was this anodyne uncopyrighted instrumental dreck that repeated every 30-45s. We had 3 unbearable musical options for it. It has now been well over 20 years since I had that job, but I can still hum all 3 of them. This music is burned into my brain in ways that cannot be undone. 2/ 230
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026When I was in uni getting my first undergrad, I worked for a local telecom startup that did menu routing [1]. One of my jobs as the most junior member of the staff was to call and test our music on hold every single day. I had to do this across 8 nodes, primary and backup, for 3 years. 1/n 120
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I miss old Instagram where it was just me and my friends sharing pictures with some filters applied. And yes, you can get off my lawn. 050
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 04/08/2026After the service, the funeral home gave me a nice reusable bag with paperwork and thank you cards and so on. I don’t feel like I can go to my local farmers’ market with a bag advertising a funeral home. 220
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I think we’re far more likely to get a patch through on the short term than a better long term solution. I don’t want to write off everyone between now and the long term solution. 010
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Can you say more about how subsidizing daycare isn’t addressing how our economy is failing folks? I agree with you that our economy has lots of issues. I think that subsidizing daycare is only one of the ways that would go a long way towards addressing the structural issues. 100
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 02/08/2026What is the problem with subsidizing daycare? Why expect adults (which, in practice, means mostly women) to give up their prime working years? 110
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 29/07/2026nelson-house.com/obituaries/D...nelson-house.comObituary information for Dennis Warren HagonView Dennis Warren Hagon's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more. 000
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Some time ago, I was test driving a manual transmission convertible. I had just gotten onto the freeway and flawlessly shifted to sixth. The salesman looked over at me and said “you know, it’s easier for a woman to drive an automatic”. He must have hated money too. 3530
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Dear all funeral homes everywhere in the known universe: please do not put pop-up ads on your obituaries. Just don't. 182
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I love these posts, not only for the original post but also for the responses 010
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Whyyyyyyy can I not get a sampler pack of Oreos? I’m not risking an entire packet if it’s a bad flavor of Oreos. 140
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I love it when you wake up all excited and ready to take on the day 110
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Let’s make it triplets! I’ve got another cat from his litter: 110
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I have added the hood up to my tableau of a great Friday drive home 000
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 10/07/2026While driving home from the city, I heard a thunk and then a knocking. A few min later, a red light came on for the battery.Then my power steering gave out. Then I got a red light warning about the engine heat. And now I’m sitting on the side of the road waiting to be rescued. 310
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026TIL: the US tablespoon != international metric tablespoon != Australian metric tablespoon 140
Reposted by Nadyne RichmondMatt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb 876144223855
Nadyne Richmond @nadyne.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Don’t forget to remove all of those ads from my feed! 010
