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Pirate T

@piratet.bsky.social
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Fan of sea shanties and radical kindness. Pirate. Also parent of twins and a project manager.

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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Talk about pressure to use AI. In a meeting, they said they are tracking employee AI usage and those that *aren't* using it may be replaced.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I present #TomatoDendron 2026.
Tomato plant is growing up a rhododendron like it's a trellis.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I may have invented tomato yoga, where you gently streeeetch to get that one tomato waaaay back there.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today in PM hell, not only is my computer sooo sloowwww in everything, but it has time traveled some of my project tasks back to 2016 and 2017 in the project plan and marked them off track. What in the AI is happening here?
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Anyone else having issues with the Yahoo Mail app? It keeps asking me to sign in but then times out and says it can't find the internet. I am not thrilled.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Today in technology hell, Teams is hiding a few of my teams from me. They don't even come up in search. I can see them in my phone, though. Ugh. #microsoftfail #hiddenTeams #votedofftheisland
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Oh yay. More snow.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
News cycle is bleak. Let's just all take a moment and appreciate my cute doggie. #SchnauzerGang
Mini schnauzer would like some pets now please.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
When you think you have a light meeting day, but it's just that all the meeting series expired in Feb... #PMlife #meetinghostage
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
DO NOT WANT MORE SNOW!!!! #winterstorm #SchnauzerGang #needmoreblankets #scampithegreat
Small dog howling at winter while wrapped in a nice blanket
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I have just learned there is a #schnauzerGang. Please meet Scampi, sock demon and barker extraordinaire. She just turned 10. #dogsofbluesky
Mini schnauzer nibbling on the toes of her Little Bear toy.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
That's it. I'm writing an app that will tell you how much your dog will bark at a given show. If this already exists, please tell me now. #schnauzer #somuchbarking #itsonthetv
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Lol. #lifeofaPM www.instagram.com/reel/DSfVgBt...
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Holiday baking tip: If your cookies are getting dry, put a piece of bread in the container with them and they will rejuvenate!
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 14/11/2025
If there was suddenly a giant shark in every PSA video, would that improve the reach of our messaging?
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
The Fire TV suddenly decided it would only display our shows in black and white. Tried switching HDMI ports and swapping out Fire Sticks. We decided to set up all our apps directly on the TV and, just like that, one more Amazon device is out of our lives. Take that, Bezos. #techfail #byeamazon
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
And now my Fire Stick will only play in black and white. What the heck.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Today in tech hell, every time I type in MS Word, it's ALL CAPS. But not in any other app. Toggling the caps lock on and off doesn't help. WTF Microsoft?
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
This project is like trying to get a herd of runaway bison to pull a wagon. #lifeofaPM #projectchaos
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Listening to sea shanties and building a giant Kraaken like one does. #halloween #pirate #demonsofthedeep
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Don't be that new guy who questions the very reason for doing the project at his first meeting. #lifeofaPM #meetinghostage #shutupchad
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
24,576 pounds of cheddar cheese to Food Bank for the Heartland in Nebraska; 270,000 eggs to Harvest Hope Food Bank in South Carolina; 4,640 pounds of chicken legs to Maui Food Bank in Hawaii --> just some of the food aid canceled by Trump projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Capitalism is having to deal with work politics drama instead of the police lockdown in your community. #meetinghostage #capitalism #allclearnow
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🇨🇦Perpetually Pissed Canuck🇨🇦 @tangusmac1.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied share.google/ZZ8CtbiFkbkU...
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A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied
Cancer. Diabetes. Aging itself. Rapamycin’s potential to treat an array of diseases has been a source of scientific fascination. But many aren’t aware of its origins – and its complicated legacy.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
So. Many. Meetings. #lifeofaPM #meetinghostage #projectmanager
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
WHY are all of my apps in dark mode now? I hate it when tech acts up. First the country, now my phone.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Microsoft, STOP CHANGING MY FONT TO STUPID APTOS!!!
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
If you're going to name your kid Maverick, maybe don't expect 100% compliance. #allinaname
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Turns out making the whole family gather in the basement for a tornado warning is an excellent way to torture teenagers. (We are fine. The warning was lifted.)
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
One circle of hell is trying to beat the storm by walking the reactive dog early, and then running into every single neighborhood dog, so we end up running the whole way and not a drop of pee is peed.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
New fresh meeting hell... Can't exit the Teams meeting even if I quit the application. #meetinghostage #shouldhavebeenanemail #help #cantquittheteam #eversharing
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Today's pet peeve, work edition: Those people that don't leave the meeting when it ends, so the recording keeps going and nobody can get the transcript.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
brettharned.com/the-real-wor... #projectmanagement #dogs #magic
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What project managers really do (with help from some very good dogs)
Think PMs just take notes? Think again. This dog-filled tribute shows the real magic project managers bring to creative teams.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Last summer, we had to hide our hooch from a kid that was making some bad choices. We put it in a box of cleaning stuff and didn't find it until yesterday when we did a basement clean out. Follow me for more parenting/cleaning tips.
Cans of beer in a cardboard box.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
When you're so tired that you're sleeping through your dreams... What the heck.
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(numunu, quahadis band) - Sky Kwihnai Pihi (name) @anarcho.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
atmos.earth/the-forced-s...
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The Forced Sterilization of India’s Sugarcane Farmworkers | Atmos
Countless women have had their wombs removed under questionable medical advice—and climate change is making the situation worse.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Speaking of sloppy tech, how about all of my Alexa devices announcing they are ready for setup (in many languages, so DEI) at 12:15am while the family is sleeping?
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Pretty much HATE the new Yahoo Mail. Has me yelling at the screen like a Boomer all the time.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.
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I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Buying nothing, cancelling all the Amazon! WOOOOO! #EconomicBlackout
Image shows a blank Amazon Subscribe and Save page.Image shows an email inbox with about 10 messages from Amazon Subscribe and Save with the subject line "Subscription cancelled."
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This is also why the brief three week period of calling the fascists "weird" last year was effective.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
What the actual heck.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
On the HHS Leadership call today: 1 employee from CMS (Center for Medicare/Medicaid Service) and 2 employees from SSA (Social Security Administration) have died by suicide after their firing.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
If you have some spare time, consider emailing your thoughts to hr@opm.gov. #resist
My list of five things for hr@opm.gov includes queer joy, native plants, vegetarian soup, defunding Amazon, and resistance.
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Pirate T @piratet.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I'm back!
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