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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fyi, There’s a new fire with evacuation requested near old Highway 55 south of Horseshoe Bend. #HorseshoeBendFire #IdahoFire

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

And don't forget to look for the lunar eclispe tonight! badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/watch-the-...

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Watch the (nearly total) lunar eclipse Thursday night!

Also: An eclipse from Mars… of Earth. Kinda.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The two biggest ways to quickly build your skills in tech: 1. Work places where you are never the most knowledgable person in the room. Even if you bring experience make sure there are other people who's experience you can also learn from.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My heart goes out to everyone in Spokane and Twin Falls. It’s been a rough day for the North West.

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Zeb Palmer @zebpalmer.com · 08/07/2026

*EVACUATION ORDER* GO NOW issued for Robie Creek zone RC-06 #IdahoFire helicopters working Upper Shaw Mountain Road / Cottonwood Creek. Tankers will continue working the Ridge I'm seeing smoke further up than I'd prefer. But fire behavior in timber will be far different than sage/cheatgrass

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I have questions about this Google AI overview and the specific example they felt the need to include.

Google AI overview saying: Yes, Girl Scouts can sell other items, but these are generally restricted to official, council-approved fundraisers, such as magazine subscriptions, nuts, and candy during the fall product program. Troops cannot sell unrelated third-party products (like marijuana or generic retail items) at cookie booths, nor can they use Girl Scout branding to endorse

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Want a fun reminder of the impact of tariffs… take a teenager prom dress shopping!

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

In other news, I just got promoted from Senior Staff to Principal Software Engineer! 🎉

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I’ve been a developer who uses Ruby on Rails for many years… but today I shipped my first change to Ruby on Rails! A small bug fix to prevent an unnecessary query in ActiveRecord when using composite database keys.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I went on a trek in Chile last year. One of my guides doesn’t have an Aunt because she was one of the vanished during Pinochet’s regime. And if you are wondering why I’m telling this store today now would be a very good time to read up on the US involvement in South America and the consequences.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Drum roll please… my ADHD self is at inbox 0 on my personal email. (Well technically inbox 12 but they all have a purpose and an action needed to clear them.)

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Since I’m sick in bed with the flu.. but can’t seem to nap I’m finally digging out my overflowing email inbox. Some serious unsubscribe happening. Just over 1000 emails left to go. I may actually start 2026 with functioning email!

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

If you are in Boise Tamales Nelly is closing 😭 but there are a few days left to place a take out order. The Tamales freeze well and are the best I’ve ever had.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I wonder how many people all got paged at once thanks to Cloudflare!

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Before and after slow roasted garlic

White Baking dish full of raw garlic cloves and olive oil

White Baking dish full of brown roasted garlic cloves and olive oil

White plate with olive oil, roasted garlic, and bread

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Tech friends who work in e-commerce and cloud providers who support us. Have a great week and may the final exam be full of nothing but climbing sales. (Final exam = Black Friday / Cyber Monday weekend.)

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

My kids: Mom did you learn about the Cold War in school? Me: I lived the Cold War while in school

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The Cloudflare outage is a good reminder that: - Configuration is Code. - There will always be bugs but companies who publish good post mortems help make the entire industry better.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Favorite positive comment from my 6 month review: “Willing to ask ‘dumb’ questions.” Part of the staff+ role is being comfortable asking the question everyone is thinking but is afraid to say because it might sound dumb. Or the question that challenges some basic idea everyone assumes is correct.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Teen: Are you and dad fighting? Me: No, that’s the noise I make when your dad tells me his friend who was staying elsewhere will be sleeping at our house tonight but not to worry because he will not care if the sheets are fresh and the house is tidy and he’s known this for days but forgot to tell me

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

There is a shrieking baby waiting for a flight. And one passanger turned to another and said, “We were all once babies other people had to hear shriek.” So parents traveling with babies… most of your fellow passengers get it. You are doing great!

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Once again I have made roasted pumpkin seeds that taste like I pressed salt into a seed shape. 😂😭🤦🏼‍♀️ Some day I will get this right.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Teen: Mom what’s your Halloween costume? Me: Overworked Software Engineer Teen: You said that last year! And that’s not a costume! Me: No, last year I dressed as overworked working mom. Teen: ….

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Work from home buddy is helping me break a big technical problem into little technical problems. She recommends focusing on the minimal tasks needed to get something working in production… and checking the current state… of her food bowl.

A grey cat with a white chest setting on someone’s lap at a wooden desk. The person is wearing a gray hoodie and their arms are reaching out on each side of the cat. You cannot see their face.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Some photos from today’s Boise Pride parade.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Parenting teens with ADHD in a nutshell. Teen offered to pick up dinner for everyone from the local grocery store deli. Without being prompted, she found my favorite drink and bought that for me…. But she forgot to actually buy my dinner.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Me: Our router keeps needing a reboot. Do we need to replace it? Husband Thinking: Well it’s a Dell computer I installed when we moved into this house… so it’s about 15 years old…

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

The cure for imposter syndrome is helping people and answering questions. Me: I don’t know that much about this. Me several paragraph explanation later: Hmm… maybe I do know something. 😄

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

When a kid needs help at night: Babies: Cry Toddlers: Scream Elementary: Shake you awake Teenagers: Quietly stare at your sleeping form until some innate survival instinct wakes you up positive you are about to be murdered by a serial killer.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Morning hike was more exciting than expected. Guy on dirt bike: Just so you know there’s a fire up a head off the trail. Don’t worry. It’s been called in. Us: How far ahead? Guy: From here? Oh, maybe 200 feet or so….

Forest with smoke rising between the trees

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Having driven on 2 of the 10 most dangerous roads in the world I feel like the actual most dangerous roads in the world aren’t on any news site’s list. Because none of the official ones come close to a road I once drove on in the White Cloud Mountains in Idaho.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Dear AI coding helper, Sometimes a tab is just a tab and not a request to rewrite the line of code.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

If you give a programmer a short task they are going to check test coverage. When they check test coverage they will probably notice some tests are missing. When they add the tests they will decide the method could be simpler and refactor it.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Now this is the type of AI feature I can get behind. Me in desperation in the mall parking lot: Hey Siri, do you know where I parked my car??? And she did and pulled up maps with directions to my car!

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

16: You don’t need to worry about this group doing drugs or alcohol. Me: Are you sure? 16: Mom, we are a group of dedicated cosplayers. We spend every last penny on fabric and supplies. We’re broke. We couldn’t afford it even if we wanted it.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

A window salesman rang my doorbell. I politely said I’m not interested and went back inside as he tried to keep selling. Which lead to him super aggressively yelling: “Excuse me!” So if you have a door to door window salesman in Boise know they are destroying your brand when turned down.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

The last time tech had a downturn I said to myself “Well at least I won’t see this again in my lifetime.“ Once again establishing that software engineers are really bad at schedule estimates.

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babevote.bsky.social @babevote.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Hey Idahoans, In this low-turnout election, your vote could decide whether or not your local schools get funding. In Meridian, Library supporters are running against candidates who tried to abolish their library district. Go to VoteIdaho.gov for info. & to request your absentee ballot. #idpol

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Uber support doesn’t have an option for “Uber operates illegally in Chile so my driver was stopped by the police as we were about to load our bags.” But luckily “Other” still got my money refunded. “Thank you” Uber for skipping over this fact and leaving it to the nice officer to explain instead.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

First rule of international travel, check the expiration dates on your planned form of payment before arriving at the airport. Thankfully I’m traveling with family where the cost of a loan is only hearing about it for the rest of my life.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I finished my last training hike today. In 2 days I fly to Chile to hike the W Trek in Torres del Paine. 😱 4 months ago I would have thought this was impossible. www.s2mountainadventures.com/expeditions/...

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Patagonia W Trek

$4100

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Part of being a parent is getting to mess with your kids. Loud military sounding helicopters fly over head during breakfast. Me to my 16 year old: They finally found me. Sadly at 16 this just gets an eye roll.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

WhatsApp needs to up its game. Signal now offers random national security secrets.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I really hate to say it… but the Girl Scout Peanut Butter Patties do not taste as good this year. Maybe my taste is still dulled but this is the first year where I don’t crave more boxes.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Me: No, I don’t need a rescue ride. I can do the last 3 miles. Me: Darn it! It’s almost pitch black. I’ll call for a ride after I walk around this car. Husband: Sitting in that car waiting for me to notice I’m walking around my own car so he can ask if I still want to walk 2 miles in the dark.

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Rose W @rosew.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

10 mile hike yesterday… a bit snowier than I realized! (For local to Boise folks the trails are still to wet but 8th st works well and doesn’t have snow before the gate.

This photo captures a serene winter landscape in a hilly or mountainous region. The foreground consists of snow-covered ground interspersed with patches of dry grass and leafless shrubs, giving a rugged and natural feel to the scene.

In the middle ground, rolling hills are partially covered in snow, revealing the contours of the land. A winding path or road cuts through the hills, adding depth and direction to the image.

Beyond the hills, the background reveals a vast valley or plain stretching toward the horizon, with a distant city or settlement visible in the hazy atmosphere.

The sky is overcast with layers of gray clouds, but the sun is visible as a soft, diffused light source, casting a muted glow over the landscape. The subtle golden hues near the horizon contrast with the cool tones of the snow and sky, creating a tranquil and slightly moody atmosphere.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 13/02/2025

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