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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 29/09/2026

While planning costumes and make-up for Episode 3, Huyen asks Niki for feedback and inadvertently reveals her dazzling powers. www.youtube.com/shorts/Tsfh_...

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Vampire Witch Powers: Activate? #podcast #halloween #horror

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Huyen Tue Dao @queencodemonkey.dev · 26/09/2026

Excited for our October episode of @technicaltea.show. It has EVERYTHING: great theming, make-up + costumes, spooky AND hilarious AND interesting info, very EXTRA graphics that apparently trip the "this was generated by AI" on IG but really made manually by ME. Subscribe on your podcatcher or YT.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 26/09/2026

No-context spoilers for our October spooky episode. Ft. sticker by @scottjohnson.zip

Mario cordyceps sticker by Scott Johnson

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Huyen Tue Dao @queencodemonkey.dev · 25/09/2026

Editing @technicaltea.show… Disappointed Vampire Witch is disappointed, y'all. cc @nicoleackermans.com

Screencap of Huyen during Episode 3. Huyen is dressed as a witch with a floop wide-brimmed hat that hangs over her eyes normally, but currently, Huyen as her head cocked back with a look of sheer disappointment which you can see in her eyes that are visible but shadowed. On her right cheek is make-up that looks like a spell from Witch Hat Atelier. On her lips is blood red lipstick and what looks like blood running down each corner of her mouth. Vampire Witch.

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 24/09/2026

Not the AI generated clips in riverside reading us to filth 😅

Suggested AI generated clip titles: podcasters struggle with livestream, Huyen and Niki troubleshoot, patreon fails in real time, dead air

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 24/09/2026

Trigger warning: we talk about pustules, but in our humble opinion, it's still pretty funny. And this gross silliness is the vibe around here. youtube.com/shorts/qEoaQ... This is our Patreon-only Office Hours. For the full VOD, consider joining patreon.com/TechnicalTeaShow.

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Dr. Pustule Popper #podcast #stem #history #plaguedoctor

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 22/09/2026

We are going to have so many clips from this last episode guys, it’s not even funny. Get ready for leech-mania and whale hydrophobia

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WIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026

WIRED asked 634 women what they really think about working in tech. They told us about harassment, bias, unequal treatment, and the everyday indignities that still shape life in the industry. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...

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Huyen Tue Dao @queencodemonkey.dev · 21/09/2026

I am so excited for every episode we record of @technicaltea.show and not just because @nicoleackermans.com and I were a Vampire Witch and French Zombie, respectively, for Episode 3. But because our costumes were thematically relevant!

Screenshot from Technical Tea Episode 3 recording. Huyen is wearing a witch hat with a spell drawn on her teeth and blood red lipstick with red stains at the corner of her mouth. Niki has the sunken eyes and cheeks of a zombie while still fabulously in eyeliner, lipstick, and a French beret.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hey Philly! We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences! The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum Sept 25-27. It’s the museum’s last weekend (for now!) Sign up here to help docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A flyer with dinosaur bones and beetles and butterflies that says help save the academy volunteer this weekend. Help us hand out flyers the Museum to get more people involved in the fight and save the Academy of natural sciences volunteer at. Save-the-academy.org

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 21/09/2026

We're live recording our October episode Monday morning at 9AM ET and the theme is tech vampires and science zombies! To stay on the theme of doing weird makeup, let's see if I (Niki) can zombify myself with this palette 🧟‍♀️

Makeup palette with green black blue mauve and tans

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 19/09/2026

We're about to go live for office hours on Youtube, Twitch, and Patreon. Come hang out and chat!

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 15/09/2026

Next month’s episode will be about the scariest science and tech for spooky season! We are going to nerd out hardcore. Any guesses 👀?

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 14/09/2026

We have only recorded 2 episodes and we already have the best community! 💜

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 10/09/2026

As women, we're warned against being too confrontational but also being too apologetic. Sometimes it feels like unless we add exclamation points to everything, we'll be seen as one or the other regardless! www.youtube.com/shorts/xflnk...

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Confronting Being Called Confrontational! #podcast

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 07/09/2026

Episode 2 is live! Why do we name birds, telescopes, and principles after people? The good, the bad, the weird. Is there Death of the Author for Eponyms? Why infinitely optimizing (and going over the speed limit) may not work. Here's a clip youtube.com/shorts/ZuBYr...

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When women's anatomy is named after men… #science #stem #womeninstem #biology

Should we continue using eponymous terms for anatomy especially when it means our female anatomy are named after their male "discoverers?" Please don't put a flag on my Fallopian tubes. ---- Hosted…

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 31/08/2026

Our episodes come out every first Monday of the month. We recorded episode 2 a little while ago, which just means we are struggling to keep all the excitement in for when you get to hear it next week!

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 26/08/2026

This is dedicated to the ones who love the work. youtube.com/shorts/N4RnA... [0:00] What it Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math spectrum.ieee.org/ai-in-mathem... [0:26] "For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper" by Joseph Fasano poets.org/poem/student...

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What do mathematicians and poets have in common? #podcast #stem

This is dedicated to those who love the work. [0:00] What it Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-in-mathematics [0:26] "For a Student Who Used AI to Write…

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 24/08/2026

Our next episode is in the bag! "Eponyms: The good, the bad, the birds and the beetles" is coming to a podcatcher near you on September 5th! We tested out a new format and had some really interesting conversations. We look forward to hearing what you think!

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 21/08/2026

Come hang out with us as we record episode 2. Our topic is eponyms (things named after people) in science and tech

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 21/08/2026

Come hang out with us as we record episode 2. Our topic is eponyms (things named after people) in science and tech

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 19/08/2026

BRB sending this to all my group chats

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 19/08/2026

Can Niki clicker-train herself out of saying "like" every sentence? We're going to find out. Office hours will be live today at 1pm CT on Youtube & Twitch!

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 18/08/2026

Want a sneak peek behind the scenes? We are going live for office hours tomorrow, Wednesday August 19th at 1 pm CT on Youtube and Twitch. Help us pick brand colors and discuss our upcoming episode! www.youtube.com/live/e9ch8W2...

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Michael Scott Peeking Through Blinds

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 17/08/2026

Can art beat modern-day facial recognition? Niki lists off some cool looking techniques, from both low- and high-tech backgrounds. Find out how the rest of the discussion went in our first episode and listen to Technical Tea wherever podcasts are found! youtube.com/shorts/9uzK6...

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How to beat facial recognition? #podcast #stem

Other than Computer Vision Dazzle like what Niki has fabulously applied to her face, what are other ways people are experimenting with to beat facial recognition? Niki explains! ---- Hosted by…

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 11/08/2026

A little something from our pilot episode. Maybe it's just natural that an Android developer became BFFs with a goat behaviorist since they occasionally have to check `isUserAGoat()`. youtube.com/shorts/MHKLO...

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What did the Software Engineer say to the Goat Behaviorist?

A little something from our pilot episode. Maybe it's just natural that an Android developer became BFFs with a goat behaviorist since they occasionally have to check `isUserAGoat()`. ---- Hosted…

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Huyen Tue Dao @queencodemonkey.dev · 04/08/2026

BTW we have a @technicaltea.show Patreon up if you'd like an ad-free RSS feed of podcast episodes for only $1.24. We already have our first patron today (thank you so much! Withholding name for privacy but just know we super appreciate you). www.patreon.com/technicaltea...

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Technical Tea — A podcast by femmes in STEM

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 03/08/2026

This is the kind of cocktail of women perspectives, STEM, and nerdiness you can expect from Technical Tea. And we are so proud of it. youtube.com/shorts/1sXRm...

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…the Vibranium Boobs.

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 03/08/2026

DONT PANIC OUR VERY FIRST EPISODE IS NOW LIVE OMG! Get it wherever you get your podcasts and please share with at least 1 other person. If you're really, really nice, leave us a review on apple podcasts so we can get in the charts! Okthanksloveyoubyeeee

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 03/08/2026

We have some fun moments on this new episode 😅. You're finally going to find out why my makeup looks so weird

Niki and Hiyen on a podcast. Niki has crazy geometric makeup and is making a surprised face

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 03/08/2026

We just got the raw files for our first episode 😱. If all goes well it'll be up tomorrow!!!

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 01/08/2026

Website is up! technicaltea.show

Screenshot of the "Technical Tea" website, technicaltea.show, highlighting more doodle polaroid style photos from Nerdtacular 2026, where this all started.

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 31/07/2026

Our trailer is up! Check it out and subscribe wherever you get podcasts so you can get our first episode when it comes out next week!

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 31/07/2026

Meet co-host Dr. Niki Ackermans ( @nicoleackermans.com ). She is the science half of Technical Tea as a professor of biology at a University who researches brain damage. In her free time, Niki enjoys Roller Derby, Birdwatching, and immersing herself into swamps until she assimilates with the bog.

A Polaroid of Dr niki holding a ram skill with pink and blue scribbles of DNA, a neuron and chemical structures

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 30/07/2026

Meet co-host Huyen Tue Dao ( @queencodemonkey.dev ). She brings the Tech to Technical Tea as a Software Engineer at a Big Tech Company. Her favorite pastimes include swinging heavy kettlebells and learning Japanese so that she can shout out her moves while fighting anime monsters.

Picture of Huyen with pink face paint but looking like a polaroid with doodles drawn over the picture and frame including a yellow crown on the top left, her name in Vietnamese and in katakana on the top right and bottom right, respectively, a fuschia monkey peeking over the bottom left corner, the initials "HTD" and "QCM" in the bottom left, a big droid head, two hex code color for a fuschia and purple, and the words "B-B-B-Bytecode break along the right side of the polaroid.

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Huyen Tue Dao @queencodemonkey.dev · 30/07/2026

As much as I could (especially as just an engineer), I did not use AI to make this. Did download some vector art, the background texture, and polaroid frames from Motion Array but @nicoleackermans.com and I doodled on our own avatars and I artisanally typed all the text.

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Huyen Tue Dao @queencodemonkey.dev · 28/07/2026

Me downloading a bunch of pictures of goats for @technicaltea.show stuff but then remembering the Goat Quiz that @scottjohnson.zip did for @nicoleackermans.com… and now nervously looking through my Downloads folder… "Wait… is this actually a goat? <internet search>…"

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Michael Scott's Iconic 'No' Moment

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Huyen Tue Dao @queencodemonkey.dev · 26/07/2026

A little @technicaltea.show battle paint goes a long way for that LFG 🔥💅💪. Got through 120 total 40 kg/88 lbs Swings (and a bunch of other moves but those required the most on-point-ed-ness).

Selfie that Huyen took in front of a gym mirror, dressed in workout clothes, sweaty, with iridescent smudges/brush strokes on her right cheek in the shape of two T's overlapping.

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Technical Tea @technicaltea.show · 25/07/2026

We are getting up to some shenanigans on Episode 1... Coming soon to a podcatcher near you!

Niki and Hiyen podcasting with weird makeup on

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