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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 15h

When it was our turn I goofed the spiral, so I got a leash bite, then I turned the wrong way on a back up and pivot and got another. Tallie is a harsh Rally judge when we run. 😂

A small, fluffy bi-black Sheltie lies patiently on the dark rubber floor of an indoor dog training facility, waiting for her turn at Rally Obedience. Her thick black fur frames an enormous white chest ruff, with white front paws stretched neatly in front of her and a narrow white stripe running down her forehead and muzzle. A pale mint-green leash trails loosely beside her, while a black metal exercise pen separates her from the Rally course, where an orange station marker numbered 5 is visible. With both pointed ears perked upright and her dark eyes looking directly toward the camera, she has an attentive, slightly serious expression, as though she’s checking whether it’s finally her turn to show everyone how it’s done.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 15h

Rally class! She was very attentive to her friend’s run before hers.

A small, fluffy bi-black Sheltie lies on the dark rubber floor of an indoor dog training facility, patiently waiting for her turn at a Rally Obedience course. Her thick black coat, enormous white chest ruff, and fluffy white front paws stand out against the dark flooring, while a pale mint-green leash trails loosely beside her. With her front paws stretched forward, ears perked, and head turned sharply to the right, she watches intently through a black metal exercise pen toward the course where her friend is competing. An orange Rally course marker with the number 5 is visible beyond the fencing. Her alert expression and slightly sideways glance make her look as though she’s carefully studying her friend’s performance before taking her own turn.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 18h

We were stationed in Portsmouth 2x, can confirm Bier Garden is great (and I don't even drink beer- the food was very good)

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Tallie Pupdate, we are at the vet & she thinks she can be invisible under here

A small, fluffy bi-black Sheltie lies tucked beneath a long wooden bench in a veterinarian’s office, apparently hoping to stay out of sight. Her black fur contrasts with her thick white chest ruff, white front paws, and the narrow white stripe running down her face. A pale turquoise leash stretches across her front legs and trails over the shiny, speckled gray floor. With her ears slightly back and her head lowered, she gazes warily off to one side, looking as though she would very much prefer to remain hidden under the bench rather than face whatever the vet has planned.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Not an option for everyone, but this is why I try to do CSAs as much as possible. Our CSA sent us apples that are PINK inside recently! I've never seen anything like that, and they were amazing. But tiny, and didn't store well- you had to eat them quickly. 🍎

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

this online guide (photographylife.com/photography-...) has a solid composition guide: photographylife.com/composition-...

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Photography Basics: The Complete Beginner's Guide

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

💗 Tallie sends some celebratory tail wags!

A black-and-white Shetland Sheepdog walks toward the camera along a quiet neighborhood sidewalk on a sunny autumn day. The dog wears a pink harness attached to a pale mint-green leash and looks cheerful and alert, with its mouth open and tongue slightly out. Fallen red, orange, and yellow leaves are scattered across the pavement, while leafy trees and shrubs line the path. Warm sunlight filters through the branches, creating a bright golden glow in the background and highlighting the Sheltie’s fluffy white chest ruff.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Mine thinks I have a cat which I definitely do not 😂

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Building isn't super hard now with Claude. Patching, maintaining, keeping it up & not constantly crashing is a skillset that Claude totally helps with but it's an ongoing burden. Makes sense for large-ish companies to take this on, diminishing returns as you get down to individuals....

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Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In 2014, HLS found 50%+ of cited links in Supreme Court opinions no longer point to the intended webpage. ~70% of cited links in academic legal journals & 20% of all science, tech, & medicine articles suffer from linkrot. perma.cc I’m sure it’s gotten worse. I bet @timbl.bsky.social is frustrated.

perma.cc - Private
Link rot destroys the integrity of your citations
OU
Links start healthy. New citations have been vetted and verified.
After one year. After a year, over 20% of cited links may be dead or otherwise inaccessible.
After five years. After five years, the situation is much worse - over 50% of cited links can be affected.
As time goes on. Link rot is
inevitable and rarely reversible. The longer the wait, the more likely a link will have rotted.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Creating any new VMs in Azure can be like pulling teeth 🫤😖 And this is supposed to be a mature alternative to AWS? We’re constantly hitting our quota. 😩

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Shelties: majestic, regal looking working dogs Tallie: “I like to be carried by dog dad in my tote bag” 😂

A black-and-white Shetland Sheepdog sits snugly inside a gray soft-sided travel crate or carrier, looking directly up at the camera with wide, attentive brown eyes. The dog’s narrow white blaze runs from the forehead down the muzzle, and its long dark fur spills over the edge of the carrier. The softly lit indoor setting includes a blue-and-white patterned rug and nearby furniture, while the Sheltie’s calm, slightly expectant expression makes it look as though it is waiting patiently to go somewhere.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I also do a veggie CSA and fruit CSA, so produce is whatever they give me that week unless I supplement for some recipe we want to make.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Have teensy tiny kitchen, but 2 blocks from Trader Joe’s & Whole Foods, 3 blocks from year round farmer market: yeah, many afternoons after work I walk to the store to decide what to get to make for dinner. Takes barely 20 minutes, nice cap to the work day. I bring a backpack, it fits plenty.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tallie & I have a Level 3 obedience class on Sunday! Our Saturday plans involve the sofa, my kindle, and being very very very lazy though. 😂

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My first ever upgrade to domestic first class was on a Northwest flight flying back to Boston from Seattle in the late 90s. I remember eating ice cream after dinner & thinking I was definitely spoiled for flying transcons in coach, so that was probably the birth of me being a points nerd. 😂

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Congrats on being older, you get to vent all your frustrations on med ball slams! 😂

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

we call that tasmanian devil mode!

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I swear she was part badger as a puppy

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

tiny hamster sized sheltie puppy when she got home:

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not even a full 2 pounds that day! She felt like nothing.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

5 years ago tomorrow I flew to Spokane and picked up a barely 2 lb smidgen 💙

A smiling woman holds a tiny black-and-white Sheltie puppy bundled snugly in a bright blue fleece blanket. The fluffy puppy, with a white chest, muzzle, and front paws, looks up intently toward her face while one little paw rests over the blanket. They are outdoors on a cool-looking day, with a gravel path, grass, and large evergreen trees softly blurred in the background.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The human's job is not just to read the dog's alert but also to think about things like wind direction & so making sure the dog fully covers the search area. I'm lucky, Tallie is extremely methodical and understands coverage & so does that second part largely herself most of the time.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

How far away can a dog detect a scent from? It's pretty far, but depends on the air temperature, wind direction, scent's height from the ground/dog's height, & many other factors. But odor plumes do very much travel & depending on the dog's relative position they can race right down it to source.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Containers sniff and go yesterday. This is Tallie waiting right outside the start line for the first one- I'm pretty sure she was sorting out where the hides were during the wait because when I gave the command she bee-lined to the first one immediately and then found the second one a moment later.

A black-and-white Shetland Sheepdog sits on the pavement beside the rear bumper of a parked black Subaru, waiting for her turn at a nosework event. She wears a bright pink leash and looks off to the side with an alert, slightly serious expression, her ears perked and thick white chest ruff spread around her. Sunlight highlights the long fur around her face while a gravel parking area and greenery are visible behind the car.

A close-up portrait of a black-and-white Shetland Sheepdog waiting beside a parked car at a nosework event. The dog gazes intently off to the side with bright brown eyes and upright ears, looking focused and ready to work. A narrow white blaze runs down her forehead and muzzle, while long dark fur frames her face and a glimpse of her pink harness or leash shows beneath her coat.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Very tiny Catholic all girls school. Absolutely no business/econ classes offered. But I did have both a philosophy class and an ethics class senior year. 😂 (And computer science! Which I loved.)

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

West Seattle near the Junction is lovely, we have great little restaurants and shops, lots of apartment buildings there close to buses & shuttle to water taxi. Not good if you like night life, great if you like parks & easy airport access.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ah! welcome! Welp, you are well on your way to learning the weirdness of our transit system. Have you tried out a ferry ride yet? Not that paying for them is too wonky- they have fare gates- but the rides are gorgeous. ⛴️ This was the water taxi sunrise yesterday:

A waterfront sunrise scene with a white King County Water Taxi docked in the foreground, its bow and cabin partly silhouetted. Across the water, the sun sits low near the horizon beneath layered dark gray clouds, casting a bright golden-orange reflection across the rippling surface. The distant shoreline and industrial buildings appear as dark shapes against the glowing sky, creating a dramatic contrast between the stormy clouds above and the warm sunrise below.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

confusingly, some of the buses (the rapid ride lines) are like that, but other bus lines are not. 😒 ah well, I hope the rest of Seattle isn't too bonkers & you enjoy your visit!

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Link is so confusing for payment- there are poles with card readers you tap before you get on, then you tap again when you get off. Really, they need to get around to getting fare gates on the station because it's not obvious. www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us...

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is so neat! Have you ever seen ones that are wayfinding, like the Seattle downtown ones with the bolt at the spot on the map where you are? I always love that little easter egg.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

if you're flying to Seattle, it's looking like a really lovely day out here! September is often the best month in the PNW- enjoy & have a safe trip! 🌲

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I used to work in Chelsea & in Soho (a long time ago tho) so I'm also happy to offer suggestions if you want some anytime! NYC is so great. 🏙️

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That’s definitely a neighbor, not the city or waste management contractor. </WA lawyer but IANYL 😅>

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

These are the AI risks we should be worried about and legislating against not freaking out over whether some poorly sandboxed security test leads to Skynet.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

oh no! did you bark at it? Tallie says that helps. 😂

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

hey, did you hear? there's another weekend day tomorrow! (tbh, since I WFH, I'm not actually sure Tallie understands the concept of a "weekend" 😂)

A close-up of a black-and-white Shetland Sheepdog standing on a neighborhood sidewalk, looking up toward the camera with bright brown eyes and an open-mouthed, cheerful expression. The dog’s long dark fur frames its face, with a narrow white blaze down the forehead and muzzle and a fluffy white chest ruff below. A pale green leash is visible along the lower left edge. In the background, dry grass and scattered fallen leaves line the curb beside the quiet street.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Shelties are very harsh, Tallie regularly gives us 1 ⭐ on Yelp for slow service 🤣

A black-and-white Shetland Sheepdog lies flat on a plush pink shaggy bed, resting its chin low against the soft fabric. The dog looks judgemental, with half-closed eyes, a white blaze down the face, and its thick dark coat spread around its body like a fluffy halo. Black metal bars behind the bed suggest the dog is resting inside or beside a crate, while a patterned rug is visible in the foreground.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tallie says the best way to start the weekend is to wake up at 4 AM when your pilot dogdad does. She still doesn't know why he gets to go fly the 737 and she's stuck at home, though. Doesn't he know shelties would make excellent pilots if you'd just let them into the cockpit? 🛫

A black-and-white Shetland Sheepdog walks toward the camera along a wide concrete alley, one fluffy white front paw lifted mid-step. The dog is attached to a bright pink leash and looks ahead with alert ears and an open-mouthed, cheerful expression. Chain-link fencing lines one side of the alley while ivy and a low retaining wall run along the other, with the long paved lane stretching into the distance behind the dog.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

our street turns into stairs a half block away, and twice since we moved here 6 years ago, cars have impaled themselves on the top of the steps. 😶 there is a street sign there, but it clearly has a person walking on it & the stairs are RIGHT THERE.

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wendy knox everette @wendyck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

yeah, you'd think we would have figured some of the issue with self regulation given the scourge of robo-calls 😒

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