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Jill

@yesthatjill.bsky.social
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I got too busy to have hobbies. Non-work things: LEGO, romancelandia, knitting, Formula 1. Celiac with a keen interest in making desserts and a passable home cook. (she/her)

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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 42m
“What china did they register for?” “Looks like stoneware from Amazon for $25.” “… give them a gift card.”
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 45m
The bottom two are iPod minis, a form factor I’ve never owned, and they’re excellent. (EOE put big ol’ hard drives on them and they hold 16!! Books)
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 46m
That is a genius idea. It’ll be easier than replacing the agitator top for sure.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 48m
She DID.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 48m
“It will not offend me if you don’t go.”
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 1h
Am showing mom the wedding website. Have mentioned that an Incredible Hulk costume wearing a pumpkin will fit the requesting color scheme for attending. “Hush your mouth.”
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 1h
The pink one has a note on it that says “help!” This’ll be fun.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 1h
Genuinely, I recommend Elite Obsolete Electronics, who have kept them in medium-sized iPods for at least a decade. eoe.works
eoe.works
Elite Obsolete Electronics
Elite Obsolete Electronics
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 1h
Behold! The iPod RICHES!! My parents listen to a lot of books on tape and they load ‘em up.
A pile of iPods, all with physical buttons.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 1h
… because the thing that holds the fabric softener has come unglued from the holder. It never ends.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 1h
First: cleaning the washing machine. Frequent readers will remember that I routinely have to chisel the undiluted fabric softener that gathers in the agitator. Not this time!
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 1h
That’s right, kids! It’s time for the Daughter Do List!
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 2h
Bad idea!
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 4h
Hurricane cloud bands, from the air.
A dark blue sky fades into white puffy clouds, moving fast.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 8h
(Probably, given his past work history, the former.)
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 8h
Which will likely be either the next time he shirks his job or when his raise has to be approved.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 8h
When the GM has to remind someone four people down that this *is* their responsibility, rest assured that he will remember this the next time that name comes across his desk.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 19h
A gremlin. That’s all I got. Scary!
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 21h
And we can’t really count on help from outside our communities. :(
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 21h
It’s like one of those books where I have to do a diagram and some light yoga to figure out whose hands are where doing what, exactly?
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 23h
… I’m going to need a diagram.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 23h
I remember you mentioning the fall. Glad it’s not broken but I hope you feel better soon. :(
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 23h
You ok?
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Him: “it’s defined at coating. It’s always been like that.” Me: “you are mistaken. Here’s proof.” Him: “I didn’t authorize that.” Me: “This is your signature on the change order.”
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
His reply: “we have always done it like this.” Me: We haven’t successfully performed this operation in fifteen years. Nobody in the department has been here long enough to remember what we did.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“I wasn’t consulted on this change.” What I wanted to say in response: no shit, because your opinion doesn’t matter. What I did say: “I spoke to X and Y, and the downstream operators, and they aren’t confused.”
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Update: he Regrets, now.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We lift each other up, damn the man.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am the fucking data manager. Why is it me who checks on it on the weekend? (Because I know what happens when we don’t.)
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We work at a <500 person company. “Not my job” isn’t going to be rewarded, and I’m going to make this guy regret committing that to paper.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Who has two thumbs and tickets to Club Drosselmeyer? ME! I highly recommend this if you’re in the Boston area and you like dressing up and doing puzzles to amazing music and fun drinks and a great story! www.clubdrosselmeyer.com/tickets
clubdrosselmeyer.com
Buy Tickets! — Club Drosselmeyer
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Me too!
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Our cybersecurity training today was blocked by our cybersecurity policies.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’ll be 78F outside tomorrow, so it certainly isn’t going on today. Fuzzy slippers, sweaters, and blankets for everybody!
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
At the current price of fuel oil, we probably won’t turn it on until the main part of the house is in the fifties and stays there all day. Or it freezes outside.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
42F overnight and the main house is at 62F: we are officially playing “heat chicken”, where we wait as long as possible before lighting the furnace for the winter.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m so tempted to get one of the elastic cocoon things to hold my arms but I also have to pee in the middle of the night.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That looks like a wee f1 car to me.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am sad, because I just sat with one of our star techs and helped her with her resume and job hunt, because I can’t recommend working here anymore.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Am a pink person! Must resist!!
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I would also subscribe to this class. I have people to wreck.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m not calm. Let me ruin his life.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dammit. I wanted it!!
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I hope your recovery goes well, and I’m so glad that you picked it up quick.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Austenitic stainless steel isn’t magnetic - it’s got too many alloying atoms in it to be base centered cubic. Easier to maintain, harder to enamel, and the wrong crystal structure to be attractive to magnets (how do they work!).
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I knit my own socks. The toes are wide and short because mine are. Also: no seams.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dhillon brings shame to my high school.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m passing, though. I’m wanting Minas Tirith.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Chas just asked me if I wanted the Sagrada Família.
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Jill @yesthatjill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So many!
A gross of tiny dicks in resin. For voting rights!
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