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Yvonne Lam

@yvonnezlam.bsky.social
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I play with books, cats, food, yarn, and dirt, not all at the same time. Software engineer. Society of People Interested in Boring Things. She/her, cis.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 7h
Now visualising a demon returning to Hell after trying to possess a printer. "How did it go?" "ERROR 9872 INCORRECTLY BRANDED PAPER JAM fzzzzt" "Oh my Enemy. It's got him. Someone needs to tell Low Command we're outgunned here."
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 4h
read the thread, unless you are avoiding knowing about the exhaust fumes from the output factory for mental health reasons
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 8h
Let me add, historical romancers who like to describe their wicked yet redeemable rake heroes as having a whiff of brimstone about them should be aware they're saying "he smells of eggy farts".
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Nick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 5h
I have sympathy for my colleagues trying desperately to figure out what it means for us to train students in AI literacy, but so much of it assumes that the faculty are clever enough to figure out anything, the students just need to be told the right tricks, and that this can durably help anyone
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 5h
from @biancawylie.com
bsky post from biancawylie.com:

training, literacy, adoption. all efforts to shift more power to the supply-side of the product equation.
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Ron Bronson @ronbronson.com · 16h
it's safe to say that dark patterns won. all the dark patterns won and we lost and that's that.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 14h
"There’s a deep faith at the heart of liberalism that education is it: provide the information in a neutral way, and let people make up their own minds about their values." — @katemanne.bsky.social
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 14h
I'm saving this for all the times that people suggest training as a solution for violence.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 16h
AHEM www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-...
wrecka.ge
Landslide; a ghost story
On March 27, 1964, a converted liberty ship named the SS Chena brought a shipment of supplies to the port of Valdez, Alaska. Valdez, which I need you to know is pronounced “valDEEZ,” sits at the end o...
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 16h
I am going to have to watch this...
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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 17h
Oh right, I often have complex emotional reactions which I can’t easily interpret.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 17h
To add insult to injury, there are enough of these cases in the news that I had to look up which one.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 17h
Math friends, unless you have to be professionally involved with this, consider averting your eyes/hiding the post.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 20h
Eva Marie Saint, a revered actress whose two preeminent performances — 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest' — encapsulated the glories of the 1950s’ Hollywood studio system, has died at age 102. Read ↓
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Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-Winning 'On the Waterfront' Actress, Dead at 102
Eva Marie Saint, the Oscar-winning actress in 'On the Waterfront' and 'North by Northwest,' has died at age 102.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 21h
A Shakespeare classmate's theatre company is sharing the video of their Twelfth Night: bowlswiththebard.com/stoned-twelf...
bowlswiththebard.com
Stoned Twelfth Night
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 21h
Summer school was so popular, we're keeping the good times going with a topic that scares a lot of people: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-neg...
eventbrite.com
How to Negotiate
Let's make a deal.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 21h
adding to Mount To Be Read
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 21h
For some reason, I am imagining the letters the EVPfFDC would get about the physics professor whose best student evaluation was, "he has good taste in sweaters."
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026
[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!
forbes.com
Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many
Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.
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Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 01/10/2026
Wake up babe, new penguin just dropped.
bbc.co.uk
New gentoo penguin species discovered by US and Chilean experts
Southeastern gentoo penguin look almost identical to other gentoo penguins, so until recently experts thought they were all the same species.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 06/10/2026
Look at this precious baby 😭
Small brown walrus asleep on its back
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 22h
History of science and STS friends, what's a book I should read that talks about the paths not taken with a technology? Something like Jenni Lieberman's Power Lines, which I love.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 22h
This is the first time I have heard about retrogrouch, and I already love it.
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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 23h
Except Rivendell Cycles, which should get all the money from the rest of them to offer every American a subsidized retrogrouch steel bicycle
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
acceleration as accountability sink
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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"I never feel happier than when I'm wearing a cardigan"—Kathy Acker
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
sharing to read later. Based on the ones I have read, the ones I haven't are going to be amazing.
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MTBinDurham @mtbindurham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is a foundational rule of community organizing. You CELEBRATE YOUR WINS. Yes, even the small ones. Yes, even when you've taken 10 Ls in a row. ESPECIALLY when you've taken 10 Ls in a row. It does not mean you're done, the fight is over, or everyone can relax. YOU STILL CELEBRATE IT.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Dinner (along with costco pierogi) www.servingdumplings.com/recipe/fried...
servingdumplings.com
Fried Cabbage with Kielbasa
Fried cabbage with kielbasa. A quick and budget-friendly recipe ready in about 30 minutes. One-pot meal that's versatile and so delicious!
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
aspirational thinking is the absolute worst when it isn't grounded in anything
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seriously. For anything. The media literacy people don't talk about enough is accepting in your heart that every single story based on a poll or survey is hot garbage and you should smash that close button immediately before it gets into your head.
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tweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 06/10/2026
I tell you what, the symphony at this point is a pretty unbelievable bargain. Costs about the same as a big touring pop act, usually, and it's 100 of the world's best musicians, playing literal stradivariuses and shit, playing their hearts out for you? doesn't even sell out, usually? WILD
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I think I'm tired of the world being run for machines and businesses rather than people.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I continue to think "O(n) with service growth" is the most ignored and/or (perhaps deliberately) misunderstood part of toil: sre.google/sre-book/eli...
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Google SRE - What is Toil in SRE: Understanding Its Impact
Learn what toil is in SRE, how it affects operational work, and why minimizing it is crucial for efficiency and morale.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
gray cat alert @rustbeltrebel.bsky.social
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
sharing to read later
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
sharing to read later
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Between the paywalls and the "prove your humanity to read this blog post" bot detection, the Internet feels like a Walgreen's, with anything that anyone might want behind an inconvenient clear plastic wall.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
O what a sweet chonk!
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If women generally got proper medical attention, instead of having our health concerns dismissed by doctors, we might be less likely to listen to the siren call of invasive health surveillance technologies.
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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
(Normal = neutral expression concealing existential despair and brain-crushing boredom.)
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I rarely watch TV but I may have to make an exception for this.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It is often the fate of sensible strategies to be forced through the sieve of "everyone's hangups" and turn into nonsense.
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Lauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's here, it's here! DATA BY DESIGN is here in my hands, and it is beautiful!!! So much gratitude to @mitpress.bsky.social @chronictanvi.bsky.social and the (not on bluesky) rest of the team for making this book a reality!
A photo of Lauren holding an actual MFing printed copy of DATA BY DESIGN!
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Guilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
salad
 painting of a skeleton in a red cape eating a salad at a beach kiosk with a capybara looking at it
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Everything at the moment is sending me back to Lorraine Daston's (and Ian Hacking's) work: lareviewofbooks.org/article/hist...
lareviewofbooks.org
Historicizing the Self-Evident: An Interview with Lorraine Daston | Los Angeles Review of Books
Jack Gross interviews historian of science Lorraine Daston about her early work on rules, which has become newly salient in the age of algorithms.
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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Share good writing, stop trying to sandpaper everyone's rough edges until all content you ever consume sounds exactly the same, and put actions behind valuing human creative work, those are things I try to do in this domain.
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
adding to Mount To Be Read
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
sharing to read later
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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
👀
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