@techsassy

Posting on Bluesky: @ https://xitter.cf/t.co/JNGjlm3SUk Technology Leader. Journalism roots. Always rolling for initiative. She/They 🖤🤍💜

 Virginia, Washington D.C.
Joined August 2008
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Use a moisturizer with SPF daily. Floss (sometimes twice) daily. Refuse shoes when possible. Listen to music. Kick sugar. Prioritize sleep. Ask questions. Only wear pants with pockets. Breathe. Listen to answers. Read a book. Run for office.
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Joanna Robinson@jowrotethis13 Dec 2022
My absolute #1 favorite thing in television is when someone says “I love you” without saying I love you.
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Tofupixel (find me on BlueSky - Not active here)@TofuPixel12 Dec 2022
miyazaki of studio ghibli, upon seeing an artificial intelligence presentation- "i strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself".
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Joshua Nathan@JoshLoganathan9 Dec 2022
Incredible that Google Ad Manager is down. Didn’t think I would see that happen. Wonder how much the revenue impact is.
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I don't use Spotify, so this is effectively my Wrapped. #Duolingo365
Badge of stats for a year on Duolingo. I'm a top 8% Spanish learner.

ALT Badge of stats for a year on Duolingo. I'm a top 8% Spanish learner.

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Me: Alexa, play Bad Bunny. My 4yo, protesting: Bunnies aren't bad! They're cute.
Alright, where y'all at on Mastodon? Looks like I'm going the multi-account approach for now.
🫡 🕊️ 'Til the end
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My feed is entirely exit polls, responsible cautionary tweets about looking at exit polls and photos of pizza.
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👈 Tell me you joined Twitter from a newsroom 15 years ago without telling me
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Vox
@voxdotcom8 Nov 2022
It’s #ElectionDay — and access to the polls has never been more fraught. That’s why knowing your general voting rights has never been more important. Here's are some tips for how to exercise your right to vote. Learn more: trib.al/d3xj7Gj
A graphic details your rights as a voter on Election Day. Those are: * If you’re still in line when the polls close, stay in line. You have the right to vote.
 * If you make a mistake on your ballot, ask for a new one.
 * If the machines are down at your polling place, ask for a paper ballot.
 * If the poll worker says your name is not on the list of registered voters or if you’re at the wrong polling place, ask for a provisional ballot.
 * If you have a disability, election officials must make reasonable accommodations to help you vote. 
 * For voting information in American Sign Language, visit SignVote.
 * If you run into problems, experience intimidation, or have questions, call or text the Election Protection Hotline.

ALT A graphic details your rights as a voter on Election Day. Those are: * If you’re still in line when the polls close, stay in line. You have the right to vote.
 * If you make a mistake on your ballot, ask for a new one.
 * If the machines are down at your polling place, ask for a paper ballot.
 * If the poll worker says your name is not on the list of registered voters or if you’re at the wrong polling place, ask for a provisional ballot.
 * If you have a disability, election officials must make reasonable accommodations to help you vote. 
 * For voting information in American Sign Language, visit SignVote.
 * If you run into problems, experience intimidation, or have questions, call or text the Election Protection Hotline.

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Scott Klein@kleinmatic5 Nov 2022
For those trying to imagine their lives without Twitter, here are some pieces worth reading that remember life before it. A short 🧵
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philip lewis
@Phil_Lewis_3 Nov 2022
When you finally decide to leave your teaching job and pursue your rap career
My 7yo after a cartoon plot about a jerk boss: "I hope I never have a boss like that. I hope I have a nice boss, like you are, mommy." Me: "Am I a nice mom?" ... and the kids looked at me, smiled and said "Yes!" Consider this my Quarterly Life Performance Review.
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Help I bought another book that I won't have the time to read
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I felt Ada Lovelace's words in my bones. So I put them on a mug.
White coffee mug with black handle that says in handwritten, cursive font: "I wish you were as accurate and as much to be relied on as I am myself"

ALT White coffee mug with black handle that says in handwritten, cursive font: "I wish you were as accurate and as much to be relied on as I am myself"

Nina Beguš
@ninabegus26 Sep 2022
Ada Lovelace, the first programmer, begging her collaborator Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first general computer, not to mess with her math
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Fair warning that anyone who visits me for an extended period of time and hasn't seen RRR will end up watching RRR.
Melissa Young | Bluesky: @techsassy.me retweeted
Tomer Burg@burgwx30 Sep 2022
Full storm-centered loop of Hurricane Ian as seen from the US-based radar network, from its Cuba landfall to South Carolina. Follow Ian's evolution as it undergoes a quick eyewall replacement cycle, rapidly intensifies before FL landfall & transitions to a post-tropical cyclone.
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WHO AMONG YOU has or will quote reference this in comment on a review of your pull request? And please share it with me.
Nina Beguš
@ninabegus26 Sep 2022
Ada Lovelace, the first programmer, begging her collaborator Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first general computer, not to mess with her math
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When your job actually might save, not just lives, but humanity.
Spaceflight Now
@SpaceflightNow26 Sep 2022
Impact! NASA's DART spacecraft has collided with asteroid Didymos, hitting at a velocity of more than 14,000 mph in a historic planetary defense experiment. spaceflightnow.com/2022/09/2…
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