Devin Singer
@devinsinger.bsky.social
Community and Social Media Management, SF writing, extremely queer. she/her, more or less
Pinned
Devin Singer
@devinsinger.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hi, new followers!
You may know me under other names (none dead but most of them sleeping.) I do online community - I've worked in MMOs, at Metafilter (as restless_nomad) and currently do PA work for SF writers. (DM me for rates!)
Stand by for cat pics and rants about the internet. Welcome!
You may know me under other names (none dead but most of them sleeping.) I do online community - I've worked in MMOs, at Metafilter (as restless_nomad) and currently do PA work for SF writers. (DM me for rates!)
Stand by for cat pics and rants about the internet. Welcome!
While I don't have strong attachments to some of these as Thanksgiving dishes (no ham for us, no mac & cheese, and... rolls? really? they're... traditional?) green bean casserole is the one I personally dislike, won't touch, and wouldn't miss.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
While I don't have strong attachments to some of these as Thanksgiving dishes (no ham for us, no mac & cheese, and... rolls? really? they're... traditional?) green bean casserole is the one I personally dislike, won't touch, and wouldn't miss.
Due to a _very_ quirky meat share guy, we got a turkey a month for an entire year. My wife got _really, really good_ at roasting turkeys. It takes practice! (And brining)
I am afraid this take is just a result of the fact that a lot of people who aren't good at cooking try to do something technical exactly once a year. Turkey *is* good. You just have to do more than "put it in the oven and cross your fingers".
it is tired to the point of cliche to say if turkey was good, people would make it more than once a year. but it is understated that at least one American explodes every Thanksgiving in a brave attempt to make the main dish more palatable
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Due to a _very_ quirky meat share guy, we got a turkey a month for an entire year. My wife got _really, really good_ at roasting turkeys. It takes practice! (And brining)
I showed up early for the zombie invasion of Trinsic and drank a couple ales with one of the members of the top RP guild on the shard.
Eight years later, I had a job interview with, it turned out, Captain Sagan Adai. Who remembered the conversation.
Eight years later, I had a job interview with, it turned out, Captain Sagan Adai. Who remembered the conversation.
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I showed up early for the zombie invasion of Trinsic and drank a couple ales with one of the members of the top RP guild on the shard.
Eight years later, I had a job interview with, it turned out, Captain Sagan Adai. Who remembered the conversation.
Eight years later, I had a job interview with, it turned out, Captain Sagan Adai. Who remembered the conversation.
Reposted by Devin Singer
Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
@byzantienne.bsky.social I have an idea for our next 4th street fundraiser
"Before I left the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board back in 2022, I created (along with Dan Iwrey and Rob Casimir) what might be the greatest municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived… or at the very least the ONLY municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived."
www.nyc.gov
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
@byzantienne.bsky.social I have an idea for our next 4th street fundraiser
"Somebody That You Used to Know", maximalist synth version
You put on the radio in 1987, this Gotye song is playing but it sounds like this 🎹
#nostalgia #synthwave
#nostalgia #synthwave
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"Somebody That You Used to Know", maximalist synth version
I worked with.. a dozen? at least? Gen Z coworkers over a couple of years and I can't recall ever encountering this. I wonder if it's as widespread as media implies - or if it's specifically a power-differential thing.
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I worked with.. a dozen? at least? Gen Z coworkers over a couple of years and I can't recall ever encountering this. I wonder if it's as widespread as media implies - or if it's specifically a power-differential thing.
In honor of Veteran's Day, I will tell my favorite story of my father's time in the Marine Reserves.
Now, for context, Dad was the least likely Marine ever. Not especially athletic, not particularly interested in the military, (1/x)
Now, for context, Dad was the least likely Marine ever. Not especially athletic, not particularly interested in the military, (1/x)
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In honor of Veteran's Day, I will tell my favorite story of my father's time in the Marine Reserves.
Now, for context, Dad was the least likely Marine ever. Not especially athletic, not particularly interested in the military, (1/x)
Now, for context, Dad was the least likely Marine ever. Not especially athletic, not particularly interested in the military, (1/x)
There were several settings in there that I wanted to change - worth checking! (I do not need cartoon nudity blocked, thanks ever so.)
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
There were several settings in there that I wanted to change - worth checking! (I do not need cartoon nudity blocked, thanks ever so.)
Reposted by Devin Singer
Reposted by Devin Singer
Godspeed, voters.
Get out there, do the thing, and stay a little extra situationally aware.
Get out there, do the thing, and stay a little extra situationally aware.
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Godspeed, voters.
Get out there, do the thing, and stay a little extra situationally aware.
Get out there, do the thing, and stay a little extra situationally aware.
As part of my occasional project to read the fiction that influenced our current hellscape, I am poking at Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. I realized last night that I have encountered this particular character before - only back then he was named Eustace Clarence Scrubb.
November 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
As part of my occasional project to read the fiction that influenced our current hellscape, I am poking at Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. I realized last night that I have encountered this particular character before - only back then he was named Eustace Clarence Scrubb.
Read @annleckie.com 's newsletter, which mentions Taran Wanderer (a book I feel _very strongly_ about,) and I wanted to be slightly more specific about Annlaw being a bad teacher. Teachers who are phenomenally gifted in their art are _often_ (although not always) bad teachers (1/3)
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Read @annleckie.com 's newsletter, which mentions Taran Wanderer (a book I feel _very strongly_ about,) and I wanted to be slightly more specific about Annlaw being a bad teacher. Teachers who are phenomenally gifted in their art are _often_ (although not always) bad teachers (1/3)
I've had good results with tirazeptide for my long COVID so I'm excited about this study! (I'm not eligible because I'm already on it, but I wanted to spread the word.)
The Long COVID Treatment Trial – Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is now open for enrollment for people with Long COVID in all states but Hawaii (due to concerns about maintaining temperature control in shipping), DC, and PR:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I've had good results with tirazeptide for my long COVID so I'm excited about this study! (I'm not eligible because I'm already on it, but I wanted to spread the word.)
Reposted by Devin Singer
Man at post office tried to explain to me how the package chute works. I was like "Oh my god, amazing." He looked so smug and I was like "No, no, when I saw you walking across the parking lot, I was like, 'That man loves explaining things to women' and I was right!" He gasped like I punched him. :)
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Man at post office tried to explain to me how the package chute works. I was like "Oh my god, amazing." He looked so smug and I was like "No, no, when I saw you walking across the parking lot, I was like, 'That man loves explaining things to women' and I was right!" He gasped like I punched him. :)
Reposted by Devin Singer
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the frogs
They are leading forth the unicorns & funny cats & dogs
They are coming from the rivers, from the ponds & from the bogs
Their truth is marching on
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Their truth is marching on
They are leading forth the unicorns & funny cats & dogs
They are coming from the rivers, from the ponds & from the bogs
Their truth is marching on
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Their truth is marching on
October 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the frogs
They are leading forth the unicorns & funny cats & dogs
They are coming from the rivers, from the ponds & from the bogs
Their truth is marching on
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Their truth is marching on
They are leading forth the unicorns & funny cats & dogs
They are coming from the rivers, from the ponds & from the bogs
Their truth is marching on
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Their truth is marching on
Pay them _dust_
Hi. There is an influx of government sites and I’m gonna use what little clout I have
To say
Don’t bait them.
pay them DUST.
Commit to boosting coverage of what they do, centering the voices of who they target .
In fact start muting folks who over antagonize them
To say
Don’t bait them.
pay them DUST.
Commit to boosting coverage of what they do, centering the voices of who they target .
In fact start muting folks who over antagonize them
October 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Pay them _dust_
Reposted by Devin Singer
🚨 New MASS BLOCK campaign. :::
🚨 Terror Nazi’s from the Trump administration are migrating to Bluesky.
Neo-Nazi cabinet members have been given their blue checkmarks & verification.
Click —->
—- @whitehouse-47.bsky.social block
—- @homelandgov.bsky.social block
When in doubt, lock them out 🔐 🔒
🚨 Terror Nazi’s from the Trump administration are migrating to Bluesky.
Neo-Nazi cabinet members have been given their blue checkmarks & verification.
Click —->
—- @whitehouse-47.bsky.social block
—- @homelandgov.bsky.social block
When in doubt, lock them out 🔐 🔒
October 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🚨 New MASS BLOCK campaign. :::
🚨 Terror Nazi’s from the Trump administration are migrating to Bluesky.
Neo-Nazi cabinet members have been given their blue checkmarks & verification.
Click —->
—- @whitehouse-47.bsky.social block
—- @homelandgov.bsky.social block
When in doubt, lock them out 🔐 🔒
🚨 Terror Nazi’s from the Trump administration are migrating to Bluesky.
Neo-Nazi cabinet members have been given their blue checkmarks & verification.
Click —->
—- @whitehouse-47.bsky.social block
—- @homelandgov.bsky.social block
When in doubt, lock them out 🔐 🔒
This is one of the things my brain is tuned to keep track of so I can bring fun treats to the friends who enjoy them.
There's something wonderful and funny about having a fandom in law. Like, I don't go here, but my friend does, so now I know random shit about F1 teams or wrestlers or kpop groups
Then you see something about their brainworm and you bring it to them like a crow, like "I saw this and thought of you"
Then you see something about their brainworm and you bring it to them like a crow, like "I saw this and thought of you"
October 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is one of the things my brain is tuned to keep track of so I can bring fun treats to the friends who enjoy them.
My MIL became our local party secretary and a state delegate by showing up to like three meetings.
from my WIFL interview with @jdandeneau.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My MIL became our local party secretary and a state delegate by showing up to like three meetings.
Reposted by Devin Singer
Dude in grocery store goes “Some common sense advice: masks don’t do anything. Idiot.” I said “Forgive me for not taking ‘common sense advice’ from a guy wearing socks with Crocs in the rain.” I could tell by his face he’s gonna go to sleep tonight thinking about everyone on line laughing.
October 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Dude in grocery store goes “Some common sense advice: masks don’t do anything. Idiot.” I said “Forgive me for not taking ‘common sense advice’ from a guy wearing socks with Crocs in the rain.” I could tell by his face he’s gonna go to sleep tonight thinking about everyone on line laughing.
I feel slightly bad that what I take from this story is that there is an *actual* Father Dowling in Chicago right now. Truly we live in strange times
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I feel slightly bad that what I take from this story is that there is an *actual* Father Dowling in Chicago right now. Truly we live in strange times
If you are paying significantly under market rate for a role and unhappy about the quality of employee you're getting, the solution is not to _lower the pay._ Christ.
October 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If you are paying significantly under market rate for a role and unhappy about the quality of employee you're getting, the solution is not to _lower the pay._ Christ.
Reposted by Devin Singer
Today's article is about a form of bad-faith speech somewhat akin to bullshit, which I'm calling (because why not) wank. I don't quite think I've focused the ideas down as much as I can, but I think it says some interesting things regardless:
An essay on wank | deadSimpleTech
This captures well the uncomfortable, slightly disorienting feeling that wank creates when you're subjected to it, wherein you're expected to speak about and think about the statement as though it say...
deadsimpletech.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Today's article is about a form of bad-faith speech somewhat akin to bullshit, which I'm calling (because why not) wank. I don't quite think I've focused the ideas down as much as I can, but I think it says some interesting things regardless:
Reposted by Devin Singer
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.