Duncan Mackenzie
@duncanmackenzie.net
Software Developer, Writer, random poster ... Some of my photos are available for sale at https://prints.duncanmackenzie.net/ and more about me and my writings is up at https://www.duncanmackenzie.net
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Glad this story is finally public but also incredible that it is taking media so long to dig up what is essentially open knowledge in these communities rn.
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Glad this story is finally public but also incredible that it is taking media so long to dig up what is essentially open knowledge in these communities rn.
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A bunch of small drawings on sale, sale prices in alt-text. DM if you're interested. These will ship by letter mail (for US residents.) #art
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A bunch of small drawings on sale, sale prices in alt-text. DM if you're interested. These will ship by letter mail (for US residents.) #art
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsOnTheGround and I was surprised how rare that is in my library, I need to expand my bird photo taking outside of trees & water apparently!
Here's a Dark-eyed Junco foraging around the ground on Lopez Island though!
Here's a Dark-eyed Junco foraging around the ground on Lopez Island though!
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdsOnTheGround and I was surprised how rare that is in my library, I need to expand my bird photo taking outside of trees & water apparently!
Here's a Dark-eyed Junco foraging around the ground on Lopez Island though!
Here's a Dark-eyed Junco foraging around the ground on Lopez Island though!
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Join us on Sunday, November 16 at 5:30PM to welcome @peterclines.bsky.social , author of God's Junk Drawer, in conversation with @djangowexler.bsky.social , local author of Everybody Wants To Rule The World Except Me! No tickets or registration required.
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Join us on Sunday, November 16 at 5:30PM to welcome @peterclines.bsky.social , author of God's Junk Drawer, in conversation with @djangowexler.bsky.social , local author of Everybody Wants To Rule The World Except Me! No tickets or registration required.
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✁ 𝔠𝔲𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔯 ✁ music video is out now 🔥 watch here:
youtu.be/1WWcefz6bIQ?si
youtu.be/1WWcefz6bIQ?si
Karen Dió - Cut Your Hair (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Karen Dió
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
✁ 𝔠𝔲𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔯 ✁ music video is out now 🔥 watch here:
youtu.be/1WWcefz6bIQ?si
youtu.be/1WWcefz6bIQ?si
#BirdOfTheDay is #lunchtime, so here is a heron with a little fish. Shot from our balcony at the Tides Inn & Suites in Port Townsend, WA
#photography
(print up at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/Photos/i-RHm...)
#photography
(print up at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/Photos/i-RHm...)
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 AM
#BirdOfTheDay is #lunchtime, so here is a heron with a little fish. Shot from our balcony at the Tides Inn & Suites in Port Townsend, WA
#photography
(print up at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/Photos/i-RHm...)
#photography
(print up at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/Photos/i-RHm...)
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Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #lunchtime , birds with food in their mouths. The alternative is #fluffy , birds with feathers fluffed up. Good luck!! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #lunchtime , birds with food in their mouths. The alternative is #fluffy , birds with feathers fluffed up. Good luck!! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
So many waterfall pictures, but most of them from near Wallace Lake, WA :)
#PhotoOfTheDay
(prints of this and others at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/keyword/wate...)
#PhotoOfTheDay
(prints of this and others at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/keyword/wate...)
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
So many waterfall pictures, but most of them from near Wallace Lake, WA :)
#PhotoOfTheDay
(prints of this and others at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/keyword/wate...)
#PhotoOfTheDay
(prints of this and others at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/keyword/wate...)
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CloseUps
I had the pleasure of hanging out with two of our resident ravens' young ones at sunset a couple of years ago. I managed to get some nice portraits.
#birds #ravens
I had the pleasure of hanging out with two of our resident ravens' young ones at sunset a couple of years ago. I managed to get some nice portraits.
#birds #ravens
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #CloseUps
I had the pleasure of hanging out with two of our resident ravens' young ones at sunset a couple of years ago. I managed to get some nice portraits.
#birds #ravens
I had the pleasure of hanging out with two of our resident ravens' young ones at sunset a couple of years ago. I managed to get some nice portraits.
#birds #ravens
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is closeups, and these shots of a mallard seems to count... not cropped at all
(prints of a few ducks available at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/keyword/duck)
(prints of a few ducks available at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/keyword/duck)
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is closeups, and these shots of a mallard seems to count... not cropped at all
(prints of a few ducks available at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/keyword/duck)
(prints of a few ducks available at prints.duncanmackenzie.net/keyword/duck)
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Looking for an amazing tech writer to join my org and write for Cash App. 100% remote. Spread the word!
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block.xyz/careers/jobs...
Careers - Senior/Staff Technical Writer
Made up of Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto, Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Looking for an amazing tech writer to join my org and write for Cash App. 100% remote. Spread the word!
block.xyz/careers/jobs...
block.xyz/careers/jobs...
Woof! Just picked up tickets for Die Spitz coming back to Seattle in April!
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Woof! Just picked up tickets for Die Spitz coming back to Seattle in April!
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #rock, so here's an oystercatcher on a rock!
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #rock, so here's an oystercatcher on a rock!
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The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.
How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
This is crushing me, oddly perhaps, but I saw the fact that Teen Vogue was covering the current political situation so well as a major positive. To have that shut down is very disturbing 😕
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This is crushing me, oddly perhaps, but I saw the fact that Teen Vogue was covering the current political situation so well as a major positive. To have that shut down is very disturbing 😕
Randomly posting that I love the internet. I have many examples, but basically I often reply to some famous (in their field) person with my thoughts and... Sometimes they reply. It really cements the idea that we are all just people. 1/2
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Randomly posting that I love the internet. I have many examples, but basically I often reply to some famous (in their field) person with my thoughts and... Sometimes they reply. It really cements the idea that we are all just people. 1/2
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O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
I'm renting a townhouse in Ballard as of this weekend, but now I have to actually pack up and move from Redmond. Or I could just stare at all my accumulated crap and feel overwhelmed.
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm renting a townhouse in Ballard as of this weekend, but now I have to actually pack up and move from Redmond. Or I could just stare at all my accumulated crap and feel overwhelmed.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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New on the blog: Think for Yourself
"You're about to commit a chunk of LLM-generated code into your product's codebase. Before you do, however, pause to consider and act on these questions."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
"You're about to commit a chunk of LLM-generated code into your product's codebase. Before you do, however, pause to consider and act on these questions."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
Think for Yourself
Understand and improve on LLM-generated code
kevlinhenney.medium.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
New on the blog: Think for Yourself
"You're about to commit a chunk of LLM-generated code into your product's codebase. Before you do, however, pause to consider and act on these questions."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
"You're about to commit a chunk of LLM-generated code into your product's codebase. Before you do, however, pause to consider and act on these questions."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
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The faculty who say we should use AI to grade/give feedback because it's a way for us to "reclaim our time."
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The faculty who say we should use AI to grade/give feedback because it's a way for us to "reclaim our time."
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
Photo for today's #BirdOfTheDay, #Pigeons !
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Photo for today's #BirdOfTheDay, #Pigeons !