Hazel Weakly
@hazelweakly.me
I have thoughts. Lots of thoughts. They never stop thinking. Never stop thunking.
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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You’re never going to make an industry built around the aspirations of white men and model minorities feel shame about *anything* because it would require them to admit that they were wrong.
The folks capable of any sort of self reflection are the ones who’ve been saying this was bad from the start.
The folks capable of any sort of self reflection are the ones who’ve been saying this was bad from the start.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
You’re never going to make an industry built around the aspirations of white men and model minorities feel shame about *anything* because it would require them to admit that they were wrong.
The folks capable of any sort of self reflection are the ones who’ve been saying this was bad from the start.
The folks capable of any sort of self reflection are the ones who’ve been saying this was bad from the start.
As a kid I used to wonder how we had both the European dark ages and the Islamic golden age at the same time. Surely people would’ve shared knowledge with each other and helped make the world a better place?
I also used to wonder how progress could’ve slid backwards so much
I get it now though 🙃
I also used to wonder how progress could’ve slid backwards so much
I get it now though 🙃
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
As a kid I used to wonder how we had both the European dark ages and the Islamic golden age at the same time. Surely people would’ve shared knowledge with each other and helped make the world a better place?
I also used to wonder how progress could’ve slid backwards so much
I get it now though 🙃
I also used to wonder how progress could’ve slid backwards so much
I get it now though 🙃
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A related thing I’ve seen is decent software folks saying “at least what I do isn’t critical” as a way to distance themselves from the perceived responsibility/stress/burden of the things we work on, knowing the tradeoffs we make.
We’re given huge amounts of power and should act accordingly.
We’re given huge amounts of power and should act accordingly.
all I see are "they're not engineers" "that's not what engineering is" I want a thick good really real piece to sink my teeth in about all the parts of this that ARE "like engineering"
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A related thing I’ve seen is decent software folks saying “at least what I do isn’t critical” as a way to distance themselves from the perceived responsibility/stress/burden of the things we work on, knowing the tradeoffs we make.
We’re given huge amounts of power and should act accordingly.
We’re given huge amounts of power and should act accordingly.
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I think there's so much buried grief and I feel it seeping around all the edges when I get yelled at in this industry, truly
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I think there's so much buried grief and I feel it seeping around all the edges when I get yelled at in this industry, truly
Cat is hitting on a very real point, here. Honestly, my gut instinct is that this is part of what happens when shame is outlawed as an acceptable emotion to feel
Tech doesn't *have* shame, and its workers are forbidden from feeling it. Ergo, anything shameful cannot be tech.
But DOGE is shameful!
Tech doesn't *have* shame, and its workers are forbidden from feeling it. Ergo, anything shameful cannot be tech.
But DOGE is shameful!
There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Cat is hitting on a very real point, here. Honestly, my gut instinct is that this is part of what happens when shame is outlawed as an acceptable emotion to feel
Tech doesn't *have* shame, and its workers are forbidden from feeling it. Ergo, anything shameful cannot be tech.
But DOGE is shameful!
Tech doesn't *have* shame, and its workers are forbidden from feeling it. Ergo, anything shameful cannot be tech.
But DOGE is shameful!
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Excited to announce that I’ll be giving the keynote at FOSS Backstage in Berlin in March!
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
Æva Black to keynote at FOSS Backstage 2026
We are excited to share that Æva Black will be the keynote speaker for next year's edition.
26.foss-backstage.de
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Excited to announce that I’ll be giving the keynote at FOSS Backstage in Berlin in March!
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
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Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
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A single observability strategy often fails as companies grow. Discover how to build a meta-strategy that adapts from startup to enterprise.
By @hazelweakly.me, thanks to @embrace.io
By @hazelweakly.me, thanks to @embrace.io
Taking Your Observability Strategy to the Next Level
A single observability strategy often fails as companies grow. Discover how to build a meta-strategy that adapts from startup to enterprise.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A single observability strategy often fails as companies grow. Discover how to build a meta-strategy that adapts from startup to enterprise.
By @hazelweakly.me, thanks to @embrace.io
By @hazelweakly.me, thanks to @embrace.io
“Hazel how hard are you trying to integrate into European cultures?”
Idk man I’m eating pizza with a fork and knife what more do you want from me?
Idk man I’m eating pizza with a fork and knife what more do you want from me?
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Hazel how hard are you trying to integrate into European cultures?”
Idk man I’m eating pizza with a fork and knife what more do you want from me?
Idk man I’m eating pizza with a fork and knife what more do you want from me?
It is a very funny experience being EXTREMELY Deaf (110+ dB loss in each ear) and realising one day that you have noise sensitivity
Like how?
But yeah it turns out I need to regulate noise too. So I turn my hearing aids down sometimes, or listen to music with the external microphones off 🤷♀️
Like how?
But yeah it turns out I need to regulate noise too. So I turn my hearing aids down sometimes, or listen to music with the external microphones off 🤷♀️
it’s crazy how much less edgy I am with these things - I really think I was way more chronically stressed by random noises than I ever realized I was before I got these things
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It is a very funny experience being EXTREMELY Deaf (110+ dB loss in each ear) and realising one day that you have noise sensitivity
Like how?
But yeah it turns out I need to regulate noise too. So I turn my hearing aids down sometimes, or listen to music with the external microphones off 🤷♀️
Like how?
But yeah it turns out I need to regulate noise too. So I turn my hearing aids down sometimes, or listen to music with the external microphones off 🤷♀️
Bought the beginnings of a living room today ❤️
… and then carried it solo a flight of windy Dutch fucking death trap stairs.
That fucking couch. It kept getting its poofy poofies caught on some jank ass stair edge. I finally had to leg press that motherfucker around the corner near vertical
… and then carried it solo a flight of windy Dutch fucking death trap stairs.
That fucking couch. It kept getting its poofy poofies caught on some jank ass stair edge. I finally had to leg press that motherfucker around the corner near vertical
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Bought the beginnings of a living room today ❤️
… and then carried it solo a flight of windy Dutch fucking death trap stairs.
That fucking couch. It kept getting its poofy poofies caught on some jank ass stair edge. I finally had to leg press that motherfucker around the corner near vertical
… and then carried it solo a flight of windy Dutch fucking death trap stairs.
That fucking couch. It kept getting its poofy poofies caught on some jank ass stair edge. I finally had to leg press that motherfucker around the corner near vertical
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"I hope that the wearing-my-humanity-on-my-sleeves part at least continues to normalize the process of 'You’re going to have great days, and you’re going to have atrocious days in life.'"
It does, @okaysteve.bsky.social. It really does.
(via @undark.org)
undark.org/2025/10/29/i...
It does, @okaysteve.bsky.social. It really does.
(via @undark.org)
undark.org/2025/10/29/i...
How Memories Might Be Used to Help Heal the Brain
In a new book, Steve Ramirez explores the potential of memory manipulation to ease depression and other afflictions.
undark.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"I hope that the wearing-my-humanity-on-my-sleeves part at least continues to normalize the process of 'You’re going to have great days, and you’re going to have atrocious days in life.'"
It does, @okaysteve.bsky.social. It really does.
(via @undark.org)
undark.org/2025/10/29/i...
It does, @okaysteve.bsky.social. It really does.
(via @undark.org)
undark.org/2025/10/29/i...
May I one day have even the smallest fraction of this skill in fluid and deft conversation
Reporter to Mamdani: President Trump says he loves NYC. Does NYC love President Trump?
Mamdani: NYC loves a future that is affordable, and I can tell you that there were more NYCers who voted for President Trump because of that focus on cost of living.
Trump: I got a lot of votes.
Mamdani: NYC loves a future that is affordable, and I can tell you that there were more NYCers who voted for President Trump because of that focus on cost of living.
Trump: I got a lot of votes.
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
May I one day have even the smallest fraction of this skill in fluid and deft conversation
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This week, we updated our pages on data security and surveillance, immigration, the federal workforce, and medical research funding. Our brisk, rigorously cited weekly briefing is live at Unbreaking:
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
Unbreaking.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This week, we updated our pages on data security and surveillance, immigration, the federal workforce, and medical research funding. Our brisk, rigorously cited weekly briefing is live at Unbreaking:
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
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We'll have a lot more to say about this one tomorrow, but I'm so proud of this update and our tireless all-volunteer timeline-building and sensemaking crews.
This week, we updated our pages on data security and surveillance, immigration, the federal workforce, and medical research funding. Our brisk, rigorously cited weekly briefing is live at Unbreaking:
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
Unbreaking.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We'll have a lot more to say about this one tomorrow, but I'm so proud of this update and our tireless all-volunteer timeline-building and sensemaking crews.
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Are you in Amsterdam? I'll be giving a keynote next week! "We Can Change the Defaults: Building Networks of Consent and Spaces of Joy in the Ruins of Social Media" spui25.nl/programma/we...
Social Media: We Can Change the Defaults
Christine Lemmer-Webber, best known as co-author of ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol, will speak about the crisis technologists face. Why must we revise the default assumption...
spui25.nl
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Are you in Amsterdam? I'll be giving a keynote next week! "We Can Change the Defaults: Building Networks of Consent and Spaces of Joy in the Ruins of Social Media" spui25.nl/programma/we...
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This is the same as what I always jokingly call the hamburger rule for educational interventions, which is basically that children need to sleep, eat and be safe before they can have a gain on a math app, aka, "if your intervention isn't more beneficial than a hamburger pay for the hamburgers"
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is the same as what I always jokingly call the hamburger rule for educational interventions, which is basically that children need to sleep, eat and be safe before they can have a gain on a math app, aka, "if your intervention isn't more beneficial than a hamburger pay for the hamburgers"
The true secret behind ruby on rails’s heroic levels of survivorship bias in startups:
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The true secret behind ruby on rails’s heroic levels of survivorship bias in startups:
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I was talking with a friend of mine today about that outlook one needs to have in order to deeply change systems. It's a squishy sort of emotion that we can't name or label cleanly, but she inspired me to write down my best attempt at describing it. What do you think?
hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
To Be a Leader of Systems | Hazel Weakly
Picture with me, if you will, the absurdity of finding yourself swimming in the middle of the ocean. First think about the ocean and how deep and infinitely...
hazelweakly.me
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I was talking with a friend of mine today about that outlook one needs to have in order to deeply change systems. It's a squishy sort of emotion that we can't name or label cleanly, but she inspired me to write down my best attempt at describing it. What do you think?
hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
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The most important paper on data, inference, AI, etc you will read in this era.
Does everyone know about this one already? Meng 2018. “Statistical Paradises and Paradoxes in Big Data ...” Annals of Applied Statistics doi.org/10.1214/18-A...
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The most important paper on data, inference, AI, etc you will read in this era.
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“lazy use of unwrap blew up a process and took out the internet” bzzt. wrong. judicious use of unwrap blew up a process instead of allowing an Extremely Named CVE to happen and spraying your bank account credentials all over the public internet
People want a technical solution to what is ultimately a judgement problem.
People know that unwrap can cause a panic. That's the choice that's being made when you unwrap. Changing the name won't change that.
People know that unwrap can cause a panic. That's the choice that's being made when you unwrap. Changing the name won't change that.
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“lazy use of unwrap blew up a process and took out the internet” bzzt. wrong. judicious use of unwrap blew up a process instead of allowing an Extremely Named CVE to happen and spraying your bank account credentials all over the public internet
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This is beautiful, sublime. In a time of crumbling institutions, broken systems, and desperate need, we need leaders of the type that @hazelweakly.me describes.
I was talking with a friend of mine today about that outlook one needs to have in order to deeply change systems. It's a squishy sort of emotion that we can't name or label cleanly, but she inspired me to write down my best attempt at describing it. What do you think?
hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
To Be a Leader of Systems | Hazel Weakly
Picture with me, if you will, the absurdity of finding yourself swimming in the middle of the ocean. First think about the ocean and how deep and infinitely...
hazelweakly.me
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is beautiful, sublime. In a time of crumbling institutions, broken systems, and desperate need, we need leaders of the type that @hazelweakly.me describes.
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“Pick out the pinpricks of light buried inside that encompass what humans find worth living and weave them together. That tapestry is the cloth, fixed atop your mast of conviction, that you will use to sail your way through the seas of entropy.”
- @hazelweakly.me, poet.
- @hazelweakly.me, poet.
I was talking with a friend of mine today about that outlook one needs to have in order to deeply change systems. It's a squishy sort of emotion that we can't name or label cleanly, but she inspired me to write down my best attempt at describing it. What do you think?
hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
To Be a Leader of Systems | Hazel Weakly
Picture with me, if you will, the absurdity of finding yourself swimming in the middle of the ocean. First think about the ocean and how deep and infinitely...
hazelweakly.me
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
“Pick out the pinpricks of light buried inside that encompass what humans find worth living and weave them together. That tapestry is the cloth, fixed atop your mast of conviction, that you will use to sail your way through the seas of entropy.”
- @hazelweakly.me, poet.
- @hazelweakly.me, poet.
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Leadership in this time has been so difficult - to both keep moving forward and to be genuine. Hazel nails it:
"Lead people with kindness and empathy towards impossibilities; not because you can make them possible, but because you know both that you can and cannot"
"Lead people with kindness and empathy towards impossibilities; not because you can make them possible, but because you know both that you can and cannot"
I was talking with a friend of mine today about that outlook one needs to have in order to deeply change systems. It's a squishy sort of emotion that we can't name or label cleanly, but she inspired me to write down my best attempt at describing it. What do you think?
hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
hazelweakly.me/blog/to-be-a...
To Be a Leader of Systems | Hazel Weakly
Picture with me, if you will, the absurdity of finding yourself swimming in the middle of the ocean. First think about the ocean and how deep and infinitely...
hazelweakly.me
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Leadership in this time has been so difficult - to both keep moving forward and to be genuine. Hazel nails it:
"Lead people with kindness and empathy towards impossibilities; not because you can make them possible, but because you know both that you can and cannot"
"Lead people with kindness and empathy towards impossibilities; not because you can make them possible, but because you know both that you can and cannot"