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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc)

@northwind.bsky.social

1.3K followers 2.1K following 13K posts

Gamer; mental health advocate; failed linguist; spreadsheet wrangler; lover of science, math(s) and logic. UCLA, Oxford Uni. 🏳️‍⚧️ Please do not DM with just "hello." FF14 posting: @maidenofletters.etheirys.social

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · Nov 6

So, uh, I am now going to stop applying to fed jobs - but might as well reshare this anyway. Open to any leads on work! VERY HAPPY to relocate! Won't use this resume format, obviously.

Will drop donation links below too, because after 5+ I know nobody has work for me - but I do still need to eat.

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · Feb 25

This resume format is used for US federal jobs; it's not the format I'd use for a private-sector role. However, it *is* highly detailed (understatement), so it's at least a good overview of all my relevant skills and experience.
(2/2)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Copy of Master Resume (PII redacted)

docs.google.com

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 17h

As you’d expect, Portland has a major problem with adequate housing (or lack thereof, rather) for a huge portion of its citizens. But of course, you’re not going to see that on the news.

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 17h

Great place to live if you’re an above-average earner (like, significantly so) and have no material worries. Ridiculously expensive though. I always cite that living wage in Portland is like $10,000+ greater than in Anchorage, Alaska—and the latter is famous for high cost of living.

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 20h

Occam's Razor strikes again

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 20h

I will follow people I don't always agree with if they make me think or at least sometimes post content I enjoy, just as long as they're not bigots or assholes.

In fairness, that latter line is crossed more often than some people would expect by people who fit the former definition. :/

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 23h

...idk, it sounded funnier in my head, i guess?

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 23h

"What is a wrecker? A miserable pile of secrets."

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 11d

THEREFORE, I am now more urgently than ever seeking leads on work and safe, stable housing. Happy to relocate!

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White Magick Emporium COMMS OPEN @whmemporium.bsky.social · 2d

WIP WHM This Calls For A Spreadsheet

TBSE functional in game!

#WHMEmporium

A red haired midlander man wearing an "ugly" holiday sweater with the caption "Ohh... this calls for a spreadsheet" along with an image of the Excel X over a table of blank rows and columns. The sweater is a pale cream and the design is in bright green, accented with Excel commands and the usual styles of traditional stitch designs for holiday sweaters up the torso and up the sleeves. There are accents of clusters of bright red holly berries and leaves. Across the shoulders is solid green accented with more of the same details and some larger snowflake stitch designs. A scene of Christmas trees and reindeer runs around the middle. It's a symmetrical design.

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah, looks like it's had a few spikes of issues in the last 8-9 hours.

A screengrab from DownDetector, showing BlueSky coded yellow ("possible problems") and three large spikes of outage reports since midnight Pacific Daylight Time.

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 23h

BlueSky shitting the bed again? Getting an error that reads "Oops! Upstream service unavailable."

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 1d

はい、そうします。ありがとうございます!

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

Also, same

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

Dude. With huge respect, you operate a meme page dedicated to a niche game from 1998, with a strong side of justice. /pos

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

このアートを Discord 上の友達と共有してもよろしいでしょうか?

May I share this piece with some friends on Discord?

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I learned all that since I posted this, and figured I didn't have anything constructive to add at that point.

Thanks though!

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Cakes de los muertos 💀, ETQ @aielcakes.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yeah, I absolutely post through shit. But I'm not running a company!

Hell, get a burner and don't out yourself with it.

I have 2 people in my life that hear my actual thoughts and only one of them is even on social media! If even *I* know this then... 🤨

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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 2d

As I get into the sexual selection and sexual dimorphism part of my evolution module, a reminder:

In Northern Cardinals, the males are bright red. The females are a brown/gray, with orange beaks.

So if you see two bright red birds snuggling together on wrapping paper or a card: they're gay.

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

I can confirm that knowing Rathalos’ moves in Great Hunt was a mixed bag. On the one hand, yes, I could see what was coming. OTOH, I wasn’t able to avoid it as my muscle memory wanted me to, because 14 doesn’t provide the mobility that MH does.

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, but we don’t have app-based, and tbh at this point even that’s kind of old tech. “Industry standard” account security is increasingly moving to passkey-based. Email-based is turn-of-the-century.

Also, if you have multiple accounts, you can’t even use the same email account for both.

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

I still remember back in 2023, when we were told that industry-standard methods of MFA were considered a “must have” before invite codes could be deprecated.

We still don’t have that.

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

I know those two have a list of minimum reqs of any social media/user-generated content app, and those reqs go beyond simply curtailing actually-illegal content. (See also: The recent outcry about Steam removing non-illegal games, etc.)

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

That was my understanding—and I’m 100% asspulling this, but I feel like the current situation may be partially resultant from Apple and Google demanding a greater degree of centralized moderation in order to be allowed on their respective app stores.

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like you need more people. Are you hiring? Genuine question. I'm looking for work! My resume is in my pinned, and it has my email address on it. (Same email address linked to this BlueSky account, if you're concerned about identity.)

Please feel free to reach out! Let's talk.

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 2d

lmao
bsky.app/profile/nort...

Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 3d

I like ambiguity more than most people.

BrettC, Ph.D. @brettc.bsky.social · 3d

(as "people" not "wild turkeys", just to be clear)