Yvonne Lam
@yvonnezlam.bsky.social
I play with books, cats, food, yarn, and dirt, not all at the same time. Software engineer. Society of People Interested in Boring Things. She/her, cis.
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This would have all been a lot easier if I wasn’t so worried about the stupid humans.
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This would have all been a lot easier if I wasn’t so worried about the stupid humans.
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I Love You To Death
What’s your favourite movie that YOU KNOW is fantastic, and you couldn’t care less if movie snobs would say it “isn’t real cinema?”
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I Love You To Death
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So true 😂
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So true 😂
This is lovely!
"Implicit in the bargain was permission to do with that time whatever the kid saw fit. No educational goal had to be attained. Nothing had to be learned... The exchange itself carried value for having happened. It taught that kid a lesson in the nature of generosity."
On the Infinite Lives of the Library
One might say that a library’s most abundant resource—what it lends most freely—is not books and information but time. Time to think, breathe, be, and become. Last spring, in exchange for my servic…
lithub.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is lovely!
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do pottery, they said, it'll be relaxing, they said 🥲
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
do pottery, they said, it'll be relaxing, they said 🥲
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Have you read the (originally Reddit, I think) post and webcomic based on it, where Mr Rogers meets Thor and Mjolnir? (The original is at the bottom of the page.)
mediachomp.com/thor-meets-m...
mediachomp.com/thor-meets-m...
Thor Meets Mister Rogers - Comic
This is so wholesome! ❤️ Twistwood illustrated this wonderful comic of a little story about when Thor meets Mister Rogers:
mediachomp.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Have you read the (originally Reddit, I think) post and webcomic based on it, where Mr Rogers meets Thor and Mjolnir? (The original is at the bottom of the page.)
mediachomp.com/thor-meets-m...
mediachomp.com/thor-meets-m...
Coffee blondies are in the oven. This time, I was in less of a hurry and let the melted butter/brown sugar mixture cool more thoroughly.
www.thevanillabeanblog.com/coffee-blond...
www.thevanillabeanblog.com/coffee-blond...
Amazing Coffee Blondie Bars | Sarah Kieffer
A blond brownie, enrobed in a magical trio of coffee, chocolate, and pecans. Brown sugar and butter lend notes of toffee. No mixer needed!
www.thevanillabeanblog.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Coffee blondies are in the oven. This time, I was in less of a hurry and let the melted butter/brown sugar mixture cool more thoroughly.
www.thevanillabeanblog.com/coffee-blond...
www.thevanillabeanblog.com/coffee-blond...
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Me erging
I hurt too much to pay attention to anything with a story, but the friendly noise would keep me company.
December 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Me erging
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Take a look at my work, consider what it took to build a lab from scratch all open access + generate public-facing evidence that includes inequity, gender and racial disparities in experience w/AI, arguing for rehumanizing tech, *in this era.* I can help you fight dirty for good culture. :)
December 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Take a look at my work, consider what it took to build a lab from scratch all open access + generate public-facing evidence that includes inequity, gender and racial disparities in experience w/AI, arguing for rehumanizing tech, *in this era.* I can help you fight dirty for good culture. :)
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mewnitary executive theory
the cat has made the unilateral decision that she is now allowed on the kitchen table, & is ~most~ indignant at resulting dissent
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
mewnitary executive theory
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I love that Charles tracked down the actual special effects guy in the background
Talked to the Mad Men special effects foreman holding the puke hose about all the (usually) invisible creative work that goes into making grounded TV feel real
Mad Men’s special effects foreman hasn’t seen the infamous 4K remaster
“I had to watch a lot of videos of people vomiting.”
www.theverge.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I love that Charles tracked down the actual special effects guy in the background
the most disinterested people becoming the arbiters of what is prioritized for everyone else is a motif I've noticed a lot recently
December 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
the most disinterested people becoming the arbiters of what is prioritized for everyone else is a motif I've noticed a lot recently
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You will never persuade me that @tricksterprince.bsky.social wasn't cackling when he wrote this sentence. I NEED THIS STORY FFFF
(From Songs of Seven Dials)
(From Songs of Seven Dials)
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You will never persuade me that @tricksterprince.bsky.social wasn't cackling when he wrote this sentence. I NEED THIS STORY FFFF
(From Songs of Seven Dials)
(From Songs of Seven Dials)
Bought the first three books as ebooks, going in later this afternoon.
“Heated Rivalry” is immediately such a delight, I’m halfway through episode 1 and I am having the best time
devastated to report that there IS a stunning boss bitch MILF but I am NOT on her side. this always hurts
devastated to report that there IS a stunning boss bitch MILF but I am NOT on her side. this always hurts
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Bought the first three books as ebooks, going in later this afternoon.
Definitely adding to Mount To Be Read
CLAIRE REC: I don’t pick up sports romance as often (being a sports lesbian is not my ministry) but I have read “YOU & ME” by Tal Bauer I think five times. it’s about Texas football dads falling in love but it’s also about art and depression and church baggage and modeling authenticity for your kids
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Definitely adding to Mount To Be Read
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Okay, give me your kittens + Christmas tree wisdom. Tiny maniac will swing from anything if there is even a hint of something to be caught. WWYD? Big tree that will definitely be climbed with no lights and minimal decor? Small tree in a high place? No tree? Too many possible variables
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Okay, give me your kittens + Christmas tree wisdom. Tiny maniac will swing from anything if there is even a hint of something to be caught. WWYD? Big tree that will definitely be climbed with no lights and minimal decor? Small tree in a high place? No tree? Too many possible variables
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The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
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mourning the passing of great thinker Asad Haider. unflinching gaze. lover of justice.
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
mourning the passing of great thinker Asad Haider. unflinching gaze. lover of justice.
Thinking of the times at the climbing gym when we'd see some guy "teaching" his girlfriend to climb, usually on something not appropriate for beginners.
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thinking of the times at the climbing gym when we'd see some guy "teaching" his girlfriend to climb, usually on something not appropriate for beginners.
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THERE SHOULDN'T BE PEPPER SPRAY AT ALL, TRICIA
"She wasn’t pepper sprayed," Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said. "She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed as they were obstructing and assaulting law enforcement."
Story by @glorihuh.bsky.social and @jerodmacevoy.com
Story by @glorihuh.bsky.social and @jerodmacevoy.com
Arizona's Congresswoman Grijalva says she was pepper sprayed during Tucson ICE raids | Arizona Mirror
Arizona’s U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva was involved in a clash with federal agents during a protest of immigration raids in west Tucson Friday, during which she claims she was hit with pepper spray.
azmirror.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
THERE SHOULDN'T BE PEPPER SPRAY AT ALL, TRICIA
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Companion of the Bath
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Companion of the Bath
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I've said this before, but I think Roberts has two wolves inside him: not wanting to be Earl Warren, and not wanting to be Roger Taney.
And the not wanting to be Earl Warren wolf is winning.
And the not wanting to be Earl Warren wolf is winning.
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I've said this before, but I think Roberts has two wolves inside him: not wanting to be Earl Warren, and not wanting to be Roger Taney.
And the not wanting to be Earl Warren wolf is winning.
And the not wanting to be Earl Warren wolf is winning.
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Also: there is a pretty substantial relationship between “not advancing in your career in tech” and “not supporting the political project of tech oligarchs” that I wish more technologists would wrestle with instead of sweeping under the rug because it is inconvenient and their pay is good
December 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Also: there is a pretty substantial relationship between “not advancing in your career in tech” and “not supporting the political project of tech oligarchs” that I wish more technologists would wrestle with instead of sweeping under the rug because it is inconvenient and their pay is good