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Amy

@amrtn.bsky.social

570 followers 710 following 390 posts

Curious about most everything. Fiercely independent. Forager of wild foods. Former public school teacher turned data architect. Wary of social media at this point, fingers crossed. 🦋

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Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · 1d

In other news. Fun with scammers.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · 1d

Here comes the snow. And the stacked wood. And the outside heater to make my porch seat cozy all season.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · 15d

Current USDA Hatch-Act-violating (according to The Robot) banner for reference.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · 15d

If you want to give GPT some major cognitive dissonance, screenshot the USDA.gov banner and ask it why the government site says this right now. (It will tell you it can't say it, it violates the Hatch act, so it must be spoofed.)

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · 22d

*I blame the AWS outage.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · 22d

Clearly I'm having trouble keeping the brain in gear today. So I think what I need is some German disco from close to the year I was born (old!) about a Russian mystic. Right??https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Eo2QzqU4

Boney M. - Rasputin (Official Audio)

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Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · 22d

You know you live in the forest when you hear "tap, tap, tap" and have to go outside to yell at the Pileated Woodpecker to stop tapping on your house. No. Not food, find a tree, there are SO many trees.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · 22d

Another day, another reminder that the world (and especially tech) is held together with duct tape and paperclips.

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John Adams @jadams1776.bsky.social · 24d

No Kings in America.
That was our solemn vow.
When Troops march where they are not summoned,
When Citizens are seized without cause,
When Judges are ignored,
You have not a Republic.
You have a Crown without the Courage to name itself.

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Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · 27d

I really want to vote for a pres candidate next time that isn't so thirsty for it. I think that could be a good #1 indicator.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · 27d

I just have to say that on busy workdays when I'm traveling and not home Doordash is so so so so appreciated. Seriously it's like OMG THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME FOOD.

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Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Sep 25

Acorn season in an oak forest is a never-ending random jump scare situation from acorns falling on loud things.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Sep 9

'I don't know' is a super power. But also I swear to you I've been in a gazillion meetings over the years with people who bluster on like an LLM. So at least it's familiar?

Also, the comments on this app are so freaking boring now. No nuance, just a different binary thinking. I sad about it.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Aug 29

It's like the mirror image of X now. Same song, different verse. Frustrating.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Aug 27

If there were a foreign nation that wanted to destabilize and tear the US apart with civil war, then they're playing the long game successfully. The worst part is, we'd all be complicit.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Aug 13

Beef, Coffee, Cheese stand out. Notable upward trajectory Jan this year +.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Aug 5

The thing about covert control is that your autonomy becomes a problem to solve.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Jul 29

*He was 10 when he sent this. I don't even remember what the issue was. 😂

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Jul 29

My youngest is headed to college this fall, a shift in the “role of mom” is in the works.

If you’ve wondered what that role looks like, may I present Exhibit A: his first series of texts to me.

I couldn’t script a more accurate summary of the last 24 yrs of parenting (he & his sibs) if I tried.

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Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Jul 28

Imagine being a kid in a summer job and having to know what to do if 🧊 shows up. I know some of those kids. This sh*t is imprinting on their young minds. They won't forget this, it will change how they view policies and politics, and how they make decisions as adults.

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Jul 23

Ok so minute later... (sloppy SQL today ig):

"Syntax error: Expected keyword FALSE or keyword NULL or keyword TRUE or keyword UNKNOWN but got identifier "NUL" at [25:42]"

The more entertaining error I'd LIKE to see:

"Ok so to clear it up, NULL has TWO Ls. Not three, and not one."

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Jul 23

"Syntax error: Expected keyword FALSE or keyword NULL or keyword TRUE or keyword UNKNOWN but got identifier "NULLL" at [10:39]"

Better more amusing error handling would say:

"Nice. Is that how *you* spell NULL?"

Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Jul 22

@utkan.com @goravseth.com - I feel so celebratory about this months long deal that I must tag you both for an update. As of today, SUCCESS on the refund with a DOT complaint. 🎉

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Amy @amrtn.bsky.social · Jul 18

We have a mating pair here and the first year they appeared they guarded the feeder like their life depended on it, now they're more chill. They share with the other birds. Maybe they've realize it's a never-ending supply?