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archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Reminder that I'm on bluesky, with the same username.

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

I'm not on here much, so I may well have missed opportunities to donate, show up for, and generally support Haitian-Americans in what must be a really upsetting and/or terrifying moment for them. Please share if you know of something.

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

What are people doing to support Haitian-Americans in their communities right now?

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archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

I need "TEMPORARY, I HOPE HOPE HOPE" as a cross stitch sampler:

https://mastodon.social/@girlonthenet/113050717291589706

Girl on the Net (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Fun fact: the code which took Apollo 1...

mastodon.social

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Using the cox voice to get rid of the woman having a loud phone conversation at an outdoor restaurant.

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Yes, yes, I know it's not a filesystem, and it's probably that I'm a personne d'un certain age, but it still does not work with how I want to do things.

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

I've lost track of the number of exasperated signs I've emitted as I try to navigate the gdocs UX today, and it isn't even noon yet.

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archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

I am going down a rabbit hole reading/looking at Joe Dumit's work. "Writing the Implosion: Teaching the World One Thing at a Time" looks like an amazing method:

https://journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca/article/view/ca29.2.09/301

View of Writing the Implosion: Teaching the World One ...

journal.culanth.org

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Hm. I can't seem to post the link correctly, so here is the url: https://www.soe.tv/videos/studio-visits-joe-dumit-on-slownesses-26-october-2023-

SOE.TV

SOE.TV is a platform for moving images by Studio Olafur E...

www.soe.tv

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Harvard art historian Jennifer Roberts teaches the value ...

Teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive...

www.harvardmagazine.com

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archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

O this is fascinating cc @ruthmalan @dianamontalion

https://www.soe.tv/videos/studio-visits-joe-dumit-on-slownesses-26-october-2023-

SOE.TV

SOE.TV is a platform for moving images by Studio Olafur E...

www.soe.tv

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archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

I don't know that I exactly disagree, and: I would not rule out the possibility that we're building remote/hybrid teams based on not-quite-conscious heuristics derived from our experience of successful in-person work. https://https://t.co/xp8MwTRSge

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Does August feel like Sunday to anyone else?

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archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

The downside of using @Tailscale and @ControlDNS is finding out how much tracking garbage is out there. I'm trying to watch a recorded webex, and it turns out webex is full of that crap.

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Timeline serendipity, @kariebookish and @MinxMarple

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Wesley let me take a photo for you @kariebookish!

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

I'm knitting an emotional support chicken

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/emotional-support-chickentm

Emotional Support Chicken pattern by Annette Corsino

TUTORIAL NOW AVAILABLE

www.ravelry.com

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

ok, I have had enough news for today.

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Everyone (*) I've encountered this morning is glad the heat wave broke, but also feels like a big hand came down and smooshed them flat.

(*) except the lady doing a hill workout up and down the street in front of my house

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Her HAT!!!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51yv4w1wxvo

How a hat in Blyth became an election social media phenom...

A hat worn by the High Sheriff of Northumberland captures...

www.bbc.com

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

@kariebookish possibly a soothing object to look at...

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

A book about color in printing that is so perfect that even though I don't print, I want one. h/t @emmajane_net

https://www.muttonsandnuts.co.uk/product-page/tints?_kx=grx-LnyNKeJeUrcY4B30aM1lBeK9NvooUdJE7JGsUt4.XPG8Fe

Letterpress printed book showing colour tints | Muttons &...

Praise for Tints: '…a fine little volume that’s most cris...

www.muttonsandnuts.co.uk

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archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Them: "Please give me feedback."
Me: "I don't have feedback for you."
Them: "No, I want your feedback."
Me: "I DON'T HAVE ANY."

Why me?

archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

Trying to figure out why it would be so hard for me to tell someone who insists (to all and sundry, not to me in particular) they want direct communication that I don't want to talk to them.

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archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social @archive-yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Nov 16

TIL Alan Turing and Alan Garner were running friends!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/alan-garner-interview-never-knew-just-who-alan-turing-nobody/

Alan Garner interview: ‘I never knew just who Alan Turing...

The Booker nominee on writing, the painful consequence of...

www.telegraph.co.uk