Ellen Shapiro
@designatednerd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I never shut up about iOS and Android development. She/Her. Rochester, NY, USA and/or wherever I've convinced someone to let me come talk to people.
🌉 bridged from https://mastodon.social/@designatednerd on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
🌉 bridged from https://mastodon.social/@designatednerd on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Reposted by Ellen Shapiro
i hope this email finds you well
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
i hope this email finds you well
Turns out we clean up OK
November 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Turns out we clean up OK
If you want some weird laser cut/etched things for people for the holidays, you should order them by December 2, both because you get 25% off before that for Cyber Week™ and also because then I can actually get it done before I leave for like a month 🙃 https://designatednerd.etsy.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you want some weird laser cut/etched things for people for the holidays, you should order them by December 2, both because you get 25% off before that for Cyber Week™ and also because then I can actually get it done before I leave for like a month 🙃 https://designatednerd.etsy.com
This is on my dad’s desk. Anyone who ever seen the chaos pile that is my desk will note that the apple absolutely did not fall far from the tree.
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is on my dad’s desk. Anyone who ever seen the chaos pile that is my desk will note that the apple absolutely did not fall far from the tree.
If your family has a Samsung TV, did you recently have an update applied that automatically forces you to always go to the startup page and Samsung TV when the TV turns on?
Trying to figure out if this is "Samsung enshittifies further" or "my stepmom was pressing a lot of buttons on the remote […]
Trying to figure out if this is "Samsung enshittifies further" or "my stepmom was pressing a lot of buttons on the remote […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If your family has a Samsung TV, did you recently have an update applied that automatically forces you to always go to the startup page and Samsung TV when the TV turns on?
Trying to figure out if this is "Samsung enshittifies further" or "my stepmom was pressing a lot of buttons on the remote […]
Trying to figure out if this is "Samsung enshittifies further" or "my stepmom was pressing a lot of buttons on the remote […]
This article does make one of the points I generally make about GLP1s needing to go on forever: People don't stop taking statins because their cholesterol normalized.
I'm not sure why some folks had the assumption was that these drugs would work another way. Personally as soon as I heard about […]
I'm not sure why some folks had the assumption was that these drugs would work another way. Personally as soon as I heard about […]
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mastodon.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This article does make one of the points I generally make about GLP1s needing to go on forever: People don't stop taking statins because their cholesterol normalized.
I'm not sure why some folks had the assumption was that these drugs would work another way. Personally as soon as I heard about […]
I'm not sure why some folks had the assumption was that these drugs would work another way. Personally as soon as I heard about […]
OMG my Delta flight is playing a string quartet + piano version of Despacito while people board
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
OMG my Delta flight is playing a string quartet + piano version of Despacito while people board
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Pounce de Leon would be a good cat name.
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Pounce de Leon would be a good cat name.
#uspol When *Dick Fucking Cheney* thinks you're too much of an asshole to even invite to his funeral... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/trump-dick-cheney-funeral.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.wmGB.MV-Xbc4yyPdC&smid=url-share
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#uspol When *Dick Fucking Cheney* thinks you're too much of an asshole to even invite to his funeral... https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/trump-dick-cheney-funeral.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.wmGB.MV-Xbc4yyPdC&smid=url-share
#uspol OMG the Comey indictment is clown shoes all the way down: "Judge Nachmanoff’s inquiries were extraordinary by almost any measure. But the answers prosecutors gave him in return were even more so." gift link] [ […]
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mastodon.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#uspol OMG the Comey indictment is clown shoes all the way down: "Judge Nachmanoff’s inquiries were extraordinary by almost any measure. But the answers prosecutors gave him in return were even more so." gift link] [ […]
Premature optimization in a nutshell
https://digipres.club/@misty/115560923207243212
https://digipres.club/@misty/115560923207243212
Misty (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Well, that’s optimism I suppose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator #wikifinds
digipres.club
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Premature optimization in a nutshell
https://digipres.club/@misty/115560923207243212
https://digipres.club/@misty/115560923207243212
[US Nightmare Stories]
The part where the asylum recipient from Egypt says in this that his treatment at the Butler County Jail was worse than in Egypt is...yikes […]
The part where the asylum recipient from Egypt says in this that his treatment at the Butler County Jail was worse than in Egypt is...yikes […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
[US Nightmare Stories]
The part where the asylum recipient from Egypt says in this that his treatment at the Butler County Jail was worse than in Egypt is...yikes […]
The part where the asylum recipient from Egypt says in this that his treatment at the Butler County Jail was worse than in Egypt is...yikes […]
There’s something entertaining about a player named James Cook having a great day against the Buccaneers. #sportsball #piracy #yarrrrr
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
There’s something entertaining about a player named James Cook having a great day against the Buccaneers. #sportsball #piracy #yarrrrr
So I'm gonna participate in Etsy's Black Friday thing from November 24-Dec 2. Everything in my shop will be 25% off during that period.
BUT, in an effort to get people to order earlier so I can crank out stuff before I'm getting ready to leave for a long trip, From now until November 23rd […]
BUT, in an effort to get people to order earlier so I can crank out stuff before I'm getting ready to leave for a long trip, From now until November 23rd […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
So I'm gonna participate in Etsy's Black Friday thing from November 24-Dec 2. Everything in my shop will be 25% off during that period.
BUT, in an effort to get people to order earlier so I can crank out stuff before I'm getting ready to leave for a long trip, From now until November 23rd […]
BUT, in an effort to get people to order earlier so I can crank out stuff before I'm getting ready to leave for a long trip, From now until November 23rd […]
Me prior to owning a house: Man I'm not going to waste money on all that smart home shit
Me owning a house: So how much would it cost to rewire half the house with neutral wire so I can use my preferred smart switches?
Me owning a house: So how much would it cost to rewire half the house with neutral wire so I can use my preferred smart switches?
November 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Me prior to owning a house: Man I'm not going to waste money on all that smart home shit
Me owning a house: So how much would it cost to rewire half the house with neutral wire so I can use my preferred smart switches?
Me owning a house: So how much would it cost to rewire half the house with neutral wire so I can use my preferred smart switches?
Same, but for Americans
https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/115547520776608843
https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/115547520776608843
Nick Lockwood (@[email protected])
I am begging my fellow brits to understand that every initiative to "tackle the immigration problem" or "crack down on benefits fraud" is designed to do exactly two things: 1) make your life worse, for the benefit of those already better off than you 2) ensure that you place the blame on people who are powerless, instead of questioning why the people with the power to improve things keep making them worse (while you inexplicably cheer them on and demand that they do it even more)
mastodon.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Same, but for Americans
https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/115547520776608843
https://mastodon.social/@nicklockwood/115547520776608843
Every time there’s a giant solar storm that triggers aurorae way further south than usual, this is the cloud cover map here 🤦♀️
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Every time there’s a giant solar storm that triggers aurorae way further south than usual, this is the cloud cover map here 🤦♀️
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Every day I wake up to a little cat doing something chaotic because I live with a literal cartoon character.
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Every day I wake up to a little cat doing something chaotic because I live with a literal cartoon character.
This was absolutely the first thing that jumped to my mind when I saw these goofy things
https://masto.alancfrancis.com/@acf/115532290127254453
https://masto.alancfrancis.com/@acf/115532290127254453
Alan Francis (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Nope.
masto.alancfrancis.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This was absolutely the first thing that jumped to my mind when I saw these goofy things
https://masto.alancfrancis.com/@acf/115532290127254453
https://masto.alancfrancis.com/@acf/115532290127254453
Called it in August!
This is by no means the end of the attempts to throw out Obergefell, but at least they’re not insane enough to grant this idiot’s appeal. https://mastodon.social/@designatednerd/115018398755316611
This is by no means the end of the attempts to throw out Obergefell, but at least they’re not insane enough to grant this idiot’s appeal. https://mastodon.social/@designatednerd/115018398755316611
Ellen Shapiro (@[email protected])
#uspol Ok everyone panicking about Obergefell chill out a second: - Someone has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court. They have not agreed to hear it. There is an enormous difference - they hear about 1% of cases filed. - This issue *will* go to the court at some point. I would be shocked if it’s this case. - This is an appeal of a known shit-stirrer against gay marriage of a civil judgement that threw in “also Obergefell was wrongly decided” as an afterthought. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302
mastodon.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Called it in August!
This is by no means the end of the attempts to throw out Obergefell, but at least they’re not insane enough to grant this idiot’s appeal. https://mastodon.social/@designatednerd/115018398755316611
This is by no means the end of the attempts to throw out Obergefell, but at least they’re not insane enough to grant this idiot’s appeal. https://mastodon.social/@designatednerd/115018398755316611
Reposted by Ellen Shapiro
This is an important, eloquent piece by @aphyr - worth a boost I’d say: https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is an important, eloquent piece by @aphyr - worth a boost I’d say: https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
Tonight’s weather in Rochester is “The Frosted Mini-Wheats Factory Exploded”
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Tonight’s weather in Rochester is “The Frosted Mini-Wheats Factory Exploded”
If you are working for an insurance company and you say "You know what we need to do is make all our Medicare Advantage customers change their accounts to our new system”, your punishment should be that you have to walk every single one of them through it over the phone.
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
If you are working for an insurance company and you say "You know what we need to do is make all our Medicare Advantage customers change their accounts to our new system”, your punishment should be that you have to walk every single one of them through it over the phone.
I love when manufacturers include a blinking icon on an appliance and provide absolutely no information about what that icon is or what it indicates when it’s blinking.
Especially when you call support and they also have no idea.
Especially when you call support and they also have no idea.
November 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I love when manufacturers include a blinking icon on an appliance and provide absolutely no information about what that icon is or what it indicates when it’s blinking.
Especially when you call support and they also have no idea.
Especially when you call support and they also have no idea.
Reposted by Ellen Shapiro
Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Meta, Meta, Meta. So Meta. This Reuters report is 🔥
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]
"Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show"
"Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates […]