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Kristen Seversky

@kr1573n.bsky.social

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👩🏻‍💻 Software Developer ➡️ Product ➡️ Product Operations 📍 WNY / east-coast energy 🎮 Probably gaming 🗣️ Plenty of opinions 💪🏻 Believes in better

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · Nov 17

Oh hai! Quick re-intro and things you can expect from me:

- Tech and tech-adjacent commentary
- Games and film appreciation
- Extreme extroversion
- Chewing on the status quo
- Pun-offs with anyone willing

I don't take myself seriously (try, trolls) and I believe in better. ♥️

Welcome!

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 20m

😆

My other fav is the stray I caught from helping a friend's website yearssss ago and now I get happy birthdays from a dentist in Cincinnati.

I could unsubscribe that one but it's just so consistently the most aggressive birthday greeting that I just keep it for the laugh 😆

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 22m

Every year, I get a random, group email about a sixth-grade class' curriculum from a school in Reinbek, Germany. My past attempts to get off the list clearly aren't successful so yeah I'm just enjoying this random quirk of existing online 😆

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 13h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 10h

Back at you. Your post put me in a rabbit hole with this morning's news so I'm gonna be watching how companies go underground or around the communities that might continue to push back.

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 11h

Ohhhh thanks for the heads up! I'm def exploring more of the Eastern/Central area of the state these days since I've known mostly WNY and yeah I'm often overwhelmed by how many apple farms we drive by.

Will see how this all hits home.

Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 11h

Well damn. Now to watch for the new loopholes like this that can bypass community petitions.

bsky.app/profile/alre...

Alabama Political Reporter @alreporter.com · 11h

Approving the ordinance could open the door for more data center projects in Bessemer’s future.

Bessemer City Council approves adding data centers to industrial zoning

Approving the ordinance could open the door for more data center projects in Bessemer's future.

www.alreporter.com

Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 11h

That new "99 to Beat" game show (think Squid Games with zero seriousness) is on now and it's the exact speed of garbage TV I crave 😆

And then the next pile of eps for Love Is Blind: Denver

I'll be sedated by midnight

Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 13h

From this morning:

www.tmj4.com/news/racine-...

Microsoft pulls plug on plans for 244-acre data center in Caledonia after community pushback

Microsoft has decided not to move forward with its proposed site for a data center in the Village of Caledonia after facing significant community pushback from residents.

www.tmj4.com

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 13h

Fwiw I'm seeing patterns of states catching on. It's taking a sec to see the abysmal results and effects but it's starting to resonate 👀

I don't think tech is ready for this next part. I'm glad communities are.

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 13h

This isn't far from me and there are tons of other farms on the way to it.

What a cyclical mess of us fooling ourselves and yet the farmer entitlement that gets bailed out. 🙄

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 14h

Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract

thechiefleader.com/stories/work...

Workers at Upstate apple farm frustrated by owner's refusal to abide by contract - The Chief

Despite an arbitrator’s sanction of a collective bargaining agreement covering workers at an Upstate apple farm, the company has refused to institute its provisions. The deadlock led workers at Wafle...

thechiefleader.com

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 2d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 23h

I was thinking it was just me/temporary

Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 23h

a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .

Alt: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 23h

They. Do. Not. Care.

$$$$$$

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 1d

MTG is an icky opportunist. Period. But no denying how I smirk whenever that chaos crashes down on key areas in my favor from time to time.

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 1d

Do you want a shovel to keep going or...?

So much can shift once you decondition your need and expectation to be the default in every room. Also, learning how whiteness plays into systemic oppression and the definition of racism that you need to revisit.

Also also, *B* Black.

Pls stop.

Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 1d

Shout-out to this delightful toy 😆💩 crowd pleaser that I think more parents should snag

The plastic rainbow "Silly Poopy" toy in my hand. It's a game that plays hide and seek so your kiddo has to find it around the house.

Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 1d

Even if you don't agree with the results, I do enjoy when folks poke at their own reactions to AI.

The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 1d

🥹😭

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I think if we know anything about social media companies at this point it’s that the main problem they have are human beings using their service

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Meta’s new A.I.-generated video app, Vibes, launched last month to overwhelmingly negative reception. The “Hard Fork” co-hosts discussed why. "It’s essentially like TikTok, but if TikTok were populated just by little animated A.I.-generated shorts." nyti.ms/4ocx2LW

A quote from Kevin Roose, co-host of "Hard Fork": "I was not surprised to see Meta announcing a version of essentially a social network with no actual people on it. I think this is the direction that they’ve been moving for several years now."

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Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 1d

oh looool

www.tmz.com/2025/10/07/z...

Zach Bryan Slammed by DHS for Criticizing ICE Raids in His New Song

Zach Bryan is now in the crosshairs of the Department of Homeland Security, sorta ... officials at the federal agency are clapping back at his critique of ICE in his latest song.

www.tmz.com

Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 1d

Ran here to catch your thoughts on this one and yyyyeeaahhhhh

Kristen Seversky @kr1573n.bsky.social · 1d

ouchies 👵🏻

Dave Parisi @daveparisi.bsky.social · 1d

It's The Matrix week in my class, one big takeaway: only 2 of 18 had seen the film before, but everyone else knew it through memes & vague references to "living in the matrix". Memification of the film's central moments kinda trivialized them, they were watching through the lens of memes.

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