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Evelyn
@chipnick.com
👩🏾‍💻 Head of Platform at a startup
👵🏾 In tech since before the cloud
🏳️‍🌈🌌 Part of NorthSky Social

Skeeting about Platforms and Cloud stuff.
https://chipnick.com
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Got affinity photo running on Linux, bg3 is running after needing to compile an ancient libssl build.

Things have progressed since I last ran Linux as my desktop 15 years ago.
December 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Dare I consider using the same did across account repos.
December 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Just after a day of this I'm highly skeptical about the on/off protocol discourse. Any measure of privacy requires breaking the whole way blobs are created/fetched. If you want to store them in a manner that is private it's immediately considered off protocol unless you're doing hydration gymnastics
December 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Might for the sake of time pressure just go with abusing embeds and use layered validations for reasons.
December 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Digging into lexicons, seems that in theory I can extend the app.bsky lexicon with my own very uniquely named records which is ideal if I'm looking to tweak how records are created while allowing them to be seen by all clients 🤔
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Alright so the bread loaves I thought were a disaster are actually the best tasting I’ve ever baked. The rise was just a bit garbage.
December 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Converted my desktop turned server back to a desktop by simply installing a dm on top of fedora server. Lxqt was flakey so I installed kde which was nice, removed lxqt which cause plasma to break and I couldn’t resolve the library issues. Installed cinnamon and it works but sddm randomly chokes.
December 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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2 days ago the US admin imposed travel bans on 5 European individuals. Amongst them @thierrybreton.bsky.social, one of the main architects of the #DSA, and both the founder and the CEO of @hateaid.org - a non-profit that champions human rights in digital spaces & also operates as a Trusted Flagger.
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I would complain Europeans aren’t trying hard enough but we speak too many languages
UPDATE: We may see the first time English is displaced as the most popular language among Bluesky posters as soon as Americans head to sleep tonight.

Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
December 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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This package throws away data privacy and replaces it with a “tell us if this counts a personal data” model while treating AI as a legitimate interest allowing companies to completely bypass any data privacy protections. Media companies and mobile _devices_ would be exempted from data consent.
The European Commission (EC) is considering a “Digital Omnibus” package that would substantially rewrite EU privacy law, particularly the landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s not a done deal, and it shouldn’t be. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EU's New Digital Package Proposal Promises Red Tape Cuts but Guts
The European Commission (EC) is considering a “Digital Omnibus” package that would substantially rewrite EU privacy law, particularly the landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s not
www.eff.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I’m about 70% through building a replacement tool for handling AWS access management from slack and it’s surprisingly not terrible.
Going to finish the core logic today and wrap it up tomorrow then pivot to finishing up a mockup I’ve been chewing. At some point I’ll start the ts course.
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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The two hardest problems in Computer Science are

1. Human communication
2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Early Christmas present from me if you're reading this and you're a:

- Senior web developer
- In London
- Really into books and libraries
- Looking for work rn

I am excited to inform you that the British Library is hiring a new head of web development

ce0752li.webitrent.c...
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I’m not saying this is a high quality copy of the 60 minutes Inside CECOT investigative piece that has only aired in Canada.

cdn.sbox.game/asset/814e5f...
December 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I’m now trying an overnight bread recipe from this book and so far it’s an absolute disaster
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Do you have a discussion you want to host or community you want to convene alongside of #ATmosphereConf? We've got space and time for you!

Submit a proposal to the CFP or contact the conf producers forms.atprotocol.community/r/nPadKP
Congrats to the @atproto.science crew for launching! Thanks to @cosmik.network for being a major sponsor ot #ATmosphereConf, and the whole team for putting on a side event.

You can select to attend the #ATScience event as part of your main conf ticket purchase.
ATScience at ATmosphereConf
ATProto for Science launches today, and is running a full pre-conference day at the conference.
news.atmosphereconf.org
December 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We’re getting the boys together for one last mission
I can tell who's around for the mission, who's around for the money, and who's around because we have attention

and I'm not kind to the latter two.
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Continuing its trend, the FDA is now informing apparel companies making binders for trans people that they cannot sell medical devices.
tomboyx on Instagram: "TLDR; compression tops have been labelled as a medical device by the FDA. We’re making sure that regardless of the label, how you use these, or why you use these, that they stay...
At Tomboy X, we're committed to standing up for trans rights and challenging the FDA's labeling of breast binders as medical devices. Our stance is clear: we won't back down in the face of controversy...
www.instagram.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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@chipnick.com 's talk at @eurosky.social was superb. It came late in the day and you could feel the energy surge while they spoke. #AtmosphereConf better approve :)
Submitted my talk for #AtmosphereConf

Not saying what it is because I need to wrap up the specification and start prototyping asap but it’s something for the community
December 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Submitted my talk for #AtmosphereConf

Not saying what it is because I need to wrap up the specification and start prototyping asap but it’s something for the community
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I’m not saying this is a high quality copy of the 60 minutes Inside CECOT investigative piece that has only aired in Canada.

cdn.sbox.game/asset/814e5f...
December 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I need a sharper bread knife

#BreadSky
December 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM