Alisa
@clearwriter.bsky.social
Conspicuously tall. Yarn enthusiast. Certified Master Gardener. Bestselling book: Sustainable Content — available from your favorite online bookseller.
Me: Having a technical issue with an account that has to be escalated to support.
Them: "Have you tried using Microsoft Edge?"
Them: "Have you tried using Microsoft Edge?"
March 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Me: Having a technical issue with an account that has to be escalated to support.
Them: "Have you tried using Microsoft Edge?"
Them: "Have you tried using Microsoft Edge?"
It's important to find small joys in this life. This is why I'm here to tell you about Second Breakfast.
On Tuesdays, I do a noon yoga class. I can't make it from my first breakfast at 5:30 to my lunch at 1:30-ish. Enter Second Breakfast.
On Tuesdays, I do a noon yoga class. I can't make it from my first breakfast at 5:30 to my lunch at 1:30-ish. Enter Second Breakfast.
March 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's important to find small joys in this life. This is why I'm here to tell you about Second Breakfast.
On Tuesdays, I do a noon yoga class. I can't make it from my first breakfast at 5:30 to my lunch at 1:30-ish. Enter Second Breakfast.
On Tuesdays, I do a noon yoga class. I can't make it from my first breakfast at 5:30 to my lunch at 1:30-ish. Enter Second Breakfast.
Timeline cleanse: a wide-eyed owl.
March 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Timeline cleanse: a wide-eyed owl.
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Really enjoying this classic Sesame Street segment, two minutes of freestyle jazz riffing on saxophone factory footage
March 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Really enjoying this classic Sesame Street segment, two minutes of freestyle jazz riffing on saxophone factory footage
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residents are likely to see green dye in a creek during a stormwater inspection. you do not need to call us if you do.
residents are unlikely to see Green Day in a creek during a stormwater inspection. you are strongly encouraged to call us if you do.
residents are unlikely to see Green Day in a creek during a stormwater inspection. you are strongly encouraged to call us if you do.
March 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
residents are likely to see green dye in a creek during a stormwater inspection. you do not need to call us if you do.
residents are unlikely to see Green Day in a creek during a stormwater inspection. you are strongly encouraged to call us if you do.
residents are unlikely to see Green Day in a creek during a stormwater inspection. you are strongly encouraged to call us if you do.
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I tweeted about this guy last night and got all these replies from random people who said he'd saved their baby's life. Fuck being rich I would love to have been this guy, imagine how cool it would be to know you'd helped so many people. We need to name an airport after him or something
March 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I tweeted about this guy last night and got all these replies from random people who said he'd saved their baby's life. Fuck being rich I would love to have been this guy, imagine how cool it would be to know you'd helped so many people. We need to name an airport after him or something
This whole thread is perfect.
March 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This whole thread is perfect.
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Exhausted Friends Slowly Realize They Were Playing Board Game Wrong Entire 6 Hours
Exhausted Friends Slowly Realize They Were Playing Board Game Wrong Entire 6 Hours
MILWAUKEE—Growing more despondent as each turn brought them no closer to a conclusion, an exhausted group of friends was reportedly coming to the realization Friday that they had been playing the boar...
theonion.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Exhausted Friends Slowly Realize They Were Playing Board Game Wrong Entire 6 Hours
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Helpful tool for tracking what happens to IRA funding
ICYMI, last week we published an interactive map of more than $300 billion worth of Inflation Reduction Act and bipartisan infrastructure law funding. Enter your ZIP code or city and a search radius and find projects in your area:
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Where did billions in climate and infrastructure funding go? Search our map by ZIP code.
From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood.
grist.org
February 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Helpful tool for tracking what happens to IRA funding
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just stumbled on a real jaw-dropper of a line in an essay -- “The corollary of being interested in a great range of things is to have sympathy with a great range of outlooks” -- and that, my friends, is why reading is so important.
January 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
just stumbled on a real jaw-dropper of a line in an essay -- “The corollary of being interested in a great range of things is to have sympathy with a great range of outlooks” -- and that, my friends, is why reading is so important.
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In 2014 Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside, to see if wild animals would use it like their domesticated counterparts.
The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails.
The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.
The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails.
The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.
January 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In 2014 Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside, to see if wild animals would use it like their domesticated counterparts.
The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails.
The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.
The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails.
The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.
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If you are feeling overwhelmed, I strongly recommend the livestream of the corpse flower at Sydney Botanic Gardens on YouTube. There are currently 1,500 people in chat waiting for a flower to open, and occasionally claiming that it definitely has moved this time.
WWTF: We Watch The Flower.
WWTF: We Watch The Flower.
Corpse Flower livestream: A plant to die for
YouTube video by Botanic Gardens of Sydney
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you are feeling overwhelmed, I strongly recommend the livestream of the corpse flower at Sydney Botanic Gardens on YouTube. There are currently 1,500 people in chat waiting for a flower to open, and occasionally claiming that it definitely has moved this time.
WWTF: We Watch The Flower.
WWTF: We Watch The Flower.
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just had a sample of the Eaton Fire ash that is in my driveway run on the department XRF. Is there titanium (new house paint)? Yup. Lead (old house paint)? You betcha. Heavy metals? Check. Treat that ash like it's toxic folks (because it is)
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"The smoke is a toxic soup. It’s not just the brush that’s burning, but homes are burning and homes contain plastics that are built from petrochemical compounds." - California Professional Firefighters president on CNN today.
January 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"The smoke is a toxic soup. It’s not just the brush that’s burning, but homes are burning and homes contain plastics that are built from petrochemical compounds." - California Professional Firefighters president on CNN today.
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As frequent wildfires become the new normal, even people not directly threatened are concerned with what to do about the spread of wildfire smoke. It's important to have a plan. Here are simple, effective ways to get rid of the wildfire smoke in your home. nyti.ms/3WbyFxX
January 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As frequent wildfires become the new normal, even people not directly threatened are concerned with what to do about the spread of wildfire smoke. It's important to have a plan. Here are simple, effective ways to get rid of the wildfire smoke in your home. nyti.ms/3WbyFxX
I live in the western U.S. and know that wildfire smoke is not something you want to mess with. I've had a good experience with Bona Fide Masks, which currently has a 25% discount. bonafidemasks.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I live in the western U.S. and know that wildfire smoke is not something you want to mess with. I've had a good experience with Bona Fide Masks, which currently has a 25% discount. bonafidemasks.com
Thanks to all of you who made my book a #1 Amazon Best Seller! If you're in grabbing a copy for yourself, it's available from all of the major online booksellers. greenleafbookgroup.com/titles/susta...
December 23, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Thanks to all of you who made my book a #1 Amazon Best Seller! If you're in grabbing a copy for yourself, it's available from all of the major online booksellers. greenleafbookgroup.com/titles/susta...
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"hi! I'm your hardware that used to work just fine, but now fails to do a fairly basic thing you counted on it for because of an automatic required update. brought to you by, the makers of: everything! everything does this now™️"
December 17, 2024 at 2:06 AM
"hi! I'm your hardware that used to work just fine, but now fails to do a fairly basic thing you counted on it for because of an automatic required update. brought to you by, the makers of: everything! everything does this now™️"
Seems like most intern and research opportunities for undergrads are for juniors/seniors. Does anyone have tips for a rising sophomore (class of 2028) to find summer 2025 opportunities in physics or math?
December 12, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Seems like most intern and research opportunities for undergrads are for juniors/seniors. Does anyone have tips for a rising sophomore (class of 2028) to find summer 2025 opportunities in physics or math?
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Looking to spend your training budget before the end of the year? Consider approachableopensource.com
📦$19 shipped in the US
⛅$9 digital everywhere
💼I emphasize corporate technologists as the latent energy the movement needs, and equip them with tactics and air-cover to get off the ground.
📦$19 shipped in the US
⛅$9 digital everywhere
💼I emphasize corporate technologists as the latent energy the movement needs, and equip them with tactics and air-cover to get off the ground.
Approachable Open Source
A new book by Brian Muenzenmeyer, available paperback or digital
approachableopensource.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Looking to spend your training budget before the end of the year? Consider approachableopensource.com
📦$19 shipped in the US
⛅$9 digital everywhere
💼I emphasize corporate technologists as the latent energy the movement needs, and equip them with tactics and air-cover to get off the ground.
📦$19 shipped in the US
⛅$9 digital everywhere
💼I emphasize corporate technologists as the latent energy the movement needs, and equip them with tactics and air-cover to get off the ground.
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I will never, ever get over this.
December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
I will never, ever get over this.