Ellen Grove
@ellengrove.bsky.social
Mostly kayaking with occasional sprinkles of agility and knitting
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Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of the biggest scandal of the Obama administration.
August 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of the biggest scandal of the Obama administration.
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'Breathing Space', etching by contemporary artist and printmaker Janis Goodman #WomensArt
August 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
'Breathing Space', etching by contemporary artist and printmaker Janis Goodman #WomensArt
Tomorrow: agilealliance.org/event/divide... Divide and Conquer: Practicing Security as One Agile Team | Agile Alliance
Divide and Conquer: Practicing Security as One Agile Team | Agile Alliance
In an environment increasingly focused on the “efficiency” of software development, it's often tempting to divide and conquer challenges, pushing security responsibilities to specialists. But what if ...
agilealliance.org
July 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Tomorrow: agilealliance.org/event/divide... Divide and Conquer: Practicing Security as One Agile Team | Agile Alliance
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"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
June 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
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I've never seen "running government like a business is bad, actually" illustrated as plainly and clearly as this:
May 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I've never seen "running government like a business is bad, actually" illustrated as plainly and clearly as this:
Tomorrow (Wednesday May 14) at 11am EDT www.agilealliance.org/event/ratche...
Ratcheting to Zero: How Incremental Constraints Eliminate Technical Debt | Agile Alliance
In this practical session, Dave Mosher draws from his experience as a specialized generalist to address one of Agile’s most persistent blind spots: the implementation gap between acknowledging technic...
www.agilealliance.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Tomorrow (Wednesday May 14) at 11am EDT www.agilealliance.org/event/ratche...
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Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation.
Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday
Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday
April 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation.
Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday
Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday
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Technology alone has no value.
It is when people use technology that it becomes valuable.
It is when people use technology that it becomes valuable.
April 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Technology alone has no value.
It is when people use technology that it becomes valuable.
It is when people use technology that it becomes valuable.
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social want to cry?read @ USAID-how peanut butter mix literally brought starving children from brink of death.T canceled it along w/stop payment to pay manufacturer-shut down T 1st week food purchased-millions of dollars of food allowed to rot. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid
The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid off
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social want to cry?read @ USAID-how peanut butter mix literally brought starving children from brink of death.T canceled it along w/stop payment to pay manufacturer-shut down T 1st week food purchased-millions of dollars of food allowed to rot. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real.
When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains.
Zoom in if you're strung out🌿
When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains.
Zoom in if you're strung out🌿
April 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real.
When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains.
Zoom in if you're strung out🌿
When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains.
Zoom in if you're strung out🌿
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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
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It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.
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Crucial point made here — we should learn from others rather than imagine that everything is new and therefore shocking and impossible to resist.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
So You Want to Be a Dissident?
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
www.newyorker.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Crucial point made here — we should learn from others rather than imagine that everything is new and therefore shocking and impossible to resist.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
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We call this “cheese o’clock”
Cartoon from “Made by Harriet”
Cartoon from “Made by Harriet”
April 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We call this “cheese o’clock”
Cartoon from “Made by Harriet”
Cartoon from “Made by Harriet”
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April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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Found these old grievances online. Sound familiar?
He cuts off our trade with all parts of the world:
He imposes taxes on us without our consent:
He deprives us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:
He transports us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses…
He cuts off our trade with all parts of the world:
He imposes taxes on us without our consent:
He deprives us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:
He transports us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses…
a man with a crown on his head and a cane
ALT: a man with a crown on his head and a cane
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Found these old grievances online. Sound familiar?
He cuts off our trade with all parts of the world:
He imposes taxes on us without our consent:
He deprives us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:
He transports us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses…
He cuts off our trade with all parts of the world:
He imposes taxes on us without our consent:
He deprives us in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury:
He transports us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses…
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Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
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RANDOM TARIFF ENCOUNTER TABLE (D8)
1 - 25%
2 - 34%
3 - 10% (but you must buy our chickens)
4 - 49% lovely people but they've been ripping us off
5 - 20% and 2d4 ogres
6 - 31%, roll again on treasure table C
7 - 25% (28% for elves)
8 - Roll again combine both results
1 - 25%
2 - 34%
3 - 10% (but you must buy our chickens)
4 - 49% lovely people but they've been ripping us off
5 - 20% and 2d4 ogres
6 - 31%, roll again on treasure table C
7 - 25% (28% for elves)
8 - Roll again combine both results
April 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RANDOM TARIFF ENCOUNTER TABLE (D8)
1 - 25%
2 - 34%
3 - 10% (but you must buy our chickens)
4 - 49% lovely people but they've been ripping us off
5 - 20% and 2d4 ogres
6 - 31%, roll again on treasure table C
7 - 25% (28% for elves)
8 - Roll again combine both results
1 - 25%
2 - 34%
3 - 10% (but you must buy our chickens)
4 - 49% lovely people but they've been ripping us off
5 - 20% and 2d4 ogres
6 - 31%, roll again on treasure table C
7 - 25% (28% for elves)
8 - Roll again combine both results
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This will be an especially difficult year to tell the difference between fake bullshit and actual bullshit this April Fool's Day
April 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This will be an especially difficult year to tell the difference between fake bullshit and actual bullshit this April Fool's Day
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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