Kara Sowles Deloss
@feynudibranch.bsky.social
Trash Collector / Open Source Advocate
@ Temporal, prev GitHub, Puppet
Portland, OR
👩💻 open source: funding & sustainability
⚒️ archaeology: respectfully exploring your surroundings
🚮 history via trash
🍓 growing fruit
🎲 RPGS and D&D
🖼️ art & ceramics
@ Temporal, prev GitHub, Puppet
Portland, OR
👩💻 open source: funding & sustainability
⚒️ archaeology: respectfully exploring your surroundings
🚮 history via trash
🍓 growing fruit
🎲 RPGS and D&D
🖼️ art & ceramics
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Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Just 2 more weeks to go
December 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just 2 more weeks to go
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I'm an indie author of young adult fantasy in Portland, OR, and I'd love for you to try Fog & Fireflies.
Available at Powell's Hawthorne and Parallel Worlds (if in stock) or online in ebool and audiobook form:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRXLT4RW
Available at Powell's Hawthorne and Parallel Worlds (if in stock) or online in ebool and audiobook form:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRXLT4RW
Fog & Fireflies
Fog & Fireflies - Kindle edition by Lehnen, T.H.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Fog & Fireflies.
www.amazon.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm an indie author of young adult fantasy in Portland, OR, and I'd love for you to try Fog & Fireflies.
Available at Powell's Hawthorne and Parallel Worlds (if in stock) or online in ebool and audiobook form:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRXLT4RW
Available at Powell's Hawthorne and Parallel Worlds (if in stock) or online in ebool and audiobook form:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRXLT4RW
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“This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender” - Pete Seeger’s banjo head seen recently at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender” - Pete Seeger’s banjo head seen recently at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
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I see a lot of complaints about untested AI slop in pull requests. Submitting those is a dereliction of duty as a software engineer: Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/18/...
Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work
In all of the debates about the value of AI-assistance in software development there’s one depressing anecdote that I keep on seeing: the junior engineer, empowered by some class of …
simonwillison.net
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I see a lot of complaints about untested AI slop in pull requests. Submitting those is a dereliction of duty as a software engineer: Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/18/...
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"In 1922, Vermont became the first New England state to support a bookmobile. At the time, it was known as the “Vermont Book Wagon”. The term “Bookmobile” did not become commonplace in Vermont until the 1930s.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"In 1922, Vermont became the first New England state to support a bookmobile. At the time, it was known as the “Vermont Book Wagon”. The term “Bookmobile” did not become commonplace in Vermont until the 1930s.
kids cookie decoration night went …well
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
kids cookie decoration night went …well
extremely cute baby onesie from my colleagues at Temporal, accurately addressed “to the resident living inside Kara”
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
extremely cute baby onesie from my colleagues at Temporal, accurately addressed “to the resident living inside Kara”
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Planning an event, meetup, or workshop during EU Open Source Week? Submit it to the official calendar and help the community discover it! Join thousands at FOSDEM and dozens of side events to connect with open technology enthusiasts.
🔗 Submit here: opensourceweek.eu
🔗 Submit here: opensourceweek.eu
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Planning an event, meetup, or workshop during EU Open Source Week? Submit it to the official calendar and help the community discover it! Join thousands at FOSDEM and dozens of side events to connect with open technology enthusiasts.
🔗 Submit here: opensourceweek.eu
🔗 Submit here: opensourceweek.eu
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We got good feedback on the job description, which Diffie* has incorporated. TL;DR: If you've architected data-intensive systems and are familiar with an infrastructure-level language like Python, Go, or Rust we want to hear from you! roost.tools/staff-softwa...
*supervised my typing from the couch
*supervised my typing from the couch
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We got good feedback on the job description, which Diffie* has incorporated. TL;DR: If you've architected data-intensive systems and are familiar with an infrastructure-level language like Python, Go, or Rust we want to hear from you! roost.tools/staff-softwa...
*supervised my typing from the couch
*supervised my typing from the couch
Oh good, thank you @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social for writing on the weird AI generated descriptions of posts now happening in Google search.
This has been driving me nuts specifically with the gay dom-com Pillion, whose trailers are getting described as “a woman expressed her devotion to a man” 🤦🏻♀️
This has been driving me nuts specifically with the gay dom-com Pillion, whose trailers are getting described as “a woman expressed her devotion to a man” 🤦🏻♀️
Instagram is creating 2014 Buzzfeed-style SEO headlines for your Instagram posts and guess what? They're often misleading. Thanks to @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social and @mrdang.photos for flagging this to me www.404media.co/instagram-is...
Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
www.404media.co
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Oh good, thank you @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social for writing on the weird AI generated descriptions of posts now happening in Google search.
This has been driving me nuts specifically with the gay dom-com Pillion, whose trailers are getting described as “a woman expressed her devotion to a man” 🤦🏻♀️
This has been driving me nuts specifically with the gay dom-com Pillion, whose trailers are getting described as “a woman expressed her devotion to a man” 🤦🏻♀️
Okay archaeologists / egyptologists, I’m curious - is this a legally sellable item by Goodwill?
shopgoodwill.com/item/249644465
Buyers seem to be betting on it being genuine. And the AI description boldly says “The artifact appears crafted in a historical period and exhibits cultural significance”
shopgoodwill.com/item/249644465
Buyers seem to be betting on it being genuine. And the AI description boldly says “The artifact appears crafted in a historical period and exhibits cultural significance”
Used Ancient Bronze Figurine - Female Figure with Headdress and Child
shopgoodwill.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Okay archaeologists / egyptologists, I’m curious - is this a legally sellable item by Goodwill?
shopgoodwill.com/item/249644465
Buyers seem to be betting on it being genuine. And the AI description boldly says “The artifact appears crafted in a historical period and exhibits cultural significance”
shopgoodwill.com/item/249644465
Buyers seem to be betting on it being genuine. And the AI description boldly says “The artifact appears crafted in a historical period and exhibits cultural significance”
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This is one of my favorite traditions that we do on Electron; it’s a great time to both recharge and get caught up on internal maintenance and projects that we might not normally have the time to look into
☃️ As the end of the year draws near, the Electron project will be taking its usual quiet period for December.
Read more on our blog: www.electronjs.org/blog/dec-qui...
Read more on our blog: www.electronjs.org/blog/dec-qui...
December Quiet Month (Dec'25) | Electron
Starting December 1, the Electron project will enter a quiet period before picking back up at full capacity in January 2026. For full details, see the Policies section below.
www.electronjs.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 AM
This is one of my favorite traditions that we do on Electron; it’s a great time to both recharge and get caught up on internal maintenance and projects that we might not normally have the time to look into
Thanks @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social for writing about the impact nursing stations can make at conferences 🍼
We ask why are there no women in leadership? or why are there no women speaking at this conference.
The lack of nursing rooms at conference is a contributing factor..imo #blogvent
Here's a blog post about my alarming, but naive experience
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
The lack of nursing rooms at conference is a contributing factor..imo #blogvent
Here's a blog post about my alarming, but naive experience
dev.to/blackgirlbyt...
Why Every Conference Needs a Nursing Room
I didn’t truly understand the value of a nursing station until my health and career were on the line....
dev.to
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thanks @blackgirlbytes.bsky.social for writing about the impact nursing stations can make at conferences 🍼
the definitive piece on Pantone’s Color of the Year from JP. I will be reading no further pieces, I’m full.
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
the definitive piece on Pantone’s Color of the Year from JP. I will be reading no further pieces, I’m full.
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What food and drink represent you the most? I wrote about one of my favorite get-to-know-yous for #blogvent day 6!
cassidoo.co/post/lasagna...
cassidoo.co/post/lasagna...
Lasagna and a root beer float
What is the food and drink that represents you?
cassidoo.co
December 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
What food and drink represent you the most? I wrote about one of my favorite get-to-know-yous for #blogvent day 6!
cassidoo.co/post/lasagna...
cassidoo.co/post/lasagna...
tired of sharing my body with a roommate. coffee? he wakes up and kicks my organs long before the caffeine reaches me. no coffee? now I’m asleep (until he wakes up and kicks me). bodies should have a 1 person at a time maximum.
December 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
tired of sharing my body with a roommate. coffee? he wakes up and kicks my organs long before the caffeine reaches me. no coffee? now I’m asleep (until he wakes up and kicks me). bodies should have a 1 person at a time maximum.
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Please join us in thanking @sovereign.tech for committing to a €86,000 investment to improve the security of CPython and the Python Package Index (PyPI). We're thrilled to partner with them to improve security for all users. Read more on our blog:
Python Software Foundation News
pyfound.blogspot.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Please join us in thanking @sovereign.tech for committing to a €86,000 investment to improve the security of CPython and the Python Package Index (PyPI). We're thrilled to partner with them to improve security for all users. Read more on our blog:
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The Google Doodle for today is Tiny Chef, a stopmotion felt celebrity who will improve my Thanksgiving. I click the banner to get their advice.
Google takes me to a pre-written Gemini AI Mode prompt of me asking AI for a cooking plan.
No! No! I want the little felt Chef to tell me their secrets!!
Google takes me to a pre-written Gemini AI Mode prompt of me asking AI for a cooking plan.
No! No! I want the little felt Chef to tell me their secrets!!
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Google Doodle for today is Tiny Chef, a stopmotion felt celebrity who will improve my Thanksgiving. I click the banner to get their advice.
Google takes me to a pre-written Gemini AI Mode prompt of me asking AI for a cooking plan.
No! No! I want the little felt Chef to tell me their secrets!!
Google takes me to a pre-written Gemini AI Mode prompt of me asking AI for a cooking plan.
No! No! I want the little felt Chef to tell me their secrets!!
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Coming together to eat the food we share has been part of humanity from the very beginning. I wrote this post after a Thanksgiving week lecture on evidence for Neanderthals and other ancient people making prepared mixtures of grains, lentils, and other foods.
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
A Neandertal recipe with lentils and grain
Looking at a fascinating new study that finds mixtures of different plants within ancient morsels of charred foods.
www.johnhawks.net
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Coming together to eat the food we share has been part of humanity from the very beginning. I wrote this post after a Thanksgiving week lecture on evidence for Neanderthals and other ancient people making prepared mixtures of grains, lentils, and other foods.
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-neandert...
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AI art sneaks in when your heart is closed to folk art, to children’s art, to your own art. I know what it feels like to say “I couldn’t draw this, so it’s okay to have a computer do it” - but what part of yourself are you choosing to abandon because it’s not “good” enough?
October 9, 2023 at 10:34 PM
AI art sneaks in when your heart is closed to folk art, to children’s art, to your own art. I know what it feels like to say “I couldn’t draw this, so it’s okay to have a computer do it” - but what part of yourself are you choosing to abandon because it’s not “good” enough?
Feast your eyes on this masterpiece painting my 3yo made of ME
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Feast your eyes on this masterpiece painting my 3yo made of ME
Today’s mug!
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Today’s mug!