Kate Violette
@kateviolette.com
Multipurpose nerd. Engineering manager currently waylaid by a complex illness. On a mission to watch every Katharine Hepburn movie.
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Currently in Portland OR. Always a Mainer.
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🏳️🌈 they (🇬🇧), elle (🇫🇷)
Currently in Portland OR. Always a Mainer.
✍️ Blog at my username!
📊 @healthlog.kateviolette.com
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This is now a pomegranate appreciation account
Another thing I appreciate about pomegranates is how they're like sure you can eat me but you're going to have to absolutely murder me first, I won't go quietly
Another thing I appreciate about pomegranates is how they're like sure you can eat me but you're going to have to absolutely murder me first, I won't go quietly
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is now a pomegranate appreciation account
Another thing I appreciate about pomegranates is how they're like sure you can eat me but you're going to have to absolutely murder me first, I won't go quietly
Another thing I appreciate about pomegranates is how they're like sure you can eat me but you're going to have to absolutely murder me first, I won't go quietly
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my personal opinion is that the only way past this era is extreme grudge holding and pettiness.
all the people pushing AI? make them eat their words. be petty. hold their noses to their ideas and make them see how much they stink.
all the people in political power right now? absolutely same.
all the people pushing AI? make them eat their words. be petty. hold their noses to their ideas and make them see how much they stink.
all the people in political power right now? absolutely same.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
my personal opinion is that the only way past this era is extreme grudge holding and pettiness.
all the people pushing AI? make them eat their words. be petty. hold their noses to their ideas and make them see how much they stink.
all the people in political power right now? absolutely same.
all the people pushing AI? make them eat their words. be petty. hold their noses to their ideas and make them see how much they stink.
all the people in political power right now? absolutely same.
The problem with AI (as currently being pushed within the tech industry)
is the same as the tech industry as a whole:
People (mostly white guys) want to be lauded for being excellent without actually doing the work to be excellent. They want to be seen as amazing while being mediocre.
is the same as the tech industry as a whole:
People (mostly white guys) want to be lauded for being excellent without actually doing the work to be excellent. They want to be seen as amazing while being mediocre.
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The problem with AI (as currently being pushed within the tech industry)
is the same as the tech industry as a whole:
People (mostly white guys) want to be lauded for being excellent without actually doing the work to be excellent. They want to be seen as amazing while being mediocre.
is the same as the tech industry as a whole:
People (mostly white guys) want to be lauded for being excellent without actually doing the work to be excellent. They want to be seen as amazing while being mediocre.
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Mayor Wilson calling nonprofits to scare them with false information is really good insight into how he plays politics.
Over the weekend, the Mayor started calling nonprofits warning them their funding would disappear if this passed. 🙃 Except… most of them don’t even get money from that sweeps budget.
Nice try though.
Nice try though.
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Mayor Wilson calling nonprofits to scare them with false information is really good insight into how he plays politics.
Speaking as a celiac person whose body is incapacitated with pain for 24-48 hrs after eating gluten, let me tell you there is no way in hell I would trust a shoddy fucking AI basket to tell me what products are safe or not.
A lot of ingredients we have to avoid aren't immediately obvious.
A lot of ingredients we have to avoid aren't immediately obvious.
“The AI agent could also assist customers mid-shop, including by making sure that nothing a customer has selected contains an unwanted ingredient…”
"At the end of the shop, you could say, 'Check my entire basket for any gluten,'" [instacart CEO] Rogers said on the call.”
"At the end of the shop, you could say, 'Check my entire basket for any gluten,'" [instacart CEO] Rogers said on the call.”
Instacart is betting on AI shopping carts that suggest what you should buy as you shop
Instacart is rolling out AI versions of its Caper carts. CEO Chris Rogers says its data helps it make recommendations and guide shoppers.
www.businessinsider.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Speaking as a celiac person whose body is incapacitated with pain for 24-48 hrs after eating gluten, let me tell you there is no way in hell I would trust a shoddy fucking AI basket to tell me what products are safe or not.
A lot of ingredients we have to avoid aren't immediately obvious.
A lot of ingredients we have to avoid aren't immediately obvious.
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Posing with my veggies like men pose with fish
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Posing with my veggies like men pose with fish
In addition to the ACA disaster, in the past week I've gotten email from my chiropractor telling patients they won't be continuing to accept Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, and from my Lyme specialist saying they'll no longer accept Aetna or Providence plans.
What the FUCK are we doing here people?
What the FUCK are we doing here people?
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
In addition to the ACA disaster, in the past week I've gotten email from my chiropractor telling patients they won't be continuing to accept Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, and from my Lyme specialist saying they'll no longer accept Aetna or Providence plans.
What the FUCK are we doing here people?
What the FUCK are we doing here people?
yup
it's so demoralizing...I'm probs gonna stay off the internet for a while, I am so upset about this
it's so demoralizing...I'm probs gonna stay off the internet for a while, I am so upset about this
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
yup
it's so demoralizing...I'm probs gonna stay off the internet for a while, I am so upset about this
it's so demoralizing...I'm probs gonna stay off the internet for a while, I am so upset about this
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Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
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Kaine, Hassan, Shaheen, King are yeses.
Not enough!
Any more confirmed yeses?
Not enough!
Any more confirmed yeses?
Okay, much confusion, but a thing I see clearly is that the Gang of 8 senators who worked toward a compromise this week while keeping Schumer apprised were not working for THIS compromise. More than one of them (Slotkin, Baldwin) have come out against tonight’s minibus.
Which means
Which means
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Kaine, Hassan, Shaheen, King are yeses.
Not enough!
Any more confirmed yeses?
Not enough!
Any more confirmed yeses?
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It was a corporate dem that killed the public option and now corporate Dems are totally screwing over people forced to use this stupid system, as we go back to millions and millions of people without any health insurance. Tell me again how Mamdani-style politics are not the future?
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It was a corporate dem that killed the public option and now corporate Dems are totally screwing over people forced to use this stupid system, as we go back to millions and millions of people without any health insurance. Tell me again how Mamdani-style politics are not the future?
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Vote democratic socialist no matter who.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Vote democratic socialist no matter who.
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ACCURATE
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
ACCURATE
I have disliked Angus fucking King ever since I was in fifth grade and had to watch his smarmy sexist jerk self run for (and win) the Maine state governor seat.
Maine is not bringing their best on the national political stage these days jfc
Maine is not bringing their best on the national political stage these days jfc
CNN, CBS, others report that at least 8 Dems have reached a deal to end the shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I have disliked Angus fucking King ever since I was in fifth grade and had to watch his smarmy sexist jerk self run for (and win) the Maine state governor seat.
Maine is not bringing their best on the national political stage these days jfc
Maine is not bringing their best on the national political stage these days jfc
Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Asking anyone who's got energy to do so to call their Dem Senators and urge them not to back down on healthcare. 🙏
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
Your friends who are too sick to work to access healthcare are going to be really fucked otherwise. Being too sick to work means no paycheck to cover now-exorbitant marketplace plans.
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Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Unacceptable. There are 189,000 people in my district who will be paying 50–300% more for the same, and in many cases worse, healthcare.
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
I won’t do that to the people I represent. I’m a NO on this “deal.”
winesaps! 😌 my favorite
red winesap apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1932
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
winesaps! 😌 my favorite
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Instead of watching my beloved tv show I spent 30 mins wrestling with DRM to watch my beloved tv show and now my time for relaxing is over and I have to get up and do other things instead and I'm grumpy
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Instead of watching my beloved tv show I spent 30 mins wrestling with DRM to watch my beloved tv show and now my time for relaxing is over and I have to get up and do other things instead and I'm grumpy
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tech companies & executives are not scared enough of the consequences of harming people. they know they're ultimately very insulated from the blowback for wildly reckless experiments on people; that makes for a very unhealthy environment that we need to fix now
tech co's should be scared of people
tech co's should be scared of people
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
tech companies & executives are not scared enough of the consequences of harming people. they know they're ultimately very insulated from the blowback for wildly reckless experiments on people; that makes for a very unhealthy environment that we need to fix now
tech co's should be scared of people
tech co's should be scared of people
AI bubble this, crypto bubble that. The only bubbles I wanna talk about are these:
November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AI bubble this, crypto bubble that. The only bubbles I wanna talk about are these:
literally begging everyone to learn what DARVO stands for jfc
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
literally begging everyone to learn what DARVO stands for jfc