KC Lemson
@kclemson.bsky.social
Old-ish person who’s been online a long time and likes puns and tech, except when tech pisses me off. Also a mom of 2 adults, ADHD, and recently retired from working at Microsoft. #BlackLivesMatter 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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KC Lemson
@kclemson.bsky.social
· Nov 25
It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
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I've waited 3 years to make this post
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've waited 3 years to make this post
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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At the Microsoft MVP summit, @kclemson.bsky.social, Raymond Chen and I did a talk consisting of stories from the past 40 or so years of Microsoft history.
Unfortunately ir wasn't recorded.
This fall, we recreated it on video to be shared, and I'm so happy we did.
Unfortunately ir wasn't recorded.
This fall, we recreated it on video to be shared, and I'm so happy we did.
100 Years of Microsoft Stories
YouTube video by Microsoft Developer
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December 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
At the Microsoft MVP summit, @kclemson.bsky.social, Raymond Chen and I did a talk consisting of stories from the past 40 or so years of Microsoft history.
Unfortunately ir wasn't recorded.
This fall, we recreated it on video to be shared, and I'm so happy we did.
Unfortunately ir wasn't recorded.
This fall, we recreated it on video to be shared, and I'm so happy we did.
Watching a whale breech while standing on land is 🤯
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Watching a whale breech while standing on land is 🤯
Bought tickets for Billy Madison, but snuck in to the back of Pulp Fiction instead - right during the gimp scene. 0/10 do not recommend this.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Bought tickets for Billy Madison, but snuck in to the back of Pulp Fiction instead - right during the gimp scene. 0/10 do not recommend this.
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: RECALCULATING, LOL
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: RECALCULATING, LOL
I wonder if anyone's named their baby Json yet
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I wonder if anyone's named their baby Json yet
I wrapped a Christmas present for a friend today, and the most exciting thing happened!
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I wrapped a Christmas present for a friend today, and the most exciting thing happened!
I wonder what Ramer did to deserve this
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I wonder what Ramer did to deserve this
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"genuine appreciation is somehow considered less intellectual than criticism" is such a word
the number of times I've said I enjoyed something and IMMEDIATELY, like a starting pistol just went off, someone gallops in to do "too bad you are simply Not Smart Enough to have spotted this list of flaws"
the number of times I've said I enjoyed something and IMMEDIATELY, like a starting pistol just went off, someone gallops in to do "too bad you are simply Not Smart Enough to have spotted this list of flaws"
It goes into that weird thing that genuine appreciation is somehow considered less intellectual than criticism but everybody is getting trained to be such a cynical unfeeling asshole nowadays that I find the smartest people often are the “hell yeah cool song/drawing/story/video” people
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"genuine appreciation is somehow considered less intellectual than criticism" is such a word
the number of times I've said I enjoyed something and IMMEDIATELY, like a starting pistol just went off, someone gallops in to do "too bad you are simply Not Smart Enough to have spotted this list of flaws"
the number of times I've said I enjoyed something and IMMEDIATELY, like a starting pistol just went off, someone gallops in to do "too bad you are simply Not Smart Enough to have spotted this list of flaws"
I’m working on a new vibe coding project: an app that uses AI to generate CSS+HTML visualizations from a prompt/reference image, and then has a simple UX for easily modifying the visualizations yourself, or requesting changes from the AI.
Testing is going well.
Testing is going well.
December 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I’m working on a new vibe coding project: an app that uses AI to generate CSS+HTML visualizations from a prompt/reference image, and then has a simple UX for easily modifying the visualizations yourself, or requesting changes from the AI.
Testing is going well.
Testing is going well.
TIL that packing tape that doesn’t make that annoying sound exists
December 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
TIL that packing tape that doesn’t make that annoying sound exists
If I made a gift guide, it would have the most boring things on it... but they'd be really freaking useful.
Like these belts, which are washable, and I leave one on every pair of jeans I wear. It's sooooo handy to not have to unbuckle a belt to use the restroom: www.amazon.com/dp/B07QDL2238
Like these belts, which are washable, and I leave one on every pair of jeans I wear. It's sooooo handy to not have to unbuckle a belt to use the restroom: www.amazon.com/dp/B07QDL2238
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December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If I made a gift guide, it would have the most boring things on it... but they'd be really freaking useful.
Like these belts, which are washable, and I leave one on every pair of jeans I wear. It's sooooo handy to not have to unbuckle a belt to use the restroom: www.amazon.com/dp/B07QDL2238
Like these belts, which are washable, and I leave one on every pair of jeans I wear. It's sooooo handy to not have to unbuckle a belt to use the restroom: www.amazon.com/dp/B07QDL2238
At first I couldn’t remember the name of the data type you use to combine variables of different types, but then it struct me.
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
At first I couldn’t remember the name of the data type you use to combine variables of different types, but then it struct me.
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Also feel free to use this app I built, that uses AI to generate alt text for you: alttexter.lovable.app
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Also feel free to use this app I built, that uses AI to generate alt text for you: alttexter.lovable.app
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this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
this is not our customer service number. it’s just my voicemail inbox.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
you’re welcome to call. i hope you do.
216-361-6772.
Happy nerdsgiving to those who celebrate
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Happy nerdsgiving to those who celebrate
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shoutout to all my fellow queers for whom family of origin sucks around holidays (and those of us who are still working on finding that found family). everything is pretty bad right now but being queer is still fucking amazing and you are amazing and not alone and i love you and am grateful for you
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
shoutout to all my fellow queers for whom family of origin sucks around holidays (and those of us who are still working on finding that found family). everything is pretty bad right now but being queer is still fucking amazing and you are amazing and not alone and i love you and am grateful for you