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Michele Playfair (she/her)
@micheleplayfair.bsky.social
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Getting back on my social shizzle. Not Actually a YOW! Speaker. You can't always believe lists
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samhenri.gold
Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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errorcrater.bsky.social
🧵🪡
goatsarah.org Sarah has a suggestion @goatsarah.org · Aug 29
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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August 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
micheleplayfair.bsky.social
#pcampmelb it's LEGO Serious Play time!!
Pile of LEGO. Man wearing a LEGO Serious Play shirt in front of a slide with logos of various companies that use LSP
August 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
micheleplayfair.bsky.social
#pcampmelb talk pitches for unconference sessions - should have brought a hip flask so I could take a drink every time AI is mentioned 🤣🥃
August 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
micheleplayfair.bsky.social
Steve says we should post stuff about Product Camp on socials. @pcampmelb.bsky.social @product-anon.bsky.social Am here. Is good. #pcampmelb
Bald man with glasses in a glorious Hawaiian shirt stands in front of Product Anonymous banner while gesticulating
August 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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eev.ee
down with Whatever eev.ee/blog/2025/07...
The rise of Whatever
This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of eve...
eev.ee
July 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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mx0x20wednesday.bsky.social
wild how he immediately raises his weapon as soon as she turns and he sees the microphone

they're shooting to maim the press on purpose y'all
luckytran.com Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 9
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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hacks4pancakes.com
This cruelty and insanity has personally honestly cost me so much - I'm gonna just enjoy this.
Leopards eating faces hold waiting time
June 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
micheleplayfair.bsky.social
We have both for some reason
eopoint.com Epicycle Rodman @eopoint.com · Jun 6
Consumer networking devices come in two varieties: Altar to a Dark God and Aromatherapy Machine.
A set of white cylindrical TP-link mesh wireless devices A TP-link router that looks like a black slab bristling with sharp angular towers on three sides.
June 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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nordacious.bsky.social
$450 for jousting sticks!? Tell him he's DREAMIN'!! *new* Daryl Kerrigan fresh from '97 🏡 | prints/tees: tinyurl.com/bd8xvv7u ✈️
Illustrated portrait of Darryl Kerrigan from The Castle, mid-sentence with a wide-eyed expression and thumb raised. Behind him is his iconic red-roofed suburban house, a greyhound dog, trees, and an airport control tower. The background is pale blue with red-and-cream retro stripes. Bold yellow text reads: “Tell him he’s dreamin’!” in a vintage-style font.
June 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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annemariecharrett.com
My book, The Quality Coach's Handbook, will be available for purchase on the 31st of May. Pre-register here (you'll be in good company 🙃)

leanpub.com/qc
The Quality Coach's Handbook
The book explains the quality coach role, provides quality coach workshops with instructions and templates, and offers ideas on how to think about quality in modern engineering companies. While many a...
leanpub.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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friendlykitties.bsky.social
WHAT IS THE CHARGE? EATING A MEAL?! A SUCCULENT CHINESE MEAL?!
fat kitty
May 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Reading coverage of the Victorian Budget and seriously, we give far too much credence to the wrecked and corrupt ratings agencies that helped cause the GFC and suffered absolutely zero consequences.

Oh no, they're spending extra GST revenue on health instead of paying down debt.

Yeah f*ck off.
May 20, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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maaikees.bsky.social
I've written this straight from the heart:

Humanity hates people.

www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/humanity-hat...
Humanity hates people.
We could have made our environment welcoming to cyclists and pedestrians, but we didn't. A car centric environment is the norm in many parts of the world, making it dangerous to be outside if you cann...
www.maaikebrinkhof.nl
May 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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euthyphro.bsky.social
The year is 2025. Researches have discovered women have central nervous systems. Can feel pain!
May 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
micheleplayfair.bsky.social
Came for the comments on East vs West NC bbq and was not disappointed
Takes me back to the time a bunch of colleagues all brought their regional bbq to Chicago and we had a taste-off. The best way to resolve these issues 😁
cait.bsky.social cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · May 14
i know a north carolinian was absolutely seething crying throwing up while making this
May 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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sandyhorne.bsky.social
Adelaide peeps - During this terrible drought, we are seeing a lot of dead trees. Flinders Uni is collecting reports of tree dieback. So, if you spot a dead or dying street tree, take a photo and report it here ...
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May 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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instanterudite.bsky.social
This is quite an extraordinary table from Streem showing how many seats each party would have won if their share of seats matched their share of media coverage during the campaign.

You're not imagining it. The Murdoch press et al didn't shut up about Dutton. Lucky no-one was listening. #auspol
May 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
Not only is this true, there are 33 whole-ass mentions of this in the script and each one is freaking hilarious

whills.nu/4/sw4.html#h...
She hands him a dish, and he grunts an embarrassed reply. BERU (CONT'D) Luke, you've hardly touched your dinner. Have some bum-bum extract. It's very mild. OWEN (to Luke) The force of the Bogan is strong, and if you don't feel you can make it, you probably won't. LUKE I've never even been past this planet...and I never thought I'd be going alone. Suddenly I feel very small -- and well...desperate. LUKE Because a terrible thing happened. During one of his lessons a young PADAWAN-JEDI, a boy named Darklighter, came to know the evil half of the force, and fell victim to the spell of the dreaded Bogan. He ran away from his instructor and taught the evil ways of the Bogan Force to a clan of Sith pirates, who then spread untold misery throughout the systems. They became the per- sonal bodyguards of the Emperor. The Jedi were hunted down by these deadly Sith knights. With every Jedi death, contact with the Ashla grows weaker, and the force of the Bogan grows more powerful. LUKE No, no, there's a debris chute. It's the Bogan force making you feel that way. Don't give up hope...fight it! HAN It's no use, it's no use. The giant hinge bolts on the blast-shield door begin to pop as the force of the Sith knights grows stronger. Luke fires off a rapid series of shots and half-drags Han to the small grate in the wall. LUKE Well, we're going anyway. Think of good things. Drive the Bogan from your mind. 18. INT. REBEL SPACEFIGHTER - COCKPIT CORRIDOR Deak Starkiller cuts down several troops who make a fren- zied, suicidal charge with laser swords. TROOPS The Bogan! The Bogan! They are no match for the incredibly agile young Jedi. For an eerie moment, all is deathly quiet as a huge darker figure appears in the sub-hallway. The remaining stormtroopers bow low toward the doorway. An awesome, seven-foot BLACK KNIGHT OF THE SITH makes his way into the blinding light of the cock- pit area. This is LORD DARTH VADER, right hand to the MASTER OF THE SITH. His sinister face is partially obscured by his flowing black robes and grotesque breath mask, which are in sharp contrast to the fascist white armored suits of the Imperial stormtroopers. The troops instinctively back away from the imposing warrior.
May 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
micheleplayfair.bsky.social
Apparently lasted 20 minutes before LinkedIn yanked Elmo's account. Poor Elmo, what a day
May 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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kgt.bsky.social
Jia Tolentino on what it's like for our brains to live through AI and fascism, although I think the COVID-induced cognitive impairment we're experiencing at large is understated

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
My Brain Finally Broke
Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.
www.newyorker.com
May 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
micheleplayfair.bsky.social
THIS
lizthegrey.com Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · May 3
there are legitimate uses of AI, and over-hyping it and forcing it down peoples' throats makes it harder for people to genuinely discover those good uses.
dynamoe.bsky.social 💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · Dec 29
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
May 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM