Powen Shiah
@powen.net
Taking a look around. @polexa@tech.lgbt on Mastodon, comms @sovereign.tech
he/him
Berlin, Germany
he/him
Berlin, Germany
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15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
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Lots has happened since our last @demsabroad.bsky.social #Kreuzberg Kiez meetup! Join your local Americans abroad and friends on Monday 10 Nov 2025 at Yorckschlösschen for community, strategizing, and drinks. RSVP appreciated: www.democratsabroad.org/324260/kreuz... #Berlin #Germany
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Lots has happened since our last @demsabroad.bsky.social #Kreuzberg Kiez meetup! Join your local Americans abroad and friends on Monday 10 Nov 2025 at Yorckschlösschen for community, strategizing, and drinks. RSVP appreciated: www.democratsabroad.org/324260/kreuz... #Berlin #Germany
If you're wondering how to generate your own slogan, this fun site made it possible: homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
(check out the design coop called Forge that did the incredible design work for the Mamdani campaign: forge.coop/ )
(check out the design coop called Forge that did the incredible design work for the Mamdani campaign: forge.coop/ )
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If you're wondering how to generate your own slogan, this fun site made it possible: homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
(check out the design coop called Forge that did the incredible design work for the Mamdani campaign: forge.coop/ )
(check out the design coop called Forge that did the incredible design work for the Mamdani campaign: forge.coop/ )
If someone shares photos in #ProtonDrive folders, is there a way to get a view w/larger previews in the web? I don't have an account, don't see an option to switch view style anywhere. It's unwieldy because looking at each photo is slow—it shows a blurry preview, loads higher-res seconds later.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If someone shares photos in #ProtonDrive folders, is there a way to get a view w/larger previews in the web? I don't have an account, don't see an option to switch view style anywhere. It's unwieldy because looking at each photo is slow—it shows a blurry preview, loads higher-res seconds later.
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Shook a few needed laughs and smiles out of my bitter ragged bag of a heart.
The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Shook a few needed laughs and smiles out of my bitter ragged bag of a heart.
California ballot faxed yesterday; counted today!
October 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
California ballot faxed yesterday; counted today!
Really looking forward to speaking at @writethedocs.bsky.social in Berlin tomorrow! I’ll be sharing how we at @sovereign.tech Agency communicate about complex open source technologies in ways that everyone — not just software developers — can understand… and WHY we invest time/energy in doing so.
Our Comms Lead, Powen Shiah, is speaking @ Write the Docs conference in Berlin tomorrow!
His talk, 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦: 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, dives into how we make digital infrastructure visible, understandable, and valued through communications.
His talk, 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦: 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, dives into how we make digital infrastructure visible, understandable, and valued through communications.
October 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Really looking forward to speaking at @writethedocs.bsky.social in Berlin tomorrow! I’ll be sharing how we at @sovereign.tech Agency communicate about complex open source technologies in ways that everyone — not just software developers — can understand… and WHY we invest time/energy in doing so.
There are few things as gratifying as a long over-due freezer defrosting. Reaching in and breaking off giant pieces of ice and accumulated frost, I think I’d need a pressure washer for more fun.
October 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
There are few things as gratifying as a long over-due freezer defrosting. Reaching in and breaking off giant pieces of ice and accumulated frost, I think I’d need a pressure washer for more fun.
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24 Oct 2025 -- TIME story on trans ppl escaping discrimination: "Rainbow Railroad which helps LGBTQ+ people escape state violence, received a record number of requests from US...& nearly half of trans adults have relocated or are planning to relocate to another state..."
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
From Haven to Exodus: Trans Americans Are Fleeing The U.S.
As restrictions on trans rights mount under the Trump Administration, more transgender Americans are emigrating.
time.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
24 Oct 2025 -- TIME story on trans ppl escaping discrimination: "Rainbow Railroad which helps LGBTQ+ people escape state violence, received a record number of requests from US...& nearly half of trans adults have relocated or are planning to relocate to another state..."
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
That's a Thursday night downer: SchwuZ in #Berlin has announced that they are officially closing down. They had filed for bankruptcy in August, hoping a buyer or some way could be found to be able to keep one of the oldest queer clubs in Berlin (since 1977!) open.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
That's a Thursday night downer: SchwuZ in #Berlin has announced that they are officially closing down. They had filed for bankruptcy in August, hoping a buyer or some way could be found to be able to keep one of the oldest queer clubs in Berlin (since 1977!) open.
www.instagram.com/p/DQKTg7fjDNA/
www.instagram.com/p/DQKTg7fjDNA/
Have you ever had work-from-home days where you've been writing emails/chatting/doing so much computer work that your fingers are just tired? Not like a sprain or repetitive stress, just... over the taptaptap.
For the record, I am very good at typing, very fast, and can even do it without looking!
For the record, I am very good at typing, very fast, and can even do it without looking!
a black cat is playing with an apple laptop computer .
ALT: a black cat is playing with an apple laptop computer .
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Have you ever had work-from-home days where you've been writing emails/chatting/doing so much computer work that your fingers are just tired? Not like a sprain or repetitive stress, just... over the taptaptap.
For the record, I am very good at typing, very fast, and can even do it without looking!
For the record, I am very good at typing, very fast, and can even do it without looking!
I was just telling someone the other day that it’s surprising/weird that there are no LAP coffee shops near me in #Bergmannkiez. It looks like those days are numbered #kreuzberg #berlin
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I was just telling someone the other day that it’s surprising/weird that there are no LAP coffee shops near me in #Bergmannkiez. It looks like those days are numbered #kreuzberg #berlin
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ooh well done
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ooh well done
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October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Harrisburg, PA — there are so many older women in banana suits at the Capitol holding antifa signs and none of that sentence would have made sense to me 10 years ago
October 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Harrisburg, PA — there are so many older women in banana suits at the Capitol holding antifa signs and none of that sentence would have made sense to me 10 years ago
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October 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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“There’s been times where I have sat back in my house and really wondered how I was going to feed my family,” said one single mom of three. She warns that there’s “going to be pregnant women skipping meals so that they can feed their toddlers”: www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“There’s been times where I have sat back in my house and really wondered how I was going to feed my family,” said one single mom of three. She warns that there’s “going to be pregnant women skipping meals so that they can feed their toddlers”: www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
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The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
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i feel like im going crazy bc housing prices are crushing me and every day i wake up and see the political convo being "is cantaloupe is woke?" "did TGIF change its logo?" "are we renaming new mexico to new america?"
October 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
i feel like im going crazy bc housing prices are crushing me and every day i wake up and see the political convo being "is cantaloupe is woke?" "did TGIF change its logo?" "are we renaming new mexico to new america?"
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Today’s capitulation. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
September 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Today’s capitulation. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Since the first time I had birria (I think it was at the taqueria el oso pop-up in Berlin) I thought it had delicious similarities to Taiwanese or Chinese beef noodle soup. Last night in Santa Cruz I got to eat birria ramen, and a personal Asian-Latino fusion dream came true. Thanks Tacos El Chuy!
September 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Since the first time I had birria (I think it was at the taqueria el oso pop-up in Berlin) I thought it had delicious similarities to Taiwanese or Chinese beef noodle soup. Last night in Santa Cruz I got to eat birria ramen, and a personal Asian-Latino fusion dream came true. Thanks Tacos El Chuy!
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Finding time to write for myself is a perennial struggle. I worry it mean that I'm not taking enough time to think
-> some meandering thoughts in my latest post on my personal blog
powen.net/not-writing-...
-> some meandering thoughts in my latest post on my personal blog
powen.net/not-writing-...
September 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Finding time to write for myself is a perennial struggle. I worry it mean that I'm not taking enough time to think
-> some meandering thoughts in my latest post on my personal blog
powen.net/not-writing-...
-> some meandering thoughts in my latest post on my personal blog
powen.net/not-writing-...
Finding time to write for myself is a perennial struggle. I worry it mean that I'm not taking enough time to think
-> some meandering thoughts in my latest post on my personal blog
powen.net/not-writing-...
-> some meandering thoughts in my latest post on my personal blog
powen.net/not-writing-...
September 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Finding time to write for myself is a perennial struggle. I worry it mean that I'm not taking enough time to think
-> some meandering thoughts in my latest post on my personal blog
powen.net/not-writing-...
-> some meandering thoughts in my latest post on my personal blog
powen.net/not-writing-...
I’m sure a Google Maps product manager got promoted for this brilliant feature that sends you (checks notes) identical notifications multiple times an hour after searching for restaurants. #enshittification
September 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I’m sure a Google Maps product manager got promoted for this brilliant feature that sends you (checks notes) identical notifications multiple times an hour after searching for restaurants. #enshittification