Rich Lafferty
@rich.lafferty.ca
Disaster prevention chihuahua. Reliability at PagerDuty. Living on unceded land in Punamue'katikt, Mi'kma'ki (Dartmouth, NS). May all beings be free from suffering. He/him.
also hachyderm.io/@mendel.
formerly @mendel on twitter.
www.lafferty.ca
also hachyderm.io/@mendel.
formerly @mendel on twitter.
www.lafferty.ca
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Rich Lafferty
@rich.lafferty.ca
· Oct 19
Well this thing seems to be getting popular. Intro post(s) time!
Professionally, I'm a staff reliability engineer (#SRE) at PagerDuty, where my interests lie in #LearningFromIncidents, #HumanFactors and safety.
Personally... (1/2 - cat pictures to follow)
Professionally, I'm a staff reliability engineer (#SRE) at PagerDuty, where my interests lie in #LearningFromIncidents, #HumanFactors and safety.
Personally... (1/2 - cat pictures to follow)
well this is going well. (it eventually let me in, and it already had my birth date anyway.)
![screenshot of bluesky asking for my birth date, but instead of a date chooser, it's a red box with a warning symbol and a javascript "[object Object]" in it](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jldsdoe5mqnqgqcgqdrs44av/bafkreidmnb7wphoyliv2nipdul6jaqzdlpqmw7jn25uk4m5xqjvlmdjv44@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
well this is going well. (it eventually let me in, and it already had my birth date anyway.)
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character, wrong answers only.
February 9, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character, wrong answers only.
remind me what a super bowl ad costs
alternative caption: is this agi 🦋
alternative caption: is this agi 🦋
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
remind me what a super bowl ad costs
alternative caption: is this agi 🦋
alternative caption: is this agi 🦋
In honor of the Big Game and its mostly bad ads, I give you my favorite Superbowl ad from the dotcom boom: "Cat Herders".
Also note that it was a *Superbowl* ad for an *IT consultancy* (Electronic Data Systems, founded by none other than Ross Perot). What an era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Ma...
Also note that it was a *Superbowl* ad for an *IT consultancy* (Electronic Data Systems, founded by none other than Ross Perot). What an era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Ma...
EDS, an HP Company 'Cat Herders'
YouTube video by CBS
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 AM
In honor of the Big Game and its mostly bad ads, I give you my favorite Superbowl ad from the dotcom boom: "Cat Herders".
Also note that it was a *Superbowl* ad for an *IT consultancy* (Electronic Data Systems, founded by none other than Ross Perot). What an era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Ma...
Also note that it was a *Superbowl* ad for an *IT consultancy* (Electronic Data Systems, founded by none other than Ross Perot). What an era.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Ma...
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now a commercial for the Concept of Pokemon, that is good. more of that
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
now a commercial for the Concept of Pokemon, that is good. more of that
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was that commercial just for like, the concept of pokemon
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
was that commercial just for like, the concept of pokemon
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I don’t understand why you’d spend Super Bowl ad money to advertise the general concept of Pokémon
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I don’t understand why you’d spend Super Bowl ad money to advertise the general concept of Pokémon
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That last Pokemon commercial wasn't even for a specific game, just the general concept of Pokemon. It was like those Jesus commercials but, like, for Pokemon. #SuperBowl
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
That last Pokemon commercial wasn't even for a specific game, just the general concept of Pokemon. It was like those Jesus commercials but, like, for Pokemon. #SuperBowl
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an ad for just like the concept of pokemon. ok.
February 9, 2026 at 2:01 AM
an ad for just like the concept of pokemon. ok.
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that was an ad for the fucking concept of pokemon
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
that was an ad for the fucking concept of pokemon
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The AI ads have ground me down so much that when there was an ad for just the concept of Pokemon, I wanted to give it 500 Clios.
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
The AI ads have ground me down so much that when there was an ad for just the concept of Pokemon, I wanted to give it 500 Clios.
Curling club scoreboards look like so, and the number on the card is the END. in the board below, red scored 1 in the first end, yellow scored 3 in the 2nd end, red scored 1 more in the 3rd end...
this way you only have to have one card per end, instead of a bunch of zeros, ones, and so on. 🥌➿
this way you only have to have one card per end, instead of a bunch of zeros, ones, and so on. 🥌➿
February 8, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Curling club scoreboards look like so, and the number on the card is the END. in the board below, red scored 1 in the first end, yellow scored 3 in the 2nd end, red scored 1 more in the 3rd end...
this way you only have to have one card per end, instead of a bunch of zeros, ones, and so on. 🥌➿
this way you only have to have one card per end, instead of a bunch of zeros, ones, and so on. 🥌➿
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You non-sports fans have to understand that for people who are really into pro football, today is basically their Super Bowl
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
You non-sports fans have to understand that for people who are really into pro football, today is basically their Super Bowl
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
They should use curling club style scoreboards for the Olympics just to confuse people.
February 8, 2026 at 4:11 AM
They should use curling club style scoreboards for the Olympics just to confuse people.
To quote a great philosopher: "I'm shocked. Shocked. Well, not that shocked."
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Canadian Tire ordered to pay nearly $1.3 million for false advertising
Canadian Tire has been ordered to pay just under $1.3 million after pleading guilty to 74 counts of violating sections of Quebec’s Consumer Protection Act related to false advertising.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
To quote a great philosopher: "I'm shocked. Shocked. Well, not that shocked."
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Any strong objections?”
“Any strong objections?”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Any blockers?”
“Any blockers?”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
February 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Any strong objections?”
“Any strong objections?”
a smoothie is a cold soup
February 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
a smoothie is a cold soup
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Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally
January 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally
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This is fucking brilliant
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 7, 2026 at 10:41 AM
This is fucking brilliant
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
i didn't hear any OTHER linux distributions mentioned in the olympic opening ceremony, just saying
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
i didn't hear any OTHER linux distributions mentioned in the olympic opening ceremony, just saying
at first i thought the top skeet was a reskeet of the bottom skeet and it kind of made sense
@mjmbca.bsky.social
@mjmbca.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 12:22 AM
at first i thought the top skeet was a reskeet of the bottom skeet and it kind of made sense
@mjmbca.bsky.social
@mjmbca.bsky.social