Kat Canavan
@thegalaxykat.bsky.social
Turning shower thoughts into side projects. Recently graduated from Olin College of Engineering.
This is the kind of quality content that keeps me hopelessly addicted to youtube
youtu.be/A3Lcf1vQFEY?...
youtu.be/A3Lcf1vQFEY?...
Can I Build an Elevator With a $1 Motor?
YouTube video by Current Concept
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July 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This is the kind of quality content that keeps me hopelessly addicted to youtube
youtu.be/A3Lcf1vQFEY?...
youtu.be/A3Lcf1vQFEY?...
Josh Johnson has been single-handedly getting me through 2025 with his weekly standup and he rocked the Daily Show this week 🙌
July 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Josh Johnson has been single-handedly getting me through 2025 with his weekly standup and he rocked the Daily Show this week 🙌
Imagine explaining the current world situation to someone from 2015 and then adding “but I can remotely operate my 3D printer from my backyard so it’s not *all* bad”
July 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Imagine explaining the current world situation to someone from 2015 and then adding “but I can remotely operate my 3D printer from my backyard so it’s not *all* bad”
After many many years of holding out I finally bought a 3D printer and man having something to look forward to is such a game changer
July 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
After many many years of holding out I finally bought a 3D printer and man having something to look forward to is such a game changer
git commit, git push, git out
May 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
git commit, git push, git out
It’s #EngineersWeek and I’m flattered to have my photography work featured by @olincollege.bsky.social 👀
www.olin.edu/articles/sto...
www.olin.edu/articles/sto...
STORY: Designing the Future with Photography
www.olin.edu
February 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It’s #EngineersWeek and I’m flattered to have my photography work featured by @olincollege.bsky.social 👀
www.olin.edu/articles/sto...
www.olin.edu/articles/sto...
I was googling a frog from the late Cretaceous period when Google AI helpfully informed me that its “conservation status” is extinct.
Hate to crush anyone’s dreams of starting a breeding program, but the giant dinosaur-eating frog Beelzebufo went extinct 65 million years ago.
Hate to crush anyone’s dreams of starting a breeding program, but the giant dinosaur-eating frog Beelzebufo went extinct 65 million years ago.
January 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I was googling a frog from the late Cretaceous period when Google AI helpfully informed me that its “conservation status” is extinct.
Hate to crush anyone’s dreams of starting a breeding program, but the giant dinosaur-eating frog Beelzebufo went extinct 65 million years ago.
Hate to crush anyone’s dreams of starting a breeding program, but the giant dinosaur-eating frog Beelzebufo went extinct 65 million years ago.
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social once said during the pandemic “The only way out is through and the only way through is together”
That’s one of those things that’s stayed with me. It’s still true. It always will be.
That’s one of those things that’s stayed with me. It’s still true. It always will be.
January 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social once said during the pandemic “The only way out is through and the only way through is together”
That’s one of those things that’s stayed with me. It’s still true. It always will be.
That’s one of those things that’s stayed with me. It’s still true. It always will be.
I had a dream where as a society we collectively started sending all emails with the introduction:
Hello,
I hope you’re doing well amongst the chaos of our contemporary hellscape.
Hello,
I hope you’re doing well amongst the chaos of our contemporary hellscape.
January 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I had a dream where as a society we collectively started sending all emails with the introduction:
Hello,
I hope you’re doing well amongst the chaos of our contemporary hellscape.
Hello,
I hope you’re doing well amongst the chaos of our contemporary hellscape.
When I said I couldn’t wait to get some rest over the break I did not mean a week in bed with Covid :/
December 28, 2024 at 1:02 AM
When I said I couldn’t wait to get some rest over the break I did not mean a week in bed with Covid :/
Reposted by Kat Canavan
Let the world's largest iceberg inspire you: Even after spending months spinning in the same spot, you too can become unstuck.
The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists say
World’s biggest iceberg, A23a, is on the move again | CNN
The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again, drifting through the Southern Ocean after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said.
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Let the world's largest iceberg inspire you: Even after spending months spinning in the same spot, you too can become unstuck.
One of my special talents is google slides
December 19, 2024 at 3:22 AM
One of my special talents is google slides
Non-navigable rivers deserve their own Wikipedia page
December 13, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Non-navigable rivers deserve their own Wikipedia page
Ah, yes, finals season. When I and kindred spirits have far too much work to do in so little time and ask ourselves in agony, “Why, pray tell, did we decide to do so many things this semester?”
December 8, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Ah, yes, finals season. When I and kindred spirits have far too much work to do in so little time and ask ourselves in agony, “Why, pray tell, did we decide to do so many things this semester?”
My goal in life for the past 10 years or so has been to do something interesting enough for @hankgreen.bsky.social to notice
December 8, 2024 at 10:56 PM
My goal in life for the past 10 years or so has been to do something interesting enough for @hankgreen.bsky.social to notice
Imagine a world where printers had functional software and good user design.
Now crumble it up and throw it away because you’re low on cyan.
Now crumble it up and throw it away because you’re low on cyan.
December 3, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Imagine a world where printers had functional software and good user design.
Now crumble it up and throw it away because you’re low on cyan.
Now crumble it up and throw it away because you’re low on cyan.
We should consider renaming social media to ‘algorithmic media’ because there’s nothing social left on most platforms.
This one though, this one feels social. That’s nice.
This one though, this one feels social. That’s nice.
December 2, 2024 at 11:45 PM
We should consider renaming social media to ‘algorithmic media’ because there’s nothing social left on most platforms.
This one though, this one feels social. That’s nice.
This one though, this one feels social. That’s nice.
I’m convinced there’s a curated GitHub list for everything github.com/sindresorhus...
GitHub - sindresorhus/awesome: 😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics
😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics - sindresorhus/awesome
github.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:46 AM
I’m convinced there’s a curated GitHub list for everything github.com/sindresorhus...
I think one of the hardest parts of being a busy software engineering/ user experience design student is learning about how things should be made and feeling so inspired to work on personal projects but just not having time
November 26, 2024 at 6:26 PM
I think one of the hardest parts of being a busy software engineering/ user experience design student is learning about how things should be made and feeling so inspired to work on personal projects but just not having time
You can learn *so much* about a person by how they play the Sims for the first time
November 15, 2024 at 6:33 AM
You can learn *so much* about a person by how they play the Sims for the first time