Arlene Andrews
@arleneandrews.bsky.social
Software tester, craft person. Reposts a lot. If you make me uncomfortable, you get blocked.
I don't have the time to check each who follow me: they get blocked if I don't like them.
I don't have the time to check each who follow me: they get blocked if I don't like them.
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IT'S DOGE TIME AGAIN Y'ALL @annabower.bsky.social
Privacy/Security Implications of DOGE: The Sequel
In this sequel to a panel from last spring, we catch up with litigators and an economist tracking privacy and security issues impacting the federal government's handling of personal data, particularl…
www.americanbar.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
IT'S DOGE TIME AGAIN Y'ALL @annabower.bsky.social
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Cartoon break: I'm sure this idea has been done but not by me :) Until now. Enjoy :)
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Cartoon break: I'm sure this idea has been done but not by me :) Until now. Enjoy :)
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Wind and Tree Dance
Fall In Minnesota
Fall In Minnesota
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Wind and Tree Dance
Fall In Minnesota
Fall In Minnesota
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies
"You can't say "if this didn't happen then that would have happened" because you don't know everything that might have happened. You might think something'd be good, but for all you know it could have turned out horrible."
"You can't say "if this didn't happen then that would have happened" because you don't know everything that might have happened. You might think something'd be good, but for all you know it could have turned out horrible."
Discworld QOTD, from Jingo
"'My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure,’ said Carrot.
‘Really? Well, there’s eleven of them.’"
"'My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure,’ said Carrot.
‘Really? Well, there’s eleven of them.’"
Discworld QOTD, from The Last Continent
"‘Want to stay on here? I had a word with your Dean. He gave you a bloody good reference.’
‘Did he? What did he say?’
‘He said if I could get you to do any work for me I’d be lucky’, said Bill."
"‘Want to stay on here? I had a word with your Dean. He gave you a bloody good reference.’
‘Did he? What did he say?’
‘He said if I could get you to do any work for me I’d be lucky’, said Bill."
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies
"You can't say "if this didn't happen then that would have happened" because you don't know everything that might have happened. You might think something'd be good, but for all you know it could have turned out horrible."
"You can't say "if this didn't happen then that would have happened" because you don't know everything that might have happened. You might think something'd be good, but for all you know it could have turned out horrible."
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Behaviores Report: 100% goode 100% sad
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Behaviores Report: 100% goode 100% sad
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Some of the candidates in my race still think that the elections will happen, Trump will leave and suddenly everything is going to go back to “normal”.
I know that fixing this totalitarian mess is going to require truth, reconciliation and consequences.
I know that fixing this totalitarian mess is going to require truth, reconciliation and consequences.
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Some of the candidates in my race still think that the elections will happen, Trump will leave and suddenly everything is going to go back to “normal”.
I know that fixing this totalitarian mess is going to require truth, reconciliation and consequences.
I know that fixing this totalitarian mess is going to require truth, reconciliation and consequences.
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The age of the personal brand is dead and the way forward is collective artist co-ops like Dropout
The idea of conforming to ever changing platforms that are never satisfied with your output is insane and unsustainable. Relying on each other is what will help artists survive
The idea of conforming to ever changing platforms that are never satisfied with your output is insane and unsustainable. Relying on each other is what will help artists survive
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The age of the personal brand is dead and the way forward is collective artist co-ops like Dropout
The idea of conforming to ever changing platforms that are never satisfied with your output is insane and unsustainable. Relying on each other is what will help artists survive
The idea of conforming to ever changing platforms that are never satisfied with your output is insane and unsustainable. Relying on each other is what will help artists survive
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Never heard of it! Definitely never did a keynote about it to Mel Conway who told me I did good. Never happened
Have you even heard of Conway’s Law? I’ve been doing IT longer than you have been alive and if an org doesn’t operate like Google, internally, they will produce expensive garbage with K8s. I worked with dozens of teams as a Microsoft Azure blue badge and observed this in the field over and over.
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Never heard of it! Definitely never did a keynote about it to Mel Conway who told me I did good. Never happened
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Why do so many testers think they aren’t enough? That they should be ashamed of their role? That they should be called something different in order to get the respect they desire and deserve?
Well, I can venture a guess!
www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/why-do-so-ma...
Well, I can venture a guess!
www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/why-do-so-ma...
Why do so many testers have an identity crisis?
Why do so many testers think they aren’t enough? That they should be ashamed of their role? That they should be called something different in order to get the respect they desire and deserve?
Well, I...
www.maaikebrinkhof.nl
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why do so many testers think they aren’t enough? That they should be ashamed of their role? That they should be called something different in order to get the respect they desire and deserve?
Well, I can venture a guess!
www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/why-do-so-ma...
Well, I can venture a guess!
www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/why-do-so-ma...
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I have a technique I call incompetence-based-mutation-testing.
Start making some changes. Bork everything, comment out half the existing code to just make stuff compile. Run tests. Watch tests pass.
Stop refactoring, go have a stern word with the tests.
Start making some changes. Bork everything, comment out half the existing code to just make stuff compile. Run tests. Watch tests pass.
Stop refactoring, go have a stern word with the tests.
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I have a technique I call incompetence-based-mutation-testing.
Start making some changes. Bork everything, comment out half the existing code to just make stuff compile. Run tests. Watch tests pass.
Stop refactoring, go have a stern word with the tests.
Start making some changes. Bork everything, comment out half the existing code to just make stuff compile. Run tests. Watch tests pass.
Stop refactoring, go have a stern word with the tests.
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Actively mad about how great of a speaker Sergès Goma is on stage at #ffconf
Funny, well researched, charming, beautiful slides, flawless delivery. 2026 conferences would be wise to snap her up for keynotes👀
Funny, well researched, charming, beautiful slides, flawless delivery. 2026 conferences would be wise to snap her up for keynotes👀
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Actively mad about how great of a speaker Sergès Goma is on stage at #ffconf
Funny, well researched, charming, beautiful slides, flawless delivery. 2026 conferences would be wise to snap her up for keynotes👀
Funny, well researched, charming, beautiful slides, flawless delivery. 2026 conferences would be wise to snap her up for keynotes👀
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This is what I’ve been saying!
I said the same about the rebrands of PACOM to INDOPACOM and AFSPC to USSF.
ZERO functional or efficiency gains came from these actions. All cost and no value.
I said the same about the rebrands of PACOM to INDOPACOM and AFSPC to USSF.
ZERO functional or efficiency gains came from these actions. All cost and no value.
OPINION by @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social:
“Trump’s efforts to change the nation’s foreign policy ethos never required a potentially multibillion-dollar name change.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
“Trump’s efforts to change the nation’s foreign policy ethos never required a potentially multibillion-dollar name change.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Trump's 'Department of War' rebrand could be outrageously expensive
This isn't the "efficiency" we were promised.
www.msnbc.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is what I’ve been saying!
I said the same about the rebrands of PACOM to INDOPACOM and AFSPC to USSF.
ZERO functional or efficiency gains came from these actions. All cost and no value.
I said the same about the rebrands of PACOM to INDOPACOM and AFSPC to USSF.
ZERO functional or efficiency gains came from these actions. All cost and no value.
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remembering that “my friend richard pervo” stuff this AM. would be nice if our anger right now filters down to our guild.
love to the women who have been fighting to make our spaces safer for years. 💜
love to the women who have been fighting to make our spaces safer for years. 💜
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
remembering that “my friend richard pervo” stuff this AM. would be nice if our anger right now filters down to our guild.
love to the women who have been fighting to make our spaces safer for years. 💜
love to the women who have been fighting to make our spaces safer for years. 💜
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We say that she was a victim regardless of her age, she is entitled to respect, and you don't excuse the perversity and exploitation of the offender because his victim was a teenager rather than a kindergartener. The gravamen of the offense is the exploitation, not the age.
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We say that she was a victim regardless of her age, she is entitled to respect, and you don't excuse the perversity and exploitation of the offender because his victim was a teenager rather than a kindergartener. The gravamen of the offense is the exploitation, not the age.
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Tax. The. Rich.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Tax. The. Rich.
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In 1941, Pan Am's California Clipper had to do something no commercial flight had done before: circumnavigate the world.
In Part 3 of our series looking at her journey, the crew must work out, mid-air, how to fly her on regular gasoline. Something her Wright Cyclone engines were never designed for.
In Part 3 of our series looking at her journey, the crew must work out, mid-air, how to fly her on regular gasoline. Something her Wright Cyclone engines were never designed for.
Into the unknown: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 3
Unable to source military-grade aviation fuel, our crew are forced to cross the Indian Ocean using regular gasoline. Something no Boeing 314 has ever flown on before.
theupfront.media
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
In 1941, Pan Am's California Clipper had to do something no commercial flight had done before: circumnavigate the world.
In Part 3 of our series looking at her journey, the crew must work out, mid-air, how to fly her on regular gasoline. Something her Wright Cyclone engines were never designed for.
In Part 3 of our series looking at her journey, the crew must work out, mid-air, how to fly her on regular gasoline. Something her Wright Cyclone engines were never designed for.
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I love this but as someone whose father attempted to use college tuition payments as a means of control, I’d love for this to be able to be delinked from parental income. Sometimes parents just don’t want to pay for a thing for their own intensely selfish reasons. That’s not the child’s fault.
Johns Hopkins becomes tuition-free for undergraduate students from families earning up to $200,000
New tuition promise program will offer free tuition for students from more than 85% of American households + tuition plus living expenses for families earning up to $100k
hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...
New tuition promise program will offer free tuition for students from more than 85% of American households + tuition plus living expenses for families earning up to $100k
hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...
Johns Hopkins becomes tuition-free for undergraduate students from families earning up to $200,000
New tuition promise program will offer free tuition for students from more than 85% of American households and tuition plus living expenses for families earning up to $100,000
hub.jhu.edu
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I love this but as someone whose father attempted to use college tuition payments as a means of control, I’d love for this to be able to be delinked from parental income. Sometimes parents just don’t want to pay for a thing for their own intensely selfish reasons. That’s not the child’s fault.
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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Trump officials plan to fire a federal worker for speaking up about threats to SNAP during the shutdown, correspondence reviewed by HuffPost shows
Trump Officials Take Their SNAP Fight To A Disturbing New Level
Ellen Mei was interviewed about the food assistance program during the shutdown. She received a termination letter the next day.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Trump officials plan to fire a federal worker for speaking up about threats to SNAP during the shutdown, correspondence reviewed by HuffPost shows
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Investigations. Charges. Trials. Consequences. Transparency. Accountability.
If we do not demand these steps, we are doomed to keep walking the same path.
If you want proof, look no further than the re-election rather than imprisonment of Donald Trump.
If we do not demand these steps, we are doomed to keep walking the same path.
If you want proof, look no further than the re-election rather than imprisonment of Donald Trump.
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Investigations. Charges. Trials. Consequences. Transparency. Accountability.
If we do not demand these steps, we are doomed to keep walking the same path.
If you want proof, look no further than the re-election rather than imprisonment of Donald Trump.
If we do not demand these steps, we are doomed to keep walking the same path.
If you want proof, look no further than the re-election rather than imprisonment of Donald Trump.
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Props to this guy.
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Props to this guy.
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From Jasper, Alberta
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
From Jasper, Alberta