Carla Jean
@beerbabe.bsky.social
Passionate science nerd, geospatial industry enthusiast, science and women's health advocate, new mom. Semi-retired freelance beer writer.
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Carla Jean
@beerbabe.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I should maybe reintroduce myself here. I am a former well-known beer writer (mostly retired from that currently) who used to be prolific on Twitter (RIP). I just became a mom at 41 years old, and my daughter turns one in a few weeks. From NY, living in Maine and working in geospatial tech.
Someone make a virus/bot/LLM that we can plant on our Boomer parents' devices that slowly uses AI to bring their algorithm back to a sane place.
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Someone make a virus/bot/LLM that we can plant on our Boomer parents' devices that slowly uses AI to bring their algorithm back to a sane place.
If anyone's missing ChatGPT I can rewrite any email or angry letter for you for $5.
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If anyone's missing ChatGPT I can rewrite any email or angry letter for you for $5.
Who needs a government-installed internet killswitch when we could just take down Cloudflare or AWS whenever we need people to not work?
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Who needs a government-installed internet killswitch when we could just take down Cloudflare or AWS whenever we need people to not work?
Anyone who's for "negotiating your own healthcare costs" has never, ever had to be on the phone talking about healthcare with any health-related institution, insurance company or doctor before in their lives.
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Anyone who's for "negotiating your own healthcare costs" has never, ever had to be on the phone talking about healthcare with any health-related institution, insurance company or doctor before in their lives.
My husband has recently started an evolution into a CoffeHusbandᵀᴹ and I'd like to get him something for Christmas to help him figure out what coffees he likes - I was thinking something like a coffee sampler, but I want whole bean ones, and I can't find any. Is this not a thing?
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My husband has recently started an evolution into a CoffeHusbandᵀᴹ and I'd like to get him something for Christmas to help him figure out what coffees he likes - I was thinking something like a coffee sampler, but I want whole bean ones, and I can't find any. Is this not a thing?
My nearly 2 year old has discovered knock knock jokes and invented one that's kinda funny?
2yo:Knock knock
Me: who's there?
2yo: Owl
Me: Owl Who?
2yo: (giggling) HOO!
2yo:Knock knock
Me: who's there?
2yo: Owl
Me: Owl Who?
2yo: (giggling) HOO!
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
My nearly 2 year old has discovered knock knock jokes and invented one that's kinda funny?
2yo:Knock knock
Me: who's there?
2yo: Owl
Me: Owl Who?
2yo: (giggling) HOO!
2yo:Knock knock
Me: who's there?
2yo: Owl
Me: Owl Who?
2yo: (giggling) HOO!
Quick reminder (especially for GenZ and those who haven't spent their lives in cubes) that when you're reading printouts of threaded emails, you start from the bottom.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Quick reminder (especially for GenZ and those who haven't spent their lives in cubes) that when you're reading printouts of threaded emails, you start from the bottom.
I don't want anyone to interpret this as not wanting consequences to come to Trump, but my serious, earnest question is this:
If those files have incredible evidence of Trump doing (more) horrible things, what are we expecting to happen? He's clearly not going to resign...
If those files have incredible evidence of Trump doing (more) horrible things, what are we expecting to happen? He's clearly not going to resign...
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I don't want anyone to interpret this as not wanting consequences to come to Trump, but my serious, earnest question is this:
If those files have incredible evidence of Trump doing (more) horrible things, what are we expecting to happen? He's clearly not going to resign...
If those files have incredible evidence of Trump doing (more) horrible things, what are we expecting to happen? He's clearly not going to resign...
I judge people who sit at the window seat and never have an ounce of curiosity to inspire them to look out the window a single time during the flight.
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I judge people who sit at the window seat and never have an ounce of curiosity to inspire them to look out the window a single time during the flight.
Just filled up my water at one of those bottle filling stations at the airport instead of spending $7 for a bottle of water... And the water was WARM. Ew
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Just filled up my water at one of those bottle filling stations at the airport instead of spending $7 for a bottle of water... And the water was WARM. Ew
Reposted by Carla Jean
Saw someone post that they didn’t want to take any aurora photos because it was cliché, everyone’s doing it
The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit
The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Saw someone post that they didn’t want to take any aurora photos because it was cliché, everyone’s doing it
The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit
The sky’s full of mystical dancing lights, from particles miles above us, excited by a burp from our local star. You’re allowed to be excited about cool shit, and this is especially cool shit
Reposted by Carla Jean
emailing in a semi-literate manner isn’t a sign of stupidity, it’s another form of rich asshole arrogance because you don’t think you owe anyone coherent thoughts
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
emailing in a semi-literate manner isn’t a sign of stupidity, it’s another form of rich asshole arrogance because you don’t think you owe anyone coherent thoughts
Tell me you're in Las Vegas without telling me:
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tell me you're in Las Vegas without telling me:
Reposted by Carla Jean
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
Do all gross white dudes write emails in those styles? Why am I agonizing over my tone and word choice when they get to just vomit stream of consciousness?
November 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Do all gross white dudes write emails in those styles? Why am I agonizing over my tone and word choice when they get to just vomit stream of consciousness?
Shower thought: I never understood the phrase "seeing things anew through your child's eyes" when becoming a parent but now I 100% do.
Every time I see something even remotely interesting my first thought is "Look! A rock/tree/puddle/stars/random object/shiny thing"
Every time I see something even remotely interesting my first thought is "Look! A rock/tree/puddle/stars/random object/shiny thing"
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Shower thought: I never understood the phrase "seeing things anew through your child's eyes" when becoming a parent but now I 100% do.
Every time I see something even remotely interesting my first thought is "Look! A rock/tree/puddle/stars/random object/shiny thing"
Every time I see something even remotely interesting my first thought is "Look! A rock/tree/puddle/stars/random object/shiny thing"
Still and transfixed/the electric sheep are dreaming up your fate
From the card castle comfort/of America
From the card castle comfort/of America
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Still and transfixed/the electric sheep are dreaming up your fate
From the card castle comfort/of America
From the card castle comfort/of America
Some restaurants perfectly curate a playlist to keep a demographic engaged while eating. In my soul, I knew that one day, a playlist would eventually hit all of my post-college-not-quite-an-adult-yet musical nostalgia...
... but I didn't assume it would be a Guy Fieri restaurant.
... but I didn't assume it would be a Guy Fieri restaurant.
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Some restaurants perfectly curate a playlist to keep a demographic engaged while eating. In my soul, I knew that one day, a playlist would eventually hit all of my post-college-not-quite-an-adult-yet musical nostalgia...
... but I didn't assume it would be a Guy Fieri restaurant.
... but I didn't assume it would be a Guy Fieri restaurant.
Ordered an IPA at a Vegas bar. Tastes super weird. Look up said IPA online. It's infused with grapefruit juice. The menu did not mention that, lol.
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Ordered an IPA at a Vegas bar. Tastes super weird. Look up said IPA online. It's infused with grapefruit juice. The menu did not mention that, lol.
Pedantic reminder to media and headline writers; Angus King is not a Democrat, he's an Independent.
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Pedantic reminder to media and headline writers; Angus King is not a Democrat, he's an Independent.
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I'm just saying if you don't want the reputation of being a bunch of feckless fuckwits, do far less feckless fuckwitting.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'm just saying if you don't want the reputation of being a bunch of feckless fuckwits, do far less feckless fuckwitting.
My dad just asked me why I'm flying "with all this going on" and I had to remind him that work travel is a thing. I'm not going on vacation... Lol
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
My dad just asked me why I'm flying "with all this going on" and I had to remind him that work travel is a thing. I'm not going on vacation... Lol
My flight is ok so far but yuuuuck
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
My flight is ok so far but yuuuuck
Sus as heck that, for something we were supposed to pay every month, that we suddenly need "more time" to pay SNAP when ordered?
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Sus as heck that, for something we were supposed to pay every month, that we suddenly need "more time" to pay SNAP when ordered?