Kestral Gaian
@kestr.al
Writer. Still working out what I want to be when I grow up.
I wear a lot of different hats. Some of them even fit me. You may know me from software, startups, books, plays, or music. I do too much.
Press/PR: @literallypr.bsky.social
I wear a lot of different hats. Some of them even fit me. You may know me from software, startups, books, plays, or music. I do too much.
Press/PR: @literallypr.bsky.social
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Annually we observe this day to remember the lives lost to violence and transphobia in the last year.
Hug your trans+ friends and family today. And to my trans siblings: remember that just existing is an act of resistance, love, and radical self care.
Annually we observe this day to remember the lives lost to violence and transphobia in the last year.
Hug your trans+ friends and family today. And to my trans siblings: remember that just existing is an act of resistance, love, and radical self care.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Annually we observe this day to remember the lives lost to violence and transphobia in the last year.
Hug your trans+ friends and family today. And to my trans siblings: remember that just existing is an act of resistance, love, and radical self care.
Annually we observe this day to remember the lives lost to violence and transphobia in the last year.
Hug your trans+ friends and family today. And to my trans siblings: remember that just existing is an act of resistance, love, and radical self care.
I felt a great disturbance in the network. As if millions of websites cried out to their CDN and were suddenly silenced.
I fear something terrible has happned.
I fear something terrible has happned.
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I felt a great disturbance in the network. As if millions of websites cried out to their CDN and were suddenly silenced.
I fear something terrible has happned.
I fear something terrible has happned.
How does a cloud even flare anyway
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
How does a cloud even flare anyway
Wrote a little piece for QX Magazine about looking for a mirror in society as a queer kid - and creating them for the next generation now that I'm a queer adult. #TransAwarenessWeek
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/grow...
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/grow...
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Wrote a little piece for QX Magazine about looking for a mirror in society as a queer kid - and creating them for the next generation now that I'm a queer adult. #TransAwarenessWeek
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/grow...
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/grow...
Navigating the streets of Bedford early on a Monday morning is a bit like being in The Crystal Maze only, instead of Richard O’Brien, I’m being chased around by an angry old drunk guy.
Wait.
That IS Richard O’Brien!
Wait.
That IS Richard O’Brien!
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Navigating the streets of Bedford early on a Monday morning is a bit like being in The Crystal Maze only, instead of Richard O’Brien, I’m being chased around by an angry old drunk guy.
Wait.
That IS Richard O’Brien!
Wait.
That IS Richard O’Brien!
Today is my name day!
I often get asked "Is Kestral your real name" and yes, it is, but I did get to choose it myself. Turns out you can just… pick your own name!
So why choose this name?
👇
I often get asked "Is Kestral your real name" and yes, it is, but I did get to choose it myself. Turns out you can just… pick your own name!
So why choose this name?
👇
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today is my name day!
I often get asked "Is Kestral your real name" and yes, it is, but I did get to choose it myself. Turns out you can just… pick your own name!
So why choose this name?
👇
I often get asked "Is Kestral your real name" and yes, it is, but I did get to choose it myself. Turns out you can just… pick your own name!
So why choose this name?
👇
Airports, especially older airports, are interesting creatures. They really show the scars of their evolution - from spartain airfield roots through the era of air travel luxury, arriving broken and bent at today's era of quiet yet nessecary shame.
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Airports, especially older airports, are interesting creatures. They really show the scars of their evolution - from spartain airfield roots through the era of air travel luxury, arriving broken and bent at today's era of quiet yet nessecary shame.
Disappointed to discover that Philadelphia isn’t made of cheese.
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Disappointed to discover that Philadelphia isn’t made of cheese.
Flying cows? The steaks have never been higher.
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Flying cows? The steaks have never been higher.
I can't use my kettle because its base station checks in with an AWS server to ascertain whether the boiling temperature of water has changed before each cycle.
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I can't use my kettle because its base station checks in with an AWS server to ascertain whether the boiling temperature of water has changed before each cycle.
Opened Steam for the first time in ages and it has recommended me a game called "Bunkered With Femboy".
I don't know how to tell Steam that I'm a millennial and therefore have no idea what some of these newfangled terms are.
Like seriously, what even is a "bunker" anyway?
I don't know how to tell Steam that I'm a millennial and therefore have no idea what some of these newfangled terms are.
Like seriously, what even is a "bunker" anyway?
October 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Opened Steam for the first time in ages and it has recommended me a game called "Bunkered With Femboy".
I don't know how to tell Steam that I'm a millennial and therefore have no idea what some of these newfangled terms are.
Like seriously, what even is a "bunker" anyway?
I don't know how to tell Steam that I'm a millennial and therefore have no idea what some of these newfangled terms are.
Like seriously, what even is a "bunker" anyway?
Bluesky allows fascists but doesn't allow a frequently asked questions hashtag. This is the danger of automoderation in place of actual policy and real humans.
October 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Bluesky allows fascists but doesn't allow a frequently asked questions hashtag. This is the danger of automoderation in place of actual policy and real humans.
I really can't make up my mind about Bluesky.
I tolerated fascists and awful policies for a long time on Twitter before one-too-many bad experiences forced my hand. I LOVE the amazing community I have over on the fediverse, but Bluesky has so many of the people I miss post-Twitter.
I tolerated fascists and awful policies for a long time on Twitter before one-too-many bad experiences forced my hand. I LOVE the amazing community I have over on the fediverse, but Bluesky has so many of the people I miss post-Twitter.
October 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I really can't make up my mind about Bluesky.
I tolerated fascists and awful policies for a long time on Twitter before one-too-many bad experiences forced my hand. I LOVE the amazing community I have over on the fediverse, but Bluesky has so many of the people I miss post-Twitter.
I tolerated fascists and awful policies for a long time on Twitter before one-too-many bad experiences forced my hand. I LOVE the amazing community I have over on the fediverse, but Bluesky has so many of the people I miss post-Twitter.
I was a real early supporter of Surf - and while I stepped back from regular testing when I was dealing with grief & loss, I'm so happy to see them hit this milestone. A real privacy-first, personal way to look at the way we use the web.
Excited to try it.
Excited to try it.
Browsers are for consuming.
Chat is a consumer interface.
𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙛 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 — 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙩.
Completely re-built. Local first data. Live in Beta today.
Chat is a consumer interface.
𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙛 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 — 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙩.
Completely re-built. Local first data. Live in Beta today.
October 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I was a real early supporter of Surf - and while I stepped back from regular testing when I was dealing with grief & loss, I'm so happy to see them hit this milestone. A real privacy-first, personal way to look at the way we use the web.
Excited to try it.
Excited to try it.
Did you know @supernote.com made cat beds?
October 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Did you know @supernote.com made cat beds?
Oh hey, if you're in London or Glasgow (or nearby) and are free, I'd love if you'd consider coming to one of my book launches in the coming week!
Both are free, and at accessible venues.
reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/events/
Both are free, and at accessible venues.
reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/events/
October 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Oh hey, if you're in London or Glasgow (or nearby) and are free, I'd love if you'd consider coming to one of my book launches in the coming week!
Both are free, and at accessible venues.
reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/events/
Both are free, and at accessible venues.
reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/events/
Because I insist on basing my stories in real world locations, I have accidentally found myself at the supermarket in which one of the characters in my first novel worked.
It’s… not changed much.
It’s… not changed much.
September 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Because I insist on basing my stories in real world locations, I have accidentally found myself at the supermarket in which one of the characters in my first novel worked.
It’s… not changed much.
It’s… not changed much.
“Like a bird on a wire,
I have tried, in my way,
To poop on passers by.”
- Leonard Cohen
I have tried, in my way,
To poop on passers by.”
- Leonard Cohen
September 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
“Like a bird on a wire,
I have tried, in my way,
To poop on passers by.”
- Leonard Cohen
I have tried, in my way,
To poop on passers by.”
- Leonard Cohen
Reposted by Kestral Gaian
#FitPrince is at @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social in London 2 Dec-3 Jan 👑
As we believe theatre is for all, each performance has 10 tickets at £10! They are filling up quickly so get one while you can, and join us for a ridiculous ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ festive outing.
🎟in bio
As we believe theatre is for all, each performance has 10 tickets at £10! They are filling up quickly so get one while you can, and join us for a ridiculous ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ festive outing.
🎟in bio
September 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#FitPrince is at @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social in London 2 Dec-3 Jan 👑
As we believe theatre is for all, each performance has 10 tickets at £10! They are filling up quickly so get one while you can, and join us for a ridiculous ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ festive outing.
🎟in bio
As we believe theatre is for all, each performance has 10 tickets at £10! They are filling up quickly so get one while you can, and join us for a ridiculous ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ festive outing.
🎟in bio
There are only 64 days left in the year. Hexidecimally speaking, of course.
September 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
There are only 64 days left in the year. Hexidecimally speaking, of course.
Reposted by Kestral Gaian
Interesting opening talk from @kestr.al at @devopsdays.london, “Code is Never Neutral”. I am also reminded of Drew DeVault’s blog post drewdevault.com/2020/05/05/W... #devopsdaysLDN
We are complicit in our employer's deeds
drewdevault.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Interesting opening talk from @kestr.al at @devopsdays.london, “Code is Never Neutral”. I am also reminded of Drew DeVault’s blog post drewdevault.com/2020/05/05/W... #devopsdaysLDN
Huge thanks to everyone at @devopsdays.london for such a warm welcome this morning. Was a real pleasure to get to talk to you all and open the show at #DevOpsDays.
I really enjoy one person's desription of my talk as "sufficiently depressing."
I want that on a t-shirt. Or perhaps as a tattoo.
I really enjoy one person's desription of my talk as "sufficiently depressing."
I want that on a t-shirt. Or perhaps as a tattoo.
September 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Huge thanks to everyone at @devopsdays.london for such a warm welcome this morning. Was a real pleasure to get to talk to you all and open the show at #DevOpsDays.
I really enjoy one person's desription of my talk as "sufficiently depressing."
I want that on a t-shirt. Or perhaps as a tattoo.
I really enjoy one person's desription of my talk as "sufficiently depressing."
I want that on a t-shirt. Or perhaps as a tattoo.