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Feral gay autistic library/archive/museum data dev she/her/m/it living with cats, guineafowl, Nigerian dwarf goats, cultivating native plants and learning wild basketry while still coviding and screaming into the void while listening to scifi audiobooks
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Still riding this high from last Saturday.

Kendrick Lamar (and the whole sold out stadium) performing Backstreet Freestyle in Charlotte, NC.

#kendricklamar #gnxtour #charlotte
May 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Ants found an open (but lidded) can of cat food on the counter.

In a 100-year old farm house, they will always find a way.

My solution:
Chick waterer base. Water and a drop of dish soap in. Pyrex ramekin lid over the center. Open cat food can(s) stacked on that. ✅
A photo of the described solution, with no ants in sight
April 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Start of initial attempt at sculptural weaving a guineafowl head. I think it is heading for scrap-and-start over, but the process is kind of addictive (and mind-bending, thinking about shape in a completely new way, and hard on the hands)

#sculpturalweaving #sculpturalbasketry #reed #guineafowl
Unfinished 3-d woven structure made of reed
April 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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I haven't gone through too much of this, but I was humanities/social science educated and moved into tech stuff late.

No thanks to Mr. Fox, middle school computer science elective teacher, who told me I shouldn't sign up for his class because I'd be the only girl and wouldn't be able to handle it.
adrianaguatame.bsky.social Adriana Guatame-García @adrianaguatame.bsky.social · Mar 6
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩‍🔬
There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience. No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent. And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted. ... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.
March 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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May I remind you? Immortal Technique's 2011 song "Rich Man's World" has never been more current and apt.
youtu.be/yaBE-Oq4y2A?...
THE KING - Immortal Technique Music Video for "Rich Man's World (1%)" - HD
YouTube video by Oscilloscope Laboratories
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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I do, however, have something to look forward to!

I'M TRIPPIN AND I'M LOVIN IT
LIKE WAAAAAAAA
Mobile concert ticket for Kendrick Lamar/SZA Grand National Tour, section FLRC, Row 3, Seat 6!!! Diagram of seat location.
March 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Friday: Injury, too much blood, urgent care

Weekend: normal pain flare added to Friday issues. Absolutely nothing accomplished except stripping elder bark.

Sunday night: pill organizers filled for the coming week; I cannot do this; I gotta do this
March 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Latest basket, all of black walnut leaflet stems. I also registered for a 6-week Sculptural Basketry course at Carrboro ArtsCenter starting in April. #wildbasketry
Latest basket, all of black walnut leaflet stems, view from top Latest basket, all of black walnut leaflet stems, view from top/side angle Latest basket, all of black walnut leaflet stems, side detail
February 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Last night, in an unprecedented turn, a smoke detector did its actual job instead of false alarm hallucinating.

Everything's fine, though my house still smells a little like a campfire. If that alarm hadn't woken me up, I might be without a house, cats, and/or a life.

Check your smoke detectors!
February 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Latest basket experiment: young bamboo spokes, wisteria bark and black walnut leaf stem weavers.

#wildbasketry #basketry #makingstuffwithplants
Basket from above showing spiky turned-down spokes and rim Looking down into basket Bottom of basket Basket from the side, showing satisfying pattern of walnut leaflet stem ends
February 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.
Google maps screenshot of the Drake passage between South America and Antarctica
February 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Me harassing poor Munstead the lavender guinea fowl yesterday
February 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Aaaaaaa I screamed with joy!
nemalki.bsky.social Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · Feb 11
Kendrick Lamar had big Bugs Bunny energy at the Halftime Show on Sunday.

And the Looney Tunes socials recognized that energy. Real recognizing real, doc.
Kendrick Lamar performing at Super Bowl LIX as he's strutting across the stage, holding a mic, looking directly t the camera with a smile on his face as he says "Say, Drake..." A social post from an official Looney Tunes account with Bugs Bunny strutting across a football field, holding a carrot, looking directly t the camera with a smile on his face as he says "Say, Doc!"
February 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Today, somebody tagged me in in a Jira issue and said "Can you confirm this issue is resolved since your PR was merged?"

And I got to respond:
@personName, CONFIRMED.

This brings me SO MUCH JOY.

(Read Service Model unless you have specific aesthetic issues with its style of satire, mmmkay?)
February 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Tiny, wonky plaited basket made from elder bark. Bias plaited sides felt like utter chaos. Still not sure how this thing came together! #basketry #wildbasketry
Photo of basket with penny for scale Interior of basket from above Basket from side showing part of toothed rim I got mostly right Bottom of basket showing how the original woven grid you start with ends up on the diagonal in the finished piece
February 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Someone in meeting today, paraphrased: if we could do data migration by magic, clearly we would.

Me: ummm, given all the cautionary tales about the mayhem caused if you are not VERY clear and specific when invoking magic, and the messy chaos of everyone's data… NO WE WOULD NOT
February 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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My comfort audiobook routine is now (1) entire Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com series, followed by (2) Service Model by @aptshadow.bsky.social.

I'm on #2 now and with the ongoing coup by inept techbro, feel like we're speeding toward Central Services faster than ever. 😭
The diagnosis decision where influential human property is concerned must be confirmed by an authorized human official of Grade Seven or above. All human officials of Grade Seven or above have been retired for reasons of departmental streamlining and efficiency. A request has been made for the appointment of an authorized human official for the purpose of clearing this case. Human Resources reports that it cannot engage an official of Grade Seven or above without the authorisation of an official of Grade Eight or above. All human officials of Grade Eight or above have been retired for reasons of departmental streamlining and efficiency. --Service Model, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
February 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Tell me your tips were written by a neurotypical without telling me your tips were written by a neurotypical.
Tips: […] Then, grasp the draw knife with both hands and use it to shave off thin layers of wood from the surface of the piece, using a pulling motion towards you. […] Always cut away from your body and keep your fingers clear of the blade.
February 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Fig bark and drawknife
A photo of a strip of fig bark satisfyingly curled around the drawknife used to strip it
February 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Took down two sweetgum trees in order to eventually expand guinea run. They were probably too big for me to tackle alone, but I lived. Now I have a mess to clean up. I wonder if any of it can be used for basketry-type purposes. HMMM...
Guineafowl examine the new downed trees in their yard.
February 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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But anyway, I went to a local craft night at a coffee shop and worked on this wonky bird. The frame is blueberry twigs pruned yesterday. The weavers are stripped wisteria bark.
February 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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I keep seeing advice for maintaining sanity which includes disconnecting from screens and interacting with the people close to you.

I turn off screens and see… cats, a chicken, goats, guineas, plants.

Welp. Looks like we are in for ye olde descent into madness.
February 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Pruned the blueberry bush. I don't know if these can be used to make things, but the twig colors and buds sure are pretty
Blueberry twigs organized into three piles thickness.
February 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Taking up basketry means every yard task takes even longer than before (which is saying something) because I'm compelled to process and sort potential materials as I go.

Freaking autistic nervous system catnip: sorting and lining things up
Four piles of sticks sorted by length and thickness
February 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Oh hey, it's a map of my neighborhood
February 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM