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Krista LaFentres (she/her)
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👩‍🎨 chief emoji officer
💻 staff eng @ hashicorp, honeycomb, firehydrant
💪 powerlifting/strongwoman
🐶 cute animal expert
💭 always hungry
❤💜💙 she/her
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Reposted by Krista LaFentres (she/her)
nkalamb.bsky.social
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.

An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."

The other said, "Take him anyway."

So they did.
Wilmer only found out his son had been detained after receiving a phone call on March 15 from his nephew, Luis, who lives with them. That morning was their last time together; they had gone around the corner to do their laundry. Later that day, Wilmer said that his son met with a friend to get help with some errands at the American Red Cross. He learned this from Luis, who looked at the situation from inside the apartment: when his son was on his way back, just steps from his home when ICE agents stopped him. “The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.'” That moment marked the beginning of Wilmer’s search for answers — answers he’s still waiting for.
April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by Krista LaFentres (she/her)
akelalacy.bsky.social
SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Palestinian Columbia student leader Mohsen Mahdawi was called in for a citizenship interview. Instead, ICE arrested him for deportation.
theintercept.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reposted by Krista LaFentres (she/her)
lasermistress.bsky.social
There U Glow, my all femme + queer radical electronics camp, is teaching NFC chip nail manicures this year. 💅🏼🤩

We will stay grassroots, we will stay aggressive as shit, and we will not stop 😈

We really want to hit our fundraising goal.

www.thereuglow.club

www.gofundme.com/f/there-u-gl...

🧵⬇️
Someones thumb held up to the camera. It has sparkly nail polish with a semi-visible copper circle embedded in it. In the background are small stickers that look like antennas Someones nail held close to a phone open to it's home screen. A phone opened to a window of an article from Make Magazine that says "There U Glow proves you can do tech"
April 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Reposted by Krista LaFentres (she/her)
aeschright.bsky.social
Finally set up an account so I could do some self-promo 😆 (sorry!)
My news blog is back up and running at www.patreon.com/news_not_doom and this week I covered Greenland, the Panama Canal deal, and conflict in Europe www.patreon.com/posts/drawin...
Get more from Audrey Eschright on Patreon
creating writing about current events
www.patreon.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Reposted by Krista LaFentres (she/her)
rainofterra.gay
The public comment period for changing passports to misgender trans people is open. Please take a moment to let them know that you do not support that change.
30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Application for a U.S. Passport
The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on these collections from all interested individuals and organizations....
www.federalregister.gov
February 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
lafentres.bsky.social
i'm moving in like 2 weeks and i'm currently in the phase of packing where i deeply regret having any belongings but especially my deep love of collecting trinkets and books 😭
February 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Reposted by Krista LaFentres (she/her)
ashleemboyer.com
Desperate for freelance/consulting work 😥

5y WCAG, ARIA, & AT
6y web dev, design systems, UX
10y software engineering exp

LMS/CMS integration
SEO, performance
Strategy/planning
Requirements gathering
Information architecture
Redesigns/migrations

DM: @semanticfish.com
ashlee@semanticfish.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reposted by Krista LaFentres (she/her)
ashleemboyer.com
Coming Soon: The Accessibility Pond!

👉🏻 Tip jar goal: $3,000 USD

A newsletter, plus community tiers for...
- Monthly AMA sessions
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- Early access to content
- Discount codes for friends
- Hand knit gifts!

Info & updates:
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#TheAccessibilityPond
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January 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
lafentres.bsky.social
my fav selfie is currently my profile pic so here's one of my favs that someone else has taken of me.

this was a test shot for the class photo we took in my photography seminar where we recreated a weird art school themed nativity scene 🖤
A photo of me as a weird version of the Virgin Mary. I'm against a black background, sitting with my palms facing upward, wearing a white dress patterned with black tree branches and a light blue shawl.
May 19, 2023 at 8:21 PM
lafentres.bsky.social
where are all the other chief emoji officers? 👀
May 10, 2023 at 5:38 PM
Reposted by Krista LaFentres (she/her)
davidcel.is
`git checkout -b oauth-more-like-o-no-auth`
May 10, 2023 at 12:10 AM
lafentres.bsky.social
my boyfriend won't stop playing that crazy frog song on the piano. he's trying to turn in into a montuno he can play during gigs this weekend 🐸💃🎹
May 4, 2023 at 1:01 AM
lafentres.bsky.social
photo of me: round face, brown eyes, glasses, pale skinned, shaved head, dark hair, black and grey swirly head tattoo, baby possum earrings, gold choker with teeth charms
May 3, 2023 at 9:50 PM
lafentres.bsky.social
found out i have a b12 deficiency so i started taking a supplement. i had migraines every day for a week before i figured out that the b12 supplement triggers migraines for me 🫠

bodies are confusing
May 3, 2023 at 1:32 AM
lafentres.bsky.social
why is he like this? 🗑️🐈‍⬛🧹
blaze, brown & black tabby cat, laying in a pile of swept up dirt on the hardwood floor
May 1, 2023 at 6:45 PM
lafentres.bsky.social
i really wanna do more open source again but, outside of being hired to do it, i still find it pretty intimidating.

what projects have been welcoming and supportive, in your experience?

i'm interested in using go more, learning rust or other languages, and am comfortable with ruby.
May 1, 2023 at 6:37 PM
lafentres.bsky.social
he can hear the chickens but he can't see them 👀👀👀
my brown & black tabby, blaze, wearing a hot pink harness & leash while standing on top of a wall, looking for chickens
April 28, 2023 at 12:21 AM
lafentres.bsky.social
i want to see the stuff everyone collects 💖

here's one of mine: earrings. i have so many that a few months ago i bought a big spinny rack to organize part of my collection
my large earring collection. some earrings hang on a tall spinning rack, some on small desktop racks
April 27, 2023 at 12:49 AM
lafentres.bsky.social
i've made some new emoji-making scripts recently 🤖🖌️🎨

1. all-the-way-downify: gist.github.com/lafentres/bb61ede3219f05b2f8f19149d185d950

:*-all-the-way-down: Slack emoji creator that generates emoji that scroll infinitely from the bottom to the top.
April 26, 2023 at 11:43 PM
lafentres.bsky.social
one of the bright spots in the middle of the stress of dealing with the aftermath of a house fire is the fact that the neighbors at the temporary house i'm staying in have some very cute chickens 💛🐥💛
2 black and brown chickens and 2 orange and white chickens roaming my neighbor's yard, pictured through the wire fence
April 26, 2023 at 11:13 PM