Baima Li
@laimab.bsky.social
Layoff fodder -> aka software/data engineer (remote worker)
We're just a budget line item now...
Caretaker for disabled person
Hoping we survive what's coming
AWS Certified: Able To Pass A Data Engineering Exam While Menopausal
Not a libertarian techbro
We're just a budget line item now...
Caretaker for disabled person
Hoping we survive what's coming
AWS Certified: Able To Pass A Data Engineering Exam While Menopausal
Not a libertarian techbro
I think I just like it when I see them giving the money away, not using the money as a tool to control. Not that I know any of the details, but she ...seems... to be donating to help, not to "buy a share".
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I think I just like it when I see them giving the money away, not using the money as a tool to control. Not that I know any of the details, but she ...seems... to be donating to help, not to "buy a share".
I'm really loving that show!
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I'm really loving that show!
btw - also - ask for the pill prep!
Apparently that's an option now, and I was never told and that liquid prep is GROSS!!
Apparently that's an option now, and I was never told and that liquid prep is GROSS!!
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
btw - also - ask for the pill prep!
Apparently that's an option now, and I was never told and that liquid prep is GROSS!!
Apparently that's an option now, and I was never told and that liquid prep is GROSS!!
I had one last month, too, and it was described to me as "in-office" and they mentioned that sedation was an option if they couldn't get it, so I asked to just start with the sedation. And I was in pain when I woke up, so I can't imagine "in office"!
Colonoscopy was a breeze with anesthesia.
Colonoscopy was a breeze with anesthesia.
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I had one last month, too, and it was described to me as "in-office" and they mentioned that sedation was an option if they couldn't get it, so I asked to just start with the sedation. And I was in pain when I woke up, so I can't imagine "in office"!
Colonoscopy was a breeze with anesthesia.
Colonoscopy was a breeze with anesthesia.
Roz was a good guy - she brought down Waternoose!
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Roz was a good guy - she brought down Waternoose!
We're still forced to sign an NDA, but then told to let the AI agents read all our code.
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We're still forced to sign an NDA, but then told to let the AI agents read all our code.
Imagine if all the megachurch lots that sit empty 6 out of 7 days a week were generating power like that...
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Imagine if all the megachurch lots that sit empty 6 out of 7 days a week were generating power like that...
Why is it bothering me so much that he keeps calling himself "Christian" and not "Catholic"?
I grew up Catholic and would always use "Catholic" to describe my religion.
I grew up Catholic and would always use "Catholic" to describe my religion.
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Why is it bothering me so much that he keeps calling himself "Christian" and not "Catholic"?
I grew up Catholic and would always use "Catholic" to describe my religion.
I grew up Catholic and would always use "Catholic" to describe my religion.
Is that $30 tiedown going to be called the "Comfort Cord Wood" tier?
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Is that $30 tiedown going to be called the "Comfort Cord Wood" tier?
I imagine the next level is going to be "just tie me to a pole in the cargo hold".
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I imagine the next level is going to be "just tie me to a pole in the cargo hold".
We called a bunch of people "Auntie" and "Uncle" because they were close friends with my parents.
... and we're mostly Irish/German family.
... and we're mostly Irish/German family.
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We called a bunch of people "Auntie" and "Uncle" because they were close friends with my parents.
... and we're mostly Irish/German family.
... and we're mostly Irish/German family.
The ones where Texas does their performative law-ing because Identity-think requires it.
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The ones where Texas does their performative law-ing because Identity-think requires it.
I think that's too easy.
He usually goes for an unexpected level take-down, and showing this would not only get people to switch off immediately, but it's too blunt an instrument to be funny as comment on the extreme level of un-funny this creation actually is...
He usually goes for an unexpected level take-down, and showing this would not only get people to switch off immediately, but it's too blunt an instrument to be funny as comment on the extreme level of un-funny this creation actually is...
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I think that's too easy.
He usually goes for an unexpected level take-down, and showing this would not only get people to switch off immediately, but it's too blunt an instrument to be funny as comment on the extreme level of un-funny this creation actually is...
He usually goes for an unexpected level take-down, and showing this would not only get people to switch off immediately, but it's too blunt an instrument to be funny as comment on the extreme level of un-funny this creation actually is...
And Harvey didn't get 150 mph winds. When it hit it was barely a hurricane, so the rain was the main disaster.
October 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
And Harvey didn't get 150 mph winds. When it hit it was barely a hurricane, so the rain was the main disaster.
That's what we had during Harvey (43inches in 4 days) and it put 1/3 of our city underwater. It was BAD and took a long time to recover.
And we're much farther inland that anyone on Jamaica, so they've got storm surge to deal with. This is devastating.
And we're much farther inland that anyone on Jamaica, so they've got storm surge to deal with. This is devastating.
October 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
That's what we had during Harvey (43inches in 4 days) and it put 1/3 of our city underwater. It was BAD and took a long time to recover.
And we're much farther inland that anyone on Jamaica, so they've got storm surge to deal with. This is devastating.
And we're much farther inland that anyone on Jamaica, so they've got storm surge to deal with. This is devastating.
That National Guard thing seems pretty big.
Any idea what's pushing that deadline?
Any idea what's pushing that deadline?
October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
That National Guard thing seems pretty big.
Any idea what's pushing that deadline?
Any idea what's pushing that deadline?
See, I'm playing with the rumor that he's planning on starting something before Midterms, so he can declare war powers:
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
See, I'm playing with the rumor that he's planning on starting something before Midterms, so he can declare war powers:
I don't think this is a coincidence:
>The Presidential Emergency Operations Center is a bunker underneath the East Wing of the White House.
>The Presidential Emergency Operations Center is a bunker underneath the East Wing of the White House.
October 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I don't think this is a coincidence:
>The Presidential Emergency Operations Center is a bunker underneath the East Wing of the White House.
>The Presidential Emergency Operations Center is a bunker underneath the East Wing of the White House.
Is a good visual summary for Y1.
Y2 will probably be a pyramid.
Y2 will probably be a pyramid.
October 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Is a good visual summary for Y1.
Y2 will probably be a pyramid.
Y2 will probably be a pyramid.
It's not going to be "touched during construction".
I guess tearing it down first accomplishes that...
I guess tearing it down first accomplishes that...
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It's not going to be "touched during construction".
I guess tearing it down first accomplishes that...
I guess tearing it down first accomplishes that...
"changes course" ?
Nah.
Nah.
October 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"changes course" ?
Nah.
Nah.