Lisi Hocke
@lisihocke.bsky.social
security engineer, holistic tester, quality enabler, agile experimenter, sociotechnical symmathecist, team glue. volleyball player, game lover, story escapist. she/her.
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Agile Testing Days 2025 - Taking Things Easier
A blog about learning, agile product development and software testing.
www.lisihocke.com
the final conference report for the year: enjoying my time in unicorn land | A Tester's Journey: Agile Testing Days 2025 - Taking Things Easier www.lisihocke.com/2025/11/agil... #AgileTD
This is such a good read on how secrets end up in logs and neat advice on how to prevent this by @reyes.sh: allan.reyes.sh/posts/keepin... #RecommendedRead #AppSec #SecureCoding
Keeping Secrets Out of Logs
There's no silver bullet, but if we put some "lead" bullets in the right
places, we have a good shot at keeping sensitive data out of logs.
allan.reyes.sh
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is such a good read on how secrets end up in logs and neat advice on how to prevent this by @reyes.sh: allan.reyes.sh/posts/keepin... #RecommendedRead #AppSec #SecureCoding
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None of these people are white, according to the racist standard.
And neither are you. So if you're afraid of your kids marrying someone not white, what you're afraid of, is your great great great great grandkids being just like you.
Race isn't real. Racism is very real.
And neither are you. So if you're afraid of your kids marrying someone not white, what you're afraid of, is your great great great great grandkids being just like you.
Race isn't real. Racism is very real.
Anyways, for those afraid of being "Great replaced," it's already happened.
None of these people are "white." And yet, all of them are? 🙂🙃
Because race isn't real. Racism, is very real.
Rhonda Rousey thought that she was white up until a few years ago. Then research + DNA told her differently.
None of these people are "white." And yet, all of them are? 🙂🙃
Because race isn't real. Racism, is very real.
Rhonda Rousey thought that she was white up until a few years ago. Then research + DNA told her differently.
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
None of these people are white, according to the racist standard.
And neither are you. So if you're afraid of your kids marrying someone not white, what you're afraid of, is your great great great great grandkids being just like you.
Race isn't real. Racism is very real.
And neither are you. So if you're afraid of your kids marrying someone not white, what you're afraid of, is your great great great great grandkids being just like you.
Race isn't real. Racism is very real.
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So here's the Good news/Bad news depending on how racist you are:
White people are already extinct. It already happened, hundreds of years ago.🤷🏿♂️
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Your great-great-great grand pappy was getting busy before racism was invented. Now none of y'all score 100% on your 23 and me.
White people are already extinct. It already happened, hundreds of years ago.🤷🏿♂️
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Your great-great-great grand pappy was getting busy before racism was invented. Now none of y'all score 100% on your 23 and me.
Elon Musk has tweeted nonstop about white babies, white genocide, population decline, and fertility rates for the past week.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
December 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
So here's the Good news/Bad news depending on how racist you are:
White people are already extinct. It already happened, hundreds of years ago.🤷🏿♂️
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Your great-great-great grand pappy was getting busy before racism was invented. Now none of y'all score 100% on your 23 and me.
White people are already extinct. It already happened, hundreds of years ago.🤷🏿♂️
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Your great-great-great grand pappy was getting busy before racism was invented. Now none of y'all score 100% on your 23 and me.
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I think that the Internet should be weird again and we should just code things because they’re delightful. We should also code things so that the haters hate less
December 6, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I think that the Internet should be weird again and we should just code things because they’re delightful. We should also code things so that the haters hate less
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🤔Um... This is exactly the America I grew up in. Do y'all know how many times I've been stopped by the cops for no reason and searched?
Ok, so she's 4'11 and under 100 lbs. I was 4'11 once, but today I'm 6'3 and over 300 lbs. What exactly is the height/weight cutoff where it's OK to pull me over?
Ok, so she's 4'11 and under 100 lbs. I was 4'11 once, but today I'm 6'3 and over 300 lbs. What exactly is the height/weight cutoff where it's OK to pull me over?
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🤔Um... This is exactly the America I grew up in. Do y'all know how many times I've been stopped by the cops for no reason and searched?
Ok, so she's 4'11 and under 100 lbs. I was 4'11 once, but today I'm 6'3 and over 300 lbs. What exactly is the height/weight cutoff where it's OK to pull me over?
Ok, so she's 4'11 and under 100 lbs. I was 4'11 once, but today I'm 6'3 and over 300 lbs. What exactly is the height/weight cutoff where it's OK to pull me over?
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Old argument for EU tech sovereignty: fascism is bad
New argument for EU sovereignty: we might not have a choice if the US hard bricks its tech stack in two years like they appear to be on track to do?
… which is an argument I never thought I’d be making
New argument for EU sovereignty: we might not have a choice if the US hard bricks its tech stack in two years like they appear to be on track to do?
… which is an argument I never thought I’d be making
December 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Old argument for EU tech sovereignty: fascism is bad
New argument for EU sovereignty: we might not have a choice if the US hard bricks its tech stack in two years like they appear to be on track to do?
… which is an argument I never thought I’d be making
New argument for EU sovereignty: we might not have a choice if the US hard bricks its tech stack in two years like they appear to be on track to do?
… which is an argument I never thought I’d be making
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Apropos of nothing: do we have any written experience reports of what it’s *like* as an engineer to be on call for various nines of availability?
I know the math for them, but I realised I don’t know if we have a collective idea of what it FEELS like to operate each of at those levels
Anyone? 👀
I know the math for them, but I realised I don’t know if we have a collective idea of what it FEELS like to operate each of at those levels
Anyone? 👀
December 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Apropos of nothing: do we have any written experience reports of what it’s *like* as an engineer to be on call for various nines of availability?
I know the math for them, but I realised I don’t know if we have a collective idea of what it FEELS like to operate each of at those levels
Anyone? 👀
I know the math for them, but I realised I don’t know if we have a collective idea of what it FEELS like to operate each of at those levels
Anyone? 👀
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> "With AI people can code in English instead of having to learn a programming language."
> "Hmm, English is quite imprecise and the AI seem to interpret requests incorrectly. We need to refine this with a specification."
> Congratulations you've re-invented the concept of a programming language.
> "Hmm, English is quite imprecise and the AI seem to interpret requests incorrectly. We need to refine this with a specification."
> Congratulations you've re-invented the concept of a programming language.
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
> "With AI people can code in English instead of having to learn a programming language."
> "Hmm, English is quite imprecise and the AI seem to interpret requests incorrectly. We need to refine this with a specification."
> Congratulations you've re-invented the concept of a programming language.
> "Hmm, English is quite imprecise and the AI seem to interpret requests incorrectly. We need to refine this with a specification."
> Congratulations you've re-invented the concept of a programming language.
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So Chinese hospital ships are now in the Carribean, helping Jamaica.♥️🕊️
It's fascinating that we're all getting front row seats to see if threats and violence (US approach), or compliments and assistance (Chinese approach) will be more effective by 2030 at securing resources from developing nations.
It's fascinating that we're all getting front row seats to see if threats and violence (US approach), or compliments and assistance (Chinese approach) will be more effective by 2030 at securing resources from developing nations.
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
So Chinese hospital ships are now in the Carribean, helping Jamaica.♥️🕊️
It's fascinating that we're all getting front row seats to see if threats and violence (US approach), or compliments and assistance (Chinese approach) will be more effective by 2030 at securing resources from developing nations.
It's fascinating that we're all getting front row seats to see if threats and violence (US approach), or compliments and assistance (Chinese approach) will be more effective by 2030 at securing resources from developing nations.
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There's nothing like having to go to the pharmacy to pick up my medication that I need to motivate me to go to the pharmacy to pick up my medication.
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
There's nothing like having to go to the pharmacy to pick up my medication that I need to motivate me to go to the pharmacy to pick up my medication.
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I've been asking the question why Mackenzie Scott is behaving so differently from many other billionaires. Here's a piece of the puzzle.
blavity.com/mackenzie-sc...
blavity.com/mackenzie-sc...
MacKenzie Scott's Surprising Connection To Toni Morrison, Explained - Blavity
blavity.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I've been asking the question why Mackenzie Scott is behaving so differently from many other billionaires. Here's a piece of the puzzle.
blavity.com/mackenzie-sc...
blavity.com/mackenzie-sc...
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But don't pretend that you don't understand wanting to get surgery to remove some tissue that you don't feel should be there, and that makes you feel severe depression.
And don't pretend that you don't understand wanting to take hormones to close the gap between how you look vs how you feel.
And don't pretend that you don't understand wanting to take hormones to close the gap between how you look vs how you feel.
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
But don't pretend that you don't understand wanting to get surgery to remove some tissue that you don't feel should be there, and that makes you feel severe depression.
And don't pretend that you don't understand wanting to take hormones to close the gap between how you look vs how you feel.
And don't pretend that you don't understand wanting to take hormones to close the gap between how you look vs how you feel.
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I said what I said. I have no problem with gender affirming care surgery. I'm vocally pro gender affirming care surgery.♥️👍🏿
I have a problem with transphobic people pretending that cis men and boys are not *by far* the biggest category of gender affirming care surgery.
I have a problem with transphobic people pretending that cis men and boys are not *by far* the biggest category of gender affirming care surgery.
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I said what I said. I have no problem with gender affirming care surgery. I'm vocally pro gender affirming care surgery.♥️👍🏿
I have a problem with transphobic people pretending that cis men and boys are not *by far* the biggest category of gender affirming care surgery.
I have a problem with transphobic people pretending that cis men and boys are not *by far* the biggest category of gender affirming care surgery.
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... (and finally:)
✅ Save the dates for #osco26 on November 5-8, 2026! 😉
#CyberSecurity #Security #InfoSec #AppSec #ProductSecurity #OTsecurity #OpenSpace [lisi]
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✅ Save the dates for #osco26 on November 5-8, 2026! 😉
#CyberSecurity #Security #InfoSec #AppSec #ProductSecurity #OTsecurity #OpenSpace [lisi]
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December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
... (and finally:)
✅ Save the dates for #osco26 on November 5-8, 2026! 😉
#CyberSecurity #Security #InfoSec #AppSec #ProductSecurity #OTsecurity #OpenSpace [lisi]
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✅ Save the dates for #osco26 on November 5-8, 2026! 😉
#CyberSecurity #Security #InfoSec #AppSec #ProductSecurity #OTsecurity #OpenSpace [lisi]
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You're curious how the past editions of #osco turned out? We've got you covered! 🙌🏻
🎉 This was #osco25! Check out our recap: 2025.opensecurityconference.org/conference/r...
💜 Gain impressions from all conferences: opensecurityconference.org/about/past-c...
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🎉 This was #osco25! Check out our recap: 2025.opensecurityconference.org/conference/r...
💜 Gain impressions from all conferences: opensecurityconference.org/about/past-c...
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Recapitulation
Welcome to the Open Security Conference (osco), the people-centred international gathering for everyone interested in cybersecurity. Join us 2-5 October 2025 in Rückersbach, Germany.
2025.opensecurityconference.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
You're curious how the past editions of #osco turned out? We've got you covered! 🙌🏻
🎉 This was #osco25! Check out our recap: 2025.opensecurityconference.org/conference/r...
💜 Gain impressions from all conferences: opensecurityconference.org/about/past-c...
... (wait for it...)
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🎉 This was #osco25! Check out our recap: 2025.opensecurityconference.org/conference/r...
💜 Gain impressions from all conferences: opensecurityconference.org/about/past-c...
... (wait for it...)
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TL;DR
Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
Ashley Willis
The other day I texted my group chat with other leaders outside my organization. The ones I go to when the leadership stuff gets messy and I need perspective fr...
ashley.dev
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
TL;DR
Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
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There's no legitimate purpose behind removing dual citizenships. But the ability to restrict the movement of citizens is one of the early goals of fascism. It makes it easier to stop people fleeing and punish dissidents.
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
Sen. Moreno’s Bill Seeks to End Dual Citizenship in U.S.
Sen. Bernie Moreno’s Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025 seeks to end dual citizenship, raising constitutional, tax and enforcement challenges.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
There's no legitimate purpose behind removing dual citizenships. But the ability to restrict the movement of citizens is one of the early goals of fascism. It makes it easier to stop people fleeing and punish dissidents.
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
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Did you know that sometimes when people ask you "how are you doing?" they're really asking you to tell them what's been going on with you lately? I didn't *really* understand that until recently. #neurodivergence
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Did you know that sometimes when people ask you "how are you doing?" they're really asking you to tell them what's been going on with you lately? I didn't *really* understand that until recently. #neurodivergence
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The median annual income in Nigeria is about ~$1000 a year. Most populous country in Africa.
The median annual income in India is ~$2400 a year. Most populous country in Asia.
Worldwide, it's about $2750.
When we say "tech peaked in the 1990s," I think we omit "For rich Americans and Europeans."
The median annual income in India is ~$2400 a year. Most populous country in Asia.
Worldwide, it's about $2750.
When we say "tech peaked in the 1990s," I think we omit "For rich Americans and Europeans."
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The median annual income in Nigeria is about ~$1000 a year. Most populous country in Africa.
The median annual income in India is ~$2400 a year. Most populous country in Asia.
Worldwide, it's about $2750.
When we say "tech peaked in the 1990s," I think we omit "For rich Americans and Europeans."
The median annual income in India is ~$2400 a year. Most populous country in Asia.
Worldwide, it's about $2750.
When we say "tech peaked in the 1990s," I think we omit "For rich Americans and Europeans."
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🌲✨ Day 1: Veerle Verhagen @witchofthetest.bsky.social
Nominated by @the-qa-guy.bsky.social
Veerle lifts the testing community through her talks, podcast work, MoT moderation and unmistakable energy. Authentic, smart & supportive, she brings important ideas forward every day
#AdvenTesters
Nominated by @the-qa-guy.bsky.social
Veerle lifts the testing community through her talks, podcast work, MoT moderation and unmistakable energy. Authentic, smart & supportive, she brings important ideas forward every day
#AdvenTesters
December 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🌲✨ Day 1: Veerle Verhagen @witchofthetest.bsky.social
Nominated by @the-qa-guy.bsky.social
Veerle lifts the testing community through her talks, podcast work, MoT moderation and unmistakable energy. Authentic, smart & supportive, she brings important ideas forward every day
#AdvenTesters
Nominated by @the-qa-guy.bsky.social
Veerle lifts the testing community through her talks, podcast work, MoT moderation and unmistakable energy. Authentic, smart & supportive, she brings important ideas forward every day
#AdvenTesters
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In caring for either a baby human or a baby company, sometimes it's important to do your *most* work. But sometimes it's important to do your *best* work.
The trick is in knowing when to do each.
And in not outsourcing your care work on an unsuspecting and underappreciated partner.
The trick is in knowing when to do each.
And in not outsourcing your care work on an unsuspecting and underappreciated partner.
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In caring for either a baby human or a baby company, sometimes it's important to do your *most* work. But sometimes it's important to do your *best* work.
The trick is in knowing when to do each.
And in not outsourcing your care work on an unsuspecting and underappreciated partner.
The trick is in knowing when to do each.
And in not outsourcing your care work on an unsuspecting and underappreciated partner.
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Yup.
But hot take:
If the downstreaming of care work were adequately compensated? I'd have less of an issue with it.
I worked long hours as CEO during the first two years of my startup.
I "worked" long hours(childcare) when my kids were under two years old.
Only one of these was well compensated
But hot take:
If the downstreaming of care work were adequately compensated? I'd have less of an issue with it.
I worked long hours as CEO during the first two years of my startup.
I "worked" long hours(childcare) when my kids were under two years old.
Only one of these was well compensated
We have to talk about how this glorification of overwork is driving care downstream.
To compete, men are incentivized to dump care onto women in their families. And women in privileged positions are then incentivized to push care onto others more vulnerable than them.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/25/b...
To compete, men are incentivized to dump care onto women in their families. And women in privileged positions are then incentivized to push care onto others more vulnerable than them.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/25/b...
Billionaire Jimmy John’s founder: Work-life balance for entrepreneurs ''is the biggest line of bulls--- that’s ever been created’
Jimmy John Liautaud says launching a successful business requires an immense amount of dedication and persistence, leaving no room for work-life balance.
www.cnbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Yup.
But hot take:
If the downstreaming of care work were adequately compensated? I'd have less of an issue with it.
I worked long hours as CEO during the first two years of my startup.
I "worked" long hours(childcare) when my kids were under two years old.
Only one of these was well compensated
But hot take:
If the downstreaming of care work were adequately compensated? I'd have less of an issue with it.
I worked long hours as CEO during the first two years of my startup.
I "worked" long hours(childcare) when my kids were under two years old.
Only one of these was well compensated
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uxdesign.cc/mandated-scr...
“A society that prides itself on digital infrastructure has been outcompeted by a simple escalator.”
And what of the ppl who don’t have smart phones? Bank accounts/credit cards? Or those not sufficiently tech savvy or digitally flexible (pun intended) to manage them?
“A society that prides itself on digital infrastructure has been outcompeted by a simple escalator.”
And what of the ppl who don’t have smart phones? Bank accounts/credit cards? Or those not sufficiently tech savvy or digitally flexible (pun intended) to manage them?
Mandated screen addiction = undemocratic design
There is a contradiction in digitalisation. People have heaps of creative ideas on how to stop doomscrolling, and break their screen…
uxdesign.cc
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
uxdesign.cc/mandated-scr...
“A society that prides itself on digital infrastructure has been outcompeted by a simple escalator.”
And what of the ppl who don’t have smart phones? Bank accounts/credit cards? Or those not sufficiently tech savvy or digitally flexible (pun intended) to manage them?
“A society that prides itself on digital infrastructure has been outcompeted by a simple escalator.”
And what of the ppl who don’t have smart phones? Bank accounts/credit cards? Or those not sufficiently tech savvy or digitally flexible (pun intended) to manage them?
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I feel this so deeply. I’ve been told I belonged somewhere. I’ve been told I was valued and appreciated and accepted.
I’ve also *been* valued, appreciated, and accepted.
Almost never by the same groups. And never in the same places.
I’ve also *been* valued, appreciated, and accepted.
Almost never by the same groups. And never in the same places.
"you belong here" means "you are responsible for staying here and fixing this no matter what" when it is delivered to you by someone who also says "and I cannot be held responsible for ever making you feel like you belong and are seen"
This is why I don't accept invites to talk to girls about tech
This is why I don't accept invites to talk to girls about tech
I believe a lot of folks underestimate the bruising psychological effect of being told "you belong here" while simultaneously being consistently oppressed by the same people
Bearing witness & providing community & data to prove it's real is so important
Bearing witness & providing community & data to prove it's real is so important
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I feel this so deeply. I’ve been told I belonged somewhere. I’ve been told I was valued and appreciated and accepted.
I’ve also *been* valued, appreciated, and accepted.
Almost never by the same groups. And never in the same places.
I’ve also *been* valued, appreciated, and accepted.
Almost never by the same groups. And never in the same places.
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"you belong here" means "you are responsible for staying here and fixing this no matter what" when it is delivered to you by someone who also says "and I cannot be held responsible for ever making you feel like you belong and are seen"
This is why I don't accept invites to talk to girls about tech
This is why I don't accept invites to talk to girls about tech
I believe a lot of folks underestimate the bruising psychological effect of being told "you belong here" while simultaneously being consistently oppressed by the same people
Bearing witness & providing community & data to prove it's real is so important
Bearing witness & providing community & data to prove it's real is so important
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"you belong here" means "you are responsible for staying here and fixing this no matter what" when it is delivered to you by someone who also says "and I cannot be held responsible for ever making you feel like you belong and are seen"
This is why I don't accept invites to talk to girls about tech
This is why I don't accept invites to talk to girls about tech