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Liz Perley ⋆ Scientist/Engineer/Artist/Musician ⋆ prev @ MIT, Google ⋆ my other computer is a raspberry pi ⋆ she/they ⋆ SFbay
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· Feb 2
Global Concepts
Robert DeLong · Just Movement · Song · 2013
open.spotify.com
Did I make money? Was I proud? Did I play my songs too loud?
Did I leave my life to chance? Or did I make you fucking dance?
#GlobalConcepts
Did I leave my life to chance? Or did I make you fucking dance?
#GlobalConcepts
The Kennedy Center has *all* of the verses to "This Land is Your Land". Lyrics websites don't.
This Land is Your Land
Today, this classic folk song is usually sung as a popular pro-America anthem by Americans of every background. But it was written to have a radical edge that hollered for the country to make its bounty available to rich and poor alike.
www.kennedy-center.org
August 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Kennedy Center has *all* of the verses to "This Land is Your Land". Lyrics websites don't.
This popped into my head this morning.
Good Charlotte - Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous (Official Video)
YouTube video by GoodCharlotteVEVO
youtu.be
July 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This popped into my head this morning.
manipulative headlines and articles,
thumbnails and videos
consumption fueled by fear
thumbnails and videos
consumption fueled by fear
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
manipulative headlines and articles,
thumbnails and videos
consumption fueled by fear
thumbnails and videos
consumption fueled by fear
Just realized I left out a fabulous piece of this little story:
There was some sort of infantile toilet meme on the page of the slideshow to address the write-in complaints about inadequate facilities.
Nothing happened.
There was some sort of infantile toilet meme on the page of the slideshow to address the write-in complaints about inadequate facilities.
Nothing happened.
When I was at Google for awhile they did not provide us with enough restrooms for the number of employees in my office. In my team's yearly Googlegeist results it was a popular theme the freeform answer fields.
We discussed it at a team meeting. It was clear nothing would be changing.
We discussed it at a team meeting. It was clear nothing would be changing.
July 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Just realized I left out a fabulous piece of this little story:
There was some sort of infantile toilet meme on the page of the slideshow to address the write-in complaints about inadequate facilities.
Nothing happened.
There was some sort of infantile toilet meme on the page of the slideshow to address the write-in complaints about inadequate facilities.
Nothing happened.
"As you can see, the lifeline is divided into two polar extremes: Fear and Love"
Donnie Darko - Fear and love classroom scene
YouTube video by Orinn
youtu.be
July 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"As you can see, the lifeline is divided into two polar extremes: Fear and Love"
Indigenous to South Africa, sourgrass is an invasive species and noxious weed in many other parts of the world, including the United States (particularly coastal California), Europe, The Middle East and Australia.
Oxalis pes-caprae - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
July 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Indigenous to South Africa, sourgrass is an invasive species and noxious weed in many other parts of the world, including the United States (particularly coastal California), Europe, The Middle East and Australia.
Put on the new release from Blonde Redhead and it has four tracks with the youth choir I used to sing in! Was *not* expecting that!
The Shadow Of The Guest by Blonde Redhead on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 8 Songs
music.apple.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Put on the new release from Blonde Redhead and it has four tracks with the youth choir I used to sing in! Was *not* expecting that!
And I say “hey big boy
I think yr plan is crap
You can't bomb some place
You couldn't locate on a map”
(and this and that baby…)
I think yr plan is crap
You can't bomb some place
You couldn't locate on a map”
(and this and that baby…)
My Generation by Gina Young on Apple Music
Song · 2005 · Duration 5:02
music.apple.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
And I say “hey big boy
I think yr plan is crap
You can't bomb some place
You couldn't locate on a map”
(and this and that baby…)
I think yr plan is crap
You can't bomb some place
You couldn't locate on a map”
(and this and that baby…)
Still alive, doing well enough given the general state of things. ATM dealing with some personal things IRL and so haven't been checking my feed. Miss you all!
Intend to be more present here again, but you never know what's next with this timeline! Phew😅
Intend to be more present here again, but you never know what's next with this timeline! Phew😅
March 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Still alive, doing well enough given the general state of things. ATM dealing with some personal things IRL and so haven't been checking my feed. Miss you all!
Intend to be more present here again, but you never know what's next with this timeline! Phew😅
Intend to be more present here again, but you never know what's next with this timeline! Phew😅
Sewing circles are not solely based in trades of cloth
There's spinsters all around here taking notes, reporting on us
As information travels faster
In the modern age
As our days are crawling by so slowly
There's spinsters all around here taking notes, reporting on us
As information travels faster
In the modern age
As our days are crawling by so slowly
Information Travels Faster (Band Demo)
YouTube video by Death Cab for Cutie - Topic
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sewing circles are not solely based in trades of cloth
There's spinsters all around here taking notes, reporting on us
As information travels faster
In the modern age
As our days are crawling by so slowly
There's spinsters all around here taking notes, reporting on us
As information travels faster
In the modern age
As our days are crawling by so slowly
This performance of the song "Heal the World" was recorded September 10, 2001.
I sing in the children's choir. Really. (Not as a soloist.)
I still think about the timing.
youtu.be/sjCN352AhAc?...
I sing in the children's choir. Really. (Not as a soloist.)
I still think about the timing.
youtu.be/sjCN352AhAc?...
Tamia, Deborah Cox, Mya, Monica & Rah Digga - Heal the World - Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary.mp4
YouTube video by thetamiasource
youtu.be
February 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This performance of the song "Heal the World" was recorded September 10, 2001.
I sing in the children's choir. Really. (Not as a soloist.)
I still think about the timing.
youtu.be/sjCN352AhAc?...
I sing in the children's choir. Really. (Not as a soloist.)
I still think about the timing.
youtu.be/sjCN352AhAc?...
There's a fine line I've been walking
And trying to balance is exhausting
This is where you fuckers pushed me
Don't be surprised if shit gets ugly
And trying to balance is exhausting
This is where you fuckers pushed me
Don't be surprised if shit gets ugly
Fine Line by Kesha on Apple Music
Song · 2023 · Duration 3:26
music.apple.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
There's a fine line I've been walking
And trying to balance is exhausting
This is where you fuckers pushed me
Don't be surprised if shit gets ugly
And trying to balance is exhausting
This is where you fuckers pushed me
Don't be surprised if shit gets ugly
I have "forgotten" my MacBook password again. I know that I know it. Pretty sure my brain is protecting me.
I find using my MacBook infinitely frustrating. I particularly hate how I cannot fully control how it uses resources. Simply put, I don't trust the thing.
I am ready for a Linux laptop again
I find using my MacBook infinitely frustrating. I particularly hate how I cannot fully control how it uses resources. Simply put, I don't trust the thing.
I am ready for a Linux laptop again
February 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I have "forgotten" my MacBook password again. I know that I know it. Pretty sure my brain is protecting me.
I find using my MacBook infinitely frustrating. I particularly hate how I cannot fully control how it uses resources. Simply put, I don't trust the thing.
I am ready for a Linux laptop again
I find using my MacBook infinitely frustrating. I particularly hate how I cannot fully control how it uses resources. Simply put, I don't trust the thing.
I am ready for a Linux laptop again
“digital micro-aggressions”
Encountered this term yesterday. Increasingly I have noticed that I avoid activities involving screens.
My iPhone feels hostile. My MacBook feels hostile (I can’t even convince myself to use it, it performs that badly.)
My next phone probably won’t be smart.
Encountered this term yesterday. Increasingly I have noticed that I avoid activities involving screens.
My iPhone feels hostile. My MacBook feels hostile (I can’t even convince myself to use it, it performs that badly.)
My next phone probably won’t be smart.
February 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“digital micro-aggressions”
Encountered this term yesterday. Increasingly I have noticed that I avoid activities involving screens.
My iPhone feels hostile. My MacBook feels hostile (I can’t even convince myself to use it, it performs that badly.)
My next phone probably won’t be smart.
Encountered this term yesterday. Increasingly I have noticed that I avoid activities involving screens.
My iPhone feels hostile. My MacBook feels hostile (I can’t even convince myself to use it, it performs that badly.)
My next phone probably won’t be smart.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum
(Don't let the bastards grind you down!)
(Don't let the bastards grind you down!)
February 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum
(Don't let the bastards grind you down!)
(Don't let the bastards grind you down!)
you can read my skeets with everyone else if you care.
yes, I used the word skeet.
yes, I used the word skeet.
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
you can read my skeets with everyone else if you care.
yes, I used the word skeet.
yes, I used the word skeet.
This. So much this. After any meeting with anyone, summarize it and send it out. "Please let me know if anything is incorrect or missing."
If they won't put it in writing yourself. Send an email (bcc yourself?): "Following our conversation on x date at x time regarding x, I am writing to clarify your directives. According to my notes, you instructed me to A, B, and C. If any of this is incorrect, please advise. I have some concerns."
February 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This. So much this. After any meeting with anyone, summarize it and send it out. "Please let me know if anything is incorrect or missing."
Reposted by LP
This is like China censoring Winnie the Pooh images
Yesterday, workers found a creative way to protest the “fork in the road” offer: a spoon emoji. Today, they discovered the spoon emoji was removed from workplace chat. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
February 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is like China censoring Winnie the Pooh images
Soooo. Yeah.
OpenAI Makes Weapons Now
YouTube video by Siliconversations
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Soooo. Yeah.
Scar Tissue by Moselle & Matt Hip on Apple Music
Song · 2024 · Duration 4:02
music.apple.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"Why do I know more
about Britney than Gandhi?"
This entire album is fantastic IMO
First encountered Gina Young at an event run by the GSA at my high school. Gina performed solo and I was entranced.
about Britney than Gandhi?"
This entire album is fantastic IMO
First encountered Gina Young at an event run by the GSA at my high school. Gina performed solo and I was entranced.
My Generation by Gina Young on Apple Music
Song · 2005 · Duration 5:02
music.apple.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"Why do I know more
about Britney than Gandhi?"
This entire album is fantastic IMO
First encountered Gina Young at an event run by the GSA at my high school. Gina performed solo and I was entranced.
about Britney than Gandhi?"
This entire album is fantastic IMO
First encountered Gina Young at an event run by the GSA at my high school. Gina performed solo and I was entranced.
Reposted by LP
What is burning? What is burning?
What's on fire? What's on fire?
Would we even know?
That's how hist'ry goes.
R'member me!
HIStory
Signed,
Still me. HERstory.
(From Wikipedia: Frère Jacques is traditionally sung as a round)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_(...
What's on fire? What's on fire?
Would we even know?
That's how hist'ry goes.
R'member me!
HIStory
Signed,
Still me. HERstory.
(From Wikipedia: Frère Jacques is traditionally sung as a round)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_(...
Round (music) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
What is burning? What is burning?
What's on fire? What's on fire?
Would we even know?
That's how hist'ry goes.
R'member me!
HIStory
Signed,
Still me. HERstory.
(From Wikipedia: Frère Jacques is traditionally sung as a round)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_(...
What's on fire? What's on fire?
Would we even know?
That's how hist'ry goes.
R'member me!
HIStory
Signed,
Still me. HERstory.
(From Wikipedia: Frère Jacques is traditionally sung as a round)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_(...
This article helped me to feel less alone.
Grateful to the author for taking the time to write and share her account. It takes guts IMO.
medium.com/the-chronicl...
Grateful to the author for taking the time to write and share her account. It takes guts IMO.
medium.com/the-chronicl...
The Chronicles of the Coding Curmudgeon: Foot-guy
In part inspired by the laughter I’d draw at happy hours narrating my quite literally ridiculous experiences at Google, in part in…
medium.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This article helped me to feel less alone.
Grateful to the author for taking the time to write and share her account. It takes guts IMO.
medium.com/the-chronicl...
Grateful to the author for taking the time to write and share her account. It takes guts IMO.
medium.com/the-chronicl...
Just started reading The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky.
So far I am really into this one.
So far I am really into this one.
Society of Mind - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
February 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Just started reading The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky.
So far I am really into this one.
So far I am really into this one.
Reposted by LP
You might be interested in this. As a public service, an ad-hoc crew of professional indexers have crafted an artisanal, hand-made index to Project 2025. The Index is 134 pages. :)
indexersguidetoproject2025.com
indexersguidetoproject2025.com
- Indexers' Guide to Project 2025
An index to Project 2025 Project 2025 is a 900-page document proposing major changes to the United States government with significant impact on the future of our nation. Given the length and scope of ...
indexersguidetoproject2025.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You might be interested in this. As a public service, an ad-hoc crew of professional indexers have crafted an artisanal, hand-made index to Project 2025. The Index is 134 pages. :)
indexersguidetoproject2025.com
indexersguidetoproject2025.com