Mina Markham
@minamarkh.am
am: Staff Engineer & Web Lead @slack.engineering. International Speaker. Design Systems Advocate. Chaotic Good.
was: Hillary for America (1st dev hired). IBM Design.
always: 🖖🏾. Whovian. Beyoncé.
♿️ AuDHD. CPTSD. INFP. ABCDEFG.
👉🏾 https://mina.codes
was: Hillary for America (1st dev hired). IBM Design.
always: 🖖🏾. Whovian. Beyoncé.
♿️ AuDHD. CPTSD. INFP. ABCDEFG.
👉🏾 https://mina.codes
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Mina Markham
@minamarkh.am
· Nov 13
I made a Black women in tech starter pack because I couldn’t find one and it annoyed me.
go.bsky.app/5upv7SQ
go.bsky.app/5upv7SQ
Elote and empanadas and churros.
Yum 😋
Yum 😋
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Elote and empanadas and churros.
Yum 😋
Yum 😋
Reposted by Mina Markham
The backstory to the Tom Holland lip sync is such a repudiation of slop. So much human effort and skill and *rights clearing* went into creating something so many people love.
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
An oral history of Tom Holland's sensational 'Lip Sync Battle' performance
The producers, choreographers, and dancers behind the "Umbrella" and "Singin' in the Rain" mashup explain how it came to be.
www.businessinsider.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The backstory to the Tom Holland lip sync is such a repudiation of slop. So much human effort and skill and *rights clearing* went into creating something so many people love.
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
I have tried to order lunch multiple times and I keep getting distracted.
So now it’s 4pm and I haven’t eaten all day.
So now it’s 4pm and I haven’t eaten all day.
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I have tried to order lunch multiple times and I keep getting distracted.
So now it’s 4pm and I haven’t eaten all day.
So now it’s 4pm and I haven’t eaten all day.
Sometimes I type posts and then delete them because while I may need to say it, you don’t need to hear it.
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Sometimes I type posts and then delete them because while I may need to say it, you don’t need to hear it.
I bought a new doormat.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I bought a new doormat.
where did you find this footage of me?
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
where did you find this footage of me?
Every time I open this app I’m greeted with some fresh new horror.
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every time I open this app I’m greeted with some fresh new horror.
I saw a mail carrier getting out of his truck singing the Blue’s Clues mail song at the top of his lungs and I hope he has a great day.
a yellow house with a purple door and a pink mailbox in front of it
Alt: Steve walking out of his cartoon house dancing and singing about getting the mail.
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I saw a mail carrier getting out of his truck singing the Blue’s Clues mail song at the top of his lungs and I hope he has a great day.
Reposted by Mina Markham
Thursday! What a concept!
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thursday! What a concept!
Y’all. I bought a bunch of new plants cause I killed the last ones, and I already killed the cactus.
I didn’t know you could kill a cactus that fast.
I am bad at this 😭
I didn’t know you could kill a cactus that fast.
I am bad at this 😭
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Y’all. I bought a bunch of new plants cause I killed the last ones, and I already killed the cactus.
I didn’t know you could kill a cactus that fast.
I am bad at this 😭
I didn’t know you could kill a cactus that fast.
I am bad at this 😭
You know what I miss?
Sleeping through the night.
Sleeping through the night.
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
You know what I miss?
Sleeping through the night.
Sleeping through the night.
Reposted by Mina Markham
Ahhh. There’s no bed like my bed.
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Ahhh. There’s no bed like my bed.
This flight is too long.
Why is New York so far from California?
Why is New York so far from California?
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This flight is too long.
Why is New York so far from California?
Why is New York so far from California?
I don’t like horror in general, but “The Cabin in the Woods.”
6. What is your favorite horror movie?
October 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I don’t like horror in general, but “The Cabin in the Woods.”
so, um, what strain is this?
for research purposes 🧐
for research purposes 🧐
Do y’all think 💨 fish can 💨 see water?
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
so, um, what strain is this?
for research purposes 🧐
for research purposes 🧐
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars," "Star Trek," "Doctor Who," or "Transformers."
.
Also, as a Trekkie and a Whovian, rude.
.
Also, as a Trekkie and a Whovian, rude.
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars," "Star Trek," "Doctor Who," or "Transformers."
.
Also, as a Trekkie and a Whovian, rude.
.
Also, as a Trekkie and a Whovian, rude.
My Uber driver is listening to The Breakfast Club and I want to get out.
October 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM
My Uber driver is listening to The Breakfast Club and I want to get out.
It’s too early to be alive.
I mean awake.
I mean awake.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 AM
It’s too early to be alive.
I mean awake.
I mean awake.
I’m back in the room where it happens.
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I’m back in the room where it happens.
I needed to hear this.
My practiced nonchalance masks a lot of very big feelings.
My practiced nonchalance masks a lot of very big feelings.
Fellow people who feel things in very big ways, we are not supposed to be living like this, so give yourself grace on the days where the anxiety that you are a problem or in the way gets too loud.
Everyone and everything is on edge right now.
You are not too much.
Everyone and everything is on edge right now.
You are not too much.
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I needed to hear this.
My practiced nonchalance masks a lot of very big feelings.
My practiced nonchalance masks a lot of very big feelings.
“Mina, what’s it like to manage you?”
![Slack message:
Mina Markham - 10:49 AM
heyyyy boss 🙂
i don't want anything.
just that with [redacted] gone i'm gonna be annoying you now.
kthxbye.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nsy2e4vupxndly4adhszebcy/bafkreigmu4mqscorspnxwvxqc3hoc2ths2ntaoecl7p5b75uvaqgrsoof4@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“Mina, what’s it like to manage you?”
Oh shoot. Tonight’s show is not on Broadway but in the Village.
🙋🏾♀️🚕💨
🙋🏾♀️🚕💨
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oh shoot. Tonight’s show is not on Broadway but in the Village.
🙋🏾♀️🚕💨
🙋🏾♀️🚕💨
Reposted by Mina Markham
Intimidating can have a negative connotation, as it has every time I’ve had heard it, even when it’s a compliment.
For example, it was brought up in a performance review that my coworkers found me intimidating.
So if you mean inspiring, I’d say that.
For example, it was brought up in a performance review that my coworkers found me intimidating.
So if you mean inspiring, I’d say that.
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Intimidating can have a negative connotation, as it has every time I’ve had heard it, even when it’s a compliment.
For example, it was brought up in a performance review that my coworkers found me intimidating.
So if you mean inspiring, I’d say that.
For example, it was brought up in a performance review that my coworkers found me intimidating.
So if you mean inspiring, I’d say that.
*Black woman doesn’t smile*
“She’s always angry.”
*Black woman excels at anything*
“She’s intimidating.”
“She’s always angry.”
*Black woman excels at anything*
“She’s intimidating.”
*Black women set a boundary*
"She's too demanding"
*Black women ask for acknowledgement*
"She's asking for too much"
"She's too demanding"
*Black women ask for acknowledgement*
"She's asking for too much"
October 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
*Black woman doesn’t smile*
“She’s always angry.”
*Black woman excels at anything*
“She’s intimidating.”
“She’s always angry.”
*Black woman excels at anything*
“She’s intimidating.”