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skpodila.bsky.social
Swarna Podila (she/her)
@skpodila.bsky.social
2.7K followers 300 following 660 posts
Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind.

Interests: Developer, Open Source, and Technology Marketing
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Excellent and on-point comic today by @workchronicles.bsky.social
A comic strip by Work Chronicles on how companies claim to be data-driven but end up focusing on the most ridiculous aspects instead of the insights they get from the data they track and measure.
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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College football is so much more fun with the rituals and traditions. Student and alumni energy is also unbeatable. The homecoming weekend was fun, topped off by the Michigan Marching Band’s hattip to Creedence Clearwater Revival halftime show. #GoBlue
The Big House, the University of Michigan’s football stadium is filled with fans in Maize colors, for the homecoming game against University of Wisconsin.
October 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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It was a-MAIZE-ing!
A photo of the Michigan football stadium (The Big House) with a sea of fans dressed in Maize shirts
October 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Flying home on a Friday…is an excellent opportunity to rep @weratedogs.com’s The Dogs Were Good Again This Week shirt.
A partial photo of me wearing the We Rate Dogs’ The Dogs Were Good Again This Week tshirt.
May 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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And I am Meryl Streep.

(PS: @support.bsky.team is this legit?)
A screenshot of an empty bluesky account claiming to be Keanu Reeves’s account, following me.
April 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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How's @jcsalterego.bsky.social's STILL the #1 bsky account in Suggested list? I've seen it there from the time we were "staging.bsky.com"!
A screenshot of Bluesky's Suggested accounts list with Jerry Chen's being the first in that list.
March 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I usually don’t get custom engraving but when I do, it’s always a reminder to #BeKind.
The left ear of blue Apple AirPods Max with custom engraving that says: ✨Be Kind✨
January 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Chasing squirrels is way more important than taking the treats from my hand for my little Bruno
A German Shepherd Dog sitting in front of the photographer on a tiled floor with ears all perked up.
January 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I am not ready for spring and these beautiful daffodils are NOT helping! It’s still mid-Jan!!!
A photo of bright yellow daffodils blooming in a yard too early in mid January instead of waiting until early spring. A slightly faded wooden fence is seen behind the flowers.
January 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Seriously, how is this Comedy?
A preview of The Bear series as shown on the iOS Hulu app, that lists it as Comedy, which in my opinion, is a huge error. The show needs to come with content warnings, and not grossly incorrect categorization. A screenshot of the search result on Hulu for The Bear that lists it as Comedy Series.
January 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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I have more :)
A photo of Paula and me, both wearing the same shirt from All Are Welcome Here organization. There is a pop up banner of Monkigras event partially hidden behind Paula.
December 21, 2024 at 1:45 AM
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May the force be with you(r liver)!

You are one of my FAVE peeps from the cf community, Paula.
A selfie of Paula and me from Monkigras in London, pre-pandemic times
December 21, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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He is my wildly protective and ferocious, cuddly, and utterly stupid baby :)
A photo of a German shepherd dog whining and crying because he is “trapped” inside a measly fence under a fig tree that is barely 6feet tall.
December 20, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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🤮🤮🤮🤮
A tech company employee’s LinkedIn post that says “they’re looking for assassins and sharpshooters” as a way of saying they are hiring. Yuck! Continuation of the tech employee’s LinkedIn post that says “they’re looking for assassins and sharpshooters” as a way of saying they are hiring, now with a picture of a man with a sniper rifle. Yuck!
December 20, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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This was a wonderful way to spend some time in person with my new coworkers!! #zitadel #IAM #identity
A group photo of Team Zitadel, where everyone is wearing the company t-shirt. A team photo with a beautiful Swiss mountains in the backdrop.
December 13, 2024 at 8:24 AM
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I know I’m too early, but my 2025 planner is L I T! Thank you @weratedogs.com @mauilion.dev @kindcotton.bsky.social and Leslie (@supportiveseagull.bsky.social) for the awesomeness here!!
A purple 2025 journal on a computer desk with stickers from We Rate Dogs (the dogs were good again this week!), Leslie at Supportive Seagull (You’re so awesome I want to scream), and Duffie (All Clouds are Broken). The journal is next to an Apple keyboard. The first page of a 2025 journal with a Be Kind sticker from Kind Cotton on the inside cover and a Staring Seagull sticker from Leslie at Supportive Seagull
December 11, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Missing this awesome peep so much! @liquidat.bsky.social
A photo of Roland and me sitting across from each other in a train
November 25, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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@danciruli.cloud always an honor to be in your circles! 🤗
A selfie of Dan Ciruli and myself at KubeCon Copenhagen on May 3, 2018
November 24, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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WHOAH! github.com/bluesky-soci...
Screenshot of a comment on a Bluesky GitHub feature request that gives a workaround to see the precise follower, following, and post count
November 16, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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Dear @bsky.app team — what does “person signed up with your starter pack” mean? Did they hit “Follow All” for the starter pack I created? Did they follow me from the starter pack I created? Or something else?
A screenshot of a rather unclear bluesky notification that says a person signed up with your starter pack, with the name of the starter pack below it.
November 14, 2024 at 3:58 AM
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First rain of the season — 11/11! It’s raining cats and dogs and my poor dog is freaking out with the pattering of heavy rain drops.
A view of a tree out the window and the window pane is drenched in rain
November 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
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🦋🦋
A white pillar inside a building with many blue butterfly decorative pieces stuck to it.
November 11, 2024 at 5:02 AM
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This
A screenshot of my Bluesky profile page with “666 followers” highlighted with a yellow sharpie.
November 1, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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Picked up FOUR prescription pill bottles. Here’s the receipt from CVS pharmacy. Teaspoon for scale.
The back of a very long CVS pharmacy receipt
October 28, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Memories from #CloudDosa at #ReInvent 2017 with @sallamar.bsky.social @monadic.bsky.social @zehicle.bsky.social and @poet.bio
A group of us, as mentioned in the post, at a restaurant gathered for dinner
October 28, 2024 at 3:05 AM