Stephanie Leary
@sleary.bsky.social
Front End Developer doing UI and accessibility work on open source library software. Previously: MLIS @ UW iSchool; tag wrangling; wrote some tech books a while back. Pretty young for an Old Internet Person.
Really takes the heat off the child sex trafficking thing and the journalist’s catch-and-kill operation and the pardoned fraudsters and the air traffic control snafus and the Russian-authored “peace plan” and DOGE and the thing where secret police keep disappearing kids and schoolteachers
I'm mostly trying to stay out of US politics rn but the whole Sec of War doing the example of an illegal order to bomb drug dealers and start a war for oil whilst the Prez pardons a drug dealer is a pretty impressive shitstorm
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Really takes the heat off the child sex trafficking thing and the journalist’s catch-and-kill operation and the pardoned fraudsters and the air traffic control snafus and the Russian-authored “peace plan” and DOGE and the thing where secret police keep disappearing kids and schoolteachers
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Job posting: Web Administration & Multimedia Technologist @smithsonian American Women's Museum. Closing date: 12/11/2025; GS12: $101,401 to - $131,826/yr. Onsite, Washington, DC. Responsible for web services/operating support for public website & mobile application of media technologies.
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<p>The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum expands the story of America through the often-untold accounts and accomplishments of women—individually and collectively—to better...
www.usajobs.gov
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Job posting: Web Administration & Multimedia Technologist @smithsonian American Women's Museum. Closing date: 12/11/2025; GS12: $101,401 to - $131,826/yr. Onsite, Washington, DC. Responsible for web services/operating support for public website & mobile application of media technologies.
Tag yourself, I’m the unnamed eldritch horror to the south
Tag yourself, I’m the two bathtubs in the laundry room
Oh shit waddup
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Tag yourself, I’m the unnamed eldritch horror to the south
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This week, Netflix will drop a western with Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson as warring matriarchs of opposing clans. Not a one of the dozens of media writers I follow online has ever mentioned this show, and yet its three-week-old trailer has over 1M views. Make it make sense.
The Abandons | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This week, Netflix will drop a western with Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson as warring matriarchs of opposing clans. Not a one of the dozens of media writers I follow online has ever mentioned this show, and yet its three-week-old trailer has over 1M views. Make it make sense.
Amazon! Quit replacing the cover art on my ebooks without warning! I was emotionally attached to the mismatched lighting of those stock photo hockey players!
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Amazon! Quit replacing the cover art on my ebooks without warning! I was emotionally attached to the mismatched lighting of those stock photo hockey players!
I’m old enough to remember when people spoke of Soviet travelers being asked for their papers with dripping scorn and smug vindication that America was better than that.
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’m old enough to remember when people spoke of Soviet travelers being asked for their papers with dripping scorn and smug vindication that America was better than that.
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We are hiring at the University of Arizona libraries for a Data Science Specialist/Librarian. Expertise/experience in Python is a must. Not on the search committee, will be your colleague. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Data Science Specialist/Librarian (Assistant or Associate)
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIESData
Science Outreach and ServicesDevelop and lead training opportunities in tools and
resources such as data visualization, data...
arizona.csod.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We are hiring at the University of Arizona libraries for a Data Science Specialist/Librarian. Expertise/experience in Python is a must. Not on the search committee, will be your colleague. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
"Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts."
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts."
I need TV producers to have a lot less faith in my ability to read text messages from a phone in a character’s hand.
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I need TV producers to have a lot less faith in my ability to read text messages from a phone in a character’s hand.
At this point I think it should be required that every breathless article about the death of bookstores must have footnotes that a) romance outsells all other genres of fiction combined and b) at least half that market is self-published, and chain bookstores won’t stock those. Indies do.
seriously, it appears that while basically nobody is reading fiction anymore when it comes to 90% of genres of literature, a lot of very horny people must be spending a lot of money on romance novels
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
At this point I think it should be required that every breathless article about the death of bookstores must have footnotes that a) romance outsells all other genres of fiction combined and b) at least half that market is self-published, and chain bookstores won’t stock those. Indies do.
This puzzle was EVIL. Several of the planets and the astronaut are single pieces. Most of the larger planets have an embedded star-shaped piece. The shapes around all those are bonkers. We love it.
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This puzzle was EVIL. Several of the planets and the astronaut are single pieces. Most of the larger planets have an embedded star-shaped piece. The shapes around all those are bonkers. We love it.
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I love Dani's work and her book and her PDFs!!!! Seriously!!! This is a damn steal!
me: i should promote that i'm releasing 30 brand-new Anti-Planner PDFs on black friday for $9.95
🧠: probably
me: also if they buy a book they get all 60 PDFs for free
🧠: ok hear me out
me:
🧠: what if you overthink it & don’t post until saturday night
🧠: probably
me: also if they buy a book they get all 60 PDFs for free
🧠: ok hear me out
me:
🧠: what if you overthink it & don’t post until saturday night
All Products | Dani Donovan / Anti-Planner
anti-planner.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I love Dani's work and her book and her PDFs!!!! Seriously!!! This is a damn steal!
dying to watch Heated Rivalry but my mother is visiting 😭
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
dying to watch Heated Rivalry but my mother is visiting 😭
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the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
the only time i ever gave back to my community (cinephile dorks whose parents claim they can't see it but we suspect are messing with us a little)
I once worked for a small business whose founder ran off to Vegas (again) with the tax money, having temporarily forgotten that his wife owned 51% and her father owned the building.
That was previously my benchmark for professional self-immolation.
That was previously my benchmark for professional self-immolation.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I once worked for a small business whose founder ran off to Vegas (again) with the tax money, having temporarily forgotten that his wife owned 51% and her father owned the building.
That was previously my benchmark for professional self-immolation.
That was previously my benchmark for professional self-immolation.
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I mean I have been enraged about this topic for a while, but I had also never actually figured out how they calculate the poverty line.
I am legitimately speechless.
I am legitimately speechless.
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I mean I have been enraged about this topic for a while, but I had also never actually figured out how they calculate the poverty line.
I am legitimately speechless.
I am legitimately speechless.
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"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
My personal guidelines for dealing with people on social media:
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
Assume everyone is a friend you haven't yet gotten to know.
Assume everyone is struggling with their mental health
Don't promise any emotional labor you might not be able to provide
If someone seems like a hater, disengage right away
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Assume everyone I interact with online is struggling with their mental health" has only become a more important guiding principle in the past couple years
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
Sometimes when there is too much laundry to maneuver the basket downstairs, I just tip it over the railing and collect it at the bottom.
My child, wide-eyed: You can just DO that?
Kiddo, adulthood is fuckin’ great.
My child, wide-eyed: You can just DO that?
Kiddo, adulthood is fuckin’ great.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sometimes when there is too much laundry to maneuver the basket downstairs, I just tip it over the railing and collect it at the bottom.
My child, wide-eyed: You can just DO that?
Kiddo, adulthood is fuckin’ great.
My child, wide-eyed: You can just DO that?
Kiddo, adulthood is fuckin’ great.
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😈 Maleficent, the evil queen, had her goblins searching for Sleeping Beauty for 16 years.
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
😈 Maleficent, the evil queen, had her goblins searching for Sleeping Beauty for 16 years.
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
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Source: https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
Median US households (income $80K) are in poverty if the same calculations as in 1963 are used to rebase the poverty line threshold.
Median US households (income $80K) are in poverty if the same calculations as in 1963 are used to rebase the poverty line threshold.
Why the USA is stressed: in 1963, poverty was defined as family income < 3x food budget. But costs have exploded since 1963, and food is now 5-7% of a budget including health, college, childcare, housing, etc—a realistic food budget multiplier for poverty is 16x, so families under $130K are poor.
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Source: https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie
Median US households (income $80K) are in poverty if the same calculations as in 1963 are used to rebase the poverty line threshold.
Median US households (income $80K) are in poverty if the same calculations as in 1963 are used to rebase the poverty line threshold.
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Broke: DOGE is dead
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Broke: DOGE is dead
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.