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i post for attention and affection (it's a youngest child thing): memes, tech rambles, newly acquired domain names, and short irreverent nonsense i think is funny. ymmv.
seattle based. single parent. self-unemployed after >20 years in big tech
created 1st mastodon account: 2022-12-22
found out i was a girl: 2022-12-22
(former was causal to the latter)
i don’t use ai in my writing because it capitalizes words, and also because writing is the fun part for me (you do you!)
ask me about my banger domain names!
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On the plus side my 10 year old and I listened to the different GPWS “terrain ahead, pull up!” alerts from different planes and discussed our favorites and it was delightfully autistic ♾
confession: when i said i have a “movie idea” about two trans girls who are best friends and solve crimes together it’s not a movie idea per se um i got us matching keys and also some forms for you to fill out
sure a bf would be nice for cuddling but the real value is having someone to wake up and ask questions about the environmental sustainability of the Transformers robots
doing laundry on saturday night 😎
cool girl shit
"When a young widow's magic scarf brings a dashing snowman to life, can he help her rediscover romance, laughter and holiday cheer before he melts away?"
i'm super excited to find out!
My 10 year old and I have all these inside jokes and echolalia my ex doesn’t get and ngl that’s been one of my parental goals and I’m proud.
(They’re mostly from this yt video : https://youtu.be/r05x1cGyuqs )
adding “sleepy enby girlboyfriend” to my Christmas list if anyone still needs a gift idea for the secret santa gift exchange !
the void went to rehab and now it’s got all these lil gay people in it !
reading a chat from 6 months before I knew anything about being trans and it’s so goddamn eggy I even recommend a story called “the egg”
My workspace setup is so well optimized it virtually doubles the speed and efficiency of my procrastination
"talk to someone in the way they listen best" is advice i keep giving a guy at work and he keeps finding different ways to say no
are youtubers better at getting to the point irl or do they have no friends
finally a useful #tech guide on this !!
my ideal job: software engineer team counselor
basically my role is similar to a manager or team lead, except I have no power whatsoever and leadership actively ignores what I say. I am simply an outlet to hopelessly vent, sort of acting as an emotional rubber duck
this is a serious suggestion as the biggest impact i've made at work so far this year is keeping co-workers moderately regulated
realizing "less housework and self maintenance" is my kink
bodycon clothing is a great way to emphasize I have no boobs or butt or hips and keep my ego in check
trying to watch Red One but my media server keeps crashing possibly because it knows
ginny's "dealing with conflict with boys in the workplace" strategy:
start out with a thank you; ideally related to the argument at hand, but be careful not to sound sarcastic. "Thank you for bringing up , i'm glad we have a champion for this effort since leadership hasn't paid it much attention!" oh leadership, you're so silly
compliment them on the thing that is frustrating you most. "I've always been grateful for your dedicated stewardship of our shared libraries, and have aimed to emulate that in my own work". This has an added benefit too - it sometimes helps them keep emotions in check if they think your behavior is really their behavior (because you're just a silly girl emulating him).
make your request seem a huge imposition you wouldn't waste their time with except, gosh, i was so silly and messed up earlier and this will help us out of a jam. Cram compliments in here too! "Last quarter was rough and we had to make a lot of compromises to execute at the speed leadership wants. You've been so helpful in our attempts to get out of our hole ha ha!!"
never appeal to your own authority especially if you don't actually have any authority, but especially if you do.
never escalate the disagreement; if you want an escalation it has to be their idea (even if you are the one that puts it in their head). You doing it will piss off the people involved and leadership will assume it's petty emotional squabbling. basically, you can't do this for the same reason you cannot appeal to your own authority.
sign off all emails cheerfully, making sure to point out how excited you are to be working closely with them in the coming new year
first class support for tone tags would be cool