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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 11h

a man with a mustache and a caption that says i learned it by watching you

Alt: A boy talks to a man with a mustache and a caption that says i learned it by watching you

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 11h

We're essentially ready pretty much any day; building the attitude to keep things "right" by default has really paid off.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 12h

Tagging @ednas.bsky.social

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 12h

My time with the Auditor is tomorrow but he already complimented my team on how clean our labs are.

I'm super proud of them and I can't wait to show the Auditor all their hard work.

Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

I'm one of the few people who seems to be looking forward to the ISO audit starting soon.

I'm excited because this is an opportunity for my team's work to shine. I'm excited because the main tool being used to prepare for this is my duster as I tidy up a bit.

We stay ready and it will show.

A Swiffer dust mop with extension handle sitting on a desk; it has been used to collect dust

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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arturo182 @arturo182.bsky.social · 18h

- Is this pin 5V-tolerant?
- Great question! Yes it is! ✨
- I just fed it 5V and now the chip is dead...
- You're absolutely right! This pin is not 5V-tolerant ✨

Limited Edition Ellie @tldrellie.bsky.evl.im · 19h

lmao, roflmao

Screenshot of an AI tool for embedded called "BootLoop", claiming, "Never read another datasheet"

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 17h

Spooky bird stories. Last year's Halloween comic.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??"
In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!".
In panel 3, a screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!".
In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.

www.wired.com

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 17h

Good thread on leadership and being of service to your team:

Auriel Fournier @rallidaerule.bsky.social · 19h

I have my dream job, 100% research, great team, applied work is valued. And the admin load is still incredible, when folks ask me about the reality of my day to day, they often look at me after like 'why would you do that?'

bc I do paperwork and attend meetings so other people can go study birds

Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 20h

I think that if most young people really knew how much non-science work a scientific career requires, most would not persue it. And I say that as someone with zero teaching and only grant and paper related admin.

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 20h

A little treat before the spooky days begin 🎃🤍

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

I'm one of the few people who seems to be looking forward to the ISO audit starting soon.

I'm excited because this is an opportunity for my team's work to shine. I'm excited because the main tool being used to prepare for this is my duster as I tidy up a bit.

We stay ready and it will show.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s wake-up call is about TPUSA Blexit tour of HBCUs

Subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com and get a wake-up call in your inbox!

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

One thing I'm working on is capturing the story through metrics; it's not the same as standard development work but can still be tracked.

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Deviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social · 1d

This week's video is a fun one... inspired by Phuzion and friends who sent me a little clip, it kicked off a fun and informative -- if brief -- discussion about elevator security. Enjoy! 👍😁👍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4l7...

P.S. - Phuzion, are you here on Bluesky? Several accounts with that name.

Zero Clearance Vestibules: Just How Far CAN You Go When Securing An Elevator?

YouTube video by DeviantOllam

www.youtube.com

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 1d

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

Pretty sure I say this every Columbus Day, but getting hauled back to Spain for excessive brutality in 1500, just as the Inquisition was really getting fired up, is some genuinely Evil Guys Hall of Infamy material

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

Probably less.

I don't like to think about it.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

It looks an awful lot like they don't have proper procedures for this process yet.

They're probably adapting existing hardware based QA methodology (e.g. getting a batch of bad parts) which can't keep up with software changes.

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 2d

We accept that risk.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

Companies that treat SWQA as last minute button pushers and not developing robust Validation Engineering Teams are holding themselves back.

We not only find issues but we can help diagnose and recreate the issues for faster debugging.

We can also help other engineers plan for debugging.

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Blenster 🅅 @blenster.com · 1d

This is why you need a robust team of SWQA engineers integrated into your entire product lifecycle stack; the sooner we're involved the better and more thorough testing we can do to ensure that systemic failures like this don't make it to customers.

It's not just reputation at risk here; lives too.

Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 1d

The future is great, huh?

"A software update to Jeep 4xE models caused major malfunctions over the weekend – leaving many owners stranded and some in danger after their power failed."

www.thestack.technology/jeep-softwar...

Jeep software update bricks vehicles

“Please exercise extreme caution”

www.thestack.technology

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Darryl Mott 💀 @gamerstavernshow.com · 1d

Quick reminder that Christopher Columbus was considered a vile, repulsive, evil man even in his own time. His actions as governor of Spain's New World colonies landed him in prison for his cruelty and violence.

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