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Anne

@anneb.bsky.social

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Engineer | Author | @CaptnAmy.bsky.social 's wife 💗 | She/Her Electronics, CircuitPython, STEM, Microcontrollers, Old IBM PCs, LGBTQIA+, Star Trek/SciFi, NASA/Space, retired career Senior Foreign Service Officer.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 14h

Truth

Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 15h

The cable is out

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 17h

My kryptonite

Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 17h

Coconut walnut shrimp with Blue cheese dip

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 18h

There you go! Vindication!

Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 21h

a little girl is dancing in front of a group of people and the word winner is visible .

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 22h

The program was only 68 lines long

Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 22h

Horror to me

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 22h

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

"Power's negative center pin"
"Why is it smoking?"
"Missing } Line 851"
"The editor wants revisions"
"Windows 11 installing updates"
"Part cost doubled: tariffs"
"Scarlett bringing cherry pie"

Spooky Scary Sarahtons 🎃 (they/them) @sarahndipity.bsky.social · 1d

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

“the pharmacist is calling"

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 1d

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

There is no date.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

The Battle of the Bulge was shorter

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, he did www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister

The ex-PM confirms he met Epstein in 2002, six years before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

My LinkedIn profile change was devastating to her. As friends, former coworkers, etc. worldwide found out and questioned it. Of my followers there, less than a third came to my new profile. I was a topic of conversation worldwide and she took it personally. Why?

Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

Even November 1st was controversial in exes eyes, I had said November months back as I wanted to spend the holidays as me. She thought, fr whatever reason it would be into November. It was my schedule, with did a week or 3 matter? Thanksgiving?

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

I had the county abuse hotline my contacts, came so close to using it

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently so.

Overall I spent more therapy hours on all that compared to transition.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

The vitriol was unexpected and intense

Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

Gaining a hot musician wife and more

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

I had always liked to win, tough for a shy person. I finagled my way to a top university. Got a career traveling the world, wife, 2 kids.

Then I lost the cancer lottery. I nearly died.

I lived a good life but held back afterwards. But I decided to come out. If you beat the odds, then go for broke.

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Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 2d

If the Portland frogs REALLY want to fuck with the National Guard, each frog should stay completely motionless except when only ONE specific National Guardsman is looking.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

October spookiness.

My boss didn't know what to call me as I subtly changed things. Agreeing on a coming out date gave him certainty in the process. I had informed my bosses many months before. They were way cool.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

I had planned to come out November 1st per agreement with my ex, but Coming Out Day caused me to speed things up some. It became a cascade and by October 23 I had come out at work.

Eliška @nerfcrucifix.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering back to the time when I came out as trans on Coming Out Day 2020 and I didn't even know the significance of the day until a year later, lol.

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 2d

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

Amy and I agreed to not have heavy regrets. They are not actionable and eat precious resources. We wouldn't be us if we'd done things differently, likely never have met which is a non starter.

Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to my lesbian marriage, I'm a rad (step) grandma and great grandma.

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Anne @anneb.bsky.social · 1d

That vision of being an old man frightened me to the bone.