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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 1d

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In Philly, I could vanish if I wanted to. Slip into the ocean of tourists, linger unseen in Reading Terminal Market among the chatter and clatter of lunch. Nobody cared if I was new or local or just passing through; the city's attention was elsewhere. I'd always loved that about Philadelphia. It was big enough to hold every story without demanding I share my own.

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 3d

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"But you didn't love it?"
She sighed. "I enjoyed winning. I liked the feeling of excelling at something. But the act of running? Pushing myself until my lungs burned and my legs felt like jelly, just so I could make my parents proud?" She shook her head. "I don't think I ever ran for me."

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 6d

I think she felt trapped. Like no matter what she did—how high she rose, what awards she achieved—it wouldn’t be her success, it would be theirs.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 6d

The #WIPSnips word for October 10th is "prize"

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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 10 - prize
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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 7d

❤️ thanks, Judi!

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 7d

💙 thanks!

Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 7d

💜 thanks!

Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 7d

❤️ thanks!

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 7d

KLARA AND THE SUN X BLACK MIRROR

An estranged friend group agrees to resurrect the girl they lost through a memory-mapping experiment, but the closer they get to her, the less they recognize themselves.

#DVPit #A #SF #WOC #ND #CI

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 7d

KLARA AND THE SUN X BLACK MIRROR
Years after losing Elysia, four friends rebuild her from memory only to discover their memories may be the lie that destroys them.

#DVPit #A #SF #WOC #ND #CI

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 8d

KLARA AND THE SUN X BLACK MIRROR
When a tech company offers friends the chance to resurrect the girl they lost using their memories, their attempt to bring her back unravels reality and forces them to question what it means to be human.

#DVPit #A #SF #WOC #ND #CI

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Write the Docs @writethedocs.bsky.social · 8d

It's time for the 2025 Write the Docs salary survey!
Open to anyone in a documentation-related role, anywhere. Help us determine fair and appropriate pay ranges in our industry. Now shorter!
👉 buff.ly/pI0EnBW

Write the Docs Salary Survey

This annual survey, run by the Write the Docs community, aims to gather data about salaries for people working in documentation and related fields around the world. We hope that this data can help…

salary-survey.writethedocs.org

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 9d

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Maybe that's why I let her go. Because, to me, love had always been fleeting. Losing her on my own terms felt safer than waiting for her to realize she didn't feel the same.

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Write the Docs @writethedocs.bsky.social · 20d

🗓️ Save the date! Write the Docs Portland 2026 is happening May 3-5. We're excited to be back at Revolution Hall, and excited to see everyone again. More info in our blog post, and CFP/tickets coming soon.

buff.ly/Q6C2Ea5

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Write the Docs @writethedocs.bsky.social · 10d

🎫 Write the Docs Berlin is just under one month away, on October 27-28. If you do not yet have an in-person ticket, don't wait - we expect to sell out. More updates in our blog post: buff.ly/w564R8J

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 10d

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And I didn't feel jealous of their close-ness. I didn't even feel angry about the years that had slipped away. I just missed my friend. The girl who used
to meet me at the reservoir when her thoughts got too loud. The one who made up fake horror movie plots for people we didn't like. The one who always knew when I needed her—without me having to say it.

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 10d

Judgy #cat

Orange cat sits at the top of his tree looking down at me with disdain.

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 11d

Car (or any product) sites - don't make me enter my contact information to look at different configurations or options. I close that shit as soon as it pops up. Just, no.

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 12d

“Trust me—you don’t want to hunt here unless you know exactly what’s hunting you back.”
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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 12d

The #WIPSnips word for October 4th is "hunt"

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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 4 - hunt
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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 13d

It was too early in the morning, but I couldn’t go back to sleep. What if I slipped back into death and never woke up?

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 13d

The #WIPSnips word for October 3rd is "hibernate" which is what I'm ready to do with these shorter days. 😂

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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 3 - hibernate
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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 17d

I lay in the same bed, an old twin frame with a sagging mattress, the navy-blue comforter still bearing the faded emblem of the Starship Enterprise from a TV show I’d once loved.
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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 17d

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips

The words for September 29th is "bear"

(While inspired by Fat Bear Week, as always, synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine, so it doesn't have to be a literal bear.)

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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 29 - bear
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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 22d

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She sighed and swirled the ice in her
soda with her straw. "I've wanted to
leave. Almost have a million times, but something kept me. This place is a trap. You shouldn't have come back, Adam. It will trap you, too," Kira said.

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 23d

This was a fun and interesting read that got to the Hacker News frontpage yesterday.

anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...

How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog

“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!)  and I like working with ...

anniemueller.com

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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 25d

She gave me what my mother could not—unconditional acceptance. It didn’t matter if we fought or disagreed, the moment would pass and the next day we were again best friends.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 25d

The #WIPSnips word for September 21st is "disagree"

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September 21 - disagree
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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 26d

He carried no obvious weapon, though his hands flexed with the remembrance of gripping one a moment before.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 26d

The #WIPSnips word for September 20th is "obvious"

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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
September 20 - obvious
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Heather Zoppetti @digitalnabi.bsky.social · 28d

I think the answer is: it’s always a good time for a little treat.