Kate Violette
@kateviolette.com
Multipurpose nerd. Engineering manager currently waylaid by a complex illness. On a mission to watch every Katharine Hepburn movie.
🏳️🌈 they (🇬🇧), elle (🇫🇷)
Currently in Portland OR. Always a Mainer.
✍️ Blog at my username!
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🏳️🌈 they (🇬🇧), elle (🇫🇷)
Currently in Portland OR. Always a Mainer.
✍️ Blog at my username!
📊 @healthlog.kateviolette.com
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I have big Cradle Catholic With A Mathematics Degree energy
me: haha yeah like The Red Green Show right?, that's a classic!
the quotes and replies: *a bazillion other very weird Canadian shows I had never even heard of* (some of which I may need to check out lol)
the quotes and replies: *a bazillion other very weird Canadian shows I had never even heard of* (some of which I may need to check out lol)
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
me: haha yeah like The Red Green Show right?, that's a classic!
the quotes and replies: *a bazillion other very weird Canadian shows I had never even heard of* (some of which I may need to check out lol)
the quotes and replies: *a bazillion other very weird Canadian shows I had never even heard of* (some of which I may need to check out lol)
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I ADORE these. I can only find the big one at Sprouts but when I saw the bags at Costco I bought two and tossed 'em in the freezer. Still thinking about getting a few more in case they disappear.
I don't know who needs to know this but Honey Mama (local PDX biz) is doing some sort of licensed thing with the Girl Scouts and they made Thin Mint style Honey Mama bars 🤤
You can get the single big boy size at many places around town but only Costco appears to have the individual size mega packs
You can get the single big boy size at many places around town but only Costco appears to have the individual size mega packs
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I ADORE these. I can only find the big one at Sprouts but when I saw the bags at Costco I bought two and tossed 'em in the freezer. Still thinking about getting a few more in case they disappear.
Portland Oregon! Go look at that gorgeous moon in the SW sky!!
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Portland Oregon! Go look at that gorgeous moon in the SW sky!!
I don't know who needs to know this but Honey Mama (local PDX biz) is doing some sort of licensed thing with the Girl Scouts and they made Thin Mint style Honey Mama bars 🤤
You can get the single big boy size at many places around town but only Costco appears to have the individual size mega packs
You can get the single big boy size at many places around town but only Costco appears to have the individual size mega packs
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I don't know who needs to know this but Honey Mama (local PDX biz) is doing some sort of licensed thing with the Girl Scouts and they made Thin Mint style Honey Mama bars 🤤
You can get the single big boy size at many places around town but only Costco appears to have the individual size mega packs
You can get the single big boy size at many places around town but only Costco appears to have the individual size mega packs
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Help us tell the mayor his plan is bullshit.
Alright everyone! We are getting to the final few days to sign the Finding Home petition!
By signing this petition you will show Portland City Councilors and Multnomah County Commissioners that we want root cause solutions to our housing crisis!
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November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Help us tell the mayor his plan is bullshit.
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the new season is currently airing (I have not started it yet) but if anyone wants to get the flavor here’s my thread on last year about the most unhinged reality show everyone should be watching
on recommendation from my sister, I am embarking upon the Hallmark Channel series FINDING MR. CHRISTMAS, a reality show for wholesome men to compete for the right to star in a Hallmark Christmas movie
so excited to learn more from these experts about straight culture
so excited to learn more from these experts about straight culture
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
the new season is currently airing (I have not started it yet) but if anyone wants to get the flavor here’s my thread on last year about the most unhinged reality show everyone should be watching
Once again the "we can't run a business unless we're allowed to steal" crowd not realizing how utterly pathetic that makes them sound!
BREAKING: RealPage is suing New York, challenging a new state law that bans landlords from using algorithms to set rents.
RealPage claims that its software, which landlords have used to collude on rents, is protected by the First Amendment.
RealPage claims that its software, which landlords have used to collude on rents, is protected by the First Amendment.
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Once again the "we can't run a business unless we're allowed to steal" crowd not realizing how utterly pathetic that makes them sound!
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A story in two parts based on my homework (it was supposed* to have a third introductory part but I ran out of time before my homework was due)
*by my brain, not like as part of the assignment
*by my brain, not like as part of the assignment
![Illustration inspired by the flammarion engraving, the kitty with the spyglass can be seen now head sticking out of the firmament which represents that k[x] is the integral closure of itself and s must in be k. It reads in banners: obtaining the integral closure of k[x] but it’s still just k[x]. I’ve changed the border from the original to have spyglasses on either side.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:67fu5pe5yhqmxtwldxhrf3pw/bafkreigrfcbwhp3eallxvpcgqjzwjxjl52tc4juyz7zekiucihbebordfu@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A story in two parts based on my homework (it was supposed* to have a third introductory part but I ran out of time before my homework was due)
*by my brain, not like as part of the assignment
*by my brain, not like as part of the assignment
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ISO: SOUND RECORDIST in LA willing to mask up on december 7th to assist in a documentary!
unsure on further deets, am boosting for a pal—email for all the info + please pass around #LASky (if that is a thing lol)
unsure on further deets, am boosting for a pal—email for all the info + please pass around #LASky (if that is a thing lol)
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
ISO: SOUND RECORDIST in LA willing to mask up on december 7th to assist in a documentary!
unsure on further deets, am boosting for a pal—email for all the info + please pass around #LASky (if that is a thing lol)
unsure on further deets, am boosting for a pal—email for all the info + please pass around #LASky (if that is a thing lol)
Bumping into the gardening feed! 🌱
Question for gardeners!
If you plant the little bulbs (seeds??) that come out of garlic scape blossoms, what happens?
Baby garlic???
Or... will anything happen at all?
If you plant the little bulbs (seeds??) that come out of garlic scape blossoms, what happens?
Baby garlic???
Or... will anything happen at all?
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Bumping into the gardening feed! 🌱
🧶 Trying my hand at three-color stranded knitting for the first time and I'm about to add my third color like
two men standing in a field with the words " this is it "
Alt: Samwise Gamgee in LOTR saying "This is it. If I take one more step, it'll be the farthest away from home I've ever been."
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
🧶 Trying my hand at three-color stranded knitting for the first time and I'm about to add my third color like
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Oh, it's just a call center scam. That's all the US economy is now. Call center scams. Rerouting, delays, dropping your call. Everyone at Comcast should be fucking ashamed.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Oh, it's just a call center scam. That's all the US economy is now. Call center scams. Rerouting, delays, dropping your call. Everyone at Comcast should be fucking ashamed.
Saint Paul folks!
Monarca Update!
Federal agents have shifted their operation to 608 Maryland Ave E, Saint Paul MN 55117
11/25/25 11:00am
Upstander Legal Observers needed
Federal agents have shifted their operation to 608 Maryland Ave E, Saint Paul MN 55117
11/25/25 11:00am
Upstander Legal Observers needed
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Saint Paul folks!
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📣 Apresj20 Covid Long France relaie un appel important à participation !
Des équipes de la Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam et de l’Université de médecine de Vienne travaillent ensemble pour améliorer l’évaluation du malaise post-effort (MPE = PEM), un symptôme central du #CovidLong et de l’EM.
Des équipes de la Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam et de l’Université de médecine de Vienne travaillent ensemble pour améliorer l’évaluation du malaise post-effort (MPE = PEM), un symptôme central du #CovidLong et de l’EM.
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
📣 Apresj20 Covid Long France relaie un appel important à participation !
Des équipes de la Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam et de l’Université de médecine de Vienne travaillent ensemble pour améliorer l’évaluation du malaise post-effort (MPE = PEM), un symptôme central du #CovidLong et de l’EM.
Des équipes de la Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam et de l’Université de médecine de Vienne travaillent ensemble pour améliorer l’évaluation du malaise post-effort (MPE = PEM), un symptôme central du #CovidLong et de l’EM.
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Stop trying to make fetch happen
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents alike
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1764037440
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1764037440
AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
restofworld.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Stop trying to make fetch happen
This is a nightmare of a PR, and I'm surprised the maintainers didn't just perma-ban the author after his repeat unwillingness to incorporate any feedback whatsoever about his fully AI-generated code, complete with false attribution in the files themselves
like w-h-a-t sir please be serious
like w-h-a-t sir please be serious
One of the many joys of using AI for programming is the creation of huge PRs on complex topics that the authors barely understand, but still suggest "because they work". Here's a great example from #OCaml github.com/ocaml/ocaml/...
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont · Pull Request #14369 · ocaml/ocaml
DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler
This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB.
What's Impleme...
github.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This is a nightmare of a PR, and I'm surprised the maintainers didn't just perma-ban the author after his repeat unwillingness to incorporate any feedback whatsoever about his fully AI-generated code, complete with false attribution in the files themselves
like w-h-a-t sir please be serious
like w-h-a-t sir please be serious
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AI coding has revealed just how many people in our industry don’t appreciate that for any long lived code the cost of initial implementaion is absolutely dwarfed by the cost of maintenance. So much that for long lived projects we can consider: cost of code = cost of maintenance.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
AI coding has revealed just how many people in our industry don’t appreciate that for any long lived code the cost of initial implementaion is absolutely dwarfed by the cost of maintenance. So much that for long lived projects we can consider: cost of code = cost of maintenance.
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Yeah 😔 I know I’m not worthless, but I also know society sees me as worthless & that has real consequences
sick people should be able to count on social programs for care so we don't have to put ourselves through self-esteem shredding relationships just to get sufficient help
I feel so incredibly worthless today and am questioning why I'm even on this planet, and while part of me knows--
I feel so incredibly worthless today and am questioning why I'm even on this planet, and while part of me knows--
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Yeah 😔 I know I’m not worthless, but I also know society sees me as worthless & that has real consequences
well, the r/lyme subreddit seems to maybe be a nice place and I may spend more time on there
(I was doing a bit of internet searching re: houttuynia, which I start tomorrow)
(I was doing a bit of internet searching re: houttuynia, which I start tomorrow)
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
well, the r/lyme subreddit seems to maybe be a nice place and I may spend more time on there
(I was doing a bit of internet searching re: houttuynia, which I start tomorrow)
(I was doing a bit of internet searching re: houttuynia, which I start tomorrow)
oh goodness this is cute
I can't help but caption this photo like the wee escaped bb alligator in Boston last week (or whenever it was)
"do you guys have any games on your phone?"
I can't help but caption this photo like the wee escaped bb alligator in Boston last week (or whenever it was)
"do you guys have any games on your phone?"
Weddell seal pups can be curious if you’re sitting next to them quietly. Here, we were collecting a scat sample and the little one leaned a bit closer to see what I was doing.
Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
🧪🌎🦑🦊
Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
🧪🌎🦑🦊
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
oh goodness this is cute
I can't help but caption this photo like the wee escaped bb alligator in Boston last week (or whenever it was)
"do you guys have any games on your phone?"
I can't help but caption this photo like the wee escaped bb alligator in Boston last week (or whenever it was)
"do you guys have any games on your phone?"
sick people should be able to count on social programs for care so we don't have to put ourselves through self-esteem shredding relationships just to get sufficient help
I feel so incredibly worthless today and am questioning why I'm even on this planet, and while part of me knows--
I feel so incredibly worthless today and am questioning why I'm even on this planet, and while part of me knows--
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
sick people should be able to count on social programs for care so we don't have to put ourselves through self-esteem shredding relationships just to get sufficient help
I feel so incredibly worthless today and am questioning why I'm even on this planet, and while part of me knows--
I feel so incredibly worthless today and am questioning why I'm even on this planet, and while part of me knows--
There's plenty to criticize here but if that's a rosary he's holding I want to slap it the fuck out of his hands
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
There's plenty to criticize here but if that's a rosary he's holding I want to slap it the fuck out of his hands
This whole thing is terrible (what the article itself details + the news site mucking up the article with AI) but the "oh hey, here for the article, what about us trying to sell you stuff for Black Friday instead?" really says the quiet part out loud about what the end game is for forced AI products
I was actually trying to read the article, but had to scroll past & work to avoid any stray clicks landing on this:
I'm trying to read the damn article, which presumably has answers to those questions, which I can find by ... reading the article.
>>
I'm trying to read the damn article, which presumably has answers to those questions, which I can find by ... reading the article.
>>
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This whole thing is terrible (what the article itself details + the news site mucking up the article with AI) but the "oh hey, here for the article, what about us trying to sell you stuff for Black Friday instead?" really says the quiet part out loud about what the end game is for forced AI products
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gofund.me/dbd60eb45
Y’all, things are dire since my car has been stolen a week before our move. We were counting on having it. Things have been really rough & being on disability, which I’ve been on since my lymphoma diagnosis, limits my budget drastically. If you can help or share I’d be grateful.
Y’all, things are dire since my car has been stolen a week before our move. We were counting on having it. Things have been really rough & being on disability, which I’ve been on since my lymphoma diagnosis, limits my budget drastically. If you can help or share I’d be grateful.
Donate to Charlie’s Urgent Relocation Fund, organized by Kristen Maloney
My name is Kris, and I have created this GoFundMe on behalf of my partner, Charlie. T… Kristen Maloney needs your support for Charlie’s Urgent Relocation Fund
gofund.me
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
gofund.me/dbd60eb45
Y’all, things are dire since my car has been stolen a week before our move. We were counting on having it. Things have been really rough & being on disability, which I’ve been on since my lymphoma diagnosis, limits my budget drastically. If you can help or share I’d be grateful.
Y’all, things are dire since my car has been stolen a week before our move. We were counting on having it. Things have been really rough & being on disability, which I’ve been on since my lymphoma diagnosis, limits my budget drastically. If you can help or share I’d be grateful.
Alright, came up with this on the fly, we'll see if it's any good
(If it is good, I'll be happy to share the rough recipe I came up with!)
(If it is good, I'll be happy to share the rough recipe I came up with!)
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Alright, came up with this on the fly, we'll see if it's any good
(If it is good, I'll be happy to share the rough recipe I came up with!)
(If it is good, I'll be happy to share the rough recipe I came up with!)