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KC Lemson

@kclemson.bsky.social

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Old-ish person who’s been online a long time and likes puns and tech, except when tech pisses me off. Also a mom of 2 adults, ADHD, and recently retired from working at Microsoft. #BlackLivesMatter 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · Feb 8

If I pay you to swear, that’s a diss incentive structure

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 15h

Bedlam card game screenshot from www.bedlamgame.com (a Cards Against Humanity-style game for tech workers). Question card: 'Looking for a job in tech and want to stand out from the crowd? My advice is to do a LOT more __________.'. Answer card(s): 'Being the loudest person to shout "containers"'.

KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 15h

I made this design a few years ago and it’s the gift that keeps on giving

www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Ze...

A sticker in the design of “0 days since workplace injury” that says “0 days since it was DNS (it’s always DNS)”

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 1d

pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 1d

KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 1d

👩‍🍳💋

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TashasEv[ered Head] @tashasev.bsky.social · 1d

Pic of Zuri we got from the groomer this morning to help with the Sunday scaries

A glowing white fluffy white dog looking up and slightly to the left with sleepy eyes but perky ears. She’s wearing a purple Halloween bandanna with a Halloween background

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2d

Bluesky feed rn like

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pissed grandma
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unicorns and frogs
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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 2d

I lived in the Philippines for a few years as a kid, starting a year after Marcos was deposed. There were multiple military coups where we evacuated (we lived in a neighborhood right next to two separate military camps), and I remember seeing streets that were empty… except for tanks.

KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 2d

My 84yo mom was radicalized by Charlottesville. Later, she wanted to get on a bus and go across three states to protest children in cages. So in ♥️♥️ with folks of their generation who stand up for what’s right.

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◥◤CDFI, Frankenstein @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 2d

Across all the major outlets — NYT, WSJ, WaPo, LAT, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC, CNBC, NPR, Bloomberg — the only outlet without a No Kings story on its home page is CBS News.

For every other outlet, it's near the top. Even Fox News is running with "Nationwide unrest looms as thousands mobilize"

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 5d

The front desk at my hotel recommends this bar but I dunno…

A neon sign for a bar named “GASLIGHT CLUB”

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 6d

Today I finished the first of the painted pumpkins for this year’s theme

Painted pumpkin of the derpy tiger from k-pop demon hunters

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 7d

I always wondered about this guy

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 7d

I not only remember the numbers, but also the tones - my friend’s home number sounded like a few bars from phantom of the opera and was such fun to punch in

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 15d

Coping with the fact that tomorrow is Monday by convincing local strangers to send me pictures of their pets throughout the week.

Chalk art on a sidewalk of a multcolored burst of angular lines, under which "GOOD DOG" is written in fluorescent yellow, pink, and black with an arrow pointing up to the line burst, encouraging people to put their dogs in the middle and take a photo because sharing pet pictures makes the world a better place. At the bottom of the sidewalk it says "SHOW US YOUR DOGS!" with the handle of the art instagram @rocks_on_the_block

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 8d

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 8d

I was just minding my own business and then suddenly I can’t stop thinking about Tom Cruise’s middle tooth

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 10d

Perimenopause the platypus

KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah society is falling apart and we are watching it happen day by day, but on the bright side my 85 year old mother happened to casually drop today that she had to play bridge against her nemesis, and it brings me great joy to know that she has a nemesis (or rather, NEMESES when I asked about it)

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 14d

that makes my eyes twitch 😆

KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 14d

In one of those weird life coincidences, a few hours after I posted the above, my daughter texted me this pic because she thought it was funny 😆😆

A truck with the “stop freakin call beacon plumbing” ad on it, the label “TRENCHLESS PIPE REPAIR”, and the contact number 1 800 FREAKIN

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 14d

For a few years as a teenager, a significant part of my personality was based on how much I loved MJ's "Black or White" music video, and only now I learn that it was directed by John Landis. 👩‍🍳💋

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

Michael Jackson - Black or White (Official Video)

YouTube video by michaeljacksonVEVO

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KC Lemson @kclemson.bsky.social · 14d

Starting a petition to pronounce Bluesky such that it rhymes with brewski

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