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Sarah K Moir

@smore.bsky.social

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Endlessly curious about docs, music, data, ethics in tech, inclusivity, borders on the web, and so much more. Can be spotted taking the bus to the club. Technical writer in SF. She/her.

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 23d

I also have a blog at thisisimportant.net, please motivate me to publish more than once every 6 months (oh no)

This is important

Sarah Moir is a tech writer in San Francisco, CA, USA. Read the output of her curiosity-driven research into music metadata, technical writing practices, documentation for startups and SaaS, data anal...

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Assaf @assaf.bsky.social · 4d

Weekend Reading — Cloud outages will continue until morale improves

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Weekend Reading — Cloud outages will continue until morale improves

Kevin Beaumont Tech Stuff I am sorry, but everyone is getting syntax highlighting wrong I'm using Alabaster to see how I like it (PS it's an extension, not a theme): The problem with that i...

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 4d

"The new NRF report acknowledges that retailers do not 'have a unified industry database collecting retail crime data,' and many retailers lack 'the resources or capabilities to collect and track retail theft.' Yet the NRF still issued a report claiming shoplifting has increased 93% in four years."

Lies, damn lies, and shoplifting statistics

For 32 years, the National Retail Federation (NRF) — the lobbying group representing major retailers in the United States — has produced the "National Retail Security Survey." The survey, widely cited...

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 11d

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 7, Episode 23

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 12d

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 13, Episode 21

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, I mention that in the post.

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 13d

one of my niche interests is music data analysis... a couple months ago I gave a lightning talk about music metadata and finally finished writing up all the details for my blog:

thisisimportant.net/posts/music-...

Music metadata: What it is and why it matters

What music metadata is, how digital streaming providers (DSPs) create acoustic, explicit, and cultural music metadata, what music metadata is used for, why music metadata matters to listeners, and how...

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 20d

yesssss me too and I offhandedly mentioned it to some longtime friends and they were like "wait what now??" so I figured it was time to shout more!

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 21d

divert purchases to your local library and read more books that you might want to!

Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 21d

constantly internally raving about how good this extension is and didn't do enough raving about it externally: www.libraryextension.com

any page that you go look at a book, it will search your local library catalog and tell you if it has it!

Library Extension (for web browsers)

Library Extension lets you instantly see book and eBook availability from your local library

www.libraryextension.com

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · 21d

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 5, Episode 9

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 22d

I started only buying the vacuum sealed pre mashed avocados bc it’s so reliably consistent 😅

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 22d

@sfmta.bsky.social please please run more N trains at rush hour, I’d like to be less physically close to my fellow commuters on a regular basis.

Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 23d

I also have a blog at thisisimportant.net, please motivate me to publish more than once every 6 months (oh no)

This is important

thisisimportant.net

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 23d

for folks in the SF bay area, I restarted my monthly events (mostly shows, but also book talks and more) newsletter a few months ago: buttondown.com/see-moir-mus...

See Moir Music

A monthly newsletter about shows I recommend in the San Francisco Bay Area, featuring music recommendations, music-related events, and other anecdotes and links.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 11

Just 10 members of Congress have even dared to call Israel's mass murder in Gaza a genocide. Meanwhile, they're straight up murdering journalists. The gulf between what's happening and what most of our leaders will acknowledge is so remarkably vast.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Aug 11

How much more evidence of genocide do Western governments and press need to acknowledge reality?

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · Aug 7

and also check out sharing and reuse to make sure your posts can't go where you don't want them to go

wells is making a social media co-op @wells.bsky.social · Aug 7

PSA for anyone using instagram, go to settings and turn off location sharing cause your posts and stories show where you are down to the block now

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · Aug 5

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 7, Episode 13

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · Aug 5

too real

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · May 6

pjreddie, who made the best real-time computer vision system, epically explaining that he quit AI because the primary use case was killing people

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · Aug 3

smart rule to have set up tbh

Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · Aug 3

Just got back from a trip so now I have like 10 emails from each company I interacted with asking how my trip was... can we not do CSAT like this, please?

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tierney cyren @bnb.im · Jul 25

fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.

going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.

if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!

reposts from tech folks appreciated <3

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KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · Jul 22

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 3, Episode 4

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · Jul 12

the two news reading personas in 2025

KOTH Screens @kothscreens.bsky.social · Jul 12

Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 8, Episode 9