Blenster 🅅
@blenster.com
I break things and write detailed reports. Rapid Prototyper. Maker. Apprentice Knifemaker. Sometimes I try to help explain social situations to dudes.
Trans rights are human rights and Black lives matter.
I love you.
Trans rights are human rights and Black lives matter.
I love you.
Pinned
Blenster 🅅
@blenster.com
· Apr 5
www.etsy.com
Support my amazing sister and her beautiful handmade cards by buying one here: www.etsy.com/shop/artistc...
#MakeAllTheThings
#MakeAllTheThings
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
Hey #KubeCon, be extra kind to the staff today. One of them I chatted with yesterday whispered to me that people were giving them a hard time today
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hey #KubeCon, be extra kind to the staff today. One of them I chatted with yesterday whispered to me that people were giving them a hard time today
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
Join the Purrvolution 🐾Please open thread and scroll through, if you’d like to read the comic 🐈⬛
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Join the Purrvolution 🐾Please open thread and scroll through, if you’d like to read the comic 🐈⬛
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
A togglable "I'm an adult with kids and a job" feature that assumes you only get to play once a week, and dumps a summary of what you were last doing/your current objectives in a corner tooltip on loading a save.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A togglable "I'm an adult with kids and a job" feature that assumes you only get to play once a week, and dumps a summary of what you were last doing/your current objectives in a corner tooltip on loading a save.
I grew up intensely bullied and learned not to care what others thought about me early on.
Learning to be myself took a while and the more I have the better the people I associate are.
Life is better when you care about the right people's opinions and ignore everyone else. Learning how is worth it
Learning to be myself took a while and the more I have the better the people I associate are.
Life is better when you care about the right people's opinions and ignore everyone else. Learning how is worth it
I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I grew up intensely bullied and learned not to care what others thought about me early on.
Learning to be myself took a while and the more I have the better the people I associate are.
Life is better when you care about the right people's opinions and ignore everyone else. Learning how is worth it
Learning to be myself took a while and the more I have the better the people I associate are.
Life is better when you care about the right people's opinions and ignore everyone else. Learning how is worth it
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This is my Chinese cave gecko. It caves less than the Democrats.
A coworker and I used to listen to this song on repeat for literally hours and I imagine we drove our coworkers nuts but we absolutely got a ton of work done and bonded over this song:
Help me convince @offline.mountainherder.xyz to let me put a bumper sticker on our car, specifically this one
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A coworker and I used to listen to this song on repeat for literally hours and I imagine we drove our coworkers nuts but we absolutely got a ton of work done and bonded over this song:
This is an important point; when working on your inclusivity outreach I highly recommend talking to the trans/non-binary community as part of your efforts and listening to how they want to be invited.
The folks you're after are much more likely to support your mission if you do so.
The folks you're after are much more likely to support your mission if you do so.
If you want to have a gathering for women, call it a gathering for women. If you want to have a gathering for women & non-binary people, call it a gathering for women & non-binary people. If you want to make non-binary people sad, call it the Women’s Community Gathering and put us in the fine print
November 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is an important point; when working on your inclusivity outreach I highly recommend talking to the trans/non-binary community as part of your efforts and listening to how they want to be invited.
The folks you're after are much more likely to support your mission if you do so.
The folks you're after are much more likely to support your mission if you do so.
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
Also, define your acronyms!!! I've spent entire cybersecurity talks frantically googling acronyms.
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Also, define your acronyms!!! I've spent entire cybersecurity talks frantically googling acronyms.
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
![Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic7wdqg4w6qfevbqzzq4esd6237pojsnpwsrbb7gaxsxobqaiwazm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
A small reminder from your feline friend 🐈⬛🤍
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A small reminder from your feline friend 🐈⬛🤍
One thing I've learned is that it's okay to talk about the basics and people really appreciate it when you do a good job explaining them.
What's "basic" to me isn't to them (and vice versa) so trade knowledge freely and make us all better.
What's "basic" to me isn't to them (and vice versa) so trade knowledge freely and make us all better.
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
One thing I've learned is that it's okay to talk about the basics and people really appreciate it when you do a good job explaining them.
What's "basic" to me isn't to them (and vice versa) so trade knowledge freely and make us all better.
What's "basic" to me isn't to them (and vice versa) so trade knowledge freely and make us all better.
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren't damn sure they're fighting the fascists with everything they've got, primary the bastard.
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
Today is a great day to do something fun or rewarding (like that chore you've been putting off) and feeling something different.
Remember to feed your mind the way you feed your body. Speaking of which; have you eaten? Had a glass of water? Real water, not just liquid.
Take good care of yourself.
Remember to feed your mind the way you feed your body. Speaking of which; have you eaten? Had a glass of water? Real water, not just liquid.
Take good care of yourself.
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Today is a great day to do something fun or rewarding (like that chore you've been putting off) and feeling something different.
Remember to feed your mind the way you feed your body. Speaking of which; have you eaten? Had a glass of water? Real water, not just liquid.
Take good care of yourself.
Remember to feed your mind the way you feed your body. Speaking of which; have you eaten? Had a glass of water? Real water, not just liquid.
Take good care of yourself.
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
Not to add to the “is having a boyfriend embarrassing” discourse, but there are other reasons for women keeping their male partners off their feeds. Years ago, I made the mistake of sharing a poem I wrote for my fiancé and tagging him. The result was people harassing him, an introverted reserved guy
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Not to add to the “is having a boyfriend embarrassing” discourse, but there are other reasons for women keeping their male partners off their feeds. Years ago, I made the mistake of sharing a poem I wrote for my fiancé and tagging him. The result was people harassing him, an introverted reserved guy
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
It's 11:40 AM Eastern and I am glad you are alive.
Thanks for being here with me. Your light in my sky brings me more comfort than you may realize.
#MakeKindnessNormal
Thanks for being here with me. Your light in my sky brings me more comfort than you may realize.
#MakeKindnessNormal
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's 11:40 AM Eastern and I am glad you are alive.
Thanks for being here with me. Your light in my sky brings me more comfort than you may realize.
#MakeKindnessNormal
Thanks for being here with me. Your light in my sky brings me more comfort than you may realize.
#MakeKindnessNormal
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
I cannot stress enough how far it goes to simply acknowledge existing challenges and the hard work of your teammates and partners you work with.
When you do that, you’re letting them know that you see them as a human, not a resource.
When you do that, you’re letting them know that you see them as a human, not a resource.
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I cannot stress enough how far it goes to simply acknowledge existing challenges and the hard work of your teammates and partners you work with.
When you do that, you’re letting them know that you see them as a human, not a resource.
When you do that, you’re letting them know that you see them as a human, not a resource.
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
“We don’t need any Black people on staff, we’re good.”
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“We don’t need any Black people on staff, we’re good.”
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
Happy Caturday 🐈⬛
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy Caturday 🐈⬛
Reposted by Blenster 🅅
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"