Kim Bannerman
@kimbannerman.bsky.social
People 1st Tech 2nd | Usability and Developer Adoption @ Google Cloud | Co-founder of Empathetic Engineering w/ Kelsey Hightower | multi Neurodivergent Mama Bear
Opinions stated here are 100% my own based on my experience
Opinions stated here are 100% my own based on my experience
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I’ll get back to talking about tech, again, but not right now.
I stopped posting on Twitter (I’ll never call it X) once things got bad. I miss community and hope this platform helps all of us to reconnect again 💜
I stopped posting on Twitter (I’ll never call it X) once things got bad. I miss community and hope this platform helps all of us to reconnect again 💜
My favorite, so far, today
April 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My favorite, so far, today
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A rising tide lifts all boats, which is great for those who have one.
April 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A rising tide lifts all boats, which is great for those who have one.
Someone asked how I’m holding up. Well I dreamt Captain America was my boyfriend & woke up with Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold the World' playing in my head. Guess my subconscious is trying to tell me even superheroes can't save us,but at least we have the 1st single for the fall of democracy soundtrack?
February 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Someone asked how I’m holding up. Well I dreamt Captain America was my boyfriend & woke up with Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold the World' playing in my head. Guess my subconscious is trying to tell me even superheroes can't save us,but at least we have the 1st single for the fall of democracy soundtrack?
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71% of California Citrus Mutual’s $78k of political donations went to Republicans. What did they expect. Best of luck to them. www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
PAC Profile: California Citrus Mutual
California Citrus Mutual raised $117,252 in the 2023-2024 election cycle. See the details.
www.opensecrets.org
January 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
71% of California Citrus Mutual’s $78k of political donations went to Republicans. What did they expect. Best of luck to them. www.opensecrets.org/political-ac...
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president of California Citrus Mutual: “We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting ... Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.” calmatters.org/economy/2025...
'People aren't going to work': A surprising immigration raid set off fears in California farm country
‘If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation,’ says local economist.
calmatters.org
January 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
president of California Citrus Mutual: “We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting ... Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.” calmatters.org/economy/2025...
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(Takes a deep breath)
We obviously need to have a talk about the fact that most hackers are pretty socially liberal and personal liberty driven. That means we typically fall in line on ideals with libertarian and civil liberties organizations and pundits.
We obviously need to have a talk about the fact that most hackers are pretty socially liberal and personal liberty driven. That means we typically fall in line on ideals with libertarian and civil liberties organizations and pundits.
January 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
(Takes a deep breath)
We obviously need to have a talk about the fact that most hackers are pretty socially liberal and personal liberty driven. That means we typically fall in line on ideals with libertarian and civil liberties organizations and pundits.
We obviously need to have a talk about the fact that most hackers are pretty socially liberal and personal liberty driven. That means we typically fall in line on ideals with libertarian and civil liberties organizations and pundits.
Steve brilliantly breaks down the motivations & priorities of divergent stakeholders in an open source ecosystem. Definitely bookmark this one #OpenSource
have had this conversation several times now, so figured it was time to write it up
redmonk.com/sogrady/2025...
redmonk.com/sogrady/2025...
Open Source Discussion Archetypes
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” – Upton Sinclair As the calendar turns over and the world takes its first stumblin…
redmonk.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Steve brilliantly breaks down the motivations & priorities of divergent stakeholders in an open source ecosystem. Definitely bookmark this one #OpenSource
How is Christmas in 1 week 🫠🤦🏻♀️
December 18, 2024 at 5:53 AM
How is Christmas in 1 week 🫠🤦🏻♀️
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We work hard all week, there's really no guarantee that once weekend comes, your brain can disengage or that it's given back to you in the same state when the week started.
If you have a really tough week, it takes time to untangle.
If you have a really tough week, it takes time to untangle.
December 14, 2024 at 3:34 PM
We work hard all week, there's really no guarantee that once weekend comes, your brain can disengage or that it's given back to you in the same state when the week started.
If you have a really tough week, it takes time to untangle.
If you have a really tough week, it takes time to untangle.
And here we are again … winds moving east and increasing until around 3pm. 30k without power already. Sustained winds of 20+ mph, gusts of 40+ mph -as of right now
December 14, 2024 at 5:08 PM
And here we are again … winds moving east and increasing until around 3pm. 30k without power already. Sustained winds of 20+ mph, gusts of 40+ mph -as of right now
Y’all know those black bins with yellow lids from Costco? Yep. That’s my container/need to organize life…
I followed this ADHD hack where they suggest putting things in containers when you are too overwhelmed and need to clean up the house quick
Now I have about 10 containers that I need to go through that I collected over the year 😂😭
Now I have about 10 containers that I need to go through that I collected over the year 😂😭
December 8, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Y’all know those black bins with yellow lids from Costco? Yep. That’s my container/need to organize life…
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“we don’t give a shit if normies die to gun violence but killing someone whose net worth is over 100m? We’ll go to the ends of the earth”
FBI offers reward up to $50,000 as health care executive’s suspected killer evades police for fourth day: cnn.it/4goevIr
FBI offers reward up to $50,000 as health care executive’s suspected killer evades police for fourth day | CNN
As the investigation into the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan enters its fourth day, the FBI says it is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to an arrest a...
cnn.it
December 8, 2024 at 1:15 AM
“we don’t give a shit if normies die to gun violence but killing someone whose net worth is over 100m? We’ll go to the ends of the earth”
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What we're witnessing today isn't greed. It's desperation caused by greed.
December 8, 2024 at 1:39 AM
What we're witnessing today isn't greed. It's desperation caused by greed.
Legit my first 2 … somehow not dystopian?
November 26, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Legit my first 2 … somehow not dystopian?
67 hours without power. Growing up in the south prepared me for this…But. I wish I had a gas hot water heater
November 22, 2024 at 9:39 PM
67 hours without power. Growing up in the south prepared me for this…But. I wish I had a gas hot water heater
36 hours with no power ….. and counting
Now this is rolling in. Atmospheric river meets Bomb Cyclone
Now this is rolling in. Atmospheric river meets Bomb Cyclone
November 21, 2024 at 3:08 PM
36 hours with no power ….. and counting
Now this is rolling in. Atmospheric river meets Bomb Cyclone
Now this is rolling in. Atmospheric river meets Bomb Cyclone
Heads up if you work with folks in the Seattle area: many folks have been without power since later afternoon/evening yesterday. Trees are blocking neighborhoods, internet is down & area schools are closed
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Heads up if you work with folks in the Seattle area: many folks have been without power since later afternoon/evening yesterday. Trees are blocking neighborhoods, internet is down & area schools are closed
On the list for today:
🔘 Journaling
🔘 Downloading hellsite archive & deleting account
🔘 Starting my passport renewal process online, expires in May 2025
🔘 A walk in the rain with Opal
But first, more coffee ☕️
🔘 Journaling
🔘 Downloading hellsite archive & deleting account
🔘 Starting my passport renewal process online, expires in May 2025
🔘 A walk in the rain with Opal
But first, more coffee ☕️
November 16, 2024 at 6:14 PM
On the list for today:
🔘 Journaling
🔘 Downloading hellsite archive & deleting account
🔘 Starting my passport renewal process online, expires in May 2025
🔘 A walk in the rain with Opal
But first, more coffee ☕️
🔘 Journaling
🔘 Downloading hellsite archive & deleting account
🔘 Starting my passport renewal process online, expires in May 2025
🔘 A walk in the rain with Opal
But first, more coffee ☕️
@milesward.com squeee! 👋🏼 it feels like we’re getting the band back together again
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 AM
@milesward.com squeee! 👋🏼 it feels like we’re getting the band back together again
@sharatchander.bsky.social so glad to see you over here, my friend! ✨
November 15, 2024 at 1:57 AM
@sharatchander.bsky.social so glad to see you over here, my friend! ✨
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One of fascism's main tactics is to physically and mentally exhaust you. To flood the zone with outrageous bullshit, to make you bite on a dozen pump-fakes — so that when the real shot comes, you're too worn out to react.
We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous
We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous
November 14, 2024 at 1:59 AM
One of fascism's main tactics is to physically and mentally exhaust you. To flood the zone with outrageous bullshit, to make you bite on a dozen pump-fakes — so that when the real shot comes, you're too worn out to react.
We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous
We need to pace ourselves. It's only been a week. Alert fatigue is dangerous
In this episode we speak to Maciej Rozacki and Wojciech Tyczyński from Google Cloud.
Google announced support for a whopping 65000 nodes on GKE for ML/AI. We spoke about the challenges they faced to get to this scale.
📰 kubernetespodcast.com/episode/241-...
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Google announced support for a whopping 65000 nodes on GKE for ML/AI. We spoke about the challenges they faced to get to this scale.
📰 kubernetespodcast.com/episode/241-...
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Kubernetes Podcast from Google: Episode 241 - 65k node clusters on GKE, with Maciej Rozacki and Wojciech Tyczyński
A weekly news and interview show with insight from the Kubernetes community.
kubernetespodcast.com
November 13, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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A lot of what NIH does is fund basic research into public health that is not profitable for pharmaceutical companies to do. This is what you get with someone who does not believe in research.
"Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said over the weekend that he intends to terminate 600 employees at the National Institutes of Health"
What a nightmare
www.newsweek.com/rfk-replace-...
What a nightmare
www.newsweek.com/rfk-replace-...
RFK Jr. suggests replacing hundreds of federal health employees
Kennedy previously said he would clear out "entire departments" of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.newsweek.com
November 12, 2024 at 1:30 AM
A lot of what NIH does is fund basic research into public health that is not profitable for pharmaceutical companies to do. This is what you get with someone who does not believe in research.
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Remember: We take care of us. We keep each other safe.
That was true yesterday, and it will be true tomorrow.
That was true yesterday, and it will be true tomorrow.
November 6, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Remember: We take care of us. We keep each other safe.
That was true yesterday, and it will be true tomorrow.
That was true yesterday, and it will be true tomorrow.