🏳️🌈 Lian Li 李莲 ✊🏿
@lianmakesthings.bsky.social
She/her
Cloud Native Human, Chief Karaoke Officer, Actor, Comedian
☭✊🏿🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌍
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Once Upon A Mattress — Happily Ever After Productions
www.heaproductions.nl
Hi friends,
as some of you know, I dabble in musical theatre from time to time. And I have a show coming up, end of March in Amsterdam. We’re going to have 10 performances in total over the span of 3 weeks, so no excuses 😅
The show is family-friendly, we even have some kids on the cast 👀
as some of you know, I dabble in musical theatre from time to time. And I have a show coming up, end of March in Amsterdam. We’re going to have 10 performances in total over the span of 3 weeks, so no excuses 😅
The show is family-friendly, we even have some kids on the cast 👀
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Science evolves, but consensus matters.
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.
www.livescience.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Science evolves, but consensus matters.
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
Don’t confuse openness to revision with carte blanche for misinformation.
Settled science exists - and it matters for policy and public trust.
Read the full article here: www.livescience.com/...
10/10
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😁 I love seeing 3 of my dear friends giving the keynotes at @kcduk.bsky.social day 2! 💙
Great work @lianmakesthings.bsky.social @mccune.org.uk @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social 🎉
Great work @lianmakesthings.bsky.social @mccune.org.uk @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social 🎉
October 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
😁 I love seeing 3 of my dear friends giving the keynotes at @kcduk.bsky.social day 2! 💙
Great work @lianmakesthings.bsky.social @mccune.org.uk @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social 🎉
Great work @lianmakesthings.bsky.social @mccune.org.uk @wiggitywhitney.bsky.social 🎉
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Day 2 of @kcduk.bsky.social and @lianmakesthings.bsky.social is explaining how platform engineering replaced the DevOps walk of confusion with a canyon of confusion.
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Day 2 of @kcduk.bsky.social and @lianmakesthings.bsky.social is explaining how platform engineering replaced the DevOps walk of confusion with a canyon of confusion.
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
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The administration is not powerful enough to crack down on all opposition to fascism. In all likelihood, this is chiefly a performative measure intended to intimidate people.
It will only be possible to impose fascist control on this society as a whole if people stop resisting. Keep fighting. 🏴
It will only be possible to impose fascist control on this society as a whole if people stop resisting. Keep fighting. 🏴
It's Safer in the Front
Faced with intensifying repression and state violence, there is an understandable inclination to seek safety by avoiding confrontation. But this is not always the most effective strategy.
crimethinc.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The administration is not powerful enough to crack down on all opposition to fascism. In all likelihood, this is chiefly a performative measure intended to intimidate people.
It will only be possible to impose fascist control on this society as a whole if people stop resisting. Keep fighting. 🏴
It will only be possible to impose fascist control on this society as a whole if people stop resisting. Keep fighting. 🏴
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This week has been a long year. But you know what to do. 😍
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This week has been a long year. But you know what to do. 😍
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Their bad-faith game of denial is destroying our ability to respond to the collapse of civil society. They behave constantly in ways that actively destabilize our institutions and endanger our peace, and then, when the worst happens, affect mock outrage anyone would see their transparent motive.
September 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Their bad-faith game of denial is destroying our ability to respond to the collapse of civil society. They behave constantly in ways that actively destabilize our institutions and endanger our peace, and then, when the worst happens, affect mock outrage anyone would see their transparent motive.
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Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way
The mainstream media seems entirely uninterested in explaining Charlie Kirk's work.
www.404media.co
September 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mainstream pundits have instantly sanitized and ignored Charlie Kirk's core political project and its impacts. He has been remembered by the mainstream press as someone they merely disagreed with, a debate me-guy whose words and actions had zero consequences:
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
www.404media.co/charlie-kirk...
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Feel like this security concept wasn’t quite thought through
September 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Feel like this security concept wasn’t quite thought through
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6 days left for your Rejekts proposal... just one day of programming this year, so competition for spots will be tighter than usual!
📣We're excited to announce that #Rejekts will take place on Nov. 8 as a one-day event before KubeCon Atlanta🌆
📜CFP is now open👉🏽 tinyurl.com/e6bkfpd8
🔔We look forward to receiving your rejekted proposals until 11th Aug 23:59 PM ET!
📜CFP is now open👉🏽 tinyurl.com/e6bkfpd8
🔔We look forward to receiving your rejekted proposals until 11th Aug 23:59 PM ET!
Cloud Native Rejekts NA (Atlanta) 2025
Schedule, talks and talk submissions for Cloud Native Rejekts NA (Atlanta) 2025
tinyurl.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
6 days left for your Rejekts proposal... just one day of programming this year, so competition for spots will be tighter than usual!
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Which kind of former coder are you: baking bread, too many synthesizers, or woodworking?
June 23, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Which kind of former coder are you: baking bread, too many synthesizers, or woodworking?
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Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
May 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.
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There’s no question that the Catholic Church has deep flaws. But at a time when we need allies to fight AI, its moral framing of the issue, grounded in real-world problems instead of sci-fi fantasies, could be useful in building a larger coalition against AI.
www.disconnect.blog/p/will-pope-...
www.disconnect.blog/p/will-pope-...
May 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There’s no question that the Catholic Church has deep flaws. But at a time when we need allies to fight AI, its moral framing of the issue, grounded in real-world problems instead of sci-fi fantasies, could be useful in building a larger coalition against AI.
www.disconnect.blog/p/will-pope-...
www.disconnect.blog/p/will-pope-...
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Later this month, @techwontsave.us turns five years old. It’s hard to believe I’ve been making the show for this long!
Over that time I’ve interviewed hundreds of guests to spread critical perspectives on tech far and wide — and I know it’s had an impact.
Over that time I’ve interviewed hundreds of guests to spread critical perspectives on tech far and wide — and I know it’s had an impact.
April 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Later this month, @techwontsave.us turns five years old. It’s hard to believe I’ve been making the show for this long!
Over that time I’ve interviewed hundreds of guests to spread critical perspectives on tech far and wide — and I know it’s had an impact.
Over that time I’ve interviewed hundreds of guests to spread critical perspectives on tech far and wide — and I know it’s had an impact.
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We're getting close! Only 12 more days until Kuberoke! Check out this video to hear why our Chief Karaoke Officer @lianmakesthings.dev started Kuberoke and what song she is planning to sing!
March 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We're getting close! Only 12 more days until Kuberoke! Check out this video to hear why our Chief Karaoke Officer @lianmakesthings.dev started Kuberoke and what song she is planning to sing!
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einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter:
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
June 27, 2024 at 2:17 PM
einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter:
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
(1) your haters are trash
(2) you’re a baller, a true queen
(3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️
March 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Registrations for Kuberoke are now open! Join us on April 2nd for a night of musical splendour 🎤✨
📝 We heard your feedback and changed the registration flow. All you need is to sign up and bring the QR code + your KubeCon lanyard
🕘 Doors open at 9 pm, last admission at 0:30am.
ti.to/kuberoke/kub...
📝 We heard your feedback and changed the registration flow. All you need is to sign up and bring the QR code + your KubeCon lanyard
🕘 Doors open at 9 pm, last admission at 0:30am.
ti.to/kuberoke/kub...
Kuberoke Spring Party London 2025
That Cloud Native conference is coming to London and to celebrate the occasion, we are hosting a Karaoke party on Wednesday April 2, 9pm - 2am at Be At One, London. Doors open 9pm and close 0:30am. Pl...
ti.to
February 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Registrations for Kuberoke are now open! Join us on April 2nd for a night of musical splendour 🎤✨
📝 We heard your feedback and changed the registration flow. All you need is to sign up and bring the QR code + your KubeCon lanyard
🕘 Doors open at 9 pm, last admission at 0:30am.
ti.to/kuberoke/kub...
📝 We heard your feedback and changed the registration flow. All you need is to sign up and bring the QR code + your KubeCon lanyard
🕘 Doors open at 9 pm, last admission at 0:30am.
ti.to/kuberoke/kub...
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🎼🪕MEET THE MINSTREL (Cast Pea)
Get ready to hear the dulcet tones of Wesley Curtis in cast Pea as he unfolds the true events behind the fairytale....
📸: Cheryl Hart photography
#OnceUponAMattress #MusicalTheatre #Amsterdam #HappilyEverAfter #TossACoin
Get ready to hear the dulcet tones of Wesley Curtis in cast Pea as he unfolds the true events behind the fairytale....
📸: Cheryl Hart photography
#OnceUponAMattress #MusicalTheatre #Amsterdam #HappilyEverAfter #TossACoin
February 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🎼🪕MEET THE MINSTREL (Cast Pea)
Get ready to hear the dulcet tones of Wesley Curtis in cast Pea as he unfolds the true events behind the fairytale....
📸: Cheryl Hart photography
#OnceUponAMattress #MusicalTheatre #Amsterdam #HappilyEverAfter #TossACoin
Get ready to hear the dulcet tones of Wesley Curtis in cast Pea as he unfolds the true events behind the fairytale....
📸: Cheryl Hart photography
#OnceUponAMattress #MusicalTheatre #Amsterdam #HappilyEverAfter #TossACoin
The venue is fantastic, and we can't wait to welcome you all to Kuberoke in April! ❤️ 🎤
Exciting news! We have secured a venue for Kuberoke London 🎉
The ultimate Karaoke party will take place Wednesday, April 2nd at Be At One Liverpool Street in London City.
Registrations will open soon, so keep an eye out on this page.
kuberoke.love/events/sprin...
The ultimate Karaoke party will take place Wednesday, April 2nd at Be At One Liverpool Street in London City.
Registrations will open soon, so keep an eye out on this page.
kuberoke.love/events/sprin...
Spring Party London 2025
That Cloud Native conference is coming to London and to celebrate the occasion, we are hosting a Karaoke party on Wednesday April 2, 9pm - 1am (TBC) at Be At One, London.
kuberoke.love
February 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The venue is fantastic, and we can't wait to welcome you all to Kuberoke in April! ❤️ 🎤
POV: you’re running a k8s platform with multiple tenants.
February 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
POV: you’re running a k8s platform with multiple tenants.
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We've prepared a zine version of our text "It’s Safer in the Front."
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
February 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
We've prepared a zine version of our text "It’s Safer in the Front."
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴
Please print and distribute!
crimethinc.com/zines/its-sa...
“Counterintuitive though it is, in a confusing situation, often the best—if not safest—place to be is the front lines, so you can see what is going on around you.” 🏴