Maura Teal

YouTube video by The TSMU Fan Confusion and Delay Compilation

One of the memes that pops into my head is the "You have caused confusion and delay". Today I went to grab a fresh copy of the image and I stumbled across this supercut. Who knew they said the phrase *so many* times on that show 😆

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It also helps to have a good floof nearby for snuggles and entertainment

Give me a hammock and a perfect spring evening and I’ll be pretty darn happy 🌅

a man is throwing papers in the air while sitting on a couch ALT: a man is throwing papers in the air while sitting on a couch

Who else here gets bothered by having too many unread e-mails in your inbox? 🙋‍♀️
Does it ever just get to the point where you want to hit "archive all" and start fresh? Just me?

Deodorant on a shelf in a store that is a scent collaboration between Native and Dunkin Donuts

Deodorant on a shelf in a store that is a scent collaboration between Dove and Crumbl Cookies.

Branded cookie and donut scented deodorant. For some reason this also was not on my 2025 bingo card. Or really any bingo card ever.

Every time I think to myself we’re so close to real life being like Idiocracy, I wait six months and things are headed even more in that direction than I thought possible 🫠 it’s a scary cycle

Beautiful yet (relatively) quiet day at the Phoenix Open. Go sports! ⛳️

This quote is amazing... I want to frame it and put it on my desk

Aw thanks Jem. I just realized I had to edit down my original post and cut out mention of the emotional rollercoaster part. I’ll be fine yesterday was just an extra stressful day.

Update: I am imagining myself anywhere else now.

So that's my short thread about how things are going since I decided I was going to work at an airline a short 18+ months ago.

Today was a long day full of questions, deployments, and meetings. I forgot to eat lunch (and dinner). But I still have a really hard time imagining myself anywhere else.

And then there's managing my own mental health. I am genuinely excited to learn about how the acquiring org works and their tech, as well as meet new incredibly smart people.

But I am also anxious about navigating a new network, current work relationships, career path, etc etc.

My first goal is making sure my team is ok & has the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and knowledge: opportunities are finally starting to pop up ~4 months into our 12 month interim contract.

This experience is tricky for everyone and we're all feeling our way through it.

Being a part of a major airline merger is a really incredible experience, but it's nothing like I thought I was ready for.

All the day-to-day complexities to literally "keep the [current] airline running" while learning about a new parent org, looking out for my team, and so much more.

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said Whisper is a popular transcription tool powered by artificial intelligence, but it has a major flaw. It makes things up that were never said.

Remember this? A problem we didn't have in automated speech recognition tools until OpenAI decided they were going to do away with alignment (not the kind that so-called "AI safety" people do)? And they're giving us "artificial general intelligence" any day now right?

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Absolutely wilt that this is still going on 😳 there are so many incredible people that have contributed to WP and a lot are being outright driven away...

I appreciated the clear and specific ideas in your post. Looking forward to hearing more about the potential in solutions like federation!

What is everyone using for local dev environments these days & what type of work you do you use it for (backend/internal API, full stack web app, etc)?

*world. Share your unique perspective with the world 😄 Build, teach, speak, write, train, paint, whittle, etc etc

This is a lovely succinct reminder. Especially “You have a unique voice that others don’t have.” This applies to many facets of our creativity and what we can share with the would.

Watched a horse sell at auction for 💶 850,000

I’ve spent the last week in rural Germany touring & admiring horse facilities & learning a ton.

And bonus: not only did I learn about the equine industry here, I also learned a ton about non-rev (stand-by) travel to and in Europe 😆 😅

I’m ready to go back and build some cool stuff now 👩‍💻

I’m going to dig in my closet tonight to see what I’ll take as a backup in case they’re awful 😂

I'm both nervous and excited that my new shoes came in the day before I leave for a trip. Seems like a risky choice but I want to believe that I chose well and they'll break in without breaking me 😅

Sunday morning cat tax

Hello 🦋 nice to see the blue sky. Is the grass greener here too?