Aleen

Aleen

@aleen.bsky.social

Aleen [uh-lean], noun: Podcaster, reader, writer, knitter, nerd. Queer. A work in progress. 🌲 Portland, Oregon

615 Followers 232 Following 785 Posts Joined May 2023
4 hours ago

It all makes sense now.

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4 hours ago

You can have the Rivian R2 in any color you want, as long as it's vaguely gray.

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5 hours ago

The Arizona State University alumni association manages to find me no matter how often I move. They have got to employ some dark arts to be so good at this.

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9 hours ago

too bad about Tim Cook, tho

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9 hours ago

I genuinely think the MacBook Neo is the most exciting hardware Apple has shipped in a decade. It holds a world of possibility at a somewhat affordable price.

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9 hours ago

Term limits, too! Congress should not be a forever career for anyone.

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1 day ago

I'm getting questions about why there are trans characters in my Fantasy novel.

There's a simple answer: trans people don't need to justify existing.

Glad to clear that up!

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12 hours ago

it'd be great if mornings could be less morning-y

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2 days ago

sloppelganger

- Ingrid Burrington

Mint it

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3 days ago

Was just reminded that in 2015, my employer allowed me to go to a technical writing conference as long as I worked extra to make up for the time I was "missing."

I wonder if they made their developers make up for the time they missed go to I/O and WWDC.

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3 days ago

Do any of you use a hypochlorous acid generator you'd recommend? Force of Nature is the system I've seen most advertised, but I know other generators exist.

I go through it at a pretty fast clip; I'm not concerned about the short shelf life it has when making it at home.

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3 days ago

My poor husband can't remember that I don't like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, I think as a defense mechanism.

It is an incredibly boring movie.

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4 days ago

I got a whole-ass technical writing degree so that eventually AI could do my job terribly.

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4 days ago

Do I know anyone in the York, England, area (admittedly large) who might help me get in touch with the descendant of a pioneering printing technologist? The person in question has a very thin online presence, but I believe would welcome the contact about his family.

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4 days ago
1910 Women could wear pants
1920 White women could vote
1963 Women gained equal paid rights (sort of)
1965 Black women could vote
19 69 Women were allowed to initiate divorce
1972 Women could get birth control, without a man
1973 Women could choose to get an abortion, legally
1974 Women could buy a home, without a man
1988 Women could own their own business, without
Nomesticial protection agains
2022 Women lost the constitutional right to abortion

Strong reminder: women have not been independent for as long as some folks would like you to believe. We’ve lost rights that we never should have lost.

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5 days ago

A, in the thick of the Rose City Yarn Crawl: Are we going to go to Flock Fiber Festival in Seattle in July?

J: Huh.

A: ???

J: Just trying to figure out if we can financially recover by then.

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5 days ago

meth labs but make it cottagecore

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5 days ago

homesteading tradwives are going to branch out into meth production next

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5 days ago

This reminded me that I totally forgot to back Glenn's latest project when it launched 😱

I have obviously corrected my error.

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6 days ago

America is recommitting itself to fossil fuel vehicles, meanwhile Chinese cars will soon be able to recharge in the same time it takes to fill up at a gas station

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6 days ago

I did not write a paragraph about how The Notebook is not a romance because romances MUST end with a happily ever after (or at least a happy for now).

Please clap.

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6 days ago

some days just feel heavier than others

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1 week ago

Obama is the only president to date born when there were 50 states

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1 week ago

#SirSqueakertonTheFirst enjoys laying on damp fabric (E.g. just-used towels, knitted things I'm drying) and I cannot understand the appeal.

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1 week ago

It’s actually FEWER Misérables

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1 week ago

Literally sitting in the City Council hearing about eviction prevention paying rents while I’m waiting to speak. If you want to help keep 11 immigrant families in public housing from being imminently evicted, I’m trying to raise $2500 for them 💛

V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater

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1 week ago

Part of the reason I've struggled for so long with reading my RSS feed is that it's populated with tech blogs.

It's not that I don't care about the tech industry anymore—I do, deeply. But I am continually disappointed by the world we have created & the one the oligarchs are foisting upon us.

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1 week ago

Nobody is as confident in me as #SirSqueakertonTheFirst, who trusts with his whole heart that I will not step on him when I'm teetering around in the dark at 3:30 in the morning.

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1 week ago

J: *does a weird thing*

A: You're so weird!

J: You're weirder!

A: How do you figure?

J: You married me.

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1 week ago
A screen shot that reads, "Cats are known for their agility and flexibility, which allows them to squeeze through small openings. But just how small of a gap can a cat fit through? Interestingly, cats can usually fit through any opening that is at least twice their width.

"So, if your cat is 10 inches wide, they could potentially squeeze through an opening that is 20 inches wide. Of course, this varies depending on the size and build of the individual cat. Some cats may be able to squeeze through smaller gaps, while others may need a slightly larger opening."

J suspects that this article was produced with AI.

I wonder why?

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