Saw today and thought of you @diannalgunn.bsky.social

Three weeks ago I bought a branch new, posh pen to journal alp my mental and emotional problems. Today I ran out of ink. 😅

I helped at a Buddhist meditation event today. The neighbour's cat came to say hello... and basically was a constant figure in my meditations... 😅

Today is a great day! The first article I ever wrote has been published in a professional magazine. "Software #accessibility includes #gender diversity" can be read in the "Testing Experience" magazine. You can download it here: www.testingexperience.media (email address must be supplied) (1/2)

“.. traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter ..” @niemanreports.org #Hellsite niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...

I think it's safe to say that the jobs market is severely turbulent in Wellington right now. Two weeks ago, I started a contract on Tuesday. Wished coworkers well on Fri and "see you Monday". Got home to an email that my contract was canceled.

If you're a fan of classic sci-fi comic strips like Eagle/Doomlord, you need to check out my friend's Kickstarter for The Chefs Of Death. The proceeds of this will go to UK charity Crisis, so it's all for a good cause. Please retweet and support if you can. 💜 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale...

Picard management tip: If you only play to your strengths you may look competent but ultimately you will stagnate. Play to your weaknesses as well. Improve with practice. There is so much more to learn.

A lot of hate pieces exploding on the internet right now against boxer Imane Khelif. Good to find a more restrained news piece explaining... timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trend...

Well, I became made redundant on Friday. A little stressed about this. In the way of my people, I feel I'll be using my time to master baking sourdough...

Ursula von der Leyen, "The diary of Anne Frank." "A painful reminder to Europe to be vigilant and unyielding towards all those who see hatred and want to divide our society" "Europe knows this path all too well. And never, never again must we embark on this path"

AgileTD After Work Online The #AgileTD team spoke with @chrissbaumann.bsky.social, @lisihocke.bsky.social & Rahul Verma about the 2025 program! 🔍 Behind-the-scenes insights ✨ Memorable moments 🌟 What’s coming next at AgileTD More info: agiletestingdays.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pgy...

Having a tough time of it - I'm due to be made redundant in June, and applying for new roles. Twice now, I've been selected, only for the role to be withdrawn. C'mon, universe, there are only so many times I can get back up... 💔

Winner of the internet today...

I'm having a phenomenally challenging few weeks. Most likely will need to find a new role soon. Not a lot of fun. This perked me up a bit...

Amazing news this Pride Month! The case against Wellington’s Rainbow Crossing has failed at the High Court. Proud to be Mayor of Aotearoa’s rainbow capital 🏳️‍🌈 #nzpol

Is it me, or is much of America's current government reminiscent of the squabbling between the Skeksis in The Dark Crystals? I mean, of course the Skeksis would be the part of the Mystics who would end up in charge...

Great time at Wellington Pride. Sadly a counter protest from a hate group. But let's celebrate the good folks, and starve the haters of the attention that's their oxygen. #loveNotHate

Canadian friends, I'm with you on this one. FUCK DONALD TRUMP!

And as per usual @lookitup.baby comes through with help. Gosh they're awesome. "Hey! Are you gay? Trans? A cis woman who enjoys wearing pants? You need ssd.eff.org in your life. Like right now" bsky.app/profile/look...

@tobeyblaze.bsky.social Good to see you on here! Hope all is well.

It was a great workshop event last Saturday at my Les Mills gym. Great opportunity to connect with old friends and new...

Today's Workroom PlayTime is at 3pm London time. We're Imagining Questions. www.workroom-productions.com/playtime-008...

Struggle meals food to eat on a budget! I did research since it looks like stuff is getting more expensive but there are a lot of ways people can make a budget friendly meal. I fell down the rabbit hole that is tiktok and it got me thinking about what people eat when money is tight. Lately I’ve…

King George III not being able to understand how you overthrew his rule for this shit...

Disney is obviously remaking all their animated movies with live action ones. The hill I will die on is that they should remake Robin Hood with furries, the cowards! I get this is as close as we'll get though... www.youtube.com/shorts/02EKY...

This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life

Out of interest, does Google still ascribe to the value of "don't be evil"? Asking for a friend...

As someone who coaches a lot, I can't say enough how important positive feedback is when someone's doing well. We all grow and glow more with encouragement.

I missed a train home after work, so decided to do some online yoga in the office, only realising at the end I was right under a security camera! Let's hope that footage never gets discovered.

C'mon, Fam. Tell me you already know this about me

They took the work "kindness", rebranded it was "woke", then made people believe it was a bad thing...

I'm back to recruiting for a Senior Quality Engineer. The job advert should be going out later in the week but have a recruitment agency head hunting. A bit overwhelming recruiting at times. Luckily have other people to help me on it!

It looks like I'm officially looking for new job opportunities. If you're in need of an experienced senior developer, with an equal amount test experience), let me know! I didn't have this on today's bingo card... 😵‍💫

Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t. Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID! Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…

This feels accurate...

PodSolFairy perfectly describes what my early life was like all the way into my mid-30s. 44 now, having been diagnosed 9 years ago and just a few days ago an intake nurse said i don't look autistic. *internal screaming continues*

Depressing and distressing that this needs to be done. Encouraging to see the amount of support.

We're now sitting at 47 members and it would be the COOLEST THING EVER to hit 50 members today 👀

Somehow this picture makes sense of the world... we're really in some dystopian anime...

What is it about tech scaleups that seems to creat such toxic environments? And what is it about tech scaleups that attracts engineers so much that were willing to risk our mental health and wellbeing?

Me walking in on a chat with my coworkers... Coworker: But all that changed after our CEO got shot. Me (doing a double-take): WTF??? Coworker: Oh, I was just explaining why we're not allowed Nerf guns...

Slice of my day... My partner and I were in a quiet clothes store, where we caught the male staff having a Zoolander-eqsue dance off behind the counter. Thirty mins later, we popped back in and did a co-ordinated Village People Y-M-C-A, which was just hilarious. Good to have a partner-in-crime. 💜

Happy release day to my newest book, New Beginnings, and the start of my new trilogy! Pick up your copy now and escape from it all with a soft, sweet sapphic romance in the heart of Chicago along with Sapphire and Madeleine 🌆💕 mybook.to/printers1

A #testing colleague passed this onto me... 🤣

When you work in #testing and you hear managers talking about 'headcount'... 😅

Ugh. On a scale of 1-10, how bad is seeing the face of Martha Stewart in random objects? I mean seeing faces is normal. It's called pareidolia (the cause of The Face Of Mars). But SPECIFIC faces?

Taking an hour at lunch to listen to music and lie down to clear my head. There's a lot of babble...

Guy on my Star Trek group: can we just stop with the politics and enjoy the show? It's not politics. It's basic human rights and empathy, Tod.