Nothing in GovCloud is simple

Theres very weird tension to being a progressive working in defense. I spend lots of time wondering "Is this contract in the best interests of America at this tumultuous time?🤔" And then the engineer in me is like "wait... Tell me more about how it goes BOOM."

One thing management makes me think a lot about is how disconnected our organizational fit as employees is from our actual value as humans.

Watched South Park and now I want a Labubu

We have no weekend plans and Matt has a cold. I'm debating whether to go get a flu shot and just call the weekend a wash.

Coming to realize burning man is just RV dry camping - an activity I do all the time. So I have already experienced it. No need to go.

Fully channeling my inner "resort lady" look in LA today

The whole Internet is freaking out about flesh eating screw worms and nobody is pointing out that Ivermectin actually is an effective treatment. Where is the rush on horse dewormer now?

Little girl won stuff!

We stayed at the Arizona Biltmore a couple months ago and now I can't book a hotel to save my life because they are all not the Arizona Biltmore. This is like learning what first class airfare is like but more expensive.

I gotta give SoCal credit - every time I go somewhere not there that's beach I'm like "this is super cool. But also is it really better than SoCal, a two hour flight away with zero time change?" Like, SoCal is not better than everywhere. But it's as good as everywhere.

Last dog show of summer, here we come!

Just went in and used Loki for the first time in months. #vplifestyle What a pile of shit why are we still here?

Really quite cool.

As someone who does not want more kids and certainly hasn't googled anything about it, it's INCREDIBLE how many targeted ads I get about fertility products. Would actually be kinda horrible if I were dealing with infertility...

Possibly the nicest RV spot we have ever had

My team is hiring for a design engineer/front end dev. Anybody looking? Would LOVE Seattle-based candidates, but this is a remote job, we just like to hang out sometimes.

Accidentally building an organization where the engineering leaders are mostly women and the product/design leaders are mostly men and I kinda love it.

I have worked with rocket scientists every day for two years and now every time someone makes a rocket science reference I'm just like "yes this concept would be too hard for them".

The fly swatter has caused great angst

I have never wanted to hunt down a PM more than I want to hunt down the Facebook PM who decided you couldn't make dog rehoming posts. I think they think they are preventing puppy mills but they are actually just completely breaking the system for dog rehoming for reputable breeders and rescues.

Good dog show weekend! Fred and Anders were reserve winners dog (second place but in a good way) twice. Ruby (bred by me, different owner) was winners bitch x2 and best of breed x1

Epic My Chemical Romance show last night!

Far left is the city of La Connor. The remaining four huge displays that all went until Midnight or later are on Swinwomish tribal land. They are committed!

Happy 4th from Fred and Raven!

Last week I had the realization that "rock bands" are simply dying in mainstream music and now I'm sad about it on a regular basis.

I love thia 4th of July parade - it has no fee to walk in and is delightfully non-commercial. Suffragettes, the food bank, Hella tractors, a couple local shops.

One of the most pronounced changes in my life is the one in my desire to talk about the tech industry. 2016 - I never would shut up 2025 - I utterly hate my past self and every tech conversation I hear it fills me with rage

Ever think about how private health insurance has no incentive to keep you healthy past 65? This is why they won't cover glp-1 drugs. All the benefits prevent health issues that mostly happen after 65 anyways. Doesn't save them money. Saves Medicare money.

13 year old has me going to Sheff G and Sleepy Hallow for his birthday. I will truly know what the kids these days listen to 🤣. Three days later we are going to My Chemical Romance. Like a cultural exchange.

TikTok keeps showing me videos of people running triathlons and tough mudders with dogs. While I'm sure the dogs would do it, this is the first dog sport I've ever seen where I immediately thought "No. Absolutely not. Never." No.

Packing to visit my husband's family in Phoenix this weekend thinking "What does one wear to the heat death of the universe?" Meanwhile he's like "Only 97! Not bad"

Every time I drive the long bed truck it's so distressingly long 😅

Further googling reveals this to be the work of a deranged marketing team, apparently www.reddit.com/r/GossipHarb...

The art of sales is actually just being happier, more optimistic, more energetic, and slightly more naive than other people (or just having more faith?) All the best sales people I know are just... that nice.

As someone who loves a good cell phone puzzle game and thus experiences too many ads - WTF is up with the people who make the game "Gossip Harbor"? Why does it have so many ads and children freezing to death? I'm like traumatized at this point.

Pretty much all successful startups are just some CEO manifesting their big feelings.

Apropos of absolutely nothing, the only technical leader who I am just a plain die-hard fan of at this point is @charity.wtf Have even met her IRL several times, and she just never disappoints. Everyone I work with has been forced to read her blogs.

I think the whole world is into the Pope lately because we all just want any world leader who we can in any way get behind.

Mother's day high tea and driving practice with my bonus son.

Need a German word for that feeling when you are debugging code and your change makes you get a different error.

The most profound truth in startups is that the vision can only be delivered by the founder that loves it. So often people try to change that truth and every time it's fail.

The PNW is all Leprechauns and Rainbows and "who would ever leave?" Again. Place can't make up it's mind.

Our local Mexican place that is normally half empty is FULL of white people today.

Using Windows for the first time in a year and I LOVE the file explorer so much! Imagine, navigating a file system like a human being would think of it, instead of some insane shortcut thing that makes no sense. Fuck the finder.

One thing you learn when the sun comes out on a Saturday in spring - men really like to detail cars. Only one woman here and at least 15 guys.

Not catholic but I just really love pope intrigues. Wish I could be there watching the smoke! I do think the pope election will tell us a bit about whether the world is bending more conservative, or just the US.

XYZ got DOGE'd is literally a think we say daily at work. Weird world.

After some time at an aerospace tech company, I now have a category of person in my head I call "air force man". I'm telling you, they have a certain amount of esthetic consistency.

Chugging along!