Lilly Tao
@girlhacker
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Software developer, mom, wife, violinist, Internet junkie. I love food, books, and combinations thereof. m: @[email protected] b: @girlhacker.bsky.social
Bellevue, Washington
Joined August 2008
Tech career maturity for man: designs for many constraints. Tech career maturity for woman: remains calm during mansplaining of constraints.
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Stephanie Hsu watching Michelle Yeoh accept her Golden Globe is so many of us.
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Hi all! Are you a person who was around in 1970s/1980s fandoms? I'm working on a project about spoilers and want to learn more about early uses of the term in its modern sense. I'm reading Usenet archives; do you have memories of earlier emergent uses? Please share!
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Season of giving. @mackenziescott & team launched a website to more officially chronicle her $billions of donations and their low-key process. Coming soon, "open calls" with themes to allow for incoming applicants. All respect to her endeavors.
yieldgiving.com
Established by MacKenzie Scott to share a financial fortune created through the effort of countless people, Yield is named after a belief in adding value by giving up control. To date, our network of…
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If you're feeling emotional, take a peek at Oscar Hammerstein II's original drafts of "Edelweiss." These were the very last lyrics he wrote before he passed in 1960. ❤️ #SoundofMusic
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I guess she decided to be a 20 pack of ramen for Halloween. Very creative.
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Never been so happy to be stuck in a teeny tiny traffic jam in the library lot waiting for people to drop off their ballots.
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Another reason why I love baseball that has nothing to do with actual gameplay.
Craziest thing I have ever seen. One Mariners fan puts his shoe on his head at the Mariners Watch Party going into the 8th inning. All the other fans do the same. The team then rallies to score 4 runs to tie the game. #RallyShoe #EmbraceTheChaos
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Just realized I should've paid for more than one device streaming ESPN* at once. #letsgomets #GoMariners
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As I fly past the Weyrfolk in the shadow of Thread I take a look at the ground and realize there’s nothing left
RIP Coolio, just 59. Many years ago, I spent a week with him for a magazine cover story (Details, March 1996). He grew up an asthmatic kid in Compton; as an adult, he was funny and sly and complicated. I hope he's riding dragons somewhere. The opening of the article:
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Expecting a carrier pigeon to arrive soon to let me know about the new LoTR show. Just in case I missed all the other ads and messages. Sorry, did I say pigeon? I meant a great eagle that will carry me to a screen, turn it on and watch me until I'm done.
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Of course. The more important question is: do we all talk to cats the same way? And vice versa.
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Us vintage Boynton fans can gopher baroque again! And be outstanding in your field.
One of the many mindbends of a long career (Leonardo da Vinci sat next to me in art school) is that now and then, non-vintage people ask me if I've ever considered doing greeting cards. Anyway, here they are in case you absolutely MUST have one. https://t.co/1rEIcVn0tn
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My husband correctly guessed what caused today's Hacker News failure. He'd experienced it before.
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Took me 12 years to get my kid’s allergy paperwork for school done in June instead of August and it’s the last one before college but I am celebrating anyway.
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I don't commute now but this is why I've kept following WSDOT.
Waiting to get pics of the baby cow near I-5 in Marysville but sounds like someone on a horse is trying to wrangle it and this is basically what it looks like.
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The shelving from Bop Street is heading to @BallardReuse if anyone wants it! (thank you @girlhacker for the heads up!)
Unbelievably thrilled about this. I spent a ton of time at Bop Street way back when -- so happy to find the contents a new home at @internetarchive
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