January 2021 — 300 tweets
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rgarner I moved to Ireland aka brexile 3 years ago so I am determined to become European again!
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AngelaRiggs_ Thanks 💖 I should be okay because I moved to Ireland and everything that can be is already Irish but there’s still a lot of who knows 🤷🏻♀️
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RT rianphin: The ecofeminist we needed all along....
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sashamace That’s awesome!
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drpotter EU wide vaccine rollout is underway, if that goes to plan then I think things will be possible for travel in Q3/Q4. I had some lovely trips within Ireland this year. The bigger variable IMO would be US vaccination. I would expect/hope that to be a requirement for entry.
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RT PaperFury: Don't let 2021 scare you. YOU should scare it 🤨🙌🏻 Defy a prophecy. Grow a forest inside your house. Drink your enemies tears…
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RT raccoonhourly:
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RT DuckDuckGo: Happy New Year! It's easier than you may think to set your devices up for privacy. Follow our handy guides to start off the…
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drpotter That’s a low bar 🤦🏻♀️ but 🤞
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Built the glowforge January design (retro camper desktop organizer) for day 1 of #makedontbreak. Isn’t it cute? I love how the pink metallic paint came out!
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juliaferraioli glowforge 💋 thank you
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RT TheLeadDev: Just launched: #LeadDevLive – a virtual conference for technical leaders. 📅 January 21 🎙 anjuan randommood @LeemayNasser…
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twostraws I loved the self indulgent article fwiw 😉💖
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trionkidnapper Why a dog? Why not a better animal? Like a raccoon?
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juliaferraioli I wrote it up here: cate.blog/2020/07/22/how-i-offloaded-my-anxiety-to-trello/ It’s so hard though. When things are A Lot sometimes I have to accept that category is the only one moving, and everything else is what will need to be caught up on later.
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juliaferraioli 😝💋💖
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RachaelLudwick juliaferraioli 💯 it’s taken me a ~year to feel relatively on top of things (and that being a year where I barely travelled and did not have to visit a hospital).
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Day 2 of #MakeDontBreak (day 11 of my personal “creativity challenge”) and I finally made this cross stitch kit that sundress gifted me _forever_ ago 💖 omg cross stitch is so hard. I think I unpicked nearly as many stitches as I ended up with! 🧵🪡
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designatednerd bugKrusha glowforge I got the premium plan which has been great!! Love the monthly design. But trying to branch out a bit with some other things (like this).
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@cattsmall 💖💖💖
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trionkidnapper Basically every mammal is better than a dog. What about capybaras?
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Day 2 bonus creation: keychains for elibud and husband #MakeDontBreak
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trionkidnapper Have you not seen capybaras in yuzu baths?!? ruptly.tv/en/videos/20201219-018-Japanese-zoo-treats-their-capybara-to-a-hot-winter-bath Also: bunnies, obviously better than dogs. Cuter, fluffier, less likely to eat you.
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sundress Haha I am determined to do the cat one too but omg it looks so difficult 🙈
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trionkidnapper THISISDINOSAUR Do you think a snail could eat you?
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sundress Yeah it’s been good. You were totally right that it would be good for me, sorry I was ~3y late taking your advice 💋💖
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sundress 💖💖💖
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saraheolson I’m so sorry 🖤
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💖 what if your only resolution this year was loving yourself more - baggagereclaim.co.uk/what-if-your-only-resolution-this-year-was-loving-yourself-more/ /via @cattsmall’s beautiful newsletter
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RT sargoth: I don't know who needs to hear this, but they had to rejigger the marshmallow test once they discovered it actually tested whe…
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RT VeryBadLlama: [my French boyfriend, watching American news]: I don’t understand??? Things are so bad??? And they set nothing on fire???…
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THISISDINOSAUR Knowing you I don’t totally see how this is a bug 😆
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THISISDINOSAUR That makes more sense 😆
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Day 3 #MakeDontBreak and I made this bracelet. Yes, that is my handwriting. I wrote it down, took scan, composed it into an image with the rest of the bracelet pieces, converted to SVG (world of pain), printed on the glowforge and finished with pink leather thread and clasp.
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RT polotek: I really don’t wanna have an opinion on “bean dad”. Bu I don’t think I can avoid it, so here we go. A few thoughts. 1) I didn…
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pilky Thank you 💖
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RT karlitaliliana: “Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward…
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12 Days of Creativity cate.blog/2021/01/04/12-days-of-creativity/
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dominiquesr Thank you!! I so agree.
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This is an interesting interview with Evanish on the basics of management and the difference it makes long term - abstractops.com/interview/great-managers-lighthouse?ref=quuu
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designatednerd glowforge thank you!! Will give it a go!
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Nice article on Asynchronous Communication from LinearB_Inc linearb.io/blog/asynchronous-communication-future/
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endocrimes glowforge Do it!
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triketora It’s very soothing. Shall I make you one? 💖
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triketora I would super love to send you something! Would you also like a “T” keychain? DM me your address and favorite colors 💋
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sferik So exciting! Congrats!
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RT ElenaVielva: A little update since this tweet. A couple of android devs added to our team, so now we want to grow the iOS team as well.…
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wiredferret I had not!!!!! Well the video yes, but not that tweet 😆
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RT lalalogay: james acaster calling out transphobic comedians for two minutes straight
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AngelaRiggs_ glowforge Thank you 💖
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tsunamino That’s awesome! Congrats!!
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Things are out of control in Ireland and I am finally experiencing what people in the US and UK have been dealing with since April. I do not like it.
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The Irish gvt has generally set reasonable guidelines but they have sucked at enforcement (like quarantine: 25% of infections are the British strain). Somehow they also fucked up counting, and overnight numbers doubled.
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Anyway we’re back to being contained in a 5K radius. Everything is shut. The private hospitals are being taken over by the state. I don’t believe it needed to be this way, and once things are under control I hope the health minister DonnellyStephen has to answer how we got here.
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russss "Covid-19 case numbers have been artificially low in the past week, as the IT system used to notify confirmed cases struggled to cope with huge numbers of positive test results.” - not totally clear what this means, but not great rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0103/1187413-coronavirus-ireland/
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Habits vs. Goals: A Look at the Benefits of a Systematic Approach to Life fs.blog/2017/06/habits-vs-goals/ /via duretti's wonderful newsletter
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duretti Just what you deserve 💋
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techiejackie 💖 it’s so disappointing especially after ~9 months of having things under control.
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iamthomasbishop Yeah it sucks 😭
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RT staceyabrams: With new votes joining the tally, we are on a strong path. But even while we wait for more, let’s celebrate the extraordi…
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RT BerniceKing: Love Black women every day, not just on election days.
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RT sophaskins: me: man why do I feel so crappy pandemic: *stares* politics: *attempts to look innocent* winter: *whistles* isolation: *lo…
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THISISDINOSAUR Oh good you like them 🙈
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THISISDINOSAUR They were for you but I was second guessing if they were nice enough to actually send you!!! But if you like the yellow that’s enough you can always throw them out if you find something better.
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THISISDINOSAUR Yayyy okay I’ll stick them in the mail 💖
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RT Aleen: Man, remember when people told us we were overreacting when we panicked in 2016?
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RT RepCori: I believe the Republican members of Congress who have incited this domestic terror attack through their attempts to overturn t…
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RT EricaJoy: so much economic anxiety on display today.
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RT raccoonhourly:
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RT CAwkward: How's that "just ignore all the violent white supremacist gangs and they'll go away" strategy working out for everyone
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RT polotek: https://t.co/vNyhVm86mr
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RT uhshanti: I did NOT just hear this racist POS jaketapper say DC looks like Bogotá, Bogotá looks better than nearly every major America…
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@AnEnormousBoy Aleen Dude. Stop.
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RT JoeSondow: Stop saying history will judge them. Judge them now. With judges.
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RT polotek: So yes. They literally waited until he was literally in the midst of tearing down the entire country before conceding that may…
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TheAmyCode That’s awesome! Go you!
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RT RevJacquiLewis: So damn tired of living in a country that treats Black grief as a threat and white rage as a sacrament
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wiredferret TopHat8855 💖 thank you, the team worked so hard on that and it has been years in the making.
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RT wiredferret: I just went and found my ipad to write a blog post, because the mobile WordPress writing experience is so nice that it's b…
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RT raccoonhourly:
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RT g_solaria: I love how the capybara is just chill, like, nothing to see here, this happens often, I’ll be fine.
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RT alienelf: Actually DED
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RT mekkaokereke: I applaud the people brave enough to leave the Trump administration now. It takes courage. After airline flights, I too…
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glennersboofy 8fit That’s exciting! Congrats!
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nitya It’s fluorescent acrylic! Very hard to capture but it kinda glows.
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nitya Also, thank you!
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RT nitya: Just discovering the whole thread of creative resolution output and wow. #2022 goals? :-) Also this is perhaps my favorite colo…
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skamille 💖
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nitya This is a glowforge design that I cut at 60% scale on medium acrylic & in fluorescent pink. I have a fluorescent yellow one too which is also pretty cute. There are more details in this post: cate.blog/2021/01/04/12-days-of-creativity/ but the #MakeDontBreak challenges are all <2h so nothing new.
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lccarson Yay I thought you would appreciate that. Also, there is no way I’m out of ideas. The postal service has at least 5 things, some of which are _extremely_ random, and also I own a laser.
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lccarson cs_kaplan nope it’s for all kinds of things!! there are some things I made here: cate.blog/2021/01/04/12-days-of-creativity/
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leapingwoman Ooh so precious 😍
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RT KurtKohlstedt: We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling to bring you a joyful deer prancing across a beach at sunrise 🦌 🌅 ht…
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RT ElleOnWords: If you show up with Nazis, and align yourself with their goals, you are now a Nazi. This attempt at sanitizing the “averag…
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RT MrsKhandiCoated: A story in 3 Acts:
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RT raccoonhourly:
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RT djrothkopf: The coup attempt was not Trump's first crime. It did not reveal anything we did not know about the man. It did not provid…
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leapingwoman Oh that was so charming !!!!!!
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Day 8 of #MakeDontBreak I “made” myself a little home spa experience. I’ve been a bit desultory with that stuff lately so nice to create a bit of an experience. Hair treatment, scrub, assorted face masks... a nice way to round out the week. Physical creating resumes tomorrow!
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Ipstenu There’s 23 days left in January which gives me time to convince you hahaha 💖
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THISISDINOSAUR Aww honey I’m sorry 💖
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RT glowforge: This camper is ready to roll with Cate's pink personalized touches.
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danielpunkass glowforge Thank you 💖
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This is my face reading about Parker being kicked off AWS. raccoonhourly/1348215523830599680
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susanalmon Thank you 💖
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💖 What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life? theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/10/people-who-prioritize-friendship-over-romance/616779/ /via lrnrd
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RT SethAbramson: (THREAD) Media has yet to do a deep dive on precisely what Trump *said* in his January 6 speech in DC—a speech now called…
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2021: Habit cate.blog/2021/01/11/2021-habit/
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craigmorgan There shouldn’t be a top of page element. Are you using Mozilla? It renders properly (not showing) in Chrome and Safari.
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sailorhg That’s awesome!
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sailorhg Your apartment is so pretty!
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aimafidon So cool!
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After 9 months of comparatively low stress pandemic existence the country I live in is finally making international news for having the worst infection rate and it is not super. theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/11/reckless-christmas-rule-relaxation-blamed-for-irelands-dire-covid-surge
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skamille 💖💖💖
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ckymnstr 💖
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sharonw Yeah it’s so scary :( I hope you are okay!
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PierreSchambac :/ the holidays didn’t count, but the miscounting was a big problem too.
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RT GeoffRBennett: Rep. Watson Coleman: I’m 75. I had cancer. I got covid-19 because my GOP colleagues dismiss facts. https://t.co/GIabzthP…
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nmsanchez 💖 you’re amazing
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benzbox That’s so exciting! Congrats!
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lccarson Then you must see why I had to buy it for you 😆
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“It’s not preserves, it’s a cocktail!” 😆💌 lccarson/1349158229377495044
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lccarson Nooooo I am trying to entertain you and maybe also impress you with my ability to ship liquor internationally via the regular postal service 😆
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Irish_Design the hand written note was such a lovely touch and my partner loves the pestle and mortar! Thank you! 💖
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leapingwoman basthomas is! 😍
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RT shinynew_oz: Some years ago I went through multiple failed IVF rounds. Grieving, I told my boss that I wanted to ease off on my career…
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New year, new job? We continue to build out or native applications team, hiring for Apple, Android, and C++. We are also hiring a PM for our mobile focused objective. Want to come work with me? My DMs are open! duckduckgo.com/hiring
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#MakeDontBreak day 14, and I made this photo frame using the glowforge (design from the catalog). Layers of maple wood, and clear acrylic “glass”. It was like a puzzle!!
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RT zmotak: We're ramping up hiring at DuckDuckGo! Join our fully distributed team! Also looking for a Product Manager - bonus is you'll g…
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drpotter You can also order some specific boxes, they have sets. There’s a nice relax / sleep one, and a radiance one.
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Brannavan Thanks for mentioning me! I’m so glad you found that piece on imposter syndrome useful.
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RT Brannavan: My contribution to the regular How I Write column i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300189804/how-i-write-learn-when-to-shut-up-and-listen-is-brannavan-gnanalingams--advice-to-new-writers
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buritica rossgrady DuckDuckGo Please try it! Install the apps! Holla if you have feedback, I want you both to have a great experience 💖
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THISISDINOSAUR Please confirm this is your side project and not our production application 😆
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RT stevebennett: Sent out a bunch of invites to the Engineering Manager Slack Group. I was very behind on the processing of invite request…
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crystalvisits I’m so sorry hon, that’s terrible!
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cmonfortep That’s cool!
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RT triketora: 🚀 blockpartyapp_ has opened signup and launched on ProductHunt! a big deal for any founder to launch, but it's so personal…
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RT raccoonhourly:
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RT nmsanchez: you will not regret taking deep breaths and watching this
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Trying to write at the kitchen counter with the help of this Maldives scented candle skamille sent me... I do miss adventures 😢🏝🇲🇻
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RT JoaquimCampa: 14. 📸 Dalia Kvedaraite
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RT tef_ebooks: tfw the two hardest problems in computer science turn out to be "not building a hostile workplace" and "not actively partic…
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RT THISISDINOSAUR: Fun fact, most people think "Eton mess" is a dessert, but it's actually a country
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2020 in Photos cate.blog/2021/01/18/2020-in-photos/
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RT BerniceKing: Please don’t act like everyone loved my father. He was assassinated. A 1967 poll reflected that he was one of the most hat…
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RT BerniceKing: As you honor my father today, please honor my mother, as well. She was the architect of the King Legacy and founder of @Th…
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Please explain to me how brexit has “reduced bureacracy” when I just had to pay €11 in tax to have a package of nominal value from my parents in the UK delivered to me in Ireland.
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Don’t tell me I always knew Brexit was a fucking stupid idea. When are all the people who voted for this idiocracy going to realize they were conned?
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AndyDavies I hate them all.
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Some helpful advice from sabinanawaz - How To Stay On The Promotion Radar While Working Remotely forbes.com/sites/sabinanawaz/2021/01/05/how-to-stay-on-the-promotion-radar-while-working-remotely/?sh=6e1e7f3e20d3
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The amount of money I spend on skincare in any given week seems like a solid indicator of my well being. Today has been an... expensive... skincare week and... oh shit it’s only Tuesday?!
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dpdireland I paid the tax on a shipment from the UK, why am I still getting reminders?
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As part of this excessive(? maybe?) skincare shopping I sent a friend a skincare gift and she texted me telling me she had received it right as I needed to call someone and cry on them. So that worked out!
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RT THISISDINOSAUR: Day 47 without a hug: Befriending squirrels is going well, although they're too small to be particularly effective. I…
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RT EricaJoy: i did not expect to cry today, but here we are. i watched the first Black woman vice president get inaugurated. i am so fortu…
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#MakeDontBreak day 20, the glowforge retro camper design: now in rose gold (my third and best attempt, which is lucky as it’s a gift for a designer 😆)
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saraheolson Oh honey 🖤 I’m so sorry.
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RT raccoonhourly:
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RT Sommer: TFW you’re neck deep in your coworkers old code and it’s time to ask for help.
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RT raccoonhourly:
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RT BerniceKing:
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skamille 💖
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triketora I would love a postcard! My address is on the package I sent you this week 💋
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RT DuckDuckGo: Today marks 3 years since we relaunched our mobile app as an all-in-one privacy app, providing a drop-in replacement for bo…
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RT kukuvitsa: *gives you the owl bucket*
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bethanye Omg this time last year 💔
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RT AlexPetrovnia: So apparently today was the first time a lot of people on my TL learned what a TERF is, so I’m going to educate y’all on…
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lccarson 💖
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brindy Aww 💖 I feel you. Such an isolating time 😢
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beaulebens No 🦝 kits found so far 😆
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CAwkward 🖤
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2020 in Writing cate.blog/2021/01/25/2020-in-writing/
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rahulj51 mipsytipsy Thank you!
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RT jesslynnrose: Maybe you're the competitive type and want to work for a growing privacy minded org challenging an evilcorp? Excitingly,…
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I love this intention, I will adopt it for 2021 also: "find as many little ways of giving people joy as possible, because those moments of joy give you energy for the struggle." - thank you for sharing it, samirakmehta ShannonDowney/1353711804388679683
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samirakmehta Yours was my favorite prompt. Thank you 💖
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RT StevenRayMorris: If raccoons weren’t meant to be our friends they wouldn’t have tiny hands for us to try and hold.
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leapingwoman SO TRUE!
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JillWetzler That’s great!
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Can confirm this would work 😆💖 HopeGraceFury/1354017266938109952
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HopeGraceFury Cinnamon rolls!! 💖
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mnowster This is SO TRUE. I’m always here to help you though 💋
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leapingwoman aww raccoons can be wild but also frens!!
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RT Get_Lighthouse: "The truth that all managers must accept is that your job is now to make a group of people more effective" catehstn ht…
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Reminded of the article elibud & I wrote for qz on work BFFs. It's such an isolating time, emotionally harder to be a manager than ever - who is in your corner, supporting you but also pushing you to do better? Every day I am grateful for Eli 💖 qz.com/work/1703875/?utm_term=mucp
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triketora Aww yay I’m so glad you like it 💖
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elibud 💖💖💖
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I keep buying skincare when I am sad and I guess I am sad a lot during a pandemic so my skincare cupboards are starting to get out of control 🙈🧖♀️
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sneakin Unfortunately the jacuzzi bath I had planned to help me survive subsequent lockdowns has been delayed by.... lockdown 🙈😭
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juliepagano I love my Sony h.ears, but find any over ear headphones don’t work great with glasses so mostly I use the Bose in ear or iPods.
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I generally have a deep and irrational hatred of poetry but I am making an exception for this one, today, which captures how often lately I feel like I have literally nothing of interest to talk about. instagram.com/p/CKj3j3NhzdH/?igshid=12ujtiarou6ay
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Tried to talk to elibud about my feelings re: yesterday’s upsetting origami experience.
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wirehead2501 elibud I keep it in my favorites and use it only for Eli.
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RT ekp: "No consequences means that they condone it. It means that silence is acceptance, and they want it, because they know that it is a…
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RT sarahesmith23: 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 — 𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛 — a state of being in which you are employed and healthy during a pandemic but you're also tired an…
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RT raccoonhourly:
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RT dev_nikema: Image description: A pink sign printed with the words, “You can be a kind person with a good heart and still tell people to…
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Bae on the festival of the chocolate egg “I’m starting to realize this is a real thing and not some silly name you made up for Easter.”
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juliaferraioli There is an abundance of chocolate eggs of every type you can imagine.
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RT raccoonhourly:
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Okay Twitter friends, what are your best resources or tips for remote facilitation? I have to do it tomorrow and the nightmare I had last night reminded me that I hate all forms of remote presenting 😅😱
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piewords 1 hour 12 people. I want to do a retro (pluses and deltas) and if possible hopes and fears ex. Normally I would use post its! Totally comfortable with that format... mural(?) not so much
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piewords That’s good to know!! I’ll think about adjusting the process.
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piewords Aww thank you 💖
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bigredcar1 Oh nice! I’ll have a look
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zigged No! Found it on Etsy!
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Bae and I are in the kitchen, wearing matching aprons, making... a candle 🕯😆
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kecatlin Oh interesting! Hadn’t thought about polls!
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endocrimes Yeah my mom sent us a kit! It’s calm club London, very nice and straight forward.
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bigredcar1 thank you so much!














































































