Yvonne Lam

I play with books, cats, food, yarn, and dirt, not all at the same time. Software engineer. Society of People Interested in Boring Things. She/her.

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2025-07-30 14:35:33 UTC

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I have noticed that every time I say, "That would be an actual useful thing that AI could do," it's about something I don't want to do in the first place, and moreover, don't think I should have to. Like click "do not track me or sell/share my data" buttons on every single website. I never want tracking or data exposure. I would like to set that once globally and be done.

2025-07-30 14:25:24 UTC

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I would like it if, when I said, "I would like more cat pictures, please," they took that seriously.

2024-12-20 04:35:17 UTC

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I'm considering Manifold Serif Rough to use for stuff that I'm working on that isn't anywhere close to done.

2024-12-02 17:15:48 UTC

US tech people, read this by @npub1v48…emsd:
https://joinreboot.org/p/nearest-neighbors
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2024-11-19 03:52:03 UTC

Mastodon, if you have to do starter packs, *please think about consent* for people being added to starter packs. The bluesky starter packs may be great for new accounts trying to find their people, but it has not necessarily been fun for people who've been added to starter packs without their knowledge. I feel like a couple thousand people looking for a coffee shop have suddenly turned up in my living room.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/113506072148074093

2024-09-29 16:21:11 UTC

I would follow this woman into battle:
https://bsky.app/profile/madamehardy.bsky.social/post/3l5az2melem26
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2024-09-14 23:55:11 UTC

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(Thread continued)
3. Haitian Community Empowerment Center: https://www.haitiansupportcenterspringfield.org/
4. St. Vincent de Paul: https://www.svdpspfld.org/services/donate-2/
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2024-09-14 23:52:24 UTC

For those looking for ways to support Haitians in Springfield, OH, Faith posted on twitter with a list of orgs to support. I've screenshotted her thread and am adding links for those here who don't have twitter:
1. Second Harvest Food Bank: https://www.theshfb.org/donate
2. Rocking Horse Community Health Center: https://www.rockinghorsecenter.org/donate/
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2024-08-10 00:39:54 UTC

I have a theory about glue work (defined in Tanya Reilly's post, which I have linked), and it is that one reason why some of us do it relentlessly, even when we know it hurts us, is precisely because it's work that isn't legible to the organization at large, so no one can tell us how to do it or expect a task-level breakdown of it.
https://noidea.dog/glue

2024-05-20 18:58:06 UTC

Greetings new followers! I believe many of you got here because @npub17yc…u72t (thank you!) mentioned a tweet of mine in a talk. My stance on many of the questions/discussions taking place in my mentions might be addressed by the original thread, so here it is:
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