Lead Community Cat Herder @temporalio. Formerly @aiven_io @MongoDB @Drupal. @OReillyMedia author. Lesbionic Ace Mom. #AuDHD. Gendermeh. Gamer. Views my own.
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A few friends in the #DevRel / #Community space have reached out lately (it's tough out there right now :\), and there have been some common themes. A blog post turned into an ebook-length chunk of thing 😂 so here's Part 0: The Setup:
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This is a love letter to @temporalio. Not because of the product (which powers a big chunk of @Macroscope's infrastructure and we love), but because of a tiny purple tardigrade.
A few months ago I spoke at Temporal’s Replay conference in SF. Afterwards, I grabbed a swag bag on the way out. Inside was a plush tardigrade. I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t know what a tardigrade even was before this. Though it was mythical? Wtf does it even have to do with Temporal. I still don’t know.
That plush somehow became my almost-2-year-old son’s most prized possession. He carries it everywhere. Sleeps with it. Calls it “tar-da-grade,” which is remarkable considering that’s about 25% of his vocabulary.
A few months later, disaster struck. One of our dogs chewed the tardigrade to pieces. Our son was devastated.
“Where’s tardigrade?”
“He’s… at the doctor.”
I tried superglue surgery before realizing maybe glue fumes and toddler bedtime weren’t an ideal combination. I searched everywhere online but couldn’t find another one.
So Sunday night I sent a slightly ridiculous message to our Temporal AE, Zac Bischoff, asking if there was any chance he could help a desperate dad.
The next day, not one but TWO replacement tardigrades showed up at my office. Durable execution ftw.
Thank you Zac, and thank you Temporal. You made a 2yo happy (albeit somewhat oblivious) and a father even happier.
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MIT engineers have developed “mini livers” that could be injected into the body and take over the functions of the failing liver. This would help patients who are on a waitlist for a liver transplant or those who aren’t healthy enough to tolerate surgery.
news.mit.edu/2026/injectable…
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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
nbcnews.com/health/cancer/pa…
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BREAKING: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat to Peter Magyar after "painful" election result, ending 16 years in power. apnews.com/article/hungary-e…
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#hope2026 (hey, it’s bleak out there rn, doing my best.)
When we turn the clocks ahead on March 8, it will be the last time change ever for BC. We're changing to a permanent daylight saving time, simply called Pacific Time (PT).
Learn more: News.gov.bc.ca/33415
ALT New in BC Permanent Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday, March 8
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Oh ok, so this actually happened today (well, “weird unexplained health crap” and the “identifying ‘the vitamin’” part, we shall see on the rest)
Hey kids, get your iron and b12 levels tested! 😅
ALT Tumblr post by Cordeliaflyte — My deepest darkest fantasy is that I collapse on the street and I am rushed to the hospital. They perform a bunch of tests and find out I am severely deficient in some kind of vitamin and I become the happiest cleverest person alive because all my problems were caused by this one deficiency Reply by caracallope — Moreover, everyone gathers around to be tremulously compassionate and discreetly admiring: all this time, you lacked the Vitamin? And yet you persevered?
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We've identified a novel class of biomarkers for Alzheimer's detection - using interpretability - with @PrimaMente.
How we did it, and how interpretability can power scientific discovery in the age of digital biology: (1/6)
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Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell Nick Miroff. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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🚨🇫🇷France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio.
The data is hosted on @outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers.
The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
See more here nitter.net/lellouchenico/status/2… by @LelloucheNico
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#hope2026 (even if from an unlikely source 😉)
Today, I call on the heads of ICE, CBP, and USCIS to testify before the Homeland Security Committee.
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A rapidly growing coalition is launching a general strike this Friday in Minnesota, aimed at pushing out ICE.
The coalition includes:
- The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005
- SEIU Local 26
- UNITE HERE Local 17
- CWA Local 7250
- The Saint Paul Federation of Educators
- The Minneapolis Federation of Educators
- The Minnesota AFL-CIO
- The Sunrise Movement
- Faith leaders
And more. Thread.
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Canada agrees to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower duties on Canadian farm products, in a break with the U.S. apnews.com/article/china-can…
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