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Mom | Eng Manager & Sr SWE | Healthcare-Informed Engineering | React/JS/A11y | Exploring Bioinformatics 🧬 | Horror Game Fan | Disability Advocate | Still masking 😷 | “A Rare Bird” 🐤 | She/Her | Allentown, PA
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the creative ways people are showing up and helping is largely invisible but trust me: it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 PM
the creative ways people are showing up and helping is largely invisible but trust me: it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen
Happy new year. May 2026 be kind to us all. ❤️
January 1, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Happy new year. May 2026 be kind to us all. ❤️
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If you're able to help or share I very much appreciate it. <3
Donate to Support for Dad's Spinal Injury Recovery, organized by Samantha Bako
My dad
He is my biggest supporter and best friend in the world
On th… Samantha Bako needs your support for Support for Dad's Spinal Injury Recovery
gofund.me
January 1, 2026 at 3:58 AM
If you're able to help or share I very much appreciate it. <3
When it rains, it pours, and then you drown.
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
When it rains, it pours, and then you drown.
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Damn: over on IG, New Disabled South shared that in 36 hours, they’ve received 12,400 requests for grants of $100 (individuals) or $250 (multi-person households) for people who usually receive SNAP.
The need already comes to $2.7 million—against $36,000 in available funds.
If you can help—
The need already comes to $2.7 million—against $36,000 in available funds.
If you can help—
October 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Damn: over on IG, New Disabled South shared that in 36 hours, they’ve received 12,400 requests for grants of $100 (individuals) or $250 (multi-person households) for people who usually receive SNAP.
The need already comes to $2.7 million—against $36,000 in available funds.
If you can help—
The need already comes to $2.7 million—against $36,000 in available funds.
If you can help—
My dad is having cancer surgery over the next few days, which falls on my birthday this year. I traveled out of state to be his caregiver during his early recovery. When I arrived today, my parents surprised me with a ton of old photos I hadn’t seen before, including some from my 1st birthday!
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
My dad is having cancer surgery over the next few days, which falls on my birthday this year. I traveled out of state to be his caregiver during his early recovery. When I arrived today, my parents surprised me with a ton of old photos I hadn’t seen before, including some from my 1st birthday!
Highlight for the birthday month has been getting to see Martha Wells and Chuck Wendig last night discuss her latest book, Queen Demon, as well as the Murderbot Diaries. So glad I got to experience this, especially in company with other wonderful people!
October 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Highlight for the birthday month has been getting to see Martha Wells and Chuck Wendig last night discuss her latest book, Queen Demon, as well as the Murderbot Diaries. So glad I got to experience this, especially in company with other wonderful people!
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Me: "Did you remember?"
Husband (panicking): "What?"
Me: "The 21st niiiiiight of September"
Husband (panicking): "What?"
Me: "The 21st niiiiiight of September"
September 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Me: "Did you remember?"
Husband (panicking): "What?"
Me: "The 21st niiiiiight of September"
Husband (panicking): "What?"
Me: "The 21st niiiiiight of September"
Best appreciation for the penny a page book sales, just got the biggest discount on some used scientific literature. From almost $50 each to $2 to 70 cents. Yesssss. ❤️
August 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Best appreciation for the penny a page book sales, just got the biggest discount on some used scientific literature. From almost $50 each to $2 to 70 cents. Yesssss. ❤️
Did not realize you can play Alien: Isolation as Ellen Ripley on the Nostromo. That… is terrifying but also makes me want to try it. I don’t think I have enough guts to do the full game though. Props to those who do.
July 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Did not realize you can play Alien: Isolation as Ellen Ripley on the Nostromo. That… is terrifying but also makes me want to try it. I don’t think I have enough guts to do the full game though. Props to those who do.
Whenever I console log
July 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Whenever I console log
Very interesting and fresh news, and available on Github already! Seems like it can be used with smaller segments of genomes in isolation now, so it's something I intend to explore myself. deepmind.google/discover/blo...
AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome
Introducing a new, unifying DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction and promises to shed new light on genome function — now available via API.
deepmind.google
June 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Very interesting and fresh news, and available on Github already! Seems like it can be used with smaller segments of genomes in isolation now, so it's something I intend to explore myself. deepmind.google/discover/blo...
I created a fun little utility library to go with Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (VEP)'s Plugins, VEP Polaris. After having trouble with plugin data having different chromosome mapping (`chr1` vs `1`), I first created a tool to help identify what plugin data looks like. github.com/sblinde/vep-...
GitHub - sblinde/vep-polaris: A lightweight toolkit to inspect, validate, and manage plugin data for Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (VEP).
A lightweight toolkit to inspect, validate, and manage plugin data for Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (VEP). - sblinde/vep-polaris
github.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I created a fun little utility library to go with Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (VEP)'s Plugins, VEP Polaris. After having trouble with plugin data having different chromosome mapping (`chr1` vs `1`), I first created a tool to help identify what plugin data looks like. github.com/sblinde/vep-...
Despite some weeks being hard at times, some things have been restorative lately. Spending time w/ others who care about undiagnosed & unserved ppl in medical spaces. Experimenting with bioinformatic tools like VEP on CLI. Playing horror games: beat Dead Space Remake, starting on Alan Wake 2.
May 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Despite some weeks being hard at times, some things have been restorative lately. Spending time w/ others who care about undiagnosed & unserved ppl in medical spaces. Experimenting with bioinformatic tools like VEP on CLI. Playing horror games: beat Dead Space Remake, starting on Alan Wake 2.
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I love my job as the guy who adds a fake “keep me signed in” checkbox to every website that does nothing
May 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I love my job as the guy who adds a fake “keep me signed in” checkbox to every website that does nothing
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It's OK when Andre 3000 does it, but the rest of you should not carry a piano like that.
May 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's OK when Andre 3000 does it, but the rest of you should not carry a piano like that.
For all the Dead Space fans out there, in case you missed this like I did!
So apparently there's a new Dead Space audio drama on Apple Podcasts and somehow is receiving absolutely no press despite surprisingly high user reviews?
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Dead Space: Deep Cover
Science Fiction Podcast · Biweekly Series · Set in the expansive universe of the Dead Space games - Emmeline Ayuba is a journalist looking for her sister. After last hearing reports of her sister join...
podcasts.apple.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
For all the Dead Space fans out there, in case you missed this like I did!
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I watched a few videos today about "vibe coding." Someone in the comments phrased it as "vibes-based development" and I haven't been able to stop laughing about it all evening. That's all I can contribute to the world tonight.
March 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I watched a few videos today about "vibe coding." Someone in the comments phrased it as "vibes-based development" and I haven't been able to stop laughing about it all evening. That's all I can contribute to the world tonight.
I can't even put into words how important the words, the knowledge, and the lessons of our ancestors and elders are in these moments in time, and how valuable these conversations are to our souls and spirits. This shared wisdom is imperative in helping us build resiliency to moving forward.
March 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I can't even put into words how important the words, the knowledge, and the lessons of our ancestors and elders are in these moments in time, and how valuable these conversations are to our souls and spirits. This shared wisdom is imperative in helping us build resiliency to moving forward.
I'm ready and also not ready for Severance to air tonight.
March 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I'm ready and also not ready for Severance to air tonight.
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I love humans.
Oh my goodness, I love librarians. The children's librarian at the local library has apparently started randomly putting books on hold for me that she thinks my kid will like, *without me requesting them.* Bless her.
March 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I love humans.
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