Taylor Barnett-Torabi

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I really just want to touch grass. 🏳️‍🌈 y’all means all.

living at the intersection of APIs, data, and DX. previously some startups. figuring out what I’m doing next.

📍Austin, TX

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Popping on to say: A lot of rumors are about to fly about this rally. Trump's team is 100% going to try and take advantage of this situation. So will malicious foreign actors/bots/etc. Please don't auto share. Check your sources, and vet their wording/sourcing carefully.

I was taking a photo of some butterflies in my backyard today and then things got spicy 🦋chlosyne lacinia or bordered patch butterfly

so much for patient privacy laws: "Dr. Eithan Haim, a former employee of the hospital, retrieved the personal information of underage patients who were not under his care, and illegally leaked them to a conservative activist" www.texastribune.org/2024/07/03/h...

Fight over trans medical care is at the core of leaked Houston health…www.texastribune.org A doctor says the government wants to punish him for calling attention to wrongdoing. Advocates say the families of trans kids are the ones at risk.

turns out when you don't climb much anymore and then randomly sport climb tall walls, it is hard who would have thought?!

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normal people in the star wars universe: "sure are a lot of cults around here."

my dog totally unbothered by multiple chainsaws and yelling while she sunbaths #corgisky normally a neighbor can’t even mow their lawn without her losing her shit

yuuuuup, I'm not looking at engineering roles right now, but I can’t even begin to describe how strange the job market is these days. really hope these will just be fun stories to cry/laugh about in the future.

there was a dirty cybertruck in the central market parking lot and my spouse thought it was a dumpster from a distance lol

this week is not off to a great start with a hurt pupper 😭

#sunflower sunday with my two sunflowers! 🌻 love these things so much that I am going to plant more to bloom in august/september. #gardening

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The Texas Medical Board continues to do the very least it can to help doctors and their patients figure out what the fuck is going on with emergency abortion care here

Texas adopts guidance for how doctors should interpret abortion banwww.texastribune.org The guidance lays out what the Texas Medical Board will consider when investigating allegations of illegal abortions.

texas' lt gov really saw what louisiana did with the ten commandments, and was like NOT FAIR, ME FIRST

happy pride to me, finally bought some underwear from Duluth Trading Company 😂

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this is kind of horrifyingly hilarious tbh

Threw together a quick post from the book here: open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...

Thou Shalt Notopen.substack.com When I saw today’s news that Louisiana has become the first state to mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms, I thought it sounded a lot like the 1950s campaign to ...

the jump scare when you accidentally tap the video tab in the Linkedin app

deadlifts RPE audit day with the garage door open while it gently rains outside 💖 it's lovely soaking it in before it is like 101F for days straight in a few weeks

took three weeks off from squats somewhat accidentally (shit go away from me + national park vacation) and many regrets were had but I'm back on my regular two times a week weightlifting schedule

finally had breakfast enchiladas for brunch today, and immediately questioned why I hadn't had them sooner

one of the sunflowers I was growing opened up and a little bee friend appeared 🌻🐝

mentally I’m still here

anyone see episode 3 of The Acolyte and are actually into it? 🙋‍♀️ lesbian witches who are making bros on the internet mad? sign me up. the whole storytelling from a different perspective actually keeps Star Wars interesting.

my favorite part of product interviews lately is getting to talk about the actual product, landscape, and what is and isn’t working in other words “put me in coach”

what’s more awkward then waving at someone when entering a coffee shop thinking they are someone you know, and then later walking up to them saying “yo” and it isn’t actually them 😂 (going to go hide now)

*taps taps* is this thing on?

you might have had a pumpkin spice latte today, but I had a snickerdoodle iced latte at a brewery while working in 100F. we aren’t the same.

does anyone have seasons where you feel more femme versus masc? summer, definitely femme. winter, definitely masc.

I have no idea how anyone does anything creative on less than 7 hours of sleep, I got woken up twice last night and I'm struggling to write a few good sentences

I swear I have clicked so many fucking cookie banners while going through dozens of hotel sites in Munich

Yoda made it to her grand Nana’s fridge

the past two weeks I’ve worked about a total of 10 hours out in the heat doing dirt and ground work and I swear I have no idea how anyone does this every day