Olivia A-CFeb 6
ALRIGHT! First round of editing is done for entry 1 of this series. Rough draft started for entry 2. I am feeling psyched. I get to include cat pictures and hopefully also puns galore. Get ready to see a blog post about visualizing the litterbox habits of #OpheTheLoaf, #PumpernickelKitty, and #MayalaranTheCat at the end of the month!
Show threadOlivia A-CJan 23
@[email protected] Oh believe me, if the world around me would follow along I would use better units. But the vet expects pounds, so here we are.

As for pictures, these are #MayalaranTheCat (not in the charts cause she's too much of a princess to use the robot), #OpheTheLoaf, and #PumpernickelKitty (we call her Rye for short). In the first picture, Loaf is on the left, Rye in the middle, and Maya on the right. More details in the alt text.
Olivia A-CMar 20, 2025
We are convinced one of our cats is a human who was cursed. Her pupils are more round than most cats. She loves chocolate. In fact, she has a really broad palette for a cat. She is incredibly gentle, as it she is not used to having claws. #MayalaranTheCat
Olivia A-CMar 13, 2025
Oh my goodness, look what my partner just sent me!

#CatsOfFediverse #CatsOfMisskey #cats #MayalaranTheCat #OpheTheLoaf
Show threadOlivia A-CFeb 25, 2025
Now she is sleeping against my leg, and purring in her sleep ♥️
#MayalaranTheCat #CatsOfFediverse #CatsOfMastodon
Olivia A-CFeb 25, 2025
Look at this cutie, working from home with me! #MayalaranTheCat #CatsOfFediverse #CatsOfMastodon
Olivia A-CFeb 21, 2025
New account, so new #introduction. Let's do it again!

I have a #MastersDegree in #ComputerScience and #ComputerEngineering. I went to #NMU for undergrad and #MSU for my graduate degree. I currently work at #UChicago for the #TMWCenter, which focuses on helping young children acquire language (and therefore other learning skills) faster.

In my spare time, I develop #OpenSourceSoftware such as
- a #SphinxDoc extension that embed #Fediverse comments on your page
- a library to talk to #ManifoldMarkets from native #Python
- a #PredictionMarket manager using the above
- a #transpiler from a subset of Python to #OpenStreetMaps's #OverpassQL
- bug fixes to many other projects, including #mypy, #base58, #attrs, #CPython, & more

I spend a fair bit of my time these days on #MathResearch, specifically into the #ThueMorse Sequence and its extensions.

I'm also a hobbyist editor on OpenStreetMap.

#Demisexual, #transfem, and happily engaged to my #enby sweetheart.

We have two cats: #OpheTheLoaf and #MayalaranTheCat (yes, from #StormlightArchive) See here for more on them!

I speak English fluently, Spanish haltingly, and am trying to learn Chinese

#queer #Chicago
Olivia A-C (@LivInTheLookingGlass)

These are our cats, #OpheTheLoaf and #MayalaranTheCat. Ophelia was originally my partner's, we live together full time now, and are an integrated family Fun facts about Ophelia: * She is missing a tooth, so her lip sometimes gets stuck open in a cute way * She has an "activation noise" that sounds kinda like a pigeon * She will often do 10/10 loafs, hence the nickname Some facts about Maya: * Her favorite hobby is judging the neighbors * She is very anxious * She has an incredibly dainty play style * She has a series of increasingly ridiculous nicknames: Mayalaran -> Maya -> Mayo -> Aioli -> Au Jus (Follow the hashtags if you want just my cats) #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFedi (📎8)

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Olivia A-CFeb 21, 2025
These are our cats, #OpheTheLoaf and #MayalaranTheCat. Ophelia was originally my partner's, we live together full time now, and are an integrated family

Fun facts about Ophelia:
* She is missing a tooth, so her lip sometimes gets stuck open in a cute way
* She has an "activation noise" that sounds kinda like a pigeon
* She will often do 10/10 loafs, hence the nickname

Some facts about Maya:
* Her favorite hobby is judging the neighbors
* She is very anxious
* She has an incredibly dainty play style
* She has a series of increasingly ridiculous nicknames: Mayalaran -> Maya -> Mayo -> Aioli -> Au Jus

(Follow the hashtags if you want just my cats)
#CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFedi
Olivia A-CDec 29, 2024
#MayalaranTheCat is so content 😻. She loves this beanbag/mattress, but especially when it is rolled out like this. If it didn't take so much room we would leave it like this all year
Olivia A-CDec 18, 2024

Oh dang, my #introduction post is waaay out of date now. Let's do it again!

I have a #MastersDegree in #ComputerScience and #ComputerEngineering. I went to #NMU for undergrad and #MSU for my graduate degree. I currently work at #UChicago for the #TMWCenter, which focuses on helping young children acquire language (and therefore other learning skills) faster.

In my spare time, I develop #OpenSourceSoftware such as

I spend a fair bit of my time these days on #MathResearch, specifically into the #ThueMorse Sequence and its extensions.

I'm also a hobbyist editor on OpenStreetMap.

#Demisexual, #transfem, and happily engaged to my #enby sweetheart.

We have two cats: #OpheTheLoaf and #MayalaranTheCat (yes, from #StormlightArchive)

#queer #Chicago