Susanne Abdelrahman (she/her)

Visual illusions are often an entry point to learning about visual perception & neuroscience. Some of them can have an impact on research, like with the dress that broke the internet. You can now vote for the best visual illusion of the year until this Saturday (link below). 🧵

www.frogandtoad.ai

This right here. This is how you respond to their bullshit.

Sliwa getting a flu shot: This could be very embarrassing. I’m supposed to be a tough guy, right? Mamdani: I can hold your hand. Sliwa: What happens if I faint? Mamdani: I got you. Doctor: You’re in great hands, literally. New Yorkers can find free flu shots and locations at nyc.gov/healthmap

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

@theproductmindedqa.com on stage to bring #Motacon to a close, talking about the QACI model

Jason Huggins dropping knowledge: it’s really easy for baby ideas to die. Protect & nurture them. Yours and others. #motacon

Most TV is just this now.

I see people putting AI in the same bucket as NFTs (speculative technology that will go away when the bubble pops), but I think the internet is the better comp. Sure there's some early bubble-y activity, but the underlying technology is real it's going to dramatically change things.

Srsly. 😭

fuck… this is so real

Never too early to check your voter registration. www.vote.org/am-i-registe...

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

The Empire State Building went pink at exactly 9:25pm for Dolly Parton. Because of course they made it 9 to 5. That’s how you honor an icon. 🩷

The most substantial, huge, enormous, immense, vast, massive, colossal, gigantic, giant, mammoth, whopping, ginormous, humungous, scary, alarming, daunting, formidable, intimidating, terrifying, fearsome and petrifying of all the dinosaurs was the thesaurus.

The Google homepage is doing a cool thing right now if you search “eclipse 2026” (or certain variants thereof)

A year ago I was unemployed, doomscrolling at 2am, unsure of anything. This year: a QA+TPM role, a masterclass, and the MoTaCon talk I've wanted to give since 2019 and forgot about. New post: theproductmindedqa.com/what-a-diffe...

if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi

Outkast’s Ms Jackson just came on at the gym and I will never in my life be able to hear that song without thinking about this comic

every mcp should have the ability to report bugs in the mcp... . . . . . . . . . . through the actual mcp. and especially the jira one?? I mean, come on atlassian, it's right there

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

finding the first 'production' bug in something I built is an interesting feeling, I kinda like it?

I'm weirdly happy People decided to publish this article. this lady got very close to the peak and decided to turn back because she wasn't totally confident in her technical ability. That's praiseworthy wisdom, and a good example for others. share.google/d8Xi4aZ8aKkW...

even more true now dude

wild, do I need to relearn how to cook on an electric stove??? 😳 (don’t tell me it’s the same, I’ve tried before it’s not 😭)

timeline cleanse ✨