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natali

@natali

i'm so low maintenance that i'm barely breathing (SIG Docs Co-chair for Kubernetes, TODO Group Steering Committee, Open Source @ Cisco)

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natali@natali· Jul 11

yeah

a picture of myself in the mirror in the bathroom of a bar in schöneberg, a suburb of berlin i'm never in, where i met fellow croatian diaspora but they couldn't really speak croatian which was a shame, anyway i can't wait to be back home on the island in august (i'm wearing a tight black velvet shirt with a small gold embroidered half-moon in the centre, a black pleated mini skirt, black stockings and black combat boots, my hair up in braids pinned to my head)

natali@natali· Jun 30

WE WILL CONVERGE

a picture of the band converge playing on stage at punk venue SO36 in berlin, germany, among a crowd of people just outside the pit, illuminating the hardcore crowd that had gathered to mosh to their new record which is very fucking good

natali@natali· Jun 15

a picture of a framed picture of serbian conceptual artist and performer marina abramović wearing black stocking and heels, but naked from the waist up, holding a framed picture at her midsection of former president of the socialist federal republic of yugoslavia, josip broz tito — the image of abramović is in black and white, contrasted by the bright red wall it is hanging from in the halls of the gropius bau of berlin for her exhibition titled balkan erotic epic

a picture of a framed photo of former president of the socialist federal republic of yugoslavia, josip broz tito, wearing his marshall uniform on a white gallery wall in the gropius bau of berlin. the framed picture is adorned with fairy lights flickering blue as part of the marina abramović exhibition titled balkan erotic epic

natali@natali· May 19

✌️ lol ✌️

me, clad in black, with the hood of my puffer jacket tight around my heart-shaped head, standing with both hands up in victory signs and an expression of sheer excitement with mouth agape to have found a "stinky poopy alley" street sign down a brick alleyway, walls painted lime green, in downtown minneapolis, i'm literally beaming, trash lives here, it's me i'm trash

natali@natali· May 5

do you ever learn things about friends like @kat.lol that you wish you could unlearn?

a screenshot of a text interaction between myself and fellow kubernetes maintainer kat cosgrove, where upon learning that people brush their teeth in the shower (what the fuck), she reveals that she has brushed her teeth in MY shower (what the fuck)

natali@natali· Mar 31

touching computers for a living, and talking about it, at cncf maintainer summit eu

karena, myself, and martin stand on stage at the cncf maintainer summit in amsterdam (march 2026) in front of a slide that says "closing remarks". i was invited on stage as the former program chair of the summit to help draw out raffle tickets for shirt giveaways. my cheekbone is POPPIN and i wasn't even wearing makeup that day, sick

myself (kubernetes), tiffany (otel), aidan (buildpaks), and nate (cncf) all seated during our panel at the cncf maintainer summit in amsterdam in march 2026 speaking to sandbox project maintainers about docs best practices. it looks like i am shrugging, so maybe i don't know much about docs after all eh

natali@natali· Mar 24

LONG LIVE INGRESS NGINX 🪦 @strongjz.bsky.social archiving ingress nginx live on the #KubeConEU stage with @youngnick.net and other gateway API maintainers 👑 #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon

natali@natali· Mar 4

very business aren't we @auggie.dev @ashleywolf.bsky.social (todo group steering @ lfms)

at the 2026 edition of the linux foundation members summit, myself (second from right) sitting alongside my fellow TODO group steering committee members for our AMA panel, myself and Ana (our project manager, far left) are throwing peace signs, the sign of the times, sigh

natali@natali· Feb 7

chino gets better with age god almighty

a picture from the pit of the deftones gig in berlin, germany at the max-schmeling-halle, showing the stage at the end of their set with the band's name and date of the show in a slightly pink hue, spotlights illuminating the stage as we all stand there in awe after their killer performance

natali@natali· Jan 6

us when we thank all the new people for putting up with us on the community call

a screenshot of kat and natali in a sig docs community call wearing lawyer and judge wigs, smiling at the camera because we can do whatever we want?? in this project?? such as being a silly goose??

natali@natali· Dec 4

i allow this to define me

a screenshot of my top three songs on tidal, a music streaming service that crunches data about your music choices throughout the year. my top song in 2025 was the health x chelsea wolfe track 'mean', followed by 'everything is quiet now' and 'deep in the willow' by knocked loose

natali@natali· Nov 17

actually this one sums it up lol

three program chairs closing out the cncf maintainer summit as i excitedly wait to get off stage – mario to the left, karena in the middle, and myself on the right, what the hell is that face natali

natali@natali· Nov 17

being one of the program chairs for the cncf maintainer summit this year was a true professional highlight, and now it's time for someone else to shine (or work fucking tirelessly). glamour shot on stage clocked, time to go back to my maintainer hole

myself and karena on stage, program chairs of the cncf maintainer summit, keynoting the event. i'm speaking into a handheld mic and telling the audience not to write shitty abstracts for the next call for papers. we're both wearing all black and we both listened to metal afterwards

natali@natali· Nov 12

the cisco ospo reunion we all wanted @auggie.dev @svrnm.com

a photo taken from the side of myself, severin, stephen, and lelia outside the hookah-slash-sports bar in atlanta that we found after ditching the buildkite/honeycomb/pulumi party, all smiling for a photographer off-screen

natali@natali· Oct 13

i always return to the ancient wisdom of musicians reddit

reddit users rokman2012 and kitkanz engaging in a knowledge exchange by inspiring fellow guitar players to learn wonderwall by oasis in order to be ordained as an absolute pussy magnet

natali@natali· Oct 6

i mean look at us

a selfie of kat and natali holding their drinks at the ethel cain show, where you can't tell that we're wearing matching nike pleated track pants that have so much fucking material oh my god

natali@natali· Oct 6

our last show together before @kat.lol returns to the backcountry, of course it would be ethel cain

pink lights illuminate ethel cain at her show in london, accompanied by her wooden cross mic stand

a white spotlight frames singer-songwriter ethel cain against a red light background at her show in london

a blue, solemn light illuminates ethel cain at her show in london, crouching to sing at the audience, and accompanied by her wooden cross mic stand and stage decorations of spanish moss

natali@natali· Sep 26

worthwhile pain, isn't he cute?

my left leg showcasing the tattoo on my shin of the head of a three-eyed goat, meant to look menacing and demonic, but i just think goats are cool, too — all done in black and white with shading, no colour

natali@natali· Aug 21

being my friend, exhibit #7915

a screenshot of a text message from a friend, telling me about their successful colonoscopy, and how the doctor complimented their beautiful colon — i proceed to not believe them and ask if the doctor made them go awooga awooga

natali@natali· Aug 4

half drow, partial illithid, complete babe

a picture of a baldur's gate 3 character, who is half drow and partial illithid, with crossed arms, sporting a pixie grey haircut and deep purple veins that are very visible throughout her face and body, while wearing a leather bikini top and slacks, great tits

natali@natali· Jul 2

to quote @kat.lol: man, i love being depressed in public

natali@natali· Jun 20

s is for cool

a picture of a tattooed leg, featuring the 'cool s', a little bloody

natali@natali· Dec 24

merry pissmas from us cookie decorators

a collection of cookies decorated in brightly coloured icing, featuring a biblically accurate angel, something riding an elephant, and the word cunt spelled out across several cookies

natali@natali· Dec 13

feeling very metal post-surgery

the second generation "they don't know" meme, which features an observant party-goer in a corner, alluding to one's feelings of self-worth and inadequacy when around strangers

text 1: they don't know i'm carrying a drainage cannister of my own blood
text 2: yes we do
text 3: you already texted your three friends

natali@natali· Apr 6

salutations

a full body shot of me wearing a black, knee-length, short sleeve dress

natali@natali· Aug 17

okay well this is just wonderful

finished tattoo on my right leg of a broken vase with a venomous snake, dead plants, and skulls

natali@natali· Aug 17

about to die well decorated

freehand sketch on my lower leg of a broken vase, featuring skulls, vines, and a snake depositing venom

natali@natali· Jul 16

i survived it (didn't get the runs) and i'd do it again

a picture of me from the back, throwing victory signs with my hands, fatefully walking into a taco bell for the first time

natali@natali· Jun 26

i love being from the island of korčula in the former yugoslav country of croatia where i return frequently for leisure

a small bay called gršćica, located on the island of korčula in croatia — houses by the sea, ascending up a small hill in a surrounding forest of pine trees on the adriatic sea

natali@natali· Jun 8

turnstile fucking slapped

a picture from the upper gallery at the verti music hall of the band turnstile during their show in berlin, germany