New server means a new #introduction
Hi, I am a design executive in Europe who started as a backend developer in Missouri.
My life has taken many turns, but I’ve always benefited from the advantage of being a white cishet male who is stereotyped as credible. Hopefully, I leave this planet more equitable than I found it.
I strive to apply critical analysis to everything yet also find solidarity with everyone.
While I value “strong opinions, weakly held”, I do indulge in strongly-held opinions on a few issues. I’ll thread them here so you can make an informed decision on whether to follow or block me:
#Missouri Outlawed #Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States
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With millions in expanded #tax credits and direct state funding going to anti-abortion groups, the nonprofit Coalition Life has expanded its operations beyond Missouri and into states where the procedure is still legal.
@danblondell @sidereal @seachanger @sarae sometimes the US can feel like it's being colonized already. Maybe we can hope for a benevolent oligarch.
(Seriously: SEA-LA and CHI-NOLA both seem possible except for the cost disease that plagues US infrastructure.)
No one reads the EULA. After all, how bad could the consequences be?
Disney could kill your family and get away with it? https://longisland.news12.com/disney-asks-court-to-dismiss-wrongful-death-lawsuit-of-long-island-doctor
#cycling #TourdeFrance #TdFF
“The #women's peloton had to fight for decades to convince organizers of what was an obviously good idea, and after a handful of false starts and half-measures, they finally put together a stage race without having to qualify it with a weird name”
“The eight-stage race has been so popular and grown so quickly because of the quality of the competition”
The #TourdeFranceFemmes Is The Perfect Post-Olympics Spectacle https://defector.com/the-tour-de-france-femmes-is-the-perfect-post-olympics-spectacle
I guess you didn’t do anything wrong, Joost. Sorry about the fuss when we removed you from Eurovision, which had absolutely nothing to do with you daring to throw shade at Israel while they committed genocide. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/12/sweden-closes-investigation-into-barred-eurovision-contestant-joost-klein
@danblondell @sidereal @seachanger @sarae fine, compare to Spain, then?
@mekkaokereke 👏if I had the opportunity (and any useful skills) I would put the rest of my life on pause and go join that campaign. But my motivation would be to make history, not to have an enjoyably and personally-rewarding job.
Trying to lock down on a 2D illustration style before doing 80+ of these little sketches.
@burningbird I hope their study looks for prior art: https://www.eea.europa.eu/signals-archived/signals-2018-content-list/articles/interview-2014-the-dutch-make
I can't *imagine* why young American women haven't flocked to the right since 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/aug/07/gen-z-voters-political-ideology-gender-gap
@sidereal @CorvidCrone Seattle (veggie Field Roast) dogs are on the very short list of things I miss from the US. Perhaps I need to import the gun.
I really dislike how often our online social spaces display the same bullshit problems that all social spaces exhibit.
@SecurityWriter I think these conspiracies are supported by a sort of flipped Dunning-Krueger effect. If you’ve never tried to manage a large system, it’s easy to believe that simple intentions are sufficient.
And we all know that those other people have impure intentions.
$NVDA is going to be interesting to watch this month: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/29/apple-says-its-ai-models-were-trained-on-googles-custom-chips-.html
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Pls spread the word:
Over 30 students have been k*lled in Bangladesh, some as young as 17. There is a near total internet blackout since yesterday. Cell network is minimal. People from abroad are unable to reach their families.
This protest for a government-job "quota" reform has been peaceful since July 1. Violence broke out when the first student was k*lled by the police a few days ago.
#QuotaReformProtest #SaveBangladeshiStudents
#Bangladesh
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/asia/bangladesh-job-quota-protests-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html
I cached some podcasts for a flight, one a simple news program for the Dutch language exposure.
So I listened to them discussion flight MH17 while we were flying over the Black Sea. 😬
This podcast episode with @mxshift really helps demystify quantum computing: https://www.macrofab.com/podcasts/quantum-computing-nuts-and-bolts/
This really resonates with me as I read it at 2:30: https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/11/night-owls-cognitive-function-superior-to-early-risers-study-suggests
@zhenyi I appreciate your desire to keep it super-focused, but forgive me one request: posting via Micropub (which could be used with Wordpress or, in my case, any site with IndieKit).