George Mari @GeorgeMari@social.cleverlibre.org

Today's piece with The Big Picture writer Amelia Mavis Christnot is a must-read... "Autism doesn't need a cure. It needs empathy and understanding.

I think if we approached ASD from that perspective we could better help individuals who are nonverbal or who have coexisting disabilities.

And mental illness is not an excuse for racism or mass shootings.

There are millions of us with actual diagnoses and we've never gone on a bigoted rant or shot up a school, church or movie theater. Stop blaming poor choices on mental illness."

https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/questions-team-takei-amelia-christnot

Feds open yet another safety investigation into Tesla Autopilot

NHTSA has opened dozens of investigations into Tesla after more than 30 deaths.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/07/feds-open-yet-another-safety-investigation-into-tesla-autopilot/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

For all things electric vehicles and clean energy, follow our sister site @electrek ⚡️

Have you gone to https://ca.fullycharged.live and purchased your tickets for Fully Charged Live Vancouver at a full 25% off using "TE25”?

Every time you use that code to buy a ticket, you're sending 100% of the proceeds of those discounted tickets to us - and you'll help us afford the hotels we'll need to attend the event!

#ElectricCar #Canada #VancouverBC #FullyChargedLiveCanada

#GreenTransportation #GreenEnergy

Short 🧵:

This morning's ProPublica story on Harlan Crow's yacht and the tax breaks he's seen by using it to entertain #SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas and others is a hybrid of two important ProPublica series.

The reporting on Crow's yacht builds directly on this story from April about Crow and Thomas' luxurious international travel:

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

#HarlanCrow #ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt

Pls boost so I can show my wife how a toot can go round the world

(we are boarding a long haul flight and will be on the other side of the world when I turn my phone back on, so even with 0 boosts I think this will be a sound demonstration)

Hola party people! This poll is very important.

I'm making a new Planetarium show. What do you think is interesting?

I have open availability for web dev projects this summer. If you're looking for a performant, accessible, and resilient website built to withstand growth and change, I'd love to chat about how I can help make that happen.

Get in touch at https://stevenwoodson.com/project-inquiry/

#WebDevelopment
#OpenToWork

Clears throat, then says it loudly for those praying in the back of the room.

If you know somebody in need of a creative and competent #rust #backend engineer, please tell them the creator of broot, bacon, dysk, rhit, lazy-regex, etc. is looking for a gig, 2 to 3 days a week, either short or long term.

Please boost for reach

cool blog about living in antarctica / research base infrastructure and logistics: https://brr.fyi/

Whoa, just got #laidOff...

Saw it coming, but it's still a first for me. Remote work made it easier to wait for the other shoe to drop, but I am happy to finally make it official on my #LinkedIn so I can really start looking again.

Here's hoping my next role has a better tech stack 🤞

#fediHire get at me if you know someone who needs a #WebDev

To answer those of you asking why we're not on Threads, it's because Meta says "2600" is an illegal user name. Not a good start.

Are you still using Twitter? ​

(7 months later follow-up)
#TwitterMigration
#Mastodon

Ex-Player to Congress: China Criticism Derailed His NBA Career https://www.voanews.com/amp/ex-player-to-congress-china-criticism-derailed-his-nba-career/7181933.html #voanews #voiceofamerica

👋 Just a quick note to say that since I decided to move on from WPT, I’m actively exploring new work opportunities!

I have a particular interest in roles that call for product design & strategy, front-end prototyping & engineering, and R&D. I’ve worked with enterprise-scale web applications, and early-stage startups.
In short, if you’re looking to hire someone with decades of design/dev experience, I’d love to hear from you. And even if you aren’t, I’d appreciate if you help me spread the word!

Victory! Ninth Circuit allows human rights case to move forward against Cisco Systems.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/victory-ninth-circuit-allows-human-rights-case-move-forward-against-cisco-systems

@sarajw @ohhelloana @matthiasott

Climate despair is engineered. It is the result of propaganda. That feeling of helplessness is intentional.

If someone tells you that individuals can't affect climate change, punch that asshole like you'd punch Richard Spencer. How dare they ask you to give up on this Earth? How dare they tell you that you are too small to matter? How dare they suggest you become complicit in omnicide through inaction?

YES. DO IT DO IT DO IIIIIIIIIIT! #sagaftrastrong #wgastrong #unionize #Solidarity #unionizemarvel #cgi

John Cusack is tweeting out some of the dirty secrets of Hollywood accounting -- and it's pretty illuminating.

#sagaftra #strike #wga