George Mari @GeorgeMari@social.cleverlibre.org

We'd like your help with something.

We would like to hear more from traditionally underrepresented and marginalized Fedizens at the next #FediForum.

We asked FediForum participants, and they most mention LGBTQIA+ and black communities, people with disabilities, as well as voices from outside the usual rich western countries whose residents tend to dominate tech-related events.

Can you help us reach out further than we can on our own? We'd appreciate introductions.

The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.

They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.

Don't fall for it.

Another day, another blog from Alyssa Rosenzweig. Read "The first conformant M1 GPU driver" https://rosenzweig.io/blog/first-conformant-m1-gpu-driver.html 🤠

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is looking for enthusiastic, driven professionals to join our team and be Clean Energy Champions. We are seeking talented individuals with diverse perspectives and skills to help tackle the climate crisis. #GreenJobs https://www.energy.gov/eere/clean-energy-jobs

Anyone in my network know of startups looking for a computer systems architect? My partner is graduating from Northeastern this year with an MS in CS and has research experience at Swarthmore, WashU, and UMD

#FediHire #GetFediHired

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RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.

When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn't get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by. I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn’t have much to ‘bring’ to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say. “What are you struggling with?” he asked.

I gestured around me and said “I dunno man. Life.” Not satisfied with my answer, he said “No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?”

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn‘t want to say it.

I wanted to have something more substantial. Something more profound.

But I didn’t.

So I told him, “Honestly? The dishes. It's stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN’T do them because I'll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can’t stand and scrub the dishes” I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with actual problems, and I'm whining to my therapist about dishes?

But my therapist nodded in understanding and then said:

“RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.”

I began to tell him that you're not supposed to, but he stopped me.

“Why the hell aren’t you supposed to? If you don’t want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist, so stop giving yourself rules."

It blew my mind in a way that I don’t think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times. I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later, I folded my laundry and put them wherever the heck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I'm in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!

RE: https://pounced-on.me/users/vixencore/statuses/110764806153373580

I'm looking for a new day job as my position with IOActive ends in October.

Please repost for reach!

I'm looking for information security analyst, cybersecurity research, blog writing, + cybersecurity consultant roles.

- I just passed my CISSP exam.
- I'm in Tribe of Hackers, a Who's Who of cybersecurity thought leaders.
- I'm the author of Wiley + O'Reilly books on pentesting, business cybersecurity policy + operations, zero trust network security + cloud security.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kimcrawley_kim-crawley-resume-activity-7096959595847299072-K6Jr

Has the ring of truth to it!

(Source: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/21/2188464/-Cartoon-A-hairy-situation )

The folks that worked on this LEGO age check text field (!!) are automatically the best web developers on the planet right

(Sound on for perfection)

There's currently a wave of bots trying to vandalize #OpenStreetMap by replacing names (and russian langauge names) with anti-russian slogans. The #OSM DWG has blocked 5,000+ accounts already

😢 This is not the way people!

e.g. <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/how-about-limit-new-accounts/101656/49>
#Ukraine #Russia #RussianInvasion

I shared this privately before, but I just got the okay to share it in public. The Bluegrass Archive is online with a website and everything. This is a MASSIVE trove of legal live #bluegrass recordings from earliest days right up to now, which you can download and listen to for free. It is one of the greatest achievements of the fan-driven #music archiving community I've ever seen. I contributed a small number of filesets out of the thousands here. #music

https://bluegrassarchive.com/

Wow, https://energygraph.info/dashboards is such a gold mine of interactively explorable data around the European electricity system - great addition to https://energy-charts.info

Lol. Laffo. #HurricaneHilary #JustCaliforniaThings

Oh gawd this feels too real.

#satire #funny #starwars

Hey Mastodon! I'm Nora, I run a jewelry shop, and I used to rely on Twitter to find customers. I could really use your help sharing this post so I can find them here. Thanks!

https://www.nora.jewelry/

#handmade #handmadejewelry #art #artistsonmastodon #artistsofmastodon #jewelry #glass #fusedglass #sellingonmastodon #smallbusiness #pride #pridejewelry #fedigiftshop

Gaiman: " If you really can't figure out which political party or which politician to vote for, just ask if they're on the side of libraries. Are they voting to fund their libraries? Are they voting to keep them free? Then vote for those guys. They're probably the good guys. And by the same token, the book burners, the book banners, they're probably the bad guys."
https://ilovelibraries.org/article/i-will-always-be-on-the-side-of-the-libraries-a-conversation-with-neil-gaiman/

ATTN current USG employees: I'm hiring! I'm overseeing the $10bn+ transformation of IRS technology systems, and my team needs an office manager/assistant. Detail position, GS13. Must be an active USG employee.

https://openopps.usajobs.gov/tasks/5968

Please boost!

Don’t supersize me: The case for small electric cars instead of big SUVs

Small cars are good for us but bad for business.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/dont-supersize-me-the-case-for-small-electric-cars-instead-of-big-suvs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social