George Mari @GeorgeMari@social.cleverlibre.org

Out of curiosity, and I understand that this is a super ominous question, but... if someone were to play as a clown in D&D, what sort of spells would a clown... have?

“NASA is hiding proof of aliens!” has to be one of the funniest takes ever.

NASA is comprised almost entirely of nerds like most of us on here.

If NASA had proof of alien life they’d be throwing a massive kegger on top of the Johnson Space Center and submitting a budget to Congress for eleventy trillion dollars.

#Space #UFOs #Aliens #UAP #Science #NASA

🌟🌟🌟 Hiring alert 🌟🌟🌟

Are you an awesome developer who's excited about building for the web?

Do you like or want to build opensource software?

Become Volumetrics first founding engineer!

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

https://volumetrics.io/careers/

(boosts very much appreciated, I would personally LOVE to find that person on the #fediverse 😊)

#job #hiring #web #opensource

Pretty decent piece here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/09/19/electric-cars-better-environment-fossil-fuels/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjk1MDk2MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2NDc4Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTUwOTYwMDAsImp0aSI6IjVlMzg1NmM1LTNhZDMtNDY3ZC1iYTEwLWQ0NWE5MTUzYTE4OSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjMvMDkvMTkvZWxlY3RyaWMtY2Fycy1iZXR0ZXItZW52aXJvbm1lbnQtZm9zc2lsLWZ1ZWxzLyJ9.1zl1vybp7gm3lzHOgSSYuJKxCnvdPgDucCg3x0GzTys

We're working on a new multi-month project about EV charging accessibility.

If you're an EV owner OR a potential EV owner who:

- Uses a mobility aid, such as a wheelchair, knee walkers, prosthetic limb, or other mobility device designed to assist in your personal mobility
- Has reduced core or upper-body strength (making lifting large cables hard or difficult).
- Makes use of Speech-to-text services or makes use of teleprinters (textphones or minicoms)
- Is a carer, parent or guardian to someone who requires extra space or assistance getting in and out of vehicles.

...then we'd love to talk to you off camera about your experiences, with a view to (potentially, with your consent, of course), filming with you at a later date. Much like our last video in our series on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, (https://youtu.be/ip64lqg6TJg) we'll be questioning and interviewing charging station manufacturers and operators.

Interested? Please email show at transportevolved dot com.

#Accessibility #ElectricVehicles

Dear Apple: 👏🏼 Make 👏🏼 this 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 default! 👏🏼

Today @signalapp is rolling out PQXDH, the first step in post-quantum resistance for the Signal Protocol, the cryptography engine used in Signal and WhatsApp. PQXDH protects calls and chats from threats that may arise if and when quantum computing defeats many of today's most widely used encryption algorithms.

https://signal.org/blog/pqxdh/

My employer is hiring an IT security officer. Please pass the vacancy announcement on to anyone who might be interested. P.S. I have no inside information here. I barely understand some of the words in the posting. 😉 https://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/sites/ca3/files/Asst%20Circuit%20IT%20Security%20Officer%20Vac%20Annc_Sep%2014%202023.pdf

The new iOS 17 notification sound is quieter, and there’s no way to change it back https://9to5mac.com/2023/09/19/ios-17-iphone-app-notification-sound/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

My team at Apple (Shortcuts) is hiring an iOS software engineer to do weird things to computers and make Shortcuts even more integrated with the Apple ecosystem.

During my time on this team I contributed to UIKit, SwiftUI, SpringBoard and plenty of other codebases - if you're looking for a role where you can impact how literally billions of Apple customers interact with their devices - look no further.

Details at https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200500652/ios-software-engineer-shortcuts?team=SFTWR

Boosts appreciated!

Given that I've just moved servers from @Tech.lgbt to @Lgbtqia.space, it's time for me to give you another Introduction!

I'm Nikki, an #ExPat Brit (who is half Canadian and now a U.S. Citizen) living just west of #PDX, Portland, OR.

As a #trans and #queer person growing up in the 1980s and 90s, Music became a much-needed escape from the real world, and I ended up attending #GSMD in London and becoming a professional #Oboist and #MusicTeacher.

In 2010 I changed career. I'm the owner and co-presenter of @show, where we try to help the world become cleaner, greener, safer, smarter and more equitable through greener transportation and clean energy. (@Aminorjourney@mastodon.transportevolved.com is my work account).

(See https://youtu.be/FBtJaqu1UE4 for that origin story)

I'm a total #Nerd, and I enjoy #cycling, RetroComputing, #OpenSource and much more. I'm married to the amazing @amerikate, and I love to #Garden. I have #Chickens, #Dogs, want #Goats, and I'm sometimes found at your local #Comicon or #Furcon dressed as @QueenieDeerhart, @ChimichangaFox, and others!

Yes, you didn’t imagine it, we did a One More Thing during #HA10… 💚 Home Assistant Green is our new affordable smart home hub. It’s designed to be the easiest way for everyone to start with Home Assistant, for just $99. #homeassistant

Enough already! So tired of these stories about Dem voters wanting a younger candidate. The reality check:
“Any discussion of an alternative is little more than a fantasy, they say, since challenging Mr. Biden would not only appear disloyal but would also most likely fail — and potentially weaken the president’s general-election standing.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/us/politics/biden-democrats-voter-concerns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

My iOS 17 interactive widgets are almost done!

I need a bit more time this year and won't make it on day one of iOS 17's launch, but they'll be out soon. Maybe another week or two.

(TONS of life stuff interfering recently — nothing bad, just very, very, very busy.)

Stay tuned.

NONPROFIT JOB ALERT:

We're hiring a Senior Security Engineer!

Help strengthen our security posture across our infrastructure, and partner with our software development teams (e.g., @dangerzone and @securedrop) to protect journalists and whistleblowers.

Remote; 4 hour overlap with NYC business hours required. Salary range $125K-$140K.

https://grnh.se/cacbf6065us

MGM’s ongoing Las Vegas “cybersecurity issue” even caught up FTC chair Lina Khan.

The hacking incident has affected services at the company’s resorts and hotels for nearly a week. MGM Resorts said on Thursday, “We continue to work diligently to resolve our cybersecurity issue while addressing individual guest needs promptly.

Now Bloomberg reports that one of the guests suddenly waiting in line to be checked in by staff resorting to pen and paper was US Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan, in town for meetings related to the grocery chain megamerger of Kroger and Albertsons.

> When Khan and her staff got to the front of the line, an employee at the desk asked them to write down their credit card information on a piece of paper.
> As the leader of the federal agency that, among other things, ensures companies protect consumer data wrote down her details, Khan asked the worker: How exactly was MGM managing the data security around this situation? The desk agent shrugged and said he didn’t know, according to a senior aide who was traveling with Khan and described the experience to Bloomberg as surreal.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-15/mgm-was-hacked-and-lina-khan-had-to-write-her-credit-card-number-down-on-paper

#PDX #PortlandOregon Folks on the east side near Gresham : if you see a silver 2018 KIA sportage, license plate 927-KNW, with a small square hole in the right rear bumper, PLEASE report it to authorities!

It was stolen right out of our fucking driveway about two to three hours ago.

Hi friends, I'm wrapping up some work and have some time available starting mid-October!

I may have mentioned this before, but I have a ton of fun building accessible, performant, and future-proof marketing web sites & custom web applications.

Let me add a bit of humor, experience, and attention to detail ( 👋 hi designer friends, I won't let you down!) to your next project!

Read more about me and what I can offer at https://stevenwoodson.com/services/

#webdev

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