LoriHC @lorihc@social.cleverlibre.org

@Xavier @tychotithonus @robertatcara

The reward of working in infrastructure is that the better we do our job, the more useless everyone thinks we are.

I suppose this means that your people did your jobs *very* well on that project.

@dcreemer @lorihc Ok, I binge watched 4 episodes after seeing this exchange and just reached that scene in ep 5. Totally agree with the sentiment and philosophy even though I’m guilty of not always following it. (And great show btw)

In desert climates of the US a suburban lawn, with irrigation and soil aeration "maintenance" is basically a fire ant paradise. Fire ants love direct sun. They hate bushes that shade the ground, diverse clumps of plants, and fire ants can't live in the desert. They are tropical and the sprinklers for lawns complete the picture. Fire ant paradise!

But then people get so angry when they show up to live in something clearly made for them.

One of our sibling teams (Contextual Systems) is hiring an iOS engineer! If you or someone you know is excited about the opportunity to explore the iOS × ML space, check them out 🤓 https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200504283/ios-engineer-proactive-contextual-systems?team=SFTWR

🎂 Today is my birthday, and I'll be using this opportunity to raise money for folks experiencing homelessness this winter. So, in 30 minutes please join me on YouTube for a live stream where we'll build a complete SwiftUI and SwiftData app from scratch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4SCMC25BxY

"Do you know why I pulled you over?" will be illegal in California from January 1, 2024. Now police have to tell you why they pulled you over.

The idea is to stop pre-textual traffic stops, in which an officer pulls over a driver, usually Latino or African-American, intending to find a reason to search their vehicle for contraband.

Research shows that pre-textual traffic stops are a racist practice that nets very little contraband. #acab

#GiftLink 🎁 https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/12/20/california-police-must-tell-drivers-why-theyre-being-stopped-starting-next-year-under-new-law/?share=heoa0onwixn2ncrcriun

This is Republicans’ deranged vision for our country. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/ohio-woman-miscarriage-case-brittany-watts-rcna130511

I love this.
Karen Smith was sworn in as school board pres in PA Central Bucks School District; not on the Bible but on a stack of banned books.

Books include Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust survival memoir “Night, ”Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”; Donna Gephart’s “Lily and Dunkin,” with a transgender main character; George M. Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” growing up Black and LGBTQ+; Mike Curato’s graphic novel “Flamer”; and Susan Kuklin’s “Beyond Magenta.”

#banned
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/6/2210087/-Newly-elected-school-board-president-sworn-in-on-stack-of-banned-books

Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.

Do a search on your city for 'Discount Grocery Warehouse'. There is very likely a place in your area that is open to the public that sells near-expired (in the next few months) and overstock grocery items. There is one where I live that gets in frozen food items as well as a lot of international food items. I shop there for myself primarily now and my grocery bill is $35 per week. And I'm by no means going hungry.

#PoorSkills

https://nicelocal.com/oklahoma-city/shops/in_and_out_discount_groceries_and_wholesale/

TFW I finished all my NYT & Puzzmo puzzles too early in the day so, i guess, just twiddle my thumbs now

Want to define the future of one of the coolest programming languages around, and work with both the open source community and awesome folks within Apple? Great news, I'm hiring for the Swift standard library team.

Note that my team is remote-first. You need not relocate to Cupertino (or anywhere else) for this role.

https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200517209/swift-standard-library-engineer?team=SFTWR

We also get to interact with a lot of people, like my kid's friend's dad, who has recently learned to ride a unicycle. And the family of 5 who creates their own bike bus every morning. And the old man who walked his old dog around the pond every morning, and who one day we saw sans dog, and exchanged a knowing sad look that became a hug that became a friendship.

Cars are good for a lot of things, but seeing cool things and making new friends are definitely not among them.

I'm shocked, shocked that we won't be able to keep warming to 1.5℃. Who could have seen that coming.

Business as usual will result in warming of around 3.4℃. My bet is we'll wind up closer to that than to 1.5℃, due to the fact that shortsighted, ignorant, selfish, greedy people run the world. I don't know if civilization can survive that kind of climate. I guess we'll find out the hard way.

h/t @ClimateNewsNow

https://federated.press/@ClimateNewsNow/111518395947081823

#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #greed #oligarchy

Since the MAGA Supreme Court overturned Roe:

Kansas voters rejected an amendment to ban abortion.

Vermont voters codified abortion rights into the state constitution.

Montana voters rejected an anti-abortion referendum.

Michigan voters codified abortion rights into the state constitution.

Kentucky voters rejected an amendment to ban abortion rights.

California voters codified abortion rights into the state constitution.

Ohio voters codified abortion rights into the state constitution.