LoriHC @lorihc@social.cleverlibre.org

You have no idea how brutal this campaign has been… They put everything they had into this, all their power, state institutions, state media, all their hate, lies, piles of money. And they still lost.

They pissed off people so much that there was a record turnout, so many young people went to vote.

No one expected it would look like this, polling stations weren't prepared. Some people voted at 2-3am, 6 hours after the deadline (!), after waiting in queues for hours in the cold…

As Halloween approaches, it’s time for the annual public health reminder:
1. Drugs in candy is remarkably rare, and lethal items in candy even moreso.
2. What does kill kids on Halloween is cars (and the drivers of said cars).

Be careful driving, give little kids light-up or reflective stuff for their costumes, and if you’re gonna have booze, take an Uber or walk. None of us working on Halloween want to see dead Kermit or flat Elsa.

Pedestrians, it should be our right to be distracted. It should be our right to walk and listen to music / look at the sky / cute dogs / snowflakes and not worry about getting killed. Nothing about that is dangerous except for CARS. Don't let them make you believe you are the problem.

Our #health #software team at #apple is hiring! This is an awesome position for someone to begin (or re-begin) a technical career. Please note the role is NOT remote - but can be in the SF Bay Area or San Diego.
#FediHire
https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200503704/health-software-screener?team=SFTWR

Lucy (left) and Nicholas (right)
#dogsofmastodon
#catsofmastodon

The way I love putting it is "The best way to be a 10x engineer is to make 10 other people twice as productive. And it's the only way you'll ever be a 1000x engineer."

My team is hiring;

https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200503910/photos-apps-and-user-experience-software-engineer

Not disclosed in the job description: you might have to work with me which might or might not be considered as a benefit. 🙂

Another entry for the “Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names” list, this time from Iberia

Not all heroes wear capes. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/22-year-old-firefox-tooltip-bug-fixed-in-a-few-lines-offering-hope-to-us-all/

Just a reminder that we don’t have to argue with people on the Internet when they’re wrong.

I hate drivers that creep up to crosswalks so much. It’s so easy for a driver to slip their foot from the brake (or clutch) and hit a pedestrian. Just stop. You can wait a few seconds.

Read this one:

How not to cover Trump's 2024 campaign

“Even if the press is not interviewing Trump or another politician — such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is too afraid to face reporters one on one — this strategy of having hard evidence ready and using it well has become essential to reporting on their statements and campaigns. Again, we are now annotators.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-07/donald-trump-2024-campaign-president-media-press-ron-desantis-primary-election

"You're doing protesting wrong. Here's how to do a protest..."

You're doing protest critique wrong. Here's how to do protest critique: do the ideal protest your damn self or shut the fuck up

@alexkgellis This is one of those baffling situations in which, because it's a blind curve, I do clearly take the lane. Yet many drivers pass me anyway, even though that means pulling fully into the opposite lane--and potentially into the path of on-coming traffic.

I've seen so many narrow escapes from head-on collisions.

Truly a head shaker.

“Amsterdam is preparing to lower its speed limits to 30km/hr [18mph]. The city will install almost 5k new speed signs, adjust 170 traffic lights, and take other ‘infrastructural measures.’ It is also launching the slogan: ‘We drive 30 for each other.’”
https://nltimes.nl/2023/10/02/amsterdam-preparing-lower-speed-limit-30-kilometers-per-hour

This is just disappointing. Men need to do better.

Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/grace-hopper-celebration-career-fair-men/