LoriHC @lorihc@social.cleverlibre.org

WWDC23, June 5–9! https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/

Okay cheesy post alert:

WWDC always reminds me why I love being a software developer. I love the community!

Growing up I didn’t know a single person as interested in technology as myself. I was the geeky-tech-nerd with no one to share that passion.

To have found my people? Who get hyped over new development tools and new technology?

Younger me would be so proud!

I love how Barnes & Noble specifically promoted some of these "banned" books. Every library and bookstore should do this.

#fascism #books #ChildrensBooks #BookBanning #FightFascism

It remains absolutely wild to me that Jalopnik, of all things, has one of the most enlightened editorial views on car culture and windshield-perspective.

This is a blistering editorial that would get you fired from just about any mainstream newspaper for writing.

https://jalopnik.com/its-not-the-bike-lanes-fault-youre-a-bad-driver-1850269918

Several airlines have made history by employing mother-daughter pilot duos. They are:

Capt. Wendy and First Officer Kelly Rexon, Delta Airlines

https://www.whsv.com/content/news/Photo-of-mother-daughter-pilot-team-goes-viral-507623101.html

Captain Kamelia Zarka and First Officer Maria Zarka, Hawaiian Airlines

https://newsroom.hawaiianairlines.com/blog/first-mother-daughter-pilot-team-makes-history-at-hawaiian-airlines

Captain Holly Petitt and First Officer Keely Petit, Southwest Airlines

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/dallas-fort-worth/news/2022/08/05/southwest-airlines-announces-first-mother-daughter-pilot-duo

#WomensHistoryMonth #aviation

Keep in mind ➡️ Cycling 🚲 is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities(!)👇👇

https://theconversation.com/cycling-is-ten-times-more-important-than-electric-cars-for-reaching-net-zero-cities-157163

Because that’s the strange dilemma here. “If every new administration prosecutes the previous one for ‘political’ crimes, then we’ll become a third-world country!”

If we DON’T prosecute crimes committed in the course of running for and holding office, but instead assure every fraud and charlatan and grifter that political victory is a get-out-of-jail-free card, we’ll become far worse than a third-world country. That’s the direct path to kleptocracy.

I'm psyched to see a larger US bike brand making a bakfiets-style bucket bike. Flood the streets with these things. https://twitter.com/TrekBikes/status/1638920614231814144

Top-notch observation disguised as a meme

What was your first computer? Mine was an Atari 400 that I bought at Sears way back in late '81 or early '82.

It should come as no surprise to anyone that I'm a fan of the Apple Watch, but I was recently reminded of a less prominent benefit it provides: its persistence. The fact that it is always quietly keep an eye on me, regardless of whether I'm interested in health or fitness at the time.

I recently worked through a season of great struggle with exercising, but have been really encouraged by it persistently recording data so that I now have a clear before and after:

https://www.david-smith.org/blog/2023/03/25/ebb-and-flow/

The xenophobia of the TikTok ban, the hysteria over section 230 which protects speech online, the denial of women's health care in the overturning of Roe, the attacks on teachers and book bans, the persecution of LGBTQ people, the freakouts over drag ... all these things are the SAME THING: rising American fascism. They're all perfectly in line with a white supremacist, patriarchal view of America.

Every day we pretend fascism can't happen here is a day it gets one step closer.

I am really disheartened about people not caring about the rising fascism in the US. Is the idea that ignoring it make it go away this time?

We’re often told not to mix business with politics, but consider this:

IL Dem Gov Pritzker just signed into law guaranteed paid leave to all IL workers.😄

MN Dem Gov Walz just signed into law free universal school breakfast & lunch for all children.😄

MI Dem Gov Whitmer just signed into law a repeal of anti-labor right to work for all workers.😄

AR GOP Gov Huckabee just signed into law making child labor easier for corporations to exploit.😳

🎶 One of these things, is not like the others. 🎶

Finland has been ranked as the happiest country in the world for the sixth consecutive year.

Also, here is a photo of the five leaders of Finland's largest political parties.

#SomeGoodNews

"The new bill would give a refundable tax credit of 30 percent on the purchase of a new e-bike, up to $1,500. That’s an improvement over the amended version of the previous E-BIKE Act, which would have capped the credit at $800, and in line with the original 2021 version. The credit would also be fully refundable, which would allow lower-income individuals to claim it."

#TheWarOnCars #ebike #ebikes #climate #climatechange

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/22/23651557/ebike-act-bill-congress-rebate-tax-credit-amount