In person community is everything right now.
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In person community is everything right now.
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Essential reading from @antihate.ca:
NEW: Whether you measure it by number of supporters, fundraising ability, or by the size of its militant groups, the white nationalist movement in Canada has never been larger or more of a threat.
White Nationalism in Canada: Organized, Emboldened, and Growing
Canada’s white nationalist movement has consolidated into a network that includes three key branches: Diagolon, the propaganda arm; the Dominion Society of Canada, an incorporated political arm; and S...
www.antihate.ca
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Essential reading from @antihate.ca:
Impulse buy: a skeleton representative for every dog and cat that lives here :) #Schnauzer #Halloween
October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Impulse buy: a skeleton representative for every dog and cat that lives here :) #Schnauzer #Halloween
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Good on the Python Foundation for rejecting this NSF grant that I'm sure they need. Wild to see who's willing to stand up. www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/p...
Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings
: Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped
www.theregister.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Good on the Python Foundation for rejecting this NSF grant that I'm sure they need. Wild to see who's willing to stand up. www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/p...
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I donated $25 to the Python Software Foundation.
Did I do that to post about it social media? Yes. Did I also do it because I think that the Python programming language is awesome, and PSF and PyCon are awesome, and they need more funding? Also yes.
Did I do that to post about it social media? Yes. Did I also do it because I think that the Python programming language is awesome, and PSF and PyCon are awesome, and they need more funding? Also yes.
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I donated $25 to the Python Software Foundation.
Did I do that to post about it social media? Yes. Did I also do it because I think that the Python programming language is awesome, and PSF and PyCon are awesome, and they need more funding? Also yes.
Did I do that to post about it social media? Yes. Did I also do it because I think that the Python programming language is awesome, and PSF and PyCon are awesome, and they need more funding? Also yes.
If you are in #Alberta or know someone who is , sign and share this transactionalberta.ca , it may not stop her, but it shows the collective strength of those who oppose. Using the notwithstanding clause to strip human rights is unacceptable!
URGENT: Stop Alberta's Premier From Overriding Charter Rights of Trans Youth
Healthcare is a right, protected by evidence, compassion, and core Canadian values.
transactionalberta.ca
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you are in #Alberta or know someone who is , sign and share this transactionalberta.ca , it may not stop her, but it shows the collective strength of those who oppose. Using the notwithstanding clause to strip human rights is unacceptable!
This stings, a lot tbh: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/m...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's annual pay jumps to $96.5 million
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is getting a major bump in his compensation, thanks to a steep rally in the company's stock price.
www.cnbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This stings, a lot tbh: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/m...
I remember as a junior dev being told "quality is the thing people remember, not how fast you shipped it" - more true than ever: open.substack.com/pub/techtren...
The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe
The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM.
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I remember as a junior dev being told "quality is the thing people remember, not how fast you shipped it" - more true than ever: open.substack.com/pub/techtren...
Not shocking, given the moment but nonetheless sad to see. Codes of Conduct make #opensource better; make what we build - better. This is just nostalgia for unaccountable leadership. news.itsfoss.com/codes-of-con...
The Man Who Started Open Source Initiative Advocates for Abolishing Codes of Conduct
Between Anarchy and Bureaucracy: The Code of Conduct Debate Ignited by Eric Raymond.
news.itsfoss.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Not shocking, given the moment but nonetheless sad to see. Codes of Conduct make #opensource better; make what we build - better. This is just nostalgia for unaccountable leadership. news.itsfoss.com/codes-of-con...
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people like greta thunberg feel as close to modern-day saints as i can think. just someone absolutely committed to the cause of human justice. i feel totally inadequate when faced with that moral clarity
October 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
people like greta thunberg feel as close to modern-day saints as i can think. just someone absolutely committed to the cause of human justice. i feel totally inadequate when faced with that moral clarity
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Hospice nurses are possibly the best people on earth.
October 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hospice nurses are possibly the best people on earth.
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It's more imperative than ever that you don't rely on platforms to get needed information out. Build websites!!
Following Apple’s removal of ICEBlock, both Google and Apple have removed a similar app for reporting ICE raids called Red Dot.
Google states it removed the app for targeting a vulnerable group that is at risk of violence — ICE agents.
Google states it removed the app for targeting a vulnerable group that is at risk of violence — ICE agents.
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's more imperative than ever that you don't rely on platforms to get needed information out. Build websites!!
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I can’t begin to tell you how damaging “the world isn’t fair, get used to it” line has been to every child’s psyche growing up and therefore has led to a world that stays unfair. If we teach children to get used to an unfair world, we are destroying the possibility of a better world.
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I can’t begin to tell you how damaging “the world isn’t fair, get used to it” line has been to every child’s psyche growing up and therefore has led to a world that stays unfair. If we teach children to get used to an unfair world, we are destroying the possibility of a better world.
"what role do large companies or nonprofits or individual maintainers have... To what extent does someone's level of contribution matter versus what type of person they are? ...these are valuable discussions to be having, and we're having them in the open" #opensource
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
How Ruby Went Off the Rails
What happened to RubyGems, Bundler, and the Open Source drama that controls the internet infrastructure.
www.404media.co
September 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"what role do large companies or nonprofits or individual maintainers have... To what extent does someone's level of contribution matter versus what type of person they are? ...these are valuable discussions to be having, and we're having them in the open" #opensource
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
www.404media.co/how-ruby-wen...
What are people even doing and thinking right now? : "AI Elon, repent themed dollar bills" spread under car windshields in Victoria BC . #yyj
September 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
What are people even doing and thinking right now? : "AI Elon, repent themed dollar bills" spread under car windshields in Victoria BC . #yyj
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Was reminded today that being silent about injustice in front of your children teaches them to be silent about injustice. They still see and know it, but they’re left all alone to interpret it. Through your silence, it is immediately normalized.
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Was reminded today that being silent about injustice in front of your children teaches them to be silent about injustice. They still see and know it, but they’re left all alone to interpret it. Through your silence, it is immediately normalized.
#Canadians, sigh this petition to combat misinformation as a political tool.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#Canada
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#Canada
Petition e-6679 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#Canadians, sigh this petition to combat misinformation as a political tool.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#Canada
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#Canada
These are bad on so many levels www.ctvnews.ca/sports/artic... #FIFA
FIFA reveals World Cup mascots for Canada, U.S. and Mexico
Move over Bullwinkle. Maple the Moose is here.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
These are bad on so many levels www.ctvnews.ca/sports/artic... #FIFA
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now even more than ever, North American tech conferences need to start making plans to be split across multiple sites, one in the US for people that can't leave, and one outside the US for people who can't enter. Simulcast between the two locations.
September 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
now even more than ever, North American tech conferences need to start making plans to be split across multiple sites, one in the US for people that can't leave, and one outside the US for people who can't enter. Simulcast between the two locations.
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Trans rights are human rights.
September 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trans rights are human rights.
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Security researchers have identified at least 187 npm packages compromised in an ongoing supply chain attack. The coordinated worm-style campaign dubbed 'Shai-Hulud' started yesterday with the compromise of the @ctrl/tinycolor npm package, and has now expanded to CrowdStrike's npm namespace.
Self-propagating supply chain attack hits 187 npm packages
Security researchers have identified at least 187 npm packages compromised in an ongoing supply chain attack. The coordinated worm-style campaign dubbed 'Shai-Hulud' started yesterday with the compromise of the @ctrl/tinycolor npm package, and has now expanded to CrowdStrike's npm namespace.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Cutting through the noise, it's time for companies to say what THEY mean by #opensource #AI , OSPOs can help: sunnydeveloper.com/what-do-you-...
What do YOU mean by open source AI?
How OSPOs can drive alignment around meaning for openness and AI
Ana Jiménez Santamaría’s blog post How Open Source Program Offices Make OSS and AI Work did a great job of speaking to to the ways in ...
sunnydeveloper.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Cutting through the noise, it's time for companies to say what THEY mean by #opensource #AI , OSPOs can help: sunnydeveloper.com/what-do-you-...
Will this tech turn out to be an inherently centralized, authoritarian technology like nuclear power, or a more inherently democratic technology like solar power?
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
Open vs. Closed: The Battle for the Future of Language Models | ACLU
Will Language Models Foster Freedom or Authoritarianism? (part 4 in a series)
www.aclu.org
September 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Will this tech turn out to be an inherently centralized, authoritarian technology like nuclear power, or a more inherently democratic technology like solar power?
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...