Joel Boehland
@jboehland.bsky.social
Software dev (mostly lisps). Partner to HWolf and member of dogpack with Sophie and Tex. Pro-democracy. #commonlisp, #clojure
https://github.com/jolby/
https://github.com/jolby/
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Been writing about this a ton lately - it’s about people! In media, in politics, and everywhere else.
open.substack.com/pub/amandali...
open.substack.com/pub/amandali...
October 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Been writing about this a ton lately - it’s about people! In media, in politics, and everywhere else.
open.substack.com/pub/amandali...
open.substack.com/pub/amandali...
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It's because in part, customers tend to tip Black servers ~20% less than white servers for the same perceived quality of service.
So when white folk say "A typical tip is 15% to 20%!", and Black folk say "A typical tip is more like 10% to 15%!" They're both correct.
🙂🙃
So when white folk say "A typical tip is 15% to 20%!", and Black folk say "A typical tip is more like 10% to 15%!" They're both correct.
🙂🙃
Consumer Racial Discrimination in Tipping: A Replication and Extension
This study examines the effects of server race, customer race and their interaction on restaurant tips while statistically controlling for the customers’ perceptions of service quality and other variables. The findings indicate that consumers of both races discriminate against black service providers by tipping them less than white service providers. Furthermore, this server race effect on tipping is moderated by perceived service quality and dining party size. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. Particularly noteworthy is the possibility that the server race effect on tipping represents an adverse impact against black servers that makes the use of tipping to compensate employees a violation of employment discrimination law in the United States.
ecommons.cornell.edu
October 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It's because in part, customers tend to tip Black servers ~20% less than white servers for the same perceived quality of service.
So when white folk say "A typical tip is 15% to 20%!", and Black folk say "A typical tip is more like 10% to 15%!" They're both correct.
🙂🙃
So when white folk say "A typical tip is 15% to 20%!", and Black folk say "A typical tip is more like 10% to 15%!" They're both correct.
🙂🙃
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You don't have to "Let the nazis talk." That's just a thing that people with more nazi friends than Black friends want you to believe. But it's a lie.
The biggest free speech bros deplatform trans folk and Black folk that say things that they don't like. So they are familiar with the concept.
The biggest free speech bros deplatform trans folk and Black folk that say things that they don't like. So they are familiar with the concept.
September 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
You don't have to "Let the nazis talk." That's just a thing that people with more nazi friends than Black friends want you to believe. But it's a lie.
The biggest free speech bros deplatform trans folk and Black folk that say things that they don't like. So they are familiar with the concept.
The biggest free speech bros deplatform trans folk and Black folk that say things that they don't like. So they are familiar with the concept.
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And yes, she was a computer.
In a bank, ATM means Automated Teller Machine. A Bank Teller used to be a person.
At the phone company, Operator used to be a person.
At NASA, a Computer was a person that was very good at, well, computing! Often a Black woman. Your phone is an *electronic* computer.
In a bank, ATM means Automated Teller Machine. A Bank Teller used to be a person.
At the phone company, Operator used to be a person.
At NASA, a Computer was a person that was very good at, well, computing! Often a Black woman. Your phone is an *electronic* computer.
September 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
And yes, she was a computer.
In a bank, ATM means Automated Teller Machine. A Bank Teller used to be a person.
At the phone company, Operator used to be a person.
At NASA, a Computer was a person that was very good at, well, computing! Often a Black woman. Your phone is an *electronic* computer.
In a bank, ATM means Automated Teller Machine. A Bank Teller used to be a person.
At the phone company, Operator used to be a person.
At NASA, a Computer was a person that was very good at, well, computing! Often a Black woman. Your phone is an *electronic* computer.
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"stick to menswear"
August 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"stick to menswear"
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i let my son punch me in the head and i tell him the day you can kill me in one blow is the day you officially become a Teen
May 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
i let my son punch me in the head and i tell him the day you can kill me in one blow is the day you officially become a Teen
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I said what I said. Schumer cannot protect you from what's coming.
Chuck Schumer cannot protect you from what's coming. He's not built like that.
But if you're honest with yourself, you knew that already.
Just like a Pomeranian cannot protect you from a pack of coyotes. It's not mean to the Pomeranian to say that. The Pomeranian doesn't understand that he's food.
But if you're honest with yourself, you knew that already.
Just like a Pomeranian cannot protect you from a pack of coyotes. It's not mean to the Pomeranian to say that. The Pomeranian doesn't understand that he's food.
April 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I said what I said. Schumer cannot protect you from what's coming.
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It's not polling badly among white people. It still has more than 50% support among white people.
And 50% of white people in the US is a lot of people. That's more than 100% of the population of Germany pre-WW2.
And 50% of white people in the US is a lot of people. That's more than 100% of the population of Germany pre-WW2.
April 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It's not polling badly among white people. It still has more than 50% support among white people.
And 50% of white people in the US is a lot of people. That's more than 100% of the population of Germany pre-WW2.
And 50% of white people in the US is a lot of people. That's more than 100% of the population of Germany pre-WW2.
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You'd think? But no.
Part of their strategy (that they wrote down!) for taking over the US, involves creating *more* economic hardship for racist people. On purpose. 🙂🙃
Because they know that this makes racist people even more selfish, and accelerates the racism.
Part of their strategy (that they wrote down!) for taking over the US, involves creating *more* economic hardship for racist people. On purpose. 🙂🙃
Because they know that this makes racist people even more selfish, and accelerates the racism.
April 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
You'd think? But no.
Part of their strategy (that they wrote down!) for taking over the US, involves creating *more* economic hardship for racist people. On purpose. 🙂🙃
Because they know that this makes racist people even more selfish, and accelerates the racism.
Part of their strategy (that they wrote down!) for taking over the US, involves creating *more* economic hardship for racist people. On purpose. 🙂🙃
Because they know that this makes racist people even more selfish, and accelerates the racism.
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What Black folk are saying:
1) The unpopularity of his fiscal policies will not be enough to undo this. Because much of this comes from racism.
2) The most racist policies are not unpopular.
Crying about your 401k or your soybean farm, is not the same as being horrified by concentration camps.
1) The unpopularity of his fiscal policies will not be enough to undo this. Because much of this comes from racism.
2) The most racist policies are not unpopular.
Crying about your 401k or your soybean farm, is not the same as being horrified by concentration camps.
April 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
What Black folk are saying:
1) The unpopularity of his fiscal policies will not be enough to undo this. Because much of this comes from racism.
2) The most racist policies are not unpopular.
Crying about your 401k or your soybean farm, is not the same as being horrified by concentration camps.
1) The unpopularity of his fiscal policies will not be enough to undo this. Because much of this comes from racism.
2) The most racist policies are not unpopular.
Crying about your 401k or your soybean farm, is not the same as being horrified by concentration camps.
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Bill Ackman could've just sat there and been a billionaire. But no. He had to attack Black women in academia over ginned up plagiarism accusations. Then when people turned around and did the same thing to his wife, showing that she did all that and worse, he cried, "I'm being attacked!" 🤡
April 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bill Ackman could've just sat there and been a billionaire. But no. He had to attack Black women in academia over ginned up plagiarism accusations. Then when people turned around and did the same thing to his wife, showing that she did all that and worse, he cried, "I'm being attacked!" 🤡
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I joined Symbolics after our group at triple-I wrapped production on TRON. Several from that group ended up at Symbolics Graphics Division building early 2d/3d digital content creation tools. A screen shot is in the Tech Review article above. Here is another showing early boids tests:
March 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I joined Symbolics after our group at triple-I wrapped production on TRON. Several from that group ended up at Symbolics Graphics Division building early 2d/3d digital content creation tools. A screen shot is in the Tech Review article above. Here is another showing early boids tests:
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I'm not saying don't protest. I'm not in the habit of telling people how they should and should not protest.
I'm just saying that some of the people that will be protesting, will drive up to that protest in a $100,000 Tesla, and I don't get that.
🙂🙃
You can't fight your own wallet.
I'm just saying that some of the people that will be protesting, will drive up to that protest in a $100,000 Tesla, and I don't get that.
🙂🙃
You can't fight your own wallet.
February 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I'm not saying don't protest. I'm not in the habit of telling people how they should and should not protest.
I'm just saying that some of the people that will be protesting, will drive up to that protest in a $100,000 Tesla, and I don't get that.
🙂🙃
You can't fight your own wallet.
I'm just saying that some of the people that will be protesting, will drive up to that protest in a $100,000 Tesla, and I don't get that.
🙂🙃
You can't fight your own wallet.
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There is no such thing as “leaking” information about Zuckerberg. He does not believe in control or consent over information being shared by others. He does not believe in the idea of social norms for interpersonal interactions based on respect or trust. There can’t be any transgression or betrayal.
"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
www.404media.co
January 31, 2025 at 2:21 AM
There is no such thing as “leaking” information about Zuckerberg. He does not believe in control or consent over information being shared by others. He does not believe in the idea of social norms for interpersonal interactions based on respect or trust. There can’t be any transgression or betrayal.
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lol whoops, somehow I’d missed that this morning Zuck had replied to me and insisted that I was making stuff up about him. So I explained to him how he could prove me wrong. www.threads.net/@anildash/po...
January 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
lol whoops, somehow I’d missed that this morning Zuck had replied to me and insisted that I was making stuff up about him. So I explained to him how he could prove me wrong. www.threads.net/@anildash/po...
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lol big tech is all like, “we didn’t like democrats criticizing us, we much prefer abjectly humiliating ourselves by publicly kissing the ass of MAGA idiots who make us jump through hoops and dance for them while saying our families are no longer citizens”
January 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
lol big tech is all like, “we didn’t like democrats criticizing us, we much prefer abjectly humiliating ourselves by publicly kissing the ass of MAGA idiots who make us jump through hoops and dance for them while saying our families are no longer citizens”
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Has anyone written an "Is '..All you need' All You Need?" meta-survey paper that looks at the discrepancy between initial traction/social media impact vs long-term citation counts of papers with "...is all you need" in their title? Seems like it's been enough years now, this should be viable.
January 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Has anyone written an "Is '..All you need' All You Need?" meta-survey paper that looks at the discrepancy between initial traction/social media impact vs long-term citation counts of papers with "...is all you need" in their title? Seems like it's been enough years now, this should be viable.
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Trump starts his term as a lame duck president who barely won & will never be on the ballot again - one thing I’m watching both today & in the months ahead is how quickly the GOP decides he runs out of juice…
January 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Trump starts his term as a lame duck president who barely won & will never be on the ballot again - one thing I’m watching both today & in the months ahead is how quickly the GOP decides he runs out of juice…
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👩🏻Can I stay in the US? I want to pay high taxes and write code for you. I've been here since I was 12. The US is all I know.
👴🏻No! Go back to China!
👩🏻OK... I will leave. I guess I should apply for jobs to write code in China now.
👴🏻No! We compete with China!
👩🏻So... I can stay?
👴🏻No! Get out!
👴🏻No! Go back to China!
👩🏻OK... I will leave. I guess I should apply for jobs to write code in China now.
👴🏻No! We compete with China!
👩🏻So... I can stay?
👴🏻No! Get out!
January 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
👩🏻Can I stay in the US? I want to pay high taxes and write code for you. I've been here since I was 12. The US is all I know.
👴🏻No! Go back to China!
👩🏻OK... I will leave. I guess I should apply for jobs to write code in China now.
👴🏻No! We compete with China!
👩🏻So... I can stay?
👴🏻No! Get out!
👴🏻No! Go back to China!
👩🏻OK... I will leave. I guess I should apply for jobs to write code in China now.
👴🏻No! We compete with China!
👩🏻So... I can stay?
👴🏻No! Get out!
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More important than this question, is the question of why we still pretend that hiring H1-Bs or US citizens is a zero sum game, when we all know it's more complicated than that.
And why we pretend that tech immigration is valid, but agricultural immigration or food service immigration are not.
🤷🏿♂️
And why we pretend that tech immigration is valid, but agricultural immigration or food service immigration are not.
🤷🏿♂️
January 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
More important than this question, is the question of why we still pretend that hiring H1-Bs or US citizens is a zero sum game, when we all know it's more complicated than that.
And why we pretend that tech immigration is valid, but agricultural immigration or food service immigration are not.
🤷🏿♂️
And why we pretend that tech immigration is valid, but agricultural immigration or food service immigration are not.
🤷🏿♂️
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She has the option to use Optional Practical Training (OPT), to stay in the US working for ~12 months after graduation, to get some work experience. She does, and decides that she wants to work in the US in her field.
An employer can sponsor an H1-B for her. But < 3 years experience, is entry level
An employer can sponsor an H1-B for her. But < 3 years experience, is entry level
January 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
She has the option to use Optional Practical Training (OPT), to stay in the US working for ~12 months after graduation, to get some work experience. She does, and decides that she wants to work in the US in her field.
An employer can sponsor an H1-B for her. But < 3 years experience, is entry level
An employer can sponsor an H1-B for her. But < 3 years experience, is entry level
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And I don’t mean that in a condescending way! Most cultural (and especially religious) traditions strongly discourage thinking through fundamental moral beliefs, let alone translating those to every day principles. But that’s what you have to start with. anildash.com/2022/01/31/y...
You have to start with the principle. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:36 PM
And I don’t mean that in a condescending way! Most cultural (and especially religious) traditions strongly discourage thinking through fundamental moral beliefs, let alone translating those to every day principles. But that’s what you have to start with. anildash.com/2022/01/31/y...
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This is so key. I didn’t realize until recent years that most folks don’t actually know what they believe, which is why they find it stressful to speak on their beliefs, let alone to take action on them. It’s a great exercise to write down (or at least think in a structured way) about the basics.
I realized this a few years ago and sat down to write my own personal manifesto. I wrote about my political values: what I care about, why I care, and which roots causes i want to address. highly recommend!
One of the many reasons a lot of people fail to communicate or stand up for what they “believe in” is because they don’t actually believe something more often than not— they just repeat words and phrases that sound good without knowing precisely what it entails.
Too many don’t think for themselves.
Too many don’t think for themselves.
December 31, 2024 at 3:32 PM
This is so key. I didn’t realize until recent years that most folks don’t actually know what they believe, which is why they find it stressful to speak on their beliefs, let alone to take action on them. It’s a great exercise to write down (or at least think in a structured way) about the basics.