Brain drain is already happening in Austin, TX, where we lived and worked in tech for 20 years.

We left 8 years ago. Never looked back even though we are all native Texans.

Tech companies are leaving there in droves. Who wants to work in a fascist fucking state?

Guess what? NOBODY.

Most of my friends left not long after we did. Saw the writing on the wall.

My wife made a Mastodon bauble!

#Felting #Christmas #Mastodon

As we enter the trial, and you see the endless reporting referring to the "boy genius" "crypto whiz kid", remember: Sam Bankman-Fried is not a child.

https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/sam-bankman-fried-is-not-a-child

#ftx #sbf #crypto #cryptocurrency

#Biden to join the picket line in #UAW #strike

His decision to stand alongside the striking workers represents perhaps the most significant display of #union solidarity ever by a sitting president. #UnionStrong 💪🏼
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/22/biden-to-join-the-picket-line-in-uaw-strike-00117749

Republicans should be nervous if this is happening in places like Texas. Sure, Paxton’s extra corrupt and it’s been ignored by the Texas legislature for too long, but accountability is what matters. And those who enabled him won’t be forgotten.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton impeached, suspended from duties |
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27/ken-paxton-impeached-texas-attorney-general/

[first day as a therapist]

me: life is an insignificant blip in a meaningless universe and no one will remember any of us one day

them: that's not what I meant by “resolving my social anxiety”