| Value | “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” — Paul Farmer |
| Value | “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” — Paul Farmer |
I tried to put off doing the #FediHired / #GetFediHired thing as long as possible, but if anybody knows someone who can use (US, remote) sort of an all-purpose (development, support, design, education, management, etc.) software person, I could use the insight. Résumé at https://john.colagioia.net/resume.html and links at https://john.colagioia.net/
As you can guess from my posting history, I'd rather not make the world worse. And apologies if I boost this once or twice to catch different audiences...
July 14, 2025 "Letters from an American" by historian Heather Cox Richardson.
There is no mandate.
On July 5, the day after the Texas floods hit, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) received 3,027 calls from survivors and answered 3,018 of them, about 99.7%, according to Maxine Joselow of the New York Times. But that day, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not renew the contracts for four call center companies that answered those calls. The staff at the centers were fired. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or about 35.8%. On Monday, July 7, FEMA received 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, around 15.9%.
July 11, 2025 Letters from an American.
Just a week ago, Republicans in the House of Representatives passed the nearly 1,000-page budget reconciliation bill President Donald Trump demanded, and at the signing ceremony for the bill the next day, House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced Republicans were “laying a key cornerstone of America’s new golden age.”