The thing about #tech #layoffs that people who haven’t been through it often don’t understand is that morale never recovers. The employees who remain will never have the same relationship with that company, bosses or peers.

Watching people you respect pack their stuff and crying on the phone with their spouses is something that never goes away. When I survived a layoff in my 20s I became a “do exactly what the ticket says” person. I stopped suggesting ideas, providing feedback, believing anything a manager told me.

If you are a company considering layoffs, especially a profitable company, you should approach it as “this department will have 100% turnover”. The second I got another job offer I left that company and six months later nobody who had been there at the time of layoffs remained.

I’ve seen that pattern play out multiple times.

Hello Federversarians,

Excited to share 1) the premiere date for my TV show #AmericaOutdoorsPBS is Wednesday September 6, 8pm ET

2) I'm in the New York Times! They asked me about my 10 favorite things, and it's a very good list ;)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/arts/television/baratunde-thurston-america-outdoors.html?unlocked_article_code=HlPLI1zKexDvkvNGsqKJxyV69uCu_2IMXoZPocQ1QMIIO3npeezpeeCkYE6mSIPOqcEcDOzAq1HZaiI2d9zHQqVn1gluSqXfLSpSelKGE5TQxgZ-osJN04SREWw9WyyJqaR0Nz6VYjrcSeaaqqO1hQw467k5H-7-YMFzSIhC26TgzrUetyMmJfAq_RfCRg5K2g2TbCsyY5LnhAtUVWXD8Xd9aV5y9i3Le0-EjaIe8Go1iR_GwzWZi7TbgfdsbB9xL0XwOy-Zr0J4aDAiIWGST3xfj6G4U_xTH2ErhZY-qaKhN-SPkXOQwUTX_FqkDaC9Wj1ZA_Yy5QluXhNdaTuK5NL3fssmvLZro14df3JpbBd4lrI2&smid=url-share

The BBC's experiment with Mastodon is pathbreaking in English-language news -- a major organization setting up its own instance. They've really thought this through. Key language:

"We're using social.bbc as the domain, so you can be sure these accounts are genuinely from the BBC. And by linking to and from the BBC’s website, we have verified our identity on Mastodon."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub

Welcome to:
@BBCRD
@BBC5Live @BBCRadio4
@BBCTaster
@Connected_Studio
@BBC_News_Labs

I'm so excited to share Mastopoet, a tool made by @raikas that allows you to capture Mastodon posts as beautiful images and share them across the Internet. This makes posts much more eye-catching in other social medias for instance.  

Use the tool: https://mastopoet.ohjelmoi.fi

Browse the source code: https://github.com/raikasdev/mastopoet

Mastopoet supports #MastodonBirdUI and options to show metrics in textual or icons or hide them completely.

Please note: If you use this tool to share toots, remember to copy the post text as alt text, thank you!

#Mastodon #MastodonTools #Mastopoet #Tools #MastodonTips #Fediverse #OpenSource

I'm doing a survey about Mastodon instances and cooperatives. Can you take a few minutes to fill it out? Anonymous, no gotchas.

UPDATE: survey is full. Thanks everyone who responded!

We love to use KiCad, plugins can make the experience even better. So, here's a rundown of our favourite KiCad plugins. 👇🧵

#electronics #kicad #aisler #manufacturing #europe #pcb #makehardwarelesshard

Having sponged for a few years, I finally signed up to start *paying* for Mastodon.

Thanks to @tchambers for the free ride to date!