So, ICE is getting $75 billion in funding in this spending bill.

There's a directive to build a ton of new private prisons which are effectively concentration camps. Actually let's remove the "effectively". They ARE concentration camps, under nearly any definition of that term.

So why do people keep getting swept up for nearly no reason whatsoever? It's about quotas. 🧵

There's no such thing as a completely neutral and dispassionate expert.

Expertise requires context
Context requires relationships
Relationships require emotion

Ergo... expertise requires emotion.

Luckily this is not a problem! Emotions are good, actually. They do not have to get in the way of reason but can instead be a vital source of information and motivation that supports reason.

Well, it’s official: I have been released from my employer and I am now looking for new employment.

I am an Elixir and Ruby on Rails software engineer with a penchant for learning new languages and technologies quickly. I am a keen problem solver and an excellent communicator. I am passionate about building tools with open source software for the good of mankind. I also have a background in electronics and RF mesh networking.

I prefer remote, but would be open to a hybrid position in the Fort Worth, Texas area.

#GetFediHired #FediHire

I want to be your next #FediHire ! I've been a programmer since 1985 (as a child), I've been an IT professional since 1995 (pulling wires and swapping cards and configuring MS Windows). I graduated from University of Arkansas Fayetteville with a BS in CS in December of 2003. A full resume is available.

I currently require a 100% remote position. I cannot relocate from Cove, #Arkansas. I would prefer W-2 employment with a base salary of at least 130k USD/yr, plus some sort of retirement offering (401k or similar) and healthcare benefits (HDCP + HSA or similar).

I prefer something where I can be a high-performing individual contributor: reading, writing and improving source text the majority of my day, with some time spent knowledge-sharing with other developers -- learning and teaching. I'd like to work with #Haskell, #Purescript, or #Idris as the primary source language. I've previously delivered value in Haskell, #Javascript, #SQL, #Python, #Scala, #Java, #C, and #C++ among others. I can be productive in almost any language (no PHP, please; I promised myself never again).

Loved hearing more chatter about Web Monetization from @bkardell. Notably Iglaia is prototyping something in Chromium.

https://bkardell.com/blog/WebBucks.html

I think if the web is ever going to "get better" (waves hands broadly) we need new ideas and avenues for monetization.

Looking elsewhere - Robb Owen

🔖 https://robbowen.digital/wrote-about/looking-elsewhere/
🔗 https://ellyloel.com/looking-elsewhere-robb-owen/

#Bookmarks #Working #Web Standards #Care

I’m starting to see my get hub repositories get hit with “helpful” comments and issues that are clearly AI generated.

If you’re someone who does this: fucking stop! It’s not help. It’s just annoyed.