Mirthe Valentijn

@Mirthe
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Metalhead from the Netherlands. Working as webdev, with an interest in accessibility. I still blog.
Websitehttps://mirthe.org
Periodieke verkiezingsdag-herinnering! Ga stemmen en:

Ik ben op zoek naar een nieuwe uitdaging als Project Manager of Product Owner! Met ervaring in het begeleiden van productontwikkeling, het managen van stakeholders en het bouwen van gebruiksvriendelijke, toegankelijke producten, ben ik klaar om een nieuw team te versterken.

Ben je op zoek naar iemand die structuur brengt, gebruikers centraal zet en graag samenwerkt aan mooie producten?

Neem gerust contact op..
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirthe

#ProjectManagement #ProductOwner #OpenToWork #Tech

RE: the last retoot. We need to talk about Luddites.

Your whole life you have been fed a pack of lies about the Luddites. They were not technophobes.

The Luddites were activists, guerillas, saboteurs, a labor movement which did not shy away from action; breaking certain machines that the wealthy were using to kill their livelihoods (lowering wages, worsened working conditions, inferior products), and in some cases stealing their art. Their machine-breaking brought about the Perceval’s Frame Work Bill which enacted a death penalty for machine breaking. A. Death. Penalty.

They were not scared of new technology, the common use of the name now, many were machine operators. They were scared of starvation. Some of them lost their lives at the hand of the govt while fighting back.

This was not a case of the automobile supplanting the horse and buggy, (true, there was some reluctance to change, but that was not the gist) this was the wealthy slowly killing off a class of workers for profit (while working them to death) through loss of livelihood or, if that didn't work, the death penalty.

Agree or disagree with the methods, the Luddites were hard core. Not sniveling technophobes.

Op 5 oktober trekken we in Amsterdam een RODE LIJN. Niet met 100.000, maar met nóg meer mensen. Wij weigeren stil te blijven terwijl Gaza wordt verwoest.

Wij eisen: Stop de genocide. Politiek, neem verantwoordelijkheid.

Meld je aan; https://www.oxfamnovib.nl/rode-lijn en trek mee.

#RodeLijn #FreePalestine #StopGenocide #CeasefireNow

EU to review trade relations with Israel over ā€˜untenable’ situation in Gaza, says top diplomat – as it happened

Kaja Kallas says ā€˜strong majority’ of EU foreign ministers backs move to pressure Israel after UK suspends trade talks

the Guardian

Voor iedereen die zegt dat privacy niet belangrijk is als je niks verkeerd doet

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/08/nx-s1-5391310/kennedy-autism-registry-database-hhs-nih-medicare-medicaid

#OnThisDay, 24 Feb 1968, Jocelyn Bell Burnell - along with her male supervisor and three other men - published a paper confirming the discovery of pulsars. She had built the array, picked up the signal and argued it was not an anomaly. Hewish received the Nobel prize for it in 1974: Bell Burnell did not.

In 2018 Bell Burnell received a £3m prize for her work. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

If you haven't boycotted Facebook and their shit services yet, it's about time now.

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to Trump fund

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8j9e1x9z2xo

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to Trump fund - BBC News

It appears to be the latest attempt by the Meta boss to build a closer relationship with the incoming president.

BBC News

Vermogensbeheerder ASN Impact Investors van #ASNBank heeft alle belangen in kledingbedrijven verkocht. Volgens ASN boeken bedrijven als H&M, moederbedrijf van Zara en Asics onder druk van Chinese concurrenten te weinig vooruitgang op het gebied van duurzaamheid.

Op het vlak van arbeidsomstandigheden zijn er wel wat verbeteringen, maar er gebeurt te weinig en het gaat niet snel genoeg. De kledingindustrie hoort bovendien bij de meest vervuilende industrieƫn ter wereld.

https://nos.nl/l/2533894

Duurzaamheidsfondsen ASN stappen uit kledingbedrijven

De investeerder hoopt dat anderen het voorbeeld volgen.

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