Some regrettable personal news:

As of ~45 mins ago I am no longer employed. I'm still trying to find my bearings, but would be gateful for whatever leads y'all have.

(I will say more in a bit, once I actually have the time to spare)

#GetFediHired

Does anyone know a museum or other institution that would be willing to take this large vintage railway wheel(?) press? It's marked "Chambersburg Engineering Co., No. 863", and a long time ago it was used to help maintain rail cars at the Port of San Francisco. Unfortunately it's going to the scrap yard this week because no museums we've tried are willing to come haul it away. boosts appreciated.

edit: Sorry folks, there was less time than I thought. It's already out the door this morning 😔

i got fired 😕 -- NO! i got laid off! i'm not useless 😄
#getfedihired
over 30% of devs got the boot.

hit me up for #frontend #wcag #accessibillity #css #semanticWeb #informationArchitecture #solutionArchitect #componentLibraries

😳any help and pointers much appreciated. Primarily Oslo hybrid.

It's time to throw the line out again.

I have been working in SRE for 13 years. I am a specialist in Observability, Incident Management, and DevEx. I have also managed teams and been certified in observability, agile, and unix operating systems.

In June of 2025, I was suddenly laid off. I'm still jobless in my seventh month of trying to find work.

I'll be completely honest, I don't know why I can't find a role, I'm either over- or under-qualified, I either give too much detail or not enough, I don't tell it like a story or I tell it too much like it's a story.

The people I used to work with have been shocked when I tell them I can't find work. One of them even said:

"you have such a great mix of talents that I wish more engineers had, and I still cite you as an example of the type of people I want to work with"

If you know of any leads in the SRE, DevEx, DevOps, InfoSec, or anything of the sort, I'm still searching as hard as I can.

Remote, I'm in Southern California.

My profile on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcookedavis

For direct help, please buy my music:

https://craque.bandcamp.com

#sre #FediHire

In an age of blatant lies shouted by public figures and weaponized disinformation campaigns at scale...

...the role of citizen archivist is incredibly important.

Download everything. Save copies. Share them with each other. Let the records of truth stand the test of time and the attacks of liars.

Do you see how rights and freedoms are removed from the people in the name of supposedly protecting the children,

But when actual child abuse happened from the powerful, whether literally or by proxy in the form of AI algorithms on popular commercial platforms, the same actors demanding child protections are completely silent?

1- Chat Control and Age Verification isn't about protecting the children, it's about surveilling and controlling us.

2- As long as the abuse is perpetrated in the name of "AI" or corporate profits, no laws or protections seem to apply anymore.

This should make everyone extremely angry, and should be enough to make everyone with a moral compass delete their account on X immediately.

#CSAM #X #ChatControl #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #DeteleTwitter