Chris Lamke

@crlamke
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married, father, secular humanist, animal welfare and human rights partisan, he/him, BLM, LGBT+ ally, software engineer

Background: Started as US Army Infantry, then Deputy Sheriff, then SW Engineer. Started as conservative but education and life intervened.

Languages: Fluent in English, proficient in Español, beginner in Deutsch and Ελληνικά

Interests: #humanrights #animalwelfare #climatechange #philosophy #computing #gaming #scifi #horror #vegetarian #walking #science #music #literature

OccupationTech Lead, SW Eng
HobbiesReading philosophy and engineering, science fiction, horror, and classics. Video games. Political activism. Building software
GitHubhttps://crlamke.github.io/index.html
LocationVirginia, USA

Rest in Power #JürgenHabermas the longest living philosopher of the Frankfurt School and legendary theorist of the public sphere.

He lived to see generations build on (and critique) his work, which only became more relevant over time as media and technology continued to coevolve.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/08a2187f-8021-4928-b7f9-736ba996b9ff?shareToken=361bb55332184ff48464199b6ac17242

Jürgen Habermas obituary: philosopher who was Germany’s moral conscience

The eminent social thinker remained in Germany throughout his career to defend the most progressive and enlightened traditions of his native land

The Times

It's beyond racism. These people are Nazis. If it walks like a duck ...

Leaked FIU chat reveals racism in Miami GOP ranks | Miami Herald
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article314928484.html?giftCode=b7083f787038cf909e6588a06f0c077ed1afff0054aacc60e09abbb4034792fe

#uspol #nazis #fascism

Made it to the top, in a bit under 2 hours.

Hiked the last few meters together with this person, who really wanted to take a selfie with a foreigner! ;)

Monte Mader is very good when fired up. I'd like to see her getting airtime on popular shows so more people are exposed to her truth.

The truth about DEI & Christians. - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yO6Z_GC4fS4

#uspol #religion #ChristianNationalism

The truth about DEI & Christians.

YouTube

Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens (vsauce) discuss human anatomy and topology. You're likely to enjoy it even if you're not into math and you'll almost certainly learn something.

The Evolution Of The Butthole - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgvKoGnBBd0&t=1s

#math #topology #anatomy #funny #science

The Evolution Of The Butthole

YouTube

Rev. Trevors is pretty upset by this blatant act of cruelty, rightly so. Two notes. (1) Trevors is right when he says "Cruelty is the point". That's been obvious for a while. (2) Rev Trevors spoke of the indifference at work here. It reminded me that Eli Wiesel (and others) have spoken on this - "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."

What do you think about the BLIND refugee abandoned by Border Patrol?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JfjpzSMg2U

What do you think about the BLIND refugee abandoned by Border Patrol?

YouTube

Six years ago a client came to me. His landlord was trying to evict him over the last payment of a rent to own contract. The client had remodeled the entire house himself with his own hands, a room at a time.

Today, client won the house.

Some days are good days.