Joan Combs Durso

@econoprof
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Navy vet. Economist. SFF. 
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#AmStat #GoNAVY 
Avatar: orange Sulphur Cosmos blossom streetside in Durham, NC
Banner: Sunrise over Cave Run Lake from bluff in Daniel Boone Nat'l Forest, KY

Had a great day today at the #Oakland marathon! Volunteered as a course marshal, got to direct people at the spot where the half marathon turned around and the full kept on going. My apologies to anyone who I was unclear to, you rock for coming out and running!

Got to have fun coordinating via #HamRadio, and just to fill out the tags, I rode my #Brompton there and back. Maybe next year I’ll bring a chair for the #CarryShitOlympics

Odin met a baby after his own heart today. it's quite rare for him to see a dog who resembles himself!

(not a newfie, but a St. Bernard mix, I think the gentleman said.)

Lime bikes keep breaking Londoners' legs

They've become one of the fastest-growing ways of getting around the capital. But do the popular hire e-bikes have a design flaw? London Centric investigates.

London Centric

Hello #Mastodon! Brief Ecology is finally on the #fediverse, which means it's time for an #Introduction

We're a small publisher of ecology-related #news, essays, and #fiction. We publish two monthly periodicals: The Eco Update and The Rotting Leaf.

Lastly, we are proudly anticapitalist. We don't shy away from #politics and regularly publish pieces on #ecosocialism, #degrowth, #socialecology, #anarchism, and other places where ecology and politics intersect.

RE: https://sfba.social/@historyofpunkrock/116406401905265644

this album was hugely important to me the year i was 15 — it was my get-up-in-the-morning music for probably 4 months solid

I like the web and I like people learning new things.

So we're running a free 10 week web development bootcamp online, starting April 24th.

📍Really free and not selling/pushing anything
📍Livestreamed lessons with Q&A
📍Expert guest speakers
📍Chill vibes
📍Kind learner community
📍I bet my cats will show up

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/bad-website-club-bootcamp-based-on-freecodecamp-rwd-cert/

The Bad Website Club is Running a Free Responsive Web Design Bootcamp Based on freeCodeCamp

Hi everyone! We (Jess, Carmen, and Eda) are excited to announce the next installation of our free and online bootcamp. We support learners as they work their way through the freeCodeCamp Responsive We

freeCodeCamp.org

The advantage of UI redesigns no one is talking about: lost users will be clicking on more things as they try to find what they are looking for, sending your traffic analytics through the ROOF

#ProductManagement #UXDesign #tech #softwaredevelopment

@econoprof Yes exactly. Just make sure to get promoted or find a new job based on those metrics, before all that bad stuff comes out
NANARCHY in the UK!

a flashy new palette for you to enjoy:

Tamarillo (#73262f),
Sierra Redwood (#8f4e3d),
Rookwood Antique Gold (#a68259),
Big Sur Blue Jade (#3d718f), and
Blue Expanse (#263d73)

#color #ColorPalette