I really wish everyone would stop making fun of the people they don't like based on their physical appearance.

We really need to collectively grow up from this high-school bully mindset.

When you use appearance instead of ideas and behaviors to criticize someone, even someone deserving mockery, you are also shooting at everyone who might look like them, even the ones that might be incredibly good people.

There is more than enough content to talk against when it comes to the tyrants that currently surround us. Talk against their ideas, their words, and their actions. Be relentless for that. But their physical appearance is irrelevant to their moral deficiencies.

Mock their words, but not their looks.

I have obtained TSA pre-check with my correct gender marker on my passport!

The Clear employee who helped me was very nice, I got some queer / trans / non-binary vibes from them.

I got my passport before the anti-trans U.S. executive order. I knew the guidance from TSA is that my passport is valid until it expires, but I wasn't sure whether they would allow me to get TSA pre-check with it.

I hope this helps other trans folks. Please boost!

#Trans
#TransJoy
#TravelingWhileTrans

If you dislike the state of Firefox, please recognize that part of the way it got there was by becoming dependent on the gravy train from Google.

It will still be years before it’s usable, but one thing you could consider is to help fund https://servo.org — it’s a fully independent rendering engine with some really great next-generation tech that is going to make the web a more secure, and a very large % of its contributor base comes from a worker cooperative’s members who happen to be some of the finest minds in browser technology.

The project is flourishing, and you can help it continue to chug along and even accelerate. There’s no telling if it’ll definitely become a full alternative to the current triad of chrome/safari/firefox, but we won’t find out if we don’t try. The future is what we make it.

From: @are0h
https://h-i.social/@are0h/114084845340789932

Starting January 1, wage theft in Australia becomes a criminal offence! Bosses who deliberately underpay workers could face 10 years in jail and fines up to $1.65 million.
This landmark law follows years of scandals involving major employers like #Woolworths, #Qantas, #7Eleven, and the ABC.

#WageTheft #FairPay #WorkersRights #Australia #EmploymentLaw #Auspol

Australian bosses on notice as 'deliberate' wage theft becomes a crime - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-30/wage-theft-crime-jail-intentional-fair-work/104758608

Being unexpectedly out of work is a mixed bag for me — no surprise, I have a lot of projects that could use the attention. But it's also a tough job market, especially for a neuroatypical person at the staff+ level.

If you want to help —

Schedule a time to chat: https://calendly.com/aeschright/30min
Even if your company isn't hiring at the moment, I'd like to hear what you've been up to. Particularly if you're in DevOps, dev tools, or something else in that vein.

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Weekly-ish updates on themes in the news I think are worth digging into. Ships may feature prominently for a bit. It's not the only writing I'm working on, but this is where you'll see the most frequent updates.

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In addition to open source work, I started a new secret project that I think people will be interested in. It's going to take a few months to get off the ground, so this is where your support makes the most difference for me right now.
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