Jess Rose

@jessie
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Rarely bite and quite useless off the web.
Co-foundedhttp://badwebsite.club/
Hyperfocusing onHistory of the silk road
Learning nowIndonesian
Learning nextukulele
Wait, when did they enshittify Geoguessr?
I’m at the free hair store now, how many did you need?
I’m at the free hair store now, how many did you need?
I don't know what happens when we die, but I hope I get shown a supercut of clips showing all the improvised tools I've used throughout my life.

Please help me try and find the most haunted item in this auction.

My first suggestion: this lifelike clown helium balloon cover that *definitely* does not come to life to hunt down young lovers to an 80s slasher soundtrack
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/dutchauction/catalogue-id-dutch-10015

Guess who got into the recycling bin?

They have a course on new languages people create and share!!! https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/emerging-languages-and-cultures

Speaking of languages, they have CORNISH CLASSES
https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/languages/celtic/cornish

Hey what about a course looking at how wild Europeans got when they first encountered Asian food 1500-1700
https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/spice-encounters-when-europe-encountered-asian-food-1500-1700

Emerging languages and cultures | Online Course | Culture, history & humanities

<p>Learn how humans invent entirely new languages and how these new forms of communication become powerful symbols of identity.</p>

Main Website

I'm just about to sign up for a cool, weird CityLit course so wanted to share my referral code in case any of y'all want £20 off online short courses (I would also get £20 off)

https://citylit.mention-me.com/m/ol/fz8re-jessica-rose

I'll share some examples of courses in my wishlist in the replies

Get £20 off at City Lit

I recently enrolled on a course at City Lit and they gave me a special offer to share with my friends. I’m treating you to an exclusive £20 off your first course that is £99 or more. I’ll also get a reward, so it’s a win-win!

If you're learning programming skills: Igalia is taking applications for a program paying you to work on open source

💰 Fully paid grant program
📆 450 hours of work with a mentor from June
📍Global remote program
🎓 Open to students or self-directed learners
🚨 Applications close April 3rd!

https://www.igalia.com/coding-experience/

Igalia Coding Experience | Igalia - Open Source Consultancy and Development

Igalia is an open source consulting firm specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and client-side web technologies, graphics pipeline, compilers and virtual machines. We have the most WPE, WebKit, Chromium/Blink and Firefox expertise found in the consulting business, including many reviewers and committers. Igalia designs, develops, customises and optimises GNU/Linux-based solutions for companies across the globe. Our work and contributions are present in many projects such as GStreamer, Mesa 3D, WebKit, Chromium, etc.

Igalia

I would do this 3 month volunteer residential Scottish wildcats conservation role in a second, if I had a UK driving license. Like a writers retreat, but the output is more tiny baby wildcats instead of a novel.

https://biaza.org.uk/jobs/detail/6024

Job opportunities

The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) is the professional body representing the best zoos and aquariums in the UK and Ireland.