Joel VanderWerf

@joelvanderwerf@sfba.social
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Mathematician. Applying semigroup theory to distributed computing, convergent replication.
Might move here from@joelvanderwerf

#WompWomp

NYT:

#Tesla shares plunged 7% in early trading on Monday as investors registered dismay at Elon #Musk’s plans to form a third political party and his intensifying feud with #Trump.

The perfect sticker for an old macbook that doesn’t quite work right
A friend’s son took this photo. Basically a bunch of teenagers taped duct tape onto their pant legs sticky side out and ran around in some open grassland. They did this — just because. I keep meaning to show this to my company HSE department to show we aren’t over-reacting to ticks after all. This is from Marin County about a few weeks ago. #ticks #teenagers #tick-willies

KXAN Meteorologist Jim Spencer:

"I'll keep my thoughts on that press conference to myself, but my phone is blowing up with friends asking me if federal cuts and hiring freezes contributed to this disaster to begin with. Currently at our local National Weather Service office, due to early retirement packages to reduce its budget/personnel and a hiring freeze there are: *Warning and Coordination Meteorologist position open (yes they coordinate Warnings) *2 open meteorologists positions (yes they are on call 24(7) *Hydrologist position open (yes, they project floods) *Electronic Tech position open *Manager position open So, | don’t know — you tell me. Look up Josh Hinkle and David Barer's investigation on our website. They've done fantastic, rapid work and are only just beginning."

#disaster #TXwx

The next few years in America are going to be full of predictable and self inflicted disasters such as these.

We’ve traded lives and well being for tax cuts and mass deportations.

The hatch where burgers go in and out.
When the Jawas settle down and open a filling station.

NYC, 1919: Perched on a towering pile of donated books, a librarian calls from a megaphone to request more book donations for American troops stationed in France. The American Library Association’s campaign sent up to 55,000 books each month to military camp libraries.

via Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.40926/

#archivespelunking #books #bookstodon

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