John R

@johnnypop
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No one of note. He/him

Few things make me livid when I see them on social media but everytime I see a mention of the parents of the child who died from measles proudly stating they have no regrets about letting their child die of a preventable disease, I can’t see straight for like several minutes.

That is child neglect and endangerment. CPS has taken Black people’s kids for far less.

#debunkasongorpoem Love is great, but you also need food and shelter.
I've said this before and I'll say it until my throat is raw: you *can* design your environment to eliminate bad outcomes from bad acts, or at least mitigate their effects.
Just like you can have narrower streets so drivers speed less, narrower turn radius to make them slow down to turn, and bollards so that if they lose control they don't run over pedestrians, you can have language and runtime features to make programming easier, less stressful and, yes, less dangerous.
You *can't* "individual responsibility" your way out of systemic problems.
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yeah, good, okay.

I am here to announce that I have decreased #spam on my web contact form from 1 message every 15 minutes (for months straight) to 0 messages in the last week by adding a "I am a spam bot" radio button.

I am not joking.

No I am not using something like ReCaptcha, I literally just added a radio button to the list.

FACT: The repeal of Affirmative Action was NOT about meritocracy—but about upholding white supremacy.

If AA critics cared about merit they'd ban Legacy Admissions, because 75% of white legacy students do NOT qualify on merit. Legacy remains b/c MAGAs Don't Care About Merit.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/affirmative-action-repeal-and-rising

Affirmative Action Repeal & Rising White Supremacy

The latest Harvard data is a daunting reminder that racist policies are not only systemic in our higher education systems—they're getting worse

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid

Essential on the go gaming

#Dos #MSDos #DosGaming

Going to a French hotel that says "we treat our guests like royalty" is the kind of mistake you don't make twice.