Jordan Reiter

@jordanreiter
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Dad. Husband. Full Stack Developer (mostly backend). Python, #a11y, Django, AWS, Linux, travel, food, cooking, sci-fi, D&D, general geekery, neurodivergent. He/him.
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Maybe the most surprising aspect of this is how many TLAs were still apparently available under the .gov domain.

https://mastodon.social/@botgov/115067423423754562

The following .gov domains have been registered in the past 24 hours:
abd.gov
alpinenj.gov
americabydesign.gov
archbaldpa.gov
boonenc.gov
boxeldermosquito.gov
cityofmosier.gov
harleyvillesc.gov
hilloemtx.gov
lincolnma.gov
lincolnmapd.gov
mymaine.gov
nds.gov
ndstudio.gov
shavanoparktx.gov
townoflewisecny.gov
vny.gov
wellingtontownshipohio.gov
wmadil.gov
@jewwhohasitall I am seeing a lot of municipalities trying to be inclusive by placing Krissmass (sp?) trees as decorations in public areas. However, they are placing open boxes under the tree to represent the ritual opening of gifts. According to my Christian friend, this looks strange because the gifts are only opened on the holiday itself. Respectful depictions should either use closed boxes or you can omit the boxes altogether.

Here is my (slightly less unhinged than I expected) musings on the current state of designing for the web.

Generally, I think we lost something when we stopped calling people web designers and forced people to pick a side.

https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2023/10/why-your-web-design-sucks/

It's 2023, here is why your web design sucks.

Exploring the reasons why we no longer have web designers.

Call me old-fashioned, but I like human voices on the mic and songs picked out by people, not a database. Check it out, here's a list of 75 college radio stations w/links: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HN9VBZw16vBShsQC4AEnIdWOEIREetIeqN25ZWtI7Kw/edit#gid=0 #collegeradio #radio #music
College/Independent Radio Station Directory

Sheet1 *STATION,*LOCATION,WEBSITE,TWITTER ARTxFM - 97.1 FM,Louisville, KY,<a href="http://www.artxfm.com/">http://www.artxfm.com/</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/ARTxFM">https://twitter.com/ARTxFM</a> Asheville FM - 103.3 FM,Asheville, NC,<a href="https://www.ashevillefm.org/">https://www.ashev...

Google Docs
So Microsoft has made Bing into Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy? #ai #bing

Police arrested a man for making fun of police, SCOTUS approves.

Where's the "free speech" brigade when the state is actually censoring speech? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-ohio-mans-bid-sue-police-arrest-facebook-parody-rcna70435 #FreeSpeech #SCOTUS

Supreme Court rejects Ohio man’s bid to sue police over arrest for Facebook parody

Supreme Court declines to hear a qualified immunity case involving a claim that Parma, Ohio, police violated a man's rights by arresting him for Facebook posts.

NBC News

This is also related to the myth that "racism will die out" or "homophobia will die out" as older people die.

No, bigotry and fascistic attitudes *don't* just die out, they must be actively fought and defeated on an ongoing basis.

Because sometimes we make the mistake of thinking "Oh, the youth must not be bigoted like their forebears" but guess what.

If that were true we wouldn't have had the tiki torches or the terf explosion.

Allies and enemies in every generation.

(4/5)

#HappyNewYear to everyone. Not sure if 2022 was easier or harder for everyone, but wishing everyone in the coming year a year of
- change without disruption
- growth without discomfort
- healing without expectations
- joy without losses
- discoveries without fear
#Welcome2023
When you’re three months into that side project you said would take a weekend.