Earlier this week, I watched a swarm of ants consuming the carcass of a praying mantis. Ergo might the body of the clergy pass through the gut of the laboring class.
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Chris Hoffman
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I’ve got lots of ideas; not many of them are good.
Python Software FoundationThe PSF applied for a $1.5M grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to make innovative improvements to packaging security—and we were recommended for funding! But as a condition of funding, we were asked to affirm that we wouldn’t undertake any diversity, equity, and inclusion work, whether or not we used the government funds to do so.
@lowqualityfacts ooooh, _scars_! 🤤
@mia Maybe "masonry" is tied too tightly to a particular technology or culture? But shaping earth into blocks and stacking them on top of each other seems pretty dang cross-cultural and universal--especially among societies that have Web sites.
It kinda reminds me of the people I know who "don't use pronouns".
Anyway, I get that the bricks have already been cured on this one. I think I understand the reasoning, but I'm still amused.
@mia The "no metaphors" rule seems so delightfully arbitrary, especially given that human language itself might just be nothing but layers upon layers of metaphors. I mean, CSS already has weights, clipping, padding, masks, children, widows, and orphans, all of which were physical realities before they were adopted as digital abstractions.
Rob ZazuetaYou know the answers.
If you're not willing to stand up against it, you can't expect anyone else to either.
We have to stop waiting around for someone to come up with the answers - we need to implement them ourselves.
Reject society: Build community.
Reject competition: Embrace cooperation.
Deny the bastards access to your life: Focus on the people who actually matter to you.
Now.
RIGHT FUCKING NOW.
> I recall my friend's mother raving about it. "Oh, Fitzgerald is my *FAVORITE* author..."
"Oh, cool! What are some of your favorite books by him?"
16-year-old me, armed with a few decades of hindsight, would have exceeded my wildest dreams of assholatry.
daniel:// stenberg://The Python Software Foundation shows more spine than every single tech giant in just one single decision.
> Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core to the PSF’s values
https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-statement.html
Q: What do you call a trouser snake in the Seine?
A: Eel de Pants
Is it possible to fly a flag at double mast?