“I wanted the blue checkmark on LinkedIn. The one that says “this person is real.” In a sea of fake recruiters, bot accounts, and AI-generated headshots, it seemed like a smart thing to do.

So I tapped “verify.” I scanned my passport. I took a selfie. Three minutes later — done. Badge acquired. I felt a tiny dopamine hit of legitimacy.

Then I did what apparently nobody does. I went and read the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not LinkedIn’s. The other company’s”

https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

Trans rights are human rights.

Boost if you agree.

Block me if you disagree.

New post: a defense of lock poisoning in #rust.

Followup to recent discussion: decided to write about lock poisoning, looking at the arguments on each side, and informed by our experience at @oxidecomputer dealing with the parallel problem of unexpected async cancellations in critical sections.

Please give it a read!

https://sunshowers.io/posts/on-poisoning/

Here's how silly US racism is.

Black people in California vote consistently for us to to be taxed more, because we are a rich state. We also vote to send that money to West Virginia to help them.

But white people in WV vote consistently to cancel the very programs and assistance they depend on.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/29/trump-coal-country

And no, this isn't a "Forget the whole South!" type situation, where people ignore the millions of Southern victims of racism that didn't vote for their own mistreatment.

This is more like the farm owners that after seeing 2016, went back for a second helping of tariffs and workforce destruction.🤡