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| website | https://pretzlav.com |
| alt (mutuals, rarely used) | https://macaw.social/@pretz |
| pronouns | he/him |
| Fine, bluesky | https://bsky.app/profile/pretz.bsky.social |
Biking through the Berkeley campus today, I passed happy crowds of young folks in their graduation regalia, gowns and sashes and mortarboards, walking with their families and friends.
I love graduation season. It’s important to mark serious accomplishments and hard work!
It’s also a reminder that, however performatively insular, know-nothing, ahistorical, anti-science our political leaders are, a generation of smart and dedicated scholars is making maps to a better future.
Fiat lux! Go Bears!
Happy 76th Birthday to Mark Allen Mothersbaugh, co-founder, lead vocalist and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, born May 18, 1950, Akron, Ohio
Photo by Michael Ochs Archive
#punk #punkrock #newwave #markmothersbaugh #devo #punkrockhistory
RE: https://macaw.social/@mergesort/116489003711610334
I’m reposting this one more time as I’ve started having conversations and interviews with a few companies. They’ve gone very well, but I really don’t want to miss out on a great opportunity — and that could be you! ❤️ #GetFediHired
if you weren't able to tell from my recent posts, i am well beyond my Fuck This threshold at current job and would like new job
i do computer things, mostly with lots of database or distributed systems (regretful); looking to *not* use or build LLM things. where does one find such a job these days?
strongly considering pivoting into tech-adjacent things; maybe software/tech nonprofits, civic tech, or just some "normal" company that has a solid in-house software org (eg capital one, though i'd prefer not-bank)?
repost if you'd like to help me search ❤️
full-time remote US positions only, ty
Well this is one of the best mystery stories I’ve read in a while. It helps that I camped and hiked Death Valley a bunch as an LA Boy Scout and have some appreciation for the landscape.
/via @marcprecipice
https://otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hunt-for-the-death-valley-germans/
This is the tale of what for me was a rather remarkable adventure. It was assembled on the basis of my personal recollection and experience, emails, GPS logs and some official documents. It represents solely the perspective and opinions of myself, in my more lucid moments. It is in no way intended to represent th