PSA: if you upload stuff to youtube, I highly recommend upscaling your videos to 4K first even if they're 1080p.

they've tanked the bitrate on 1080p, even on premium now, and it looks awful. it's particularly problematic on anything with lots of hard cuts because the keyframe intervals have been stretched out. the very second you go up to 1440p or 2160p source it fixes it.

I've seen multiple creators have to reupload videos because they look so bad, and it hurts their views as a result.

Question for my Portland people: can you still buy a bunch of spinach?

I noticed when I moved to the east coast that a lot of produce was ridiculously over packaged. Maybe you can buy a bunch of spinach at the farmers market, but at the store, you can only get those pre-washed packages of baby spinach.

I wondered if my hometown has also taken this horrible turn.

#pdx

My employer, after 7 months of work, fired me overnight. Because I would be too "finicky" about code quality and security risks, which would better suit "a bank or cybersecurity company".

So I'm again #lookingForJob, either at #Montpellier (France) or #fullRemote. I am a #fullStack #developer with almost 10 years of experience on #php, #symfony, #html, #css, #javascript (#jquery and I'm also learning #vue). I am fluent in English, both written and spoken.

#FediHire

Since going through the diagnostic process I've had all of this. It's been very disappointing to find that people I have trusted implicitly think I'm just being a bit silly.

'Everyone thinks they've got ADHD now'

'It's because of social media'

'It's just because you're lazy/easily distracted'

'You're not doing enough of something/you're doing too much of something'

'You're just not trying hard enough'

'Have you tried mindfulness'

Greater awareness behind ADHD surge, study suggests
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5vp62dnnro

The myth: Neurodivergent folks lack “soft skills.”

The truth: Many have deep empathy, creativity, and fierce pattern recognition — they just show it differently.

Join me July 12 at 1:00pm at DrupalCamp Asheville for
“The Neurodivergency Superpower: How Diverse Teams Function Better.”

This isn’t a feel-good talk. It’s a practical roadmap to building stronger, smarter, more adaptive teams.

#Neurodiversity #InclusiveTeams #Drupal #OpenSourceLeadership

https://www.drupalasheville.com/2025/session/neurodivergency-superpower-how-diverse-teams-function-better

**EDIT**: I think I have an indirect contact. Cease your boosting :)
#infosec Has anyone in my circle a security contact at commerzbank / comdirect? I'm getting mail that me, common sense and telephone customer support agree is fishing.
Small problem: it comes from the comdirect mail server, and seems to have a valid telesec-CA S/MIME cert attesting ownership. And the content is even more worrisome.

(this is the rare "boost for reach" thing, isn't it?)