Sam

Came here to ask this

@genderjustice.us do you have a referral in Texas?

I usually make Channaukah surprise boxes for my kids of things I’ve assembled over the course of the year, but I would really love for Luca Turin to make an advent calendar of perfume samples from the favorites of his newsletter.

Also same

I’d watch this show

Okay but historical weirdness of units of measure aside, is there a risk reason? Like “100 milliliters of explosive is enough to blow a hole in a plane of y size; 11 pounds of ammo will make it through the bulletproof door to the pilot?”

Feral. Love it.

As CNN offers daylong saturation coverage of the podcaster’s funeral, I went back and checked to see how CNN covered Melissa Hortman’s memorial on 6/28, where Walz spoke and Biden/Harris attended.

It got about four minutes during the hours it was happening—less than Jeff Bezos’s wedding that day.

I needed a reason not to despair today and @naomikritzer.bsky.social gave me one. Give some money to Youthlink in her name, and help inspire her to keep doing what she does. Youthlink does great work, Naomi does great work, and the Twincy gets more informed and engaged voters. Good all around.

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Election 2025: Minneapolis Mayor Race (the four contenders).

My ranking:
(1) DeWayne Davis (2) Omar Fateh (3) Jazz Hampton

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Belatedly: umm, me too, exactly, except the bio. Just learned this morning of Jill Paton Walsh’s Harriet and Peter extension and it’s on the pull list.

We don’t need thoughts and prayers. We need gun control.

True fact

Same. I was wondering where Ian had ordered progressives and whether they were more defective than liberals.

fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.

going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.

if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!

reposts from tech folks appreciated <3

Why is the farmer’s market sign “organic tomatoes” when big naturals was right there?

You rang?

That’s awesome. I guess all three of us who think it’s hilarious are here now.

You know how I love this

NEW: Maine Governor Janet Mills announces the USDA has dropped their lawsuit against Maine over trans athletes: “A few months ago, I stood in the White House and when confronted by the president of the United States, I told him I’d see him in court. Well, I did see him in court and we won”

I guess burning it with fire not an option in this case; what’d you do?

Have been thinking about a book club of Lakoff and Johnson’s Metaphors We Live By for techies. I use the metaphor of flossing your teeth for patching all the time. Small health-promoting habits.

Fein stringed instruments on grand in St Paul. I love them.

We in Minnesota welcome that

I am in this picture and I am not at all mad about it

Same and I was a once a week Target shopper. Got the Cub app and can do scheduled grocery pickup.

Counterpoint: all of it is like literature but SOC2 is like Dogman or maybe Archie comics.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but if you are a C level exec in tech right now publicly pointing at the decline of DEI support and calling it “a reality check”. You’re telling us about you not those companies.

And us senior folks from under appreciated demographics see you 😘