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Reporter: Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE Agent.

Leavitt: Why was she killed?

Reporter: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably

Leavitt: You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter.

Presidents past and present 🇮🇪

President Connolly was joined at the Áras by her predecessors Mary McAleese, Michael D Higgins and Mary Robinson.

How many pillars of observability can you fit on the head of a pin? My day started off with an innocent question, from an innocent soul. “Hey Charity, is profiling a pillar?” I hadn’t even had my coffee yet. “Someone was just telling me that profiling is the fourth…

Is profiling the fourth pillar of observability?? SIGH.

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Donate to Help us bring Dylan Home, organized by Edel Martin Our family is asking for help to bring Dylan home. Our son Dylan is 23 years old and was repo… Edel Martin needs your support for Help us bring Dylan Home

Help bring a missing son home : gofund.me/52f1db339

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Thank you to all our speakers this year!

Cool shot of me speaking @shipitcon.bsky.social last week on Chaos Engineering.

Massive thank you to the organisers and volunteers....was a great conference and I hope to be back!

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Standing Against Harmful Speech I feel compelled to respond to recent comments made by Intercom CEO Eoghan McCabe In a public post on X (Twitter), Mr. McCabe lamented that “one of the great sorrows of my life has been watching my be...

On monday a reshare of a disturbing Twitter post turned up in my feed in Bluesky. I wrote this in response because this is about people. People who are being harassed daily on our streets and attacked and assaulted. Its on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/pulse/standi...

The Tesla leaks: what it’s really like to work for Elon Musk Oliver Moody reports on the whistleblowers who lifted the lid on the ‘cultlike hell’ of the electric car giant’s gigafactories — and the safety record it tried to keep secret

The book The Tesla Files by Sönke Iwersen and Michael Verfürden reveals a fear-driven, high-pressure culture at Tesla under Elon Musk—marked by micromanagement, ignored safety issues, and retaliation against employees who speak up.

Spontaneity is the spice of life. Left the house to go get bread and now headed to Malahide with my [t]rusty little fold up bike. ❤️

Devon scientists reveal 'remarkable' wasp memory Scientists say digger wasps complete mental tasks which would be taxing even to human brains.

I spent 20 minutes looking for a bottle of ketchup in the kitchen. I bought it less than an hour before. Found it eventually in back seat of the car 😂
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Cutting Middle Management Is Costing Your Capacity for Change Over the last year, the tech industry has seen a wave of layoffs targeting middle management. Executives at companies like Meta, Shopify, and Amazon have framed this as a push toward efficiency.

Katie Leonard (one of our eng managers) recently wrote a 🔥killer🔥 piece on the current obsession with cutting middle management in the name of "efficiency".

"Efficiency is not the same as effectiveness. An org running at 100% capacity is brittle, not agile."

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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

Pretty much sums it up

350,000 'hidden' remote working jobs in Ireland - report There are 350,000 office jobs which could be done remotely according to a new report.

“The report concludes that making these jobs fully remote would boost local economies by an estimated €150 million, increase community engagement, and significantly reduce CO2 emissions.”

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Couldn't make this up.

The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

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Trump's been back in power for how many months?

13 days. It's been 13 days. Dear God it's been 13 days.

It’s a scary time right now. The world feels unstable. The foundations are shaking. Here’s 15 ideas to help you stay grounded 🌻

What Is Grounding?

Grounding techniques help you connect with the present moment and manage stress. They’re essential for emotional stability and well-being.

Updated list of companies committed to DEI

Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans

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The world needs more positive news. Liam Neeson is taking over the role of Frank Drebin in Naked Gun. Two of my favorite things combined. Spread the word.

Logged on after a purposeful day of not watching the news, logging off now after seeing the trash fire it was always gonna be.

For the next 4 years, I'm going to try to focus on helping my local community and orgs. It's the best thing I can think to do in the face of... all of this.

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We're moving off Twitter and will post updates such as speaker announcements on ShipItCon.com, LinkedIn and Bluesky going forward. We'd really appreciate some follows. 🤗

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Phew 😅

While we’re banning books…

Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.

Be. Like. Finland.