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Data and Politics: Long Time Listener, First Time Caller Hello! It's Data and Politics. I'm starting this newsletter to share thoughts that need more room than 280 characters. I've been in tech for over 20 years, starting in 2001 when I helped build Wikip...

My first official newsletter post.

Please go easy on me.

I’d be grateful for sharing as I get this off the ground.

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@theabigailthorn.bsky.social you’re in it!!

You’re the best bear there is

Mooie kleuren

Muhsin Hendricks, world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, shot dead in South Africa Police say motive for killing of Hendricks, who ran a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown

Muhsin Hendricks, the world’s first openly gay Imam, was murdered yesterday.
His work supporting LGBTQ Muslims had led to numerous threats against his life.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

I built a tool to help protect text against surveillance and fingerprinting.

It detects hidden markers, special characters, and patterns that could be used to track the writer.

Happy memories

I have an incredibly talented recent PhD graduate in ML for high performance computing who, given the current science funding uncertainties, is having trouble landing a next step. She has a tight timeline because of her visa. Does anyone have a postdoc or research position I can pass her way?

a man is kneeling down with his hands folded in front of a crowd of people . Alt: A “dip” on a ballroom dance floor

Won’t

Two-spirit - Wikipedia

Two spirit

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spi...

Cool research!

Welcome @gwgl.bsky.social, my favourite biologist!

Ik volg je om mijn Nederlands te verbeteren :)

I think working in tech takes out a lot of the fun from games. I’m glad I can’t make sitcoms.

I have the same problem.

I can only think of code and how they must have programmed every behaviour and data structure. Instead of like, attacking the baddies with my sword.

"my brother in christ you made the sandwich" meme but it reads "DUDES BE LIKE BLUESKY SUCKS - MY BROTHER IN CHRIST YOU CURATED THE SOCIAL MEDIA FEED"

Your other account is just general shit posting?

Is that Trixie

Apparently when someone says ‘you sure you want a tattoo, if it’s a mistake it’s with you forever’ it’s rude to then gesture wildly at their baby

so pretty!

Mooi!

wait they didnt teach this in dutch class--

thats u

This could be your next book title.

“Step on my head, daddy”: an exploration of why gay men need a therapist.

Photo of my two cats, Fergus and Francie, snuggled in a cushy cat bed together. Fergus, a large brown tuxedo tabby, has his forelegs wrapped around Francie, a petite white cat. Francis is blissfully snoozing against his chest while Fergus looks at the camera.

No matter what anyone else says, your handle will always be valid to us. 💕

croagunk used swagger on a purple background with a frog ALT: croagunk used swagger on a purple background with a frog

Croagunk!