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Paul Berg

@paulwberg.bsky.social

Open Source and Cyber Security Specialist. Principal Software Engineer. Father. Smartass. He/Him.

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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

24.01.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 29195    πŸ” 8239    πŸ’¬ 307    πŸ“Œ 197
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland

I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg

17.07.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 991    πŸ” 273    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 93
The silhouette of a Black woman against red, yellow and green paint strokes

The silhouette of a Black woman against red, yellow and green paint strokes

Today we celebrate Juneteenth. Mr. President, isn’t this the essence of America? The fight for freedom against tyranny? Is it "woke" to know history? If so, then I'm fully awake and I like it.

19.06.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1560    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.

#UNOpenSourceWeek

18.06.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Working with the Open Source community is a business continuity goal" - Nithya Ruff, Head of OSPO, Amazon

#UNOpenSourceWeek

18.06.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"No OSPO is an island."
- Bastien Guerry

#UNOpenSourceWeek

18.06.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Selfie in United Nations courtyard

Selfie in United Nations courtyard

#UNOpenSourceWeek

18.06.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My team won a big trivia match on some obscure question because I knew the words to Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire"

16.04.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hanging with Goldman saks team in the Hyatt through Sandy has got to be one of the top 3 craziest weeks of my life. Holy fuck that was nuts.

07.04.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When something happens in Pocatello, nothing happens. It's just another Idahoan dead.

07.04.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a Bricklayer turned Principal Software and Security Engineer, I see what you are saying here.

02.04.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Immense virtual hugs to you. You deserve them.

09.03.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gamergate never ended.

09.03.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dozens of teslas burnt to a crisp

Dozens of teslas burnt to a crisp

France just can’t stop showing off. Now they’ve burnt down their first Tesla dealership in protest to Elon Musk. #E3 #TeslaTakeOver

07.03.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 12516    πŸ” 2674    πŸ’¬ 741    πŸ“Œ 435

Excuse me? I was the first person in my junior high school to beat that game, and we had zero guides. It took me 3 weeks of screen time just to find the entrance to level 7.

25.02.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Henry Rollins on "the importance of being angry"
YouTube video by rcalsetta Henry Rollins on "the importance of being angry"

I always go back to this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR8s...

24.02.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.

When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.

19.02.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 22482    πŸ” 6310    πŸ’¬ 348    πŸ“Œ 482

They are only good dead though

09.02.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Practitioners of the dark arts of lattice sorcery.

29.01.2025 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure πŸ˜‚

29.01.2025 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It needs a skinnable client and visualization mods.

29.01.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not rooting for a nation state. I'm rooting for open source.

27.01.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

Nazis aren't people.

25.01.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0