Bryan Hunter

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A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.

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🍿👨‍💻 Watched a technical talk, Waterpark: Transforming Healthcare with Distributed Actors by @bryan-hunter.bsky.social, with lunch after seeing it recommended by @sasajuric.bsky.social.

#ElixirLang

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YouTube video by NDC Conferences Waterpark: Transforming Healthcare with Distributed Actors - Bryan Hunter - NDC Oslo 2025

Finally got to watch @bryan-hunter.bsky.social's Waterpark talk. It's a great demo of how BEAM and Elixir can help build systems with zero downtime, while significantly reducing technical complexity. Curious about what makes Elixir special? This is the talk to see!

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If you are planning to go to Goatmire Elixir. There are limited tickets and if we get any kind of rush towards the end they are likely to sell out.

This is not me trying to give you a sense of false urgency. We have about 40 tickets left and we can't expand.
#elixirlang
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I will also say that when the AI bubble bursts, I don't think the tech industry is ready for how many people are going to take genuine pleasure in it, even with the economic chaos that will follow. Never in my life have I seen such outright disdain for both tech and its executives

MEMPHIS COUNCILWOMAN JERRI GREEN: “With Tennessee having one of the highest poverty rates, this bill serves to only deepen the wealth gap for working families… 250,000 Tennesseans could lose health coverage…” @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty

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We need three strong democratic socialist candidates of our own to flip the gerrymandered US house districts that Nashville was trisected into.

This is doable and it would be delicious. Now is the time to get moving:
sos.tn.gov/elections/ca...

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

This seems relevant …

Elixir was created by a Brazilian who now lives in Poland, in a style inspired by a Japanese language designer.
Erlang was created in Sweden by Joe Armstrong (born in England), Robert Virding (born in India, raised in Australia) and Mike Williams (from South Wales)
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Elixir Outreach stipend for speakers and trainers We announce the Elixir Outreach stipend in partnership with Dashbit, Oban, and the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation

🚀 Excited to announce the “Elixir Outreach” stipend program!

@dashbit.bsky.social, Oban & the EEF will fund community members presenting #Elixirlang & #Erlang to other ecosystems and communities, while respecting our joint values.

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“This combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces”

Things are fun in Elixir land.

I made the hop from Microsoft development to Elixir over a decade ago, and the only thing I miss are some of my old friends who haven’t escaped yet.

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Just imagine the NYT or WaPo saying it plainly—Trump’s birthday parade was a meager spectacle for an infantile, would-be tyrant, and the protests everywhere else were celebrations of a country we still wish to see governed under the Constitution.
Impossible. Those quisling editors merit our hatred.

Psst @nytimes.com, fixed that flaccid headline for you:

“An estimated 11 million Americans at 2,000 protests across all 50 states voiced their disgust for President Trump’s $40M military birthday parade, ICE raids, and the nation’s alarming slide into fascism”

We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.

Best image of the day:

How many of you watched and immediately gave thanks that this crazy fool isn’t your next door neighbor? Haha!

KILMAR HEARING UPDATE: Lunch break.

-Prosecution portrayed KAG as a human smuggler who smuggled kids, had gang ties, etc

-DEFENSE then pointed out almost all witnesses had something to gain/are related, interviews were not recorded.

If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.

We will hold this administration accountable.

Tragically, the outrageous assault of Sen. Padilla today is becoming normal behavior for a Trump administration which is moving us toward authoritarianism.

The American people do not like petty tyrants. We defeated King George in 1776. We will defeat King Donald.

No Kings On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

Saturday will be an important day.

“The right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Use it or lose it.

(and bring your friends!)

www.nokings.org

Why is ICE arresting employees but not employers? DOJ policy is to charge the most culpable people. The employers would seem to qualify.

JULIETTE KAYYEM: “Active duty Marines for this, Hegseth? I mean, we were just reporting on it. There's music. The traffic is moving. Most people in L.A. probably don't even know this is going on.”

The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.

Without those conditions being met and without state consent, Trump’s move amounts to a clear violation of constitutional limits and federal law.

This maneuver also clashes with the Militia Clause in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 15), which gives Congress, not the president, the power to call forth the militia under specific conditions like insurrection or invasion.