It says something about what we accept in American society it takes dystopian “federal agents sweeping people into unmarked vans” to get national press. We have accepted that it is OK that police have been teargassing and shooting rubber bullets at peaceful protestors every day.
A lovely, non-pandemic story for your Friday: twitter.com/nicolewetsman/…
I took a break from the pandemic and wrote about the incredible, passionate, and Extremely Online fans of the NWSL theverge.com/21325419/nwsl-…
My day job extended the deadline for 2 jobs on my team. Need love of transit, CSVs and experience on a support team. Puzzle solver + GTFS knowledge even better! Great company in PDX but all remote right now. Very GLBTQ+ and BIPOC friendly employer. trilliumtransit.com/opportunities/…
Haha that's right, join us tomorrow for a truly global Online @rustlang conf-experience, and if you want someone with *opinions* about how online events should work to help you wrangle an online conf that's more than a pale imitation of an in-person event... DM-s open. 😉
For the conference days and A/V setup, @RafaelaWetzel, @slsoftworks, and @Argorak have been putting together a really special setup. We're going bigger on the presentatio...
FUCK YOUR "traditional form of nationalism" köszönöm.
“[Orbán and Trump’s] success rests on an argument that Orbán made out loud after he was reelected—that globalization and liberal democracy have failed, and that a...
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The shit that @DHS_Wolf is pulling in Portland, OR is just that: shit. He should be stopped.
Acting Secretary Chad Wolf https://twitter.com/DHS_Wolf
Here is what I saw in Portland yesterday.
Well, @DougJBalloon, you've passed beyond the parody event horizon.
Firstly, this is on the fourth page of the NYT homepage scrolling down on my laptop; and secondly, I'm sure there's a worse way this could be framed by a journalist, but ...
Y'all should totally bitcoin me $1000 bucks right now.
I keep thinking about my neighbors knocking on my door to ask about the @sarahforpdx sign in my window, because they Googled "Ted Wheeler" and saw he was a Democrat and it's Portland so they figured he was good. How many people just don't know?
Make no mistake, this is all @tedwheeler's fault. He continued to let PPB attack protestors and perpetuated the narrative that they're thugs and vandals. He could have stopped this weeks ago.
Federal officers have been using unmarked vehicles to detain Portland protesters since at least July 14. The administration says officers are protecting federal property,...
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WOW, today was supposed to be Blerdcon! I still have parts of my [secret] cosplay fit I wanted to wear :( :(

It is so small in the context of *waves hands* but I am really sad it is no longer safe to get back to skating. Here is me skating once after 105 days off the ice - lost all progress I made since returning in spring 2019 after 15 years off the ice. A bad single instead of double
We tend to think of technological development as linear progress toward some future ideal…where in reality it can often loop back on itself or go in totally sideways directions. Sometimes "old" tech, or techniques, isn't bad. Sometimes new tech hearkens back to older ways. 🔄
San Francisco count does contact tracing 85% of contacts, within 12 hours, Santa Clara county 90%. More interesting results from #COVID19 expert call.
Manual contact tracing in New York only finds half of the cases. I'm just learning this on a #covid19 #contacttracing expert call.
And the Insurance doesn’t have any of the regulations that “health” insurance does (like removing lifetime maximums and waiting periods and limited on OOP costs) twitter.com/alexmleo/statu…
I am endlessly mad that teeth need their own insurance.