rash @rash@chaos.social

Nächsten Montag, 20. Mai, ab 18 Uhr findet wieder unser offener Abend statt. Kommt vorbei und lernt uns kennen! Den Abend starten wir mit einer Runde Lightning Talks zu verschiedenen Themen.
https://datenobservatorium.de/events/
https://www.meetup.com/datenobservatorium/events/mmrwxqyzhbbc/

Man writes book, reviewer doesn't like book, man responds with incredible email.

(CW at the link for discussion of anxiety & meds.)

"That's the level at which I write, Lilyn. No other."

I'm crying

https://www.scifiandscary.com/this-is-not-a-review-of-hells-shadows/

Gebloggt: Die Folgen des Klimawandels sind nicht gleich verteilt https://kattascha.de/die-folgen-des-klimawandels-sind-nicht-gleich-verteilt/ #FridaysForFuture

We now got stickers for all your different size-needs!

Every time I see the Hacker Ethic praised without critically challenging its shortcomings, I have to think of "Programming is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic" by Allison Parrish and wish it was more popular. You can read the transcript here http://opentranscripts.org/transcript/programming-forgetting-new-hacker-ethic/

Lesen! Warum sich ein 13-Jährigen den Alt-Right anschloss.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/05/05/what-happened-after-my-13-year-old-son-joined-the-alt-right/

Da die Partei auch zur #Europawahl antritt: "Die Humanisten" werfen schon seit geraumer Zeit mit Hufeisen, haben Angst vor "der Antifa" und lehnen alles != "soziale Marktwirtschaft" als ideologisch ab
https://www.ruhrbarone.de/bundesvorstand-erklaert-die-unruhe-bei-den-humanisten/158908
https://wiki.diehumanisten.de/wiki/index.php?title=Unvereinbarkeitsliste&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#Linksextremismus_und_Linksradikalismus

Ich fürchte, so ganz haben die das mit dem "Paradox der Toleranz" noch nicht verstanden.

Okay, that was unexpected: https://vorpus.org/blog/why-im-not-collaborating-with-kenneth-reitz/ #Python #requests #trio

Am Montag den 6. Mai ab 18 Uhr findet unser erster offener Abend statt. Kommt vorbei uns lernt uns kennen!
https://datenobservatorium.de/events/#offener-abend
https://www.meetup.com/datenobservatorium/events/260969014/

This is both a very thoughtful and informative talk about modern reactivity in the browser, and a BRILLIANT demo of Svelte. Wow. Great pacing, explanation of concepts, and gorgeous demos. Brilliant, really.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdNJ3fydeao

new sticker owo

fUCK this thread is so good, I've read it 3x this morning. I wish I could write anything that made someone feel like this and think this deeply.

also this is such a reflection of my conversations with spouse, a huge comedy fan who grew up with an alcoholic, drug addicted, abusive, (and now many years in recovery), father

https://twitter.com/leahbobet/status/1121660471885492225

Jerks on the internet: *Are jerks*

Normal people: No that's not okay to do

Jerks: Lol but there's no rule that says I can't

Normal people: *Start making codes of conduct; enforcing them*

Jerks: Umm have you considered that maybe you're the real jerk here?

Dark UI patterns 🔥

Gurls

https://twitter.com/eunnieboo/status/1117607828670173184

We got our first stickers!

Sexism killed the British computing industry https://logicmag.io/05-how-to-kill-your-tech-industry

And it’s not doing the US’s any favours now.

Elaborate #longread on the case of Nathan W Pyle (the author of the cute alien comics who is carefully close to Pro Life movements) and musings about how to deal with such blurry situations in times where sharing translates to money.

https://sexgeek.wordpress.com/2019/04/10/cute-aliens-and-critical-thinking/
(via @MayaMitKind)