Just got nerdsniped by one of my smartest, hottest friends who asked if I already knew that Spanish speaking countries do Tuesday the 13th instead of Friday the 13th for their unlucky/spooky date combo and now have to muddle through Spanish language wikipedia articles to try and work out why
Jess Rose
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Rarely bite and quite useless off the web.
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History of the silk road
Learning now:
Indonesian
Learning next:
ukulele
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I'm back from Italy and am so excited to report discovering "Tex", a limitlessly unhinged Western comic that ran 1948-67
✅ Absolutely wild character name choices
✅ Cowboys but also magic? Sure.
✅ Bigfoot
✅ Hey wtf why are there Pinkertons in this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Willer
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Doing research for my tech for good jobs posts always makes me want to yell at American companies that list "remote" roles when they mean "remote US".
Please y'all, other countries exist.
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Hello internet friends and friendly internet strangers.
Things are rough out there and we gotta pay bills, so here's a thread of tech for good* roles for all y'all looking for work right now.
*or just less evil, I hope!
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Global remote, 🚨paid🚨 open source grant program from @igalia@floss.social for folks to learn more about Linux, Graphics, JS DevTools, Multimedia + GStreamer or Web Standards.
- apply by April 3
- €7k for 450 hours over 3-6 months
- uni students or self directed learners
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Spending my first day back at home being really chill and normal (manually adding Japanese language books from the 1950s into my library system)
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Last of my Istanbul cat posts. Please enjoy this improvised rain shelter for cats which someone in Sultanahmet made from a loveseat, cardboard, plastic sheeting, an umbrella and love.
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@anotheridiotontheweb she followed me for 20 min for more cuddling. Wise choice!
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I am very bad at learning languages but very good at context and not getting stressed about friction in communicating, which seems to be just as useful as being good at languages.
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I promise I will go back to posting about computers or data or open course soon but there are so many cats here and they’re all very good.
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Coin operated vending machines dispensing kibble for streetcats are my favourite shared infrastructure discovery this week.
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Please admire this grubby baby who looks like a novelty salt shaker made out of resentment.
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Ran into a local celebrity in my hotel lobby. She’s so gracious with her fans!
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In a very good mood, get your bets in early about how this is gonna all go wrong.
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Happy Friday!
Lots of folks in tech are looking for work right now, so here's a thread of some tech for good (or at least, hopefully not explicitly evil) roles I found around the web.
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Collecting books with a specific goal of confusing the hell out of whoever has to clear out my library after I die.
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Sobbing with laughter at the reviews with photos in this Hannibal Lecter mask for cats set
https://primdog.co.uk/p/cat-anti-bite-grooming-muzzle-pet-paw-protectors-anti-scratch-booties
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Map dork tech types: MSF literally saves lives in high risk and conflict zones around the world. They're hiring a GIS/EO technical expert in Vienna to €74k
https://hr-web.msf.org/Announcement/Details/543?Section=74
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DuckDuckGo has a heckton of fully remote roles for folks interested in working on privacy preserving search, including a VP of Business development or Backend, Web and Windows App engineers https://duckduckgo.com/hiring#open
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Hello again, everything is still scary and hard and the tech job market is wild right now, so here's my semi-regular thread of open jobs I've found where your work could make the world better (or at least, not make it worse)
#FediHire #FOSSjobs
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Early Christmas present from me if you're reading this and you're a:
- Senior web developer
- In London
- Really into books and libraries
- Looking for work rn
I am excited to inform you that the British Library is hiring a new head of web development
https://ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec179gf.open?WVID=5071482BMD&LANG=USA
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Every year on my birthday I do social media pet court and today is the day 🎉
Reply with a photo of your pet and tell me about their crimes to recieve my faultless judgement and their sentence (if applicable). 👩⚖️🐾
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To not reinforce bad behaviour, I ignore my cats acting out for attention...unless they're doing something so dangerous or so destructive that I'm forced to step in.
After a long period of pattern matching, they now smash glasses and performatively chew plastic when they think it is mealtime.
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Blocked off time in my calendar to exercise, to try and build good habits and lower stress.
Turns out that a 6:30am push notification that just says "RUN" is not relaxing or helpful.
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