February 2025

Not that the trust before was high, but I don't see how the world will EVER trust the US again.

What if enslaved people came back from the dead as zombies but only ate white people?

That's the premise of a comedic horror film being created by a friend of mine! It's rooted in real Philadelphia history, and David Dylan Thomas is a powerful storyteller - so this NEEDS to happen!

Please back the Kickstarter, if you can:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daviddylanthomas/white-meat-appetizer

If you're a web developer / software engineer, your resume shouldn't just say what you did and what technologies you used, but THE IMPACT IT HAD! Did it save money? Did it make money? Was it faster? Did it improve developer velocity? Improve security? Tell me! A wall of technologies tells me very little. (Yes, I'm reviewing resumes now, why do you ask?)

I've never, in my entire life, until this morning, had a doctor say "delightful!" after looking at my lab results. Progress is good... "delightful" progress is EVEN better!

Anyone in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area? I lived in Tucson for 5 years, and am looking for the closest thing to Los Betos you've got for a trip next week - drive through or redone fast food restaurant with the best carnitas burritos you've ever had, chicken tinga tacos and “California" breakfast burritos (eggs, french fries, chorizo and a pound of cheese). Help a hungry traveler out! #travel #arizona #burritos #yum

Hey, I know this guy and he's awesome. You should totally apply!
https://ruby.social/@presidentbeef/114066416258240820

The Trump administration is just the Tulsa Massacre writ large.

A black man got elected/black Americans made some progress so the white folks next door have to burn the whole thing down to make it never have happened.

Do you use Slack at work? How many custom emojis does your work Slack have? I've been watching Gusto's over time and we add ~1k/month, which has been accelerating as the company's grown. We're REALLY close to 20k, which feels like an impossible number.

I put too much sugar in my coffee this morning and I'm not complaining.

Those leopards are eating all the faces. If only someone could have seen this coming. https://m.ai6yr.org/@MiBaWi/114049317646109780

Today is very much a "listen to Mogwai's back catalog" day.

The best advice for programmers ever: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/nocode

Porn "invites" sent through Google Classroom always crack me up. To misquote Dr. Ian Malcolm: “Porn... finds a way.”

Attackers have time and budgetary constraints too.

The new Wombats album is delightful. It's pure audio joy in my earholes. https://open.spotify.com/album/7jilN3HePAwS9COlqpSRR3?si=h0FTVFiUSbuTsWFjw2zpMA

Hey. You’re great. And if you’re over 45, and you haven’t done it yet, get your ass a colonoscopy.

The new Wombats album is bringing me some joy today. Gotta get it where you can, and share it. Go listen - it's catchy! https://open.spotify.com/album/7jilN3HePAwS9COlqpSRR3?si=cTjTHIRpR_OLaJDk5kvZbA

My laptop is unusable at the moment because I thought it would be fun to make Chrome open 3k tabs so I can download a bunch of PDFs for a research project. Every window.open claims focus so I can’t switch away from Chrome without it popping back to the foreground every second.

Computers are fun!

Argument settled.

When life gives you unrelenting bullshit, watch Make Some Noise.

Gulf of Your Mom

To kill a French vampire, you need to drive a baguette through its heart. Sounds easy, but the process is pain-staking ...

You know that stupid bill to rename Greenland to “Red, White & Blueland"? The silly House rep who filed it represents me, and has for way too long (stupid gerrymandering). I've written to him several times in the past, which feels as futile as trying to convince a dog not to eat its own turds.

So, I wrote him again. Can't WAIT to see if he responds.

https://lawver.net/2025/02/the-nonsense-continues-unabated/

Much better.

See also, The Trenchcoat Museum, which is artier and weirder, but still makes me tap my feet uncontrollably: https://youtu.be/7P0YpeMPZ9g?si=QPIXESq8Hv4Q_jVZ

There's not a lot of good news, but this song is so greeeeaaaazy in the best possible way, I love it. It's basically on repeat along with a bunch of Yard Act. Enjoy the scummy delight that is Getdown Services! https://youtu.be/z1xxdgtWxmw?si=oQV9zoZKQuzoEiVu

@ajcnews email this morning with a link to this article.

https://www.ajc.com/news/health-news/trump-nih-funding-cuts-will-hit-georgia-health-research-hard-experts-say

#Georgia is getting what it voted for. More hospitals closing, fewer jobs, fewer #healthcare providers, fewer resources. Dying to own the libs.

#USpolitics #GApolitics

I love having #OfficeHours - just got to talk to some shiny new Japanese entrepreneurs about how to launch a product, how to be a CTO, and how to figure out costs. It was a blast. Here's my office hours page: https://lawver.net/2018/12/im-on-team-officehours/

-= We hoped we never had to do this but here we are and we now have to do this. =-

American trans humans are under threat and like in 1930s Germany, they now have to GTFO of their home country.

We have decided we need to collect some information on the possible ways out.

So we made a wiki.

We are collecting information on possible exit routes into various countries. We focus on work, study and self employment visas as they are available at the moment.

https://transworldexpress.org/

Federal Employees, if you see illegal activity and need a place to leak it, connect with George Chidi via Signal

This man is one of the hardest working local journalists I’ve had the pleasure of following.
https://theatlantaobjective.substack.com/p/leak-on-me

Goes for an early walk in the sunshine.

Makes coffee and sits down in front of Mastodon.

Sees Canadians are putting googly eyes on hockey sticks to keep eyes 24/7 on the border as requested.

Not a bad start to Friday all things considered.

Thanks to @jeridansky for the #googlyEyes link 😆

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6637821

@kpl looking for a past meeting item, I tripped across very happy images from when we met in person at a W3C meeting. I said to @koalie “Kevin always brings the fun!" :)

ad hoc werewolves cards!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kplawver/1936977183/in/photostream/

me and you! :)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kplawver/1936249091/in/photostream/

you and Janet:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kplawver/1937004826/in/photostream/

you and Ian (background):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kplawver/1935367290/in/photostream/

you and Marie:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kplawver/1935175396/in/photostream/