Notices by Bill Hunt :blue_lantern: (krusynth@mastodon.publicinterest.town)

@skinnylatte this is truly lovely, a whole world of tea culture that I didn’t know existed! I do miss being more involved in the US tea nerd culture, it’s a very small circle and knowing folks opens incredible doors here. I did stop by my hometown tea house after a decade away a couple weeks back and was able to get an off-menu dancong oolong, very tasty and a nice surprise.

The whole point of society - all of this - is so that we are all enriched together, that collectively our lives should be better. We invented farms so folks wouldn’t starve.

But a couple thousand years ago a few assholes decided that personal enrichment is the most important thing. For the most part, we’re still going along with that bullshit.

The only way we survive is if we move back to shared enrichment. This coming year, think carefully about how you’re spending your money and labor.

I see that the Partnership for Public Service has created their own Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey! If you're a current/recent U.S. fed, please fill this out!

(And please share widely!)

https://surveys.ourpublicservice.org/s3/PSVS-UA

It's happening dot gif send toot

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/peter-thiel-fund-sold-off-103831552.html

Advice please: in this, the year 2025, is #Python best run behind Nginx with uWSGI, gunicorn, or something else?

Question for the various mastodon admins around: is the “gaza-verified” site a scam? We are getting a lot of new follows from supposedly “verified” accounts all begging for donations.

A very happy #HackersDay to all who celebrate

#HackThePlanet

The GOG sale right now has some ridiculously good deals on games you might have skipped the first time around, including the new Deus Exs, Grimrock, and even the whole Shadowrun trilogy for only a few bucks. Don't miss out! #videogames

Hey friends, I'm attempting to build my first PC in 20 years (!) and I'm scared and overwhelmed by the choices. If anyone has the time to take a look at my selections and give me feedback I'd appreciate it! I'm trying to stay around $3500 here. Thanks in advance!

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/enderprisearchitecture/saved/#view=WW87vK

I think what makes me so incredibly angry about AI is that it’s not there to reduce *your* work. It’s there to reduce the amount of labor that CEOs have to pay for.

There’s no world in which doing *your* job a little faster is worth the trillions of dollars in investment; this is entirely predicated on eliminating working class jobs.

And *no one* should be excited about that, except for billionaires.

@skinnylatte one of my friends here in DC hosted a Lightning Talks night where 10 people just talked about their special interest for five minutes and it was very well attended and received! I talked about tea, of course.

#CodeForAmerica Summit used to be the most important event of the year for me. It was a time to celebrate victories and reconnect with folks working in public interest and govtech.

These days, I can't stomach the idea because I'm disgusted by CFA's union busting, vocal support for military operations, and abandonment of the brigade program that literally built the brand.

So no, I will not be at #CFASummit

@skinnylatte This is me, pretty much all the time.

Fellow #Govpunk friends - check out these fantastic shirts supporting the CFPB Union! I just bought a bunch!

https://cfpbunion.shop

In my last post, I talked about what we, as consumers, must do to save our world from the shitgoblins.

Today, I'd like to start a conversation about how we, as creators, must save the world.

Let's Build Small, Together:

https://billhunt.dev/blog/2025/04/10/build-small/

I know everyone is struggling to find new jobs right now. I just relaunched my tiny microsite to help keep track of all the positions you're applying for:

https://job.hunt.works

It's not a jobs board, just an easy way to keep tabs on all of the various steps in the process of applying and responding.

I built this the last time I was unemployed and just freshened it up - I hope some folks find it useful.

I'm pretty sure that special government employees are still subject to the required drug testing, which was instituted by President Reagan under Executive Order 12564. Public Law 100-71 makes it clear that the Executive Office of the President is subject to these requirements as well. Just in case anyone wants to use that information for anything.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that our failure in #CivicTech was in trying to bring technology to government, rather than bringing civics into technology. Our current crisis is the result of billionaire technocrats funding corruption in government.

The workers must be united before any change will be possible.

Hey if you're in the US you really really really need to be using a VPN so no one can monitor your traffic. Nowadays I use NordVPN. It works on both my desktop and phone!

If you want to sign up you can use my referral link below. Or not. Whatever. Just use a VPN please.

https://refer-nordvpn.com/piVszdDUcXt

When a cat gets a UTI they can confuse the pain that comes from peeing with their litterbox, thinking it's attacking them. They'll pee outside the box as a result.

This is what America and most of the world is going through at the moment. Folks are hurting and blaming what's put in front of them instead of knowing the root causes and working to fix it.

Every dollar you spend with a big business is inevitably used against you. The best thing you can do is shop small to fight oligarchs.