@benroyce@NickSchwanck@paninid Democracy is one of the best tools for convincing people who didn't get their way that they should just keep trying to get more votes, rather than throwing bombs or building barricades.
@EricIndiana White settlers in the Americas have been separating children from their parents since before there was a USA. You'd just think after having fought a civil war over it there'd be more awareness that it's a fucking horrific thing to do.
@thomasfuchs Forty years ago last month I got my first software development job. So it's about forty years and 30 days since I first heard someone say "... and we won't need programmers any more".
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the duck lifestyle. I'm just saying the more you normalise it, the more turkeys are going to try it out. #TurkeysOfMastodon#DucksOfMastodon
#ThreeGoodThings - Watching the vibe coders scurry for cover as their unchecked dependencies turn out to be riddled with malware - Birthdays - Day off tomorrow
@janhoglund I don't get why he's afraid. The Supreme Court won't let him be tried while he's in office. Congress can't impeach him for stuff he did before he was president. And he's clearly planning on leaving the White House in a coffin.
@sarahtaber I think a lot of Americans assume all Hispanic people in the USA are either immigrants or descendants of recent immigrants, but most are descendants of people who were living in northern Mexico when it was annexed by the USA.
He/him/his. Writing code for a living for 35 years and counting. I've lived in England, Minnesota, and (currently) Aotearoa New Zealand :laserkiwi:.Married with two off-site adult children.Profile pic is a loon (state bird of Minnesota) in the form of the Star Wars Rebel Alliance symbol