I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…
Firstly, I maintain that it makes absolutely no sense that Alan Dye has the power he has, because he simply has no taste. But what’s worse is that he wields that power so clumsily, so carelessly. And because it goes unchallenged, unchecked by someone higher than him, the entire industry suffers...
I think it’s crazy that Alan Dye had no experience with UI design before being thrust into a position of power over platform design, affecting millions of apps at a global scale. He has a responsibility to the industry. Platform design should be way more comprehensive and far less restrictive than this.
🔗 https://lmnt.me/blog/a-responsibility-to-the-industry.html
It’s certainly possible to consume water sourced from the icy rings of Saturn, but doing so safely may require extra steps
Gary Kildall was a pioneer of personal computer software. He wrote programming language tools, including assemblers (Intel 4004), interpreters (BASIC), and compilers (PL/M). He created a widely-used disk operating system (CP/M). He and his wife, Dorothy McEwen, started a successful company called...
For 90% of working Icelanders, a 36-hour week means less stress, more job satisfaction and time to enjoy life beyond work, says teacher María Hjálmtýsdóttir
Iceland’s 36-hour workweek has been a huge success. “On his free days, he loves to sleep in, then to make long phone calls to his fellow pigeon fanciers while cleaning the kitchen…” Sounds like a dream! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/21/iceland-36-hour-working-week-stress-job
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
This essay by Rümeysa Öztürk, who was kidnapped by the US federal government and held for six weeks in an ICE concentration camp, broke me several times. She tells her story by centering the women detained alongside her — the result is heartbreaking, harrowing, enraging, and (at times) hopeful.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rumeysa-ozturk-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison
Abolish ICE. Free them all.
The Trump administration sees an AI-driven federal workforce as more efficient. Instead, with chatbots unable to carry out critical tasks, it would be a diabolical mess
Resurfacing this op-ed since neither DODGE nor AI Hype seem to be on the decline.
In this Op-ed for Scientific American, Asmelash Teka Hadgu and I discuss one of the many reasons the idea of replacing US federal workers with so-called generative AI systems should terrify us. 🧵
God help me, fediverse, we have got to stop being so pedantic.
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"Demeaning people because they use non-federated platforms is the dumbest marketing ploy I have ever seen. By which I mean: It is anti-marketing. You are alienating your audience.
Quit talking about how bad other places are and focus on how awesome the fediverse is."
by @annie
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