If you taught yourself web development reading

4guysfromrolla.com

you might be old...

#programming

We are in the dumbest, darkest timeline.

It amazes me the number of job posts that include

"You care about attention to detail"

or the like, and then use a form that's full of errors, that obviously a quick check before publishing would have immediately caught 🙄

#getFediHired

How teaching the history of science can help equip students to face polarized times

For decades, science educators have been encouraged to “stick to the science” and leave politics at the classroom door. But as disinformation spreads online and public trust in science seems to erode in some contexts, this advice is no longer realistic.

By Cristiano Barbosa de Moura

https://theconversation.com/how-teaching-the-history-of-science-can-help-equip-students-to-face-polarized-times-280332

History of Science at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/688

#Books #Literature #Science

Electric cargo bikes are such a game changer. On a whim, I stopped by the wholefood cash and carry today and picked up about 18kg of groceries: wheat grain, rye grain, rice, muesli, 12 tins of chopped tomatoes, tea bags. I honestly didn't notice them on the bike and had a nice ride through the park and quiet streets to get home.

Also! I forgot my wallet. Oh no! But because the cash and carry is a co-op staffed by humans with agency they were like: "no worries, here's the bill, just send us the money when you get home" (I did).

Compare that with driving a noisy car to the big supermarket and turning out empty pockets to the helpless cashier. Another world is possible, folks.

OPEN MINDS: a world where everyone reads minds except one girl, who controls them instead.

The Mindjack trilogy launched my indie career. Years later, I wrote a 2nd trilogy, starting w/ LOCKED TIGHT (Bk 4).

Get both free for one more day!

(now on @bookshop.org!)
https://susankayequinn.com/series/mindjack

#bookstodon #YA #SF #scifi

Anyone else in the fediverse who does fieldwork in #linguistics ? #languages #language #indigenouslanguages #minoritylanguages (if you have suggestions for hashtags that will help me find other field linguists, please add them in a comment to this toot)

MAY SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUB coming up this weekend!

DATE: May 23rd 8pm ET
Book: Forest on the Edge of Time

Jitsi Meet link: https://meet.jit.si/May2026SolarpunkBookclub

Solarpunk Future! Discord: https://discord.gg/2VkbQsT2B
#bookstodon #bookclub

BBC News: UK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices rise

So, we're not that serious about sanctioning Russia, then? 🤨

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy42x3g7r89o

https://chronicler.pro

This looks super cool.

Corrupt asshole.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-deal-irs-audits-doj-todd-blanche-slush-fund-january-6-restitution-fraud-corruption/

My review of Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian is up at Conspicuous Consumption.

https://afterblockhead.blogspot.com/2026/05/master-and-commander-by-patrick-obrian.html

#books #bookstodon #reading

Okay, I know I'm a grumpy old sourpuss - not even gonna argue with you there

but for blankity-blank's sake -

Don't run a Birthday Bot on a Slack organization with 500 people.

I don't know any of these people. I don't care if it's their birthday.

English/Arabic speaking web developer? (Flask/Vue)

Remote position with the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre

https://reliefweb.int/job/4211875/senior-full-stack-developer-remote-consultancy

#getFediHired #programming

"The bug is not done until the system no longer allows the problem to happen. They don't get to close the bug just because they want to close the bug."

"They have a fix… oh, it has't been code reviewed, and doesn't fix the bug."

"Yeah, make them show you why they think the bug is fixed before it is closed"

Filling activity graph squares by backing up config files I don't really want to reinvent later. Seems like this productivity metric may be easy to game.

But I'm sure people who think about and design complex systems for a living haven't thought of that. Right?

Great work again from @firstdogonthemoon:
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Here’s a list of things Zohran Mamdani has done in just four months https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/may/18/heres-a-list-of-things-zohran-mamdani-has-done-in-just-four-months

#USpol #NewYork #NYC

I've taken two groups of friends through parts of Kyoto over the last month and I can 100% vouch that this article is not hyperbolic: https://aftermath.site/japan-overtourism-social-meida-tiktok-instagram/

People show up in droves at specific spots that are currently Instagram-famous and behave like a bunch of complete morons.

Most tourists are OK, but the people that literally only show up for a selfie and then walk away with zero care for the place or people around them are disgusting.

What do I do for a living? Like many of you, my primary occupation is entering passwords and two-factor codes into a variety of apps and websites all day long.

#GetFediHired

Job Posting - Network Administrator rural Minnesota.

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/rice/jobs/5344143/network-systems-administrator