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As a wheelchair user, I occasionally find myself going downhill at a speed that can be difficult to control. That’s why, this Disability Pride Month, I’m partnering with the United States of America
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In 2015 I decided on a whim to check out Tesla's battery swap station that was earning the company 9 figures in California ZEV credits, and found it wasn't real. Instead Tesla was using diesel generators to charge cars. Here's how this changed my life 🧵
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You may be hearing the argument that before the rise of modern commercial infant formula, babies all ate breastmilk and everything was great. As a historian of infant feeding, let me tell you why that’s not true.
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Many tech companies, including GitHub, use their geographically distributed workforce as a way to steal wages from workers. They call it "location-based pay grades" and other such nonsense. But it's wrong. So we've written something you can share:
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3. We have tried every reform in the book, and it doesn't work. We need abolition.
The way we get to abolition is thru a) shrinking the size and scope of police while b) reducing societal reliance on policing by building up alternatives and addressing the root causes of harm 1/2
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Women are often told to avoid using “weak language.”
But 29 studies: talking tentatively doesn't reflect a lack of assertiveness. It's a sign of interpersonal sensitivity.
I might be wrong, but it's probably time to stop confusing confidence with concern for others—isn’t it?
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“Is there any way we can remove friction?” >>> “I there anything we can do to help you go faster?” #sponsorship
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Cops are more likely to be punished for playing Pokémon Go than for committing literal murder
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Hey folks. Some pretty awesome news. I'm now working with @DockYard as an Elixir Educator to lead the creation of an Elixir Developer Bootcamp!!!
If you want to help shape the curriculum please DM me. let's grow this incredible community together ❤
#myelixirstatus
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The new ex_doc designs are looking great! There appear to be a number of JavaScript bugs, a great opportunity for some OSS @elixirlang contributions!
hexdocs.pm/elixir/main/api-r…
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As a software developer, you may be called upon to perform some of these tasks in your career.
How well a CS degree prepares you for these tasks (and whether it even should prepare you for these) is left as an exercise to the reader.
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Someone said how AOL send us all those free CDs but we can’t get rapid tests 😭😭😭
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Here's a fun trick for testing your README examples with ExUnit: keathley.io/blog/testing-rea…
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Don’t ever fall in love with a job. It will never be an equal partnership like a real relationship. At the end of the day it will always hold more power over you.
Love the work you do. Love the people you work with. But protect your heart from the org. It doesn’t love you back