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@synlogic He is an old friend of the family (has been over to eat dinner with my mom and dad multiple times). So i am admitidly bias in the sense that I have some sense of him that others may not from the media.

That said I do feel his racism is transparent even if one reviews his public record. 1) he started his career and spent most of the initial part of his career fighting to keep segregation alive. He specifically stated the reason was because he didnt want his white child going to school with other minorities in what he deemed (his words) a "racial jungle". So its clearly established he has deeply racist roots that defined much of the start of his career.

Later it becomes more subtle. Afterall Biden like any smart politician will do what he needs to remain in power. So once racism started to become something that hurt him he moved from oppression to exploitation. Now he exploits minorities by giving them oppertunities (for example in cabinet roles) that are still subservient to him, but such candidates would be a fool to decline for career purposes. In effect taking the "im not racist i have black friends" approach to racism by exploiting them to make himself look good.

It is obvious all the smae underlying racism remains, however, based on how he speaks. For example the famous line he made just a year or two ago "If you dont vote for me, you ain't black" when asked about black voters who dont like him. This is revealing for two reasons 1) he thinks he knows better for blacks what is good for them than they even know themselves, and disagreeing with him, a white person, on whats best for a black person would mean you loose your black card (whatever the hell that means). and 2) his use of broken english "ain't" a word he never normally uses shows that he relates black people to being uneducated and he felt that by expressing himself in broken english he would appeal more to black people, clearly showing his racist way of thinking.

People say that tall people make for good electricians. My dad (who is also tall) did that in his 20s, but he had to quit because it hurt his shoulders so much to raise his hands all day. You do a lot of work in ceilings as an electrician. I think I would develop the same problem pretty quickly.

What are you gonna put on your resume 20 years later when you're not hot anymore and need a real job?

Andrew Kelley: "I needed to buy a new dishwasher ... It takes 30 seconds to boot up, presumably because of the Bluetooth and WiFi driver"

andrewkelley.me/post/why-we-ca

It's hard to find a trade job that suits a middle-aged tall guy with a dad bod, no agility and a fear of heights.

I wouldn't be a good welder, electrician, plumber or fitter. You need to crawl and climb all over the place in jobs like that.

I looked into what they expect computer guys in the rail industry. They have formal requirements. It's not like in the IT industry where you just have to be a geek. You have to go to trade school and learn digital electronics there.

If I'm going to school, it needs to be for something new though. Maybe CNC operator or some other kind of metalwork or woodwork that you can do on a table.

Iron is surprisingly lethal for such a common metal. Takes about 8 to 10 grams to kill a full grown adult.

What is your favorite non-nonsensical compass direction?

Had a voice call with a tradesman. He told me should use my IT skills on oil platforms, since Norway has a lot of those. I mean, it makes sense. I want to go out there and we have all these oil platforms, and I know IT. I'm too stupid to know what to go for so I have to ask...

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