Dave Fernig @DaveFernig@qoto.org

If you have to be caged by a brutally indifferent Kafkaesque system that oppresses the poor and protects the rich, there are worse places it could happen to you.

Morning After-Action Report: Good visit with client. Despite one-star review on Yahoo!, Otay Mesa Detention Center staff extremely professional and pleasant and facilities better than average for secure detention facilities. Front sally port enclosure has pleasant view and prompt steel reinforced doors. IHOP proximate. Allows laptops. Possible my review influenced by ability to leave.

Latvia returns to mandatory service in the army. The first conscripts will start serving in the summer of 2023. Men and women from 18 to 27 years of age are subject to a 11 month conscription into the National Defense Service. https://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/latvija-ieviesis-valsts-aizsardzibas-dienestu-pirmais-iesaukums-jau-sovasar.d?id=55403562&ref=kyivindependent.com

1/ Partial Operational situation update/ #russian_invasion in #Ukraine on April 05, 2023 #RussianArmy is not only clearly stuck now everywhere as explained for long weeks, but we are witnessing some good surprises in some areas around #Kreminna. Ru Only progress are in downtown #Bakhmut #Wagner troops are having some clear progression within the city for several reasons. more later on.
Global situation for UkR is gooood!
#UkraineMap

Here’s a poem about the weather. It’s called ‘Today’s Forecast’.

Someone on #Twitter: "The CEO of #TikTok is hiding the fact that he is from China cos he spoke with that accent."

Hello, people from #Singapore and #Malaysia can change accents when speaking English. For eg, I have an American-ish accent when I speak to foreigners and a "Manglish" accent when speaking to locals.

Our English accent is not uniform. It comes from speaking multiple languages. I know we are confusing, but do try keep up!

#TootSEA #MYToot

Can't believe this country is willing to ban TikTok before it's willing to ban guns.

"Stop overusing the word Nazi"

No, you stop facilitating Nazism by pretending it's a phenomenon unique to 1930s Germany.

When you say shit like that you are downplaying the monstrous actions of Christofascists who are in power and copying directly from the Nazi playbook as we speak. You're basically saying "well sure they're bad but not as bad as Nazis."

That's you giving yourself an excuse to do nothing. That's you letting Nazism fly under the radar because "it can't happen here."

It is happening. And if you're waiting for people to be put in literal gas chambers before you are willing to call it what it is, you're gonna be way too late to stop it.

OOH. Cory Doctorow is giving a talk at UCL in June and you can register online for free. "We're paying way too much attention to making Big Tech better, and not nearly enough attention to making it *smaller*."

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-kirstein-lecture-2023-featuring-cory-doctorow-registration-539205788027
If you have ANY interest in what this explosion of new software/tech means for real people in the future, I'm pretty certain this will be amazing. It sounds as though interoperability is going to feature strongly. #CoryDoctorow #Talks

"The city keeps trying to gaslight its way to Vision Zero, but the physics of what happens when a motorist slams into a person don’t change because of straws, stripes, signs, and speeches." https://sf.streetsblog.org/2023/03/15/city-officially-opens-two-way-battery-bike-lane/

Venus and jupiter are both very easy to see and in a beautiful alignment this evening.

#Astronomy #science #astrophotography #photography #sunset

I was woken up today by a phone call letting me know that due purely to budgeting changes I’ve been let go from my full-time contracting position I just started in January after being laid off in September.

I am a former #Apple #engineer with 15 years of experience making apps for #iOS and #macOS. I also have experience with #Ruby. Available immediately for full time or contract work.

Please boost. #Swift #RubyOnRails

Ahh the fediverse, where people get offended because you politely ask for more information... do these people realize what a fool they make of themselves?

BBC News: 'Naughty' beavers steal wildlife webcam for lodge BBC News - 'Naughty' beavers steal wildlife webcam for lodge
LOL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-64568405

We've just heard that the GB News CEO has been on the BBC lashing out at #StopFundingHate supporters again... 🤔https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dv9hq

This is just another sign that #StopFundingHate tactics are effective.

If you'd like to help build our movement, you can support #StopFundingHate here:
https://stopfundinghate.info/donate/

"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"

"Yes, I used LaTeX and couldn't fix that bit"

@reformparty_uk @TiceRichard The last time folk believe people you, this happened

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Christia_Allard/status/1620337594650468352

#UK drops down global #corruption index after string of scandals

#TransparencyInternational warns UK ‘woeful inadequacies’ as #Qatar, #Russia & #Brazil slide down list. #Britain fell 7 places to 18th on Transparency International’s corruption perceptions index, representing the biggest fall among the #G7 countries... overhaul how the standards & conduct of elected reps are regulated to stop the slide,”#benttorybastards #CorruptToryFoolsAreUnfit2Govern #ToryOCG

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/31/uk-global-corruption-index-transparency-international-qatar-russia-brazil