James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

Want to work on Mastodon full time? I’d like to pay a Rails dev for the next 3+ months to implement some auth improvements that matter to me but also just burn down bugs, make perf improvements, whatever is needed as this place grows. Remote 100% ok but need 3-4 hrs of Pacific time zone overlap, fair pay, meaningful work. #fedihire #ruby #rails #job

This can only but make one smile. As seen on march in solidarity with #Stopcopcity and #Tortugita in Minneapolis.

I smell a Pulitzer.

The GOP's so-called "Fair Tax" proposal is one of the most regressive proposals in a generation, imposing a 30% federal sales tax on everything Americans buy from gas to food.

There's nothing "fair" about it. It would punish the poor and middle class while helping the rich.

Dear Autocorrect,

My name is Alice, not Alive or Slice.

Love,
Slice

Fission is in the news, but few recognize that a woman physicist was behind the discovery.

Lise Meitner’s brilliance led to the discovery of nuclear fission. But her long time collaborator Otto Hahn, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry w/o her in 1944, even though she had given the first theoretical explanation.

Albert Einstein called Meitner “our Marie Curie." She also adamantly refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201502/physicshistory.cfm #women #history #science #energy

My daughter is a trans woman.

Here is a comprehensive list of people and institutions she's harming by identifying as a different gender than she did as a child:

The Globus INK (1967) is a remarkable piece of Soviet spacecraft equipment. Its rotating globe showed cosmonauts the position of their Soyuz spacecraft. An electromechanical analog computer, it used gears, cams, and differentials to compute the position. Let's look inside 🧵

BREAKING -- We have obtained a quote from the keynote speech at the World Economic Forum being held at Davos.

#ClimateCrisis #Collapse #AntiCapitalism

it hurts so fucking much that trans people *existing* is being legislated against in various US states. (a physicist like me talking to curious kids/teens about black holes / quantum physics at a school in person in WV would result in jail time?! 😵‍💫) imho cis Canadians who believe that could never happen here aren't paying attention.

What was that about the reputation of the illustrious US Supreme Court?

"A secretly made documentary expanding on allegations of sexual assault against supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh has premiered at this year’s Sundance film festival."

“I do hope this triggers outrage,” said producer Amy Herdy in a Q&A after the premiere in Park City, Utah. “I do hope that this triggers action, I do hope that this triggers additional investigation with real subpoena powers.”

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/21/brett-kavanaugh-documentary-sundance-film-festival

Entertainer, childhood literacy advocate, and scientific philanthropist Dolly Parton was born #OTD in 1946.

Mostly known for singing and songwriting, Dolly's Imagination Library program has distributed over 100 million free books to kids around the world.
https://dollyparton.com/imagination-library

Normally I do #OTD posts for scientists and mathematicians, or important discoveries. But Dolly Parton has done as much as any living person to promote childhood literacy so I am proud to include her on the list.

🤦🏻‍♀️Enjoy your hospital stays!

#DeSantis proposes perm ban on #Covid mandates in #Florida

“Legis prohibit vax & mask requirements in schools, masking requirements at biz & so-called vax passports showing proof of vax + bar employers from hiring or firing employees based on whether been vaxxed & would prohibit firing or de-licensing of med pros who might disagree on Covid protocols”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/florida-gov-desantis-proposes-permanent-ban-covid-mandates-rcna66268

Hot air balloons kick ass. Are they safe? Not really. Can you stop if you don’t like it? Think again. BUT can you steer? Listen, don’t bring that negative energy into this wicker basket. Okay, imma light this flamethrower.

You can't use TikTok on the University of Texas Wi-Fi. Concealed guns on campus still allowed.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tiktok-banned-university-of-texas-austin-campus-1234662400/

Then the leopard ate the transphobe's faces.

Twitter auctions bird statue and other office furniture - After axing staff and scrapping perks, Twitter is offloading surplus supplies. - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64312309?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Economists: You know, the federal government isn’t really a business, so it doesn’t make sense to liken it to one when talking about budgets and deficits.
McCarthy: Okay, what if I likened the government to children?

@Gordon1956 @gemelliz @Johny28 I saw it first hand during the election campaign. On election day, I went around canvassing for my MPP (not a Conservative) who did win her seat. But I was astounded at how many people a) were not inspired to vote, b) didn't know that day was election day, c) didn't know who they wanted to vote for, or d) didn't know there was an election. For those in category c), I told them that the most important thing is to show up.

"Ford's plans to privatize Ontario’s public hospital surgeries are a fatal threat and a terrible blow to our public hospitals.
Large public hospitals across #Ontario have operating rooms that are closed for weeks, months or even permanently due to lack of funding & staffing. Ford gov't is posing privatization as if it's a “solution” after helping to create the crisis. Last year, the Ford gov't underspent on health care by
ONE BILLION DOLLARS.

Ontario Health Coalition https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca