Glad to see an open minded and informed public having such thoughtful and constructive dialog after the VP debate.
Phew, #qoto is back.
"America, on the other hand, still has plenty of fight left in her. Further than that, I genuinely believe America will be the last stand for the West - for Christendom. If America falls, we all fall. There is a lot riding on this upcoming election. What a time we are living through. "
Calvin Robinson on his move to accept a new role in #michigan
#anglican #uspol
My troubled teen is about to turn 18 years old. It's been a very long journey and there's so many unknowns ahead. But I'm very grateful that he's alive at 18.
It's strange that the #harris party, the guardians of #Democracy, are investing so much time and money to try to remove opponents from the ballot.
After they killed #Kennedy campaign, they're next going after Stein and the Green Party.
https://apnews.com/article/jill-stein-wisconsin-president-ballot-2024-e8cb52080dc7ba32997642e962dc0b06
"Not only has #Harris received 66% more airtime than former President Donald #Trump, but the spin of Harris's coverage has been more positive (84%) than any other major party nominee, even as Trump's coverage has been nearly entirely hostile (89% negative)."
Or as #Chesterton wrote in Orthodoxy, "We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press... It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us."
A conversation today reminded me of something: I have come to see speaking badly about ones users as a sign of a bad programmer.
Disengagement, cynicism, callousness, suspicion… these things make bad software.
Simultaneously our industry has elevated these traits as signs of “rationality”.
Caring, empathy, curiosity, engagement, learning, compassion… these things make good software.
And they don’t get the hype they deserve.
Aside, but important: in my experience, disengagement especially, but also to some extent the others, are often an early warning sign of burnout. So if you feel you’re slipping into that, maybe get someone you can talk to, there might be more going on than you realize.
Have kids. Be happy.
Six months ago at a neighborhood event where Mike Johnston, mayor of #Denver, was promoting millions in spending to reduce homelessness I asked him about the cities and states with the most spending on this and how their homeless numbers INCREASED. He assured the crowd that wouldn't happen with his plan. His plan was different.
Six months and $155,000,000 later, homelessness has increased in Denver by 12%.
The mayor's response? A victory dance over the 150 net decrease in "unsheltered homeless" (yep, that math is one million dollars per person in net decrease) and a tax hike to take another $100,000,000 from tax payers to do the same thing that saw a 12% increase in homeless over six months... But do it harder.
Hey buddy, can I interest you in another #salesforce Apex Trigger framework?
It's MIT licensed and ready to go on GitHub here: https://github.com/processity/apex-discovery-triggers
I wrote a bit about it on LinkedIn (sorry - the README in GitHub is fine, too, but we don't have a blog yet)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/apex-discovery-triggers-aidan-harding-19jce
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
I'm a #Dad of several from toddler to teen, #Husband, #Christian, #Anglican, Unaffiliated #conservatarian, Software #Developer, #Coloradan, Reader of paper #books, Card and BoardGamer, #tea drinker, solving problems and helping millions escape extreme poverty as a #Salesforce #Architect at an amazing nonprofit.