The Black Sea cannot be left to Russian control - Georgian president
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3752212-the-black-sea-cannot-be-left-to-russian-control-georgian-president.html #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #Russia #UkraineWarNews
I find it's pretty reliable to judge people inversely by the calibre of their detractors. For example, take a close look at anyone who makes a point of tearing down Megan Rapinoe: they invariably turn out to be Jan 6 and/or police abuse apologists, that sort of thing. I don't know a thing about women's soccer but by that measure, Ms. Rapinoe's surely a damn goddess.
CW: Sexual harassment in STEM
Re-posting this 🐤 thread from 2018 which, sadly, is still relevant:
#WomenInSTEM who talk about #harassment and sexual misconduct get a lot of antagonistic & unhelpful replies.
@shrewshrew and I (a woman & a man in science) tried to categorize them. #9ReplyGuys
THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS 🧵
#1: THE LIFE COACH
In WW2, the movement of millions of American troops to Britain, known as the “friendly invasion,” brought to light stark differences concerning racial segregation. Many Britons struggled to understand or accept the institutionalized discrimination that Black soldiers faced in White America, leading to tensions between the two allied nations on the matter of civil rights.
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On July 15, 1944, in Bristol England, the "Park Street Riot" occurred as 400 Black soldiers confronted 120 MPs over pub access. Observers later recounted that locals rooted for the Black troops. Like the Battle of Bamber Bridge a year earlier, this event underscored the racism Black troops faced as well as the disconnect between how they were treated overseas vs in their own country.
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#WW2 #UK
BREAKING: Fury in Mississippi at the suggestion it's as impoverished and poorly governed as #Brexit Britain
Wow... A German court refuses extradition to the UK, after asking about "chronic overcrowding, staff shortages, violence among inmates", only receiving a vague, last-minute email frok a police station in Manchester about "creating an extra 20,000 prison places", and then being ignored.
‘It all disappeared with #Brexit’: Craft beer boom ends as more than 100 UK firms go bust - https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/aug/19/craft-beer-boom-uk-firms-bust-brexit brexiters won't mind losing all these beers - after all, they knew what they were voting for... #BrexitBrokeBritain
What's the best time you can put on your model railway? That's right, a model model railway!
#QuestionableModelRailroadAccessories
Massive #nerds everywhere: what are your favorite #hostname conventions for computers and #IOT devices around the home and office?
Of late I've been going with Hebridean islands for system names, Star Wars critters for IP cameras (because one of the first ones I installed reminded me vaguely of a Jawa), and characters from #MontyPython and the Holy Grail for other minor network-enabled microcontroller-based gizmos.
Software Engineer, mostly in the Pacific Northwest of late
Medical Informatics - Carrier-Grade Network Video Distribution - Real Time Clinical Telemetry
Formerly: Motorola, Tektronix, Intel, HP, Qualcomm, Nintendo; others you're less likely to have heard of.
Will code for pie. 🥧