I'm contemplating writing a guide to what to expect when a parent is diagnosed with familial pulmonary fibrosis. I'm not a doctor, but there's a lot to subjectively describe. If you were doing this, what platform would you use? Straight website? Something else?
What are your favorite books you’ve read so far this year?
The Death of Vivek Oji, Pet, and The Nickel Boys are all really high on my list. (With an honorable mention for While Justice Sleeps, which was just a lot of fun.)
Your goals might be to become a wealthy businessperson. Mine are just to write in peace.
I'd like to work with a recruiter who can help me hire experienced engineers (cross-discipline) for a remote-first team from underestimated backgrounds. Any recommendations?
I've literally started getting targeted ads for ketamine. Would love to understand what my advertising profile says about me right now.
I’ve been finishing off most days lately by watching Harvard lectures on moral philosophy with my dad (on YouTube). It’s been nice.
Seeking feedback, if you have a minute or two. What could I be doing better? What should I be thinking about? https://
I'm hiring engineers for a remote-first team anywhere in the US:
Ruby on Rails (senior and mid-level)
React / Redux (senior and mid-level)
You'll be working on this: https://
#amhiring
Real question. I have an appointment to get my hair cut (after over a year!) and dyed a wild color on Tuesday. I’m also thinking about driving through the South. Am I inviting problems for myself?
In a world where software is ingrained in every aspect of society, one way to help make a better world is to produce technology in the public interest and ensure data, wealth, and power aren't hoarded by a small handful of privately-run silos.
Best part of being back to work: hearing all the really good news from the last two weeks.
Worst part of being back to work: removing the “Ma dialysis” and “walk with Ma” block-out events from my calendar.
Despite my best intentions, I completely failed to do any exercise today. I’ve got to get better at this (again).
Finally got my sister to let me set up her up for patronage memberships 👍
I hooked up my bookmarks from Notion to automatically post to my site via micropub. The micropub standard makes this really easy. And Known lets you subscribe to just the content of your choice - so if you want just my posts, or just my links, you can get that.
I’ve been really touched by all the people who have reached out over the last week to check in and make sure we’re okay. The emotional support and connectedness means a lot to me. I’m very glad to have some lovely people in my life.
What’s going on over here:
On Friday Ma missed the last outdoor step and landed face-first on the driveway. She was immediately rushed to hospital in an ambulance (which arrived within 5 minutes). Thankfully, there were somehow no broken bones, and CT scans revealed no significant internal damage.
But she’s much weaker than before - from a starting point of being very weak and thin - and much more confused. We’re all watching for signs of worsening concussion. She doesn’t know what day it is, is repeating herself often, and moving is hard: it took about an hour for three of us to get her into bed yesterday. She’s not really able to talk on the phone or direct her own healthcare at this point. She needs a lot of help.
Work is being really accommodating, which I appreciate a lot. We’re hoping to get a home help nurse but the process takes a little while (and she was denied last time we tried).
It’s a scary time. I blame myself for not being with her to go down the stairs: it was at an unusual time, because she’d had a blood transfusion in the morning, and I was unthinkingly in a work meeting at the time (which of course I ended very abruptly).
We’re all very preoccupied by this, as you might expect, and other life stuff and obligations are falling by the wayside for now. We all hope she improves, but she might not. None of us do prayers, but healing, good thoughts are always appreciated. And I wanted to say something, because we’re all doing a little worse at being normal humans right now.
First run in a few weeks. Feels both horrendous and excellent.
Guilty. Rightly so.
But I want to see justice for all victims of the police.
Received an extraordinarily shady email asking me to vote to remove my name from the letter calling for the removal of RMS from the FSF board.
No chance.
RMS needs to be removed, and the open letter was good and proper.
"[Amazon's] decisive victory deals a crushing blow to organized labor, which had hoped the time was ripe to start making inroads." Disappointing: https://
Good to be reminded of the one situation where I can accurately be described as a Republican.
Also, that I need to catch up with The Crown.
Turning off syndication to Twitter, at least for today. If you're reading this, it's via my indieweb feed on my Known site, or on Micro.blog.
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