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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I think it's like 9-10% of the tech sector is Latin, compared to 20% of the population. Executive roles drop down to basically zero percent.

I know a bunch of LatinX in tech, and most of them are freelancers.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

The joke here is that Salesforce doesn't hire Latinos, so it's safe to make a joke about being kidnapped. Because ICE doesn't kidnap white people. Get it? Hahaha /s

https://www.404media.co/marc-benioff-jokes-ice-is-watching-salesforce-employees-who-traveled-to-the-u-s/

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Is one required to become a pedophile when one becomes a billionaire because I gotta tell you right about now the correlation seems pretty high

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mathowie@xoxo.zone ("Matthew Haughey") wrote:

TL:DR; The Salesforce CEO at a company's annual all hands gathering asked international employees to please rise in the audience, then made a "joke" that ICE agents were in the back of the room ready to nab them.

Guillotines for billionaires is the moderate choice at this point

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Tutanota wrote:

Let's remind everyone what a safe internet actually means. 🌐🌍

Share this & Spread the word!

#SaferInternetDay26 #SID

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JenYetAgain@beige.party ("Jennifer 🍄") wrote:

in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.

this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.

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publicdomainrev ("The Public Domain Review") wrote:

Illustrations from William F. Warren's The Universe as Pictured in Milton’s Paradise Lost (1915). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-universe-as-pictured-in-miltons-paradise-lost

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aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place wrote:

#poll for all you beautiful hard working professional computer touchers out there:

"my day job has me making the world a ____ place"

(be honest, don't just repeat what your CEO says)

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Holy mother of Jesus, you can hover your mouse over a #CSS property like `left` or `top` in Firefox's Web Inspector and just... drag it back and forth to actually position your boxes!

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

The people of Minneapolis (and elsewhere) have repeatedly proven that we outnumber fascists by a huge margin. Dems need to stop demoralizing their base by doing nothing and start demonstrating that they understand the urgency of this crisis.

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

The Nuremberg Caucus could announce a Crimestoppers program with $1m bounties for any ICE officer who a) is themselves innocent of human rights violations, and; b) provides evidence leading to the conviction of another ICE officer for committing human rights violations. That would certainly improve morale for (some) ICE officers.

Critics of this plan will say that this will force Trump officials to try to steal the next election in order to avoid consequences for their actions.

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

While they're at it, the Nuremberg Caucus could publish a plan to hire thousands of *IRS* agents (paid for by taxing billionaires and zeroing out ICE's budget) who will focus exclusively on the ultra-wealthy and especially any supernormal wealth gains coinciding with the second Trump presidency.

Money talks. ICE agents are signing up with the promise of $50k hiring bonuses and $60k in student debt cancellation. That's peanuts.

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

I think Dems should start a Nuremberg Caucus, named for the Nazi war-crimes trials that followed from the defeat of German fascists and the death of their leader:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg%5Ftrials

What would this caucus do? Well, it could have a public website where it assembled and organized the evidence for the trials that the Democrats could promise to bring after the Trump regime falls.

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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

Though it should be noted that ICE hates this idea, and that ICE agents wear masks because they fear consequences for their sadistic criminality:

https://archive.is/0LNh8

This despite the fact that the (criminally culpable) Vice President has assured them that they have absolute impunity, no matter who they kill:

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/08/politics/ice-immunity-jd-vance-minneapolis

The fact that ICE agents worry about consequences despite Vance's assurances suggests ways that Dems could "meet the moment."

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

But what would "rising to the moment" look like? What can the opposition do without majorities in either house? Well, they could start by refusing to continue to fund ICE, a masked thug snatch/murder squad that roams our streets, killing with impunity:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-passes-sprawling-spending-package-democrats-split-ice-funding-rcna255273

That's table stakes. What would a *real* political response to fascism look like? Again, it wouldn't stop with banning masks for ICE goons, or requiring them to wear QR codes:

https://gizmodo.com/dem-congressman-wants-to-make-ice-agents-wear-qr-codes-2000710345

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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Wait, you can just nest blocks now‽ 🤯

You kids have it so easy these days :-)

#css

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Some 20 years ago I wrote a series of blog post about laying out Web pages with #CSS. It was full of hacks, playing on side effects of properties and browser bugs. I haven't seriously worked with CSS for over 10 years, and now suddenly I need to make a simple page again.

So imagine my wonder at discovering `width: fit-content`! I mean, it's so… obvious. And we just didn't have it back then.

(Also, my warmest gratitude to everyone who made MDN possible. You're heroes.)

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
grimalkina ("Cat Hicks") wrote:

How does cooperative behavior "get off the ground" and how can we study it with ecological validity and rich data across cultures? An ambitious study from lead author Dorsa Amir (https://www.dorsaamir.com/) and collaborators on this

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adw9995

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
igalia@floss.social ("Igalia") wrote:

Congratulations to @bkardell on joining the @tag!

https://www.igalia.com/2026/02/10/Igalias-Brian-Kardell-joins-the-W3C-TAG.html

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Manton has spent the past year wondering why more people can’t just show empathy toward him. I’ve spent the past year wondering why Manton can’t be a decent person.

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

Empathy and accountability are not mutually exclusive.

Manton writes about "sides" here, which is interesting to me. There's always a line drawn between sides. I'm on the side that says that when you have an employee who harasses a trans person, you should fully acknowledge that—for accountability. When you have a Nazi dogwhistle on your website, you should change it promptly rather than complain about it—for accountability. When you ignorantly fawn over a transphobe CEO and get backlash for it, you should apologize (and not delete people's critical responses)—for accountability. And Manton has shown that he’s on the other side of that line, each and every time.

If Manton actually tried taking some accountability for his actions, maybe he would be able to experience a little more of that empathy that he’s seeking.

https://www.manton.org/2026/02/10/selective-empathy.html

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
sleepless@social.lol ("Courtney") wrote:

@wq It's all that selective empathy that's the real evil in the world! Assholes have feelings too /s

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wq@vim.wtf ("John Wq :us_distress:") wrote:

@sleepless accountability is just another form of oppression against privileged people

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sleepless@social.lol ("Courtney") wrote:

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

But actually... you should blame others for not showing empathy instead. More nuance is usually the answer. Accountability is a harm thrust upon people who just *naturally* deserve more good faith. /sarcasm

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

I've said on here before, that I love the transformative power bikes have on how people think about interacting with each other🚴🏼‍♀️♥️

Having a bike stolen resets a white US person's understanding of what cops do and do not do.

Commuting on a bike resets a white US person's understanding of racist infrastructure.

I love bikes, especially cargo bikes and attachments for kids, because it's only about a 5 year learning journey for white folk from

👩🏼"I'm not political."

To

👩🏼🚴🏼‍♀️"Hey Mekka! I bought a cargo bike! It's so much fun!"

To

👩🏼🚴🏼‍♀️🥊"🤬Man, Robert Moses was a %!#!#&@)+ for real! $#&* him and his momma!"

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
dickenhobelix@chaos.social ("Dickenhobelix") wrote:

Welcome to my talk about decluttering processor architectures "Does it SPARC joy?"

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
w3c@w3c.social ("World Wide Web Consortium") wrote:

We are very pleased to announce that @bkardell of @igalia has been appointed to the @tag for the 2026-2028 term. The TAG was created in 2001 as a special W3C working group to steward the web architecture.

Brian has extensive experience in web standards at W3C and as an advocate for openness, inclusion and community and we look forward to his contribution to this important work.
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/w3c-team-appointment-to-the-tag/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
packetcat@tenforward.social wrote:

oh hey, a video game that is in Steam wish list, Relooted was released today!

"Reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums in this Africanfuturist heist game. Recruit crew members, plan escape routes, acquire the precious cargo, and bounce out of the joint as fast as you can."

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3255890/Relooted/

#gaming

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Hello! Today is the day that my novel When the Moon Hits Your Eye comes out in trade paperback form, featuring an extra alternate first chapter (in the back so as not to mess with the flow of the story). Please get it for yourself and six more for friends and family. Saja thanks you, as I do I.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
benlockwood@ecoevo.social ("Ben Lockwood, PhD") wrote:

I’ve said it before, but it needs repeating: We already have all the knowledge and technology we need to make an ecological society. It is our political and economic structures that prevent it. The quest for unlimited growth and accumulation exploits both people and our environment.